A prequel to the Saki series, focusing on Shino Shiratsuki, a young girl with an affinity for the 1-sou who is seeking out her missing mother. Future professional mahjong players like Hayari Mizuhara, Harue Akado and others are also featured.
Shinohayu: the Dawn of Age It is also Known as: シノハユ the dawn of age, Side story of -Saki-: Shinohayu the Dawn of Age
Genres: Sports , School Clubs , Drama , Slice of Life , Seinen
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Top 5 Manga Like Shinohayu: the Dawn of Age [2026 List]
5. Toki
A spin-off of Saki series. It follows the character Toki Onjouji and the other girls from Osaka during their elementary and middle school years.
Toki is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 怜-Toki-, Toki
4. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gou
Keiichi Maebara has moved to Hinamizawa Village, a cold village in the mountains. He was fulfilled in the lively and irreplaceable daily life with his friends. Knowing the horrific dismembered murders that occurred in the past and the existence of haunting that has been handed down to the village, suspicions are accelerating due to the unnatural attitude of his friends... The tragedy is repeated. Is it possible to overcome the fate of fear and suspicion and obtain an "answer?" The summer of 1983 begins.
Higurashi: When They Cry - Gou has finished publishing and it has 15 Chapters. It is also Known as: ひぐらしのなく頃に 業, When the Cicadas Cry
3. Shinohayu: the Dawn of Age
A prequel to the Saki series, focusing on Shino Shiratsuki, a young girl with an affinity for the 1-sou who is seeking out her missing mother. Future professional mahjong players like Hayari Mizuhara, Harue Akado and others are also featured.
Shinohayu: the Dawn of Age is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: シノハユ the dawn of age, Side story of -Saki-: Shinohayu the Dawn of Age
2. Hibiki: Shousetsuka ni Naru Houhou
The literature industry is suffering from the publishing recession. While the literary magazine 'Mokuren' was grieving over the present state of affairs, a composition intended for their Newcomer's Award was sent to their editing department. However, it completely ignored the application rules. It should have been torn to shreds, but the work caught the eye of a sole editor. As a result, the world began to change.
Hibiki: Shousetsuka ni Naru Houhou has finished publishing and it has 114 Chapters. It is also Known as: 響～小説家になる方法～, Resonance~Way to Become a Novelist~
1. 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
