Manga like Goodnight Punpun: 6 series to read in English

Goodnight Punpun is a psychological drama with a slice of life side. Punpun Onodera starts the story in elementary school as a simple cartoon bird in a world drawn in realistic detail.

We picked the series on Mangainfo that share the most themes and genres with Goodnight Punpun in AniList's tags and have English volumes out and let the more popular one win a close call.

All volume counts and dates below are as of October 2026.

Blood on the Tracks

Shuuzou Oshimi wrote Blood on the Tracks. Like Goodnight Punpun it is a coming of age story with Denpa and Philosophy in its tags. It is filed under drama, horror and psychological.

Seiichi Osabe is in his second year of middle school. He lives with his parents. That is where the story begins.

The series is finished in Japan at 17 volumes. All 17 are out in English. You can read it to the end today.

Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction

A gigantic alien mothership hangs over Tokyo in Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction by Inio Asano. It showed up three years before the story starts. It has not left.

Its links to Goodnight Punpun run through the Denpa, Philosophy and School tags. The genre mix is wider here. It counts as comedy, drama, sci-fi and slice of life.

The series is finished in Japan with 12 volumes. English has 10 of them so far. No next English volume is listed yet. That leaves two Japanese volumes without an English edition for now.

Blue Period

Yatora Yaguchi gets top grades and still stays out all night with his friends. He is good at reading what people want from him. That is the setup of Blue Period by Tsubasa Yamaguchi.

Philosophy, Coming of Age and School are the tags it shares with Goodnight Punpun. It is a drama and slice of life series. Drawing is one of its themes.

Blue Period is still releasing in Japan with 19 volumes. In English 17 are out. Penguin Random House puts out volume 18 on 1 December 2026.

Innocent

Paris in the 18th century is the setting for Innocent by Shinichi Sakamoto and Masakatsu Adachi. Its lead Charles-Henri Sanson is the heir to the Sanson family.

Like Goodnight Punpun it is tagged as a psychological drama. The two series also share Work, Philosophy and Coming of Age. Tragedy and Historical sit among its other themes.

Innocent is finished in Japan at 9 volumes. All 9 are out in English. It is the shortest complete run on this list.

Hirayasumi

Keigo Shinzo made Hirayasumi. Its Iyashikei tag puts it on the calm end of this list. It mixes comedy and drama with slice of life. Family Life is one of its themes.

What ties it to Goodnight Punpun is a city setting and a focus on work. The tags it shares are Urban, Work and Coming of Age.

The series is still releasing in Japan with 10 volumes. English is one behind at 9. VIZ Media releases volume 10 on 16 March 2027.

[Oshi no Ko]

The teenage idol Ai Hoshino is hiding a secret that could end her career. She is pregnant with twins. Idols are expected to stay single.

[Oshi no Ko] comes from Aka Akasaka and Mengo Yokoyari. It shares the Work, Anti-Hero and Urban tags with Goodnight Punpun. Its genres are drama, mystery, psychological and supernatural.

The series is finished in Japan at 16 volumes. English has 13. Yen Press releases volume 14 on 24 November 2026.