Manga like Golden Days

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

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 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

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:
Volume 1 contains the one shot "Karenai Hana (散らない花)"; The Hana to Yume 2000-03-01
Volume 4 contains the one shot "Kanata kara no Tegami (彼方からの手紙)"; The Hana to Yume 1999-10-01

Tags: Love Triangle , Shoujo , Age Gap , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , School , Arranged Marriage

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

Mahou no Ouchi

Status: Finished
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...

Note: Includes one extra chapter.

Tags: Shoujo , Boys' Love , Male Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes

Monster and Ghost

Also known as The Monster & The Ghost.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Romance , Supernatural

Tsubaki Koton is a monster — a violent delinquent with a chilling past and a terrifying image to match. No other student dares to approach him, not even now he’s transferred to a new high school. His anti-heroic acts of selflessness end only in bloodshed and rumors that spiral out of control. But one night, he’s followed home by a stranger who sets out to change his life for good. This boy, stubborn and hauntingly beautiful, is the pure-hearted Kabuto Yuuki, with his stunning jewel-like eyes that see past Tsubaki’s fearsome charade. But although someone finally sees Tsubaki for who he truly is, Kabuto cannot be seen at all. After all, Kabuto is a ghost.



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

Namida Ame to Serenade

Also known as Rainy Day Serenade.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Supernatural

On rainy days, Hina has dreams about her younger self playing with a mysterious boy in a garden she's never seen before—until, by chance, she stumbles upon the place. There's a young man there, Takaaki, who mistakes Hina for his fiancée Hinako. He whisks her back to what he thinks is her home, where Hina's doppelganger is waiting, and Hina realizes this isn't the Tokyo she left behind but Japan in the year 1907! Is this all a dream or something much stranger?



Tags: Josei , Historical , Time Manipulation , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Crossdressing , Love Triangle , Suicide , Torture , Circus , Arranged Marriage

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 , Post-Apocalyptic , Desert , Robots

Slope Mansion ni Okaeri

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance

A collection of stories:

Slope 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 , Age Regression , Age Gap , Time Manipulation , Incest , Fairy Tale , Adoption , School , Demons , Fairy , Tragedy , Swimming