Manga like Neko ga Nishi Mukya

Mushishi

Also known as Mushishi.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Mystery , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Some live in the deep darkness behind your eyelids. Some eat silence. Some thoughtlessly kill. Some simply drive men mad. They are known as mushi—creatures that came into being shortly after life emerged from the primordial ooze. They still exist parallel to our own lives and can only be seen by a select few. As a mushishi, Ginko is one of the few who are aware of their existense, and this young man with a sardonic smile roams from place to place with the knowledge and skill to aid those unwittingly affected by mushi.



Note: Won the Excellence Prize for Manga at the 7th Japan Media Arts Festival in 2003 and the Kodansha Manga Award for General Manga in 2006.

Tags: Episodic , Youkai , Environmental , Seinen , Mythology , Rural , Travel , Iyashikei , Philosophy , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Urban Fantasy , Historical , Work , Demons

Suiiki

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

In the midst of a blazing hot summer beset by water shortages, middle-school girl Chinami faints from heat exhaustion. Upon waking up, she finds herself in a mysterious town by a beautifully pristine river whose waters hide many secrets...



Tags: Seinen , Rural , Time Manipulation , Ghost , Female Protagonist , Historical

Natsume Yuujinchou

Also known as Natsume's Book of Friends.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Supernatural

When Reiko was Takashi's age, she bound the names of demons and spirits in her Book of Friends, enslaving them to her capricious whim. Now Takashi is the owner of the book, and the creatures will do anything to get their names back.



Tags: Youkai , Iyashikei , Male Protagonist , Rural , Shoujo , Episodic , Adoption , Outdoor , Estranged Family , Primarily Teen Cast , Found Family , Exorcism , Rehabilitation , School , Primarily Male Cast , Shapeshifting , Orphan , Gender Bending

Hisakata no Oto

Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Slice of Life

The straight-laced Tatsumi has accepted a new job as a teacher on a small island around the Ogasawara Archipelago named "Aoshima," where he encounters unfathomable phenomena that defy all logic.This warm fantasy tale is evocative of nature, in all its mystery and wonder. But is this enchanting isle of blue welcoming him, or...?

Tags: Philosophy , Male Protagonist , Teacher , Mythology , Iyashikei , Episodic , Seinen , Rural , Educational

Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni

Also known as In This Corner of the World.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

1940’s Hiroshima Prefecture. Suzu, a young woman from the countryside, joins her new husband and his family in the shipbuilding city of Kure. As her beautiful home collapses around her, Suzu must confront the challenges of a new life while coming to grips with a world in turmoil. Unwilling to give up hope, Suzu struggles against the horrors of war to create her own happiness.

Tags: War , Female Protagonist , Tragedy , Historical , Family Life , Drawing , Rehabilitation , Seinen , Disability

Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru

Also known as SoreMachi: And Yet the Town Moves.

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

There is a small maid cafe that nearly nobody goes to – Maid Cafe Seaside, quiet enough for Sanada to do his homework in. His airheaded classmate Arashiyama works as the cafe’s only maid, even though she sure doesn’t act like one. What happens when her friends stop by for a visit?



Notes: Nominated to the 22nd Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Seinen , Surreal Comedy , Coming of Age , Achronological Order , Episodic , Maids , School , Afterlife , Detective , Cosmic Horror , Work , Ghost , Aliens , Mythology

xxxHolic

Also known as xxxHOLiC.

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

Kimihiro Watanuki is haunted by visions of ghosts and spirits. He seeks help from a mysterious woman named Yuko, who claims she can help. However, Watanuki must work for Yuko in order to pay for her aid. Soon Watanuki finds himself employed in Yuko’s shop where he sees things and meets customers that are stranger than anything he could have ever imagined.



Notes:
The series was re-named to xxxHolic•Rou on chapter title pages of chapter 186 and on, but not on their volume's front covers, spines and indicia.
The chapter count contains a one-shot published in May 2010 to commemorate the switch, which was later collected into Volume 18.
The chapter count also reflects the magazine releases; the chapters plus the one-shot were re-arranged into 109 chapters across 19 volumes.

Tags: Magic , Youkai , Mythology , Ghost , Crossover , Male Protagonist , Clone , Seinen , Witch , Time Manipulation , Philosophy , Memory Manipulation , Tragedy , Boys' Love , Urban Fantasy , Denpa , Episodic , Heterosexual , School