Makoto, who came from Yokohama with Chito, a black cat, started living at a relative’s house in Aomori. Actually, she is a witch. I can only blow up the sky now, but I’m also living in good life with my cousins Kei and Chinatsu every day.
Makoto Kohata, 15 years old, came to Aomori from Yokohama with a black cat Chito. I’m a normal girl with a little no sense of direction. From now on, I will live together at my cousin Kei and Konatsu’s house again. I started attending high school in Aomori and made pleasant friends. I made a field and the witch’s training is going well.
Content Warnings
Alcohol (only in the later books I think), dog chase (no one is attacked though)
Reason(s) for nominating: I’ve enjoyed reading through it and found it very relaxed and wholesome with sprinklings of humour.
I think it would fit, I find it to be a very relaxing and sweet read. It does occasionally touch lightly on some themes like life and death but it never feels heavy. Plus cute sea creatures
After losing his mother at a young age, Nekota is taken in by family friends…who happen to be a couple of human-sized walking, talking cats. Not only do his new parents have paws, tails, and furry pointed ears, but now he also has an adorable little sister, Neneko-chan! As a high schooler, he’s integrated well into their household, and his precocious adoptive sister has fully accepted him as her big brother. Whether she’s showing him things she brought home from elementary school, purrsistently asking him to play with her mouse toy, or waking him up at the same early hour every morning for breakfast, life with this charming feline family is never dull!
(Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)
Content Warnings
The MC is taken in by the cat family because his mother passed away, although this is only briefly mentioned at the very beginning of the manga.
Reason(s) for nominating: I’ve read the manga in English and loved it, so I bought the first volume in Japanese. The MC’s new little sister is completely adorable, his adoptive parents are so sweet and supportive, and he himself tries really hard to be a good big brother and son. It’s really heartwarming and lovely!
(DeepL) Magumel Deep Sea Aquarium is the only aquarium in the world located at a depth of 200 meters in Tokyo Bay. Here, visitors can closely observe the creatures that lurk in the deep sea. Kotaro Amagi, a part-time cleaner, is a young man who loves deep-sea creatures and is a bit withdrawn. One day, he meets Minato Osezaki, the curator of the museum, and his life is changed–and then. A heartwarming story of one young man’s growth and the fascination of deep-sea creatures living at the bottom of the ocean begins.
Content Warnings
None known
Reason(s) for nominating: Another one on the TBR. I really like aquariums, and being able to visit a deep-sea one sounds amazing!
Nishimura Akane is a black sheep in her class, and not a day passes without her classmates picking on her. But Takada Taiyou is new and has no clue why they would treat her that way. Will his straightforward nature become a ray of sunshine in Nishimura’s gloomy days? Let their wholesome story bring you back to the carefree times of your youth!
Content Warnings
Bullying, parental death
Reason(s) for nominating: I’m about halfway through the anime and it’s sweet and wholesome and would totally fit the vibes of this book club.
I don’t read a lot of manga, so will probably not participate, but I have one series I can nominate because I loved it and it fits this perfectly, imo.
It’s quite expensive, so I’d wait for a sale.
Title:
Book type: manga Available formats: physical / ebook
A sweet shop tucked away in a town. This store, run by a bear and a salmon, is only open at night.
All they serve is hot tea and a sweet dish. Tonight, too, people who are tired and want to cry wander into this store.
The night they gave up on their dreams,
The night they think of their loved ones,
A night when you hate yourself.
-On those nights, it’s okay to shed a tear in this store.
In addition to 52 pages of newly illustrated stories from another point of view, unknown to the main characters, 11 recipes for sweets are included.
Reason(s) for nominating: I loved it and I think everyone should read it if they enjoy iyashikei.
I don’t think there’s any reason why someone couldn’t nominate a novel or LN, right? Manga is probably just a lower-hanging fruit to pick from, is why I figure all the noms are manga so far.
Absolutely true. Was just basing it on the current nominations. The only non-manga I can think of is コーヒーが冷めないうちに (series) | L28 and I have read all of the volumes already.
accodring to google そして、バトンは渡された | L28 (which I have read and where a child is handed from parent to parent like a baton) and 天国はまだ遠く | L27 (which I am currently reading and deals with depression from burnout and CW: attempted suicide) are 癒し系 and… I guess? it’s the “books that are meant to make you feel emotions, so you get relief in your own life” definition of iyashikei rather than “wholesome”.
We’ve got quite a few nominations already - I’m thinking of starting the vote Friday or Saturday this week, so there’s still time to get your suggestions in for this round!