Manga like Haru no Noroi

My Broken Mariko

Also known as My Broken Mariko.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological

Tomoyo Shiino has stood by her friend Mariko through years of abuse, abandonment, and depression. However horrific her circumstances, their friendship has been the one reassuring constant in Mariko's life-and Tomoyo's too. That is, until Tomoyo is utterly blindsided by news of Mariko's death. In life, Tomoyo felt powerless to help her best friend out of the darkness that ultimately drove her over the edge. Now, Tomoyo is determined to liberate Mariko's ashes for one final journey together... to set free her dear, broken Mariko.



Notes:
Includes the one-shot "YISKA".
includes the extra "Home Sweet Home!".

Tags: Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Suicide , Coastal , Primarily Adult Cast , Josei , Coming of Age , Primarily Female Cast , Tomboy , Yuri , Rehabilitation , LGBTQ+ Themes , Philosophy , Denpa

Raise wa Tanin ga Ii

Also known as Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

Yoshino grew up as the yakuza princess of the Osaka Somei crime family. Everyone left her alone due to her sharp gaze and mobster ties. But when her grandfather signs a truce with the Tokyo-based Miyama crime family, she’s offered for betrothal to the Miyama leader’s grandson, Kirishima. At first, Kirishima seems amiable and polite–but when he shows his dark side, he proves to be more disturbing than any gangster Yoshino has ever met. This engagement is sure to be a wild ride for a tough yakuza princess and her twisted yakuza prince!



Note:
Winner of the 4th Next Manga Award in the Print Manga Category in 2018.
Nominated for the 46th Kodansha Manga Award in the General Category in 2022.

Tags: Yakuza , Crime , Urban , Mafia , Female Protagonist , Seinen , Heterosexual , Criminal Organization , Gore , Arranged Marriage , Yandere , Ojou-sama , Male Protagonist , Feet , School , Bisexual

Watashi no Tadashii Onii-chan

Also known as Searching for My Perfect Brother.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Psychological , Romance , Slice of Life

Rize, who’s a university student, met Kairi at her part-time job at the supermarket. While lending her shoulder to Kairi who has trouble sleeping, she is reminded of her older brother who left her when she was young, and Rize starts to feel affection towards him. However, she was shocked when she saw Kairi’s diary in his apartment saying that he had killed someone. What is the truth behind the person she likes? As the truth slowly comes to light, Rize starts chasing after her love for Kairi! This is Morie Satoshi’s roller coaster work that has crime, mystery and love!!

Tags: Josei , Crime , Tragedy , Detective , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Primarily Adult Cast , Police , Delinquents , Suicide , College , Work , Urban , Fugitive , Estranged Family

Ani datta Mono

Also known as He Was My Brother.

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Romance , Supernatural

My brother died. This is a story of my brother’s lover, me, and the “thing that was my brother.”

The sudden death of her older brother Kiichiro brings high schooler Kanoko all the way from Tokyo to Hiroshima to visit his grave alongside his past lover, Hijiri. Promising her brother she would protect Hijiri after Kiichiro's passing, Kanoko finds herself falling in love with Hijiri despite herself. She pledges to keep visiting Hijiri in his and Kiichiro's old home in Hiroshima until Hijiri falls for her too. However, her brother's memory still lingers everpresent, like a Romeo not yet ready to give up his Juliet...



Tags: LGBTQ+ Themes , Ghost , Female Protagonist , Tragedy , Love Triangle , Bisexual , Boys' Love , Age Gap

Memento Mori

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Romance , Slice of Life

Meno Yuko just starting as a ceremony assistant in a funeral home. Every day, she tends to fall asleep during the funerals. Her boss, Meme always scolds her with an 'I'll kill you'. Holding on the the memories of her dead brother, Yuko tries to work as best as she can while constantly being reminded of his death.

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

Kono Gomi wo Nanto Yobu

Also known as What Do You Call This Trash?.

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

Akira is the girl of Yuuto’s dreams—too bad she’s dating his big brother! Or was, at least. When she gets dumped, Yuuto thinks he has a chance to pick her up on the rebound… But his big bro ended the relationship for a reason. Akira is an obsessive, clingy stalker, a total trash fire of a girl who would happily manipulate Yuuto’s feelings for a chance to get near the man she loves again. Of course, Yuuto knows that, but it won’t stop him from going dumpster diving!



Note: Includes two extra chapters.

Tags: Yandere , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist , Suicide , Seinen , Time Skip

Piece

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Romance

One day, Mizuho, a university student, receives news that her classmate in high school, Origuchi Haruka, passed away. Mizuho doesn’t remember being best friends with Origuchi, but apparently, Origuchi told her mother that Mizuho was her best friend. And now, her mother wants Mizuho to help her find the boy Origuchi dated during high school. Mizuho told Origuchi’s mother that Origuchi was a very plain girl, and she was never seen with a guy, but her mother told Mizuho that Origuchi got pregnant and had an abortion when she was in high school. Mizuho was shocked, so she starts asking her other classmates in high school and following the traces Origuchi left behind.

Tags: Shoujo , School , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Achronological Order , Delinquents , Crime , College

Seshuusei Triangle

Also known as Hereditary Triangle.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

Childhood friends Koutarou Fujiki, Kajiwara, and Fuyuko thought they would always be together. They spent their youth in a strange love triangle, the two boys fighting over who would date Fuyuko. But suddenly one day, that life ends. Kajiwara goes missing, and Koutarou takes his sweetheart's hand in marriage. Now middle-aged, Koutarou is left to wonder—would his wife have chosen differently if Kajiwara were still around? On a visit to his hometown, the memories come rushing back…



Tags: Seinen , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Love Triangle , Photography

Ane no Shinyuu, Watashi no Koibito.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Sena is a novelist who has been dealing with romantic feelings for her sister, Yuuna. Upon learning that Yuuna is to be married, Yuuna's best friend and former partner Kiku asks Sena to be her lover. Note: Chapter count includes four volume-bonus chapters plus one special chapter.

Tags: Rehabilitation , Female Protagonist , Yuri , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Incest , Love Triangle , Age Gap , Writing

Haha to Ane

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological

A girl struggles with her identity and her relationship with her sister after the death of their mother.

Note: This is the full version of the story edited down and published in Bad Candy You Give Me.

Tags: Josei , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Family Life