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GeGeGe no Kitaro

GeGeGe no Kitarou

1965, Manga, 117 ch, 72%

Recommended by 10 NonNonBa fans on AniList. Both have Youkai.

Youkai are specters who have lived in the human world since the dawn of time. They often rest peacefully in their dwelling places, until humans rouse them by inconsiderate actions. Kitaro is a young youkai boy who wants to help humans and youkai live in harmony, and he fights to…

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  1. Cover of Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths
    Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths

    1973, Manga, 14 ch, 76%

    Recommended by 6 NonNonBa fans on AniList. Both have Autobiographical.

  2. Cover of Tono Monogatari
    Tono Monogatari

    2008, Manga, 29 ch, 65%

    Recommended by 5 NonNonBa fans on AniList. Both have Youkai.

  3. Cover of Gabai
    Gabai

    2005, Manga, 91 ch, 81%

    Rural, Iyashikei, Seinen

  4. Cover of Mushishi
    Mushishi

    1999, Manga, 50 ch, 85%

    The same kind of story: rural youkai iyashikei.

  5. Cover of Showa: A History of Japan
    Showa: A History of Japan

    1989, Manga, 119 ch, 79%

    Both have Autobiographical.

  6. Cover of A Drifting Life
    A Drifting Life

    1995, Manga, 48 ch, 81%

    Both have Autobiographical.

  7. Cover of Kirisame ga Furu Mori
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    2014, Manga, 18 ch, 74%

    The same kind of story: rural youkai iyashikei.

  8. Cover of Kantou Heiya
    Kantou Heiya

    1976, Manga, 45 ch, 82%

    Historical, Seinen, Transgender

  9. Cover of 19 Tian
    19 Tian

    2014, Manga, ongoing, 85%

    Both have Coming of Age.

  10. Cover of Goodnight Punpun
    Goodnight Punpun

    2007, Manga, 147 ch, 88%

    Both have Coming of Age.

  11. Cover of Solo Leveling
    Solo Leveling

    2018, Manga, 201 ch, 84%

    Dungeon, Male Protagonist, Super Power

  12. Cover of Lord of the Mysteries
    Lord of the Mysteries

    2020, Manga, 65 ch, 76%

    Religion, Steampunk, Astronomy

  13. Cover of On the Way to Meet Mom
    On the Way to Meet Mom

    2024, Manga, 53 ch, 89%

    Found Family, Male Protagonist, Aliens

  14. Cover of The Apothecary Diaries
    The Apothecary Diaries

    2017, Manga, ongoing, 86%

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  15. Cover of Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation
    Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation

    2014, Manga, ongoing, 78%

    Both have Coming of Age.

  16. Cover of Made in Abyss
    Made in Abyss

    2012, Manga, ongoing, 85%

    Survival, Primarily Child Cast, Travel

  17. Cover of Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju
    Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju

    2010, Manga, 32 ch, 85%

    Rakugo, Josei, Male Protagonist

  18. Cover of Blue Giant
    Blue Giant

    2013, Manga, 80 ch, 85%

    Both have Coming of Age.

  19. Cover of I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day
    I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day

    2018, Manga, ongoing, 84%

    Tragedy, Yuri, Magic

  20. Cover of Baccano!
    Baccano!

    2003, Light novel, ongoing, 86%

    Historical, Achronological Order, Ensemble Cast

  21. Cover of Space Brothers
    Space Brothers

    2007, Manga, 432 ch, 87%

    Space, Educational, Seinen

  22. Cover of The Fable
    The Fable

    2014, Manga, 240 ch, 84%

    Yakuza, Seinen, Urban

  23. Cover of Look Back
    Look Back

    2021, One-shot, 1 ch, 83%

    Both have Coming of Age.

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About NonNonBa

1992, Manga, 25 ch, 77%

Autobiographical tale in which Mizuki narrates the memories of his childhood in the decade of 1930, in Sakaiminato, a small coastal town at the southwest Japan. With nostalgia and tenderness, the mangaka narrates his first years of life within a modest family, the fights with his friends,the school and his first loves. The title character of the book, NonNonBa, is an old mystical and superstitious woman by which Shigeru discovers the world of yokai, supernatural beings and grotesque bestiary of medieval Japanese.

Won Best Album at the 2007 Angoulême International Comics Festival.

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