Manga like Illibyego Haksaengdeul

Spirit Fingers

Also known as Spirit Fingers.

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

What do you do if you're going on 18, totally awkward and lacking in self-confidence? You could just sit in your room all day and all night and study and wonder why you never get asked out…OR, if you’re Woo-Yeon Song you could join up with the Spirit Fingers – the strangest, hippest, coolest (yet most welcoming) art club ever. But as Woo-Yeon is about to learn, discovering your TRUE colors is about more than just painting.



Tags: Drawing , Female Protagonist , Coming of Age , Ensemble Cast , Found Family , Full Color , Bullying , Idol , School , Heterosexual , Urban

Cheonmancheongchun

Also known as The Prize of Youth.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Yeong, nicknamed “Contest God” for her middle school wins, faces a chaotic start to high school when a contest with a huge prize is announced. The catch? It requires a six-person team. After a class project forces Yeong, her best friend Hana, and four unlikely teammates together, Yeong learns about the challenges of teamwork. But when the prize money doubles, the mismatched group decides to enter, sparking drama and unexpected bonds. Will they find success -- and maybe something more?



Tags: Primarily Teen Cast , Coming of Age , Ensemble Cast , Long Strip , School , Full Color , Bullying

Jibi Eopseo

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Hae-Jun Go, who ran from home, and Eun-Yeong Baek, the problem child who lives in a tent. These two, who met under terrible circumstances, are forced to live together in an abandoned dormitory. This is a story of difficult growth between two people who hate both the dorm and each other.



Tags: Primarily Teen Cast , Homeless , Ensemble Cast , Found Family , Coming of Age , Full Color , School , Boarding School , Tragedy , Male Protagonist , Estranged Family , Delinquents , Long Strip , Bullying , Ghost , Revenge , Suicide , School Club

Kalganeun Sonyeo

Also known as Knife in Her Heart.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological

Sa-Rang was never supposed to survive her incurable disease. In the callous and sadistic world that loves to take pity, she is adored and yet despised by everyone. She is tired of all the attention and wants nothing to do with anyone -- at least not until she meets Eun-Jo. Could the two girls who seem so different become friends? Can they right the wrong committed by their parents and finally find peace?



Note: Includes three extra chapters.

Tags: Full Color , School , Disability , Rehabilitation , Estranged Family , Cheating , Found Family , Female Protagonist , Revenge , Bullying , Long Strip , Primarily Teen Cast , Time Skip , Body Image , Tragedy , Unrequited Love

Ajik Jemok Eopseum

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Romance

No friends, no motivation, no special talents. Wounds, grievances, and a sense of lack. Cheon-Hui and Jun-Hwi, the school’s resident outcasts, join forces to start a club. But this club… “No popular kids allowed.”



Tags: Full Color , Long Strip , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Coming of Age , School Club

Isanghan Naraui Sol

Also known as Sol in Wonderland.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama

At thirty‑one, Sol Kim is a mystery novelist with two books, no audience, and a growing fear that her dreams are already over. Her worst doubts are confirmed when her book signing draws not a single fan. Just as Sol hits her lowest point, she crosses paths with Nara Kang, an eccentric former classmate who claims to be her biggest fan. Na-Ra believes in magic, runs a toy shop called “Wonderland” filled with whimsy, and refuses to let Sol retreat into isolation. In Wonderland, Sol finds comfort she never expected and a friendship she did not know she needed.


Tags: Female Protagonist , Iyashikei , Long Strip , Full Color

Tongari Boushi no Atelier

Also known as Witch Hat Atelier.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

In a world where everyone takes wonders like magic spells and dragons for granted, Coco is a girl with a simple dream: she wants to be a witch. But everybody knows magicians are born, not made, and Coco was not born with a gift for magic. Resigned to her un-magical life, Coco is about to give up on her dream to become a witch … until the day she meets Qifrey, a mysterious, traveling magician. After secretly seeing Qifrey perform magic in a way she’s never seen before, Coco soon learns what everybody “knows” might not be the truth, and discovers that her magical dream may not be as far away as it may seem...



Notes:
Nominated for the 11th Manga Taishou Award in 2018.
Won the Daruma d'Or at Japan Expo in 2019.
Won Best U.S. Edition of International Material - Asia at the Eisner Awards in 2020.
Won the Best Manga Award at the Harvey Awards in 2020.

Tags: Witch , Magic , Found Family , Female Protagonist , Memory Manipulation , Coming of Age , Drawing , Teacher , Ensemble Cast , Revenge , School , Primarily Female Cast , Medieval , Tragedy , Primarily Child Cast , Conspiracy , Politics , Philosophy , Seinen , Disability , Body Horror , Rehabilitation , Travel , Amnesia , Foreign , Spearplay , Environmental , Iyashikei , Dragons , LGBTQ+ Themes , Twins

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 , Philosophy , Primarily Adult Cast , School , LGBTQ+ Themes , School Club , Tragedy , Transgender , Bisexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Crossdressing , Suicide , Gender Bending , Nudity , Tomboy