Manga like Kuriko to Biyori

Yotsuba to!

Also known as Yotsuba&!.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Hello! This is Koiwai Yotsuba, Yotsuba Koiwai...um, YOTSUBA! Yotsuba moved with Daddy to a new house from our old house waaaaaaay over there! And moving's fun 'cos people wave! (Ohhhh!!) And Yotsuba met these nice people next door and made friends to play with (one of 'em acted like one of those bad strangers Daddy told Yotsuba not to go with, but it was okay in the end). I hope we get to play a lot. And eat ice cream! And-and-and...oh yeah! You should come play with Yotsuba too!



Notes:
Includes an interlude.
Won the Excellence Award for Manga at the Japan Media Arts Festival in 2006 and the Grand Prize of the 20th Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize in 2016.
Was nominated for the Manga Taishō award in 2008 and for the 12th and 20th Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize in 2008 and 2016.
Was nominated for the Eisner Award in the "Best Publication for Kids" category.

Tags: Family Life , Iyashikei , Episodic , Parenthood , Female Protagonist , Shounen , Slapstick , Outdoor Activities , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Adoption , Rural , Primarily Female Cast , Tomboy , Fishing

Harebare Biyori

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

After Chiharu's mother remarried, she met her new stepsister Rui at the funeral for Rui's grandfather. The grandfather had been taking care of Rui, but now Rui was planning to live alone by herself. Chiharu decided that they should live together instead. A tale about two stepsisters coming together.



Tags: Found Family , Office Lady , Seinen , Family Life , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things

Uso no Kodomo

Also known as False Child.

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

Imagine if a child who had passed away suddenly reappeared, looking exactly as she did before. But what if it was all the doing of a shapeshifting tanuki? This isn't a reunion. She isn't real. And yet, her parents cling to the bittersweet lie.

Experience a poignant tale of loss and longing from the author of "My Clueless First Friend".



Note: Includes three extra chapters.

Tags: Shapeshifting , Found Family , Female Protagonist , Animals , Family Life , Tragedy , Shounen , Dissociative Identities

Boku no Mana Musume

Also known as My Darling Devilish Daughter.

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

Sami’s just a sweet little girl…who happens to have demonic powers. Her mom? A demon queen. Her dad? A totally normal human guy just trying not to get murdered by his in-laws.

Raising a half-devil daughter isn’t easy—especially when her horns grow or she happens to summon demons. But the real challenge? Keeping her smiling at all costs…because if she ever feels lonely, Mama’s coming back from the underworld—and Papa’s toast!

A devilishly cute family comedy packed with mischief, magic, and heartwarming chaos.



Tags: Family Life , Demons , Parenthood , Seinen , Female Protagonist

My Girl

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

Kazama Masamune - a single 23-year-old man... has a child? During the season of cherry blossoms, his beloved passes away. He happens to meet a little girl outside work and realizes she is his daughter who was raised in secrecy by his lover. The worst spring of his life is transformed into a painful yet vivid spring.

Tags: Seinen , Family Life , Male Protagonist , Iyashikei , Parenthood , Work , Episodic , Tomboy

Chichi to Hige-Gorilla to Watashi

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

After losing her mother to a tragic accident, 6-year old tomboy, Michiru, finds a suspicious person moving into her precious home: her dad’s giant younger brother Kouji, the “Beard Gorilla”. While awkward at first, it doesn’t take long for the two to develop a familiar bond that looks more like that of a brother and a sister, than that of niece & uncle.

Source: Manga Updates

Tags: Family Life , Iyashikei , 4-koma , Seinen , Parenthood , Tomboy

Korogaru Kyoudai

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Minato Usami is a high-school girl with a new little brother from her father's remarriage. Having high expectations after being told that her new brother is an adorable little boy, Koshiro—said little brother—turns out to be a little different than she imagined.

Tags: Family Life , School

Chichi to Ko

Also known as Father and Son.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Welcome to the bumpy, yet easygoing slice-of-life comedy of a certain father and son. The unpredictable and wild son, Shou. And the former gangster, hands-on father who looks out for him, You-san. Follow the lively father and son pair, as their everyday life is sure to be eventful. Won’t you take a peek at this slice-of-life, slapstick but easygoing father and son comedy?



Tags: Family Life , Shounen , 4-koma , Parenthood , Transgender

Neko to Chiyo

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Tags: Family Life , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Episodic , Nekomimi , Age Gap , Seinen

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 , Primarily Adult Cast , Urban , Work , College , Drawing , Coming of Age , Ensemble Cast , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Filmmaking , LGBTQ+ Themes , Love Triangle