If you liked The Fable
12 manga like The Fable
Picked for the same feel: the genres they share with The Fable (romance, slice of life, thriller), the same creators, and what readers keep together. Each opens where it is read legally.
Manga like The Fable
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. Sakamoto Days
by Yuto Suzuki
- Action (shared)
- Comedy (shared)
- Crime (shared)
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 it3. Ajin: Demi-Human
by Gamon Sakurai
- Action (shared)
- Horror
- Psychological
- Sci-Fi
Kei Nagai is hit by a truck, dies, and gets up again. He is an Ajin, one of the rare people who cannot die, and the government wants him for experiments. On the run, he is drawn into a war between the state and an Ajin terrorist who has learned to use immortality as a weapon.
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Readers also like it4. Golden Kamuy
by Satoru Noda
- Action (shared)
- Adventure
- Comedy (shared)
Hokkaido, after the Russo-Japanese War. A veteran called Immortal Sugimoto hears of a fortune in Ainu gold whose map was tattooed onto the bodies of escaped convicts. With Asirpa, a young Ainu hunter who teaches him to survive the wilderness, he joins a ruthless race for it: a wild mix of adventure, history, food and comedy.
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Crime · Romance5. Kindergarten Wars
by You Chiba
- Action (shared)
- Comedy (shared)
- Crime (shared)
- Romance (shared)
Black Rose Kindergarten is the safest place in the world for the children of the powerful, because its teachers are retired assassins. Rita is one of them, and what she really wants is a boyfriend. Fast action and romantic comedy, between killers at the gate and toddlers in the playground.
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Seinen · Slice of Life6. Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You
by Jinushi
- Comedy (shared)
- Romance (shared)
- 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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Seinen · Slice of Life7. Learning to Love My Cat-like Classmate
by Akinoko
- Comedy (shared)
- Romance (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
Timid Minato is asked to look after Nekozane, the girl who naps through every class at the next desk. When he finally wakes her, she hugs him. A sweet story of two shy teenagers becoming friends, and slowly more.
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Seinen · Slice of Life8. Skip and Loafer
by Misaki Takamatsu
- Comedy (shared)
- Romance (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
Mitsumi, the top student from a tiny seaside town, moves to Tokyo for high school with a ten-year plan and no idea how the city works. On her first day she gets lost, and Shima, a charming classmate with secrets of his own, helps her out. A bright, funny story about friendship and finding your feet, with a heroine who stumbles a lot and never stays down.
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Mafia · Crime9. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 5: Golden Wind
by Hirohiko Araki
- Action (shared)
- Adventure
- Crime (shared)
- Supernatural
Naples, 2001. Giorno Giovanna, son of an old enemy of the Joestars, dreams of becoming a gang star — of taking over Italy's mafia to rid it of the drugs it sells to children. He joins Bruno Bucciarati's crew, and their mission to protect the boss's daughter turns them against the whole organisation.
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Slice of Life · Romance10. Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You
by Karuho Shiina
- Comedy (shared)
- Drama (shared)
- Romance (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
Sawako's shy manner and resemblance to a horror-film character make classmates keep their distance. A friendly boy's kindness gives her the courage to reach out, beginning friendships she never thought possible. This school romance follows the awkward, rewarding work of letting other people know who you are.
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Seinen · Slice of Life11. Kubo Won't Let Me Be Invisible
by Nene Yukimori
- Comedy (shared)
- Romance (shared)
- Romantic Comedy
- Slice of Life (shared)
Junta Shiraishi is so unnoticeable that teachers mark him absent while he sits in class. Only Kubo, the girl next to him, can always see him — and she enjoys teasing him about it. A gentle, sweet romantic comedy about being seen.
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Seinen · Slice of Life12. Grand Blue Dreaming
by Kenji Inoue, Kimitake Yoshioka
- Comedy (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
Iori moves to a seaside town to start university, lodging above his uncle's diving shop and dreaming of a quiet campus life. The diving club upstairs has other ideas: drinking, stripping and very occasionally diving. One of the funniest comedies in manga, with a real love of the sea underneath.
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