Manga like Oyacocco

Chichi Kogusa

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

A story about a medicine seller and his son and their struggles with each other after losing someone precious to them. A father who never really raised his son because he is always out doing his trade, but when suddenly his wife dies he must adjust his solitary journey to include his son.

Tags: Family Life , Rural , Seinen , Medicine , Educational , Male Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes , Parenthood

Chichi no Koyomi

Also known as A Journal Of My Father.

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

KNOW THY FATHER

After well over a decade’s absence, Yoichi Yamashita journeys back to his hometown to attend his father’s funeral. As the relatives gather and the stories flow alongside the drinks, Yoichi’s childhood starts to resurface. The spring afternoon playing on the floor of his father’s barber shop, the fire that ravaged the city and his family home, his parents’ divorce and a new ‘mother’.

Through confidences and memories shared with those who knew him best, Yoichi rediscovers the man he had long considered an absent and rather cold father.



Tags: Family Life , Seinen , Historical , Tragedy , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist

Aka-chan to Boku

Also known as Baby & Me.

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

Takuya is a normal Japanese elementary student whose mother died not very long ago, leaving him alone with his father and his baby brother Minoru. But his father is a busy man, and Takuya has to look after Minoru. Because of this responsibility that would normally never burden a child of his age, Takuya sometimes resents his fate and his baby brother... but his love for Minoru gives him the strength to carry on.



Notes:
Includes the one-shot "Time Limit".
Includes the one-shot "Secret Boy ni Tee Dasuna!!".
Includes the one-shot "Baka de Karukete Wagamama de".
Includes the one-shot "Natsu to Kimi no Irradiation".

Tags: Family Life , Male Protagonist , Shoujo , Primarily Child Cast , Parenthood

Mahiru no Polvorón

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

The nine-year-old girl Rutsubo doesn't like her father, and has made up her mind to never forgive him for abandoning her right after she was born. But when her guardians take a two-month vacation, she's forced to live with him for the first time. Live with him, fine -- but that doesn't mean she has to talk to him. This is the story of a silent, withdrawn girl and the complicated father who hopes to win her over.

Tags: Family Life , Female Protagonist , Josei

Evil Heart

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sports

Masaki Umeo is a middle schooler with a nasty temper. Because of his temper, he is causing all sorts of problems and is constantly involved in fights causing his sister to worry about his well-being. One day, he stumbles upon an Aikido class which he becomes interested in, but soon dismisses it until he meets Daniel- an english teacher from Canada. Daniel teaches Umeo about the way of Aikido in hopes of giving Umeo a different outlook in his life, but it isn't that simple because there is a dark reason behind Umeo's temper...



Tags: Seinen , School , Martial Arts

Haruka na Machi e

Also known as A Distant Neighborhood.

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

Who hasn't thought about reliving their past, correcting perceived mistakes or changing crucial decisions? Would this better your life or the lives of those closest to you? Or would your altered actions prove even more harmful? One man gets the chance to find out...

Middle-aged Hiroshi Nakahara is on his way home from a business trip when he finds himself on the wrong train heading for his childhood hometown. His footsteps take him to his mother's grave and it's there that he is catapulted back into his life as an 8th grader - but with all his adult memories and knowledge intact. As he struggles to make sense of his predicament his adult memories of his childhood return but are somehow subtly changed. The questions start to form ... would his father still disappear without explanation? would he still marry his wife?



Tags: Time Manipulation , Age Regression , Male Protagonist , Family Life , Seinen , Rural , Magic , Philosophy

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 , Primarily Adult Cast , Cohabitation , Unrequited Love , Acting , Suicide , Transgender