Manga like Umibe no Cain

Iguana no Musume

Also known as Iguana Girl.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological

A girl who appears to her mother and herself to be a hideous anthropoid iguana struggles to overcome her mother’s rejection and find happiness ... but her mother has a secret.



Tags: Josei , Body Image , Female Protagonist , Family Life , Coming of Age , Time Skip , Tragedy

Pietà

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Romance

A story about two classmates who become friends, Sahoko and Rio. Rio is depressed and self-abusive and isn't loved by her "family" (which consists of her father, stepmother, and stepbrother), but Sahoko seems to be the bright spot in her life. Sahoko also seems to have a mysterious past and doesn't seem to have a good relationship with her parents; she lives with her aunt. It's also hinted at that Sahoko and Rio have met once before, when they were much younger...



Note: includes 1 extra chapter

Tags: Yuri , Suicide , Josei , Rehabilitation , Tragedy , Female Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes , Family Life , Primarily Female Cast , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Estranged Family , Tomboy , Found Family

Aisubeki Musumetachi

Also known as All My Darling Daughters.

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

Yukiko, a salarywoman in her thirties, still lives with her mother Mari. But their relationship suffers a sudden change when Mari announces that she's getting married--to an ex-host and aspiring actor who's younger than Yukiko. Yukiko, convinced he's out to fleece her mom, can't stand to stay in the house and decides to move in with her boyfriend.



Tags: Heterosexual , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Age Gap , College , Office Lady

Moonlight flowers: Gekka Bijin

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

A classic yuri manga about a woman who leaves her husband for an old friend from school. There are two stories in this manga--one (Moonlight Flowers) is the main story, and the other (Midnight Flowers) is about the love interest's past.



Tags: Yuri , LGBTQ+ Themes , Josei , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Tragedy , Unrequited Love , Crime , Nudity , Marriage

Hagane no Musume

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

A work depicting the complicated circumstances of a divorced couple and their daughter, who tries to make sense of her familial situation...

Tags: Family Life , Josei , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast

Hahaoya no Musume-tachi

Status: Finished
Genres:

Tags: Josei , Yuri

Zankoku na Kami ga Shihai Suru

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological

Jeremy, a sensitive but outgoing 15 year old, is delighted to hear the news of his neurotic and excitable mother's remarriage to a wealthy British man. However, much to his horror, his sweet-talking new step-father Greg, soon begins to exhibit a disturbing trait...he is a sadistic pedophile and loses no time in making Jeremy his target. Zankoku na Kami ga Shihaisuru portrays the tale of two stepbrothers - Jeremy and Ian - as they each pursue their separate paths towards redemption.

Tags: Foreign , Family Life , Josei , Revenge , Tragedy , Suicide , Philosophy , Urban , Denpa , Body Horror , Torture , Inseki , Blackmail , Nudity , LGBTQ+ Themes , Drugs , Male Protagonist , Boys' Love , School , Boarding School , Detective , Marriage , Incest , Rehabilitation , Bisexual