Manga like Thermae Romae

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Status: Finished

When Roman architect Lucius is criticized for his “outdated” thermae designs, he retreats to the local bath to collect his thoughts. All Lucius wants is to recapture the Rome of earlier days, when one could enjoy a relaxing bath without the pressure of merchants and roughhousing patrons. Slipping deeper into the warm water, Lucius is suddenly caught in the suction and dragged through the drainage at the bottom of the bath! He emerges coughing and sputtering amid a group of strange-looking foreigners with the most peculiar bathhouse customs... over 1,500 years in the future in modern-day Japan! His contemporaries wanted him to modernize, and so, borrowing the customs of these mysterious bath-loving people, Lucius opens what quickly becomes the most popular new bathhouse in Rome—Thermae Romae!

Note: Won the 3rd Manga Taisho Award in 2010.

Tags: Historical , Language Barrier , Anachronism , Time Manipulation , Foreign , Seinen , Work , Primarily Adult Cast , Heterosexual , Time Skip , Nudity , Politics , Isekai , Educational

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Olympia Kyklos

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

Demetrios, a timid and kind vase painter in Ancient Greece, who dislikes sports and competitions, is one day forced to come up with a game to compete with the mayor of the neighboring town, in order to save his village. While hiding inside a large vase outside his workshop, lightning strikes the vase Demetrios is in, transferring him to Tokyo, Japan, during the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Tags: Seinen , Male Protagonist , Time Manipulation , Historical , Wrestling

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Saint☆Onii-san

Also known as Saint Young Men.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life , Supernatural

There are saints living in Tokyo, Japan: Buddha the Enlightened One and Jesus, Son of God. After successfully bringing the previous century to a close, the two share an apartment in Tachikawa while enjoying some well-earned time off down on Earth. Buddha pinches pennies like a typical neighborhood housewife, while Jesus is prone to making impulse buys. Read all about the saintliest duo’s carefree days in Tachikawa …

Note: Won the Tezuka Osamu Short story Award in 2009 and it was nominated for the 2nd Manga Taisho Award in 2009.

Tags: Gods , Male Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Seinen , Religion

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Lezhin

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Plinivs

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama

It portrays the famous naturalist Plinius. From volcanic explosions and tidal waves to the ecology of plants and animals, the work reproduces the world of Natural History, the Plinius encyclopedia describing the universe. This is a definitive historical Roman romance depicting the world 2,000 years ago through astounding composition and realistic draftsmanship.

Tags: Historical , Foreign

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Kurage Bunch

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Shishunki Renaissance! David-kun

Also known as Teenage Renaissance! David.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

While he may resemble a world-famous work of art, David is just your average high school student attending Lovure High School. This awkward boy, flustered by puberty, has fallen in love with his classmate Venus. What kind of troubles will the rocky road to romance have in store…?! Even Michelangelo would be shocked! An outrageous comedy in the everyday life of a teenager!!

Note: Includes two extra chapters published in volume 4.

Tags: School , Shounen , Surreal Comedy , Ensemble Cast

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Shonen Jump MANGA Plus

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Paripi Koumei

Also known as Ya Boy Kongming!.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Music , Slice of Life , Supernatural

The Tokyo Party Scene isn’t NEAR ready for the star general of the Three Kingdoms era, but he sure is ready for it! Get down, shake your thing, and prepare to laugh out loud with this historical fantasy timeslip comedy, Ya Boy Kongming!

Note: Nominated for the Tsugimanga 2020 Award in the Web Manga Category.

Tags: Idol , Seinen , Reincarnation , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Urban , Anachronism , Ensemble Cast , Hip-hop Music , Elf

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Nico Nico Seiga

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K MANGA

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Nihon e Youkoso Elf-san.

Also known as Welcome to Japan, Ms. Elf!.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Romance , Slice of Life

Kazuhiro Kitase's main hobby is sleeping. Ever since he was young, he would enter a world within his dreams and go on exciting adventures. As he grew older, he became acquainted with a female Elf and the two have now been united through a Dragon's brand! As he wakes up one day, he notices a familiar figure sleeping next to him...the Elf girl from his dreams?! Join Kazuhiro on his new adventures through Japan with the lovely Ms. Elf!

Tags: Isekai , Elf , Male Protagonist , Food , Language Barrier , Urban Fantasy , Magic , Female Harem

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J-Novel Club

Pixiv Comic Nico Nico Seiga

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Ryuu to Yuusha to Haitatsunin

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

"Hello fellow citizens. I am Yoshida the half-elf, working for the post office of the Imperial City of Idazig. My job is to deliver letters and documents to wherever you need them to be, whether it be a castle in the sky or the bottom of an abyss."

This is a comedy written by the biggest Medieval Ages geek, hitting the fantasy genre from an entirely new angle!

Tags: Magic , Work , Episodic , Female Protagonist , Seinen , Elf , Yuri

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Tonari no Young Jump Nico Nico Seiga

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Hansuke Kuimonochou

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

In the twilight days of the Edo period, the Tokugawa shogunate dispatched an expedition to suppress the Choushuu domain. While foraging for ingredients, a samurai falls into a well and finds himself transported to modern day Japan. Combining the culinary knowledge and experience from his time and the conveniences of living in a modern society, he begins to document the dishes he creates.

Tags: Food , Male Protagonist , Seinen

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Comic Days

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Isekai Izakaya "Nobu"

Also known as Otherworldly Izakaya "Nobu".

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy

A Japanese style pub called "Nobu" exists in a back alley of the fictional medieval European city of Eiteriach. Its customers? A pair of slacker soldiers, a spoiled heiress, an uptight tax collector, and more... When the citizens of this strange world sit down to enjoy some unfamiliar Japanese cuisine, their troubles simply melt away...

Tags: Food , Iyashikei , Bar , Seinen , Primarily Adult Cast , Isekai , Episodic , Ensemble Cast

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ComicWalker Web Ace

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Historie

Also known as Historie.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Psychological

After shocking the world with Parasyte, Hitoshi Iwaaki is back with a series he's been aching to tackle since even before his pro manga debut! A historical epic set in ancient times, Historie tells the story of Eumenes, a young man with quick wits and a vast destiny to fulfill. In time, he'll become a famed army commander and personal secretary to Alexander the Great—but the road to this glory is fraught with danger… "

Note: Won the 16th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize's Grand Prize in 2012. Won the 14th Japan Media Arts Festival Grand Prize for Manga.

Tags: Historical , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Politics , Foreign , Slavery , War , Time Skip , Dissociative Identities , Nudity , Body Horror , Gore

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Comic Days

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