Manga like Shirahimeshou

Hyaku Monogatari

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Since ancient times, Hyakumonogatari has been the name given to a certain collection of 100 mysterious tales — tales in which monsters are sure to appear! This manga is a compilation of ninety-nine stories, drawn and narrated by Hinako Sugiura – acclaimed manga artist and researcher of the Edo period.

Tags: Historical , Ghost , Josei , Anthology , Youkai

Akai Yuki

Also known as Red Snow.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

A collection of short stories drawn with great delicacy and told with subtle nuance by legendary Japanese artist Susumu Katsumata. The setting is the pre-modern Japanese countryside of the author's youth, a slightly magical world where ancestral traditions hold sway over a people in the full vigor of life, struggling to survive the harsh seasons and the difficult life of manual laborers and farmers. While the world they inhabit has faded into memory and myth, the universal fundamental emotions of the human heart prevail at the center of these tender stories.



Tags: Seinen , Historical , Rural , Mythology , Anthology , Youkai , Nudity

Sora Tobi Tamashii

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Supernatural

Ubusuna (産土, Birthgrounds)
The story of a mystical creature that makes pottery.

Sora Tobi Tamashii (そらトびタマシイ, Spirits Flying in the Sky)
It's about a girl who is cursed by an owl, and begins to fuse with a chicken spirit she killed by accident. But then she meets a girl just like herself, who helps her become normal again.

Kuma Koroshi Kami Nusumi Tarou no Namida (熊殺し神盗み太郎の涙, The Tears of Bear-Slayer and God-Stealer Tarou)
It's a story about a boy called the "Bear Killer", who meets a girl who has been chosen to become the guardian deity of her village.

Suna-kake (すなかけ, Covered in Sand)
The story of a young girl who meets a girl with a mysterious disease while on a trip to the ocean.

Le Pain et le Chat (The bread and the cat)
The story of a baker who decides to care for a girl whose parents have left her.

Imada Fuyu (未だ冬, Still Winter)
It's about a man who climbs a mountain that belongs to the gods, and is not made for man to climb.

Tags: Seinen , Anthology , Magic , Monster Girl , Mythology , Body Horror , Rural

Mushishi

Also known as Mushishi.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Mystery , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Some live in the deep darkness behind your eyelids. Some eat silence. Some thoughtlessly kill. Some simply drive men mad. They are known as mushi—creatures that came into being shortly after life emerged from the primordial ooze. They still exist parallel to our own lives and can only be seen by a select few. As a mushishi, Ginko is one of the few who are aware of their existence, and this young man with a sardonic smile roams from place to place with the knowledge and skill to aid those unwittingly affected by mushi.



Note: Won the Excellence Prize for Manga at the 7th Japan Media Arts Festival in 2003 and the Kodansha Manga Award for General Manga in 2006.

Tags: Travel , Episodic , Youkai , Environmental , Seinen , Mythology , Rural , Eco-Horror , Iyashikei , Philosophy , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Urban Fantasy , Historical , Work , Demons

Ningyo no Mori

Also known as Mermaid Saga.

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Romance , Supernatural

This is Rumiko Takahashi at her darkest, but her trademark humor and romance also pop up in this three-volume series. Legend has it that if a human eats a mermaid's flesh, they will be granted eternal life. But is that a blessing or a curse? Immortal lovers Yuta and Mana travel through Japan and the centuries longing for a normal life. On their journey, they meet others who have consumed the flesh of a mermaid in hope of becoming immortal. But the powerful substance affects each person differently. Yuta and Mana are two of the lucky ones. Others are fated to die or transform into a savage monster, a "lost soul."



This is the first volume of the Mermaid Saga series from the original tankoubon release, which includes the two-chapter stories "A Mermaid Never Smiles" (人魚は笑わない, Ningyo wa Warawanai), "The Village of Fighting Fish" (闘魚の里, Tōgyo no Sato), and "Mermaid Forest" (人魚の森, Ningyo no Mori Zenpen).

Tags: Mythology , Mermaid , Episodic , Body Horror , Female Protagonist , Nudity , Tragedy , Gore , Shounen , Achronological Order , Pirates , Male Protagonist , Time Skip , Heterosexual

Hyouketsu Kiss Mate

Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Romance , Supernatural

Yamato is the son of a human and the most powerful snow woman. One day a young snow woman named Hiori came to take him back to the village of the snow women. It is said that the kiss of a snow woman could freeze a man's heart. That's what Hiori intends to do to take Yamato back to the village. But how will Hiori accomplish her mission when Yamato, who isn't mesmerized by the usual enchantment of a snow woman, doesn't let Hiori come near him?

Tags: Shoujo , Heterosexual , Magic , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Youkai , School , Unrequited Love

Hana no Koe

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Supernatural

1) The Enchanted Peony
A valedictorian finds a beautiful peony.

2) The Butterfly Visits the Spring Garden
A butterfly turns into a human and meets a human boy.

3) The Cry of the Tiger
A man has to stay the night in the mountains where he meets a recluse family of three.

4) The Serpent Princess's Sanctuary
A brother and sister meet after being separated at birth.

Tags: Shoujo , Historical , Anthology , Ancient China , Heterosexual , Anthropomorphism , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Foreign , Animals , Tragedy , Gods , Suicide , Twins , Incest

Watashi no Sukina Hito

Also known as The One I Love.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

Drawing on CLAMP's own personal experiences, The One I Love provides insight both into the creators' own lives, and into the oft-elusive concept of Love itself.

This intimate collection of short stories and essays doesn't skirt issues at the heart of the matter such as insecurity, honesty, distance, independence, age, and - of course - marriage.

This one-volume anthology comprises 12 individual stories, each of which consists of seven pages of manga and two pages of prose.



Tags: Episodic , Josei , Autobiographical , Anthology , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Age Gap , Work , Marriage , Tomboy , Kemonomimi , Full Color

Neo Kiseijuu f

Also known as Neo Parasyte f.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Horror , Sci-Fi

Neo Kiseijuu f is a collection of short stories set in the world of Kiseijuu, by a delicious mix of superstar and up-and-coming shojo artists. Yes, you read that right—this is a Kiseijuu shojo horror anthology. A parasite keeps a house of mysteries that is full of twisted exhibits. Another kills an entire family, only to get stuck infecting a teenage daughter obsessed with fairy tale romance manga. These and 13 more stories, from some of the greatest shojo manga artists alive today, make up a chilling, funny, and entertaining tribute to an all-time classic series!



Tags: Shoujo , Aliens , Anthology

Yagyuu Hijouken Samon

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama

After the young Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu dismisses the famous Yagyuu Jubei from his position as his fencing instructor, he chooses Jubei's younger brother, Samon as his replacement. Samon is supposedly not as good at swordplay as his brother, but Iemitsu definitely prefers him as a companion. Will the obstacles in the path of Samon and Iemitsu's relationship prove impossible to overcome?



Tags: Boys' Love , Samurai , Historical , Swordplay , Seinen