Manga like Uchouten Kazoku

also known as The Eccentric Family

Genres: Comedy Fantasy

What is The Eccentric Family about?

Status: Finished

In Kyoto, there are three kinds of residents: humans, tanuki, and tengu. Shimogamo Yasaburou is the third son of the Shimogamo tanuki family. His father, Souichirou, had been the head of Kyoto tanuki community until he was eaten by the human members of "Friday Club." While taking care of an old tengu, fighting with other tanuki, and playing with a psychic human girl, Yasaburou approaches the truth of his father's death.

Tags: Seinen , Shapeshifting , Youkai
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Here is a list of Manga similar to Uchouten Kazoku

Takeo-chan Bukkairoku

Takeo-chan Bukkairoku

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

The story follows the adventure of Takeo, the most unfortunate girl of the universe. Takeo goes to school and lives alone in an inn called Hyakkisoo (the manor of 100 demons).

The life of the young Takao will begin to change the day she sees the youkai...

Tags: Youkai , Curses , Female Protagonist , Shounen , Demons , Inn , Mythology , Gods , Found Family , Ghost , Werewolf , Monster Girl , Skeleton , Vampire , Exorcism
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Taiyou no Tou

Taiyou no Tou

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

Manga adaption of Morimi Tomihiko's 2003 debut novel.

Set at Kyoto University, it narrates the story of a young man dealing with rejection, getting to the point of creepily stalking his affection.

Tags: Male Protagonist , Denpa , College , Hikikomori
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The Night is Short, Walk on Girl

Yoru wa Mijikashi Arukeyo Otome

Also known as The Night is Short, Walk on Girl.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

The protagonist falls in love with “Otome,” his junior in a college club, and struggles daily to be noticed by her. However, “Kurokami no Otome” is naïve and unsophisticated and is completely indifferent to him. This comical love fantasy depicts funny and interesting daily happenings in the city of Kyoto.



Note: Yoru wa Mijikashi Arukeyo Otome is based on Morimi Tomihiko's 2006 novel of the same title.

Tags: Shounen
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Kamogawa Horumo

Kamogawa Horumo

Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy

College loser “Abe” is invited to a mysterious club called “The Kyoto University Azure Dragons” and gets involved in “Horumo”... This whirling, raging story takes place in Kyoto city and features love, battles, and topknots. “Kamogawa Horumo” arrives!

Tags: Shounen , School
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Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei

Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei

Also known as Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

Nozomu Itoshiki is depressed. Very depressed. He's certifiably suicidal, but he’s also the beloved schoolteacher of a class of unique students, each charming in her own way: The stalker. The shut-in. The obsessive-compulsive. The girl who comes to class every day with strange bruises. And Kafuka, the most optimistic girl in the world, who knows that every cloud has a silver lining. For all of them, it's a special time, when the right teacher can have a lasting positive effect on their lives. But is that teacher Itoshiki, a.k.a. Zetsubou-sensei, who just wants to find the perfect place to die?



Tags: Satire , Teacher , Philosophy , School , Ensemble Cast , Meta , Parody , Primarily Female Cast , Anachronism , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Dissociative Identities , Suicide , Hikikomori , Tanned Skin , Otaku Culture , Ghost , Female Harem , Politics , Shounen , Drawing

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