Manga like Majo

Kaijuu no Kodomo

Also known as Children of the Sea.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Supernatural

When Ruka was younger, she saw a ghost in the water at the aquarium where her dad works. Now she feels drawn toward the aquarium and the two mysterious boys she meets there, Umi and Sora. They were raised by dugongs and hear the same strange calls from the sea as she does.

Ruka's dad and the other adults who work at the aquarium are only distantly aware of what the children are experiencing as they get caught up in the mystery of the worldwide disappearance of the oceans' fish.



Tags: Philosophy , Mythology , Environmental , Seinen , Swimming , Female Protagonist , Cosmic Horror , Ensemble Cast , POV , Astronomy , Kaiju , Male Protagonist , Urban , Scuba Diving , Amnesia , Monster Boy , Coastal , Educational , Animals , Ships , Body Horror , Cannibalism , Primarily Teen Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Heterosexual , Work , Nudity

Omoide Emanon

Also known as Memories of Emanon.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

The year is 1967, and a young Japanese man is thinking about the future. On one side of the water, the war is raging in Vietnam; far away on the other side, the Apollo Project has just met with disaster as three astronauts die in a capsule fire. And here and now, on a long nighttime ferry ride back home, he will meet and fall in love with a mysterious young woman who carries a past deeper and more profound than his dreams and fears of tomorrow. Her name, she jokes, is no name—Emanon, and she can never be forgotten, any more than she can forget.



Tags: Seinen , Philosophy , Female Protagonist , Memory Manipulation , Reincarnation , Heterosexual , Historical , Amnesia , Time Skip , Travel , Environmental , Nudity , Ships , Super Power , Autobiographical

Sora Tobi Tamashii

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Supernatural

Ubusuna (産土, Birthgrounds)
The story of a mystical creature that makes pottery.

Sora Tobi Tamashii (そらトびタマシイ, Spirits Flying in the Sky)
It's about a girl who is cursed by an owl, and begins to fuse with a chicken spirit she killed by accident. But then she meets a girl just like herself, who helps her become normal again.

Kuma Koroshi Kami Nusumi Tarou no Namida (熊殺し神盗み太郎の涙, The Tears of Bear-Slayer and God-Stealer Tarou)
It's a story about a boy called the "Bear Killer", who meets a girl who has been chosen to become the guardian deity of her village.

Suna-kake (すなかけ, Covered in Sand)
The story of a young girl who meets a girl with a mysterious disease while on a trip to the ocean.

Le Pain et le Chat (The bread and the cat)
The story of a baker who decides to care for a girl whose parents have left her.

Imada Fuyu (未だ冬, Still Winter)
It's about a man who climbs a mountain that belongs to the gods, and is not made for man to climb.

Tags: Seinen , Anthology , Magic , Monster Girl , Mythology , Body Horror , Rural

Kakusan

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Psychological , Romance , Supernatural

Katsuhiko Tobe faces an odd dilemma. Losing control of his physical self, his body diffuses into nothingness as his disembodied consciousness flows throughout the world constantly contemplating both the world and his current situation. Meanwhile, his best friend Azami Seshimo waits in their native Japan for Katsuhiko's return.



Note: the 1st edition also includes 2 short-stories.

Tags: Seinen , Travel , Nudity

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

Nagabe Tanpenshuu: Hentekona Ai

Also known as Love on the Other Side: A Nagabe Short Story Collection.

Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Mystery , Romance , Slice of Life

Love comes in many forms. A magnificent bird comforts a struggling girl; a vampire waltzes with a young lady at night; a blind girl lives with a monster of whom there is more than meets the eye. This six-story manga collection by masterful manga creator Nagabe explores fascinating relationships that refuse to be confined.



Tags: Animals , Anthology , Josei , Age Gap , Language Barrier , Rural , Anthropomorphism , Vampire , Dancing , LGBTQ+ Themes , Boys' Love , Heterosexual , Disability , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Found Family

Umwelt: Igarashi Daisuke Sakuhinshuu

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

A collection of stories. Contains the original oneshot, Umwelt.

Garuḍa (ガルーダ)
Wani (鰐)
Uo (魚)
Oni, Raishuu (鬼、来襲)
Tsuchinoko (ツチノコ)
Dankon Darasco (ダンコンダラスコ)
Yokkata ne Ameotoko (よかったね雨男)
Masayoshi to Baachan (マサヨシとバアちゃん)
Moon Child (ムーン・チャイルド)

Umwelt (ウムヴェルト)
A genetically engineered girl escapes from her home and the doctor that created her must pursue her with the help of military personnel.



Tags: Anthology , Seinen , Nudity , Female Protagonist

Majo wo Mamoru.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

The "witch hunts" in the 16th century, when tens of thousands died after being persecuted. There was a doctor who tried to save people who were condemned as witches in that crazy era with the power of medical treatment. This is a historical drama about Johann Weyer, a real doctor who was also a pioneer in psychiatry.



Tags: Witch , Medicine , Biographical , Religion , Historical , Foreign , Josei , Male Protagonist , Drugs , Pandemic

G

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Mystery , Psychological , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

G takes place at these points we call boundaries. Boundaries between times, dimensions, destinies, life and death, …It tells the story of young Tomak through his initiatic journey. The Death Grass Spirit is never far...

This story is related to the short story "Lazaro Franco's Fourth Hour" published in Heaven's Door.

Tags: Male Protagonist , Seinen , Nudity , Archery , Spearplay , Space , Religion

OPUS

Also known as Opus.

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

A manga artist planning a shocking surprise ending to his story gets literally pulled into his own work—to face for himself what he had planned for his characters!



Note: OPUS went on permanent hiatus after Satoshi Kon's directorial career took off and was not completed. A rough final chapter was found in Kon's files after his death and was published with his family's permission by Ryu Comics.

Tags: Meta , Seinen , Demons , Magic , Drawing , Male Protagonist , Alternate Universe , Primarily Adult Cast , Isekai , Reincarnation