Manga like Yawao to Katako

Kuragehime

Also known as Princess Jellyfish.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

Tsukimi Kurashita has a strange fascination with jellyfish. She’s loved them from a young age and has carried that love with her to her new life in the big city of Tokyo. There, she resides in Amamizukan, a safe-haven for girl geeks who regularly gush over a range of things from trains to Japanese dolls. However, a chance meeting at a pet shop has Tsukimi crossing paths with one of the things that the residents of Amamizukan have been desperately trying to avoid—a beautiful and fashionable woman! But there’s much more to this woman than her trendy clothes! This odd encounter is only the beginning of a new and unexpected path for Tsukimi and her friends.



Note: Chapter count includes 10 extra chapters

Tags: Josei , Female Protagonist , Fashion , Crossdressing , Foreign , Love Triangle , Heterosexual , Otaku Culture , Language Barrier , Primarily Adult Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Found Family , Urban , Makeup , Male Harem , Age Gap , Drawing , Gender Bending , Animals , Coming of Age

Cinderella Closet

Also known as Cinderella Closet.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

Haruka is a “plain jane” who left the countryside to start her college life in Tokyo. She’s secretly in love with Kurotaki, a coworker at her part-time job, but she lacks the self-confidence to confess her feelings to him. Then she meets Hikaru, a glamorous but sharp-tongued fashionista who begrudgingly agrees to play “fairy godmother” for Haruka and help her learn to love and value herself in the process. However, there’s more to Hikaru than meets the eye!



Tags: Female Protagonist , Shoujo , Heterosexual , Love Triangle , Coming of Age , Crossdressing , Fashion , Primarily Adult Cast , Makeup , Bisexual

Onnanokogare!

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

The main character is a high school girl who loves baseball and delicious rice. She has no interest in fashion and has lived a life unrelated as to be a girl. One day, her usual stylist granny, who had been going since childhood closed, so she decided to visit a beauty salon for the first time in her life. However, the beautician who was in charge of the base was an “Onee”… !?

Note: Includes two extras and the one shot "Kyoufu no Daiou ga Yattekita!" (恐怖の大王がやってきた!).

Tags: Female Protagonist , Crossdressing , Josei , Makeup

Sexy Tanaka-san

Status: Cancelled
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

The manga centers on two women: Kyouko, a regular accounting department office worker who is around 40 and who maintains another life as the belly dancer Sali, and Akari, a likeable 23-year-old temp worker and colleague of Kyouko who is seeking marriage. Akari is convinced that her youth and cuteness are her only merits, so she is seeking to find a partner by going to mixer after mixer, perceiving her time as "running out" while feeling empty and lonely. A certain incident leads her to finding out about Kyouko's double life as a belly dancer, and she slowly begins admiring Kyouko.



Tags: Dancing , Josei , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Office Lady , Urban , Office

Mairunovich

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Tired of being nicknamed Poison Mushroom, Mairu completely changes her image after a disastrous incident.

Tags: Shoujo , School , Heterosexual , Love Triangle , Female Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes

Mangaka Gohan Nisshi

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

A two-volume compilation of the popular one-page series in FEEL YOUNG magazine, where various mangaka share their food-related memories or current favorite meals!

Tags: Episodic , Food , Anthology , Josei

Anagura Amélie

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Ameri has no interest in romance, nope, not at all with silly couples doing silly things throughout Japan she rather avoid it all together. Yet Ameri does remember when a boy confessed his feelings towards her in middle school, but in all honesty she believed it was nothing but a joke. It's reflection time and maybe romance time? Only Ameri can decide her fate.

Tags: School , Shoujo , Makeup , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual

Busu Nante Iwanaide

Also known as Never Say Ugly.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

Tomoko was called "ugly" back in her school days. And what really makes her seethe is the fact that the "pretty" girl who bullied her, Rika, is now a successful beauty influencer. But Tomoko sees a whole different world reflected in Rika's eyes... These two women with different pasts, looks, and approaches both take the world head-on in this story of sisterhood and overcoming beauty discrimination!



Tags: Josei , Body Image , Female Protagonist , Makeup , Fashion , Bullying , Primarily Female Cast , Heterosexual , Work , Primarily Adult Cast

Hitori de Ikiru wa Mama Naranu

Also known as You Can't Live All on Your Own!.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

What is considered "normal" for a 30 year old? Should she be married, have a carreer, live independently...?

Shuko Maeda, 28, is a single office worker who lives in a shared house with her three friends. One of them is Eika Matsuki, a career woman whose life revolves around work. Then, there's Misaki Kawaseda, a musician, singer and hopeless romantic. Finally: Shio Momoyama, who works freelance and is laid back in her professional and personal life. Together, they navigate the stresses and joys of daily life as women approaching 30, in a society that has certain expectations for them, while they all try to find their own unique way to thrive!



Tags: Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Josei , Work , Primarily Adult Cast