Piano no Ue no Tenshi - Recommendations

• Vol: 3
• 1998

The unusual story of Sakura, a 21 year old mother raising her toddler daughter alone. She is a widow, her husband having drowned at sea while rescuing others. Sakura is having trouble making ends meet and raising her daughter by herself. Fortunately for her, things get interesting when she meets a new arrival: Go, the brother of Sakura's husband. Sakura had never met him before, and his appearance is startling. He is a big, muscular guy with shoulder-length wavy hair. Not at all the same type as her late husband. Go has recently returned to Japan from America, where he worked as a Pro Wrestler. Now that he is back in Japan, he plans on continuing his unusual career. Sakura's daughter Momoko has a strong liking for Go, and soon enough the three of them are living together in an unusual, yet functional family.

• Vol: 1; Ch: 4
• 1995

• Vol: 3; Ch: 9
• 2001

University student Miyu always sacrifices time with her friends just so she could visit the house of her brother in law and his son. The brother in law tries to stop her from helping out around the house since their relationship should have ended after the death of his wife, but Miyu just would not give up. Why is she so adamant about hanging around them?

• Vol: 2; Ch: 9
• 2001 - 2004

A young girl must grow up quickly in the face of tragedy and care for her nephew. After the death of Yuzu and Tsubaki's parents, Tsubaki became a single mother. But when she died in a fatal car accident, her younger sister Yuzu was left to care for the little boy by herself. With only the help of her friends and a kindly landlady, will she be able to meet thechallenge of raising a baby?

• Ch: 10
• 2022

Six years into marriage, Mai Murata is now raising two young children while both she and her husband work full-time. Her colleagues often say she's "living the dream," but in reality she's struggling to handle work on top of doing all the childcare on her own, and it feels like she's constantly apologizing: to her boss, to the daycare center, and on and on. Amidst all this, she happens to try out a virtual flea market app and finds an amazing deal that makes her day... and leaves her chasing that same high again and again until it's all she can think about. Addiction can happen to anyone, even you. This tale explores one person's struggle to escape that insatiable, unstoppable need and find genuine fulfillment.

• Vol: 2; Ch: 10
• 2017 - 2018

The story centers on a single father raising his daughter Akari. The father holds a secret that he must never let Akari find out.

• Vol: 20; Ch: 213
• 2008 - 2013

Sarashina is a single dad, working as a debt collector for a bank. His daughter Fukuno is a confusing but cheerful girl who's in kindergarten and who calls her dad Kamome (Seagull). Sarashina uses a bicycle to travel to each client, but after an incident with damaging an expensive racing bicycle, he finds himself in a situation where he has to train in order to compete in a cycling race. He learns that he feels an incredible amount of peace when cycling. As chaotic as his life is with dealing with being a single parent, several love interests with beautiful women and everyday issues from his work, Sarashina needs that calming sensation from competitive cycling.

• Vol: 4; Ch: 33
• 2018 - 2020

About a freeter who ends up falling in love with a single mother.

• Ch: 11
• 2018

Amane Anzu, a high school student, is actively looking for a boyfriend. However, most candidates tend to quickly lose interest when they find out she's actually a real divorcee. And if that's still not enough to drive guys away, the fact she has a daughter usually does the trick. 

• Vol: 13; Ch: 77
• 2001 - 2006

The story centers on its straightforward and energetic protagonist Kanna Suzuki, who remains happy even with an unreasonable boss and a no-good husband and mother-in-law. She is a "super housewife" who takes care of the house and raises her kids while working as a fashion designer.