If you liked Bakuman
12 manga like Bakuman
Picked for the same feel: the genres they share with Bakuman (romance, slice of life, comedy), the same creators, and what readers keep together. Each opens where it is read legally.
Manga like Bakuman
Also by Takeshi Obata1. Show-ha Shoten!
by Akinari Asakura, Takeshi Obata
- Comedy (shared)
- Drama (shared)
Azemichi Shijima writes jokes in secret and would never perform them. Taiyo Higashikata is a former child actor with presence to spare. Together they form a comedy duo aiming for the top of Japan's manzai scene. A story about making people laugh, drawn by Takeshi Obata of Death Note.
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Readers also like it2. Blue Period
by Tsubasa Yamaguchi
- Drama (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
Yatora is a popular student with good grades who feels nothing about any of it. Then he paints Tokyo at dawn the way it looks to him — blue — and for the first time he feels something. He sets his sights on Japan's hardest art university: a story about the hard work behind talent.
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Readers also like it3. Look Back
by Tatsuki Fujimoto
- Drama (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
Fujino draws the comic strip in her school paper and thinks she is the best in town, until a strip by a girl who never comes to school appears beside hers. A single long chapter from the creator of Chainsaw Man about two girls, drawing, and the years that follow.
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Readers also like it4. Akane-banashi
by Yuki Suenaga, Takamasa Moue
- Comedy (shared)
- Drama (shared)
Akane's father was a gifted rakugo storyteller, expelled from the art in front of her eyes. Years later, she sets out to reach the top of rakugo herself and prove him right. A stirring story of performance and practice, where a single voice on a cushion holds a whole room.
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Readers also like it5. Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun
by Izumi Tsubaki
- Comedy (shared)
- Romantic Comedy
- Slice of Life (shared)
Chiyo finally confesses to her crush Nozaki, and he hands her his autograph. He is a famous shoujo manga artist, it turns out, and he thinks she is a fan, so she becomes his assistant instead. A very funny comedy about drawing romance for a living and having no clue about it in real life.
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Coming of Age · Slice of Life6. A Silent Voice
by Yoshitoki Oima
- Drama (shared)
- Romance (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
In primary school, Shoya Ishida bullied a deaf classmate, Shoko, until she transferred away, and then the class turned on him. Years later, lonely and ashamed, he sets out to find her and make amends. A moving story about guilt, forgiveness and learning to face other people again.
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Readers also like it7. Oshi no Ko
by Aka Akasaka, Mengo Yokoyari
- Drama (shared)
- Mystery
- Psychological
A country doctor is reborn as the son of Ai Hoshino, the idol he adored, with his memories intact. When tragedy strikes her, he grows up with one aim: to find out who was behind it. A sharp, dark look at the entertainment industry, from idols and reality TV to the stage, wrapped around a mystery.
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Readers also like it8. Magus of the Library
by Mitsu Izumi
- Adventure
- Fantasy
- Slice of Life (shared)
Theo is a poor, half-elf boy in a small town who loves books and is not allowed to read them. Then the librarians of the great library of Aftzaak come to visit, and he decides to become one. A richly drawn fantasy about knowledge, exams and a boy finding his way into a world of stories.
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Readers also like it9. Tokyo These Days
by Taiyo Matsumoto
- Drama (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
A veteran manga editor leaves his job but finds that walking away from the medium is harder than expected. An idea for a new project draws him back toward artists at different stages of their lives. Their encounters explore creative work, disappointment and the wish to make something worth keeping.
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Also by Takeshi Obata10. Hikaru no Go
by Yumi Hotta, Takeshi Obata
- Drama (shared)
- Supernatural
Hikaru discovers an old Go board and the spirit of a player whose passion for the game has outlasted his life. Their encounter draws an initially uninterested boy into a world of fierce rivals and disciplined study. Before long, Hikaru wants to find a playing style of his own.
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Coming of Age · Slice of Life11. Skip and Loafer
by Misaki Takamatsu
- Comedy (shared)
- Romance (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
Mitsumi, the top student from a tiny seaside town, moves to Tokyo for high school with a ten-year plan and no idea how the city works. On her first day she gets lost, and Shima, a charming classmate with secrets of his own, helps her out. A bright, funny story about friendship and finding your feet, with a heroine who stumbles a lot and never stays down.
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Coming of Age · Slice of Life12. Blue Box
by Kouji Miura
- Drama (shared)
- Romance (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
- Sports
Taiki Inomata plays badminton, and he has a crush on Chinatsu Kano, the basketball star he sees training every morning in the gym they share. Then, by chance, she comes to live in his family's house. A gentle, heartfelt romance about first love, early mornings and chasing a dream.
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