Manga like Mikkakan no Koufuku

Starting Over

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological

On his twentieth birthday, a man is sent back in time to when he was the age of ten. Intending to repeat the same choices and actions he had made in the past, he discovers that things don't always play out according to expectations.

Tags: Time Manipulation , Age Regression , Philosophy , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Memory Manipulation , College , Reincarnation

Itai no Itai no, Tonde Yuke

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Romance , Supernatural

The plot involves a young man who becomes a killer (by accident) – but his victim has the power of “postponement,” temporarily delaying her death.

Tags: Gore , Time Manipulation , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Revenge , Suicide , Memory Manipulation , Bullying , Tragedy , Philosophy , Torture

Koisuru Kiseichuu

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Romance

The story is about a man whose compulsive tendencies make it impossible for him to keep a job, and a young girl who skips school and loves insects. The two meet, come to support each other in reintegrating into society, and fall in love. There’s a problem, however: namely, the parasites in their heads.

Tags: Hikikomori , Tragedy , Rehabilitation , Philosophy , Age Gap , Urban , Suicide , Software Development , Disability , Denpa

Kimi wa Tsukiyo ni Hikarikagayaku

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Ever since the death of someone important to me, I’ve been living recklessly. After I became a high school student, there was a girl in my class who remained hospitalized due to “luminescence disease.” This disease is named for the fact that the bodies of those who suffer from it glow faintly when exposed to moonlight, and that glow becomes stronger as their time of death draws closer. The girl’s name is Watarase Mamizu.

After learning that she doesn’t have long to live, and there are things that she wants to do before she dies…

“Will you let me help you with that?”

“Really?”

As this promise was made, the time that had frozen for me began moving again.

Grand Prize winner of the 23th Dengeki Novel Prize.

Tags: Tragedy , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , School , Suicide

Kimi ga Denwa wo Kakete Ita Basho

Status: Finished
Genres: Psychological , Romance , Supernatural

The Place You Called From & The Place I Called From are novels by Sugaru Miaki, also known as Fafoo, writer of Starting Over, Three Days of Happiness, and Pain, Pain, Go Away.

The story is about a boy entering high school, who answers a strange call from a public phone one night. The caller challenges him to a bet: She’ll remove the birthmark which he sees as the cause of so many problems, and he’ll have fifty days to win the heart of a girl he’d considered far beyond his reach. And with this, a very strange summer begins.

Volume 1: The Place You Called From
Volume 2: The Place I Called From

Tags: Male Protagonist , Rehabilitation , Mythology , Philosophy , School , Heterosexual , Amnesia , Suicide , Bullying , Love Triangle , Astronomy

Natsu e no Tunnel, Sayonara no Deguchi

Also known as The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Supernatural

Kaoru Touno heard a rumor: The laws of space and time mean nothing to the Urashima Tunnel. If you find it, walk through and you’ll find your heart’s desire on the other side…in exchange for years of your own life. On the night Kaoru just so happens to find himself standing in front of a tunnel that looks suspiciously like the one the rumor describes, he finds himself thinking of Karen, the sister he lost in an accident five years ago. To Kaoru’s surprise, he’s been followed by the new transfer student Anzu Hanashiro, who promises to help him experiment with the mysterious tunnel–but what does she want from Kaoru in exchange? And what will he have left to give, after the tunnel’s done with him?



Tags: Male Protagonist , Rural , Primarily Teen Cast , Urban Fantasy , School , Tragedy , Time Manipulation , Bullying , Philosophy , Time Skip

Kinou no Haru de, Kimi wo Matsu

Also known as Wait For Me Yesterday in Spring.

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

Two years ago, high schooler Kanae left his small island community of Sodeshima to pursue his academic dreams in Tokyo. When that life falls short of his expectations, he runs away from home to return to Sodeshima to find his childhood friend, Akari. But before they can rekindle their old feelings for each other, the clock strikes six and Kanae finds himself inexplicably thrust forward four days into the future. Worse, he learns that Akito, Akari’s older brother—and Kanae’s childhood hero—is dead.

Except death might not be the end for Akito. As Kanae tries to fill in the four-day gap of his memories, Akari explains: he’s about to relive those four days in reverse order in a phenomenon known as “Rollback.” Kanae himself explained it to her…in a past he hasn’t yet experienced. Armed with this new knowledge, Kanae is determined to leverage Rollback however he can to save Akito’s life—and Akari’s heart.



Tags: Male Protagonist , Time Manipulation , Achronological Order , Rural , Suicide

Hoshizora no Shita, Kimi no Koe dake wo Dakishimeru

Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Romance

Shuu is a member of the literary club that can’t write. One day, he gets a mysterious message on his phone from a girl called Eina, and from that impulsive contact, they begin to exchange messages. They talk of things like their shared interest in novels and grow close. However, when they try and meet, they discover a shocking truth. Eina lives… not in the present, but five years in the past! How will their love develop, parted by five years of nights…!?

Tags: Time Manipulation , School Club , Writing , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , School , Tragedy

Seishun Buta Yarou wa Bunny Girl Senpai no Yume wo Minai

Also known as Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai.

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

Book 1 of the Seishun Buta Yarou series.

Out of sight, out of mind! Bunny girls do not live in libraries. This is simply common sense. And yet, that's exactly where Sakuta finds one in the wild. More bewildering is who the bunny girl is: Mai Sakurajima, a girl one year older than Sakuta, famous at their school for her acting career even though she's currently on break. To top it all off, it seems like no one else in the library can see Mai at all, no matter what she does or...wears. Wanting to find out more about this mystery and maybe get a little closer to this beautiful upperclassman in the process, Sakuta launches an investigation to discover why an unforgettable bunny girl keeps becoming totally invisible.



Tags: Coming of Age , Primarily Female Cast , Urban Fantasy , School , Time Manipulation , Amnesia , Male Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Bullying , Hikikomori , Idol

NHK ni Youkoso!

Also known as Welcome to the N.H.K..

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

Tatsuhiro Satou, a university dropout entering his fourth year of unemployment. He leads a reclusive life as a hikikomori, ultimately coming to the bizarre conclusion that this happened due to some sort of conspiracy. One day just when his life seems entirely unchanging, he meets Misaki Nakahara, a mysterious girl who claims to be able to cure Tatsuhiro of his hikikomori ways. She presents him with a contract basically outlining that once a day they would meet in the evening in a local park where Misaki would lecture to Tatsuhiro in an effort to rid him of his lifestyle. During these outings, many subjects are discussed, though they almost always pertain in some way to psychology or psychoanalysis.

Note: Includes one extra chapter.

Tags: Hikikomori , Philosophy , Primarily Adult Cast , Rehabilitation , Male Protagonist , Otaku Culture , Conspiracy , Autobiographical , Drugs , Denpa , Tragedy