Manga like Barbara
Also known as Barubora
20 manga for fans of Barbara, ranked by what people who loved it went on to love and by what they share with it, like Writing, Philosophy. Connect your AniList or MyAnimeList account to get picks for your whole taste instead.
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Ayako
Recommended by 10 Barbara fans on AniList. Both have Drama.
Opening a few years after the end of World War II and covering almost a quarter-century, here is comics master Osamu Tezuka’s most direct and sustained critique of Japan’s fate in the aftermath of…
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MW
Recommended by 4 Barbara fans on AniList. Both have Drama, Psychological.
Michio Yuki has it all: looks, intelligence, a pedigree as the scion of a famous Kabuki family, a promising career at a major bank, legions of female admirers.
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Benkei in New York
Both have Drama.
Manga doesn't get much more noir than this. Benkei is just another expatriate Japanese artist living in the Big Apple - or so it appears.
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The Walking Man
Who takes the time these days to climb a tree in bare feet to rescue a child's toy? To stop and observe the birds? To play in the puddles after a storm? To go down to the sea to put a shell back?
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Helter Skelter: Fashion Unfriendly
Both have Philosophy.
If you are aware of fashion in Japan, you must have seen Liliko's face. For the last few years, she has been at the top of the modeling world, with her face and body promoting the biggest brands.
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Sensor
Both have Philosophy.
A woman walks alone at the foot of Mount Sengoku. A man appears, saying he’s been waiting for her, and invites her to a nearby village.
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Sunny
Both have Drama, Psychological.
The story of an orphanage, the children who live in it, and the beat-up old Nissan Sunny 1200 which provides them with a means of escape from their boring everyday lives.
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Heaven's Door
A compilation of short stories by Keiichi Koike.
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Haru’s Curse
Both have Drama, Psychological.
After Natsumi's younger sister and best friend Haru dies at the age of 19, she begins dating Haru's fiancee Tougo - on the condition that he take her only to places he had taken her sister.
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Ode to Kirihito
Recommended by 6 Barbara fans on AniList. Both have Philosophy.
Two doctors, the young, passionate and well-liked Osanai and the veteran, ambitious Tatsugaura, are both investigating the mysterious 'Monmow' disease, found only in one remote village, which causes…
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Battle Angel Alita
In a dump in the lawless settlement of Scrapyard, far beneath the mysterious space city of Zalem, disgraced cyber-doctor Daisuke Ido makes a strange find: the detached head of a cyborg woman who has…
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Utsubora - The Story of a Novelist
Recommended by 4 Barbara fans on AniList. Both have Writing.
The story begins when Aki Fujino, a beautiful girl who the novelist Mizorogi knew, dies under mysterious circumstances.
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Souboutei Kowasubeshi
A mysterious mansion has towered proudly over the Tokyo district of Numanakarai since the Taisho period.
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Magi no Okurimono
Five years ago, Hokazono Akari died in an accident. Now, at 23 years old, her boyfriend and childhood friend Shiki Daichi still hasn’t found closure.
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Witches
Both have Philosophy.
On a visit to the capital of a small country in the far west of Asia, a British girl named Nicola falls in love.
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Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist's Journey
Both have Writing.
High schooler Akiko has big plans to become a popular mangaka before she even graduates, but she needs to get much better at drawing if she ever wants to reach her goal.
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Opus
Both have Drama.
A manga artist planning a shocking surprise ending to his story gets literally pulled into his own work—to face for himself what he had planned for his characters!
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Children of the Sea
Both have Philosophy.
When Ruka was younger, she saw a ghost in the water at the aquarium where her dad works. Now she feels drawn toward the aquarium and the two mysterious boys she meets there, Umi and Sora.
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I.L
Recommended by 4 Barbara fans on AniList. Both have Drama, Psychological.
Readers are thrown into the life of Imari Daisaku, a filmmaker whose fanciful creations have fallen of favor in a society dominated by scientific triumphs.
Anime for fans of Barbara
About Barbara
- Drama
- Mystery
- Psychological
- Writing
- Philosophy
- Seinen
- Primarily Adult Cast
(Source: DMP)