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: Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Fitness , College , Male Protagonist , Urban , Primarily Adult Cast , 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: Female Protagonist , Crossdressing , 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: Female Protagonist , Shoujo , Heterosexual , Love Triangle , Fashion , Crossdressing , Coming of Age , 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 , LGBTQ+ Themes , Male Protagonist , School , Shounen , Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , Modeling