Manga like Saikuru Biyori

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 , Parenthood , Female Protagonist , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Slapstick , Shounen , Outdoor Activities , Rural , Adoption , Primarily Female Cast , Tomboy , Fishing

Witch Watch

Also known as WITCH WATCH.

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

Morihito, a boy with the strength of an ogre, is about to start living together with his childhood friend Nico, who is training to be a witch. Nico's magic leads to all sorts of unpredictable trouble, and with two teens under one roof... Let the fantastical antics begin! Magical comedy series by Kenta Shinohara creator of SKET DANCE and Astra Lost in Space.



Notes:
Ranked 2nd place for the Next Manga Award in the Print Category in 2022.

Tags: Magic , Witch , Episodic , Urban Fantasy , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Fashion , Shounen , Shapeshifting , Cohabitation , Youkai , Parody , Vampire , Found Family , Dissociative Identities , Gore , Primarily Teen Cast , Werewolf , Meta , Dragons , Ensemble Cast , Otaku Culture , Age Regression , Conspiracy

Houki no Kariudo

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy

Tags: Shounen

Hakaishin Magu-chan

Also known as Magu-chan: God of Destruction.

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

The God of Destruction Magu Menueku has been summoned by the Chaos Cult. Humanity's last hope is the honorable Holy Knights! The battle to save mankind...took place hundreds of years ago... But now a girl out in the country named Ruru releases the legendary god of destruction who had been trapped in a magical jewel! Will the natto-eating, destruction beam-blasting Magu-chan fill the world with complete chaos? This heart-warming, destructive comedy series is ready to explode onto the scene!



Note: Includes one extra chapter.

Tags: Gods , Shounen , Primarily Child Cast , Female Protagonist , Rural , Time Skip , School Club , Urban Fantasy

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 , Primarily Teen Cast , Female Protagonist , Family Life , Kemonomimi , Gods

Pension Life Vampire

Also known as The Pension Life Vampire.

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

Vampires and werewolves... One day, Eri, a "revision officer" who hunts down things that are said to resent mankind, wanders into a pension run by a mysterious girl. The encounter between a girl whose existence was denied and a legendary vampire. She won't change the world, but she can become kind. A heartwarming house administration comedy begins now!



Tags: Monster Girl , Vampire , Female Protagonist , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Shounen , Mermaid , School , Tsundere , Shapeshifting , Tragedy , Yuri , Dragons , Werewolf

Ruri Dragon

Also known as RuriDragon.

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

Well, a half dragon. Her mom admits Ruri inherited her draconic traits from her father, who, yes, is actually a dragon. As if dealing with curious classmates wasn’t already challenging enough, Ruri and her dragon genes literally turn up the heat in the middle of a lecture. Her ordinary life is about to be anything but!



Notes:
Chapters 1-6 were published in Weekly Shounen Jump from June 13, 2022 until the series went on hiatus in August 2022 due to the author’s health. It resumed with five weekly chapters from March 4 to April 1, 2024, then switched on April 22, 2024 to a bi-weekly publication on the digital Weekly Shounen Jump and Shounen Jump+.
Ranked 1st in the Nationwide Bookstore Staff Recommended Comics 2023.
Nominated for the 2023 eBookJapan Manga Award.
Ranked 9th in the Male Readers' division of Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2024 guidebook.
Ranked 2nd in the Web Manga category of the 2024 Next Manga Award.
Winner of the Setting Award at the 4th Magademy Awards in 2025.

Tags: Monster Girl , Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , Dragons , School , Iyashikei , Urban Fantasy , Shounen , Primarily Teen Cast , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Primarily Female Cast , Super Power , Family Life , Slapstick

Kamisama ga Machigaeru

Also known as God Bless the Mistaken.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Sci-Fi , Slice of Life

Middle schooler Kon lives in a world with periodic exceptional phenomena, more commonly known as bugs. He works as the unofficial assistant to his landlady Kasane Himesaki, a leading researcher in the field, and they study the effects and impact of these mysterious abnormalities. Some of the bugs bring fun, others intrigue, and still others cause inconveniences to their daily lives. In their ever-changing world, there’s only one thing that’s certain—the most ordinary moments can be the most extraordinary of all!



Tags: Urban Fantasy , Male Protagonist , School , Female Protagonist , Seinen , Animals , Surreal Comedy , Teacher

Yamabiko na Nichijou

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Tags: Shounen

Shinrin Ouja Moriking

Also known as Moriking.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Fantasy

Third-grader Shota Aikawa's pet beetle evolves from a larva to a pupa to a superhot human! The wacky adventures of the Aikawa family and the fabulous beetle who would be king now begins! You're gonna LARVA this new comedy manga!



Included one-shot:
Volume 2: Shinrin Shuugosha Moriking

Tags: Surreal Comedy , Family Life , Shounen , Battle Royale