Manga like Yumenashi Sensei no Shinro Shidou

Koko wa Ima kara Rinri desu.

Also known as Welcome to Ethics Class.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological

Ethics, or the study of what it means to live, and the principles that shape our sense of right and wrong. It’s a subject you might go your whole life without learning, and never suffer for it. Yet within this classroom lie the truths essential to understanding ourselves. Enter Mr. Takayanagi, a calm yet enigmatic ethics teacher who faces the struggles of his students head-on, guided by his own unconventional beliefs. A modern, thought-provoking story of youth, morality, and the teacher who dares to challenge both.



Tags: Teacher , Philosophy , School , Episodic , Educational , Seinen , Bullying , Suicide , Crime , Heterosexual , Delinquents , LGBTQ+ Themes , Yakuza , Tragedy , Nudity , Drugs , Disability

GTO

Also known as GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Ecchi

Former juvenile delinquent Onizuka finds himself thrust into to role of high school teacher, facing students who behave just as he used to and an administration that doesn't trust him. Using the brash an unorthodox methods he picked up in his youth, Onizuka manages to reach through to his kids and help them with their problems.



Notes:
- Won the 22nd Kodansha Manga Award for Best Shounen Manga.
- The chapter count includes the 7 chapters extra GTO: Great Toroko Oppai♡ (Tomoko's Big Adventures) published in volumes 11 and 12, and one extra published in volume 25.

Tags: Teacher , School , Ensemble Cast , Coming of Age , Work , Male Protagonist , Rehabilitation , Bullying , Terrorism , Tragedy , Delinquents , Nudity , Gangs , Shounen , Age Gap , Family Life , Motorcycles , Dragons , Crime , Revenge , Heterosexual , Yakuza , Detective , Acting , Guns , Police , Espionage , Drugs , Slapstick , Primarily Teen Cast

Solanin

Also known as Solanin.

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

College graduates struggle to cope with the real world. Music offers refuge in this modern manga with an American attitude. Meiko Inoue is a recent college grad working as an office lady in a job she hates. Her boyfriend Naruo is permanently crashing at her apartment because his job as a freelance illustrator doesn't pay enough for rent. And her parents in the country keep sending her boxes of veggies that just rot in her fridge. Straddling the line between her years as a student and the rest of her life, Meiko struggles with the feeling that she's just not cut out to be a part of the real world.



Notes:
Nominated for the Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material - Japan and the Harvey Award for Best American Edition of Foreign Material.
Includes one extra chapter and one-shot "Haru yo Koi (Awaiting Spring)" first included in the October 2017 new Japanese edition.

Tags: Coming of Age , Band , Seinen , Tragedy , Primarily Adult Cast , Heterosexual , Found Family , Female Protagonist , Family Life , Urban , Rock Music , College , Office Lady , Nudity

Kimi to Uchuu wo Aruku Tame ni

Also known as Spacewalking With You.

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

Kobayashi just can’t focus—not on studying, not on work—and the adults in his life think he’s in danger of becoming a worthless dropout. Then, one day, a strange new presence arrives in his class: an energetic and naïve kid named Uno. Kobayashi saves Uno from getting scammed, and that close encounter launches a new friendship. Uno’s definitely a space cadet, but Kobayashi can’t help admiring the way he floats through life, and before he knows it, he might start feeling his feet lift off the ground, too…



Notes:
Winner of the 17th Manga Taishō in 2024.
Ranked 6th in the 3rd Crea Late Night Manga Awards in 2024.
Ranked 3rd in the 2024 Da Vinci Book of the Year ranking.
Ranked 1st in the Men's Division of Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2025 guidebook.
Nominated for the 49th Kodansha Manga Award in the General category in 2025.
Ranked 3rd in the Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2025.
Ranked 4th in Freestyle Magazine's "The Best Manga 2025" ranking in 2025.
Winner of the Emotional Resonance Award at the 4th Magademy Awards in 2025.
Nominated for the Best New Manga award at the 2025 American Manga Awards.
Winner of the Freeman Book Award for Young Adult Literature in 2025.
Selected for the SLJ Best Books of the Year list in 2025.
Selected for the Top 10 of YALSA's 2026 Great Graphic Novels for Teens list in 2026.
Nominated for the 50th Kodansha Manga Award in the General category in 2026.
Nominated for the 30th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2026.

Tags: Disability , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Astronomy , Rehabilitation , School Club , School , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Delinquents , Primarily Male Cast , Work , Primarily Teen Cast

School Back

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

Fushimi-san is a high school janitor. She is tall. She is hard-working. She likes canned coffee. And she talks to us in just the right way. I hate people who think they know better just because "they are adults." I'm wondering what kind of adult I should be. If you feel that way, too, please come and see Fushimi-san. You might feel better, or have an epiphany about yourself.

Tags: Female Protagonist , School , Episodic , Shounen , Iyashikei

"Kodomo wo Koroshite Kudasai" to Iu Oya-tachi

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama

The son of an elite crushed by excessive school pressure, an alcoholic who turns the knife on his parents, a daughter who treats her mother as a slave and lives buried in garbage... The stories that shed light on the darkness of family and society that lurks behind the scenes of our times.... The shocking non-fiction book by Tsuyoshi Oshikawa, which has been featured in various media, is now adapted for manga by the genius Masakazu Suzuki!



Tags: Seinen , Work , Family Life , Biographical , Crime

Ikoku Nikki

Also known as Ikoku Nikki.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

The manga centers on 35-year-old novelist Makio Koudai and her 15-year-old niece Asa, who live together under one roof. Makio took Asa in on a sudden impulse after Asa's parents, which included Makio's older sister, passed away. The next day, Makio returns to her senses and remembers that she does not do well in the company of other people. So begins their daily life, as Makio attempts to acclimate to a roommate, while Asa attempts to get used to an adult that never acts like one.



Note: Includes five extra chapters.

Tags: Family Life , Female Protagonist , Josei , Adoption , Coming of Age , Writing , Estranged Family , Primarily Female Cast , Parenthood , LGBTQ+ Themes , Disability , Yuri , Primarily Adult Cast , Aromantic , School Club , Food , Transgender

Maria no Danzai

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Thriller

The Nagare family had a happy home with three people. However, their son Kiritaka was secretly bullied at school. Then, an incident occurs, and the mother Mari's love for her son goes out of control.

Tags: Revenge , Female Protagonist , Bullying , Seinen , Torture , Tragedy , Yandere , School , Teacher , Gore , Crime , Nudity , Denpa , Yakuza , Detective , Criminal Organization

[Oshi no Ko]

Also known as [Oshi no Ko].

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural

Gorou is a gynecologist and idol fan who’s in shock after his favorite star, Ai, announces an impromptu hiatus. Little does Gorou realize that he’s about to forge a bond with her that defies all common sense! Lies are an idol’s weapon!



Notes:
Nominated for the 14th and 15th Manga Taisho, the 26th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize, the 67th Shogakukan Manga Award in the general category and the 46th Kodansha Manga Award.
Winner of the 7th Next Manga Award in the print category.
Includes "[Oshi no Ko]: interlude" and one extra chapter.

Tags: Revenge , Acting , Idol , Tragedy , Reincarnation , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Twins , Detective , Female Protagonist , Work , Urban Fantasy , Time Skip , Otaku Culture , Age Gap , Love Triangle , Suicide , Female Harem , Anti-Hero , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Bullying , Filmmaking , Urban , Educational , Tsundere , Primarily Female Cast , Pregnancy , Denpa , Incest , VTuber , Cosplay