If you liked Natsume's Book of Friends
12 manga like Natsume's Book of Friends
Picked for the same feel: the genres they share with Natsume's Book of Friends (supernatural, slice of life, drama), the same creators, and what readers keep together. Each opens where it is read legally.
Manga like Natsume's Book of Friends
Readers also like it1. Mushishi
by Urushibara Yuki
- Adventure
- Drama (shared)
- Fantasy
- Mystery (shared)
Mushi are the most basic forms of life, older than plants or animals, and most people cannot see them. Ginko can. A mushishi, he wanders from village to village, helping people whose lives the mushi have touched. Quiet, strange and beautiful stories, each complete in itself.
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Readers also like it2. Snow White with the Red Hair
by Sorata Akiduki
- Adventure
- Drama (shared)
- Fantasy
- Romance
Her unusual red hair draws unwanted royal attention, so herbalist Shirayuki leaves home to choose her own future. Meeting Prince Zen opens new possibilities, but she intends to earn her place through her skills. A fantasy romance built around trust, meaningful work and personal independence.
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Mystery · Supernatural3. Goodbye, Eri
by Tatsuki Fujimoto
- Drama (shared)
- Mystery (shared)
- Supernatural (shared)
Yuta's mother asked him to film her last days, and the film he makes of them gets him laughed at. Then a mysterious girl, Eri, invites him to make another one with her. A single long chapter about film, memory and how stories change the people in them, from the creator of Chainsaw Man.
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Readers also like it4. Wind Breaker
by Satoru Nii
- Action
- Comedy
Haruka Sakura only knows how to fight, so he enrols at Furin High, the toughest delinquent school around, to become its number one. But Furin's fighters protect their town, and the shopkeepers love them. Sakura has to learn what being part of something feels like.
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Mystery · Supernatural5. The Girl From the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún
by Nagabe
- Drama (shared)
- Fantasy
- Mystery (shared)
- Supernatural (shared)
In a world split into the Inside and the Outside, the Outsiders carry a curse that turns anyone they touch into one of them. A small girl, Shiva, lives in a forest on the Outside with the Teacher, a horned creature who may never touch her. A quiet fairy tale drawn in soft ink, about kindness, fear and what keeps people apart.
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Mystery · Supernatural6. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 4: Diamond Is Unbreakable
by Hirohiko Araki
- Action
- Comedy
- Mystery (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
Morioh, a quiet seaside town in 1999. High schooler Josuke Higashikata, with a pompadour he will fight anyone over, discovers that a strange bow and arrow have been giving people Stands. One of them is a serial killer who only wants a quiet life: a small-town mystery with the strangest neighbours in manga.
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Supernatural · Slice of Life7. Cats of the Louvre
by Taiyo Matsumoto
- Drama (shared)
- 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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Mystery · Drama8. House of Five Leaves
by Natsume Ono
- Drama (shared)
- Mystery (shared)
A skilled but painfully shy ronin accepts work as a bodyguard from a charismatic stranger. The job brings him into the orbit of a kidnapping group with complicated motives and concealed histories. In Edo's quieter corners, trust develops slowly between people who have reasons to hide.
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Slice of Life · Drama9. 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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Mystery · Supernatural10. The Summer Hikaru Died
by Mokumokuren
- Drama (shared)
- Horror
- Mystery (shared)
- Psychological
Yoshiki knows his best friend Hikaru died in the mountains. Something came back wearing his face, his voice and his memories, and asks to stay his friend. A quiet, unsettling horror story set in a small village, about grief, an impossible friendship and what is waking up around them.
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Supernatural · Slice of Life11. Flying Witch
by Chihiro Ishizuka
- Comedy
- 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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Supernatural · Drama12. Noragami: Stray God
by Adachitoka
- Action
- Comedy
- Drama (shared)
- 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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