Manga like Shinozaki-kun no Mente Jijou

Hate no Shoutsuushin

Also known as Correspondence from the End of the Universe.

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

Marko is a young Russian university student who is looking forward to finishing school so he can spend more time with his fiancée. However, those plans go out the window when he’s abducted by aliens! These extraterrestrials have a mission for Marko, one that will take ten years. All Marko can do is make the most of it and get to know the strange creatures who are now his co-workers in this offbeat tale of a life far from Earth.



Notes: Nominated for the Tsugimanga 2020 Award in the Web Manga Category.

Tags: Josei , Male Protagonist , Space , Work , Aliens , Gods , Amputation , Cannibalism , Clone , Memory Manipulation , Time Skip

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 , Female Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , 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

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

Dungeon Meshi

Also known as Delicious in Dungeon.

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

When young adventurer Laios and his company are attacked and soundly thrashed by a dragon deep in a dungeon, the party loses all its money and provisions...and a member! They're eager to go back and save her, but there is just one problem: If they set out with no food or coin to speak of, they're sure to starve on the way! But Laios comes up with a brilliant idea: "Let's eat the monsters!" Slimes, basilisks, and even dragons...none are safe from the appetites of these dungeon-crawling gourmands!



Notes:
Nominated in the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th Manga Taishou Award in 2016-2019.
Ranked first in the 2016 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! (Male Readers Division).
Includes 14 extra chapters.

Tags: Dungeon , Food , Environmental , Magic , Ensemble Cast , Medieval , Primarily Adult Cast , Lost Civilization , Seinen , Anti-Hero , Philosophy , Elf , Male Protagonist , Necromancy , Demons , Dragons , Body Horror , Cosmic Horror , Kemonomimi , Episodic , Chimera , Monster Girl , Iyashikei , Alternate Universe , Witch , Succubus , Mermaid , Curses , Tanned Skin

Yoru no Namae wo Yonde

Also known as Call the Name of the Night.

Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy

Deep in the forest, a curious pair resides: a young girl Mira, whose affliction leads her to call forth darkness whenever she's in distress, and her physician Rei, determined to seek a cure. Each day, she works to remember the light and bring back the person she used to be. But a sudden visit from Rei's friend, who harbors an interest in Mira's illness, may be the end of their peaceful days…



Tags: Magic , Female Protagonist , Found Family , Rehabilitation , Iyashikei , Seinen , Coming of Age , LGBTQ+ Themes

Sensei! Bokutachi ga Sekai wo Horoboshimasu.

Also known as Teacher, We Will Destroy the World!.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Fantasy

Teachers are entrusted with the sacred duty of guiding and protecting their students—but not undercover assassin Mr. Solo. In a world where magic users and non-users coexist, he walks a solitary path as the wizard hitman "Number Zero." His latest mission: pose as a magic instructor for the unruly, bottom-tier, second-year students of Class D. To complicate things, he’s saddled with a new partner—a transfer student with the same deadly assignment. As they pursue dangerous student targets, unexpected twists arise in this exciting magic school fantasy!



Tags: Magic , Assassins , Teacher , School , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Shapeshifting

MagMell Shinkai Suizokukan

Also known as Deep-Sea Aquarium Magmell .

Status: Releasing
Genres: Slice of Life

A tale about a modern deep-sea aquarium employee in Tokyo!

What's living in the overwhelming darkness deep within the sea? Take a glimpse into this strange world about a boy working at a deep sea aquarium.

Tags: Animals , Educational , Work , Seinen , Iyashikei , Primarily Adult Cast , Environmental , Male Protagonist , Transgender , Disability

Ran to Haiiro no Sekai

Also known as Ran and the Gray World.

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

Ran Uruma can't wait to grow up and become a sorceress like her mother, so with the help of a magical pair of sneakers, she transforms into an adult and sets off! Her father and older brother Jin try to keep her home safe, but Ran is determined to advance her powers and have adventures of her own!



Note: Includes six extra chapters.

Tags: Seinen , Coming of Age , Shapeshifting , Witch , Female Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Magic , Age Gap , Werewolf , Family Life , Love Triangle , Nudity , Tragedy , Heterosexual , Episodic

Azami no Shiro no Majo

Also known as Witch of Thistle Castle.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Supernatural

The last in a long line of Witches of the Black Wood, Marie Blackwood lives a quiet life in Edinburgh – away from the scrutiny of the Church. But when the Church thrusts 13-year-old Theo into her hands for safekeeping, Marie suddenly gains the responsibility not just of taking care of a teenager – but protecting the world, and Theo himself, from the amazing power that lives inside of him.



Tags: Josei , Witch , Urban Fantasy , Female Protagonist , Magic , Age Gap , Foreign , School

Erio to Denki Ningyou

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Sci-Fi

Anjie is an electric doll, and Erio is a human raised by the electric doll. Erio, who has never seen the outside world, set out for an adventure with Anjie. A futuristic yet nostalgic world, feeling mechanical yet still alive. A steampunk adventure set in the near future thus begins!



Tags: Travel , Artificial Intelligence , Steampunk , Female Protagonist , Robots , Yuri , Post-Apocalyptic , Crossdressing , Seinen , Found Family , Age Gap , Dissociative Identities , Rehabilitation , Gender Bending , War