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12 manga like The Apothecary Diaries: Xiaolan's Story
Picked for the same feel: the genres they share with The Apothecary Diaries: Xiaolan's Story (slice of life, drama, mystery), the same creators, and what readers keep together. Each opens where it is read legally.
Manga like The Apothecary Diaries: Xiaolan's Story
Also by Natsu Hyuuga1. The Apothecary Diaries
by Natsu Hyuuga, Itsuki Nanao, Nekokurage
- Drama (shared)
- Medical
- Mystery (shared)
- 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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Also by Itsuki Nanao2. Wandering Witch
by Jougi Shiraishi, Itsuki Nanao
- Adventure
- Drama (shared)
- Fantasy
- Mystery (shared)
After earning the title of witch, Elaina leaves home to see the places she once knew only through books. Each stop brings unfamiliar customs, new acquaintances and stories whose endings are not always happy. This manga adaptation follows her travels through a magical world where curiosity can uncover both everyday kindness and lasting sorrow.
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Historical · Mystery3. 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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Historical · Mystery4. Asadora!
by Naoki Urasawa
- Drama (shared)
- Mystery (shared)
- Sci-Fi
In 1959 Nagoya, a young girl named Asa is caught in a kidnapping as a devastating storm approaches. What begins as an unlikely encounter grows into a story spanning decades, with aviation, family and a strange presence on the horizon drawing her life in unexpected directions.
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Historical · Slice of Life5. The Royal Tutor
by Higasa Akai
- Comedy
- Drama (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
Heine Wittgenstein accepts the challenge of educating four princes, each with his own reasons to distrust another tutor. His small stature gives the royal household little hint of his formidable ability. Winning the brothers' respect takes patience, practical lessons and a willingness to look beyond their titles.
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Historical · Slice of Life6. Emma
by Kaoru Mori
- Drama (shared)
- Romance
- Slice of Life (shared)
In Victorian London, a reserved maid and a young man from a wealthy family develop feelings that cross the boundaries of their social positions. Their growing attachment brings private hopes into conflict with public expectations. A carefully observed historical romance about class, duty and the possibility of choosing differently.
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Mystery · Slice of Life7. Natsume's Book of Friends
by Yuki Midorikawa
- Drama (shared)
- Mystery (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
- Supernatural
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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Historical · Mystery8. Moriarty the Patriot
by Ryosuke Takeuchi, Hikaru Miyoshi
- Crime
- Drama (shared)
- Mystery (shared)
- Psychological
Victorian England is rotten with privilege, and William James Moriarty means to tear it down. With his brothers he becomes a consultant for crime, solving people's problems in ways the law never would. Sherlock Holmes's great enemy, told from his side, as a clever, stylish crime story.
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Historical · Mystery9. Master Keaton
by Hokusei Katsushika, Takashi Nagasaki, Naoki Urasawa
- Adventure
- Drama (shared)
- Mystery (shared)
Taichi Hiraga-Keaton wants to pursue archaeology, but his work as an insurance investigator keeps sending him into other people's troubles. His unusual background equips him for mysteries across Europe and beyond, where historical knowledge and careful observation often matter more than force.
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Slice of Life · Drama10. 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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Historical · Mystery11. Mao
by Rumiko Takahashi
- Action
- Mystery (shared)
- Supernatural
Nanoka steps through a passage that carries her from modern Japan into the Taisho era. There she meets Mao, an exorcist burdened by a curse that may connect to her own past. Their investigation brings them into contact with dangerous spirits and mysteries crossing generations.
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Mystery · Drama12. Goodbye, Eri
by Tatsuki Fujimoto
- Drama (shared)
- Mystery (shared)
- Supernatural
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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