Manga like Shimeji Simulation

Shoujo Shuumatsu Ryokou

Also known as Girls' Last Tour.

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

Civilization is dead, but Chito and Yuuri are still alive. So they hop aboard their beloved Kettenkrad motorbike and aimlessly wander the ruins of the world they once knew. Day after hopeless day, they look for their next meal and fuel for their ride. But as long as the two are together, even an existence as bleak as theirs has a ray or two of sunshine in it, whether they're sucking down their fill of soup or hunting for machine parts to tinker with. For two girls in a world full of nothing, the experiences and feelings the two share give them something to live for…



Note: Winner of the Best Comic Award at the Seiun Awards in 2019.

Tags: Post-Apocalyptic , Philosophy , Female Protagonist , Tragedy , Lost Civilization , Survival , Iyashikei , Primarily Female Cast , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Episodic , Travel , Seinen , Snowscape , War , Urban , Artificial Intelligence , Chibi , Cosmic Horror , Military , Tanks , Denpa

Dead Dead Demon's Dededededestruction

Also known as Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction.

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

The Japan Self-Defense Forces are still looking for a way to combat the alien threat, but so far conventional weapons have had no effect. Maybe it’s time to try something unconventional.

Meanwhile, Kadode Koyama and her best friend avidly track the aliens’ movements on social media and less enthusiastically study for college entrance exams. When the end of the world looms overhead, you learn to take things one step at a time.



Notes:
Winner of the 66th Shogakukan Manga Award in the general category.
Includes 1 extra chapter.

Tags: Seinen , Aliens , Female Protagonist , Alternate Universe , Primarily Female Cast , Politics , Military , Time Manipulation , Bisexual , Coming of Age , Dystopian , Denpa , Language Barrier , Philosophy , Tragedy , Suicide , School , Otaku Culture , Anti-Hero , Post-Apocalyptic , Gore , Satire , Video Games , Cosmic Horror , Yuri , Love Triangle

Ashizuri Suizokukan

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

panpanya’s debut one-volume work.

Ashizuri Suizokukan is a recompilation of panpanya’s Ashizuri Suizokukan and ASOVACE series, which were independently published in 2010 and 2011, respectively. It includes a collection of newly written travelogues and an abundance of color pages.
Ashizuri Suizokukan was published by Ichigatsu to Shichigatsu on August 30, 2013.

Ashizuri Aquarium (足摺り水族館)
The Complete Shopping District (完全商店街)
Board Game (すごろく)
A New Universe (新しい世界)
Innocent World (イノセントワールド)
A Dream I Had on April 17th, 2012 (二〇一二年四月一七日の夢)
Ashizuri Aquarium (足摺り水族館)
The City of the Dead (冥途)
Sputnik (スプートニク)
Untitled (無題)
Creatures of the Machine Age (マシン時代の動物たち)
Ashizuri Aquarium (足摺り水族館)
A Fish For You (君の魚)
Ending Theme (エンディングテーマ)



Note: Nominated for the 7th annual Manga Taishou Award.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Episodic , Iyashikei , Surreal Comedy , Anthology , Fishing , Denpa , Travel , Josei , Autobiographical , Animals , Artificial Intelligence

Nichijou

Also known as Nichijou.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Nichijou primarily focuses on the daily antics of a trio of childhood friends—high school girls Mio Naganohara, Yuuko Aioi and Mai Minakami—whose stories soon intertwine with the young genius Hakase Shinonome, her robot caretaker Nano, and their talking cat Sakamoto. With every passing day, the lives of these six, as well as of the many people around them, experience both the calms of normal life and the insanity of the absurd. Walking to school, being bitten by a talking crow, spending time with friends, and watching the principal suplex a deer: they are all in a day's work in the extraordinary everyday lives of those in Nichijou.



Tags: Slapstick , Surreal Comedy , Episodic , Ensemble Cast , School , Primarily Female Cast , Shounen , Female Protagonist , Parody , 4-koma , Robots , Teacher , Time Skip , Go , Heterosexual , Tsundere , Tanned Skin

Houseki no Kuni

Also known as Land of the Lustrous.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy , Mystery , Psychological , Sci-Fi

In a world inhabited by crystalline lifeforms called The Lustrous, every unique gem must fight for their way of life against the threat of lunarians who would turn them into decorations. Phosphophyllite, the most fragile and brittle of gems, longs to join the battle. When Phos is instead assigned to complete a natural history of their world, it sounds like a dull and pointless task. But this new job brings Phos into contact with Cinnabar, a gem forced to live in isolation. Can Phos’s seemingly mundane assignment lead both Phos and Cinnabar to the fulfillment they desire?



Note: Nominated for the 8th Manga Taisho in 2015.

Tags: Philosophy , Tragedy , Seinen , Anthropomorphism , Coming of Age , Religion , Anti-Hero , Cosmic Horror , Shapeshifting , Body Horror , Post-Apocalyptic , Time Skip , Revenge , Agender , Dissociative Identities , Amnesia , Reincarnation , Memory Manipulation , Ensemble Cast , Space , Aliens , Asexual , Politics , Swordplay , LGBTQ+ Themes , Suicide , Robots , Gender Bending , Gods , Foreign , School , Work , Nudity

Kodama Maria Bungaku Shuusei

Status: Releasing
Genres: Slice of Life

Follow the unique and intense activities of the literature club, consisting of the flawless Kodama-san, the president as well as its only member, and Fueda-kun, the promising applicant.

Note: Was nominated for the 24th Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize.

Tags: Philosophy , Seinen , School , Classic Literature , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , School Club , Iyashikei , Heterosexual , Kuudere , Primarily Teen Cast , Episodic

Rojika to Rakkasei

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

Rojika and Rakka live on a certain planet. They dig a hole to kill time, get a "Mystery Disc", find a "secret dungeon" in the forest, and spend every day having fun. There are a lot of things that the two still don't know on that planet ....



Tags: Post-Apocalyptic , Lost Civilization , Adoption , Surreal Comedy , Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Found Family , Seinen , Magic , Male Protagonist , Monster Boy , Monster Girl , Environmental , Primarily Animal Cast , Family Life , Parenthood

Mission-chan no Daibouken

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

A young girl finds herself waking up in a strange, harsh world after committing suicide.

Was originally self-published in 2006 on a now-defunct website made by Imitation Crystal.

Tags: Philosophy , Denpa , Suicide , Afterlife , Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Cosmic Horror , Work , Photography , Drawing , Slavery , School , Terrorism

Tasogare-boshi no Sui to Neri

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

A heart-warming story of a happy-go-lucky girl and a talking sloth living on a declining Earth.

Note: Includes one bonus chapter.

Tags: Iyashikei , Seinen , Post-Apocalyptic , Female Protagonist , Animals , Found Family

Spectral Wizard

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Psychological , Supernatural

The Sorcerers' Guild, in possession of many dangerous grimoires, was condemned as a terrorist organization. To combat it, a chivalric order supported by cutting-edge science and technology was formed. One after another, the sorcerers were captured and executed, leaving the survivors to live on the run. Among them is Spectral Wizard, a sorcerer with the ability to turn immaterial...

A collection of three short stories.

Tags: Magic , Seinen , Witch , Philosophy , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Denpa , Urban Fantasy , Hikikomori , Fugitive , Tragedy , Espionage , Lost Civilization