Manga like Houkago Hokenshitsu

Baraou no Souretsu

Also known as Requiem of the Rose King.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Supernatural

Richard, the ambitious third son of the House of York, believes he is cursed, damned from birth to eternal darkness. But is it truly fate that sets him on the path to personal destruction? Or his own tormented longings? Based on an early draft of Shakespeare's Richard III, Aya Kanno’s dark fantasy finds the man who could be king standing between worlds, between classes, between good and evil.



Tags: Historical , Classic Literature , Boys' Love , Tragedy , War , Medieval , Shoujo , Mixed Gender Harem , Foreign , Ghost , LGBTQ+ Themes , Philosophy , Revenge , Royal Affairs , Bisexual , Male Protagonist , Politics , Love Triangle , Anti-Hero , Age Gap , Nudity , Witch , Swordplay , Amnesia , Inseki , Incest , Time Skip , Transgender , Assassins , Cheating

Kuro Bara Alice

Also known as Black Rose Alice.

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Romance , Supernatural

Dimitri Lewandoski is a celebrated tenor in early 1900s Vienna. When he is killed in an accident, his corpse is colonized by the seeds of a vampire master. At first, Dimitri denies that anything has changed, but as the people around him start dying, he is forced to accept the ghastly truth.

Flash-forward to 2008. In Tokyo, Azusa Kikukawa’s troubled love life comes to an end with a fatal accident. Dimitri appears in her dying dreams with a diabolic proposal he will save her lover if she agrees to become the breeding ground for the next generation of vampire seeds...



Tags: Shoujo , Vampire , Male Harem , Foreign , Time Skip , Twins , Amnesia , Tragedy

Seibetsu "Mona Lisa" no Kimi e.

Also known as Just Like Mona Lisa.

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

Hinase falls into an identity crisis when their coming of age clashes with societal expectations in this unique teen drama!

In this world, people are born without a gender. Their bodies shift toward their desired gender when they reach twelve years old. Until Hinase's eighteenth spring, they lived content without a gender. But the bubbly girl Ritsu and thoughtful boy Shiori pull Hinase in opposite directions when they both confess their feelings on the same day! Romance was never on Hinase's mind, so how can they respond? Hinase may be forced to choose a new identity as they arrive at the cusp of adulthood. Who will they choose, and who will they become?



Twentieth place of Tsugimanga 2020 Award in the Web Manga Category

Tags: Agender , LGBTQ+ Themes , Love Triangle , Unrequited Love , Yuri , Bisexual , Boys' Love , School , Suicide , Shounen , Chibi , Transgender

Kaguya Hime

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Romance , Sci-Fi

On Kabuchi-jima, an island ruled by Princess Kaguya, ten children were raised as sacrificial victims. Several of the children thought they had escaped their fate when they escaped the island. But nearly a decade later, the kids are still dying in the order and at the time they would have as sacrifices... Their only hope now is to reunite and return to the island to seek out and destroy the source--the legend, the blood-lusting Moon Princess--before time runs out.

Tags: Shoujo , Clone , Bisexual , LGBTQ+ Themes , Conspiracy , Female Protagonist , Mixed Gender Harem , Primarily Male Cast , Dissociative Identities , Lost Civilization , Ensemble Cast , Politics , Heterosexual , Gender Bending , Amnesia , Espionage , Yuri , Royal Affairs , Inseki , Boys' Love , Time Skip , Pandemic

Magnolia

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance

Crown Prince Ayato, while presented as male, is a person with no specific sex. However, at the age of 16, Ayato makes a very important decision. Why does Ayato have the markings of angel wings on his back and what road will he lose when he falls in love? What will be the result of Ayato's decision?

Tags: Shoujo , Gender Bending , Royal Affairs , Crossdressing , Incest , Transgender

Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun

Also known as Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Mystery , Romance , Supernatural

"Hanako-san, Hanako-san... are you there?" At Kamome Academy, rumors abound about the school's Seven Mysteries, one of which is Hanako-san. Said to occupy the third stall of the third floor girls' bathroom in the old school building, Hanako-san grants any wish when summoned. Nene Yashiro, an occult-loving high school girl who dreams of romance, ventures into this haunted bathroom... but the Hanako-san she meets there is nothing like she imagined! Kamome Academy's Hanako-san... is a boy!


Tags: Youkai , Mythology , Ghost , Urban Fantasy , School , Afterlife , Twins , Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Shounen , Alternate Universe , Male Protagonist , Revenge , Gore , LGBTQ+ Themes , Exorcism , Magic , Time Manipulation , Slapstick , Suicide , Survival , Body Horror , Tsundere , Yandere , Shrine Maiden , Gods , Mermaid , Love Triangle , Body Swapping

Tamashii no Futago

Also known as The Twin Souls.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Supernatural

Alex and Rita are two souls who died at the same moment on different ends of the earth. This is the story of their interactions with the humans who can see them as they travel towards each other.

Tags: Josei , Amnesia , Foreign , Twins , Afterlife , Crossdressing , Ghost , Gender Bending , Philosophy , Female Protagonist , Achronological Order , Bullying , Crime

Fukakai na Boku no Subete wo

Also known as Love Me for Who I Am.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

Mogumo is a cute but lonely high school student who just wants a few loving friends. Fellow student Iwaoka Tetsu invites Mogumo to work at his family’s café for “cross-dressing boys,” but he makes an incorrect assumption: Mogumo is non-binary and doesn’t identify as a boy or a girl. However, Mogumo soon finds out that the café is run by LGBT+ folks of all stripes, all with their own reasons for congregating there.



Tags: LGBTQ+ Themes , Transgender , Agender , Coming of Age , Estranged Family , Crossdressing , Seinen , Found Family , Work , Restaurant , Femboy , Maids , Cosplay , Love Triangle , Yuri , Boys' Love , School , Suicide

Kanojo-tachi no X-Day

Also known as X-Day.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Romance

It's senior year, and Rica is seriously stressed out. She's got more homework, exams, and papers than she can handle, and was recently dumped by her boyfriend. In other words: Life sucks! One day, she's chatting online when she meets three classmates who hate school as much as she does. Together, they hatch a plan to blow up the school when no one is present. The countdown is on for X-Day ...



Note: Includes a side story called Saigo no Bansan (最後の晩餐 | The Last Supper); Princess 2001-12.

Tags: School , Shoujo , Age Gap , Female Protagonist , Revenge , Ensemble Cast , Heterosexual , Denpa , Bullying , Crime , Urban , Found Family , Love Triangle , Primarily Teen Cast , Teacher , Suicide , Fugitive

Tenshi ja Nai!!

Also known as I'm no Angel!.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

In the play of life, all Hikaru Takabayashi wanted was to be part of the scenery. Tormented by jealous schoolmates ever since she appeared in a famous commercial in grade-school, Hikaru transfers to a prestigious all-girls' academy where she hopes to settle down to a quiet life of anonymity. But when her new roommate turns out to be the super-popular TV idol Izumi Kido, Hikaru finds herself thrown smack in the spotlight's glare once more!

And as if living with a celebrity wasn’t bad enough, Hikaru discovers that there’s more to Izumi than her “good girl” image—she’s a he! And this is only the first of Izumi's many dangerous secrets! Now Hikaru’s the unwilling star player in a madcap tale of deception, abduction, humiliation and blackmail…you know—the usual romantic stuff



Tags: School , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Crossdressing , Love Triangle , Acting , Bullying , Idol , Time Skip , Boarding School , Blackmail , Primarily Teen Cast