Manga like My Girl

Amaama to Inazuma

Also known as Sweetness and Lightning.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Having lost his wife, math teacher Kouhei Inuzuka is doing his best to raise his young daughter Tsumugi as a single father. He’s pretty bad at cooking and doesn’t have a huge appetite to begin with, but chance brings his little family and one of his students, Kotori Iida, together for homemade adventures. With those three cooks in the kitchen, it’s no wonder this dinner table drama is so delicious.



Tags: Food , Family Life , Iyashikei , Seinen , Tragedy , Teacher , Coming of Age , Ensemble Cast , School , Orphan , Parenthood , Restaurant

Udon no Kuni no Kiniro Kemari

Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Slice of Life

Souta Tawara is a web designer working in Tokyo. When he visits his family's Udon place in his hometown Kagawa Prefecture, he discovers a young boy. Upon confronting the boy, Souta soon learns his secret and decides to quit his job in order to take care of the boy, Poko. The daily adventures of the two slowly enfold as Poco energetically navigates his way through Kagawa, the "Udon Kingdom," along with Souta.

Tags: Seinen , Iyashikei , Kemonomimi

Hotman

Also known as Hotman.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

Enzo Takaya, character inspired by Jean Reno, is a teacher and the oldest son of his family, as such, he takes care of his siblings like a father. One day, a baby girl is found on their doorstep with a note: she is the result of Enzo's former life of crime and luxury as a gang member. Although he ignores who the mother is, he decides to take in the little Nanami. She unfortunately suffers from a skin disease due to sensitivity to pollution and certain types of food. So, Enzo becomes a health freak...
(source: vnmanga.com)


Tags: Seinen , Parenthood

Ikoku Nikki

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

The manga centers on 35-year-old novelist Makio Koudai and her 15-year-old niece Asa, who live together under one roof. Makio took Asa in on a sudden impulse after Asa's parents, which included Makio's older sister, passed away. The next day, Makio returns to her senses and remembers that she does not do well in the company of other people. So begins their daily life, as Makio attempts to acclimate to a roommate, while Asa attempts to get used to an adult that never acts like one.



Note: Includes three extra chapters.

Tags: Family Life , Female Protagonist , Josei , Adoption , Coming of Age , Writing , Estranged Family , Primarily Female Cast , Parenthood , LGBTQ+ Themes , Yuri , Food , Aromantic , Primarily Adult Cast , Disability , School Club , Transgender

Ookami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki

Also known as Wolf Children: Ame & Yuki.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance , Slice of Life

When Hana worked up the courage to speak to the mysterious loner in her college class, she never expected the encounter would blossom into true lovenor that he was secretly a wolf living in human form. Their relationship was far from ordinary, but she wouldn’t have had it any other way. Her joy only grows with the births of Ame and Yuki, who have inherited their father’s unique ability to transform. But life is full of both joy and hardship, and Hana is left to bring up her little wolves on her own. Raising human children is hard enough…but how will she handle their wild side, too?



Tags: Female Protagonist , Seinen , Heterosexual , Family Life , Coming of Age , Mythology , Tragedy , Environmental , Werewolf , Rural , Shapeshifting

Chichi Kogusa

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

A story about a medicine seller and his son and their struggles with each other after losing someone precious to them. A father who never really raised his son because he is always out doing his trade, but when suddenly his wife dies he must adjust his solitary journey to include his son.

Tags: Family Life , Seinen , Rural , Medicine , Educational , Male Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes , Parenthood

Aishiteruze Baby★★

Also known as Aishiteruze Baby★★.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Kippei Katakura is a 17-year-old playboy who spends his time chasing girls, careless of their feelings. But when his 5-year-old cousin Yuzuyu comes to live with his family after her mother's sudden disappearance, Kippei is put in charge of taking care of her. As Kippei gets to know Yuzuyu and starts to understand how she feels, he also begins to realize that all girls were like Yuzuyu once...



Tags: Male Protagonist , Shoujo , Family Life , Adoption , School , Heterosexual , Bullying , Suicide , Parenthood , Love Triangle

Reo to Mabu: Futari no Sarazanmai

Also known as Sarazanmai: Reo and Mabu.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Reo and Mabu, supernatural cops and agents of a certain empire, are surprised to find a baby lying on a plate in the street! They take her in as they search for her parents, but their bizarre lives keep leading them in wild directions. Strangely, this baby–whom they name Sara–seems to have supernatural powers as well…and these two men are starting to love her as if she were their own.



Appearing in director Kunihiko Ikuhara's new anime Sarazanmai (starts April 11, 2019), Reo and Mabu's soft daily life is portrayed in this BL spinoff manga!

Tags: Family Life , LGBTQ+ Themes , Police , Male Protagonist , Boys' Love , Surreal Comedy , Parenthood , Food

Uso no Kodomo

Also known as False Child.

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

Imagine if a child who had passed away suddenly reappeared, looking exactly as she did before. But what if it was all the doing of a shapeshifting tanuki? This isn't a reunion. She isn't real. And yet, her parents cling to the bittersweet lie.

Experience a poignant tale of loss and longing from the author of "My Clueless First Friend".



Note: Includes three extra chapters.

Tags: Shapeshifting , Found Family , Female Protagonist , Tragedy , Animals , Family Life , Shounen , Dissociative Identities

Nicoichi

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

This is a story about the love and hardships of a 29 year-old guy named Makoto Suda. Makoto is an ordinary office worker in every sense but one - in front of Takashi, his stepchild, he disguises himself as a woman and plays the role of a beautiful mother. While leading this “fatherless family” life, he falls in love with a woman. One morning he sees her on a crowded train, but… she’s being molested!?

Tags: Gender Bending , Seinen , Crossdressing , Parenthood