Manga like Kakushigoto

Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei

Also known as Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

Nozomu Itoshiki is depressed. Very depressed. He's certifiably suicidal, but he’s also the beloved schoolteacher of a class of unique students, each charming in her own way: The stalker. The shut-in. The obsessive-compulsive. The girl who comes to class every day with strange bruises. And Kafuka, the most optimistic girl in the world, who knows that every cloud has a silver lining. For all of them, it's a special time, when the right teacher can have a lasting positive effect on their lives. But is that teacher Itoshiki, a.k.a. Zetsubou-sensei, who just wants to find the perfect place to die?



Tags: Satire , Teacher , Philosophy , School , Ensemble Cast , Meta , Parody , Primarily Female Cast , Anachronism , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Episodic , Suicide , Tragedy , Dissociative Identities , Ghost , Hikikomori , Tanned Skin , Otaku Culture , Female Harem , Politics , Shounen , Drawing

Yotsuba to!

Also known as Yotsuba&!.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Hello! This is Koiwai Yotsuba, Yotsuba Koiwai...um, YOTSUBA! Yotsuba moved with Daddy to a new house from our old house waaaaaaay over there! And moving's fun 'cos people wave! (Ohhhh!!) And Yotsuba met these nice people next door and made friends to play with (one of 'em acted like one of those bad strangers Daddy told Yotsuba not to go with, but it was okay in the end). I hope we get to play a lot. And eat ice cream! And-and-and...oh yeah! You should come play with Yotsuba too!



Notes:
Includes an interlude.
Won the Excellence Award for Manga at the Japan Media Arts Festival in 2006 and the Grand Prize of the 20th Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize in 2016.
Was nominated for the Manga Taishō award in 2008 and for the 12th and 20th Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize in 2008 and 2016.
Was nominated for the Eisner Award in the "Best Publication for Kids" category.

Tags: Family Life , Iyashikei , Episodic , Parenthood , Female Protagonist , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Slapstick , Shounen , Outdoor Activities , Rural , Adoption , Primarily Female Cast , Tomboy , Fishing

Katte ni Kaizou

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Sci-Fi

Katsu Kaizou is a very gullible 17 year old high school student, and a believer in science fiction, aliens, ghosts, UFOs, conspiracies, etc. He thinks that everything going on around him is the result of some sort of alien plot to take over the world. Each story is pretty much self-contained and is completely bizarre. Kaizou joins the school's science club, makes new friends, and ends up coming in contact with all sorts of strange things like log people, deadly sushi, pee-blades, scary infections, robot invasions, ghosts, living dolls, and more!

Included one-shot:
Volume 13: Yuuryou Bukken Chuukai Shimasu

Tags: Parody , School , Shounen , Episodic , Surreal Comedy , Meta , Denpa , Trains

Barakamon

Also known as Barakamon.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

For a certain reason, a handsome, young calligrapher by the name of Seishuu Handa uproots himself and moves to an island on the westernmost edge of Japan. "Sensei," as he comes to be known, is a city boy through and through, and has never experienced rural life until now. And by the looks of it, he has much to learn! Luckily(?), he has a willing teacher in Naru, the energetic expert islander, to help show him the ropes. But can Sensei keep up with the plucky first-grader, or will he get schooled?! Here unfolds a heartfelt island comedy about a gruff on the outside, soft on the inside urbanite teacher and his new, unfailingly kind island neighbors!



Notes: One extra and four side stories are included in volume 18+1. Original serialization was completed on 2018-12-12 with 18 volumes (139 chapters). A new limited-run serialization was started on 2023-04-12 and ended on 2023-09-12 in Monthly Shounen Gangan, in conjunction with the TV-drama adaptation. This new run adds 7 chapters and 1 volume to the total count.

Tags: Iyashikei , Calligraphy , Found Family , Rural , Family Life , Coastal , Rehabilitation , Work , Male Protagonist , Food , Teacher , Fishing , Tomboy , Cars , Shounen , Agriculture , Crossdressing , Cycling

Shibuya Near Family

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

This is a series of vignettes that vividly describes the life of a third-grade girl and her family living in Shibuya.

Tags: Shounen , Female Protagonist , Urban , Primarily Child Cast , Meta , Parody

Hoero Pen

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

The truth about the mangaka: Moyuru Honoo will show how hard and dangerous this job is. But his passion for drawing and for the supreme art of mangas can't be stopped, even by blonde assassins, alien writers, and unhappy editors!

Tags: Seinen , Drawing , Episodic , Primarily Adult Cast , Work

Papa told me

Also known as Papa told me.

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

Chise’s dad is an author. Her mom has become a star in the night sky. Although it’s just the two of them living together, Chise and her dad live a bright and cheerful life. Aiming for a free-spirited and creative single-father family, they sometimes make silly mistakes—but they keep going. This beloved series follows the brave and determined elementary school girl Chise as she courageously faces the grown-up world!



Note: Winner of the Shogakukan Manga Award in the shoujo category (1990).

Tags: Josei , Family Life , Female Protagonist , Work , Iyashikei , Writing , Parenthood , Animals , School , Fashion , Episodic

Sen to Man

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

Chihiro, a middle-aged father who still thinks he's good-looking, lives together with his 12 year old daughter, Shima. Is Shima irritated by her dad because she's going through puberty? Or is she just acting like a spoiled kid? Asami Sekiya presents a realistic depiction of a girl in middle school.

Tags: Seinen , Family Life , Episodic

Bakuman.

Also known as Bakuman。.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

Average student Moritaka Mashiro enjoys drawing for fun. When his classmate and aspiring writer Akito Takagi discovers his talent, he begs Moritaka to team up with him as a manga-creating duo. But what exactly does it take to make it in the manga-publishing world?



Tags: Drawing , Work , Meta , Shounen , Writing , Educational , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Otaku Culture , Tomboy , School , Tragedy , Marriage , Love Triangle

Yagate Efude wo Utsuroshi Kimi wa

Also known as Soon, You'll Paint Your Heart Out.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Drama

Airi Aikawa is a manga artist grinding away to make a living. Her childhood friend, Hinoki, is a few years younger and used to be her art student. One day, after hearing that Hinoki is facing financial troubles and was on the verge of giving up art university, Airi proposes the absurd idea of living together! There’s just one problem. Airi has a certain secret she’s been hiding from everyone around her…!



Tags: Age Gap , Cohabitation , Otaku Culture , Female Protagonist , Drawing , Seinen