Manga like Aoi-kun wa Mukimuki Kanojo wo Koutei shitai

Tonari no Kinniku Joshi

Also known as The Muscle Girl Next Door.

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

College student Daria isn’t a big guy–he’s thin and kinda scrawny, and he’s a little self-conscious about it. When he bumps into Rubi-san, a totally cut lady who can haul massive logs around, he thinks she’s the epitome of macho coolness. And it’s more than just admiration or even envy–he’s immediately smitten by her! Watch slight Daria chase after the buff and sexy Rubi in this charming modern love story.



Tags: Fitness , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Urban , College , Tomboy , Tsundere , Shoujo , Food , Foreign

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: Crossdressing , Female Protagonist , Josei , Makeup

Yawao to Katako

Also known as A Queen and an Old Maid.

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

Campy queen vs. Miss forever-alone: this defeat-your-insecurities (romantic?) comedy goes out to all you folks full of self-loathing!! Unpopular with men, unattractive, and unsure of herself...... At a mixer one night, insecure and forever-alone Fujiko found her soulmate- No, wait, it was a femme guy playing mother hen?! Fujiko has never been confident in herself as a woman, but with help from prettyboy queen Koyanagi, now she's going to give femininity another shot...!

Tags: Josei , Primarily Adult Cast , Female Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes , Heterosexual , Bisexual , Fashion , Body Image , Love Triangle

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

Bless

Also known as Bless.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Slice of Life

They said Aia was destined to be a model, and Jun was bullied for her freckles. Together, they will take back the power to define themselves in an inspirational fashion manga that asks cutting questions about what it really means to be beautiful—and what it takes to overcome an arbitrary system that seems to respect talent over hard work.



Tags: Makeup , Fashion , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , School , LGBTQ+ Themes , Modeling

Yang-senpai wa Hitori de Ikiteikenai

Also known as Yang Can’t Live Alone.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Hardworking, diligent, and serious college student Yuu can do anything with ease—which causes most guys to find her far too intimidating. Longing to become someone’s "number one," she wonders if she’ll have to change who she is to find love. That’s when she meets Yang, an attractive and friendly Chinese exchange student. But looks can be deceiving, as she discovers his life-altering secret! What began as a "professional" arrangement between a headstrong girl and puppy-like boy blossoms into a heart-pounding pure romance!

Tags: Shoujo , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes , Primarily Adult Cast , Love Triangle , College , Tomboy , Foreign

Otonari Complex

Also known as Otonari Complex.

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

Kuji Akira and Ninomiya Makoto are childhood friends and neighbors. Since Akira is “handsome” for a girl and Makoto is “pretty” for a boy, their gender presentation is often confused. As they try to untangle their complex feelings about themselves and each other, they find out their friends are crushing on them, too. It’s a complicated childhood friend love story!



Tags: Crossdressing , Tomboy , Gender Bending , Heterosexual , Shoujo , College , Female Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes

Lovely★Complex

Also known as Love★Com.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

Rather than bow to the inevitable, Risa and Atsushi join forces to pursue their true objects of affection. But will their budding friendship become something more complex?



Note:
- Includes the one-shot "Hoshi ni Nattemo Aishiteru"
Includes the one-shot "Bokura no Ibasho".

Tags: School , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Slapstick , Unrequited Love , Coming of Age , Primarily Teen Cast , Tsundere , Heterosexual , Love Triangle , LGBTQ+ Themes , Transgender , Chibi , Basketball

"Kawaii" wa, Tokidoki Kurushii.

Also known as It’s Not Easy Being Cute.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

College student Himesaki Nozomi was a girl who took her beauty into her own hands through plastic surgery. One day she was asked by the natural beauty Tennōji Ruka to teach her how to be "cute." At first, Nozomi was irked by her ignorance. How could she ask her for something like that when she had never even tasted the pain of being ugly? However, she soon learns that Ruka has her own struggles: she’s trapped by a "princely" image that prevents her from being the girl she truly wants to be. Together, they navigate the pressures of modern lookism to forge their own paths.



Note: Originally self-published on Twitter, was then licensed by Square Enix for serialization.

Tags: Primarily Adult Cast , Body Image , Fashion , Female Protagonist