Manga like Shite no Hana: Nougakushi Haga Kotarou no Sakikata

Akane-banashi

Also known as Akane-banashi.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama

Rakugo--the ultimate form of storytelling, where everything in a story is expressed with just your body and words. Shinta and his daughter Akane have been seduced by this wonderful form of classical entertainment. Having observed her father strive to pass the shin'uchi rakugo test, Akane will take her own steps into this unique world!



Tags: Rakugo , Female Protagonist , Coming of Age , Acting , Work , Primarily Adult Cast , Shounen , Found Family , Revenge , Family Life , Time Skip , School

act-age

Also known as ACT-AGE.

Status: Cancelled
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Slice of Life

Lights! Camera! ACTION! Kei Yonagi wants to be an actress! But an already-difficult dream to achieve has become much harder since her father left and her mother died. She's now taking care of her two little siblings on her own.

Without much money left, will she have to give up her dream?!



Tags: Acting , Work , Female Protagonist , Coming of Age , Filmmaking , Philosophy , Shounen , Educational , Primarily Adult Cast , Twins

Gekidou

Also known as Acting Out.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama

Entaro Mashiba, who earned a starting spot on his powerhouse high school baseball team and made it to Koshien, suddenly quits the team in the spring of his senior year. As those around him struggle to understand his abrupt departure, Konoka Tanabe from the drama club senses the drama in the emotions Entaro carries and decides to reach out to him.



Tags: Acting , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , School , School Club , Baseball

Blue Period

Also known as Blue Period.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

The studious Yatora leaves a dry life of study and good manners behind for a new passion: painting. But untethering yourself from all your past expectations is dangerous as well as thrilling…



Note: Nominated for Manga Taisho Awards in 2019, Kodansha Manga Awards in 2019 and the 24th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2020. Winner of the 13th Manga Taisho Awards. Winner of the General Manga category of the 44th annual Kodansha Manga Awards.

Tags: Drawing , Coming of Age , College , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Educational , Primarily Adult Cast , Philosophy , LGBTQ+ Themes , School , School Club , Tragedy , Transgender , Bisexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Suicide , Crossdressing , Gender Bending , Nudity , Tomboy

Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu

Also known as Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

This multi-generational epic dives deep into rakugo, a rich form of Japanese storytelling theater. Small-time crook Yotaro has never forgotten the rakugo tale "The God of Death," which the master Yurakutei Yakumo performed for Yotaro during his time in prison. After his release, he goes to Yakumo's theater and pleads to be made his apprentice. Yakumo reluctantly accepts, but Yotaro quickly finds the world of rakugo is complex and grapples with a growing bond with Yakumo's ward, Konatsu. Meanwhile, the two young people bring reminders of Yakumo’s own inescapable past.



Note: Won the 38th Kodansha Manga Awards for Best General Manga and the New Creator Prize of the 21st Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2017.

Tags: Rakugo , Josei , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Historical , Primarily Adult Cast , Acting , Family Life , Love Triangle , Work , Afterlife , Suicide , Yakuza , Tsundere , Oiran , Crossdressing , War , Adoption , Heterosexual , Elderly Protagonist

SLAPPY

Also known as SLAPPY.

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life , Sports

After his K-pop debut dreams were shattered, former trainee Takumi returns home and discovers skateboarding. As he slowly begins moving forward with his life, Takumi starts to feel something new...



Tags: Shounen , Skateboarding , Male Protagonist , Idol