Manga like Kimi wa Akeboshi

Genres: Slice of Life

What is Kimi wa Akeboshi about?

Status: Releasing

A girl and her mysterious companion embark on a journey in her grandfather's classic car. The girl has a reason for traveling and a hometown she needs to change. Aiko Koyama weaves together a gentle and heartwarming tapestry of life's moments. The story of "I'm home" and "Welcome back" begins now.



Tags: Iyashikei , Magic , Travel , Rural , Shounen , Female Protagonist , Camping
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Here is a list of Manga similar to Kimi wa Akeboshi

Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou

Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou

Also known as Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou.

Status: Finished
Genres: Sci-Fi , Slice of Life

Set hundreds of years in the future after an environmental catastrophe, Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou (also known as Yokohama Shopping Log) centers on the simple life of Alpha, an android who runs a small coffee shop in coastal Japan. Alpha stands witness to chronicle the end of humanity’s days with coffee, a slice of watermelon, and the sound of her moon guitar backed by distant seagulls. Quiet and bittersweet, this tale is about the melancholy beauty that can be found even as the end approaches.



Note: Includes four extra chapters.

Tags: Iyashikei , Female Protagonist , Coastal , Post-Apocalyptic , Philosophy , Coming of Age , Rural , Robots , Lost Civilization , Artificial Intelligence , Time Skip , Seinen , Episodic , Travel , Work , Mopeds , Yuri , Family Life , Restaurant , Motorcycles , Nudity
Mushishi

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 existence, 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 , Youkai , Environmental , Seinen , Rural , Mythology , Eco-Horror , Iyashikei , Philosophy , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Urban Fantasy , Historical , Work , Demons
To Your Eternity

Fumetsu no Anata e

Also known as To Your Eternity.

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Psychological , Supernatural

A lonely boy wandering the Arctic regions of North America meets a wolf, and the two become fast friends, depending on each other to survive the harsh environment. But the boy has a history, and the wolf is more than meets the eye as well …



Note: Includes one extra chapter.

Tags: Tragedy , Shapeshifting , Philosophy , Coming of Age , Time Skip , Ensemble Cast , Outdoor Activities , Dissociative Identities , Survival , Urban Fantasy , Cosmic Horror , Ghost , Denpa , Agender , Shounen , Travel , Gore , Yandere , Bullying , Suicide , Urban , Cyberpunk , Age Regression , Male Protagonist , Language Barrier , Animals , Nudity , Historical , Indigenous Cultures , Dystopian , Female Protagonist
Baby Shachuu Hackers

Baby Shachuu Hackers

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy



Tags: Seinen , Travel , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Camping , Yuri
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Neo Cat

Neo Cat

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



Tags: Anthropomorphism , Animals , Anthology , Josei
Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End

Sousou no Frieren

Also known as Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

The adventure is over but life goes on for an elf mage just beginning to learn what living is all about.

Elf mage Frieren and her courageous fellow adventurers have defeated the Demon King and brought peace to the land. With the great struggle over, they all go their separate ways to live a quiet life. But as an elf, Frieren, nearly immortal, will long outlive the rest of her former party. How will she come to terms with the mortality of her friends? How can she find fulfillment in her own life, and can she learn to understand what life means to the humans around her? Frieren begins a new journey to find the answer.



Notes:
Winner of the Grand Prize at the 14th Manga Taisho Awards.
Nominated for the 25th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.
Placed 3rd at the 7th Annual Next Manga Award.

Tags: Magic , Travel , Elf , Philosophy , Female Protagonist , Time Skip , Unrequited Love , Demons , Iyashikei , Medieval , Kuudere , Tragedy , Episodic , Spearplay , Heterosexual , Shounen , Fairy Tale , Food , Dungeon , Time Manipulation

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