Manga like Kodomo wa Wakatte Agenai

Aoi Uroko to Suna no Machi

Also known as Mermaid Scales and the Town of Sand.

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

After her normal, happy life shatters, Tokiko and her father move to a small seaside town to live with her grandmother as sixth grade starts. There, the sound of the waves brings back a distant memory from when she visited seven years ago, a memory of almost drowning in the sea and being saved by a merman. Are there really mermaids in that sea? Tokiko adjusts to her new life in the small town as she holds out hope of once more meeting the merman who saved her.

Note: Contains an extra chapter.

Tags: Josei , Rural , Iyashikei , Coastal , Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , Primarily Child Cast , Mermaid , School , Gods , Religion

Mikako-san

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

The future, romance, everything is "undecided," yet the remaining days of high school seem as if they'll be over in the blink of an eye. Mikako Ichimura, 17 years old. Midorikawa, the strange guy who now sits next to her after a seating change and oddly prefers red pencils. At first, Mikako didn't think much of it, but after learning that they both love the same band, their relationship begins to change bit by bit...

The day to day life of a 17 year girl woven together in a soft literary style.

Included chapters: 30.5, 60.5, 90.5, 120.5, 150.5, 180.5

Tags: Coming of Age , Full Color , School , Seinen , Love Triangle , Heterosexual , Yuri

Tenohira Size.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

The Oonishi family doesn't have a father anymore. They don't have much money. They don't even have a shower. Tenohira Size presents eight stories of a mother and her three children's day-to-day lives in the aftermath of divorce.

Tags: Family Life , Josei , Primarily Child Cast , Work , Parenthood

Mizu wa Umi ni Mukatte Nagareru

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

The story of a family of five, living under one roof.

Winner of the New Creator Prize category of the 24th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize (2020).

Tags: Family Life , Male Protagonist , Cohabitation , Coming of Age , Age Gap , Female Protagonist , Shounen , Love Triangle

Inai Boku wa Hotarumachi ni Iru

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

Despondent over the death of his best friend, Takeru wishes on a shooting star to meet Takuya one last time. A glimmer of light leads him to an ancient tree stump with a giant hole in it; a hole that impossibly leads to an entire city. It’s the same city as his - the same people and places - but, with a key difference: the Takuya in that world is alive and well... while Takeru is not.

Tags: Primarily Child Cast , Tragedy , Alternate Universe , Josei , Urban Fantasy , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist

Sunny

Also known as Sunny.

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

The story of an orphanage, the children who live in it, and the beat-up old Nissan Sunny 1200 which provides them with a means of escape from their boring everyday lives.

Note: Winner of the Best Manga of the Year award at the 2016 Shogakukan Manga Awards.

Tags: Family Life , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Child Cast , Seinen , Estranged Family , Tragedy , Autobiographical , Rural , Adoption , Episodic , Cars , Delinquents , Heterosexual , Baseball , Time Skip

Ponkotsu Ponko

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

The near future, in a quiet seaside town. Yoshioka, who had recently lost his wife, just wants to spend the rest of his days in peace. However, Yoshioka's children, worried about their father's health, sent a housekeeping robot to help him. Yoshioka's quiet life is about to change.



Note: Nominated for the Tsugimanga 2020 Award in the Manga Category.

Tags: Robots , Iyashikei , Rural , Maids , Female Protagonist , Seinen , Philosophy , Disability , Memory Manipulation , Episodic

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 , Ensemble Cast , Female Protagonist , Filmmaking