Manga like Chan Nü

NANA

Also known as Nana.

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

Nana Komatsu is a young woman who's endured an unending string of boyfriend problems. Moving to Tokyo, she's hoping to take control of her life and put all those messy misadventures behind her. She's looking for love and she's hoping to find it in the big city.

Nana Osaki, on the other hand, is cool, confident and focused. She swaggers into town and proceeds to kick down the doors to Tokyo's underground punk scene. She's got a dream and won't give up until she becomes Japan's No. 1 rock'n'roll superstar.

This is the story of two 20-year-old women who share the same name. Even though they come from completely different backgrounds, they somehow meet and become best friends. The world of Nana is a world exploding with sex, music, fashion, gossip and all-night parties.



Note: Winner of the 48th Shogakukan Manga Award in the Shoujo Category in 2002.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Band , Shoujo , Tragedy , Philosophy , Time Skip , Pregnancy , Found Family , Bisexual , Netorare , Cheating , LGBTQ+ Themes , Heterosexual , Love Triangle , Rock Music , Achronological Order , Urban , Age Gap , Nudity , Drugs , Bar

Paradise Kiss

Also known as Paradise Kiss.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Yukari wants nothing more than to make her parents happy by studying hard and getting into a good college. One afternoon, however, she is kidnapped by a group of self-styled fashionistas calling themselves "Paradise Kiss." Yukari suddenly finds herself flung into the roller-coaster life of the fashion world, guided by George, art-snob extraordinaire. In a glamorous makeover of body, mind and soul, she is turned from a hapless bookworm into her friends 22 own exclusive clothing model.



Tags: Josei , Coming of Age , Fashion , Female Protagonist , School , Heterosexual , Meta , LGBTQ+ Themes , Bisexual , Ensemble Cast , Love Triangle , Transgender , Time Skip , Unrequited Love , Nudity , Found Family , Modeling , Boys' Love

Aiqing De Yangzi: Xin Zhi Suo Xiang

Also known as What Love Looks Like: Heart Wants What It Wants.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

The optimistic actress Lu Yang, who broke up for her dream. In order not to make her sacrifice in vain, she worked hard towards her dream but to no avail. The genius actor, Chi Cheng, who was also struggling towards his dream, was more isolated after falling out of love… The two have become frenemies from enemies because of the same encounter. They encouraged and supported each other on the road of acting. Could they listen to their hearts and believed in love again?



Tags: Full Color , Acting , Primarily Adult Cast , Long Strip , Heterosexual , Foreign

Pianzhi De Langman, “Ganxie Ni Shi Ai Wo De”

Also known as Seasons of Love.

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

Some girls live their lives in fear, afraid of taking risks. Some girls reject whimsy, preferring to be stubbornly practical. Some girls may be stuck in their sorrows and other girls may just be stuck up. But no matter the girl, the season of love waits just around the corner. Four sweet love stories about four different girls that shows us it doesn’t matter whether you’re the coward, the queen, the sad, or the skeptic, there’s always someone who will embrace your flaws and love you as you are.



Tags: Full Color , Episodic , Female Protagonist

Lip Smoke

Also known as Lip Smoke.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

High-school student Setsuna Iwato works part-time for a publishing agency. When her employer is having trouble with an erotic fiction novelist, she becomes his assistant to help him rediscover the feeling of a "Pure Kiss".

Tags: Shoujo , Teacher , Age Gap , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual