Manga like Shinsetsu Ookami to Koushinryou: Ookami to Youhishi

Otoyomegatari

Also known as A Bride's Story.

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

A Bride’s Story tells the tale of a beautiful young bride in nineteenth-century Asia. At the age of twenty, Amir is sent to a neighboring town to be wed. But her surprise at learning her new husband, Karluk, is eight years younger than her is quickly replaced by a deep affection for the boy and his family. Though she hails from just beyond the mountains, Amir’s clan had very different customs, foods, and clothes from what Karluk is used to. As the two of them learn more about each other through their day-to-day lives, the bond of respect and love grows stronger.



Note: Won the Prix Intergénérations ("Intergenerational Award") at the Angoulême International Comics Festival in 2012 and the 7th Manga Taishou award in 2014.

Tags: Ensemble Cast , Marriage , Historical , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Travel , Seinen , Foreign , Arranged Marriage , Iyashikei , Indigenous Cultures , Desert , Environmental , Family Life , Matchmaking , Rural , Age Gap , Educational , War , Cohabitation , Military , Food , Religion , Unrequited Love , Language Barrier , Twins , Archery , Nudity , Female Harem , Animals , Polyamorous , LGBTQ+ Themes , Large Breasts

Garuru Girl

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Supernatural

Mochizuki is reunited with his first love, Kawarashi, when he enters high school. Unlike the mischievous tomboy he used to know, Kawarashi has grown into a ladylike beauty, but their close relationship hasn't changed. But when school started, Mochizuki has trouble even approaching the popular Kawarashi, until an incident leads him to discover her "secret"...? An inter-species romantic comedy between an ordinary boy and a wolf girl!

Tags: Kemonomimi , Shounen , School , Heterosexual , Crossdressing , Urban Fantasy , Anthropomorphism , Monster Girl

Ookami to Koushinryou: Spring Log

Status: Releasing
Genres: Fantasy , Slice of Life

It has been more than ten years since Holo and Lawrence, who became a happily married couple after completing their long journey to send the Wisewolf back home, opened the bathhouse Spice and Wolf in the hot spring resort of Nyohhira. This is a story of continued happiness spun in the bathhouse, which is said to bring happiness and laughter.

Tags: Medieval , Kemonomimi , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist

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 , Demons , Iyashikei , Medieval , Kuudere , Episodic , Tragedy , Spearplay , Heterosexual , Unrequited Love , Shounen , Fairy Tale , Food , Dungeon , Time Manipulation

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