Manga like Tonikaku Kawaii

Horimiya

Also known as Horimiya.

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

At school, Kyouko Hori is known for being smart, attractive, and popular. On the other hand, her classmate, the boring, gloomy Izumi Miyamura tends to get painted as a "loser fanboy." But when a liberally pierced and tattooed (not to mention downright gorgeous) Miyamura appears unexpectedly on the doorstep of secretly plain-Jane homebody Hori, these two similarly dissimilar teenagers discover that there are multiple sides to every story...and person!



Notes:
-Includes 20 extra chapters.
-The 17th volume got released on July 18, 2023. This was 2 years after its original ending. This new volume included 10 extra chapters.

Tags: Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Tsundere , School , Family Life , Coming of Age , Ensemble Cast , Slapstick , Episodic , Shounen , Love Triangle , Bullying , Urban , Time Skip

Futari Ashita mo Sorenari ni

Also known as It Takes Two Tomorrow, Too.

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

Yuya Aida (25) and Rio Aihara (28) are in their second month of living together. More than lovers but less than married, they're still more or less content.

Notes:
Includes 5 extra chapters.
Nominated for the Tsugimanga 2020 Award in the Web Manga Category.

Tags: Primarily Adult Cast , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Family Life , Seinen , Female Protagonist , Iyashikei , Work , Food

Mijuku na Futari de Gozaimasu ga

Also known as We're New at This.

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

Ikuma Saeki finally married his childhood friend and the girl of his dreams, Sumika. But while years of pining came easily to him, physical closeness does not...and he's having trouble navigating the intimacy that comes with marriage. Sumika, too, is having trouble bridging the gap between friend and lover...what is this innocent couple to do but navigate it together, awkwardness and all!



Tags: Seinen , Family Life , Episodic , Marriage , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Kuudere , Heterosexual , Nudity , Time Skip , Primarily Adult Cast

Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensaitachi no Renai Zunousen

Also known as Kaguya-sama: Love is War.

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

As leaders of their prestigious academy’s student council, Kaguya and Miyuki are the elite of the elite! But it’s lonely at the top… Luckily for them, they’ve fallen in love! There’s just one problem—they both have too much pride to admit it. And so begins the daily scheming to get the object of their affection to confess their romantic feelings first… Love is a war you win by losing.



Notes:
The first 10 chapters were published in Monthly Miracle Jump. It switched to Weekly Young Jump starting with Ch. 11, with the chapter count being reset. This entry still includes the first 10 chapters from Miracle Jump.
Winner of the 65th Shogakukan Manga Award for "Best General Manga" category in 2019.

Tags: Heterosexual , School , Tsundere , Female Protagonist , School Club , Ojou-sama , Primarily Teen Cast , Ensemble Cast , Coming of Age , Slapstick , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Parody , Meta , Episodic , Love Triangle , Politics , LGBTQ+ Themes , Philosophy , Bullying , VTuber , Conspiracy , Crossdressing , Foreign

Shinigami Bocchan to Kuro Maid

Also known as The Duke of Death and His Maid.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Supernatural

When the duke was a young boy, a witch made it so that any living thing he touched died. Unable to cope with such a cursed child, his family sent him away to live in an old mansion. Now a young man, his only companions are an elderly butler and his childhood friend, a buxom, blonde maid named Alice. Despite the fact that touching the duke means instant death, Alice is constantly teasing him, getting close and flirting mercilessly. But even though Alice loves to make the duke blush, her affection for him is the real deal. Can the two figure out a way to break the witch’s spell?



Note: The chapter count includes 15 extra chapters.

Tags: Maids , Witch , Time Manipulation , Butler , Heterosexual , Magic , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Female Protagonist , Nudity , Tragedy , Curses

100-nichi Go ni Kekkon Suru Futari

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

A Twitter comic by Hata Knejiro about a couple that will be married in 100 days.

Inspired by Yuuki Kikuichi's first published work: 100-nichi Go ni Shinu Wani.

Tags: Full Color , 4-koma , Female Protagonist , Hikikomori , Idol , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Tsundere , Slapstick , Video Games , Ahegao , Maids

Kekkon Suru tte, Hontou desu ka: 365 Days To The Wedding

Also known as 365 Days to the Wedding.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

Takuya and Rika are coworkers in a travel agency in Tokyo. They’re both single, but they don’t mind, since they’re introverts with fulfilling lives at home. Unfortunately, now their job is looking to staff an office in Siberia, and non-married employees are the first to be considered. Rika is desperate to avoid the transfer and goes to Takuya with an idea: if they pretend they’re getting married in a year, they can stay in Tokyo. The only problem is the two of them barely know each other! If these two quiet coworkers “fake” a relationship, will it turn into something real?



Tags: Work , Marriage , Seinen , Fake Relationship , Primarily Adult Cast , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Kuudere , Office , Family Life , Rural , Travel , Office Lady , LGBTQ+ Themes

Yaiteru Futari

Also known as How to Grill Our Love.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

Dating can be tough when you nerd out over barbecue. Kenta, a practical pitmaster, looks for a grill-friend in Chihiro, an aloof and faultless business babe…or is she? Scared of being rejected for who they really are, the two of them find comfort in food and each other…and all is well until Kenta must transfer away. With their developing relationship at steak, Chihiro proposes they tie the knot and they marry for better or wurst. Winging a long-distance marriage is one thing, but here's the rub—they barely know each other! It's a rare marriage where all the awkwardness of dating meets a sizzling passion for grilling!



Tags: Food , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Family Life , Female Protagonist , Outdoor , Rural , Heterosexual , Educational , Office Lady , Iyashikei

Kawaii dake ja Nai Shikimori-san

Also known as Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie.

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

Shikimori seems like the perfect girlfriend: cute, fun to be around, sweet when she wants to be… but she has a cool dark side that comes out under the right circumstances. And her boyfriend Izumi loves to be around when that happens!



Notes:
Chapter count includes 25 extra chapters.
The work was first self-published by the author on their Twitter account.
It began its official publication in Pocket Magazine on February 2, 2019.
Won 5th place in Tsugimanga 2020 Award in the Web Manga Category.

Tags: Heterosexual , School , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Episodic , Coming of Age , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Femdom , Shounen , Tsundere , Love Triangle

Taishou Otome Otogibanashi

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

In this story set in the early 1920s, Tamahiko is the son of a wealthy family, but his life is changed forever when an accident cripples his right arm. No longer considered by his father as an heir, he is shuffled off into the country, to live out of sight. The teenage Tamahiko shuts himself in his new home, bitterly thinking of it as the place where he will die. One day, he learns that his father has 'bought' him a bride to take care of him, when the young teen girl named Yuzuki arrives at his door. She comes into his life like an innocent ray of sunshine, and Tamahiko's view of the world and his life starts changing bit-by-bit.

Note: Includes 4 extra chapters.

Tags: Historical , Family Life , Coming of Age , Disability , Marriage , Arranged Marriage , Heterosexual , Rural , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Rehabilitation , Tragedy , Hikikomori , Ojou-sama , Netorare , Age Gap , Adoption , Nudity ,