10 Manga Like Wake Up, Sleeping Beauty — Data-Driven Picks (2026)

If you finished Wake Up, Sleeping Beauty 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. Akuma no Mokushiroku (悪魔の黙示録)

by 高橋美由紀 · since 1990 · 40 volumes in Japan · publication status unknown

Why it matches: close in setting & themes and story & tone.

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2. Onryō Okusama (怨霊奥様)

by 若狭たけし · since 2018 · 10 volumes in Japan · publication status unknown

Why it matches: close in setting & themes and story & tone.

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3. Real Girl (3D彼女)

by 那波マオ · since 2011 · 10 volumes in Japan · publication status unknown

Why it matches: close in setting & themes and story & tone.

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4. Gokigenyō, Koharu-san (ごきげんよう、小春さん)

by 葉月かなえ · since 2019 · 2 volumes in Japan · publication status unknown

Why it matches: close in setting & themes and story & tone.

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5. Ageku no Hate no Kanon (あげくの果てのカノン)

by 米代恭 · since 2016 · 5 volumes in Japan · publication status unknown

Why it matches: close in story & tone and setting & themes.

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6. Happy Go Lucky Days (どうにかなる日々)

by 志村貴子 · since 2004 · 3 volumes in Japan · publication status unknown

Why it matches: close in story & tone and setting & themes.

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7. I Can't Say No to the Lonely Girl (ロンリーガールに逆らえない)

by 樫風 · since 2020 · 6 volumes in Japan · publication status unknown

Why it matches: close in story & tone and setting & themes.

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8. O Maidens in Your Savage Season (荒ぶる季節の乙女どもよ。)

by 岡田麿里 · since 2017 · 7 volumes in Japan · publication status unknown

Why it matches: close in story & tone and setting & themes.

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9. Hōkago Strip (放課後すとりっぷ)

by 若鶏にこみ · since 2019 · 2 volumes in Japan · publication status unknown

Why it matches: close in story & tone and setting & themes.

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10. Darling wa Namamono ni Tsuki (ダーリンは生モノにつき)

by 吉原由起 · since 1997 · 13 volumes in Japan · publication status unknown

Why it matches: close in story & tone and setting & themes.

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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.

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