Manga like Kyoukai no RINNE

also known as RIN-NE

What is RIN-NE about?

Status: Finished

As a child Sakura Mamiya mysteriously disappeared in the woods behind her grandma's home. She returned whole and healthy, but since then she has had the power to see ghosts. Now a teenager, she just wishes the ghosts would leave her alone! At school, the desk next to Sakura's has been empty since the start of the school year. Then one day her always-absent classmate Rinne Rokudo shows up, and he's far more than what he seems!



Tags: School , Shounen , Female Protagonist , Demons , Afterlife , Anthropomorphism , Episodic
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Here is a list of Manga similar to Kyoukai no RINNE

Mao

MAO

Also known as Mao.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Romance , Supernatural

Nanoka passes through a portal into the Taisho era, where exorcist Mao reluctantly rescues her from the jaws of a grotesque yokai. When Nanoka gets back to the present, she discovers she has some new, incredible abilities. She returns to the past looking for answers, only to get caught up in Mao’s investigation of a series of gruesome murders. As her questions about herself multiply, Nanoka learns that Mao is cursed by a cat demon named Byoki—and so is his sword. If anyone but Mao attempts to wield it, they are doomed. But when Mao’s life is in jeopardy, Nanoka picks up his blade and swings!



Tags: Youkai , Female Protagonist , Martial Arts , School , Historical , Shounen , Time Manipulation , Demons , Exorcism
InuYasha

Inuyasha

Also known as InuYasha.

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy

Kagome is a modern Japanese high school girl. Never the type to believe in myths and legends, her world view dramatically changes when, one day, she's pulled out of her own time and into another! There, in Japan's ancient past, Kagome discovers more than a few of those dusty old legends are true, and that her destiny is linked to one legendary creature in particular--the dog-like half-demon called Inuyasha! That same trick of fate also ties them both to the Shikon Jewel, or "Jewel of Four Souls." But demons beware...the smallest shard of the Shikon Jewel can give the user unimaginable power.



Tags: Demons , Youkai , Shounen , Historical , Kemonomimi , Found Family , Reincarnation , Heterosexual , Isekai , Revenge , Time Manipulation , Shrine Maiden , Female Protagonist , Love Triangle , Male Protagonist , Body Horror , Nudity
Yu Yu Hakusho

Yuu☆Yuu☆Hakusho

Also known as Yu Yu Hakusho.

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

Yusuke Urameshi was a tough teen delinquent until one selfless act changed his life...by ending it. When he died saving a little kid from a speeding car, the afterlife didn't know what to do with him, so it gave him a second chance at life. Now, Yusuke is a ghost with a mission, performing good deeds at the behest of Botan, the ferrywoman of the River Styx, and Koenma, the pacifier-sucking judge of the dead.



Note: Volume 7 contains the special story "Yuu Yuu Hakusho Tales: Two Shot" (外伝. TWO SHOTS)

Tags: Shounen , Super Power , Demons , Primarily Male Cast , Cultivation , Delinquents , Coming of Age , Martial Arts , Male Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Dissociative Identities , Philosophy , Boys' Love , Heterosexual , Ghost , Youkai , Boxing , Conspiracy
xxxHOLiC

xxxHolic

Also known as xxxHOLiC.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Mystery , Supernatural

Kimihiro Watanuki is haunted by visions of ghosts and spirits. He seeks help from a mysterious woman named Yuko, who claims she can help. However, Watanuki must work for Yuko in order to pay for her aid. Soon Watanuki finds himself employed in Yuko’s shop where he sees things and meets customers that are stranger than anything he could have ever imagined.



Notes:
The series was re-named to xxxHolic•Rou on chapter title pages of chapter 186 and on, but not on their volume's front covers, spines and indicia.
The chapter count contains a one-shot published in May 2010 to commemorate the switch, which was later collected into Volume 18.
The chapter count also reflects the magazine releases; the chapters plus the one-shot were re-arranged into 109 chapters across 19 volumes.

Tags: Magic , Youkai , Mythology , Ghost , Crossover , Clone , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Witch , Time Manipulation , Philosophy , Urban Fantasy , Episodic , Denpa , Memory Manipulation , Tragedy , Boys' Love , School , Heterosexual
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Urusei Yatsura

Urusei Yatsura

Also known as Urusei Yatsura.

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

What would you do if a tiger skin bikini-clad alien followed you to school every day? Poor Ataru's life has never returned to normal since volatile extraterrestrial princess Lum fell for him. Now an excruciatingly wealthy and genteel rival, Mendo, adds to Ataru's torment. Not to mention an unending stream of extraordinary classroom visitors and educational materials including incompetent cherry blossom spirits, a legendary nightmare-eating tapir, and a fourth-dimensional camera that breeches alternate realities.



Tags: Surreal Comedy , Aliens , Slapstick , Episodic , Heterosexual , Youkai , Shounen , Female Harem , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Love Triangle , Nudity , Anti-Hero , Animals , Shapeshifting
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Ayakashi Triangle

Ayakashi Triangle

Also known as Ayakashi Triangle.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Ecchi , Romance , Supernatural

Teenager Kazamaki Matsuri has long been part of an elite force of ninja exorcists, tasked with fighting malicious ayakashi spirits who threaten Japan–especially those after his childhood friend, the spirit medium Kanade Suzu. As he fiercely protects her, and his relationship with her blooms from friendship into something more, a powerful cat ayakashi vows to get between the lovebirds: by casting a forbidden spell that turns Matsuri into a woman! With no apparent way to undo the spell, Matsuri must continue battling ayakashi–and go back to school–in this new feminine body until he can find a way to turn back.



Note: The series originally started serialization in Weekly Shounen Jump. It then moved to Shounen Jump+ starting April 25, 2022.

Tags: Gender Bending , Female Protagonist , Ninja , Youkai , Nudity , Urban Fantasy , Shounen , Exorcism , LGBTQ+ Themes , Heterosexual , Yuri , Male Protagonist , Femboy , Love Triangle , Bisexual , School , MILF
Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun

Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun

Also known as Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Romance

The boy of her dreams...is a girl's manga artist?! To the eyes of high school student Chiyo Sakura, classmate Umetarou Nozaki--brawny of build and brusque of tongue--is a dreamboat! When Chiyo finally works up the courage to tell Nozaki how she feels about him, she knows rejection is on the table...but getting recruited as a manga-ka's assistant?! Never in a million years! But for someone who makes a living drawing sweet girly romances, Nozaki-kun is a little slow on the uptake when it comes to matters of the heart in reality. And so Chiyo's daily life of manga making and heartache begins!



Tags: Drawing , Parody , Ensemble Cast , 4-koma , Work , School , Heterosexual , Otaku Culture , Tomboy , Tsundere , Primarily Teen Cast , School Club , Shounen , Female Protagonist , Unrequited Love , Educational , Bisexual

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