Manga like Tonari no Seki-kun

Saeki-san wa Nemutteru

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

The class representative, Saeki, uses an array of tactics to sleep during class. Tokimiya, the boy sitting next to her, tends to observe her different tactics and while doing so his interest begins to shift...

In other words, Saeki wants to sleep.

Note: Chapter count includes 9 extras.

Tags: School , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Slapstick

Yugami-kun ni wa Tomodachi ga Inai

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

The story of the comedy manga revolves around Yuuji Yugami and Chihiro Watanuki, who sit next to each other in class. Unfortunately for Chihiro the transfer student, Yuuji is weird... extremely weird. Even though he's the ace of the baseball club, he hasn't adapted to the club at all. He also stands apart from the rest of the class, but seems completely satisfied with being alone.



Tags: School , Coming of Age , Shounen , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Baseball , School Club , Ensemble Cast , Rakugo , Time Skip

Nichijou

Also known as Nichijou.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Nichijou primarily focuses on the daily antics of a trio of childhood friends—high school girls Mio Naganohara, Yuuko Aioi and Mai Minakami—whose stories soon intertwine with the young genius Hakase Shinonome, her robot caretaker Nano, and their talking cat Sakamoto. With every passing day, the lives of these six, as well as of the many people around them, experience both the calms of normal life and the insanity of the absurd. Walking to school, being bitten by a talking crow, spending time with friends, and watching the principal suplex a deer: they are all in a day's work in the extraordinary everyday lives of those in Nichijou.



Tags: Slapstick , Surreal Comedy , Episodic , Ensemble Cast , School , Primarily Female Cast , Shounen , Female Protagonist , Parody , Robots , 4-koma , Teacher , Time Skip , Go , Heterosexual , Tsundere , Tanned Skin

Mado kara Madoka-chan

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

The mostly quiet Madoka-chan likes to hang out at her window, where some salary man tends to pass by, leading to Madoka doing all kinds of activities.

Tags: Seinen , Primarily Adult Cast , Episodic , Surreal Comedy , Female Protagonist , Nudity

Asobi Asobase

Also known as Asobi Asobase.

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

The "surreal gag" comedy manga revolves around three classmates who play simple hand games. One of the girls is good at games, but hates them as she always lost to her older sister and forced to do chores while growing up. Another girl is of American descent, but raised in Japan, and who only pretends to be bad at Japanese. Another girl usually observes their games, and loses to the other girls.



Note: Includes 2 extra chapters.

Tags: Primarily Female Cast , School , School Club , Surreal Comedy , Female Protagonist , Seinen , Vampire , Drugs , LGBTQ+ Themes , Alternate Universe , Aliens , Twins , Slapstick , Scat , Episodic , Butler , Robots

Yotsuba to!

Also known as Yotsuba&!.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Hello! This is Koiwai Yotsuba, Yotsuba Koiwai...um, YOTSUBA! Yotsuba moved with Daddy to a new house from our old house waaaaaaay over there! And moving's fun 'cos people wave! (Ohhhh!!) And Yotsuba met these nice people next door and made friends to play with (one of 'em acted like one of those bad strangers Daddy told Yotsuba not to go with, but it was okay in the end). I hope we get to play a lot. And eat ice cream! And-and-and...oh yeah! You should come play with Yotsuba too!



Notes:
Includes an interlude.
Won the Excellence Award for Manga at the Japan Media Arts Festival in 2006 and the Grand Prize of the 20th Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize in 2016.
Was nominated for the Manga Taishō award in 2008 and for the 12th and 20th Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize in 2008 and 2016.
Was nominated for the Eisner Award in the "Best Publication for Kids" category.

Tags: Family Life , Iyashikei , Episodic , Female Protagonist , Slapstick , Shounen , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Parenthood , Rural , Adoption , Primarily Female Cast , Tomboy

Aharen-san wa Hakarenai

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

A short-length comedy about Matsuboshi Raidou-kun and his seatmate Aharen Reina-san, who has problems determining how chummy she has to be when approaching other people. Get up close and personal with the small, quiet but unfathomable girl, Aharen-san!

Tags: School , Iyashikei , Heterosexual , Meta , Episodic , Kuudere , Parody , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Shounen , Martial Arts , Drawing , Primarily Female Cast , Gyaru , Teacher , Crossdressing , Yuri

Azumanga Daiou

Also known as Azumanga Daioh.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

It's not manga, it's Azumanga! − smart, fun and totally addictive. Created by the iconoclastic Kiyohiko Azuma, Azumanga Daiou is strongly character driven, taking the reader through the daily tribulations of Miss Kurosawa, Miss Yukari, the wild Tomo, hair-triggered Yomi, ditzy Osaka, brash Kagura, cute Chiyo-chan and athletic (but girly) Sakaki.



Notes:
A great number of chapters are divided into several parts that have been included in the final chapter count.
The chapter count includes 5 extra chapters.

Tags: School , 4-koma , Ensemble Cast , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Episodic , Surreal Comedy , Slapstick , Teacher , Shounen , Coming of Age , Primarily Teen Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Yuri , Tomboy , Ojou-sama

Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san

Also known as Teasing Master Takagi-san.

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

Middle schooler Nishikata has had it with his classmate Takagi--the chronic teaser who sits nearby. Day in and day out, she comes after him with every sort of trick or prank. Even when he tries to get her back, she's always one step ahead. But rest assured, it's only the beginning. He's not about to give up that easily in this battle of cunning and youth!

Note: Includes 13 extra chapters

Tags: School , Achronological Order , Slapstick , Primarily Child Cast , Heterosexual , Iyashikei , Shounen , Episodic , Bullying

Fumino-san no Bungu na Nichijou

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Tags: Seinen