Manga like Shirohige to Boing

SANDA

Also known as SANDA.

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

In a near-future Japan, Christmas has faded into myth, and the birth rate has dropped so dramatically that children are now the most precious commodity. Society has artificially extended adolescence to preserve their youth, and traditional holidays, like Christmas, are a mere legend of the past.

Volume 1 of SANDA introduces Sanda Kazushige, a middle-school student who unexpectedly becomes entangled in a strange and dangerous mystery. When his classmate, Fuyumura Shiori, accuses him of carrying a curse that could help find her missing friend, Ono Ichie, Sanda's life takes a dramatic turn. Together, they embark on an incredible adventure to unravel the truth behind Ichie's disappearance and uncover the hidden magic of Christmas itself.

As they delve deeper into the mystery, the duo faces external threats and internal challenges—questions about loyalty, courage, and the power of belief. Along the way, they confront the true meaning of friendship, trust, and the possibility of magic in a world that has all but forgotten it.



Tags: Male Protagonist , Dissociative Identities , Female Protagonist , School , Primarily Teen Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Ensemble Cast , Slapstick , Surreal Comedy , Henshin , Shounen , Shapeshifting , Gender Bending , Yuri , Alternate Universe , Nudity , Amnesia , Dystopian

Bota Bota

Also known as Drip Drip.

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

Whenever Mako Higari comes in contact with something she perceives as dirty, she gets a massive nosebleed. How can she find a loving partner and commit to a meaningful intimate relationship when just touching another person makes her bleed out? Especially when most of the men she meets are sleazy creeps! Her first challenge might be learning to love herself… Plus, a short story starring Santa Claus as we’ve never seen him before!



Note: Includes the one-shot "Shirohige to Boing (White Beard and Boobs)".

Tags: Nudity , Primarily Adult Cast , Female Protagonist , Disability , Seinen , Urban , Heterosexual , Estranged Family , Marriage

BEASTARS

Also known as BEASTARS.

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

One night at Cherryton Academy, an herbivore student is brutally murdered. Among the members of the Drama Club, the herbivores’ suspicions naturally turn to their carnivore classmates… The prime suspect? Gray wolf Legoshi. But he wouldn’t hurt a fly. Or would he? Will dwarf rabbit Haru bring out the beast in him? Or are his feelings for her…something else?



Note: Winner of the 11th Manga Taisho Award, the 42nd Kodansha Manga Award in the Shounen Category, the New Face Award from the 21st Japan Media Arts Festival Awards and the New Creator Prize of the 22nd Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.

Tags: Anthropomorphism , Animals , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Cannibalism , School , Philosophy , Urban , Crime , Psychosexual , Politics , Gangs , Primarily Animal Cast , Tragedy , Revenge , Shounen , School Club , Yakuza , Primarily Teen Cast , Love Triangle , Class Struggle , Bullying , Interspecies , Heterosexual , Survival , Adoption , Acting , Cultivation , Martial Arts

Paru no Graffiti

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

An autobiographical manga about Itagaki Paru, her two older sisters, mother, and father.

Tags: Autobiographical , Josei , Female Protagonist , Achronological Order , Family Life

Ushimitsu Gao

Also known as Witching Hour.

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Romance , Supernatural

The story follows 33-year-old housewife Megumi Sano, who has strong spiritual sensitivity. One night, while having sex with her husband, a ghost suddenly appears in her room. She feels humiliated instead of terrified after the ghost witnesses her boring sex life with her husband. The ghost begins appearing in their bedroom nightly.



Tags: Heterosexual , Netori , Cheating , Ghost , Seinen , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Cunnilingus ,