Manga like Onna no Sono no Hoshi

Uramichi Oniisan

Also known as Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Uramichi is 31. Uramichi appears on children’s TV alongside two grown men dressed as forest creatures and a singing woman with a very short fuse. Uramichi leads little kids in exercises and answers their questions about life. But Uramichi’s life is pain. Uramichi just wants to be miserable in peace. But, in his words, “There are games that don’t end even after you forfeit. Like life, for example…”



Note: The English edition volumes are omnibuses combining two Japanese volumes into one English volume.

Tags: Satire , Primarily Male Cast , Work , Acting , Primarily Adult Cast , Philosophy , Male Protagonist , Episodic , Josei , Teacher , Urban

Yano-kun no Futsuu no Hibi

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

Yoshida is the chairman of the class and she is always worried. Her biggest worry these days is that Yano, who is in her class, comes to school every day with a serious injury. She can't take her eyes off Yano, who is injured in every possible way! She can't wait to help him!

A love comedy about a boy who is covered in injuries and a girl who worries too much!



Tags: Seinen , School , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Unrequited Love , Love Triangle

Iyahaya Atami-kun

Also known as My Oh My, Atami-kun.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

High schooler Atami is living the dream. He's got incredibly good looks, and girls can't help asking him out nearly every day. There's just one problem, though—he's into guys, not girls! His own gorgeous face haunts him, since it's all anyone seems to be interested in. Won't anyone see him for who he really is?



Tags: Seinen , LGBTQ+ Themes , Male Protagonist , Boys' Love , School , Unrequited Love , Primarily Teen Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Estranged Family

Gokusen

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

Fresh out of college, Kumiko "Yankumi" Yamaguchi becomes a math teacher at an all-boys high school. Unfortunately for her, she's assigned by the school board as the homeroom teacher for class 3-D, which happens to be the class of delinquent students. When the class attempts to make a living hell out of Yankumi's career, they fail as her persistence and aggression gain her respect. However, little does anyone in the school know that Yankumi is actually heir to the Kuroda Ikka—one of Tokyo's most powerful yakuza clans.

Note: Chapter count includes 9 extra chapters in Volumes 9-15

Tags: School , Yakuza , Female Protagonist , Delinquents , Josei , Teacher , Love Triangle , Age Gap , LGBTQ+ Themes , Transgender

Kirio Fanclub

Also known as Kirio Fan Club.

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

What would you do if your crush had ear-splitting farts?

For Aimi and Nami, the answer is to cry tears of joy for being able to pinpoint at a distance the object of their affections, Kirio, from a single toot. These are the kinds of deep, philosophical questions the two friends/rivals in romance pose to each other to prove their love for this boy who hardly seems to know they exist. That won’t stop them from conducting nightly rituals to entice him into their dreams, though, or listing out what exactly they like about him, down to the very last organ. But when push comes to shove, will they choose their hilarious friendship over a shot at love?

Get ready for a rip-roaring romcom about the friendship behind what is fair in love and war!



Tags: Female Protagonist , Love Triangle , Unrequited Love , Slapstick , Josei , Heterosexual , School , Primarily Teen Cast

Doubutsu no Oishasan

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Doubutsu no Oishasan is a comedy manga describing a life in a veterinary college. Masaki Nishine, the main character, entered Hokkaido University and chose the animal doctor course without thinking too much. He met eccentric professors and graduate students there and was involved in troubles they made.

Tags: Shoujo , College , Veterinarian , Animals , Medicine , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast

Tensai Yanagisawa Kyouju no Seikatsu

Status: Releasing
Genres: Slice of Life

Yoshinori Yanagisawa is a Professor of Economics at Y University. He always walks on the right side of the road and only crosses the street at designated pedestrian crossings. He will walk the extra mile in search of cheap and tasty "saba" (mackerel). This story is an entertaining record of the life of a civilized scholar who abides by the the laws of the road and by the laws of the free market.

Tags: Seinen , Philosophy , Teacher , Family Life , Male Protagonist , College , Economics , Travel

Koko wa Ima kara Rinri desu.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Psychological

"Ethics" is the path of humanity, a principle that becomes the norm of morality. Learning is not a problem in the future. But this class is filled with the truth of life. Cool ethics teachers Takayanagi confronts the problems of students and their own stance. New Age, teacher story!!

Tags: Philosophy , Teacher , School , Educational , Episodic , Seinen , Bullying , Suicide , Crime , Delinquents , LGBTQ+ Themes , Yakuza , Drugs , Nudity , Disability , Tragedy

Tsuiraku JK to Haijin Kyoushi

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

Mikoto Ochiai is ready to jump off the rooftop of her high school's building after she got rejected by the boy she loves. However, her physics and home room teacher Jin Haiba suddenly appears on the rooftop for a smoke, talked to her and saved her from falling down. He even asked her to go out with him which made her confused. How will things go between the smart and calm Mikoto and her seemingly carefree teacher Jin? Note: Chapter count includes 20 volume-bonus chapters.

Tags: Teacher , Age Gap , Female Protagonist , Episodic , Shoujo , Suicide , Denpa , Heterosexual , Rehabilitation , School , Meta , Tragedy , Love Triangle

Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei

Also known as Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

Nozomu Itoshiki is depressed. Very depressed. He's certifiably suicidal, but he’s also the beloved schoolteacher of a class of unique students, each charming in her own way: The stalker. The shut-in. The obsessive-compulsive. The girl who comes to class every day with strange bruises. And Kafuka, the most optimistic girl in the world, who knows that every cloud has a silver lining. For all of them, it's a special time, when the right teacher can have a lasting positive effect on their lives. But is that teacher Itoshiki, a.k.a. Zetsubou-sensei, who just wants to find the perfect place to die?



Tags: Satire , Teacher , School , Philosophy , Ensemble Cast , Parody , Meta , Primarily Female Cast , Anachronism , Dissociative Identities , Tragedy , Suicide , Ghost , Female Harem , Politics , Shounen