Manga like REX Kyouryuu Monogatari

Cardcaptor Sakura

Also known as Cardcaptor Sakura.

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Romance

Fourth grader Sakura Kinomoto finds a strange book in her father's library -- a book made by the wizard Clow to store dangerous spirits sealed within a set of magical cards. But when Sakura opens it up, there is nothing left inside but Kero-chan, the book's cute little guardian beast... who informs Sakura that since the Clow cards seem to have escaped while he was asleep, it's now her job to capture them!



Tags: Magic , Urban Fantasy , Love Triangle , Shoujo , Family Life , Female Protagonist , Primarily Child Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , School , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Tomboy , Bisexual , Dissociative Identities , Unrequited Love , Fairy , Boys' Love , Age Gap , Martial Arts , Agender , Transgender

Fruits Basket

Also known as Fruits Basket.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Psychological , Romance , Supernatural

After a family tragedy turns her life upside down, plucky high schooler Tohru Honda takes matters into her own hands and moves out...into a tent! Unfortunately for her, she pitches her new home on private land belonging to the mysterious Sohma clan, and it isn't long before the owners discover her secret. But, as Tohru quickly finds out when the family offers to take her in, the Sohmas have a secret of their own--when touched by the opposite sex, they turn into the animals of the Chinese Zodiac!



Note: Volume 9 includes the bonus chapter "Rain Shelter of Terror".

Tags: Shoujo , Mythology , Animals , Ensemble Cast , Tragedy , Shapeshifting , Philosophy , Rehabilitation , Heterosexual , Reincarnation , Found Family , Female Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Primarily Male Cast , School , Family Life , Primarily Teen Cast , Coming of Age , Age Gap , Tsundere , Estranged Family , Youkai , Curses , Love Triangle , Memory Manipulation , Disability , Orphan , Unrequited Love , Incest , Crossdressing , Henshin , Delinquents , Cohabitation , Monster Boy , Revenge , Dissociative Identities , Teacher , Marriage , Transgender

Full Moon wo Sagashite

Also known as Full Moon.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mahou Shoujo , Music , Romance , Supernatural

Young Mitsuki loves singing and dreams of becoming a pop star. Unfortunately, a malignant tumor in her throat prevents her from pursuing her passion. However, her life turns around when two surprisingly fun-loving harbingers of death appear to grant Mitsuki a temporary reprieve from her illness and give her singing career a magical push start.



Chapter count contains the oneshot Ginyuu Meika (2nd volume); also includes all interlude and 4-koma chapters of the retail volumes.

Tags: Shoujo , Idol , Magic , Love Triangle , Female Protagonist , Rehabilitation , Found Family , Angels , Coming of Age , Denpa , Suicide , Philosophy , Tragedy , Afterlife , Heterosexual , Henshin , Kemonomimi , Nekomimi , Gods , Youkai , Mythology , Urban Fantasy , Age Gap , Urban

Shugo Chara!

Also known as Shugo Chara!.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Mahou Shoujo , Romance

Everybody at Seiyo Elementary thinks that stylish and super cool Amu has it all: But nobody knows the real Amu, a shy girl who wishes she had the courage to truly be herself. Changing Amu’s life is going to take more than wishes and dreams–it’s going to take a little magic! One morning, Amu finds a surprise in her bed: three strange little eggs. Each egg contains a Guardian Character, an angel-like being who can give her the power to be someone new. With the help of her Guardian Characters, Amu is about to discover that her true self is even more amazing than she ever dreamed.



Note: Includes 3 side stories.

Tags: Shoujo , School , Magic , Female Protagonist , Primarily Child Cast , Coming of Age , Crossdressing , Love Triangle , Nekomimi , Tsundere , Henshin , Philosophy , Gender Bending , Fairy Tale , Family Life , Tragedy , Time Manipulation , Astronomy , Orphan , Space , Super Power , Writing , Anti-Hero , Estranged Family , Tomboy , Fugitive , Homeless , Heterosexual , Urban Fantasy , Age Gap , School Club , Idol , Male Harem , Fairy , Fashion , Adoption , Rehabilitation , Espionage , Femboy , Achronological Order

Gal to Kyouryuu

Also known as My Roomie Is a Dino.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

We’ve all been there—a couple drinks too many, and a hazy wander back to your home, where you wake up wondering how you got there. But in Kaede’s case, not only was she not sure how she got home … she wasn’t sure how the dinosaur got there, either! The two are soon fast friends, but though their personalities jive, they’ll have to learn how to communicate in order to live peacefully together!



Tags: Surreal Comedy , Animals , Gyaru , Dinosaurs , Iyashikei , Female Protagonist , Language Barrier , Primarily Adult Cast , Seinen , Creature Taming

Nui!

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

When Kaya runs into trouble one day, it’s not a knight in shining armor, but her stuffed animals that come to her rescue. It may sound crazy, but Kaya isn’t pretending: she loves her stuffed animals so much, they come to life and turn into people! Plushies come in all different shapes and sizes, and so do their hearts—whereas some are nice, there are others who are not so kind.



Tags: Anthropomorphism , Urban Fantasy , Female Protagonist , Shoujo , Animals , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Henshin , Kemonomimi , Unrequited Love , Magic

Unicorn to Sabishigariya Shoujo

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Supernatural

Perverted Unicorn likes an ultra-pure (virgin) lonely girl.

Tags: Yuri , Shapeshifting , Female Protagonist , Magic , Inseki , Seinen , Primarily Female Cast , School , Animals

Tenshi Kouryaku Manual

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Romance

Tenko, a girl who always went to an all-girl school, after making friend with a stuffed dinosaur who also speaks, decides to try the entrance exam of a mixed school, previously an all boy school, because she fell in love at the first sight with one of their students: Madoka. A cute and lovely story about a first love!!

Notes:
Includes the extra "Chotto Kowai Hanashi" (ちょっとこわい話)
Includes the extra "Aaya no Nazo" (あーやの謎)

Tags: Shoujo , Love Triangle , Dinosaurs , Female Protagonist

Muka Muka Paradise

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy

The story revolves around a young girl named Uiba Shikatani and her newly found pet dinosaur, which is named after the only words that come out of its mouth, Muka Muka. (Wikipedia)

Tags: Shoujo , Dinosaurs

Gal to Cthulhu

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

A trendy girl and aspiring idol thought she'd get a pet octopus to make it big as a pet idol, but she ended up getting Cthulhu! With the help of an elder god, aim for the top!

Tags: Iyashikei , Idol , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Gyaru , Cosmic Horror , Female Protagonist , 4-koma , Full Color , Urban Fantasy