Manga like Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun: 6 series to read in English

In Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun the ghost is not the girl from the old school legend. Kamome Academy has seven famous spooky rumors, and the series mixes mystery, comedy and romance with the supernatural.

We picked the series on Mangainfo that share the most themes and genres with it in AniList's tags and have English volumes out, and a more popular series won any close call.

All volume counts below are as of October 2026.

Noragami: Stray God

Adachitoka's Noragami: Stray God shares the mythology, youkai and exorcism that run through Hanako-kun. It also has the romance and drama that Hanako-kun readers know.

Yato is a god with one big wish. He wants to be famous. Almost nobody prays to him.

The series finished in Japan at 27 volumes. All 27 are out in English, so you can read it to the end.

Dandadan

Ghosts and youkai are all over Dandadan by Yukinobu Tatsu. It also sits in the same urban fantasy space as Hanako-kun. Comedy and romance are in the mix, and it adds sci-fi on top.

It opens with two high schoolers in an argument. One of them is Momo Ayase. Her grandmother is a spirit medium.

This is the only pick still releasing in Japan. There are 25 Japanese volumes and 21 in English. No date for the next English volume is listed yet.

Bakemonogatari

Like Hanako-kun, Bakemonogatari puts youkai into an urban fantasy. It is by Ito Oogure and NISIOISIN. It also matches all six of Hanako-kun's genres, mystery included.

Hitagi Senjougahara weighs almost nothing. She blames a crab. Koyomi Araragi learns this when his quiet classmate slips on the school stairs and he has to catch her.

It finished in Japan with 22 volumes. All 22 are in English.

Twin Star Exorcists

Exorcism is the core of Twin Star Exorcists by Yoshiaki Sukeno. It shares the urban fantasy label with Hanako-kun too. Comedy and romance are in its genres as well.

A prophecy names a pair of young exorcists who will marry. Their child is meant to wipe out the Kegare. Those monsters have fought exorcists for more than a thousand years.

At 35 volumes it is the longest series on this list. It is finished in Japan and complete in English.

Yu Yu Hakusho

Yoshihiro Togashi's Yu Yu Hakusho is full of ghosts and youkai in an urban fantasy setting. Like Hanako-kun it mixes action with comedy.

Yusuke Urameshi is a delinquent who skips class and picks fights. Then he shoves a small boy out of the path of a car. The car kills Yusuke instead.

The series ended in Japan at 19 volumes. Every one of them is out in English.

Jujutsu Kaisen

Exorcism, youkai and urban fantasy link Jujutsu Kaisen by Gege Akutami to Hanako-kun. It has no comedy or romance tag. Its genres are action, drama and the supernatural.

Here dark human emotions take shape as curses. Jujutsu sorcerers fight them in secret.

It finished in Japan with 30 volumes. All 30 are out in English.