Highlights
- Josei isekai manga offer mature plots and peaceful settings, diverging from typical violent isekai themes.
- These relaxing isekai stories focus on slow-paced lives in new worlds, providing a healing escape for readers.
- By prioritizing tranquility over conflict, these manga offer a gentle reading experience filled with warmth and comfort.
Due to the nature of other worlds being portrayed as a hostile, deadly realm for humans to reincarnate into, isekai manga can often be seen to be quite intense with violence and elements of battles imprinted all over the pages. However, there are select isekai manga that portray the other world as the opposite, being much more peaceful than the real world.
These isekai manga will often have their protagonists encounter matters that are not life-threatening, yet still engaging enough for the readers to be kept glued on while also enjoying the relaxing atmosphere of the manga. Some can even be relaxing enough to be read before bedtime, as the scenery and the plot can heal a tired soul after a long day.
7 Kajiya de Hajimeru Isekai Slow Life
MyAnimeList Score: 7.04
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Release Date |
Jul 3, 2020 |
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No. Of Chapters |
21+ |
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Author |
Tamamaru |
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Artist |
Yoshino Himori |
A slow life on the frontier can be enticing, and that is what Eizou Tanya is craving after becoming a “corporate slave” for most of his adult life. His prayers are instantly answered after he saves a cat, although in a roundabout way of getting reincarnated into another world via the infamous “isekai truck”. Although Eizou was initially granted skills to be a warrior, he circumvented the potentially troubled life by becoming a blacksmith instead.
The manga is relatively peaceful as Eizou, as an adult, tries to live a quiet life as a blacksmith instead of being a young hotheaded warrior like other isekai protagonists act. His refreshing and mature take on life is also reflected in the slow-moving plot and calm sceneries that the manga presents to its readers.
6 Isekai Nonbiri Nouka
MyAnimeList Score: 7.12
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Release Date |
Oct 30, 2017 |
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No. Of Chapters |
238+ |
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Author |
Kinosuke Naitou |
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Artist |
Yasumo |
Dying at a relatively young age of 39 can be painful, especially for a young man who has not even lived his life to the fullest. Fortunately, Hiraku Machio’s regret enables him to be reincarnated into another world, and a god is kind enough to fulfill his wishes before he is to be reincarnated. He chose to be reincarnated into a peaceful world as a farmer, which was granted by the god.
In accordance with Hiraku’s wishes, the manga plays out a story of a slow life in another world of a reincarnated farmer, who happens to have other strengths as well in case of emergency. The manga showcases how farming is relaxing all the same, even in another world where almost all the biome and lifestyles are different.
5 Isekai Omotenashi Gohan
MyAnimeList Score: 7.25
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Release Date |
Oct 31, 2017 |
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No. Of Chapters |
22 |
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Author |
Shinobumaru |
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Artist |
Medamayaki |
Getting teleported into another world immediately without any warning can be tricky, but Akane Takanashi and her younger sister, Hiyori Takanashi, make the best out of it by living a simple, slow life, even in their new, foreign world. Moreover, the older sister manages to live out her new life by simply recreating the dish of her original world in the new one, which impresses the denizens of the new world.
Among the isekai cliche of a hero brought into another world to save the world, Akane’s story is far more relaxing, as she is only obligated to be there for her little sister, who is supposed to be the savior of the world. By supporting her with food, Akane’s story becomes more relaxing when compared to the hot-blooded and intense isekai manga out there.
4 Seijo no Maryoku Wa Bannou Desu
MyAnimeList Score: 7.37
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Release Date |
Feb 10, 2017 |
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No. Of Chapters |
34+ |
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Author |
Yuka Tachibana |
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Artist |
Yasuyuki Shuri |
Although living as an office worker into the mid-20s can be monotone to some, Sei Takanashi found herself suddenly teleported into another world. However, the manga circumvented the trope by having Sei as the backup plan instead of the main choice of hero that the desperate kingdom is summoning, allowing her to roam freely in the land while being ignored by the locals. In turn, this enables her to live out the slow life that she has been craving as an office worker.
Although there is a mystery brewing in the background, the manga constantly revolves around Sei’s romantic hijinks that are similar to a Josei manga with wish fulfillment fantasy elements. Expect a relatively calm life with numerous journeys in a fantastical world instead of a plot full of strife, violence, and intense life-or-death situations.
3 Slime Taoshite 300-nen, Shiranai Uchi ni Level Max ni Nattemashita
MyAnimeList Score: 7.46
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Release Date |
Jan 14, 2017 |
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No. Of Chapters |
51+ |
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Author |
Kisetsu Morita |
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Artist |
Benio |
Dying from overwork can be a regretful way of passing away, but for Azusa, it becomes a new opportunity for her to live a slow life on the frontier after being reincarnated into a world with magic. Surprisingly, getting reincarnated as an undying and unaging witch has benefits, which Azusa uses to live a very slow life in the frontier by just hunting down slime monsters to keep her powers up as a witch.
However, it turns out her act of hunting down slimes has increased her power beyond measure, making her a very powerful living witch that is almost immortal. Making the best out of her situation, Azusa simply decides to live a slow life on the frontier and tries to avoid conflicts, making her new life peaceful without any notable strife. This premise creates a relaxing plot that immediately squashes any threat to the relaxing life that the powerful witch faces, making her life slow and relatively peaceful.
2 Isekai Shokudou
MyAnimeList Score: 7.62
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Release Date |
Feb 28, 2015 |
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No. Of Chapters |
29 |
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Author |
Junpei Inuzuka |
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Artist |
Katsumi Enami |
A small restaurant in the middle of the Tokyo suburb can be uneventful, but once the door is connected to another world at a set time, the relatively peaceful restaurant becomes more interesting without betraying its relatively peaceful premise. By serving guests from another world with the world’s cuisine, the manga tells a story of how all living creatures can engage in peaceful interaction with each other without any need for violence.
Moreover, Aletta’s subplot of working in the restaurant as a being from another world makes the manga more engaging without having any tense conflict. A warm, fuzzy feeling can be felt on every page of the manga, with a hint of hunger should the reader be not prepared with food, as the manga heavily involves cooking delicious food in the process.
1 Isekai Izakaya “Nobu”
MyAnimeList Score: 7.62
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Release Date |
Jul 4, 2015 |
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No. Of Chapters |
87+ |
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Author |
Natsuya Semikawa |
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Artist |
Virginia Nitouhei |
If a bar is about bringing people together in a jolly, merry time, then an izakaya in another world will bring just that by mending connections among enemies in a foreign world. The Izakaya “Nobu”, located deep in the medieval capital of another world called Aitheria, quickly becomes a spectacle as they serve food and drinks that are not native to the other world’s tongues. The fascination that the other world’s denizens have over the izakaya’s food instantly makes them forget any conflict and strife that they had, creating a sense of peace even in the most tense situations.
Moreover, the cheerful disposition of the waitress, Shinobu, brightens the manga further with warm, fuzzy feelings with a hint of slice of life. It is recommended, however, that readers of this manga should prepare their own choice of food and drink before reading, as the manga can be stimulating enough to incite uncontrollable hunger thanks to its beautiful art of delicious food served to people of the other world.
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