Manga like Kamisama Gakkou no Ochikobore

Gakuen Alice

Also known as Gakuen Alice.

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

Young Mikan runs away to Tokyo to follow her best friend, Hotaru, who has been enrolled in an exclusive, secretive private school for geniuses. But it turns out that Alice Academy is a lot more than meets the eye. If Mikan wants to stay by Hotaru's side, she has to both pass the strange "entrance exam" and face the even greater challenge of befriending her very odd new classmates. Whether it's Hotaru's gift for inventing gadgets, the cranky Natsume's fire-casting ability, or Professor Narumi's control of human pheromones, everyone at the school has some sort of special talent. But what ability, if any, does Mikan possess? Mikan is going to have to rely on her courage and spunk if she's going to stay in school, or even stay alive!



Volume 9 contains a side story;
Volume 10 contains the side story "Ibara no Sono" (いばらの園);
Volume 17 contains the side story "Hoshizora Obake" (星空おばけ).

Tags: Female Protagonist , Tragedy , Magic , Primarily Child Cast , Shoujo , School , Super Power , Boarding School , Tsundere , Time Skip , Age Gap , Adoption , Conspiracy , Crossdressing , Yuri , Love Triangle , Urban Fantasy

Kusuriya no Hitorigoto

Also known as The Apothecary Diaries.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Mystery

Maomao, a young woman trained in the art of herbal medicine, is forced to work as a lowly servant in the inner palace. Though she yearns for life outside its perfumed halls, she isn’t long for a life of drudgery! Using her wits to break a “curse” afflicting the imperial heirs, Maomao attracts the attentions of the handsome eunuch Jinshi and is promoted to attendant food taster. But Jinshi has other plans for the erstwhile apothecary, and soon Maomao is back to brewing potions and…solving mysteries?!



Note: Won the Grand Prize in the Printed Manga category at the Tsugi ni Kuru Manga Award 2019.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Medicine , Detective , Royal Affairs , Foreign , Primarily Female Cast , Seinen , Drugs , Tragedy , Work , Politics , Crime , Episodic , Maids , Adoption , Heterosexual , Asexual , Conspiracy , Chibi , Ojou-sama , Suicide , Religion , Desert , Aromantic , War

Kamisama Hajimemashita

Also known as Kamisama Kiss.

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

Nanami Momozono is alone and homeless after her dad skips town to evade his gambling debts and the debt collectors kick her out of her apartment. So when a man she's just saved from a dog offers her his home, she jumps at the opportunity. But it turns out that his place is a shrine, and Nanami has unwittingly taken over his job as a local deity!

Nanami has all kinda of new responsibilities she doesn't understand, dangers she's unaware of, and a cranky ex-familiar who's...actually pretty hot. What's a new-fledged godling to do?



Tags: Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Kemonomimi , Youkai , Demons , Coming of Age , Gods , Urban Fantasy , Monster Boy , School , Yandere , Heterosexual , Male Harem , Time Manipulation , Amnesia , Love Triangle , Historical , Found Family , Cohabitation , Age Regression , Idol , Afterlife , Marriage , Curses

Oshi ni Amagami

Also known as Otaku Vampire’s Love Bite.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Supernatural

Hina Alucard is a modern vampire who drinks blood from bags instead of from humans. But she’s also a complete shut-in who hasn’t left the house in 30 years. In an effort to reach her, Hina’s dad does something that changes her life—he gives her a DVD of the Vampire Cross anime! Hina is instantly obsessed, especially with the character Mao. But it’s difficult to fangirl as hard as she wants from her bedroom in Romania, so now Hina is out of the house and off to Japan to live her otaku dream!



Tags: Shoujo , Vampire , Otaku Culture , Urban Fantasy , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Chibi , College

Luce to Shiro no Keiyaku

Status: Releasing
Genres: Fantasy , Romance

The fantasy manga centers on Luce, who lives with just her younger sister after their parents died. Their true origin is from an enemy nation, and so the people of their current nation often treat them a bit badly. However, one day someone suddenly appears before Luce, with a strange request: "I want you to become my fiancé‘s lover."



Tags: Josei , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Isekai , Reincarnation , Super Power , Fake Relationship

Boku no Hero Academia

Also known as My Hero Academia.

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

Middle school student Izuku Midoriya wants to be a hero more than anything, but he hasn’t got an ounce of power in him. With no chance of ever getting into the prestigious U.A. High School for budding heroes, his life is looking more and more like a dead end. Then an encounter with All Might, the greatest hero of them all, gives him a chance to change his destiny…



Note:
Winner of the 1st Next Manga Award in the Print Category in 2015.
Nominated for the 8th Manga Taisho Award in 2015.
Nominated for the 40th Kodansha Manga Award in the Shounen Category in 2016.
Includes one extra chapter.

Tags: Superhero , Super Power , Urban Fantasy , Shounen , Boarding School , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Ensemble Cast , Terrorism , School , Cultivation , Conspiracy , Coming of Age , Crime , Criminal Organization , War , Anti-Hero , Revenge , Urban , Primarily Male Cast , Tragedy , Rescue , Politics , Gore , Body Horror , Drugs , Animals , Heterosexual , Fugitive , Tomboy , Guns , Age Regression , Yakuza , Robots , Nudity , Memory Manipulation , Yandere , Teacher

Uchi no Kuro Madoushi ga Kawaisugiru!

Also known as My Super-Cute Black Mage!.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Romance

Aria, an honor student and prefect at her magic school, has just one problem—Jade, the black mage. He is known for being cold and harsh toward his peers, and Aria has been doing her best to avoid him. But when she runs into him by accident, she hears...his thoughts?! Now that she knows what he's thinking, he's almost kind of cute...



Tags: Shoujo , Magic , Female Protagonist , School , Tsundere , Heterosexual , Love Triangle , Masochism

Hachiouji Meibutsu: Tengu no Koi

Also known as The Hachioji Specialty: Tengu's Love.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Supernatural

Upon his return to his hometown near Mt. Takao, the lonely youth Kotarou reunites with a tengu girl he used to know, Hime. To his shock, Hime decrees that they must be wed! Intent on marrying Kotarou, will Hime be able to break through his walls and build a happily-ever-after with him?!



Tags: Shoujo , Male Protagonist , Youkai , Urban Fantasy , Heterosexual , Cohabitation

Shugo Chara! Jewel Joker

Also known as Shugo Chara! Jewel Joker.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Mahou Shoujo , Romance

Sugar and spice, and everything nice—that may be what girls are made of, but Amu Hinamori is so much cooler, especially now that she's left behind her days at Seiyo Elementary and became a middle schooler! After transferring to Arcana Academy on a special assignment, her role as the Joker Guardian is to intervene in a crisis that is causing students to lose hope and confidence in themselves. But she has another, more important secret mission: to retrieve the all-powerful, mysterious Arcana Jewels.



Tags: Magic , School , Henshin , Super Power , Urban Fantasy , Coming of Age , Boarding School , Fairy , School Club , Espionage , Fashion , Class Struggle , Shoujo , Nekomimi , Tomboy , Female Protagonist , Fairy Tale , Primarily Child Cast , Ghost , Makeup , VTuber , Crossdressing , Male Harem

Akatsuki no Yona

Also known as Yona of the Dawn.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Romance

A red-haired princess loses her family and her kingdom—now she must rise and fight for her throne!

Princess Yona lives an ideal life as the only princess of her kingdom. Doted on by her father, the king, and protected by her faithful guard Hak, she cherishes the time spent with the man she loves, Su-won. But everything changes on her 16th birthday when tragedy strikes her family!

Yona reels from the shock of witnessing a loved one's murder and having to fight for her life. With Hak's help, she flees the palace and struggles to survive while evading her enemy's forces. But where will this displaced princess go when all the paths before her are uncertain?



Tags: Found Family , Female Protagonist , Travel , Shoujo , Historical , Dragons , Politics , Fugitive , Gods , Mythology , Kingdom Management , Reincarnation , Royal Affairs , War , Tragedy , Coming of Age , Heterosexual , Foreign , Primarily Male Cast , Super Power , Archery , Survival , Male Harem , Animals , Medicine , Orphan , Pirates , Kuudere , Drugs