Manga like Karakida-ke no Koshogurashi

Umimachi Diary

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

The manga's story takes place in Kamakura, and revolves around three sisters: Sachi, the eldest sister who works as a nurse; Yoshino, the middle sister who works in a bank; and Chika, the youngest sister who works at a sporting goods store. The three sisters have been living together in their family's house after their parents divorced and left. One day, they receive news that their father has passed away. Yoshino hasn't seen her father in over 15 years, and is not particularly affected by the news, while Chika barely has any memory of him. Despite this, Sachi persuades the sisters to go to his funeral. There, they discover that they have a 13-year-old half-sister named Suzu whom they have never met. With no one left to care for her, the sisters invite her to live with them.



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Chapter count includes two extras and the side story "Tooriame no Ato ni".
Won an Excellence Award for manga at the 2007 Japan Media Arts Festival. Won the 2013 Manga Taishou award. Won the 2015 Shogakukan Manga Award in the general manga category.
Adapted into a live action film directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda which competed at the Cannes Film Festival in 2015.

Tags: Family Life , Tragedy , Coming of Age , Ensemble Cast , Estranged Family , School , Rural , Josei , Female Protagonist , Coastal , Religion , Work , Heterosexual , Football , Outdoor Activities , Primarily Female Cast , Restaurant , Food

Isekai ni Kyuuseishu to Shite Yobaremashita ga, Arasa ni wa Muri nano de, Hissori Book Cafe Hajimemashita.

Also known as The Savior’s Book Cafe Story in Another World.

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

When a “god” tells Tsukina that she is to be transported to another world to become its savior, Tsukina isn’t interested. As a bookish thirty-something, she has zero desire to go on some big adventure…so when she arrives in the strange new land, she decides to use her magical powers to create a cozy little book café instead. But when a fellow “savior” starts causing trouble, Tsukina might just have to play the hero, after all!



Note: Includes four extra chapters.

Tags: Isekai , Shoujo , Magic , Iyashikei , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Primarily Adult Cast , Conspiracy , Gods , Love Triangle , Marriage , Food , LGBTQ+ Themes

Solanin

Also known as Solanin.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music , Slice of Life

College graduates struggle to cope with the real world. Music offers refuge in this modern manga with an American attitude. Meiko Inoue is a recent college grad working as an office lady in a job she hates. Her boyfriend Naruo is permanently crashing at her apartment because his job as a freelance illustrator doesn't pay enough for rent. And her parents in the country keep sending her boxes of veggies that just rot in her fridge. Straddling the line between her years as a student and the rest of her life, Meiko struggles with the feeling that she's just not cut out to be a part of the real world.



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Nominated for the Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material - Japan and the Harvey Award for Best American Edition of Foreign Material.
Includes one extra chapter and one-shot "Haru yo Koi (Awaiting Spring)" first included in the October 2017 new Japanese edition.

Tags: Coming of Age , Band , Tragedy , Seinen , Primarily Adult Cast , Heterosexual , Found Family , Female Protagonist , Family Life , Rock Music , Urban , College , Office Lady , Nudity

Onban Kikou

Also known as Record Journey.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Music , Slice of Life

For the first time in English, experience Record Journey Vol. 1, a captivating collection of short stories by Ryoichiro Kezuka that explores the quiet, powerful intersections of music, memory, and everyday life.

At the heart of these stories is a young woman working at a small record store in Tokyo. Each story introduces a new visitor to the shop, each with a unique past, a specific record in mind, and an emotional thread waiting to be uncovered. As the needle drops, so do the walls between strangers, revealing bittersweet moments, long-lost connections, and the smooth healing of sound.



Tags: Episodic , Seinen , Work , Travel , Ensemble Cast , Historical , Foreign