Manga like Coelacanth

Oboreru Knife

Also known as Drowning Love.

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

"I don't know what this feeling is … I don't know what I should do now … all I know is, I want him." They fight one another, they chase after one another, they capture one another—a turbulent tale of preteens on the brink of self-destruction, masterfully brought to life by George Asakura!

Tags: Shoujo , Gods , Heterosexual , Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , Psychosexual , Rural , Tragedy , Mythology , Fashion , Love Triangle , School , Photography , Coastal , Gangs , Acting , Delinquents , Crime , Suicide

Hakoniwa no Soleil

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Romance

After visiting her deceased teacher's grave, a guy suddenly falling of the staircase where Asahi Sena ended up saving him. That guy, Itsuki Tobari turned out to be her deceased teacher's younger brother. They started to talk about things from the past, about the dead of Itsuki's sister and an 11-year-old boy who killed her, who was Sena's bestfriend. What happened to the boy who killed her now? Together, they start to find out what did actually happen during that tragic day.

Tags: Shoujo , School , Heterosexual , Amnesia , Love Triangle , Drawing , Female Protagonist , Revenge , Orphan , Age Gap

Inochi

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Romance

“I killed my sister. Now I will live as her.”

Mischevious Nobara and good-girl Kotori are identical twin sisters. After their father’s death, they lived with their grandmother and mother, respectively, but one day, while they had switched places, Kotori was murdered! Because she was robbed of her most precious daughter, Nobara’s mother’s hair turned pure white! Nobara, who is tormented with guilt, decides to live as Kotori in order to protect her mother…!?

Tags: Twins , Female Protagonist , Tragedy , Revenge , Shoujo , School , Suicide

Piece

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Romance

One day, Mizuho, a university student, receives news that her classmate in high school, Origuchi Haruka, passed away. Mizuho doesn’t remember being best friends with Origuchi, but apparently, Origuchi told her mother that Mizuho was her best friend. And now, her mother wants Mizuho to help her find the boy Origuchi dated during high school. Mizuho told Origuchi’s mother that Origuchi was a very plain girl, and she was never seen with a guy, but her mother told Mizuho that Origuchi got pregnant and had an abortion when she was in high school. Mizuho was shocked, so she starts asking her other classmates in high school and following the traces Origuchi left behind.

Tags: Shoujo , School , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Delinquents , Achronological Order , Crime , College

Motto, Ikitai...

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Mystery , Romance , Supernatural

Mayumi is a girl who lost her parents in a car accident; unable to deal with the overwhelming sadness, hatred and anger, she wishes only to be able to stop feeling altogether.

Five years later, the now 18-year-old Mayumi's sister is the first victim in a series of bizarre incidents that involve people receiving text messages indicating a certain body part, immediately after which said body part is removed - painlessly and without blood loss - from their body and disappears completely.

Initially, Mayumi's sister's ex-boyfriend, Kanno, is suspected for the crime because the texts were sent from his phone number. Mayumi, however, is reluctant to believe the man who was like an older brother to her is capable of such a heinous act, and vows to discover the truth behind this sudden crime wave, Kanno's ex-girlfriend who killed herself on Christmas Day five years ago, and the highly advanced A.I. that Kanno had been creating at the time: the designing of which has since ground to a halt.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Shoujo , Body Horror , Tragedy , Heterosexual , Primarily Adult Cast , Software Development , Urban Fantasy , Crime , Artificial Intelligence , College , Gore , Ghost , Suicide , Dissociative Identities , Time Skip , Police

Itoshi no Nina

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

One afternoon, Atsushi's best friend from childhood, Masa, informs him, "I kidnapped Niina Aota." Niina, whose popular nickname is Nina, is the girl Masa fell in love with at first sight on the train attending school. Atsushi found it unexpected and hard to believe, until he heads over to Masa's apartment and discovers that Nina has really been kidnapped....

Tags: Primarily Teen Cast , Crime , Josei , School , Male Protagonist

Kanojo-tachi no X-Day

Also known as X-Day.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Romance

It's senior year, and Rica is seriously stressed out. She's got more homework, exams, and papers than she can handle, and was recently dumped by her boyfriend. In other words: Life sucks! One day, she's chatting online when she meets three classmates who hate school as much as she does. Together, they hatch a plan to blow up the school when no one is present. The countdown is on for X-Day ...



Note: Includes a side story called Saigo no Bansan (The Last Supper).

Tags: School , Shoujo , Revenge , Ensemble Cast , Female Protagonist , Denpa , Bullying , Age Gap , Heterosexual , Crime , Urban , Teacher , Primarily Teen Cast , Love Triangle , Found Family , Suicide , Fugitive

Tamara

Status: Finished
Genres: Mystery , Supernatural

Tome dreams of becoming a famous fashion designer. She's on the right track, working for some big-shots, and then Tamara gets dumped on her. While Tamara may be a famous beauty on the run-way, in her normal, daily life, the supermodel is self-centered, obnoxious, bossy, and an utter leech. However, when the bearer of a "cursed" necklace dies at a fashion show, is Tamara the only help Tome will get to solve the mystery?



Tags: Crime , Shoujo , Episodic , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Fashion , Ghost

Oyayubihime Infinity

Also known as Oyayubihime Infinity.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Supernatural

What happens when love gets in the way of fate? Sometimes it's funny, but it's ALWAYS bewildering. A long time ago, a group of friends banded together – and now the whole gang has been reincarnated in the present day. Each has a reminder of the past: a butterfly-shaped birthmark on their thumb. When the marks touch, they catch a glimpse of their shared past, though what they see doesn't always match. Tsubame insists that he and Kanoko are fated to be together. By the time Kanoko finds out it's not true, it's too late: she's already fallen for him.



In Oyayubihime Infinity, the "butterfly" friends try to reconcile their ties to the past with their present desire for fun and romance.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Reincarnation , Shoujo