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

Yuzuki-san Chi no Yon Kyoudai.

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

The Yuzuki family consists of four brothers: Hayato, Mikoto, Minato, and Gakuto. The eldest son, Hayato, happily lives every day to the fullest. There are tears, laughter and excitement at home, at school, and in the neighborhood!



Tags: Family Life , Male Protagonist , Iyashikei , Primarily Male Cast , Shoujo , Coming of Age , School , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Teacher , Tomboy

Ohayou toka Oyasumi toka

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

Wahei is just an ordinary guy, who has nothing against his family, but thinks dealing with them is a bother. He just wants to live alone in comfort, but one day, he receives a letter from his father, along with a visit from 3 half-sisters. The letter says that the sisters have no other relatives, so they should stay with Wahei. Wahei accepts reluctantly at first, but through his interactions with the sisters, he begins to remember the importance of family...



Tags: Family Life , Seinen , Iyashikei , Coming of Age

Shounen wo Kau

Also known as Taking in a Stray.

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

Ai Morikawa lives for her work. Pulling overtime and getting home past midnight is business as usual for this Tokyo career woman. She barely has time to catch the last train every night, let alone go chasing after a potential husband. One night, an extraordinarily pretty 16-year-old boy named Nagisa shows up on Ai's doorstep, and she takes him in. Her acquaintance with Nagisa, a boy as eccentric and aloof as a cat, slowly begins to change Ai's routine... This unconventional family drama is guaranteed to soothe your heart!



Tags: Age Gap , Iyashikei , Heterosexual , Drawing

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

Shounen no Ato

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

A woman bad with kids, and a boy bad with people, find themselves living together after losing their "Beloved". Living out in the boonies in a snow-covered village, they only have each other to hold on to in their comisery, despite the friction between them. And when the boy, Fuusuke, asks Suzuka for "Blood"...



Note: Chapter count includes 3 extras.

Tags: Vampire , Age Gap , Rural , Adoption , Snowscape , Bisexual , Tragedy , Female Protagonist

Ohana Holoholo

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

Maya, who works as a translator, lives with her bisexual former girlfriend, Michiru, and Michiru's son, Yuuta. Residing in the same apartment building is an actor called Nico, who drops by for a visit almost everyday, and knows about Michiru's past. Somewhat like family, and somewhat not, their lives interweave full of warm days.

Note: Includes five side stories and an extra.

Tags: Josei , LGBTQ+ Themes , Family Life , Found Family , Bisexual , Yuri , Parenthood , Female Protagonist , Cohabitation , Primarily Adult Cast , Unrequited Love , Acting , Suicide , Transgender

Chichi to Hige-Gorilla to Watashi

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

After losing her mother to a tragic accident, 6-year old tomboy, Michiru, finds a suspicious person moving into her precious home: her dad’s giant younger brother Kouji, the “Beard Gorilla”. While awkward at first, it doesn’t take long for the two to develop a familiar bond that looks more like that of a brother and a sister, than that of niece & uncle.

Source: Manga Updates

Tags: Family Life , 4-koma , Iyashikei , Seinen , Parenthood , Tomboy

Roujoteki Shoujo Hinata-chan

Also known as Granny Girl Hinata-chan.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

With a taste for the finer things in life, a mind chock full of knowledge and a solution for every problem, Hinata isn't your average kindergartener. She has a secret. Hinata is actually an 88-year-old grandma, reborn into the body of a little girl with all her memories intact! She loves pickled vegetables and enjoying a nice cup of tea on the veranda while disciplining her peers with her authoritative, old-fashioned dialect. Why has she been reborn?! Find out in this cute, nostalgic comedy filled with grandma-wisdom!

Note: Includes 12 extra chapters.

Tags: Reincarnation , Seinen , Primarily Child Cast , Female Protagonist , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , School , Animals , Age Regression

3-gatsu no Lion

Also known as March Comes in Like a Lion.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

Rei Kiriyama is a child prodigy. Rei Kiriyama is also an orphan who lives alone in an empty apartment. Rei Kiriyama is a teen working in an adult's world. Life is complicated for Rei. He's an up-and-coming shogi player on the verge of turning pro, but he has no homelife, or much of a life period, outside his board game, but thankfully with the help of some life-long friends he has an opportunity start all over again.



Notes:
Winner of the Grand Prize at the 4th Manga Taishou Award in 2011.
Winner of the 35th Kodansha Manga Award in 2011.
Winner of the Grand Prize at the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2014.
Winner of the Grand Prize at the Japan Media Arts Festival in 2021.

Tags: Coming of Age , Family Life , Philosophy , Rehabilitation , Seinen , Shogi , Found Family , Male Protagonist , Bullying , Iyashikei , Board Game , Food , Heterosexual , Tragedy , Age Gap , Adoption , School Club , Love Triangle