Manga like Neko no Otera no Chion-san

Kimi wa Houkago Insomnia

Also known as Insomniacs After School.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

Nakami is a studious but cranky and antisocial high schooler who gets on his classmates' nerves. However, his bad attitude comes from the fact that he has a sleeping disorder, and frequently spends nights on end without a single minute of sleep. During the preparations for the school festival, he is begrudgingly sent to the school's astronomy observatory to gather cardboard boxes, a place which is said to be haunted by the dire happenings of the now defunct Astronomy Club. He finds the isolated place a haven ripe for him to sleep, but while rummaging around, he stumbles upon his classmate Magari Isaki sleeping inside a toppled-over locker.

Isaki, unlike him, is a personable and popular girl at class, but who also hides her own problems with insomnia. Looking for a middle ground, they find that there's comfort and ease in sleeping together, so they resort to make the observatory their own private cubby to sleep... Have they found the comfort they're looking for?

Note: Nominated for the Tsugimanga 2020 Award in the Manga Category.

Tags: Coming of Age , Iyashikei , Astronomy , Heterosexual , School , Photography , School Club , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Disability , Female Protagonist , Outdoor , Time Skip

Fujiyama-san wa Shishunki

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Romance

Fujiyama-san is 181 cm (Approx. 5' 11'') and she is the ace player for her school's volleyball team. Kanba-kun is 160 cm (Approx. 5' 3") and has known Fujiyama since their preschool years. With his prankster friends, Kanba peaks into the girl's locker room right when Fujiyama is undressing. From then on, he could not get the image of Fujiyama out of his mind, so he decides to ask her out. She says yes. Enjoy their naive and secretive relationship as Kanba ogles his tall girlfriend in many different situations.

Tags: School , Primarily Teen Cast , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Coming of Age , Seinen , Iyashikei , Heterosexual , Volleyball

Alice-san Chi no Irori-bata

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

After ten years, Alice returns to her hometown from Tokyo to live alone in an traditional Japanese house with a sunken hearth. Harumi, her childhood friend, nervously meets her again after such a long time, but the warmth of the hearth with Alice is just as warm as it was in the past...

Tags: Heterosexual , Age Gap , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Seinen , Rural , Iyashikei , Food , Love Triangle

Hirayasumi

Also known as Hirayasumi.

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

With a carefree outlook on life, Hiroto knows better than anyone that slowing down is sometimes the best way to move forward.

At 29 years old, carefree Hiroto Ikuta doesn’t have a girlfriend, a full-time job, or a plan for the future—and he couldn’t be happier. Hiroto’s breezy attitude isn’t easy for everyone to understand, though. In a world filled with anxiety, confusion, and grief, Hiroto and the people who surround him are all just doing their best to figure out this thing called life.

After developing an unlikely friendship with the grouchy old granny who lives in his neighborhood, Hiroto suddenly finds himself inheriting not just her house, but some rather difficult emotions as well. His 18-year-old cousin Natsumi moves in with him, but as a struggling art student, she has her own troubles to deal with and may just put Hiroto’s easygoing lifestyle to the test.



Tags: Seinen , Iyashikei , Family Life , Urban , Primarily Adult Cast , Work , College , Drawing , Male Protagonist , Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Filmmaking

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

Ao no Shima to Neko Ippiki

Status: Releasing
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

Souta Nakamura, a young city teacher moves to the island of Nagishima after spending years away, expecting to meet his old upperclassman who offered him lodging, but finds out that he's gone and he's left him to take care of his teenage daughter Ao, a girl who is wise beyond her years, and who has the quiet island lifestyle ingrained in her heart.

Included one-shot:
Volume 1: Sailor-fuku to Kankinchuu.

Tags: Rural , Seinen

Flying Witch

Also known as Flying Witch.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Slice of Life , Supernatural

Makoto Kowata, a novice witch, packs up her belongings (including her black cat familiar) and moves in with her distant cousins in rural Aomori Prefecture, in the far north reaches of Japan, to complete her training and become a full-fledged witch.



Tags: Iyashikei , Magic , Witch , Urban Fantasy , Rural , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Kemonomimi , Gods , Family Life

Bimajo no Ayano-san

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

Ayano-san is a beautiful housewife with a son, Yuusei, who doesn't seem to approve of her carefree ways. Always smiling and well-meaning, Ayano-san still finds a way to make herself an object of curiosity and appreciation by passing people.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Seinen , Primarily Adult Cast , Episodic , Family Life , Iyashikei , MILF , Food , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things

Mizu wa Umi ni Mukatte Nagareru

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

The story of a family of five, living under one roof.

Winner of the New Creator Prize category of the 24th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize (2020).

Tags: Family Life , Male Protagonist , Coming of Age , Age Gap , Female Protagonist , Shounen , Love Triangle

Torima Minshuku Yadori Tekina!

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

"Guest House Yadori" is a seaside inn with a view of the Pacific Ocean.

A 34-year old tanned gal is the proprietress who runs the inn. In an unexpected turn of events, a university student named Youichi Sakimori ends up freeloading there. The playful and alluring proprietress Hana Yadori has him dancing in her palms from morning til night...!?



Tags: Male Protagonist , Gyaru , Heterosexual , Primarily Adult Cast , Tanned Skin , Age Gap , Female Protagonist , Love Triangle , Coastal , College , Seinen , Delinquents