Manga like Akebi-chan no Sailor Fuku

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

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: School , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Seinen

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.
Includes 37 extra chapters.

Tags: School , Coming of Age , Kuudere , Ensemble Cast , Episodic , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Love Triangle , Slapstick , Disability , Heterosexual , Shounen , Meta , Gyaru , Yandere , Surreal Comedy , 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 , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast

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

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 , LGBTQ+ Themes , Philosophy , Aromantic , Shounen , Athletics , Restaurant , Writing , Asexual , Time Skip , Nudity , Bisexual , Tragedy

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 , Female Protagonist , Drawing , Rural , Work

Skip to Loafer

Also known as Skip and Loafer.

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

Excellent student Iwakura Mitsumi has always dreamt about leaving her small town, going to a prestigious university, and making positive change in the world. But she’s so focused on reaching her goals that she’s not prepared for the very different (and overwhelming) city life that awaits her in a Tokyo high school. Luckily, she makes fast friends with Shima Sousuke, a handsome classmate who’s as laid-back as she is over-prepared. Can this naive country girl make it big in Tokyo with Sousuke by her side?



Notes:
Nominated for the 2020 Manga Taisho Award.
Winner of the 47th Kodansha Manga Award in the Best General Manga category in 2023.

Tags: Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Iyashikei , Seinen , Rural , Urban , LGBTQ+ Themes , Acting , Transgender , Love Triangle

Super Cub Rei

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

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

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