Hoshi no Ko Chobin - Recommendations

• Vol: 3; Ch: 39
• 1992

Watanabe, an alien student from 20,000 light-years away, comes to homestay with the Tokino family to gather material for his thesis on Earthling behaviour. He follows around the various family members asking mostly funny but sometimes profound questions about their work, their loves, their polluted air... When he's not being sent on errands or punched in the face, at least.

• Vol: 2+; Ch: 44+
• 2021 - ?

• Vol: 3; Ch: 23
• 2011 - 2012

Dr Kim works at the Korean equivalent of NASA. He has talent, brains and is unparalleled with his programming skills. One day, he hacks into the Mars Rover and catches the glimpse of an alien. Unfortunately, the device wasn't recording at the time and so he has no proof and clearly no one believes him. And as fate may have it, that alien has come to Earth believing she had been caught on video and wanting nothing more than delete that proof before her boss finds out. Misunderstandings ensures as the two characters meet and are forced to work together as a new group of aliens start stirring trouble on Earth.

• Vol: 3; Ch: 31
• 2003 - 2005

Shuichi Toriga, a junior high school student with a knack for electronics repair and an interest in UFOs, has met the girl of his dreams. Manami has the voice of an angel--or, at least, the voice of a distant race! After attracting the attention of some friendly aliens, Manami will rely on Shuichi's help to uncover whatever mysteries lie hidden behind the stars and inside her CD player. This must be a match made in heaven, or at least in a different galaxy!

• Vol: 2; Ch: 34
• 2017 - 2019

• Vol: 5; Ch: 58
• 1980 - 1985

An alien girl crashes on Earth and loses her memory, but her special powers still work. What will happen to her? Nana encounters a variety of dangerous missions and mysterious events, but her natural sunny disposition helps her through all the incidents as she solves each mystery, one after the other.

• Vol: 2; Ch: 15
• 2013 - 2015

Shibata Youichi is an ordinary high schooler, but one day he runs into a mysterious heroine! The cute girl knows his name, and (as in a stereotypical anime) she's an alien who needs him to help save her people! Soon enough, Youichi finds out that this situation was too good to be true... The girl, named Kyara, does represent aliens, but her people are actually interested in Japanese manga/anime/game culture. They want to use his home as a base and his brain as a measuring tool of the level of appeal of their heroines!

• One Shot
• 2020

• Vol: 2; Ch: 17
• 2016 - 2017

• Vol: 1; Ch: 40
• 2021 - 2023