On his way back from a business trip, the protagonist decides on a whim to take a train back to his old hometown. The moment he pays respects to his mother's grave in the transformed town, he is transported back to a summer when he was still in junior high school, only with all his middle-age consciousness, knowledge and abilities intact.
On this journey across time, he understands for the first time the burdens born by his father, and his mother's tears. This is the kind of fantasy manga were made for, executed by an artist of great talent. This is a serious, delicate, and ultimately moving time travel variation. (From Manga-Sketchbook)
A Distant Neighborhood has finished publishing and it has 16 Chapters. It is also Known as: 遥かな町へ, Harukana Machi-E
Genres: Slice of Life , Drama , Time Travel , Seinen
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Top 10 Manga Like A Distant Neighborhood (Haruka na Machi e) [2024 List]
- 10. Aruku Hito
- 9. ReLIFE
- 8. Solanin
- 7. River End Cafe
- 6. 3-gatsu no Lion
- 5. Nemureru Tsuki
- 4. Undercurrent
- 3. Again!!
- 2. Ore ga Doutei wo Sutetara Shinu Ken ni Tsuite
- 1. Chichi no Koyomi
10. Aruku Hito
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? The Walking Man does as he strolls at random through urban Japan—often silent, often alone—with his vivid dreams that let time stand still.
The Walking Man has finished publishing and it has 18 Chapters. It is also Known as: 歩くひと, Aruku Hito
9. ReLIFE
The story follows Kaizaki Arata, a 27-year-old jobless man, who fails at every job interview he had after quitting his last company. His life changes after he met Yoake Ryou of the ReLife Research Institute, who offered him a drug that can change his appearance to 17-years-old and to become a subject in an experiment for one year. Thus, he begins his life as a high school student once more.
ReLIFE has finished publishing and it has 222 Chapters. It is also Known as: リライフ, 重返17歲
8. Solanin
After graduating from college, Meiko went straight to work as an office lady, but she can't help feeling there should be something more to life. Determined to find a worthier goal, she quits work, but can she actually make her neubulous dreams come true- and how will her sudden decision affect her relationship with her boyfriend Taneda?
(Note: Solanin received an epilogue chapter (ch 29) in 2017 that is included in the chapter count.)
Solanin has finished publishing and it has 29 Chapters. It is also Known as: ソラニン, Solanin
7. River End Cafe
Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture. A few years have passed since the disaster.
One night, Saki Irie, a sophomore in high school, meets a mysterious man who saves her from being tangled up with some insolent people.
Lured by the lights in the middle of the Kitakami River, the girl arrives at a mysterious cafe.
The coffee served there is a mixture of the joys and sorrows of life.
Ishinomaki native Akio Tanaka's latest work about his hometown after the earthquake and tsunami.
River End Cafe has finished publishing and it has 86 Chapters. It is also Known as: リバーエンド・カフェ, River End Cafe
6. 3-gatsu no Lion
A youth named Kiriyama Rei, who lost his family as a child, endures loneliness to become a professional shogi player. Then, through a chance meeting, he develops a relationship with the three Kawamoto sisters, who hail from a working-class district of the city, and little by little his frozen heart begins to thaw.
March Comes in Like a Lion is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 3月のライオン, Sangatsu no Lion, March Comes in Like a Lion, Lion of March
5. Nemureru Tsuki
In order to solve the mystery of a rumored curse that brings early death to the male descendants in his lineage, Akihiko Odagawa goes back to stay in his family's ancestral home. One night, he experiences a time slip that lands him 100 years in the past! There he meets Eitaro, a student from the Meiji Period who is also trying to solve the same mystery. Bridging the gap between the past and the present, the two men traverse time and space as they work together to unravel the family's secret.
Sleeping Moon has finished publishing and it has 12 Chapters. It is also Known as: 眠れる月, Nemureru Tsuki
4. Undercurrent
The manga begins as Kanae Sekiguchi, proprietor of the Tsuki no Yu bathhouse, struggles to reopen her business after the unexplained disappearance of her husband...
has finished publishing and it has 11 Chapters. It is also Known as: アンダーカレント, Under Current
3. Again!!
Imamura Kinichiro reluctantly wakes up one day to attend his high school graduation. He'd made no friends in high school and joined no clubs. Everyone was afraid of him, due to his long blond hair and surly attitude. Reflecting on his awful high school years, he remembers a girl from the Japanese cheering squad that he saw in the welcome ceremony three years ago. Searching for the old cheering squad's clubroom, he accidentally startles a classmate, causing them both to fall down a flight of stairs...
When he wakes up, it's the morning of his first day of high school, three years ago. As he confusedly goes through his day, he's able to correct a lot of the mistakes he made the first time around, such as actually interacting with the cheering squad girl, Usami Yoshiko! But did he really travel in time, or is this all just a dream he's having while his body is lying unconscious somewhere? Could he really have the chance to go through his high school years again?
Again!! has finished publishing and it has 136 Chapters. It is also Known as: アゲイン!!, Again!!
2. Ore ga Doutei wo Sutetara Shinu Ken ni Tsuite
Ichijo Kazuya thought that he was murdered, but when he came to, he was back in his high school days. He lived his entire life as a playboy and had had countless sexual encounters with women until that fateful day that he was killed. He realizes that his murderer was his old high school friend Tanaka Masaki who was jealous of Kazuya’s relationships and his built up anger eventually exploded. Taken back 15 years into his past, it seems that he has been given a second chance at life and given a chance to make different choices. He decides that the way to prevent his eventual demise is to make sure Masaki is more successful with girls and loses his virginity before Kazuya. But fate seems to be steering Kazuya towards the path of his previous life and keeps introducing the same girls he had sexual encounters with.
Ore ga Doutei wo Sutetara Shinu Ken ni Tsuite has finished publishing and it has 22 Chapters. It is also Known as: 俺が童貞を捨てたら死ぬ件について, About How I Die if I Lose My Virginity
1. Chichi no Koyomi
A family is devastated by the Great Tottori Fire of 1952, but the family comes to terms with the disaster and breaks free from the bonds holding them back.
Chichi no Koyomi has finished publishing and it has 12 Chapters. It is also Known as: 父の暦, My Father's Journal
