Manga like Laika no Hoshi

Love Sync Dream

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Sci-Fi

A gothic loli girl from Shibuya and an otaku from Iraq both become unlikely friends in this adventure based on the novel Alice in Wonderland.

Tags: Isekai , Seinen , Female Protagonist

Ashizuri Suizokukan

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

panpanya’s debut one-volume work.

Ashizuri Suizokukan is a recompilation of panpanya’s Ashizuri Suizokukan and ASOVACE series, which were independently published in 2010 and 2011, respectively. It includes a collection of newly written travelogues and an abundance of color pages.
Ashizuri Suizokukan was published by Ichigatsu to Shichigatsu on August 30, 2013.

Ashizuri Aquarium (足摺り水族館)
The Complete Shopping District (完全商店街)
Board Game (すごろく)
A New Universe (新しい世界)
Innocent World (イノセントワールド)
A Dream I Had on April 17th, 2012 (二〇一二年四月一七日の夢)
Ashizuri Aquarium (足摺り水族館)
The City of the Dead (冥途)
Sputnik (スプートニク)
Untitled (無題)
Creatures of the Machine Age (マシン時代の動物たち)
Ashizuri Aquarium (足摺り水族館)
A Fish For You (君の魚)
Ending Theme (エンディングテーマ)



Note: Nominated for the 7th annual Manga Taishou Award.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Episodic , Iyashikei , Surreal Comedy , Anthology , Fishing , Denpa , Josei , Travel , Autobiographical , Animals , Artificial Intelligence

Ginga no Shinanai Kodomotachi e

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

The story of two immortal children, beginning at the time in which everything has ended. The innocent older sister π that loves to rap, and the introverted younger brother Makki that you can always find reading alone.

The tankoubon chapters are compilated arcs of chapters in the original web release:

Volume One:
Pai - Chapters 1-5
Mira 1 - Chapters 6-7
Volume Two:
Mira 2 - Chapters 8-13
Makki - Chapters 14 Part 1 & Chapter 14 Part 2


Tags: Seinen , Family Life , Time Skip , Tragedy , Post-Apocalyptic , Gore , Ensemble Cast , Environmental , Cosmic Horror

kuro

Also known as kuro.

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Within the halls of an enormous mansion, live a girl and her black cat. They try to have oodles of fun each and every day, but ever since her kitty ran away, something's seemed a bit off...Still, with her trusty companion by her side, even if a bunch of strange, scary things are happening all around her, there's nothing to fear when Kuro is here!



Note: Includes 12 extra chapters.

Tags: Demons , Full Color , Animals , Amnesia , Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Body Horror , Foreign , Seinen , Historical , Conspiracy , Episodic , Short-Form Chapter , Gore

Bibliomania

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

Alice had woken up in Room 431 of a mysterious manor. "You must not leave this room," warned the Serpent, but she paid it no heed and her body began to rot... Will she be able to escape the cursed manor?

Note: Nominated for the 2019 Japan Media Arts Festival Awards in the Manga category.

Tags: Post-Apocalyptic , Philosophy , Female Protagonist , Tragedy , Cosmic Horror , Body Horror , Anti-Hero , War , Seinen , Urban Fantasy , Demons , Religion , Curses , Samurai , Bullying

Star Strings yori

Also known as From Star Strings.

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Psychological , Sci-Fi

In Made in Abyss, bestselling creator Akihito Tsukushi took you deep into the earth. Now, in this riveting manga, he recounts the tale of an epic journey into the sky–and far, far beyond. When Kororu, a little girl living alone on a distant planet, finds a mysterious string hanging from the sky, she’s left with just one choice: to climb it. Where does the string lead? And will she survive the journey to the other end?



Note: Originally published as a doujin, the title was picked up and released by Takeshobo on September 30, 2017.

Tags: Philosophy , Space , Chibi , Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Survival , Body Horror

Nightmare of Dogs

Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy

An escape from nightmares (humans).

An abused dog travels to the afterlife in search of salvation.

A dog named Canis travels the world in solitude. All the dogs she meets on her journey suffered from "nightmares." Canis is one of those dogs, too.



Tags: Animals , Seinen , Primarily Animal Cast , Travel

Sakai no Musume: Cat in the Car

Also known as Sakai no Musume: Cat in the Car.

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy , Mystery , Slice of Life , Supernatural

A collection of short stories centered around a girl, her cat and her car.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Cars , Episodic , Work , Desert , Animals , Urban Fantasy , Environmental

Machina

Status: Finished
Genres: Sci-Fi

Wakaba meets a strange duo of a girl named Chao and her robot partner.

Tags: Robots , Seinen , Iyashikei , Female Protagonist

Rojika to Rakkasei

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy , Psychological , Slice of Life

Rojika and Rakka live on a certain planet. They dig a hole to kill time, get a "Mystery Disc", find a "secret dungeon" in the forest, and spend every day having fun. There are a lot of things that the two still don't know on that planet ....



Tags: Post-Apocalyptic , Lost Civilization , Adoption , Surreal Comedy , Female Protagonist , Tragedy , Found Family , Seinen , Parenthood , Magic , Male Protagonist , Monster Boy , Monster Girl , Environmental , Primarily Animal Cast , Family Life , Episodic