If It's for My Daughter, I'd Even Defeat a Demon Lord (Light Novel) - Recommendations

• Vol: 4+
• 2018 - ?

Douglas Ford is a mage who has spent the past two decades using his magic to help others, ever since he became an adventurer at the age of fifteen. Now thirty-seven years old, he's contracted a mysterious ailment that causes his HP to drop whenever he uses his powers, and his body is starting to wear out. When his guild unceremoniously kicks him out after his adventurer's license is revoked, Douglas wanders the land alone and encounters a little girl who has been transformed into a giant wolf. He decides to use up the rest of his dwindling life force to change the child back; but when casting the spell doesn't actually succeed in killing him, Douglas finds himself with a brand-new purpose in life - raising his new daughter!

• Vol: 2
• 2018 - 2019

After being forced to retire from his guild due to his advanced age, adventurer Allen Holder finds two babies with strange birthmarks alone in the forest. One is a prophesized hero chosen to save the world, the other a young demon destined to become the ruler of her demonic brethren. Although the prophecy clearly puts the two infants on opposing sides, Allen raises them side-by-side and treats both of his adopted daughters with love, determined to keep them safe and hidden from those who would exploit their power. But as Lusha and Luna grow older, the outside world begins to encroach on their peaceful lives, demanding they fulfill the roles of their birth. Can Allen protect his children from a destiny that would only bring tragedy to their happy family?

• Vol: 1; Ch: 4
• 1995

• Vol: 6; Ch: 38
• 2015 - 2019

In a world where the ruined human species has been driven almost to extinction by the monsters that now dominate the land, a forest golem is surprised to find a human child sitting alone in the woods - dirty, barefoot, and in chains. The golem takes little Somali under his protection and the two begin a journey together, traveling through beautiful and dangerous lands where the small girl's humanity must be kept hidden for her own safety. The golem hopes to find Somali's parents alive somewhere, but the chances of this are slim; and besides, as far as Somali is concerned, she has already found herself a beloved father.

• Vol: 8; Ch: 49
• 2013 - 2018

A story about a medicine seller and his son and their struggles with each other after losing someone precious to them. A father who never really raised his son because he is always out doing his trade, but when suddenly his wife dies he must adjust his solitary journey to include his son.

• Vol: 3
• 2009 - 2012

Ouichi Masaki was waiting for a miracle to happen to change his life and it came out of the sky! An egg-like meteor crashes into the ground and hatches. In the egg is a young girl that sees Masaki as her...father?

• Vol: 4
• 2019 - 2022

"Daddy!" The dragon blinked as the wee little human called out to him. Him? Her "Daddy"? Powerful enough to have been venerated by humankind, yet warmhearted and even a tad ditzy, the dragon soon finds himself raising and doting on the precocious Olivia as if she really were his daughter in this touching tale. The toddler may be impossibly cute now, but just you wait—she’s a curious child and she’s growing up real fast. You can bet that one day, she’ll be the strongest human there is! But first, how will he handle little Olivia receiving an acceptance letter to a human school?

• Ch: 21
• 2022 - 2023

Zuo Yi, a transmigrator, fought and struggled in the world of Sadya for three hundred years. During his fight with the Abyssal Lord, Saur, he was sent back to the blue planet. To his immense shock, he had somehow gained an adorable four-year-old daughter! Zuo Yi, who has long been tired of the life of a knight, gradually interacts with the blue planet's various forces and ultimately resolves the global crisis—all for the sake of building an ideal world for his precious child.

• Vol: 9; Ch: 202
• 2016 - 2020

Lorem, an infamous and fearsome demoness, has had to settle down for the sake of Gospel, her baby boy. Try as she might, she is a loving and doting mother, but she remains fearsome to both fellow demon and human onlookers because she retains the dire reputation of her wild and terrible youth years past. For the sake of motherly love, she has to persevere, to learn and to thrive in a world where she's not alone. For the sake Gospel and his future.

• Vol: 2; Ch: 18
• 2014

Oyacocco centers around the relationship between a single dad and his child.