If you liked The Royal Tutor
12 manga like The Royal Tutor
Picked for the same feel: the genres they share with The Royal Tutor (slice of life, comedy, drama), the same creators, and what readers keep together. Each opens where it is read legally.
Manga like The Royal Tutor
Historical · Slice of Life1. 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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Historical · Slice of Life2. Ally Sloper
by Charles H. Ross
- Comedy (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
A red-nosed London schemer who slopes up the alley when the rent is due. The first comic character to carry his own magazine and to be sold as merchandise — he was on mugs before anybody had thought that through.
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Historical · Slice of Life3. The Yellow Kid
by Richard F. Outcault
- Comedy (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
A bald child in a yellow nightshirt, standing in a tenement alley with words printed across the shirt instead of a speech balloon. Histories of the newspaper comic usually start here, and the colour of that shirt is where the phrase yellow journalism came from.
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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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Slice of Life · Comedy5. 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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Slice of Life · Comedy6. Play It Cool, Guys
by Kokone Nata
- Comedy (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
They look effortlessly composed from a distance. Up close, these young men forget everyday essentials, misread situations and stumble through the simplest tasks. A gentle ensemble comedy follows the friendships that form as their ordinary mistakes keep bringing them together.
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Slice of Life · Comedy7. 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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Slice of Life · Drama8. Skip Beat!
by Yoshiki Nakamura
- Comedy (shared)
- 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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Historical · Drama9. House of Five Leaves
by Natsume Ono
- Drama (shared)
- Mystery
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 · Drama10. Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You
by Karuho Shiina
- Comedy (shared)
- Drama (shared)
- Romance
- 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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Historical · Drama11. Ban Dainagon Ekotoba
by Attributed to Tokiwa Mitsunaga
- Drama (shared)
A twelfth-century handscroll about a courtier accused of burning down a palace gate. Unrolled right to left, the crowd runs, the rumour spreads and the accusation lands — a story told by moving the reader along the paper.
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Historical · Comedy12. Chōjū-jinbutsu-giga
by Attributed to Toba Sōjō
- Comedy (shared)
Rabbits, frogs and monkeys wrestling, bathing and holding a funeral, brushed onto handscrolls in the twelfth century. Japan often calls it the oldest manga: no words, a running story, read right to left.
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