Manga like Little Witch Academia

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 , Teacher , Drawing , Coming of Age , Revenge , Ensemble Cast , School , Primarily Female Cast , Medieval , Conspiracy , Primarily Child Cast , Tragedy , Politics , Seinen , Disability , Philosophy , Spearplay , Rehabilitation , Foreign , Travel , LGBTQ+ Themes , Dragons , Amnesia , Iyashikei , Body Horror , Twins

BURN THE WITCH

Also known as Burn the Witch.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy , Supernatural

Historically, 72% of all the deaths in London are related to dragons, fantastical beings invisible to the majority of the people. While unknown to most, some people have been standing up to these dragons.

Only inhabitants of Reverse London who live in the hidden "reverse" side of London can see the dragons. Even then, only a selected few become qualified enough as witches or wizards to make direct contact with them.

The protagonists of the story are witch duo Noel Niihashi and Ninny Spangcole. They are protection agents for Wing Bind (WB), an organization for dragon conservation and management. Their mission is to protect and manage the dragons within London on behalf of the people.



Note: Chapter count includes the one-shot, labeled as “Chapter 0.8”.

Tags: Dragons , Magic , Shounen , Witch , Foreign , Female Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Fairy Tale , Heterosexual , Work , Yuri

Kuroneko to Majo no Kyoushitsu

Also known as The Classroom of a Black Cat and a Witch.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Fantasy

Spica Virgo is an apprentice witch, but can’t use any magic. She needs someone to be her master in order to get into the academy of her dreams, but she has no money and no connections. Suddenly, a mysterious talking black cat that can use magic appears before her!! Spica wants to learn magic, and the black cat wants his curse broken—goals on the same path. Therefore, a secret master-apprentice relationship was born! But the key to breaking the curse is kissing his…?! A clumsy witch and the teachings of a black cat—the magic academy fantasy starts here!!



Tags: Magic , Witch , School , Female Protagonist , Shapeshifting , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Animals , Primarily Teen Cast , Shounen

Little Witch Academia

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

In her admiration of Shiny Chariot, a famous witch renowned for her unorthodox yet enchanting spells, Kagari Akko, an ordinary girl, joined Witch Academia in the hope of someday becoming as spectacular as Shiny Chariot. She is determined to become a graduate of Witch Academy and make her dream come true despite not being from a lineage with witchcraft and wizardry. The story takes places when Akko, along with her two best friends, Lotte Yansson and Sucy Manbavaran, take their first lessons to become witches; however, Akko is furious when she finds out that Shiny Chariot is not as popular in the world of the witches as she had thought.

Tags: Seinen , Magic , School , Witch , Female Protagonist

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 , Bisexual , Transgender , Crossdressing , Video Games , Class Struggle , Foreign , Reincarnation , Unrequited Love

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 , School , Kingdom Management , Heterosexual , Animals , Anti-Hero , Coming of Age , Crossdressing , War , Age Gap , Shapeshifting

Witch Watch

Also known as WITCH WATCH.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Romance , Slice of Life

Morihito, a boy with the strength of an ogre, is about to start living together with his childhood friend Nico, who is training to be a witch. Nico's magic leads to all sorts of unpredictable trouble, and with two teens under one roof... Let the fantastical antics begin! Magical comedy series by Kenta Shinohara creator of SKET DANCE and Astra Lost in Space.



Notes:
Ranked 2nd place for the Next Manga Award in the Print Category in 2022.

Tags: Magic , Witch , Episodic , Urban Fantasy , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Heterosexual , Youkai , Found Family , Dissociative Identities , Parody , Primarily Teen Cast , Werewolf , Vampire , Shapeshifting , Cohabitation , Otaku Culture , Age Regression , Meta , Fashion , Gore , Conspiracy , Dragons

Little Witch Academia: Tsukiyo no Oukan

Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy

The protagonist who longs to be a magic user... meets a certain man!?

Tags: Magic , Shoujo , Witch , Female Protagonist

Kimi ga Shinu made Koi wo Shitai

Also known as I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Fantasy , Romance

At the mysterious orphanage where Sheena lives, death is nothing new to its residents—girls who no longer have families of their own, who are raised as weapons of war, taught to kill and take the lives of others without batting an eye. Everyone, that is, except Sheena, who wishes for nothing more than the growing conflict around her to end. On the night of her roommate's death, Sheena meets a strange girl covered in blood, who smiles despite the turmoil surrounding them. The next day, the girl appears as a new student in Sheena's class and introduces herself as Mimi. Initially thought to be a school myth, there are now whispers in the orphanage's halls that Mimi is their secret weapon—an immortal who cannot die. When Mimi is later assigned as Sheena's new roommate, Sheena's world grows even more complicated when she begins living with someone who loves and welcomes death, when all Sheena wants to do is stop it…



Tags: Tragedy , Magic , Yuri , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , War , Boarding School , Dystopian , Primarily Teen Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , School , Gore , Body Horror

Housekishou no Shinjin

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

Mana, a girl who grew up in the countryside, left her hometown because of her dream to find a job at the Ministry of Precious Stones which deals with gemstones and mysterious energy.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Magic , Seinen , School