Manga like Yaneura no Benjirou-san

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

Mugi no Wakusei

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Sci-Fi , Slice of Life

In a mountainside bakery, the young shopkeeper Konta meets Mamita, an alien whose spaceship crashed and is looking for food. Konta winds up taking the stranded alien in as his little brother. This is the diary of a baker and an alien as they live together as "siblings".

Tags: Josei , Family Life , Iyashikei , Rural , Aliens , Male Protagonist , Food

Imakako

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Psychological

Yato Tsurumi, a teacher at a preparatory school, has the ability to see the "ghosts of places". The afterimage of his old life with his missing lover, Kako, now stands in place of their house, which was washed away by a flood.

Tsurumi then finds himself in charge of a new student, Ima, who is burdened by her ability to hear the "sounds of the dead".

First published as Ima/Uzu Ko Yuku Hakushoku no Hate (今/渦子 ゆく琥珀色のはて) and later collected as Imakako (いまかこ).

Tags: Seinen , Ghost , Suicide

Hataraku! Hyakki Yakou

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

The protagonist, Shotaro, is an elite graduate of K University... but a so-called elite NEET who currently has no job. Drink every day with your parents' money-I was living a parasitic life. All his childhood friends, who have a high self-consciousness and a little personality since they were young, are all youkai!!! "There are no human friends..." "No job..." A high tension gag woven by a slightly distorted human being who is worried and youkai who work seriously (?) ☆

Tags: Shoujo , Primarily Male Cast , Male Protagonist , Youkai

Hayachine!

Also known as Hayachine!.

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

After the death of their parents, the three siblings Seiji, Kozue and Shima get taken in by their uncle and move from Tokyo to Ohasama in the countryside. Will they be able to adapt to their new life in the middle of nowhere? A lighthearted slice of life story begins...

Tags: Rural , Family Life , Shounen , Agriculture

Mayonaka Wonder Sanpo

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life , Supernatural

“My town is full of little wonders."
To improve my insomnia, I take a walk around town at night with my dog, Jiro. But today... it's kind of strange. It's a town as usual, but if you look closely, you can see mysterious creatures here and there. Invisible to other people, they don't interfere, they're probably bad creatures... aren't they? If you look closely, you can see it in your town too. Welcome to the familiar world of wonder.



Tags: Ghost , Shoujo

Tsumi to Bachi

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Supernatural

When the Isshiki family runs into monetary trouble, their last option is to turn to the god of fortune that resides in their home. However, instead of helping them, he rather see their entire family destroyed! It's up to Tarou to find out Kami-san's past and why their God of fortune has turned into one of misfortune!

Tags: Family Life , Shoujo , Gods , Male Protagonist , Iyashikei , Mythology , Heterosexual , Rural

Tonari no Youkai-san

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life , Supernatural

The daily life of a country town where youkai, humans, and gods live together peacefully is leisurely, heartwarming, and sometimes mysterious. One summer, Buchio, a 20-year-old long-lived cat, suddenly evolves into a nekomata. Buchio wonders why he became a youkai, so he begins to take lessons in "supernatural studies" from Yuri, a fox spirit... Jiro is a crow-like tengu who protects the mountain. Moo-chan, a young girl, who has been observing the "work of the tengu," sees Jiro differently from other people. At the same time, there is a rumor in town that a "Spider," which brings bad luck, has appeared...

Tags: Youkai , Rural , Josei , Alternate Universe , 4-koma , Anthropomorphism

Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun

Also known as Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Mystery , Romance , Supernatural

"Hanako-san, Hanako-san... are you there?" At Kamome Academy, rumors abound about the school's Seven Mysteries, one of which is Hanako-san. Said to occupy the third stall of the third floor girls' bathroom in the old school building, Hanako-san grants any wish when summoned. Nene Yashiro, an occult-loving high school girl who dreams of romance, ventures into this haunted bathroom... but the Hanako-san she meets there is nothing like she imagined! Kamome Academy's Hanako-san... is a boy!


Tags: Youkai , Mythology , Ghost , Urban Fantasy , School , Afterlife , Twins , Female Protagonist , Tragedy , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Alternate Universe , Shounen , Revenge , LGBTQ+ Themes , Gore , Magic , Suicide , Slapstick , Survival , Body Horror , Yandere , Tsundere , Time Manipulation , Mermaid , Gods , Love Triangle , Shrine Maiden , Body Swapping