Top Veterinarian Manga Recommendations

After God

Also known as After God.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Supernatural

Japan has been invaded by Gods, leaving giant Danger Zones where once were cityscapes. While patrolling the area, Anti-God researcher Tokinaga discovers Kamikura Waka looking forlornly through the protective fence. In her eyes, he spots something deep and dangerous. Something capable of changing the world...



Tags: Gods , Seinen , Dissociative Identities , Philosophy , Revenge , Dystopian , Female Protagonist , Tragedy , Body Horror , Cosmic Horror , Urban Fantasy , Time Manipulation , Gore , Witch , Primarily Adult Cast , Drugs , LGBTQ+ Themes , Suicide , Time Loop , Demons , Torture , Pandemic , Mythology , Asexual , Heterosexual , Yuri , Eco-Horror , Boys' Love , Veterinarian

Jui-san no Oshigoto in Isekai

Also known as A Veterinarian in Another World.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

Shingo Kazami is a federal veterinarian who works at a Livestock Hygiene Service Center. One day, Shingo finds himself suddenly summoned to another world. The prince of the world he is summoned to asks Shingo to help him save the people of his land. The land is a fantasy world filled with magic and monsters. However, because civilization, science and medicine are undeveloped, many people die from disease and natural disasters... What kind of vet lets lives be taken without trying to protect the people and animals? He might not be the strongest fighter, but when he sees the circumstances of the new world, he vows to do all he can to save as many lives as he can...

- Chapter count includes 8 extra chapters.

Tags: Isekai , Medicine , Veterinarian , Male Protagonist

Sinseoggi Nyeo

Also known as Neolithic Girl.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Supernatural

What would you do if you could live forever? Suk-Hui Kang has lived for over 10,000 years, yet always seems to make the same mistake — she wants to save others from certain death. This time, she chooses to help veterinarian Jae-Shin Lee with his terminal cancer prognosis. But the great clans of Baekje are dead set on finding out the secret to her immortality and healing powers. Will she be able to save her beloved doctor, or will the clans get to her first?



Note: Includes one extra chapter.

Tags: Full Color , Female Protagonist , Disability , Martial Arts , Crossdressing , Meta , Veterinarian

Jeopgyeongjiyeogui Dongmul Byeongwon

Also known as The Legendary Beasts Animal Hospital.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Supernatural

Ahyoung is the director of a down-on-its-luck animal hospital. Pragmatic, blunt, and single, this 30-year-old veterinarian is determined to succeed! But she is barely able to make ends meet... that is until a mythical creature makes its way to her hospital. With the help of her talking cat, her softie werewolf assistant, and her chipper dragon friend, she is committed to treating all fantastical beasts that make their way to her door. It can’t be that hard… right?



Tags: Animals , Mythology , Shapeshifting , Urban Fantasy , Work , Veterinarian , Werewolf , Medicine , Full Color , Female Protagonist , Anthropomorphism , Gods , Demons , Dragons , Mermaid , Primarily Adult Cast , Idol , Guns

Wild Life

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Romance

Tesshō is a high school juvenile delinquent. He has a special ability of perfect pitch. He saves a wild dog with the help of Kashu, a veterinarian. He later names the wild dog inu (Japanese for "dog"). He then finds his purpose in life: to become a veterinarian.

Tags: Medicine , Shounen , Work , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Superhero , Animals , Veterinarian , Heterosexual , Delinquents , LGBTQ+ Themes

Watashi to Sensei no Genjuu Shinryouroku

Also known as How to Treat Magical Beasts: Mine and Master’s Medical Journal.

Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Slice of Life

In an age of science and forgotten magic, mythic beasts are beginning to disappear from the world. A young girl named Ziska, born into a line of mages, becomes the apprentice to a veterinarian of regular animals–but Ziska’s interests lie with beasts of a more magical nature. Can she help these creatures of legend survive in a world that is leaving them behind?!



Tags: Female Protagonist , Mythology , Magic , Witch , Animals , Veterinarian

Doubutsu no Oishasan

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Doubutsu no Oishasan is a comedy manga describing a life in a veterinary college. Masaki Nishine, the main character, entered Hokkaido University and chose the animal doctor course without thinking too much. He met eccentric professors and graduate students there and was involved in troubles they made.

Tags: Shoujo , College , Veterinarian , Animals , Medicine , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast

Ipsuri Yeppeun Namja

Also known as The Guy with Pretty Lips.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

Roha, Hanbi’s younger brother’s friend and also her first kiss from ten years ago, one day comes back into her life as a perfectly grown man. With his pretty lips, he starts to seduce her with pretty words, breaking her boundaries and shaking her up all over again. Can they be friends again, or is one of them about to cross the line a second time?



Tags: Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Full Color , Primarily Adult Cast , Veterinarian

Redeem: Tatta Hitotsu no Eien

Also known as Redeem: Only One Forever.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Supernatural

Chiaki and Kuon are on cloud nine and couldn't be happier. As the two are walking home after a date, a car suddenly comes speeding down the road and hits Kuon, leaving him dying in Chiaki's arms. As Chiaki begs the heavens to save his lover, he's unexpectedly whisked back 10 years! With this new start, Chiaki is determined to keep Kuon safe from harm, but Kuon wants nothing to do with him! But is there a reason the universe chose to send him to this point in time?



Tags: Boys' Love , Time Manipulation , Male Protagonist , Full Color , Age Gap , Veterinarian , Urban , Age Regression , Orphan , Unrequited Love , Prostitution , Tragedy

Yuzu no Doubutsu Karute: Kochira Wannyan Doubutsu Byouin

Also known as Yuzu the Pet Vet.

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

Based on the game Wannyan Doubutsu Byouin.

For an 11-year-old, Yuzu has a lot on her plate. When her mom gets sick and has to be hospitalized, Yuzu goes to live with her uncle who runs the local animal hospital. Yuzu’s always been scared of animals, but she tries to help out. The resident Chihuahua is tiny and adorable, but acts up whenever Yuzu comes near. The fluffy cats that see her a hiss. Yuzu just wants some peace and quiet, but what can she do?! Then an encounter with a boy and his dog turns fear into a desire to learn …

And as Yuzu works hard to understand her fuzzy friends, they begin to feel comfortable around each other. Through all the tough moments in her life, from her mother’s illness to bullying at school, Yuzu realizes that she can help make things all right with a little help from her animal pals, peers, and kind grown-ups. Every new patient is a furry friend in the making! Perfect for aspiring pet vets of all ages!



Tags: Veterinarian , Shoujo , Animals , Educational , Female Protagonist , Agriculture

Ryuui no Luka

Also known as Luca the Dragon Vet.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Fantasy

Luca was raised in a world where people can fly—to travel, work, or war—on the backs of dragons, and she knows what she wants to be: a dragon vet! Standing in her way are stringent admissions rules, impossibly difficult classes, and a notorious family name…

Tags: Female Protagonist , Medicine , Dragons , Veterinarian , Seinen

Pet Diary

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

In a dormitory where you are allowed to board only if you adopt a companion animal, a sometimes fun, sometimes dramatic, but always touching, story of four teenagers, their pets and their adventures unfolds.

Note: Originally a webcomic, later published by Haksan.

Tags: Animals , Educational , Shoujo , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Episodic , Boarding School , Veterinarian

Rakunou Milk!

Also known as Milk on the Farm.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

A four-panel comic set on the farm by Yoko Sanri of B Gata H Kei. Laughter, it does a body good (?).

When she was very young, Milk Ushijima saw a calf being born on television and was greatly moved. Now she's enrolled in Toto School of Veterinary Medicine, and she thought her campus life was going to begin, but unfortunately... it turns out she's a complete airhead! She's about to get caught up in the lives of the crazy characters that are her teachers and fellow students, and her journey's about to go wild!



Tags: School , Rural , Slapstick , 4-koma , Yuri , College , LGBTQ+ Themes , Gyaru , Agriculture , Veterinarian

Teke Teke★Rendezvous

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Tayoko is a gyaru who flaunts herself on the outside, but is still a virgin who has not yet known love. Despite being a student in the agricultural department, she works part time in a hostess club, where she meets and becomes interested in a patron's grandson named Shishio.

Tags: Josei , Gyaru , Veterinarian

Shitsuren Pet to Juui-sama

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

Aika Asakura was about to jump the cliff, but she instead saved a cat. There she encounters Hotoka Houshido, a veterinarian that saved the cat's life. However, saving this little critter had unfortunately left her in debt, so he had arranged for her to work and live with him...

Tags: Josei , Veterinarian

Hataraku Saibou Neko

Also known as Cells at Work! Cat.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Sci-Fi

Red Blood Cell, White Blood Cell (Neutrophil), and their team put on their cat ears as they work, day and night to fight the invaders big and small to make sure these feline friends are happy, healthy, purring machines! Explore the action taking place inside a cat’s body, in Cells at Work! style, while also seeing the perspective from the humans who provide a home and tender loving care.



Tags: Female Protagonist , Anthropomorphism , Nekomimi , Work , Ensemble Cast , Episodic , Educational , Animals , Shounen , Urban , Family Life , Veterinarian

Doubutsu Byouin no Ofutari-san

Also known as Two Guys at the Vet Clinic.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

Takaba, a veterinary student, finds a stray cat that needs help and rushes it to an animal hospital…where he falls in love at first sight with Baba, the director. Trying to get closer to him, Takaba gets a job there, and Baba’s flirtatious behavior inflames his feelings till he can no longer repress them… A slow burn age-gap BL story about a straightforward younger veterinarian and his complicated boss!



Tags: Shoujo , Boys' Love , Male Protagonist , Veterinarian

Eojjeodaga Jeonwonilgi

Also known as Once Upon a Small Town.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Who said rural life is peaceful?

Tricked by his grandfather, city boy Jiyool stumbles into Heedong village and is now the local vet. Nothing seems to go right for him in his new life, until in a sudden turn of events he is reunited with his childhood crush. Will he survive this bumpy ride on country roads?



Tags: Heterosexual , Full Color , Veterinarian

Bijo to Chinjuu

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Two veterinarians share a strong passion for animals, and eachother. The characters meander between love and hate, but they always put taking care of animals as a priority. The plot is driven by lots of jealousy and heated passion.

Tags: Boys' Love , Animals , Work , Veterinarian

Jui-san no Oshigoto in Isekai

Status: Releasing
Genres: Fantasy

Kazami Shingo was summoned into another world. The purpose for that summoning was "to make the territory more prosperous." To sum it up, it's a typical "summoned into another world thingy"—is what Kazami thought at the time. "But, I'm only a mere veterinarian." However, never underestimate a fantasy world. This world has dragons, monsters, and many other races. The difference of language, magic, food, religion, common sense and many other aspects different from the Earth are endless. Even so, the veterinarian becomes a public servant and for the time being performing autopsies, medicine making, and improving agriculture. Not as a hero, not as a doctor, but as a veterinarian, and this is the story of how he do his best in making this another world as his new house.

Tags: Isekai , Veterinarian