Manga like Kore Kaite Shine

Favela no Mangaka

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama

Manga artist Takei Hiroto, after failing to get serialized, decides to give up on his dreams and goes on a trip to Brazil to get over everything. When he accidentally wanders into a favela, Hiroto meets Joao, a poor boy with a sharp gaze. Joao lives on the other side of the world, but he also dreams of becoming a manga artist...!! No matter who you are or where you live, you don't have to give up. The beginning of a story about two manga artists chasing their dreams from the slums!!

Tags: Drawing , Foreign , Male Protagonist , Seinen

Love Roma

Also known as Love Roma.

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

Love Roma is a story of love at first sight—literally. When Hoshino sees Negishi for the first time, he asks her to be his girlfriend. Shocked, Negishi nevertheless agrees to allow to Hoshino to walk her home, where he explains why he is in love with her. Touched, Negishi begins to feel something for this strange young boy from her school.



Tags: Slapstick , Seinen , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Coming of Age , School

Alice, Doko made mo

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama

Alice seems perfect—she's beautiful, athletic, and popular. But when it comes to academics, she struggles to keep up and often fumbles with words. One day, a comment from her brilliant yet aloof classmate, Rui, sparks something in her, pushing her to chase her dream.



Winner of Manga Taisho Awards 2025.

Tags: Seinen , Female Protagonist , School , Space

Debut

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Tags: Drawing , Female Protagonist , Seinen , Work , Otaku Culture

Blue Period

Also known as Blue Period.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

The studious Yatora leaves a dry life of study and good manners behind for a new passion: painting. But untethering yourself from all your past expectations is dangerous as well as thrilling…



Note: Nominated for Manga Taisho Awards in 2019, Kodansha Manga Awards in 2019 and the 24th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2020. Winner of the 13th Manga Taisho Awards. Winner of the General Manga category of the 44th annual Kodansha Manga Awards.

Tags: Drawing , Coming of Age , College , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Educational , Philosophy , Primarily Adult Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , School , School Club , Tragedy , Transgender , Primarily Teen Cast , Bisexual , Crossdressing , Gender Bending , Suicide , Nudity , Tomboy

Look Back

Also known as Look Back.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

Fujino is a fourth grader who draws a manga strip for the school newspaper. Her art makes her the star of the class, but one day she's told that Kyomoto, a student who refuses to come to school, would also like to submit a manga for the paper...



Note: The one-shot was compiled in a special volume, released on September 3, 2021.

Tags: Drawing , Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Hikikomori , Shounen , Coming of Age , Work , Meta , Autobiographical , School , Primarily Child Cast , Philosophy , Rehabilitation