Manga like Ruki-san

Gogo no Akubi

Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Slice of Life

Everyday is a little bit strange. Everyday is wonderful. Here in Shiratama-cho, strange things come to life like fireflies. This is a story about "Utakata no Hibino Awako," an office worker who lives in this town. It is a cute short manga that will touch your heart deeply.

Tags: Josei , Iyashikei , Surreal Comedy , Animals , Female Protagonist

Veil

Also known as Veil.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

A chance encounter. A handsome soldier. A beautiful woman. A tentative love affair smolders on the snowy cobblestone streets, out of sight of those that might keep them apart.

Veil is a beautifully illustrated full-color romance manga, told in stylish short vignettes, beautiful illustrations, and secret moments.



Tags: Heterosexual , Foreign , Josei , Primarily Adult Cast , Disability , Fashion , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Episodic , Police , Full Color

Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou

Also known as Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou.

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

Set hundreds of years in the future after an environmental catastrophe, Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou (also known as Yokohama Shopping Log) centers on the simple life of Alpha, an android who runs a small coffee shop in coastal Japan. Alpha stands witness to chronicle the end of humanity’s days with coffee, a slice of watermelon, and the sound of her moon guitar backed by distant seagulls. Quiet and bittersweet, this tale is about the melancholy beauty that can be found even as the end approaches.



Tags: Iyashikei , Post-Apocalyptic , Female Protagonist , Coming of Age , Philosophy , Rural , Time Skip , Lost Civilization , Robots , Coastal , Artificial Intelligence , Seinen , Episodic , Work , Yuri , Mopeds , Travel , Restaurant , Family Life , LGBTQ+ Themes , Motorcycles , Nudity

Hirayasumi

Also known as Hirayasumi.

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

With a carefree outlook on life, Hiroto knows better than anyone that slowing down is sometimes the best way to move forward.

At 29 years old, carefree Hiroto Ikuta doesn’t have a girlfriend, a full-time job, or a plan for the future—and he couldn’t be happier. Hiroto’s breezy attitude isn’t easy for everyone to understand, though. In a world filled with anxiety, confusion, and grief, Hiroto and the people who surround him are all just doing their best to figure out this thing called life.

After developing an unlikely friendship with the grouchy old granny who lives in his neighborhood, Hiroto suddenly finds himself inheriting not just her house, but some rather difficult emotions as well. His 18-year-old cousin Natsumi moves in with him, but as a struggling art student, she has her own troubles to deal with and may just put Hiroto’s easygoing lifestyle to the test.



Tags: Seinen , Iyashikei , Family Life , Urban , Primarily Adult Cast , Work , College , Drawing , Male Protagonist , Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Filmmaking

Gabai

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Gabai Granny is based on the bestseller Saga No Gabai Baachan (Gabai Granny from Saga), which is penned by comedian Shimada Yoshichi as he recounts his childhood memories of growing up under the care of his grandmother.

This is the story of a young boy, after being sent from Hiroshima to Saga (10 years after the second World War, in 1958) by his mom because of a lack of money, journeying to a faraway place, and living in conditions alien to him, definitely makes him miss home. Worse, he is not familiar with his grandmother and her ways too. But with his Gabai Granny, he will slowly discover with his growing pains, just how resourceful Granny is...



Tags: Rural , Seinen , Historical , Iyashikei

Chikuma-san

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

The book is a compilation of illustrations and mangas that appeared in Chikuma Shobo's PR magazine Chikuma. The basic structure consists of an illustration of a woman, Chikuma-san, at work on the right-hand page of the spread, and a 4koma manga to accompany the illustration on the left, such as "Hito making bread in Kasumi" and "Hito making jewelry in Krystal." In the book, the black-and-white manga from the magazine are now in color. The book also includes 32 pages of newly drawn manga, "Today's People" and "Tomorrow's People," as well as commentary for each episode.

Tags: Female Protagonist , 4-koma , Full Color , Advertisement , Episodic

Hokkyoku Hyakkaten no Concierge-san

Also known as The Concierge at Hokkyoku Department Store.

Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy

Working retail is tough enough with regular human customers, but what about when they’re owls, wolves, koalas…and a woolly mammoth? Welcome to the Hokkyoku Department Store, where new employee Akino’s customers are talking animals–including extinct species! Just like any shopper, each has their own complicated request that Akino must strive to satisfy. From a wealthy laughing owl searching for the perfect present to delight his wife to a thespian sea mink attempting to find a gift for a long-awaited reunion with her father, Akino must learn to meet their needs, while also dealing with her challenging coworkers and elusive floor manager.



Tags: Animals , Female Protagonist , Seinen , Anthropomorphism , Primarily Animal Cast , Work

Shin Kirari

Also known as Talk to My Back.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

A celebrated masterwork shimmering with vulnerability from one of alt-manga's most important female artists.

"Now that we've woken from the dream, what are we going to do?" Chiharu thinks to herself, rubbing her husband's head affectionately.

Set in an apartment complex on the outskirts of Tokyo, Murasaki Yamada's Talk to My Back (1981-84) explores the fraying of Japan's suburban middle-class dreams through a woman's relationship with her two daughters as they mature and assert their independence, and with her husband, who works late and sees his wife as little more than a domestic servant.



Tags: Female Protagonist , Josei , Family Life , Parenthood , Marriage , Episodic , Philosophy , Animals