Manga like Kotonoba Drive

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

Kabu no Isaki

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

In the process of growing up, one gains greater freedom and is given more responsibilities at the same time. For Isaki, who had just turned 16, this adventure and challenge comes through his neighbor's Piper Cub. In exchange for paying gas bills and making deliveries, he is given the chance to meet new people and expand his horizons.

Tags: Iyashikei , Seinen , Aviation , Episodic , Rural

ARIA

Also known as Aria.

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

On the planet Aqua, a world once known as Mars, Akari Mizunashi has just made her home in the town of Neo-Venezia, a futuristic imitation of the ancient city of Venice. In pursuit of her dream to become an Undine — a gondolier who leads high-end tours around the city — Akari joins as a trainee with the Aria Company, one of the three most prestigious water-guide companies in Neo-Venezia. There, she explores the beauty of the city and the world along with other trainees from Aria and rival companies, working hard for her dreams and making new friends along the way.



Note: Includes seven extra chapters.

Tags: Iyashikei , Primarily Female Cast , Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , Work , Ensemble Cast , Philosophy , Urban Fantasy , Episodic , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Foreign , Shounen , Heterosexual , Coastal

Hanashippanashi

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life , Supernatural

A collection of short stories about supernatural occurrences that take place in our everyday…

Note: Chapter count includes 2 extra chapters.

Tags: Seinen , Episodic , Anthology , Mythology , Denpa , Surreal Comedy , Environmental , Urban , Mermaid , Snowscape

Hana-chan to, Sekai no Katachi

Also known as Hana-chan and the Shape of the World .

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Slice of Life

In a small town where the fantastic and the mundane blend together, young Hana’s everyday life is one of exploration and discovery. As she encounters fragments both bitter and sweet, the shape of the world slowly comes into view…



Contains:
1) Arashi no Katachi
2) Hana-chan no Kusasoudou
3) Takkyuu Therapy
4) Uta-chan no Shukudai
5) Ohisama no Ballad
6) Sekai no Katachi

Note: Includes an extra.

Tags: Anthology , Seinen , Female Protagonist , Primarily Child Cast , Episodic , Rural

AQUA

Also known as Aqua.

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

After 150 years of Terraforming, Aqua, the formerly planet known as Mars, now has more than 90 percent of its surface covered in water. A young girl named Akari Mizunashi arrives at the city of Neo-Venezia, an exact replica of the old Italian city of Venice, hoping to become an Undine, the most coveted job on Aqua.



Note: Includes one extra chapter.

Tags: Work , Primarily Female Cast , Iyashikei , Female Protagonist , Foreign , Episodic , Aviation , Shoujo , Coastal

Nagabe Tanpenshuu: Hentekona Ai

Also known as Love on the Other Side: A Nagabe Short Story Collection.

Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Mystery , Romance , Slice of Life

Love comes in many forms. A magnificent bird comforts a struggling girl; a vampire waltzes with a young lady at night; a blind girl lives with a monster of whom there is more than meets the eye. This six-story manga collection by masterful manga creator Nagabe explores fascinating relationships that refuse to be confined.



Tags: Animals , Anthology , Josei , Age Gap , Anthropomorphism , Rural , Found Family , Vampire , LGBTQ+ Themes , Disability , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Language Barrier , Dancing , Boys' Love , Heterosexual , Yuri

Ryuu to Hidari Te

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

A young woman returns to her grandfather's village where long ago she met a man afflicted with the "curse of the dragon."

Tags: Seinen , Dragons , Rural , Female Protagonist , Curses , Monster Girl , Urban Fantasy , Shapeshifting , Primarily Adult Cast

Ryuushika Ryuushika

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

A series of vignettes portraying the day-to-day life of a little girl with a very vivid imagination.

Ryuushika is crazy, totally crazy, like all children, infinitely curious, never short of absurd ideas, always ready to look at the world through a distorting prism of extraordinary freshness, it triggers disaster repeatedly around her!

Tags: Full Color , Iyashikei , Female Protagonist , Family Life , Shounen , Episodic , Aliens , Primarily Teen Cast , Surreal Comedy

Bouken Shounen

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

The only common feature running through these stories is a grown-up protagonist somehow coming face-to-face with his childhood past, in a testament to the loss of youth, the disillusionment of growing old, and nostalgia for better times. In the Adachi pantheon, this is a rare diametric view of his eternal theme of "youth," in this case youth as seen through the lens of the past. It's a powerful statement from Adachi that might even be an acknowledgment of his steadily-creeping age. What is impressive about these stories is not the plots or characters themselves, but the absolutely perfect way he tells them, another facet of experience that comes with age. Most of the stories may require multiple readings to fully appreciate the airtightness of the plot and visual motifs.

Tags: Seinen , Baseball , Anthology , Time Manipulation