Manga like Little Witch Academia

Little Witch Academia

Also known as Little Witch Academia.

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy

"Reach out your hand, and your story will begin!"

Those words changed young Atsuko "Akko" Kagari forever, sparking in her a lifelong dream of becoming a real witch. Now she's been accepted to the same school as her childhood hero, Shiny Chariot-the prestigious Luna Nova Witchcraft Academy. As the only student to come from a non-magical family, Akko finds herself surrounded by prodigies from around the world, but giving up isn't in her vocabulary. Whether it's making friends, proving the doubters wrong, or just flying on a broom, Akko is going to make her fantasy a reality!



Includes chapter 11.5 and 17.5.

Tags: Magic , School , Witch , Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Boarding School , Urban Fantasy , Shounen , Primarily Female Cast , Goblin , Dragons , Foreign

Majo no Tabitabi

Also known as Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina.

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

Ever since she was a little girl reading books of magic and adventure, Elaina has dreamed of following in the footsteps of her childhood idol, the witch Nique, and living a life of travel. Now a full-fledged witch herself, Elaina sets off on a journey without a destination, wandering far and wide to see the world. With each new place she sees and person she meets, Elaina's world grows a little bit richer.



Tags: Witch , Episodic , Female Protagonist , Shounen , Medieval , Magic , Time Skip , Tragedy , Gore , Yuri , Iyashikei

Tongari Boushi no Atelier

Also known as Witch Hat Atelier.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

In a world where everyone takes wonders like magic spells and dragons for granted, Coco is a girl with a simple dream: she wants to be a witch. But everybody knows magicians are born, not made, and Coco was not born with a gift for magic. Resigned to her un-magical life, Coco is about to give up on her dream to become a witch … until the day she meets Qifrey, a mysterious, traveling magician. After secretly seeing Qifrey perform magic in a way she’s never seen before, Coco soon learns what everybody “knows” might not be the truth, and discovers that her magical dream may not be as far away as it may seem...



Notes:
Nominated for the 11th Manga Taishou Award in 2018.
Won the Daruma d'Or at Japan Expo in 2019.
Won Best U.S. Edition of International Material - Asia at the Eisner Awards in 2020.
Won the Best Manga Award at the Harvey Awards in 2020.

Tags: Witch , Magic , Found Family , Memory Manipulation , Female Protagonist , Drawing , Teacher , Medieval , Coming of Age , Ensemble Cast , School , Primarily Female Cast , Revenge , Tragedy , Conspiracy , Primarily Child Cast , Politics , Disability , Seinen , Philosophy , Rehabilitation , Amnesia , Foreign , Travel , LGBTQ+ Themes , Spearplay , Body Horror , Iyashikei , Dragons , Twins

Watashi no Oshi wa Akuyaku Reijou.

Also known as I’m in Love with the Villainess.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Romance

The story of a reincarnated gamer pursuing her villainous lady love at a fantasy girls’ academy!

Ordinary office worker Oohashi Rei has just woken up in the body of the protagonist of her favorite girls’ otome game, Revolution. To her delight, the first person to greet her is her favorite character, Claire Francois–who just so happens to be the main antagonist of the story. Now, Rei is determined to do what the game never allowed: romance Claire instead of one of the male leads. But how will her villainous lady love react to that?!



Tags: Yuri , Villainess , LGBTQ+ Themes , Isekai , Ojou-sama , Tsundere , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Medieval , Primarily Teen Cast , Magic , School , Politics , War , Maids , Bullying , Incest , Class Struggle , Bisexual , Transgender , Crossdressing , Video Games , Foreign , Reincarnation , Unrequited Love , Heterosexual

Sugar Sugar Rune

Also known as Sugar Sugar Rune.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Romance

Little witch-girls Chocolat and Vanilla are best friends, but only one of them can be Queen of the Magic World. To determine who deserves the title, they must go to the Human World and enter a strange competition. Whoever attracts the most human boys... wins!

Here's how it works: When a boy falls for a witch-girl, she utters a few mystic words and the boy's heart will be hers in jewel-like form. It may sound simple, but winning hearts is tricky business. While Chocolat had no problem enticing witch-boys with her forthright personality, human boys seem to be drawn to shy and modest girls like Vanilla. And to make matters worse, Chocolat is finding herself increasingly drawn to the cool and mysterious Pierre-who feels nothing for her! The girls had planned to be best friends forever, but both of them want to be Queen. Will their rivalry ruin their friendship?



Note: Won the Kodansha Manga Award for Children's Manga in 2005.

Tags: Magic , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Witch , Urban Fantasy , Royal Affairs , Matriarchy , Primarily Child Cast , Tomboy , Unrequited Love , Slapstick , School , Kingdom Management , Heterosexual , Animals , Anti-Hero , Coming of Age , Age Gap , Twins , Curses , Love Triangle , Crossdressing , War , Fairy , Desert , Time Skip , Shapeshifting , Memory Manipulation

Mahoutsukai Precure!

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Slice of Life

Mirai is a 13-year-old girl who lives in the human world. One day she witnesses a mysterious object fall from the sky into the park. Excitedly, she brings her stuffed bear Mofurun with her to see what it was. When she gets there she sees a girl named Riko flying on a broom. Riko is of the same age and from the magical world. Mirai has a lot of questions, and Riko explains that she's searching for a jewel with strong powers called "Link Stone Emerald."

Then Batti, an ally of the dark magic users Dokurokushi, appears before them and demands that Riko hand over the "Link Stone Emerald," which Riko herself had been looking for. To make things worse, Batti uses dark magic to create a monster known as a Yokubaru! Mirai and Riko join hands and with the magic words "Cure-up Rapapa!" they transform into the legendary Pretty Cure.



Tags: Family Life , Shoujo , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Child Cast , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Magic , Henshin , Fairy , Urban , Urban Fantasy , Witch , Ghost , Parenthood , Animals , Coastal , Superhero , Super Power , Heterosexual , Episodic , School , Dragons , Desert , Yuri , Mermaid , Female Protagonist , Isekai

Gendai Majo Zukan

Also known as Generation Witch.

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life , Supernatural

In the world of Generation Witch, 1% of the population are witches. Most non-magical people look up to these witches and envy their power, but as witches already know, sometimes these abilities can be more of a curse than a blessing. When growing up already requires all the luck and effort a teenager can muster, what happens when you throw spirits, spell circles, and broomsticks into the mix?



Tags: Witch , Magic , Ensemble Cast , Urban Fantasy , Female Protagonist , Family Life , Shounen , Ghost , War , Demons , School Club , Triads

Mx0

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Ecchi , Fantasy , Romance

During a flashback, an interviewer inquires Kuzumi Taiga, a prospective student for Seinagi Private High School, on what he would do if he could use magic, during his entrance interview. He replies, "take over the world", with an outburst of laughter, from an attractive girl, following his answer. After the entrance exam, the school rejects his application; although he recalls almost nothing after this event, he does recall the girl, and believes the cause of his school of choice rejecting his application involves her.

Wandering around outside of the school the next day, Kuzumi tries to enter, but an invisible barrier blocks him. A teacher, Mr. Hiiragi, confuses Kuzumi for a student of the school ditching class and pulls Kuzumi into the school through the barrier.
Seinagi Private High School is actually a magic school; Kuzumi is a teenager with no magical skill. Mr. Hiiragi has just accidentally pulled Kuzumi through the barrier into Seinagi Private High School, a magic school.

Tags: Magic , School , Shounen , Tsundere , Time Manipulation , Heterosexual , Memory Manipulation , Love Triangle

Majo no Hanaya-san

Status: Releasing
Genres: Fantasy , Slice of Life

Ari, a girl who wants to become a witch and use her magic to make people happy. To this end, she seeks apprenticeship with Yoshino, a witch who lives on top of a hill outside of town. But Yoshino believes that magic is not needed in this world, and runs a humble flower shop herself.

Tags: Seinen , Female Protagonist , Witch

Mahou Gakuen to Sugoi Majo

Also known as The Magic Academy and the Amazing Witch.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy

After being praised as a genius witch in her countryside village, Azami gets overconfident and applies to the Magic Academy in the city. However, after failing the entrance exam miserably and falling into depression, a transfer student from the Magic Academy arrives, and...?!



Tags: Shounen , Female Protagonist , Magic , Witch , Primarily Child Cast , Royal Affairs , Nekomimi , Rural , Coming of Age , School