Manga like Golden Days

Genres: Drama Fantasy

What is Golden Days about?

Status: Finished

Feeling rebellious toward his overprotective mother, Soma Mitsuya, a first-year high school student, only cares about his violin and his hospitalized grandfather. Then one night, just as his grandfather's condition suddenly worsens, an earthquake hits, sending Mitsuya to 1921 in the Taisho era.

Tags: Shoujo , Time Manipulation , Male Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes , Historical , Boys' Love , Matchmaking , Isekai , Bisexual , Orphan , Crossdressing
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Here is a list of Manga similar to Golden Days

Ao ni Naku

Ao ni Naku

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Supernatural

A young man finds an amnesiac guy who's dressed like a pilot, and a (rather confusing) sequence of events begins to unfold.

Tags: Boys' Love , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Amnesia , Food , Found Family , Age Gap , School , Time Manipulation
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Issho ni Neyouyo

Issho ni Neyouyo

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Ichiko Usami is a fifteen-year-old runaway girl. One day, while she’s loitering around the riverbed with nowhere to go, a masked boy named Kohaku suddenly appears in front of her! Ichiko faints and Kohaku takes her to the mansion he shares with several others. Even while lost in wonderment at the individualistic residents, Ichiko gradually opens up to them. But why is she somehow frightened by the fallen children shoes?

Tags: Female Protagonist , Shoujo
Teru Teru x Shonen

Teru Teru x Shounen

Also known as Teru Teru x Shonen.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Psychological , Romance

Before she left her rural village to go to school in the big city, 6-year-old Shinobu told her friend Saizou to grow up strong so he could someday come and protect her. Now 16, Shinobu's enjoying life at the Tokyo Private Imperial Academy. But when a male exchange student comes to the school, it turns out to be none other than Saizou! Although his appearance hasn't changed much, he is now a skilled ninja. And his arrival couldn't be more timely: Someone is out to get Shinobu, but no one knows who or why. Saizou wants to be more than a protector to his old friend — but he may have a rival.



Tags: School , Shoujo , Tragedy , Drugs , Revenge , Religion , Circus , Crossdressing , Love Triangle , Ojou-sama , Ninja
Dear Mine

Dear Mine

Also known as Dear Mine.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Satoko is a domestic girl with a kind heart. She lost her father when she was little, and her family has become very poor ever since her father's company went down. However, "life is happy enough when you're optimistic about everything" as Satoko enjoys her daily life heartily. One day, she was rescued by Fuuma, an extraordinarily matured 10-year-old boy, from a mad dog. Little did Satoko realize that this boy is the head of Wakudera Corporation, as well as her future husband!

Note: The chapter count contains the one-shot "Undying Flower".

Tags: Shoujo , Love Triangle , Age Gap , School , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Arranged Marriage
Mahou no Ouchi

Mahou no Ouchi

Status: Releasing
Genres: Fantasy , Slice of Life

This is the story of Hoshi Aoi and Machi Kohan, a male couple who live in an old detached house in Saitama.

After his grandmother's death, Aoi inherited her house and he is now living a slow and peaceful life there with Kohan. However, the two are actually hiding a secret that they can't tell anyone about...

Tags: Shoujo , Male Protagonist , Boys' Love , LGBTQ+ Themes
The Monster & The Ghost

Monster and Ghost

Also known as The Monster & The Ghost.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Romance , Supernatural

Tsubaki Koton, feared as a monster and misunderstood by everyone, is a solitary student. Since his first day at the new high school he transferred into, his violent outbursts have been attracting attention. But, he's accepted his fate that no matter what he does, his actions will backfire on him.

One day, Tsubaki encounters Kabuto Yuuki, whose jewel-like eyes sparkle so beautifully it takes his breath away. Thanks to Kabuto, who understands the feared Tsubaki's true intentions, the hardened heart that had become jaded gradually starts to melt...

However, Kabuto is a ghost. He no longer exists in this world.

A sad and pure love story between a solitary high school student people call a monster and a stunningly beautiful ghost.



Tags: Boys' Love , Primarily Male Cast , School , Male Protagonist , Ghost , Delinquents , Gore , Bullying
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Ningyou Shibai

Ningyou Shibai

Status: Finished
Genres: Sci-Fi

Set in the far-future in 28XX, this series of interconnected stories follows the relationship between humans and androids. Two twin brothers, also androids, are "puppet masters." Arashi has the ability to animate androids or "dolls" for a specific purpose while Shizuka can shut them down after they have fulfilled their roles.

Notes: Volume 1 includes the one-shot "Yukigatari Harumachi".

Tags: Shoujo , Desert , Post-Apocalyptic , Robots
Slop Mansion ni Okaeri

Slop Mansion ni Okaeri

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance

Slop Mansion ni Okaeri (スロップマンションにお帰り); Hana to Yume 1999 #15
"It is said, there are other worlds than the one we live in... One of them is the fairy world." My parents divorced when I was very young. I didn't even remember what my father looked like. When I turned 14 years old, Mom finally let me go to Dad's place. But what I found there wasn't Dad, but a young man and a garden full of fairies, just like in Dad's paintings...

2-5. Sugao no Fuukei (素顔の風景); Hana to Yume 1999 #9~15
A girl who writes stories about herself and her beloved childhood friend, a swimmer and his most admired but retiring upperclassmen, a former athlete and his teacher from the library staff—three people whose ordinary lives are captured in poignant snapshots.

Mona Lisa (モナリザ); Hana to Yume 1998 #14
What is a demonic guardian to do when his adopted human sister faces the challenges of first love, confessing and a broken heart?

Fushigi Toshokan (不思議図書館); Hana to Yume 1996 #13
A girl who dreams of becoming an actress feels restricted by her step-family. When she encounters a mysterious boy in her school's library, will she be able to create her own Cinderella story?

Ajisai no Niwa (あじさいの庭); Hana to Yume Step Zoukan 1999-07
"Her hands felt so warm." Yuu has been watching over his spoiled, lonely mistress for a long time, faithfully spending every day by her side. How can he convey his wishes for her when misfortune suddenly strikes?

Tags: Female Protagonist , Shoujo , Heterosexual , Anthology , Time Manipulation , Incest , Fairy Tale , Adoption , Demons , Age Gap , Fairy , Tragedy , Swimming , School , Age Regression
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Madame Petit

Madame Petit

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Mystery , Romance

It's the 1920s and Mariko, age 16, is married to a man 30 years her senior. She is honestly happy to be his wife and really excited to board the Orient express in Turkey on their honeymoon trip. But her life takes a rapid turn when her husband is discovered dead after the first night on board... And that's only the start of Mariko's great adventure.

Tags: Shoujo , Historical , Foreign , Travel , Heterosexual , Crime , Conspiracy , Royal Affairs , Female Protagonist , Drugs , Arranged Marriage , LGBTQ+ Themes , Trains , Fugitive , Tomboy
One Room Angel

One Room Angel

Also known as One Room Angel.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Supernatural

There are a lot of things that Kouki doesn't have—no hobbies, no friends, no lover, no stable job, and no will to live. So when a random tussle with some kids gets him stabbed, he thinks maybe this is finally his ticket out of this crappy life. But just as he's about to pass out he sees a beautiful "angel"... How is Kouki supposed to cope when less than a month later, he's mysteriously healed, has astronomical bills to pay, and suddenly has the same beautiful angel as his amnesiac roommate?



Tags: Angels , Suicide , Male Protagonist , Age Gap , Tragedy , Afterlife , Boys' Love , Yakuza , Work , Rakugo

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