Manga like Shiawase Kissa Sanchoume

Fruits Basket

Also known as Fruits Basket.

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

After a family tragedy turns her life upside down, plucky high schooler Tohru Honda takes matters into her own hands and moves out...into a tent! Unfortunately for her, she pitches her new home on private land belonging to the mysterious Sohma clan, and it isn't long before the owners discover her secret. But, as Tohru quickly finds out when the family offers to take her in, the Sohmas have a secret of their own--when touched by the opposite sex, they turn into the animals of the Chinese Zodiac!



Note: Volume 9 includes the bonus chapter "Rain Shelter of Terror".

Tags: Animals , Shoujo , Mythology , Ensemble Cast , Tragedy , Philosophy , Shapeshifting , Reincarnation , Rehabilitation , Heterosexual , School , Female Protagonist , Found Family , Urban Fantasy , Family Life , Tsundere , Primarily Teen Cast , Age Gap , Coming of Age , Disability , Unrequited Love , Estranged Family , Youkai , Curses , Primarily Male Cast , Love Triangle , Orphan , Crossdressing , Memory Manipulation , Incest , Henshin , Delinquents , Revenge , Dissociative Identities , Teacher , Transgender

Buccafe!

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

Ruri, who’s incapable of doing almost anything, has finally landed a part-time job in a cafe run by Buddhist priests. At “Kissako”, find some delicious tea and enlightenment!

Tags: Work , Female Protagonist , Episodic , Primarily Adult Cast , Heterosexual , Restaurant , 4-koma , Shounen , Religion

Yumeiro Pâtissière

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Romance

Amano Ichigo is a 14-year-old cake lover. After meeting a lecturer, Henrie Lucas, at a cake buffet, she enters St. Marie Academy—a school that raises and cultivates future pâtissières. Not only is she placed in the elitist group with three princes of sweets, but she also meets sweets spirit Vanilla on her first day of transfer. Ichigo is air-headed, a total klutz, and a complete novice at cake making, but she's trying her best mastering one at a time in order to make her eaters happy.

Note: Contains the one-shot "Yumeiro Pâtissière: à la Carte".

Tags: Shoujo , Food , Primarily Child Cast , Heterosexual , School , Magic , Female Protagonist , Ojou-sama , Bullying , Fairy

Kitchen no Ohimesama

Also known as Kitchen Princess.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

Najika is a great cook who likes to make meals for the people she loves. But something is missing from her life. When she was a child, she met a boy who touched her heart—and now she’s determined to find him. The only clue Najika has is a silver spoon that leads her to the prestigious Seika Academy, but attending Seika will be a challenge. Every kid at the school has a special talent, and the girls in Najika’s class think she doesn’t deserve to be there. But Sora and Daichi, two popular brothers who barely speak to each other, recognize Najika’s cooking talent for what it is—magical. Is either boy Najika’s mysterious prince?



Note: Volumes 4, 9, and 10 contain unnumbered side stories.

Tags: Food , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , School , Heterosexual , Love Triangle , Tsundere , Bullying , Tragedy , Primarily Child Cast , Amnesia , Primarily Teen Cast , Boarding School

Kono Koi wa Amakute, Nigai: Cakeya-san to Youshokuya-san

Also known as The Bittersweet Taste of Love -Bakery and Restaurant-.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Romance

"I'm Chika Takahashi, age 23, and I've secretly had feelings for someone for a really long time." Ryoichi Kitazawa, the head pastry chef at the hotel where Chika works, is an award-winning patissier who also happens to be incredibly handsome. In addition to his impressive skills and pretty face... he's also incredibly blunt. "I was trying to keep this feeling to myself, but...!" "How could I fall for the guy who loves my big sister?" Set in a delicious cake shop, this sweet love story begins.



Tags: Shoujo , Primarily Adult Cast

Tonari wa Nani wo Kuu Hito zo

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

Inaba Suzuna is trying her best to make a campus debut and to have many friends in Tokyo. Until she realized that she miserably fails at living alone. Fortunately, her neighbor, Seto-kun, comes and saves her from dying of starvation. Bright campus life is still far away for Suzuna, but at least, she has a very dependable neighbor!

A manga about easy cooking with heartwarming story in every chapter

Includes ch. 0.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Food , Episodic , Shoujo , Coming of Age , College , Primarily Adult Cast

Charon Siphon

Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Romance , Supernatural

After high-schooler Nanatsu Io is crushed by disappointment in love, she finds herself pulled into a strange cafe, "Cafe Acheron," by pretty male workers, Kiba and Resato. Io decides to change herself by getting a job there as a waitress. In order to do so, she makes a contract with the cafe owner, Kiba, who tells her she must keep her stuffed bear (now conscious and referring to itself as "Father") with her.



Tags: Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Demons

V.B. Rose

Also known as V.B. Rose.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Ageha's older sister is getting married. But Ageha, who suffers from an enormous sister complex won't accept it. One day, in order to get Ageha more involved in the wedding preparations, her sister takes her to Velvet Blue Rose, a shop run by Yukari and Mitsu, a two-man team that design and make wedding dresses. Ageha, who's favorite activity is making exquisite purses for her friends, falls in love with the shop immediately. Will Ageha get over her sister complex and lend her support to the wedding? If Yukari has anything to say about it she will!! This manga has great art, and an addicting story that keeps you reading.

Tags: Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Fashion , Heterosexual , Work , Love Triangle , School , Age Gap

Bijo ga Yajuu

Also known as Beauty is the Beast.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

When bubbly eleventh-grader Eimi Yamashita finds out that her parents are relocating for work, she decides to strike out on her own and move into a dormitory for girls. Little does Eimi suspect the exciting romantic adventures that await her there!



Tags: Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Kuudere , Tomboy , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Heterosexual , Time Skip

Café Velomano

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

Taemuk Han is a 39-year-old Barista who opens his own coffee shop. He likes being free and finds it hard to get the right woman. Yeoun Sun is a 28-year-old woman who wants to be a Designer and wants to be a cool career woman who spends her life alone. However, she can't get her career started and somehow ends up working at Cafe Velomano.

Tags: Primarily Adult Cast , Work