Manga like Tokyo Alien Brothers

Hirayasumi

Also known as Hirayasumi.

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

With a carefree outlook on life, Hiroto knows better than anyone that slowing down is sometimes the best way to move forward.

At 29 years old, carefree Hiroto Ikuta doesn’t have a girlfriend, a full-time job, or a plan for the future—and he couldn’t be happier. Hiroto’s breezy attitude isn’t easy for everyone to understand, though. In a world filled with anxiety, confusion, and grief, Hiroto and the people who surround him are all just doing their best to figure out this thing called life.

After developing an unlikely friendship with the grouchy old granny who lives in his neighborhood, Hiroto suddenly finds himself inheriting not just her house, but some rather difficult emotions as well. His 18-year-old cousin Natsumi moves in with him, but as a struggling art student, she has her own troubles to deal with and may just put Hiroto’s easygoing lifestyle to the test.



Tags: Seinen , Iyashikei , Family Life , Urban , Primarily Adult Cast , Work , College , Drawing , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Female Protagonist , Filmmaking , Love Triangle

Dead Dead Demon's Dededededestruction

Also known as Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Sci-Fi , Slice of Life

The Japan Self-Defense Forces are still looking for a way to combat the alien threat, but so far conventional weapons have had no effect. Maybe it’s time to try something unconventional.

Meanwhile, Kadode Koyama and her best friend avidly track the aliens’ movements on social media and less enthusiastically study for college entrance exams. When the end of the world looms overhead, you learn to take things one step at a time.



Notes:
Winner of the 66th Shogakukan Manga Award in the general category.
Includes one extra chapter.

Tags: Seinen , Aliens , Female Protagonist , Alternate Universe , Politics , Primarily Female Cast , Military , Time Manipulation , Coming of Age , Dystopian , Denpa , Philosophy , Language Barrier , Tragedy , Suicide , School , Otaku Culture , Post-Apocalyptic , Bisexual , Crossdressing , Anti-Hero , Gore , Satire , Video Games , Cosmic Horror , Yuri , CGI , Love Triangle

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 , Seinen , Urban Fantasy , Episodic , Slapstick , Primarily Adult Cast , Parody , Primarily Male Cast , Religion , Angels , Afterlife , Demons , Drawing , Animals , Yakuza , Ghost , Dragons , Mythology

Bokura no Funkasai

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

When a local volcano erupts, the depopulated town of Kanematsu suddenly thrives as a hot-springs resort. High-school student Tomiyama, a cool character, can't accept this dramatic transformation, while his friend Sakurajima enthusiastically embraces it. This is the story of how their friendship is affected by changes in their town. The freely-drawn, casual style the manga brings to its portrayal of the shifting emotions of high-school boys has earned it many fans.

Tags: Seinen , Male Protagonist , School , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Urban

Kyuujitsu no Warumono-san

Also known as Mr. Villain's Day Off.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

One evil supervillain spends most of his time hatching nefarious plots to take over the world-but on his days off, nothing gets between him and the cute pandas he adores! This fresh, charming comedy series answers the age-old question of what a villain does off the clock!

The mysterious and dastardly man known only as the General within the evil organization plotting to take over the world is one of the top targets of Earth's defensive unit, the Rangers. But on his precious days off, he's more likely to be at the local zoo staring at his beloved pandas or trying out new ice cream flavors! Will his secret hobbies be jeopardized forever when his natural enemy - a Ranger hero out to save the Earth - catches him in the act?



Tags: Male Protagonist , Iyashikei , Animals , Food , Aliens , Primarily Adult Cast , Found Family , Demons , Shoujo , Episodic , Urban , Konbini , Tokusatsu , Henshin

Setoutsumi

Also known as Seto Utsumi.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

This manga has been made into a movie and a TV drama in japan. "I wish we could just spend all our high school days sittin' and chattin' by this river." This seven chapter volume is a collection of the funky, off-the-wall, and sometimes cynical after-school conversations between Seto and Utsumi, two high-schoolers from the Kansai region of Japan.



Note: Includes 17 extra chapters.

Tags: Achronological Order , School , Surreal Comedy , Male Protagonist , Episodic , Shounen , Revenge , Animals , Disability

Sentaku no Toki

Status: Finished
Genres: Sci-Fi , Supernatural

During summer break, a junior highschool student Mitsuharu collides with an unusual creature while speeding on his bicycle. That unusual creature was a genderless alien called Toki who came to Earth for a "purpose". An unpredictable story about a lonely human and an alien starts!

Tags: Aliens , Gender Bending , School , School Club , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , Super Power , Shounen , Time Skip

Kowloon Generic Romance

Also known as Kowloon Generic Romance.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Romance , Sci-Fi , Slice of Life

Welcome to Kowloon Walled City: a dystopian townscape where the people are brimming with nostalgia, and where the past, present, and future converge. Amid the hidden emotions and extraordinary daily lives of the men and women working in its confines, a tale of romance begins to unfold for real estate agent Reiko Kujirai—one that feels as familiar as Kowloon itself…



Note:
Nominated for the 14th Manga Taisho Award in 2021.
Nominated for the 6th Tsugimanga Award in the Print Manga Category in 2020.

Tags: Clone , Female Protagonist , Amnesia , Seinen , Memory Manipulation , Primarily Adult Cast , Dystopian , Office Lady , Urban , Work , Alternate Universe , Nudity , Heterosexual , LGBTQ+ Themes , Foreign , Gender Bending , Denpa

Sekai no Owari to Yoake Mae

Also known as Before Dawn and the End of the World.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

Collection of short stories including:
Mudai (無題, Untitled); kakioroshi
Yoakemae (夜明け前, Before Dawn); Big Comic Spirits Zoukan Casual #2007/2/15
Alfalfa (アルファルファ); Sunday GX 2005-07

4-6. Nichiyou, Gogo, 6-jihan. (日曜、午後、六時半。, Sunday, Afternoon, 6:30.); Big Comic Spirits 2006 #36+37~39
"At that time, I absolutely hated Sunday afternoons at 6:30. I hated the word 'family' to death. That's why I couldn't stand seeing them. Besides, whether or not there is an end to the escape from reality, I truly felt the visit of the tiresome days."

Chou Mousou A-ko no Nichijou to Yuuutsu (超妄想A子の日常と憂鬱, The Typical Day and Melancholy of Super-Imaginative A-ko); Sunday GX 2006-09
Kyuujitsu no Sugoshikata (休日の過ごし方, How to Spend a Day Off); Big Comic Spirits Zoukan Casual #2007/9/15
17; Big Comic Spirits Zoukan Casual #2008/2/15
Subarashii Sekai (素晴らしい世界, What a Wonderful World); Sunday GX 2008-08
Tokyo (東京); Big Comic Spirits 2008 #40
Sekai no Owari (世界の終わり, The End of the World); kakioroshi
Jikuu Taisen Snakeman (時空大戦スネークマン, Snakeman and the Great Space-time War); kakioroshi

Tags: Philosophy , Anthology , Seinen , Nudity

Mugi no Wakusei

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Sci-Fi , Slice of Life

In a mountainside bakery, the young shopkeeper Konta meets Mamita, an alien whose spaceship crashed and is looking for food. Konta winds up taking the stranded alien in as his little brother. This is the diary of a baker and an alien as they live together as "siblings".

Tags: Josei , Family Life , Iyashikei , Aliens , Rural , Male Protagonist , Food