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12 manga like CITY
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Manga like CITY
Readers also like it1. Yotsuba&!
by Kiyohiko Azuma
- Comedy (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
Yotsuba Koiwai is five years old, has green hair and is full of energy. She has just moved to a new town with her easygoing adoptive father, and to her, everything is a new discovery: swings, air conditioners, cicadas, rain, the doorbell and the family next door. The neighbours are the three Ayase sisters, Asagi, Fuuka and Ena, who quickly become her friends and partners in countless small adventures, along with her father's very tall friend Jumbo. Shopping trips, festivals, bike rides and summer storms become events, as Yotsuba's questions and conclusions make the adults around her see their ordinary world in a fresh way. Kiyohiko Azuma, creator of Azumanga Daioh, fills Yotsuba&! with detailed, lively art and gentle humour. It is one of the most beloved everyday comedies in manga, a joyful reminder of what it feels like to encounter the world for the first time.
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Seinen · Slice of Life2. Saint Young Men
by Hikaru Nakamura
- Comedy (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
Having successfully brought the last millennium to a close, Jesus and Buddha decide to take a well-earned vacation on Earth. They rent a modest apartment together in Tachikawa, a suburb of Tokyo, and try to enjoy ordinary life without attracting attention. Buddha pinches pennies like a careful homemaker, while Jesus is prone to impulse buys and loves blogging. Shopping trips, festivals, bathhouses and summer holidays become comic adventures, as their holy habits keep surfacing: halos that light up, miracles that happen at the worst moments and neighbours who think they are just two eccentric young men. Hikaru Nakamura's gentle, affectionate comedy finds humour in the most mundane situations. It won the Manga Taisho Award and the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize, and was adapted into an animated film and a live-action series.
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Slice of Life · Comedy3. Barakamon
by Satsuki Yoshino
- Comedy (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
Seishu Handa is a talented young calligrapher with a promising career. When a respected curator dismisses his work as textbook-perfect but lifeless, Handa loses his temper and punches him. As punishment, his father sends him to live on a remote island off the westernmost edge of Japan to reflect. Handa, a city boy through and through, hopes to find peace and inspiration. Instead, the island's energetic children, led by the fearless little Naru, burst into his house at all hours, and the islanders make him part of their daily lives. Their noise and warmth slowly loosen his grip on perfection, and his calligraphy begins to change. Satsuki Yoshino's series is a gentle, funny and heartwarming story about art, community and slowing down. It was adapted into an anime and has a prequel, Handa-kun.
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Slice of Life · Comedy4. Play It Cool, Guys
by Kokone Nata
- Comedy (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
From a distance, they look effortlessly cool: handsome, composed, the kind of young men who seem unapproachable. Up close, they are a bunch of lovable dorks who forget everyday essentials, misread situations and stumble through the simplest tasks. Shun, a stylish young man who is hopeless with everyday things, Hayate, an aloof high-school student who is easily flustered, Takayuki, a college student with a cool aura and no sense of direction, and Soma, a charming young man whose life is full of small misfortunes, keep crossing paths, and their small mistakes bring them together into an unlikely group of friends. Kokone Nata's series is a gentle, very funny ensemble comedy about the gap between appearance and reality, finding warmth in mishaps that would be easy to overlook. It was adapted into an anime.
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Seinen · Slice of Life5. Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You
by Jinushi
- Comedy (shared)
- Romance
- Slice of Life (shared)
At forty-five, office worker Sasaki is worn out by the corporate grind. His only comforts are a cigarette behind the supermarket after work and the friendly smile of Yamada, the cashier who rings up his shopping every day. When Yamada is not there after a particularly bad day, a striking stranger invites him to smoke with her instead. Sasaki thinks he has found a new smoking buddy in the cool, teasing Tayama. What he does not realise is that he already knows her: she is the same cashier, showing a completely different side of herself. Their evening breaks become a little world of easy conversation, while Yamada wonders how long she can keep up the double act, and Sasaki slowly lets his guard down. Jinushi's romantic comedy is warm, funny and quietly grown-up, a story about two tired adults who each find in the other a place to breathe at the end of the day.
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Slice of Life · Comedy6. Yoshi no Zuikara
by Satsuki Yoshino
- Comedy (shared)
- Drama
- Slice of Life (shared)
Naruhiko Tohno is thirty-two and has been scraping by as a manga creator for ten years. When his latest series is cancelled, he finds himself at a crossroads, unsure whether he has a future in the industry at all. Tohno has always set his sights on fantasy, but his editor has another idea: a slice-of-life story set in a remote village, not unlike the one where he was born and raised. Finding material close to home sounds simple until deadlines, self-doubt and other people get involved, and a return to his roots may be the change of pace he needs, as long as he learns to notice the world outside his studio. Satsuki Yoshino, creator of Barakamon, delivers a warm and funny comedy about making art, accepting help and finding inspiration in ordinary life, with plenty of insight into the work of making manga.
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Seinen · Slice of Life7. Skip and Loafer
by Misaki Takamatsu
- Comedy (shared)
- Romance
- Slice of Life (shared)
Mitsumi Iwakura is the top student from a tiny seaside town in the countryside, with a meticulous ten-year plan: attend a prestigious Tokyo high school, get into a great university and become a government official who can help rural places like her home. On her very first day in the city, she gets completely lost. She is rescued by Sosuke Shima, a handsome, laid-back classmate with a past he prefers not to talk about. Mitsumi's sincerity and blunt honesty soon draw together a circle of classmates, from the popular Yuzuki to the cynical Makoto and the self-conscious Mika, each with insecurities of their own that Mitsumi helps them face, often without realising it. Misaki Takamatsu's series is a bright, funny and deeply kind story about friendship and finding your feet, with a heroine who stumbles often and never stays down. It was adapted into an anime.
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Seinen · Slice of Life8. Learning to Love My Cat-like Classmate
by Akinoko
- Comedy (shared)
- Romance
- Slice of Life (shared)
Minato Seno's high-school life has only just begun when his homeroom teacher asks for his help with Mugi Nekozane, the cat-like girl who sits next to him and naps through every class. Timid and socially anxious, Minato has never spoken to her or even seen her face properly. When he finally musters the courage to wake her, she unexpectedly hugs him on the spot. So begins an awkward, gentle friendship between two shy teenagers, built from small gestures, sleepy smiles and moments neither of them is ready to explain, as Minato slowly gets to know the person behind Nekozane's sleepy reputation. Akinoko's series is a sweet, soft romance about shyness, closeness and two people stumbling into each other's lives, drawn with charming, expressive art.
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Seinen · Slice of Life9. Magus of the Library
by Mitsu Izumi
- Adventure
- Fantasy
- Slice of Life (shared)
In the small village of Amun lives Theo, a poor boy who adores books. Because of his pointed ears and his poverty, he is not even allowed to use the village library, and he endures prejudice and harassment from those around him. Theo dreams of Aftzaak, the City of Books, home to the greatest library in the world. When a group of Kafna, the librarians who guard its knowledge, visits his village, a meeting with them changes his life. Inspired, Theo sets out to become a Kafna himself, and discovers that reading can be a refuge, a power and a responsibility to share knowledge with others. Mitsu Izumi's series is a beautifully drawn, spirited fantasy adventure about the magic of books and learning, with intricate art and a warm, inspiring heart.
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Slice of Life · Comedy10. Do It Yourself!!
by IMAGO, Avex Pictures, Koyubita Beru
- Comedy (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
Childhood friends Serufu Yua and Purin are drifting apart after enrolling at different high schools, and Serufu does not know how to mend their strained friendship. Then a lucky quirk of fate brings her to the DIY club, which is on its last legs. With its president, Rei, and a growing group of members, Serufu learns to use saws, drills and other tools to build things with her own hands, from small fixes to furniture. Projects do not come together without mistakes, patience and help, and as the members learn their craft, they also learn how to support one another. This manga adaptation of the original anime is a gentle school story about furniture, friendship and life, pairing the satisfaction of practical craft with growing confidence and a friendship slowly rebuilt.
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Slice of Life · Comedy11. Handa-kun
by Satsuki Yoshino
- Comedy (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
Years before he moves to an island in Barakamon, Sei Handa is a high-school student and a gifted young calligrapher with one firm belief: everyone at school hates him. In truth, his classmates worship him. His good looks and talent have made him a legend, and a growing fan club calling themselves the Handaists follow his every move. Every attempt Handa makes to escape their attention only adds to his bewildering reputation. A friendly greeting looks like a threat, a request for help becomes a test of loyalty and a quiet lunch turns into a spectacle. With a self-proclaimed rival and a host of eccentric classmates, his school life becomes a chain of glorious misunderstandings. Satsuki Yoshino's prequel to Barakamon is a very funny comedy about insecurity, built on the gap between how Handa sees himself and how everyone else sees him. It was adapted into an anime.
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Slice of Life · Comedy12. Tanaka-kun is Always Listless
by Nozomi Uda
- Comedy (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
Tanaka approaches high school with one clear ambition: to exert as little effort as possible. He sighs, rests his chin on his hand and looks for the next chance to nap, preferably all day long. Fortunately, his tall, dependable friend Ohta cannot turn a blind eye to him, and carries Tanaka from place to place, sometimes literally. Their classmates bring new complications into a routine Tanaka would prefer to keep uneventful: the energetic Miyano, who dreams of becoming a lady, and others who keep pulling him into school life. Nozomi Uda's comedy is slow, leisurely and obstinately lazy, finding its rhythm in tiny inconveniences, contrasting personalities and the quiet affection of friendship, proving that doing nothing can be surprisingly eventful. It was adapted into an anime.
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