Manga like Hitori de Ikiru wa Mama Naranu

Sketchy

Also known as Sketchy.

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

Ako finds herself coasting along, watching her twenties pass her by. Work at the video rental store, see her boyfriend, repeat... Her days are becoming an indistinguishable, listless blur. Until she encounters a skateboarder practicing a trick—and she's a girl! For some reason, Ako feels a pull toward the sport. Slowly, all the dreams and ambitions she gave up on and the futures she imagined for herself come flooding back, and Ako resolves to change herself now, before it's too late. But is it ever really too late to discover something new?



Tags: Skateboarding , Female Protagonist , Seinen , Primarily Female Cast , Tomboy , Urban , Primarily Adult Cast

Jigoku no Girlfriend

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

The story follows the lives of three women. Kana is 31 years old: divorced, she grows by herself the four-year-old daughter, Kaede. Yuuri is an austere office employee, which makes her look much older than her actual age of 28 – but who has a dissolute past. At last, Nao, a 36-year-old fashion designer who is very popular with men. The three, not having other friends, decide to share the house.



Includes 1 bonus chapter.

Tags: Josei , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Female Protagonist

3-gatsu no Lion

Also known as March Comes in Like a Lion.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

Rei Kiriyama is a child prodigy. Rei Kiriyama is also an orphan who lives alone in an empty apartment. Rei Kiriyama is a teen working in an adult's world. Life is complicated for Rei. He's an up-and-coming shogi player on the verge of turning pro, but he has no homelife, or much of a life period,outside his board game, but thankfully with the help of some life-long friends he has an opportunity start all over again.



Notes:
Winner of the Grand Prize at the 4th Manga Taishou Award in 2011.
Winner of the 35th Kodansha Manga Award in 2011.
Winner of the Grand Prize at the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2014.
Winner of the Grand Prize at the Japan Media Arts Festival in 2021.

Tags: Coming of Age , Family Life , Philosophy , Rehabilitation , Seinen , Shogi , Found Family , Male Protagonist , Bullying , Iyashikei , Food , Heterosexual , Tragedy , Age Gap , Adoption , School Club , Board Game , Love Triangle

Tokyo Higoro

Also known as Tokyo These Days.

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

A requiem for the anguished, lost, and wandering in life over 50.

With Japan entering a new era, the story centers on Shiosawa, a former manga editor for a major publisher. After going into early retirement, he now finds himself wondering about what the world of manga means to him: is it work, a form of expression, or friendship?

Tags: Seinen , Primarily Adult Cast , Work , Male Protagonist

Robou no Fujii: Idai Naru Bonjin kara no Tayori

Status: Releasing
Genres: Slice of Life

Is he an eccentric or a sage? Does the seemingly unremarkable salaryman, Fujii, redefine the definition of "happiness?" In the workplace, he's a plain middle-aged man who doesn't stand out. While he does his job competently, he's not one to waste words. Come quitting time, he disappears like a ghost. He's not the type to be invited to after-work drinks in the first place. More like, he's the guy who's thought of as "I wouldn't want to end up like that..." by his juniors. Yet, he piques the curiosity of others... "I wonder how he was raised?" "Does he have friends or a girlfriend?" "What does he do on weekends?" Suddenly, you realize you've become captivated by Fujii... An elusive emotion that's hard to put into words is vividly captured by the author of Reborn no Kishi in this bewitching life drama!

Tags: Male Protagonist , Seinen , Office , Primarily Adult Cast