If you liked Kounodori: Dr. Stork
12 manga like Kounodori: Dr. Stork
Picked for the same feel: the genres they share with Kounodori: Dr. Stork (slice of life, medical, drama), the same creators, and what readers keep together. Each opens where it is read legally.
Manga like Kounodori: Dr. Stork
Medical · Seinen1. The Apothecary Diaries
by Natsu Hyuuga, Itsuki Nanao, Nekokurage
- Drama (shared)
- Medical (shared)
- Mystery
- Romance
Maomao, an apothecary's daughter from the pleasure district, is kidnapped and sold into service at the imperial palace. She plans to keep her head down — until she works out why the emperor's babies are dying. A beautiful eunuch named Jinshi notices, and keeps bringing her the court's poisonings and puzzles to solve.
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Seinen · Slice of Life2. Saint Young Men
by Hikaru Nakamura
- Comedy
- Slice of Life (shared)
Jesus and Buddha, after finishing their work on Earth, decide to take a holiday — sharing a cheap apartment in suburban Tokyo. They go to the bathhouse, blog, and try very hard not to work miracles in public: a gentle, much-loved comedy.
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Seinen · Slice of Life3. 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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Slice of Life · Drama4. 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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Seinen · Slice of Life5. 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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Seinen · Drama6. Giant Killing
by Masaya Tsunamoto, Tsujitomo
- Drama (shared)
- Sports
East Tokyo United are a struggling football club. Their new manager is Takeshi Tatsumi, a former star who once walked out on them, and who specialises in giant killing — beating the big teams. A football manga told from the manager's bench.
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Slice of Life · Drama7. Sunny
by Taiyo Matsumoto
- Drama (shared)
- Psychological
- Slice of Life (shared)
The children of a small residential home find an escape in an abandoned car they call Sunny. Within it, imagined journeys offer room for anger, hope and longing for their families. Their daily lives form a quietly observed story about growing up together while feeling apart.
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Seinen · Slice of Life8. Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You
by Jinushi
- Comedy
- Romance
- Slice of Life (shared)
Sasaki, a tired office worker, lives for two small pleasures: a cigarette behind the supermarket after work, and the shy cashier who smiles at him every day. Then a stranger starts joining his smoke breaks, and she looks oddly like that cashier. A warm, funny romance about two grown-ups who each show the other a different face.
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Slice of Life · Drama9. Skip Beat!
by Yoshiki Nakamura
- Comedy
- Drama (shared)
- Romance
- Slice of Life (shared)
Kyoko has devoted herself to helping her childhood friend become a star, only to discover how little he values her. Determined to surpass him, she enters show business with revenge on her mind. Acting gradually reveals ambitions and abilities that belong to her alone.
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Seinen · Drama10. MF Ghost
by Shuichi Shigeno
- Action
- Drama (shared)
- Sports
In the 2020s, combustion cars race on public roads in Japan's MFG series, streamed to the world. Kanata Livington, a young driver trained in England, enters with an underpowered car and a search for his father. The sequel to Initial D, set in its future, with the same love of mountain roads.
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Seinen · Drama11. Witch Hat Atelier
by Kamome Shirahama
- Adventure
- Drama (shared)
- Fantasy
Coco has always loved magic, even though she believes only those born with its power can become witches. An encounter with a traveling magician reveals a possibility she never imagined and draws her into a world of meticulous craft and closely guarded rules. Alongside fellow apprentices, she discovers how wonder, responsibility, and the desire to help others can become entangled.
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Slice of Life · Drama12. 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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