Harebare Biyori - Recommendations

• Vol: 17; Ch: 108
• 2008 - 2015

Shiharu is a high-school student who loves kids, lives in an orphanage, and works at a daycare... Until the handsome uncle of two-year-old twins offers her a raise if she'll be their babysitter. Often relying on memories of her mother's actions for guidance, Shiharu quickly finds herself falling in love with her new makeshift family.

• Vol: 1; Ch: 15
• 2018 - 2019

• Vol: 1; Ch: 4
• 2013

32-year-old divorcee Koutarou Sakamoto was living a lonely existence until he runs into Hinako Sumioka, a former neighbor who used to come running to him every day as a child to help her with her small problems. 23-year-old Hinako is no longer small, and neither are her problems. She is now a homeless single mother, having nowhere to go with her 3-year-old daughter Minami since their apartment burned down. Koutarou brings them home to live with him, but he soon learns that Hinako is no longer interested in running to him or anyone else for help because she is determined to be self-reliant for the sake of her child. Can he convince her that her "Kou-chan" is still worth leaning on?

• Vol: 4
• 1993 - 1998

The "adventures" of a young mother and father as they deal with the joys and challenges of raising small children. The "poyopoyo" in the title is an onomatopoeia for the young children "toddling" around (or walking unsteadily).

• Vol: 2; Ch: 49
• 2018 - 2020

Ryuunosuke is a tough grandpa with a beard and sunglasses. His innocent granddaughter Kotora has finally come over to his home!His daughter who had left home,, came back hoping she could rely on him to look after Kotora, but everything Kotora asks for is unreasonable?

• Vol: 6; Ch: 57
• 2015 - 2016

The story follows Iku Fukuda, who likes working with kids, so he gets a job at a day care center. When he realizes there's a gap between his expectations and reality, he quits after 2 months. But Fukuda doesn't give up on his love of working with kids.

• Vol: 4
• 2011

• Vol: 2; Ch: 15
• 2020 - 2022

• Vol: 6+; Ch: 37+
• 2020 - ?

An encounter between a lonely girl and an intimidating man with a scarred face. The man turns out to be a legendary former delinquent who then busies himself taking care of the child.

• Vol: 3; Ch: 31
• 2020 - 2023

Even though Rumi now has become a mother, days of observing Makuru, her son and "his" childlike enthusiasm are not over yet. Meanwhile, the father is...?