Manga like WITCHRIV

Tongari Boushi no Atelier

Also known as Witch Hat Atelier.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

In a world where everyone takes wonders like magic spells and dragons for granted, Coco is a girl with a simple dream: she wants to be a witch. But everybody knows magicians are born, not made, and Coco was not born with a gift for magic. Resigned to her un-magical life, Coco is about to give up on her dream to become a witch … until the day she meets Qifrey, a mysterious, traveling magician. After secretly seeing Qifrey perform magic in a way she’s never seen before, Coco soon learns what everybody “knows” might not be the truth, and discovers that her magical dream may not be as far away as it may seem...



Notes:
Nominated for the 11th Manga Taishou Award in 2018.
Won the Daruma d'Or at Japan Expo in 2019.
Won Best U.S. Edition of International Material - Asia at the Eisner Awards in 2020.
Won the Best Manga Award at the Harvey Awards in 2020.

Tags: Witch , Magic , Found Family , Memory Manipulation , Female Protagonist , Medieval , Drawing , Coming of Age , Teacher , Ensemble Cast , School , Primarily Female Cast , Revenge , Tragedy , Conspiracy , Primarily Child Cast , Politics , Disability , Seinen , Philosophy , Rehabilitation , LGBTQ+ Themes , Amnesia , Foreign , Travel , Spearplay , Body Horror , Iyashikei , Dragons , Twins , Boys' Love

Madan no Ichi

Also known as Ichi the Witch.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

In this world, witches must hunt down their magic! Deep in the forest, the terrifying king of magic and the strongest witch are locked in deadly combat. But suddenly, a young boy joins the fray. His name is Ichi and he is just a hunter. But he has the power to flip the magic world upside down in this magic hunting fantasy epic!



Note:
Winner of the Tsugimanga 2025 Award in the Print Manga Category.

Tags: Magic , Witch , Male Protagonist , Found Family , Shounen , Anachronism , Demons , Primarily Female Cast , Matriarchy , Anthropomorphism , Henshin , Tanned Skin , Cosmic Horror , Pregnancy

Majo to Yajuu

Also known as The Witch and the Beast.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

Ashaf: a soft-spoken man with delicate features, a coffin strapped to his back, and an entourage of black crows. Guideau: a feral, violent girl with long fangs and the eyes of a beast. This ominous pair appear one day in a town in thrall to a witch — a ruler with magic coursing through her tattooed body, who has convinced the townsfolk she’s their hero. But Ashaf and Guideau know better. They live by one creed: “Wherever a witch goes, only curses and disasters follow.” They have scores to settle, and they won’t hesitate to remove anyone in their way, be it angry mob or army garrison.



Tags: Revenge , Witch , Magic , Seinen , Body Swapping , Gender Bending , Female Protagonist , Gore , Urban Fantasy , Vampire , Agender , Fairy Tale , Zombie , Tragedy , Episodic

Sousou no Frieren

Also known as Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

The adventure is over but life goes on for an elf mage just beginning to learn what living is all about.

Elf mage Frieren and her courageous fellow adventurers have defeated the Demon King and brought peace to the land. With the great struggle over, they all go their separate ways to live a quiet life. But as an elf, Frieren, nearly immortal, will long outlive the rest of her former party. How will she come to terms with the mortality of her friends? How can she find fulfillment in her own life, and can she learn to understand what life means to the humans around her? Frieren begins a new journey to find the answer.



Notes:
Winner of the Grand Prize at the 14th Manga Taisho Awards.
Nominated for the 25th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.
Placed 3rd at the 7th Annual Next Manga Award.

Tags: Magic , Travel , Elf , Philosophy , Female Protagonist , Time Skip , Spearplay , Demons , Iyashikei , Medieval , Kuudere , Tragedy , Episodic , Shounen , Fairy Tale , Dungeon , Food , Time Manipulation

Centuria

Also known as Centuria .

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

Stowing himself away on a slave ship, Julian sets sail for the great continent with a hundred slaves, all yearning for freedom, until...?! Embark on a groundbreaking journey through this action-packed dark fantasy saga!!



Tags: Found Family , Tragedy , Male Protagonist , Super Power , Royal Affairs , Fugitive , Adoption , Medieval , Gods , Shounen , Slavery , Necromancy , Time Skip , Gore , Anthropomorphism , Yuri

Hametsu no Oukoku

Also known as The Kingdoms of Ruin.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy

For ages, humanity flourished through the power of magic, a gift from witches to aid mankind. But times have changed. The scientific Gear Expansion has made both magic and witches obsolete. In order to liberate humanity from the blight of magic, the mighty Redia Empire began a ruthless hunt to exterminate all witches. Adonis was only a boy when the hunt began, apprentice to a witch he dearly loved. When she perishes at the hands of the empire, Adonis vows revenge. By this furious wizard’s power, blood will flow!



Tags: Revenge , Magic , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Urban Fantasy , Gore , Witch , Urban

Yashou no Kito

Also known as Kito the Night Bell.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy

“Sorcerer“...an accursed name given to the most feared heretics known to the world. Roan, one such sorcerer, lives a life worse than slavery, one forced upon him by a circus troupe. Things only change when he runs into Kito, a fellow sorcerer and a member of the Nightbells, a notorious vigilante group. It won't be much longer before these most hated of people are the very ones tasked with saving the world, in this magical fantasy exploding with style!



Tags: LGBTQ+ Themes , Shounen , Magic , Anthropomorphism , Animals

GALAXIAS

Also known as GALAXIAS.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

It's been ten years since the assassination of the Dragon King, the land's most powerful ruler. Off in the corner of the kingdom where tailed dragonfolk dwell, Jio, a human girl, yearns for adventure and an escape from rural life. However, when she meets the mysterious, amnesiac young man Neraid, Jio's life turns upside-down! With courage and curiosity knocking on the door, the two of them find the ultimate adventure waiting for them!! A traditional battle fantasy from a rookie artist begins!!



Tags: Male Protagonist , Monster Boy , Female Protagonist , Shounen , Dragons , Travel , Super Power , Conspiracy , Tokusatsu , Kaiju , Military , Monster Girl , Trains , Adoption , Amnesia

Kaihen no Mahoutsukai

Also known as Kai-Hen Wizards.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy

A young boy must live in exile lest his deadly magical powers destroy the world.



Tags: Magic , Mythology , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Amnesia , Tragedy , Conspiracy

Rengoku no Ashe

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy

In the age where the Church is the law and witch-hunting is rampant, Bel, a sword-toting monk, visits a town called Brokken Brook. There, he meets a nurse in-training named Ashe who helped him treat his wounds, but little did he know—just when he started to get to know her better—who she really is.

Tags: Magic , Witch , Crime , Heterosexual , Swordplay , Religion , Time Skip , Shounen , Female Protagonist , Medicine , Demons , Tragedy