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 Adult Cast , Primarily Female Cast , Urban , Tomboy

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

Kemutai Hanashi

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

These two men are not friends, not lovers, not family. But they still want to be near each other. A chance encounter leads to two former classmates living together.

A very relaxed slice of life manga series, trying to break free from the urge to label relationships a certain way.



Note: Nominated for the 2022 Next Manga Award (Tsugi ni Kuru Manga Taishou) for Best Web Manga.

Tags: Iyashikei , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Primarily Adult Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Teacher , Asexual , Aromantic , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things

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 , Male Protagonist , Work , Primarily Adult Cast , Drawing , Philosophy

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 , Board Game , Food , Heterosexual , Tragedy , Age Gap , Adoption , School Club , Love Triangle

Colorful Antinomy

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Romance

Fumi, a 30-year-old office lady, feels frustrated about her life. One day, she tries using a dating app and matches up with someone who looks like her type, and they decide to meet up...

Tags: Office Lady , Josei , Female Protagonist , Tomboy , LGBTQ+ Themes , Primarily Adult Cast , Yuri

Tokyo Tarareba Musume

Also known as Tokyo Tarareba Girls.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

"I spent all my time wondering 'What if?' Then one day I woke up and I was 33."

Rinko doesn't think she's that bad-looking, but before she knew it, she was thirty-something and single. Now she wants to get married by the time the Tokyo Olympics rolls around in six years, but… that might be easier said than done!



Note:
-Nominated for the 9th and 10th Manga Taisho Award and the 40th Kodansha Manga Awards in 2016.
-Includes 25 extra chapters.

Tags: Josei , Primarily Adult Cast , Female Protagonist , Satire , Heterosexual , Age Gap , Primarily Female Cast , Bar , Urban , Love Triangle

Yawao to Katako

Also known as A Queen and an Old Maid.

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

Campy queen vs. Miss forever-alone: this defeat-your-insecurities (romantic?) comedy goes out to all you folks full of self-loathing!! Unpopular with men, unattractive, and unsure of herself...... At a mixer one night, insecure and forever-alone Fujiko found her soulmate- No, wait, it was a femme guy playing mother hen?! Fujiko has never been confident in herself as a woman, but with help from prettyboy queen Koyanagi, now she's going to give femininity another shot...!

Tags: Josei , Primarily Adult Cast , Female Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes , Heterosexual , Bisexual , Fashion , Body Image , Love Triangle

Zutto Dokushin de Iru Tsumori?

Also known as Will I Be Single Forever?.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

Mami is 36 and unmarried, and the entire world seems to be telling her she must be miserable. But is she? Does she really need a ring on her finger to be happy when she has a job she loves and friends who support her? A collection of interconnected stories that explores the hazards and joys of unmarried life through the eyes of three single ladies.



Tags: Josei , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Work , Urban , Office

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 , Primarily Adult Cast , Office