Manga like Kemutai Hanashi

Hirayasumi

Also known as Hirayasumi.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Slice of Life

With a carefree outlook on life, Hiroto knows better than anyone that slowing down is sometimes the best way to move forward.

At 29 years old, carefree Hiroto Ikuta doesn’t have a girlfriend, a full-time job, or a plan for the future—and he couldn’t be happier. Hiroto’s breezy attitude isn’t easy for everyone to understand, though. In a world filled with anxiety, confusion, and grief, Hiroto and the people who surround him are all just doing their best to figure out this thing called life.

After developing an unlikely friendship with the grouchy old granny who lives in his neighborhood, Hiroto suddenly finds himself inheriting not just her house, but some rather difficult emotions as well. His 18-year-old cousin Natsumi moves in with him, but as a struggling art student, she has her own troubles to deal with and may just put Hiroto’s easygoing lifestyle to the test.



Tags: Seinen , Iyashikei , Family Life , Urban , Primarily Adult Cast , Work , College , Drawing , Male Protagonist , Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Filmmaking

Cool Doji Danshi

Also known as Play it Cool, Guys.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Enter: a bunch of cool guys who look like they got that unapproachable swag. But let's be real—that's not the true them. They're just a bunch of dorks who've got the act down pat. So sit back, grab some popcorn and enjoy watching a bunch of goofy guys try to look cool all day every day.



Tags: Slapstick , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Full Color , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Josei , Episodic , Iyashikei

Aoharu-sou e Youkoso

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Romance

The manga is about five high school boys with different personalities living in a dormitory. Various incidents happen as the boys experience love and spend their youthful days together.



Tags: Primarily Male Cast , Shoujo , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist

Iyahaya Atami-kun

Also known as My Oh My, Atami-kun.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

High schooler Atami is living the dream. He's got incredibly good looks, and girls can't help asking him out nearly every day. There's just one problem, though—he's into guys, not girls! His own gorgeous face haunts him, since it's all anyone seems to be interested in. Won't anyone see him for who he really is?



Tags: Seinen , LGBTQ+ Themes , Male Protagonist , School , Boys' Love , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Unrequited Love , Estranged Family

Seshuusei Triangle

Also known as Hereditary Triangle.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

Childhood friends Koutarou Fujiki, Kajiwara, and Fuyuko thought they would always be together. They spent their youth in a strange love triangle, the two boys fighting over who would date Fuyuko. But suddenly one day, that life ends. Kajiwara goes missing, and Koutarou takes his sweetheart's hand in marriage. Now middle-aged, Koutarou is left to wonder—would his wife have chosen differently if Kajiwara were still around? On a visit to his hometown, the memories come rushing back…



Tags: Seinen , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Love Triangle

Metamorphose no Engawa

Also known as BL Metamorphosis.

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

Ichinoi, a 75-year-old woman living a peaceful life, unwittingly buys a Boy's Love manga one day…and is fascinated by what she finds inside. When she returns to the bookstore to buy the next volume, the high school girl working there–Urara, a seasoned BL fan–notices a budding fangirl when she sees one. When Urara offers to help Ichinoi explore this whole new world of fiction, the two dive into BL fandom together, and form an unlikely friendship along the way.



Notes:
Winner of the New Face Award from the 22nd Japan Media Arts Festival Awards in 2019.
Nominated for the 12th and 14th Manga Taisho Award in 2019 and 2021.

Tags: Otaku Culture , Female Protagonist , Josei , Primarily Female Cast , Boys' Love , Iyashikei , Coming of Age , Drawing , Elderly Protagonist , Urban , Heterosexual

Shimanami Tasogare

Also known as Our Dreams at Dusk: Shimanami Tasogare.

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

Not only is high schooler Tasuku Kaname the new kid in town, he’s also terrified that he’s been outed as gay. Just as he’s contemplating doing the unthinkable, Tasuku meets a mysterious woman who leads him to a group of people dealing with problems not so different from his own. In this realistic, heartfelt depiction of LGBT+ characters from different backgrounds finding their place in the world, a search for inner peace proves to be the most universal experience of all.



Tags: LGBTQ+ Themes , Coming of Age , Found Family , Seinen , Bullying , Male Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Transgender , Crossdressing , Agender , Boys' Love , Asexual , Yuri , Rehabilitation , Suicide , Aromantic , Primarily Teen Cast , School

Konya Sukiyaki dayo

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Aiko is not good at housework, but she is very romantic and aspire to marry one day. Tomoko loves housework, but she is not sure whether she wants to get married or not. These womans in their 30s does not share the same point of view about marriage and love, but they both share a house.



Tags: Josei , Female Protagonist

Aki wa Haru to Gohan wo Tabetai

Also known as Let's Eat Together, Aki and Haru.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

Two boys who share a room and love to make and eat dinner together. Aki is in charge of cooking, and Haru is tasked with cleaning up, and despite their personality differences, they come together over their love of food.



Note: Includes two extra chapters.

Tags: Food , Boys' Love , Male Protagonist

Amadare no Koro

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

Suguru and Yoshiichi were neighbors who were always together until the day Suguru decides to move away. When they entered junior high, as promised, Suguru came back. But he was unable to transition into their high school, so he is thinking of taking exams for other schools. Yoshiichi’s image of the Suguru who’s always by his side shatters a bit. He became upset, lonely and jealous. Even when his heart swells so much and all he can think of is him…On top of Amadare no Koro, we’ve included an epilogue of their story, titled “Engage Key Holder” and a side story of Suguru’s friend’s love story titled “Haru no Iki”.

Tags: LGBTQ+ Themes , Orphan , Boys' Love , Bisexual