Manga like Akebi-chan no Sailor Fuku

Tsubaki-sama wa Sakihokore nai

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Slice of Life

"Be pure! Be just! Be beautiful!" That is Tsubaki's motto!
She's cute and tries very hard, but her clumsiness often takes the better of her. Aiming to be a graceful woman in the future, her ideas clash with reality!

Includes 4 bonus chapters.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , School , Seinen

Hottarakashi Meshi

Also known as Set it and Forget it.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

At 25, Fuko’s true love isn’t romance; it’s food. Her path to cooking begins with a lucky bingo win—a nifty rice cooker! But with her kitchen occupied by her pet hermit crab, Hikki, Fuko has to get creative... Cooking with only a rice cooker?! Challenge accepted! Join Fuko as she steams ahead in this lazy gourmet adventure!



Tags: Food , Female Protagonist , Educational , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Primarily Adult Cast , Shounen

Komi-san wa, Komyushou desu.

Also known as Komi Can't Communicate.

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

Timid Tadano is a total wallflower, and that’s just the way he likes it. But all that changes when he finds himself alone in a classroom on the first day of high school with the legendary Komi. He quickly realizes she isn’t aloof—she’s just super awkward. Now he’s made it his mission to help her on her quest to make 100 friends!



Notes:
Winner of the 67th Shogakukan Manga Award in the Shounen Category in 2021.
Chapter count includes 37 extra chapters.

Tags: School , Coming of Age , Kuudere , Ensemble Cast , Male Protagonist , Episodic , Female Protagonist , Love Triangle , Slapstick , Disability , Heterosexual , Shounen , Meta , Surreal Comedy , Yandere , Gyaru , 4-koma , Agender , Chuunibyou , Crossdressing

Super Cub

Status: Releasing
Genres: Slice of Life

In early summer, 2nd year of high school, Koguma's mom suddenly leaves, leaving only a note that says "Bye." She is alone, having no parents, no friends, no hobbies. She silently reflects, "I don't have anything." But a chance encounter results in her buying a Honda Super Cub with a disturbing history, and a new life suddenly blossoms open.

Tags: Motorcycles , Iyashikei , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things

GIRL FRIENDS

Also known as GIRL FRIENDS.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

When it comes to grades, bookish high school student Mariko Kumakura is at the top of her class. Socially, however, she is shy and lonely, typically eating lunch by herself. Enter the charismatic and beautiful Akko Oohashi, whose goal is to befriend Mariko and burst her out of her introverted shell.

In the process of transforming Plain Jane Mariko into one of the cutest, most popular girls in school, deep feelings begin to emerge that suggest something deeper than friendship. Will these feelings destroy the budding relationship between Mariko and Akko, or will it turn into something else?



Note: Includes 9 extra chapters.

Tags: Primarily Teen Cast , Yuri , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Coming of Age , School , LGBTQ+ Themes , Seinen , Nudity

Super Cub Rei

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

Tags: Rural , Iyashikei , Motorcycles , Primarily Teen Cast , Primarily Female Cast

Furo Run

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Yui is a quiet and cool athetlic girl, and Furukawa is a bright and trendy fashionable girl. The two college students' daily routine is to run around Tokyo and visit public baths and hot springs.

Tags: Seinen , Female Protagonist , Fitness , Nudity , Primarily Female Cast

ARIA

Also known as Aria.

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Sci-Fi , Slice of Life

On the planet Aqua, a world once known as Mars, Akari Mizunashi has just made her home in the town of Neo-Venezia, a futuristic imitation of the ancient city of Venice. In pursuit of her dream to become an Undine — a gondolier who leads high-end tours around the city — Akari joins as a trainee with the Aria Company, one of the three most prestigious water-guide companies in Neo-Venezia. There, she explores the beauty of the city and the world along with other trainees from Aria and rival companies, working hard for her dreams and making new friends along the way.



Note: Includes seven extra chapters.

Tags: Iyashikei , Primarily Female Cast , Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , Work , Ensemble Cast , Philosophy , Urban Fantasy , Episodic , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Foreign , Shounen , Heterosexual , Coastal

Yagate Kimi ni Naru

Also known as Bloom Into You.

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

Yuu has always loved shoujo manga and awaits the day she gets a love confession that sends her heart aflutter with bubbles and hearts, and yet when a junior high classmate confesses his feelings to her…she feels nothing. Disappointed and confused, Yuu enters high school still unsure how to respond. That’s when Yuu sees the beautiful student council president Nanami turn down a suitor with such maturity that she’s inspired to ask her for help. But when the next person to confess to Yuu is Nanami herself, has her shoujo romance finally begun?



Note: Includes eight extra chapters.

Tags: Yuri , Female Protagonist , Coming of Age , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Primarily Female Cast , Unrequited Love , Love Triangle , School Club , Acting , Philosophy , Aromantic , Shounen , Time Skip

Shita Kanda Toki to Daitai Issho

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama

Oushiki Toori is a passionate and energetic manga editor. One day, Toru, a manga artist she has been pursuing for years, invites her to meet for the first time. Oushiki is excited, but just before the meeting, she learns that Toru has posted on social media about quitting being a manga artist...!?



Tags: Josei , Drawing , Female Protagonist