Manga like Mai no Mushigurashi

Xiao Gu Niang

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

"I think I could fall in love with you."

"You're cute like a little pony."

A love story between the cute but flighty elder girl "Little Fox" and the younger but more mature "Young Pony." See how they flourish both in love and in life!



Tags: Yuri , LGBTQ+ Themes , Full Color , Rural , Female Protagonist , Agriculture , Age Gap , Primarily Adult Cast , Transgender , Coming of Age

Little Forest

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

The story of a girl called Ichiko, who lives alone in a forest. Each chapter features a dish or meal scavenged or harvested from Ichiko's surroundings in rural Komori ("little forest"). While there are no wild flights of fancy as in Witches or Hanashippanashi, the organic linework and majesty of nature featured within tap into that same source of magic. Little Forest is a very acquired taste on its own, but just another piece of the stunning tapestry Daisuke Igarashi continues to weave today.

Tags: Iyashikei , Agriculture , Seinen , Food , Rural , Female Protagonist

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.



Tags: Iyashikei , Coastal , Female Protagonist , Post-Apocalyptic , Coming of Age , Philosophy , Rural , Robots , Time Skip , Lost Civilization , Seinen , Artificial Intelligence , Episodic , Travel , Work , Mopeds , Yuri , Family Life , Restaurant , Motorcycles , LGBTQ+ Themes , Nudity

Aa toka Uu shika Ienai

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Slice of Life

Serialisation of the original Pixiv comic.

A reticent rookie artist and an editor desiring plot (and not just 'plot') team up to take on the eromanga industry together. Chaos and cohabitation ensue.

Tags: Drawing , Disability , Female Protagonist , Work , Yuri , Age Gap , Psychosexual , Nudity , Office Lady

Kotonoba Drive

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

The story centres on Suu-chan, a girl who works part-time at a pasta restaurant named "Lamp." She witnesses mysterious events while riding her moped in the night, such as the past of a person or place. She can only experience these visions five minutes at a time.

Tags: Iyashikei , Episodic , Work , Seinen , Rural , Outdoor Activities , Ghost , Female Protagonist , Motorcycles , Photography , Cars

Kusuriya no Hitorigoto

Also known as The Apothecary Diaries.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Mystery

Maomao, a young woman trained in the art of herbal medicine, is forced to work as a lowly servant in the inner palace. Though she yearns for life outside its perfumed halls, she isn’t long for a life of drudgery! Using her wits to break a “curse” afflicting the imperial heirs, Maomao attracts the attentions of the handsome eunuch Jinshi and is promoted to attendant food taster. But Jinshi has other plans for the erstwhile apothecary, and soon Maomao is back to brewing potions and…solving mysteries?!



Note: Won the Grand Prize in the Printed Manga category at the Tsugi ni Kuru Manga Award 2019.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Medicine , Detective , Historical , Ancient China , Foreign , Primarily Female Cast , Seinen , Royal Affairs , Drugs , Tragedy , Work , Politics , Crime , Episodic , Maids , Asexual , Adoption , Heterosexual , Conspiracy , Chibi , Ojou-sama , Suicide , Religion , Desert

Nahonja Tabeseo Nongsa

Also known as The Top Dungeon Farmer.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

Se-Jun, your average Seoul underdog, didn’t expect to grow tomatoes full-time when he stumbled into the mysterious dungeon full of monster quests and extravagant rewards. Yet, there he was, as a farmer growing and selling cash crops while clearing numerous quests that came his way. Will Se-Jun make it out of the dungeon with the plush rewards he hoped for? At least he has what it takes: optimism, resourcefulness, and a group of loyal furry friends.



Tags: Animals , Agriculture , Food , Full Color , Male Protagonist , Dungeon , Horticulture , Magic , Anthropomorphism , Dragons , Urban Fantasy , Idol , Language Barrier , Long Strip

Hokuou Kizoku to Moukinzuma no Yukiguni Karigurashi

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

This story tells the life of two people, a noble only in name and an older wife from the army, married on a tentative agreement. In the bone-chilling cold, they spend their time hunting, gutting, and cooking by the fireplace. Their daily life passes peacefully. This is the warm love story recounting it.

The story that was 3-time award-winner of the Narou-Con competition has been adapted to manga!

Tags: Historical , Iyashikei , Marriage , Food , Primarily Adult Cast , Rural , Foreign , Family Life , Josei , Heterosexual , Agriculture , Educational , Environmental , Ensemble Cast , Tomboy , Gender Bending , Travel , Snowscape , Language Barrier , Guns , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Animals

Greenfingers no Hakoniwa

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

A story about an invisible botanist and a part-time university student, who unravels the thoughts spun by mysterious plants and people.

Asahi is a university student who is introduced to a new part-time job when a record store closes. The idea is to help a "slightly unusual botanist" who lives in a large mansion in the mountains behind the university. However, on his way to the mansion, he somehow gets lost in the mountains on a single road. In fact, Asahi had a strange experience in his childhood as well......



Tags: Seinen , Male Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes , Urban Fantasy , Horticulture

Manga Henshuu-sha ga Kaisha wo Yamete Inakakurashi wo Shitara Isekai Datta Kudan

Also known as That Time the Manga Editor Started a New Life in the Countryside.

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

Sick of his job and the city, Yohei “Kuma” Sakuma has a grand plan—to start anew in the countryside and live off the land. Thing is, he hasn't told his wife yet, nor does he know the first thing about growing rice. Between crooked houses, swarms of bugs, and grueling work under the sun, the city slicker Kuma and his wife Miyu get a crash course in country life. But at the end of the day, with beer in hand as they take in the sights, they begin to understand that country life can be real hard, but real good.



Tags: Male Protagonist , Rural , Agriculture , Work , Primarily Adult Cast , Autobiographical