Manga like Uchi no Shishou wa Shippo ga Nai

Akane-banashi

Also known as Akane-banashi.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama

Rakugo--the ultimate form of storytelling, where everything in a story is expressed with just your body and words. Shinta and his daughter Akane have been seduced by this wonderful form of classical entertainment. Having observed her father strive to pass the shin'uchi rakugo test, Akane will take her own steps into this unique world!



Notes:
Ranked 3rd in the 8th Next Manga Awards print manga category in 2022.
Ranked 4th in the Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2023 guidebook for male readers.
Ranked 3rd in the Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2023.
Ranked 2nd in the 16th Manga Taisho in 2023.
Nominated for the 47th Kodansha Manga Award in the shounen category in 2023.
Included in the New York Public Library's 2023 Best Books for Teens.
Included in YALSA's 2024 Great Graphic Novels for Teens.

Tags: Rakugo , Female Protagonist , Coming of Age , Primarily Adult Cast , Acting , Work , Philosophy , Shounen , Found Family , Revenge , Family Life , Time Skip , School

Joshiraku

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

A joint effort between popular illustrator Yasu and Kouji Kumeta, creator of Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, this manga features female rakugo storytellers. After stepping off the stage, these comedians chit-chat in the girl's dressing room. This is a comedy that begins after the storyteller has said goodbye to the audience!

Tags: Rakugo , Meta , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Shounen , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Surreal Comedy

Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu

Also known as Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

This multi-generational epic dives deep into rakugo, a rich form of Japanese storytelling theater. Small-time crook Yotaro has never forgotten the rakugo tale "The God of Death," which the master Yurakutei Yakumo performed for Yotaro during his time in prison. After his release, he goes to Yakumo's theater and pleads to be made his apprentice. Yakumo reluctantly accepts, but Yotaro quickly finds the world of rakugo is complex and grapples with a growing bond with Yakumo's ward, Konatsu. Meanwhile, the two young people bring reminders of Yakumo’s own inescapable past.



Note: Won the 38th Kodansha Manga Awards for Best General Manga and the New Creator Prize of the 21st Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2017.

Tags: Rakugo , Josei , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Primarily Adult Cast , Historical , Acting , Family Life , Work , Love Triangle , Afterlife , Suicide , Yakuza , Tsundere , Oiran , Elderly Protagonist , Heterosexual , Adoption , War , Crossdressing

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

Dandadan

Also known as Dandadan.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Romance , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

Momo Ayase strikes up an unusual friendship with her school’s UFO fanatic, whom she nicknames “Okarun” because he has a name that is not to be said aloud. While Momo believes in spirits, she thinks aliens are nothing but nonsense. Her new friend, meanwhile, thinks the exact opposite. To settle matters, the two set out to prove each other wrong—Momo to a UFO hotspot and Okarun to a haunted tunnel! What unfolds next is a beautiful story of young love…and oddly horny aliens and spirits?



Note: Nominated for the 15th Manga Taisho Award in 2022.

Tags: Youkai , Urban Fantasy , Aliens , Ghost , Super Power , Shounen , Female Protagonist , Tokusatsu , Surreal Comedy , Male Protagonist , Henshin , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Gyaru , Heterosexual , Shapeshifting , School , Body Horror , Love Triangle , Exorcism , Conspiracy , Amnesia , Curses , Kaiju , Gore , Super Robot , Terrorism , Tragedy , Chuunibyou , Circus , Nudity , Gods , Dissociative Identities , Cannibalism , Tsundere , Acrobatics , Bullying , Suicide , Dinosaurs

Karasu no Itoshi Kyoto Meshi

Also known as The Crow Loves Kyoto's Cuisine.

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life , Supernatural

Legend says there lives a crow who could speak... but the legend never mentioned how much this crow loves to eat human food?! Karasuma "Karasu" descends to the world of humans and is driven by his longing to eat good food - he even picks up a part-time job to pay for his food cravings. Karasuma, in his human form, visits restaurants, cafes, and eateries all around Kyoto and falls in love over and over with all the different meals and dishes he encounters. Follow Karasuma as he introduces and devours all the fine cuisines that Kyoto has to offer.



Tags: Food , Shapeshifting , Josei , Mythology , Iyashikei , Twins , Family Life

Joryuusakka to Yuki

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

Young cafe worker Yuki dreams of romance and a life far more wonderful than her own, but has no way to do anything but hope for the future – but a chance encounter with the beautiful, mysterious authoress Azuma Beniko, a woman who seems to know love like the back of her hand, might change the very way she looks at the world…

Note: Includes chapter 7.5 (Cat) and an epilogue.

Tags: Yuri , Writing , Historical , Female Protagonist , Shoujo , Primarily Adult Cast , Age Gap , Work , LGBTQ+ Themes , Suicide