Gabai Granny is based on the bestseller Saga No Gabai Baachan (Gabai Granny from Saga), which is penned by comedian Shimada Yoshichi as he recounts his childhood memories of growing up under the care of his grandmother.
This is the story of a young boy, after being sent from Hiroshima to Saga (10 years after the second World War, in 1958) by his mom because of a lack of money, journeying to a faraway place, and living in conditions alien to him, definitely makes him miss home. Worse, he is not familiar with his grandmother and her ways too. But with his Gabai Granny, he will slowly discover with his growing pains, just how resourceful Granny is...
Gabai: Saga no Gabai Baachan has finished publishing and it has 91 Chapters. It is also Known as: がばい -佐賀のがばいばあちゃん-, Gabai: Granny from Saga
Genres: Comedy , Thriller , Historical , Slice of Life
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Top 5 Manga Like Gabai: Saga no Gabai Baachan [2026 List]
5. Gekiga Hyouryuu
Over four decades ago, Yoshihiro Tatsumi expanded the horizons of comics storytelling by using the visual language of manga to tell gritty, literary stories about the private lives of everyday people. He has been called "the grandfather of Japanese alternative comics" and has influenced generations of cartoonists around the world. Now the visionary creator of "The Push Man and Other Stories" and "Good-bye" has turned his incisive, unflinching gaze upon himself. Over ten years in the making, "A Drifting Life" is Tatsumis' most ambitious, personal, and heart felt work: an autobiographical bildungsroman in comics form.Using his life long obsession with comics as a frame work, Tatsumi weaves a complex story that encompasses family dynamics, Japanese culture and history, first love, the intricacies of the manga industry, and most importantly, what it means to be an artist. Alternately humorous, enlightening, and haunting, this is the masterful summartion of a fascinating life and a historic career.
A Drifting Life has finished publishing and it has 48 Chapters. It is also Known as: 劇画漂流, Gekiga Hyouryuu
4. Isekai Shikkaku
Like in the famous Osamu Dazai's book "No Longer Human"/ "Disqualified From Being Human" (Ningen Shikkaku) , the protagonist of this story attempts a double suicide with his lover... except he gets hit by a truck and summoned to another world instead.
Now he wants to find his lover, so he can commit suicide with her.
No Longer Human…In Another World is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 異世界失格, Isekai Disqualification, No Longer Isekai, Disqualification from Another World, Disqualified from Otherworldliness
3. I Will Change the Genre
I reincarnated into my favorite novel genre. I became the villainous aunt who mistreats the young protagonist. But I felt sorry for my nephew who would grow up as a protagonist in a revenge plot, so I’ll try to take care of my nephew until his uncle shows up and takes him as per the original plot.
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I Will Change the Genre has finished publishing and it has 119 Chapters. It is also Known as: It's Time to Change the Genre, I Will Make an Effort to Change the Genre
2. Madan no Ou to Vanadis
Set in Western Europe during times of war, Eleanor "Ellen" Vertalia, one of the Vanadis of Zhcted, leads the battle into Brune. There are, in fact, seven Vanadis, named for having each received a powerful weapon from the dragon to individually reign over seven territories. The power of the Vanadis invokes dread and fear from their enemies. An earl in the service of the country of Brune, a young archer by the name of Tigre, experienced the Vandis's power firsthand after being defeated on the battlefield by Ellen. However, Ellen chose to spare his life after witnessing his skills, but in exchange, he is asked to serve her.
Lord Marksman and Vanadis has finished publishing and it has 51 Chapters. It is also Known as: 魔弾の王と戦姫, Madan no Ou to Senki, The King of the Magic Bullet and Vanadis, The King of the Magic Arrow and The War Princesses, 魔弾の王と戦姫〈ヴァナディース〉
1. Taishou Otome Otogibanashi
In this story set in the early 1920s, Tamahiko is the son of a wealthy family, but his life is changed forever when an accident cripples his right arm. No longer considered by his father as an heir, he is shuffled off into the country, to live out of sight. The teenage Tamahiko shuts himself in his new home, bitterly thinking of it as the place where he will die. One day, he learns that his father has 'bought' him a bride to take care of him, when the young teen girl named Yuzuki arrives at his door. She comes into his life like an innocent ray of sunshine, and Tamahiko's view of the world and his life starts changing bit-by-bit.
Note:
Volume 1 contains a side story.
Volume 2 contains the special story "Haru no Yo Hoshi no Yo".
Volume 3 contains the special story "Haru no Arashi to Kuroyuri".
Volume 5 contains the side story "Tamahiko-sensei 2".
Taishou Otome Otogibanashi has finished publishing and it has 42 Chapters. It is also Known as: 大正処女御伽話, Taisho Otome Otogibanashi, Taisho Maiden Fairytail, Taishou Maiden Fairytale
