Manga like Happy Mania

Sapuri

Also known as Suppli.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

Minami Fujii is an employee at a high-powered advertising firm. She’s good at her job but finds herself torn between the pressure and expectations of her career and her attraction to two of her coworkers: the younger, arty Ishida, and the classy, put-together Ogiwara!



Note: Includes 1 extra chapter.

Tags: Josei , Office , Heterosexual , Primarily Adult Cast , Work , Female Protagonist

GO! Hiromi GO!

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

In high school, Hiromi Hashiba studied so much, and cared so little for her appearance, she earned the nickname, “Nerd Hashiba.” Now, having entered T University, Japan’s most prestigious university, she’s decided to get rid of her old image and debut a new life in college. However, her radical look and behavior stand out, too…

Tags: Female Protagonist , Shoujo , College

pink

Also known as Pink.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama

Pink is a manga about a Japanese girl named Yumi, a beautiful girl in her early 20s. During the day, Yumi works as a regular office lady, but by night, she works as a prostitute. Yumi needs her two jobs to make ends meet. She also needs the extra income to feed her unusual pet, a crocodile, which she keeps in her apartment. Working in an office is quite normal for young Japanese women, but keeping a pet crocodile, and being a prostitute makes Yumi stand out. In truth, few girls are like Yumi, however, many readers can empathize with her. Young women love their "something," symbolized by her pet crocodile, and they can also identify with Yumi's "wild at heart" nature.

Tags: Josei , Prostitution , Nudity , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Tragedy , Urban , Primarily Adult Cast , Animals , Work , Office Lady

Hana to Mitsubachi

Also known as Flowers & Bees.

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

"Bishonen" are the beautiful boys that overpopulate shôjo manga. Flowers & Bees is the manga that makes men out of beautiful boys. Beautiful men.

Masao Komatsu might think of himself as a total loss. But high-school life is never so bad that it can't get a little worse, and unfortunately, it turned out he still has a few crumbs of self-respect hiding here and there.
Gorgeous sisters Kiyoko and Harumi will be happy to vacuum them out of his pockets--with each and every visit by Masao to World of Beautiful Men, the men's salon they own.

Why shouldn't young men, too, get the chance to have their lives ruined in the pursuit of unattainable standards of beauty? Though mocked by classmates and stared at on the street, Masao vows to remain faithful to his makeovers--determined to become the man hairdressers, estheticians, and fashion magazine editors only dream that women dream of!



Tags: Seinen , Coming of Age , Fashion , Male Protagonist

Tokyo Tarareba Musume

Also known as Tokyo Tarareba Girls.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

"I spent all my time wondering 'What if?' Then one day I woke up and I was 33."

Rinko doesn't think she's that bad-looking, but before she knew it, she was thirty-something and single. Now she wants to get married by the time the Tokyo Olympics rolls around in six years, but… that might be easier said than done!



Note:
-Nominated for the 9th and 10th Manga Taisho Award and the 40th Kodansha Manga Awards in 2016.
-Includes 25 extra chapters.

Tags: Primarily Adult Cast , Josei , Female Protagonist , Satire , Heterosexual , Age Gap , Urban , Bar , Primarily Female Cast , Love Triangle

Yogoreteru Hima nanka Nai

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Matsumi Sachiko's always searching for love in the wrong places. She's made more blunders in the love department than she can count over the years, and things just never seem to go well for her. She's quick to sleep with others in her search for that special someone only to regret it later. Lately, her luck's taken an even worse turn for the worst when the guy she'd started to have feelings for asked her if she wanted to become his "sex friend"! Will she ever find "the one"?

Tags: Shoujo , Nudity