Manga like Ura de Yancha-na Gouinda-san

Asobi Asobase

Also known as Asobi Asobase.

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

The "surreal gag" comedy manga revolves around three classmates who play simple hand games. One of the girls is good at games, but hates them as she always lost to her older sister and forced to do chores while growing up. Another girl is of American descent, but raised in Japan, and who only pretends to be bad at Japanese. Another girl usually observes their games, and loses to the other girls.



Note: Includes 2 extra chapters.

Tags: Primarily Female Cast , School , School Club , Surreal Comedy , Female Protagonist , Seinen , Drugs , Vampire , LGBTQ+ Themes , Aliens , Alternate Universe , Twins , Slapstick , Scat , Episodic , Butler , Robots

Sakurai-san wa Kizuite Hoshii

Also known as Sakurai-san Wants to Be Noticed.

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

Makoto is a laidback teen who just wants to keep his head down and get through high school. His busty best friend Sakurai, however, is constantly pulling him into one shenanigan after another! Not only that, but she’s always teasing him in provocative ways. Sure, Makoto’s noticed that his friend has gotten super flirty, but that doesn’t mean she “likes” him, right? Right?



Note: Includes 3 extra chapters.

Tags: Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , School , Shounen , Urban

Kubo-san wa Mob wo Yurusanai

Also known as Kubo Won't Let Me Be Invisible.

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

First year high schooler Junta Shiraishi is a mob character who goes unnoticed even when he's standing right next to you. But his classmate, "heroine-level beauty" Kubo, always notices him and is there to tease him. Anyone can become special to someone, but it might be a little too early to call these feelings "love." Perhaps this story is still two-steps from being a romantic comedy--let's call it a sweet comedy where a background character becomes visible!



Notes:
-Chapter count includes 14 extra chapters and the original one-shot that were included in the volumes.
-Won 19th place (2020) and 7th place (2021) in the Tsugi ni Kuru Manga Awards in the physical release category.

Tags: Iyashikei , Heterosexual , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Chibi , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Seinen , Coming of Age

Tokidoki Bosotto Russiago de Dereru Tonari no Alya-san

Also known as Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Masachika Kuse sits next to Alya, a girl of Russian and Japanese descent. She's beautiful, haughty, and an exceptional student, while Masachika is nerdy and known for being a slacker. He's an easy target for her comments in Russian, which she's all too happy to translate—except he can understand what she's really saying!



Tags: Male Protagonist , Language Barrier , Heterosexual , School , Tsundere , Kuudere , Foreign , Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Otaku Culture , Primarily Female Cast , Love Triangle , Female Harem , Nudity , Shounen , Crossdressing

Ijiranaide, Nagatoro-san

Also known as Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro.

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

Nagatoro is a freshman in high school who loves teasing and torturing her older male classmate! What’s her motivation and why does Senpai put up with her? Does Nagatoro just want to create misery for Senpai? Or maybe she secretly likes him?



Note: Includes 34 extra chapters.

Tags: Bullying , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Female Protagonist , Tsundere , Male Protagonist , Tanned Skin , School , Primarily Female Cast , Drawing , School Club , Shounen , Tomboy , Gyaru , Slapstick , Judo , Urban , Martial Arts , Nudity , Time Skip , Yandere

Nichijou

Also known as Nichijou.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Nichijou primarily focuses on the daily antics of a trio of childhood friends—high school girls Mio Naganohara, Yuuko Aioi and Mai Minakami—whose stories soon intertwine with the young genius Hakase Shinonome, her robot caretaker Nano, and their talking cat Sakamoto. With every passing day, the lives of these six, as well as of the many people around them, experience both the calms of normal life and the insanity of the absurd. Walking to school, being bitten by a talking crow, spending time with friends, and watching the principal suplex a deer: they are all in a day's work in the extraordinary everyday lives of those in Nichijou.



Tags: Slapstick , Surreal Comedy , Episodic , Ensemble Cast , School , Primarily Female Cast , Shounen , Female Protagonist , Parody , 4-koma , Robots , Teacher , Time Skip , Go , Heterosexual , Tsundere , Tanned Skin

Saeki-san wa Nemutteru

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

The class representative, Saeki, uses an array of tactics to sleep during class. Tokimiya, the boy sitting next to her, tends to observe her different tactics and while doing so his interest begins to shift...

In other words, Saeki wants to sleep.

Note: Chapter count includes 9 extras.

Tags: School , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Slapstick

Jirai Nan desu ka? Chihara-san

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

The girl sitting next to me at the start of the new semester is the rumored "landmine" girl… but… is Chihara-san really the "landmine" that everyone says she is?



Tags: Heterosexual , School , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Iyashikei , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Episodic , Makeup , Primarily Teen Cast

In-Cha no Boku ni Batsu Game ni Kokuhaku Shitekita Hazu no Gal ga, Doumitemo Boku ni Betahore desu

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Misumai Youshin, a boy with a negative personality, starts going out with Barato Nanami, a prim and proper type gyaru who is at the top of the class caste. But as a matter of fact, the confession was part of a punishment game!?
And yet, Nanami, who he thought was a gyaru, was only a gyaru in appearance; in truth, she was not good with men!
But the way they met in the morning, went to school together and ate their lunches together, none of this appeared to be a punishment; Nanami looked deeply in love with Youshin――!?
This is a super sweet love story that starts with two beginners in love!

Tags: Male Protagonist , Shounen , School , Heterosexual , Gyaru , Primarily Teen Cast

Usami-san wa Kamawaretai!

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Usami Nagisa is a yankee who suffers from a rare disease which causes her health to decline if she feels lonely. Sewa Natsuhito, the boy who sits next to her in class realizes this and keeps her company, but the only way Usami believes she can cure her illness is to make lots of friends, a process she might find quite difficult due to her aggressive looks and personality.

Includes 4 bonus chapters.

Tags: Shounen , Delinquents , Gyaru , School , 4-koma , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Time Skip , Family Life , Marriage , Primarily Teen Cast , Twins