If you liked Mr. Villain's Day Off
12 manga like Mr. Villain's Day Off
Picked for the same feel: the genres they share with Mr. Villain's Day Off (supernatural, slice of life, comedy), the same creators, and what readers keep together. Each opens where it is read legally.
Manga like Mr. Villain's Day Off
Readers also like it1. The Way of the Househusband
by Kousuke Oono
- Comedy (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
The Immortal Dragon was the most feared yakuza in town. Now he has left that life to keep house for his wife, and he brings the same terrifying intensity to bargain sales, bento boxes and the neighbourhood watch. Short, very funny chapters in which nobody can quite believe the man in the apron is harmless.
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Readers also like it2. Natsume's Book of Friends
by Yuki Midorikawa
- Drama
- Mystery
- Slice of Life (shared)
- Supernatural (shared)
Natsume can see spirits, an ability that has made it difficult to feel at home anywhere. After inheriting his grandmother's book of captured names, he begins returning them to their owners. With an unreliable-looking spirit companion nearby, he discovers stories connecting the human and supernatural worlds.
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Readers also like it3. Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan
by Gaku Kuze
- Comedy (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
Uramichi Omota is the cheerful exercise host of a children's TV show. Off camera — and sometimes on it — he is a tired, cynical adult who cannot stop telling small children the truth about grown-up life. A very funny comedy about burnout.
Read on K MANGAOpen
Readers also like it4. Sakamoto Days
by Yuto Suzuki
- Action
- Comedy (shared)
- Crime
Taro Sakamoto was the greatest hitman alive — until he fell in love, retired, married and settled down to run a neighbourhood shop, a little heavier than he used to be. When a bounty lands on his head, every killer in town comes calling, and Sakamoto has to fight them off without breaking his promise to his wife: no killing. Inventive action comedy.
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Readers also like it5. Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun
by Osamu Nishi
- Comedy (shared)
- Fantasy
Iruma Suzuki's parents sold him to a demon. Luckily the demon is a doting grandfather who adopts him and enrols him at the Babyls school for demons, where being human would get him eaten. Kind to a fault and impossible to discourage, Iruma keeps his secret and somehow rises to the top of the school.
Read on KodanshaOpen
Readers also like it6. Go! Go! Loser Ranger!
by Negi Haruba
- Action
- Comedy (shared)
- Superhero
Every Sunday the Dragon Keepers, Earth's colourful heroes, defeat the monster army in a staged show. The monsters are tired of losing on schedule. One low-ranking foot soldier, Fighter D, sets out to destroy the heroes from within — a clever action comedy by Negi Haruba, creator of The Quintessential Quintuplets.
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Supernatural · Slice of Life7. Krazy Kat
by George Herriman
- Comedy (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
- Supernatural (shared)
A cat loves a mouse, the mouse throws a brick, and the cat reads the brick as a token of love. Thirty years of the same joke, told in a shifting desert landscape that changes between panels.
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Slice of Life · Comedy8. Barakamon
by Satsuki Yoshino
- Comedy (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
After losing his temper, young calligrapher Seishuu Handa retreats to a remote island to rethink his work. Finding peace proves difficult when energetic Naru and the other islanders make themselves part of his daily life. Their interruptions gradually offer him something his carefully controlled practice never could: a different way to see the world.
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Supernatural · Slice of Life9. Flying Witch
by Chihiro Ishizuka
- Comedy (shared)
- Fantasy
- Slice of Life (shared)
- Supernatural (shared)
Apprentice witch Makoto moves to the countryside to live with relatives and continue her training. Between school, gardening, and finding her way around town, she encounters a quieter kind of magic: unusual visitors, hidden places, and small surprises in familiar routines. A gentle comedy about settling into a new home, where the supernatural is another part of everyday life.
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Slice of Life · Comedy10. Yotsuba&!
by Kiyohiko Azuma
- Comedy (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
For Yotsuba, moving to a new neighbourhood means discovering a world full of surprises. Shopping trips, changing weather and visits with the family next door become adventures through her curious eyes. A gentle everyday comedy about a little girl, her father and the people drawn into her boundless enthusiasm.
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Supernatural · Comedy11. Noragami: Stray God
by Adachitoka
- Action
- Comedy (shared)
- Drama
- Supernatural (shared)
Yato is a minor god with no shrine and no worshippers, who takes any job for five yen. Hiyori pushes him out of the path of a bus — and her soul starts slipping out of her body. A funny, moving story about gods who only exist while someone remembers them.
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Supernatural · Slice of Life12. Cats of the Louvre
by Taiyo Matsumoto
- Drama
- Fantasy
- Slice of Life (shared)
- Supernatural (shared)
Away from the museum's daytime crowds, a hidden community of cats inhabits the Louvre. One small white cat's fascination with its paintings opens a path between everyday life and the worlds inside the artwork. A dreamlike tale about belonging, imagination and the things people overlook.
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