Manga like CottonCandy

Kase-san Series

Also known as Kase-san and....

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

Yamada may be shy and rather clumsy, but the flower gardens at her school have always brought her happiness. Suddenly, a different sort of beauty catches her eye–the vivacious track star, Kase-san. Although the two girls don’t seem to have much in common, they soon start a romance where each must learn an important lesson in tending their budding relationship. Can the two girls, so different from each other, learn how to make their first love blossom?



Volume 1: Asagao to Kase-san. (あさがおと加瀬さん。, Kase-san and Morning Glories)
Volume 2: Obentou to Kase-san. (おべんとうと加瀬さん。, Kase-san and Bento)
Volume 3: Shoutokeiki to Kase-san. (ショートケーキと加瀬さん。, Kase-san and Shortcake)
Volume 4: Epuron to Kase-san. (エプロンと加瀬さん。, Kase-san and an Apron)
Volume 5: Sakura to Kase-san. (さくらと加瀬さん。, Kase-san and Cherry Blossoms)

Tags: Yuri , Female Protagonist , Coming of Age , Tomboy , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Shoujo , Horticulture , School , Athletics , LGBTQ+ Themes , Episodic , Nudity , Agriculture

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 , LGBTQ+ Themes , Primarily Female Cast , Unrequited Love , Love Triangle , School Club , Acting , Philosophy , Aromantic , Asexual , Shounen , Athletics , Restaurant , Writing , Nudity , Time Skip , Bisexual , Tragedy

Hana to Hina wa Houkago

Also known as Hana & Hina After School.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

Hana and Hina are two high school girls working at the same character goods shop, but they are completely different from one another. Hana is petite, uncertain and shy, while Hina is tall, confident, and trendy. Yet they share a secret: their school has a strict policy against taking part-time jobs. They also discover that both of them share an irresistible attraction to things that are cute, be it the uniforms at their all-girls’ school or…each other! Just how long will Hana and Hina be able to keep their afterschool jobs, and their feelings for each other, a secret?



Tags: Yuri , Work , Gyaru , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , School , Primarily Teen Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Seinen , Fashion

Philia to Eros no Aida

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

Is it alright to not give up on these feelings...?

Tags: Yuri , Love Triangle , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Unrequited Love , School , LGBTQ+ Themes , Bisexual , Time Skip

Kimi to Tsuzuru Utakata

Also known as The Summer You Were There.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Romance

Shizuku is a shy girl who hardly talks to other people. Instead, she loses herself in creative writing, crafting a novel that she never plans to show anyone. But when Kaori–Shizuku’s cute, popular classmate–gets her hands on Shizuku’s manuscript, everything changes. Kaori is a huge fan, and suggests that Shizuku can get inspiration for her writing if the two of them start dating! Can these very different young ladies create their own love story together?



Tags: Yuri , Tragedy , Writing , Female Protagonist , Rehabilitation , Disability , Bullying , Primarily Female Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Fake Relationship , Coming of Age , Primarily Teen Cast , Suicide , School

Koi yori Aoku

Also known as A Love Yet to Bloom.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

Takamine, a girl who can’t seem to find something she likes or even really enjoys, has a chance encounter with Sakura, a student from a different school. When the two accidentally swap books, a connection is made that neither expected. While Sakura enjoys reading and talking about books, Takamine finds she quite likes Sakura’s excitement and wonders if she’ll ever feel so passionate about something…or someone. A sweet, slow burn romance about two young women and the relationship that blossoms between them.

Tags: Female Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes , Yuri , Primarily Female Cast , School , Trains , School Club , Primarily Teen Cast

Shuuden de Kaesanai, Tatta Hitotsu no Houhou

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

Nanako Morito fell in love with her senpai Ayaka Segawa when Ayaka led Nanako's new employee orientation session. Morito kept her feelings to herself until she was jolted by the news that Segawa-san was quitting the company.

Tags: Yuri , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Office Lady , LGBTQ+ Themes , Bisexual

Shuuden niwa Kaeshimasu

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Supernatural

Hiragana-sen, Aiu-eki yori (ひらがな線、あいう駅より, From Aiu Station on the Hiragana Line)
Asaki has her life all planned out: she is going to win a beauty contest, become a newscaster, and marry into wealth. One day she is helped by a delinquent-looking girl named Tsune on the train and her plans begin to change...

2. Shuuden ni wa Kaeshimasu (I’ll send her home on the last train)
3. Shoujo Planetarium (少女プラネタリウム, Girls Planetarium)
4. Ishuun no Asterism (一瞬のアステリズム)

5. Eien ni Shoujo (永遠に少女)
A ghost named Mizuki returns to her old home to discover a family she does not know. There, she meets a child named Misao who is the only person who can see or interact with her. This is the story of their relationship as Misao grows up.

6. Otona no Kaidan no Shita (大人の階段の下, At the Bottom of the Stairway to Adulthood)
Natsu has never had a good relationship with her older sister, Aki, or her friends she always brings home. One day Aki brings home a girl that is quite a bit different than all the others and Natsu immediately likes her. When she overhears Aki and her friends talking about the new girl behind her back Natsu thinks, "If only she was my friend instead..."

7. Shoujo Seizu (少女星図, Girls Star Map)

Tags: Yuri , School , Anthology , Polyamorous

I Love You Yori Aishiteru

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Kazumi Shinjou who is a delinquent and Risa Takaoka who is a model student become unexpected friends.



Included one-shot: Onaka wo Sukasete Kaettekuru ne

Tags: Yuri , Delinquents , School , LGBTQ+ Themes , Tomboy , Food , Female Protagonist

Take-out

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

Doujinshi by Aoki Ume.

Tags: Yuri , Work , Restaurant , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Maids , School