Manga like Giji Harem

What is Giji Harem about?

Status: Finished

A first year high school girl likes a second year boy in her drama club. She acts out various character archetypes that you would find in a typical manga harem as their friendship deepens.

Notes:
Originally a Twitter manga, it was picked up for serialization by Gekkan Sunday on January 12, 2019.
Chapter count includes 27 extras from the volume release.

Tags: Acting , Heterosexual , School , Slapstick , Iyashikei , Parody , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Shounen , School Club
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The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses

Suki na Ko ga Megane wo Wasureta

Also known as The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Serialisation of the original Twitter comic!

Kaede Komura has a huge crush on his seat partner, Mie-san. She, however, has terrible eyesight, and tends to either forget or break her glasses! Komura-kun offers her a helping hand, and as they grow closer, their feelings for each other grow too.



Note: Includes 10 extra chapters.

Tags: Heterosexual , Iyashikei , School , Disability , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Kuudere , Coming of Age , Primarily Child Cast
Horimiya

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
My Deskmate Sato-san

Tonari no Seki no Satou-san

Also known as My Deskmate Sato-san.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

Yamaguchi is the smart, popular boy in school. After a recent classroom seat change, he's forced into the unfortunate situation of sitting next to Sato-san, a girl who - in Yamaguchi's mind - is as plain and boring as they come. But does he truly feel that way about Sato-san? Although her cluelessness is an issue, Sato-san has endearing qualities as well. As time goes on, will Yamaguchi's initial feelings of discomfort and annoyance subside into something different?



Tags: School , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Coming of Age , Tsundere , Philosophy
Yukuyuku Futari

Yukuyuku Futari

Also known as Yukuyuku Futari.

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

A cute story about a couple and their dates.

Tags: Episodic , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist
Houkago, Bokura wa Uchuu ni Madou

Houkago, Bokura wa Uchuu ni Madou

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

Kinoshima Rocketry Club casually uploaded a vlog of a test firing of their hybrid engine. The engine exploded — blowing away their dream of reaching space with it — but that wasn't the only thing that blew up in that video. Ayame Madoi, a girl who worked on the engine section who happened to appear in the vlog, also exploded in popularity when viewers from across the world found her cute. While she finds this attention bewildering, she actually already has someone she wishes would notice her that way…

Tags: School Club , Heterosexual , School , Shounen , College
Ichizu Bitch-chan

Ichizu Bitch-chan

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

When Ayumi learns that her senior Yuuki is heading to Minami High School, a fairly difficult institution to enroll in, she believes her current results are insufficient to pass the entrance exam. Despite this, he gives her a word of encouragement and promises to tutor her if she succeeds.

One year passes, and Yuuki finds Ayumi to be one of the new first-year students enrolling at his school. However, he also quickly realizes that his junior has become extremely flirtatious toward him! Now fulfilling his promise, the two experience many events together—whether they be funny, embarrassing, or even romantic.

Tags: School , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Shounen , 4-koma , Yandere , Nudity
Sometimes Even Reality Is a Lie!

Real mo Tama ni wa Uso wo Tsuku

Also known as Sometimes Even Reality Is a Lie!.

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

Kaoru Terasaki is a gamer who’s into MMORPGs, and he’s finally meeting up with someone he’s been friends with in-game for a long while—this time, offline and in person. He’s worried that his friend will be disappointed to see Kaoru is a guy, unlike his female character in the game. But he’s the one who’s in for a surprise when, instead of another guy, his friend turns out to be a cute girl, Nanami Ousaka. On top of that, Nanami told her parents that she would be bringing a friend over—a female friend. Even worse, Nanami’s dad is the super overprotective type who won’t allow any guys near his daughter. There’s only one solution to this dilemma: Kaoru has to cross-dress as a girl! Will Kaoru’s efforts pay off in the end?! Will Kaoru and Nanami remain just friends, or will their time together IRL change everything? Follow their romantic-comedy adventures to find out!



Tags: Heterosexual , Crossdressing , Full Color , Hikikomori , Video Games , Otaku Culture , Cosplay , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Female Protagonist , School , Male Protagonist
Onizuka-chan to Sawarida-kun

Onizuka-chan to Sawarida-kun

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

Onizuka is an Oni and her childhood friend Sawarida is a human who likes to touch weird stuff. She might be in love with him, but he is too dense for love or is it the other way around?

Note: Originally a doujin then later serialized in Manga 4-koma Palette. There is no difference before and after serialization. Includes 18 extra chapters

Tags: Monster Girl , Male Protagonist , School , 4-koma
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Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie

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 Boys Doing Cute Things , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Femdom , Shounen , Tsundere , Love Triangle
Kaguya-sama: Love is War

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

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