Manga like Mission-chan no Daibouken

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

Shimeji Simulation

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

A girl who shut herself in a closet for the last 2 years of middle school realizes she has to go to high school. When she exits her closet for the first time in two years and looks at herself in the mirror, she notices that she grew shimeji mushrooms out of her head.

Tags: Meta , Surreal Comedy , Philosophy , Augmented Reality , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Denpa , Hikikomori , 4-koma , Yuri , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , LGBTQ+ Themes , Gods , Post-Apocalyptic , School , Episodic , School Club , Seinen , Suicide , Religion , Cohabitation , Tragedy , Trains

Plastic Girl

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Psychological , Slice of Life

"My eyes were covered by Daddy so I wouldn't know the way. My mouth was gagged and my ears were plugged by Mommy so I would hear and speak no evil. Daddy forbade me from smiling so I wouldn't have dreams and hopes. Mommy spawned me...so I would bear all her sins."

Tags: Full Color , Female Protagonist , Nudity , Body Horror , Gore , Tragedy , Cosmic Horror , Pregnancy , Primarily Child Cast

Shoujo Shuumatsu Ryokou

Also known as Girls' Last Tour.

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

Civilization is dead, but Chito and Yuuri are still alive. So they hop aboard their beloved Kettenkrad motorbike and aimlessly wander the ruins of the world they once knew. Day after hopeless day, they look for their next meal and fuel for their ride. But as long as the two are together, even an existence as bleak as theirs has a ray or two of sunshine in it, whether they're sucking down their fill of soup or hunting for machine parts to tinker with. For two girls in a world full of nothing, the experiences and feelings the two share give them something to live for…



Note: Winner of the Best Comic Award at the Seiun Awards in 2019.

Tags: Post-Apocalyptic , Philosophy , Female Protagonist , Tragedy , Lost Civilization , Survival , Iyashikei , Primarily Female Cast , Travel , Episodic , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Seinen , Snowscape , War , Urban , Artificial Intelligence , Chibi , Cosmic Horror , Denpa , Military , Tanks , Aviation , Aliens

Kingyo Oukoku no Houkai

Status: Releasing
Genres: Psychological , Slice of Life

Mikaze-chan returns home from a festival with a goldfish. She soon learns that the world isn’t fair.

Tags: Philosophy , Environmental , Female Protagonist , Primarily Child Cast , School , Denpa , Tragedy , Bullying , Coming of Age , Primarily Female Cast

Game-bu

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

Follow the daily activities of the members of the Game Club.

Tags: Video Games , Coming of Age , Software Development , Female Protagonist , School Club , Bullying , Suicide , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Primarily Female Cast , Tragedy

Shinde Shimatta Boku no Mita Yume

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Psychological

Told in the form of a picture book, this is the story of a young boy who decides to commit suicide, only to find himself in a strange world after his death.

Tags: Philosophy , Suicide , Afterlife , Full Color , Male Protagonist , Tragedy

Kani ni Sasowarete

Also known as An Invitation from a Crab.

Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Slice of Life

Collecting a handful of self-published shorts along with a mix of serialized stories and essays, panpanya's English-language debut mixes art styles and narratives from a range of genres.

If you are ever fortunate enough to see a crab strolling through your neighborhood, please follow its lead. By slowing down to a crab's pace and looking around and about in this world, you too may discover life's many mysteries that are hidden in plain sight.



Tags: Denpa , Josei , Female Protagonist , Surreal Comedy , Iyashikei , Anthology , Episodic

Babel no Toshokan

Status: Finished
Genres: Psychological

A short story based on Jorge Luis Borges' "The Library of Babel".

Tags: Cosmic Horror

Hiraeth wa Tabiji no Hate

Also known as HIRAETH -The End of the Journey-.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Supernatural

After the death of her best friend, Mika is determined to follow her into the grave. But her suicide attempt introduces her to a world unlike any she's ever seen...full of gods and spirits and entities of which she could never have dreamed. But even with this world of wonder, can she find a way out of her sorrow?



Tags: Suicide , Afterlife , Found Family , Travel , Tragedy , Female Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes , Gods , Seinen , Agender , Bisexual , Male Protagonist , Yuri , Motorcycles , Boys' Love