If you finished Pastel and want your next read, these recommendations are not someone's opinion — they are computed from comic-lab's database of every manga published in Japan since 1968, combining three similarity axes (art style, setting, story) with real reader-behavior data.
1. Parallel (ぱられる)
by 小林俊彦 · since 2001 · 4 volumes in Japan · no new volumes in recent years
Why it matches: readers who look up this series often move on to it; close in setting & themes and story & tone.
Method: similarity is computed over cover-art embeddings, thematic categories and plot descriptions of 133,000+ works, blended with co-reading behavior. Volume counts and dates reflect Japanese editions and update automatically.