10 Anime Like Yakuza’s Guide to Babysitting are animes whose stories or plots somewhat resemble the story of Yakuza’s Guide to Babysitting. If you like the series, I’m here to tell you about other similar ones you must watch. So here is the list…
1. Hinamatsuri
Hinamatsuri is one of the anime like Yakuza’s Guide to Babysitting. It is a Japanese seinen manga series written and illustrated by Masao Ōtake. It has been serialized in Enterbrain’s magazine Harta, formerly known as Fellows!, from 2010 to 2020, and has nineteen tankōbon volumes as of August 12, 2020.
The story’s plot revolves around Yoshifumi Nitta, a mid-level Yakuza of the Ashikawa-gumi, who finds his normal life thrown into chaos when a girl from the future literally drops on his head without warning. Knowing only her name, Hina, and her incredible psychokinetic powers, Yoshifumi reluctantly becomes her de facto father. However, Hina’s arrival sets off a chain reaction of events that affects everyone in the city, especially after more girls from the future arrive to bring her back or terminate her.
2. Magi
Magi is one of the anime like Yakuza’s Guide to Babysitting. Experience the life of a young member of the Japanese mafia. Our main character, Magi, lives daily as part of the Nagisa-gumi, protecting the locals and running their turf. He may not be the smartest man in the world, but he has the guts and attitude to become a great Japanese mafia member.
Experience the life of a young member of the Japanese mafia. Our main character, Magi, lives daily as part of the Nagisa-gumi, protecting the locals and running their turf. He may not be the smartest man in the world, but he has the guts and attitude to become a great Japanese mafia member.
3. Koiko No Mainichi
Koiko No Mainichi is one of the anime like Yakuza’s Guide to Babysitting. The lives of a young yakuza and his girlfriend. Akiyoshi Kimata directs it. Shinjuku gangster Sabu and his young wife Koiko try to live a normal life, despite the interferences of gang politics and criminal deals. After she saves his life, Sabu’s gang boss, Tominaga, falls in love with Koiko, and sends Sabu into increasingly dangerous situations, hoping to cause his arrest, and thus obligate himself to “take care” of Koiko while Sabu is in prison.
4. Boku x
Boku x is one of the anime like Yakuza’s Guide to Babysitting. Inu × Boku SS, or Youko × Boku, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Cocoa Fujiwara. It was serialized in Square Enix’s Gangan Joker magazine from April 2009 to February 2014, with its chapters collected in eleven tankōbon volumes. An anime television adaptation by David Production aired in Japan between January and March 2012.
Ririchiyo Shirakiin is the sheltered daughter of a renowned family. With her petite build and wealth, Ririchiyo has been a protected and dependent girl her entire life, but now she has decided to change everything. However, there is just one problem—the young girl has a sharp tongue she can’t control and terrible communication skills.
With some help from a childhood friend, Ririchiyo takes up residence in Maison de Ayakashi, a secluded high-security apartment complex that, as the unsociable 15-year-old soon discovers, is home to a host of bizarre individuals. Furthermore, their quirky personalities are not the strangest things about them: each inhabitant of the Maison de Ayakashi, including Ririchiyo, is actually half-human, half-youkai.
5. The Way of the Househusband
The Way of the Househusband is one of the anime like Yakuza’s Guide to Babysitting. It is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kousuke Oono. Published in the online manga magazine Kurage Bunch in 2018, The Way of the Househusband follows an ex-yakuza member who retires from crime to become a househusband. The series was adapted into a live-action television drama by Nippon TV in 2020.
Tatsu, an infamous and feared yakuza boss nicknamed “the Immortal Dragon, ” retires from crime to become a househusband to support Miku, his kyariaūman wife. The episodic series depicts a variety of comedic scenarios, typically wherein Tatsu’s banal domestic work as a househusband is juxtaposed against his intimidating personality and appearance and his frequent run-ins with former yakuza associates and rivals.
6. Yakuza no Oooyabun ga Youjo ni Umarekawatta Hanashi
Yakuza no Oooyabun ga Youjo ni Umarekawatta Hanashi is one of the anime like Yakuza’s Guide to Babysitting. The story of an ordinary cute second grader named Murasaki Kamishiro. But in fact, she was the reincarnation of a Yakuza chairman. The former Yakuza boss, who became an elementary school student, is always desperate to keep up with kindergarteners’ topics. A new reincarnation comedy developed by Ameno about three people who struggle as yakuza.
7. Shizukanaru Don: Yakuza Side Story
Shizukanaru Don: Yakuza Side Story is one of the anime like Yakuza’s Guide to Babysitting. It is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tatsuo Nitta. It started serialization in Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha’s seinen magazine, Weekly Manga Sunday on November 15, 1988.
Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha released the first tankōbon volume of the manga on April 6, 1989. The last tankōbon, the 108th volume, was released on June 29, 2013. Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha re-released the manga in 16 bunkobon volumes between July 28, 2005, and June 25, 2006. Da Ran Culture licensed the manga in Taiwan up to volume 66 before it went bankrupt on March 31, 2003. Volumes 67 and onwards were licensed by Sun Ho.
8. Musume ga Kawasugiru ja~!
Musume ga Kawasugiru ja~! is one of the anime like Yakuza’s Guide to Babysitting. There are no reviews available about this. But would suggest you watch this once for sure.
9. Uchi no Ko Zanmai
Uchi no Ko Zanmai is one of the anime like Yakuza’s Guide to Babysitting. Eighteen-year-old Dale Reki is a skilled, kind, and respected traveller acknowledged as one of the leading adventurers in the city of Kreuz. One day while hunting for magical beasts, he comes across a sweet devil girl named Latina. She is alone, dressed in rags, and bears the devil’s symbol of a criminal: a broken horn. Concerned for her wellbeing, Dale decides to ensure Latina’s safety by bringing her to his home, eventually leading to him adopting her.
10. Abayo Hakusho
Abayo Hakusho is one of the anime like Yakuza’s Guide to Babysitting. It is a 1995 DTV Japanese Film. It is based on Ayumi Tachihara’s manga. There are no more details available as of now for the show.
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