Manga like Tokyo Tarareba Musume

Kuragehime

Also known as Princess Jellyfish.

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

Tsukimi Kurashita has a strange fascination with jellyfish. She’s loved them from a young age and has carried that love with her to her new life in the big city of Tokyo. There, she resides in Amamizukan, a safe-haven for girl geeks who regularly gush over a range of things from trains to Japanese dolls. However, a chance meeting at a pet shop has Tsukimi crossing paths with one of the things that the residents of Amamizukan have been desperately trying to avoid—a beautiful and fashionable woman! But there’s much more to this woman than her trendy clothes! This odd encounter is only the beginning of a new and unexpected path for Tsukimi and her friends.



Note: Includes 10 extra chapters.

Tags: Josei , Female Protagonist , Crossdressing , Fashion , Heterosexual , Foreign , Primarily Adult Cast , Love Triangle , Otaku Culture , Language Barrier , LGBTQ+ Themes , Found Family , Urban , Makeup , Age Gap , Drawing , Male Harem , Gender Bending , Animals , Coming of Age

Nigeru wa Haji daga Yaku ni Tatsu

Also known as The Full-Time Wife Escapist.

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

What’s a girl to do when there are no jobs? Once Mikuri Moriyama got out of grad school, all she could find was a temp job, and they just laid her off! Worried about his daughter, her dad helps her get a job doing housekeeping for this guy he used to work with named Tsuzaki. Just when things are starting to go well, though, Mikuri’s parents decide it’s time to move out to the countryside. She’ll likely be unemployed for the rest of her life if she goes with them, but she doesn’t make enough money to rent her own place. That’s when Mikuri, always the daydreamer, comes up with a solution out of left field …



Notes:
Includes one extra chapter. Adapted into a TV drama broadcasted on TBS starting Oct. 2016.

Tags: Josei , Work , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Parody , Heterosexual , Age Gap , Marriage , LGBTQ+ Themes

Kichijouji dake ga Sumitai Machi desu ka?

Also known as Is Kichijoji the Only Place to Live?.

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

Zoshigaya. Gotanda. Kinshicho. Komazawa Daigaku. Nakano. These should be your most desirable places to live. The Shigeta Twins run a real estate agency in Kichijoji and keep complaining about the changes the area is going through. However, their office is highly sought after by young ladies who believe the hype that Kichijoji is the coolest place to live! That’s why, today, they will introduce you to some great under-the-radar neighborhoods other than Kichijoji.



Tags: Episodic , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Work , Twins , Seinen

Complex Age

Also known as Complex Age.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

Twenty-six year old Nagisa Kataura has a secret. By all appearances, she’s an average temp-worker, but beneath her business-casual exterior she’s a devoted cosplayer. Transforming into her favorite anime and manga characters is her passion in life, and her hard work and creativity has earned Nagisa respect amongst her cosplay cohorts. But to the rest of society, her hobby is a silly fantasy, so she has to keep her two worlds separate. However, as demands from both sides of her life begin to increase, she may one day have to make a tough choice – what’s more important to her, cosplay or being “normal”?



Note: Includes the pilot one-shot.

Tags: Cosplay , Primarily Adult Cast , Seinen , Female Protagonist , Otaku Culture , Body Image , Primarily Female Cast , Urban , Heterosexual , Time Skip , Bullying

Moteki

Also known as Moteki.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Yukiyo Fujimoto’s life has been in a rut. He is about to turn thirty and has never held a steady job or had a girlfriend. And at a time when the prospects for hope seem at their lowest, suddenly his phone blows up! Out of the blue he is contacted by several women from his past! His moteki has finally come!! Love has struck and cupid’s arrow has hit him repeatedly and, coincidentally, all at the same time! A former co-worker and music enthusiast Aki Doi invites him to a rock festival and sparks fly under the stars! An amateur photographer Itsuka Nakashiba calls looking for advice and companionship. A previous coworker and love interest Natsuki Komiyama reappears in his life mysteriously inserting herself amongst his friends and family! And former high school classmate and juvenile delinquent Naoko Hayashida returns to his hometown! She no longer looks like a delinquent but has she changed much inside?!

Yukiyo may seem to have many options now, but is he ready for love? And are any of these women? The stage for love might be set, but the time might only be right for him to finally grow up!



Note: Nominated for the 3rd Manga Taisho Award (2010) and Volume count is 2 for Kodansha USA as they published 2 omnibus volumes.

Tags: Seinen , Age Gap , Drawing , Heterosexual , Love Triangle , Rehabilitation , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Philosophy , Hikikomori , Time Skip , Female Harem

Gisou Furin

Also known as A Fake Affair.

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

After searching and failing to find a husband for 3 years, Shoko Hama is ready to give up. Tired from work and marriage-less future prospects, she quits her job and travels on a solo trip to Korea. On the plane ride there, Shoko meets the young and attractive Jobanni Park, but accidentally tells him… she’s married? Now caught in her own web of lies, Shoko is about to have the wildest time of her life!



Tags: Foreign , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Full Color , Primarily Adult Cast , Age Gap , Travel , Long Strip

Zutto Dokushin de Iru Tsumori?

Also known as Will I Be Single Forever?.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

Mami is 36 and unmarried, and the entire world seems to be telling her she must be miserable. But is she? Does she really need a ring on her finger to be happy when she has a job she loves and friends who support her? A collection of interconnected stories that explores the hazards and joys of unmarried life through the eyes of three single ladies.



Tags: Josei , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Heterosexual , Work , Urban , Office

Hitori de Ikiru wa Mama Naranu

Also known as You Can't Live All on Your Own!.

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

What is considered "normal" for a 30 year old? Should she be married, have a carreer, live independently...?

Shuko Maeda, 28, is a single office worker who lives in a shared house with her three friends. One of them is Eika Matsuki, a career woman whose life revolves around work. Then, there's Misaki Kawaseda, a musician, singer and hopeless romantic. Finally: Shio Momoyama, who works freelance and is laid back in her professional and personal life. Together, they navigate the stresses and joys of daily life as women approaching 30, in a society that has certain expectations for them, while they all try to find their own unique way to thrive!



Tags: Primarily Female Cast , Josei , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Work , Heterosexual , Aromantic , Asexual , LGBTQ+ Themes , Office Lady

Kimi kara no Résumé

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

An average girl from a relatively average university somehow makes it into the general affairs department of a company. The main reason she decided to join was because of the handsome manager, who she ends up working under. The story basically revolves around their relationship and other work-related issues.

Included one-shots:
Volume 1: Water
Volume 6: 4-gatsu no Bambina
Volume 7: Silver Dust
Volume 8: Morning Dynamites (2-part)

Tags: Josei , Primarily Adult Cast , Work , Female Protagonist , Office Lady

Majo wa Mioji kara

Also known as Witches Are In Their Prime In Their Three-Hundreds.

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

Once, Kurokawa Mikage was the fearful “Witch of Moonlight,” but now, 300 years later, she’s just an office lady and teased by her co-workers for still being single. Mikage thinks she’s fine with her ultimate spinster life, posting fake photos of a pretend relationship… Until the young and handsome Kobayashi Satoru joins her company! Is this the start of a real, bewitching romance at last!?

Tags: Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Witch , Seinen , Office Lady , Urban Fantasy , Heterosexual , Reincarnation , Demons , Angels , Love Triangle