Tousei Gensou Hakubutsushi

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Both male protagonists help in a shop and deal with supernatural beings.  

Both are period pieces featuring a handsome and knowledgeable yet mysterious young man who becomes involved in unravelling a series of mysterious cases, including crimes. Both series also deal with the protagonists' backstories and complicated family histories. 

Although Tousei Gensou is somewhat dark when compared to Mushishi's relatively easygoing tone, both have a protagonist who deals with episodic (usually single chapter or small arcs) supernatural cases he is unusually knowledgable about. Both also delve into the protagonist's past and eventually explain how he came to be the way he is. 

Both are dark and episodic. Tousei has a little more humor, while Nightmare Inspector deals specifically with, you called it, nightmares. 

They both have a similar supernatural kind of setting. The major differences are that Tactics has more humor and Tousei is set up differently. Tousei is set up where there seems to be a bunch of one-shots that aren't really connected aside from having the same characters, but as you go further in the story you find that the chapters do lead to one main plot. 

Both series have a handsome young male protagonist who becomes involved in a series of mysteries and crimes, many of which are supernatural in nature, while also contending with his dark personal and family histories. 

Both deal with supernatural aspects. Natsume struggles more with his emotions and his past. In Tousei Gensou Hakubutsushi, Shinobu struggles with a cold, seemingly uncaring father and what appears to be a mysterious disease. Both are one-shot style but do begin build a central theme over time. 

Both series feature a mysterious and handsome young man who contends with a series of supernatural cases his occult knowledable make him particularly suited to handle. Tousei Gensou is a period piece while Ghost Hunt is contemporary, and Shinobu doesn't have a constant helper like Naru does, but the case-by-case structure of the stories bear strong comparison, and both series spend the bulk of the last volumes focused on revealing the truth behind the protagonists' identities, including highlighting the hints that have been scattered in the chapters that came before.