Little Forest - Recommendations

• Vol: 2; Ch: 12
• 2009 - 2010

The country is in the midst of a heat wave, and with a lower than average rainfall there's a serious water shortage. As such, Chinami Kawamura and the rest of her school's swim club are relegated to running laps instead of swimming them, and in the heat of the mid-day sun, the young girl collapses. While unconscious, Chinami finds herself beside a clear, sparkling river in a deserted rural village where she meets a young boy named Sumio and his elderly father. But even after she awakens and returns to reality, Chinami continues to pass out and visits the same refreshing place - much to her mother's concern...

• Vol: 22+; Ch: 182+
• 2007 - ?

Shiro Kakei, lawyer by day and gourmand by night, lives with his boyfriend, Kenji Yabuki, an out-going salon stylist. While the pair navigate the personal and professional minefields of modern gay life, Kenji serves as enthusiastic taste-tester for Shiro’s wide and varied made-from-scratch meals.

• Vol: 5; Ch: 66
• 1994

Wild, and bound by nothing, the large-framed young man Taiji returns to his home town for the first time in 10 years, where the main industry is dairy farming. In the mountain forest that is his inheritance from his grandfather, Taiji - with a sidelong glance for the dairy farmers around him, who blithely proceed to industrialize the act of obtaining the breast milk of the creatures known as cows - settles into his own pace to begin the process of setting up his own farm.

• Vol: 8; Ch: 39
• 2011 - 2014

Her dad, remarried, has moved Inageshi from the city to the country side village of Ogawara where agriculture is very abundant. As a new member of the Nozawa family, she learns the ins and outs of farming which Inageshi finds exciting. But what is more incredible is having new sisters in her life. Yashiro is the oldest, beautiful and seems innocent but has a wild side to her. Mayu is vibrant and vocal but is scared to death of insects. Ringo is the youngest but by far the brains of the group and is an encyclopedia of important and sometimes unimportant information. Their sisterly bonds are still little saplings but with each day passing it becomes stronger

• Vol: 2; Ch: 12
• 2018 - 2019

Natsuko is a somewhat odd high school student that harpoons fish.

• Vol: 18+; Ch: 200+
• 2015 - ?

Hibino Ayumi: 27 years old, single, a completely average office lady. But in her free time, she turns into a solo climber girl. Armed with plenty of delicious ingredients, she eats her way through the mountain trails, one by one.

• Vol: 1
• 2013

• Vol: 4; Ch: 31
• 2020 - 2022

Sick of his job and the city, Yohei “Kuma” Sakuma has a grand plan—to start anew in the countryside and live off the land. Thing is, he hasn't told his wife yet, nor does he know the first thing about growing rice. Between crooked houses, swarms of bugs, and grueling work under the sun, the city slicker Kuma and his wife Miyu get a crash course in country life. But at the end of the day, with beer in hand as they take in the sights, they begin to understand that country life can be real hard, but real good.

• Ch: 2
• 2007

• Vol: 1+; Ch: 13+
• 2019 - ?