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. Looking for an easy fix, she signs up for an art class, thinking all her problems will soon be solved. She’s in for a surprise: her new instructor is a sword-wielding taskmaster who doesn’t care about manga one bit. But maybe this unconventional art teacher is just what she needs to realize her dreams!
Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist’s Journey has finished publishing and it has 34 Chapters. It is also Known as: かくかくしかじか, Kakukaku Shikajika
Genres: Slice of Life , Josei
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Top 5 Manga Like Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist’s Journey (Kakukaku Shikajika) [2026 List]
5. Hachimitsu to Clover
Takemoto lives in a run down student apartment, where his greatest worry is when he'll next be able to afford to eat meat and whether he'll get to class on time. Although he's away from home and living on his own, Takemoto is far from finished growing up. Along with his crazy cast of friends, Morita, Mayama, Yamada, and Hagumi, Takemoto sets out to discover life and his true self.
Honey and Clover has finished publishing and it has 71 Chapters. It is also Known as: ハチミツとクローバー, HachiKuro, Honey & Clover, Sora no Kotori, Hoshi no Opera, HoneyClo
4. Kakukaku Shikajika
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. Looking for an easy fix, she signs up for an art class, thinking all her problems will soon be solved. She’s in for a surprise: her new instructor is a sword-wielding taskmaster who doesn’t care about manga one bit. But maybe this unconventional art teacher is just what she needs to realize her dreams!
Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist’s Journey has finished publishing and it has 34 Chapters. It is also Known as: かくかくしかじか, Kakukaku Shikajika
3. Sakamichi no Apollon
Nishimi Kaoru has moved from city to city and school to school because of his father’s job. So the first day at his new school was just routine for him. Being intellectual and the new transfer student, he has always been seen as an outcast and all Kaoru had to do was bear it until the next time he moved. But things were slightly different this time. First, he started to get close to the class president, Mukae Ritsuko, and, secondly, unlikely as it seemed, grew closer to Kawabuchi Sentaro. Sentaro was infamous for getting into fights, skipping class and was an overall bad boy. Strangely enough, the three of them find common ground in music, namely jazz, and Kaoru finds himself actually enjoying the new town.
Kids on the Slope has finished publishing and it has 45 Chapters. It is also Known as: 坂道のアポロン, Sakamichi no Aporon
2. Cheese in the Trap
Having returned to college after a year long break, Hong Sul, a hard-working over-achiever, inadvertently got on the wrong side of a suspiciously perfect senior named Yoo Jung. From then on her life took a turn for the worse and Sul was almost certain it was all Yoo Jung's doing. So why is he suddenly acting so friendly a year later?
Cheese in the Trap has finished publishing and it has 46 Chapters. It is also Known as: チーズ・イン・ザ・トラップ, Cheese in the Trap
1. Usagi Drop
When 30-year-old Daikichi returns home for his grandfather's funeral he meets an unfamiliar child in the garden. His mother explains that Rin is his grandfather's illegitimate daughter by an unknown mother. The girl is an embarrassment to all his relatives and nobody wants to take her in because of the scandal. Annoyed by their attitude, Daikichi decides to take care of Rin himself, even though he is single and has no experience raising a child.
Bunny Drop has finished publishing and it has 62 Chapters. It is also Known as: うさぎドロップ, Usagi Drop: Bangaihen
