Manga like Kimi no Tonari

Natsume Yuujinchou

Also known as Natsume's Book of Friends.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Supernatural

When Reiko was Takashi's age, she bound the names of demons and spirits in her Book of Friends, enslaving them to her capricious whim. Now Takashi is the owner of the book, and the creatures will do anything to get their names back.



Tags: Adoption , Youkai , Male Protagonist , Iyashikei , Rural , Episodic , Shoujo , Primarily Teen Cast , Outdoor Activities , Estranged Family , Rehabilitation , Primarily Male Cast , Found Family , Shapeshifting , Orphan , School , Exorcism , Gender Bending

Houseki no Kuni

Also known as Land of the Lustrous.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy , Mystery , Psychological , Sci-Fi

In a world inhabited by crystalline lifeforms called The Lustrous, every unique gem must fight for their way of life against the threat of lunarians who would turn them into decorations. Phosphophyllite, the most fragile and brittle of gems, longs to join the battle. When Phos is instead assigned to complete a natural history of their world, it sounds like a dull and pointless task. But this new job brings Phos into contact with Cinnabar, a gem forced to live in isolation. Can Phos’s seemingly mundane assignment lead both Phos and Cinnabar to the fulfillment they desire?



Note: Nominated for the 8th Manga Taisho in 2015.

Tags: Philosophy , Tragedy , Seinen , Anthropomorphism , Religion , Coming of Age , Anti-Hero , Cosmic Horror , Shapeshifting , Body Horror , Post-Apocalyptic , Time Skip , Revenge , Reincarnation , Dissociative Identities , Agender , Memory Manipulation , Ensemble Cast , Amnesia , Space , Aliens , Asexual , Politics , Swordplay , Suicide , School , LGBTQ+ Themes , Robots , Heterosexual , Gods , Foreign , Gender Bending , Work , Nudity

Mahou no Tsukaikata

Status: Releasing
Genres: Fantasy

Tags: Urban Fantasy , Shoujo , Magic , Male Protagonist , Witch , Demons

Mushishi

Also known as Mushishi.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Mystery , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Some live in the deep darkness behind your eyelids. Some eat silence. Some thoughtlessly kill. Some simply drive men mad. They are known as mushi—creatures that came into being shortly after life emerged from the primordial ooze. They still exist parallel to our own lives and can only be seen by a select few. As a mushishi, Ginko is one of the few who are aware of their existense, and this young man with a sardonic smile roams from place to place with the knowledge and skill to aid those unwittingly affected by mushi.



Note: Won the Excellence Prize for Manga at the 7th Japan Media Arts Festival in 2003 and the Kodansha Manga Award for General Manga in 2006.

Tags: Travel , Episodic , Environmental , Youkai , Seinen , Rural , Mythology , Iyashikei , Philosophy , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Urban Fantasy , Historical , Work , Demons

Kamakura BAKEneko Club

Status: Releasing
Genres: Slice of Life , Supernatural

The manga centers on a story centered on humans, cats, and bakeneko, a kind of supernatural shapeshifting cat in Japanese folk myth.



Tags: Episodic , Youkai , Animals , Josei , Primarily Adult Cast , Shapeshifting , Iyashikei