Manga like Kimi ni wa Todokanai.

also known as I Cannot Reach You

Genres: Slice of Life

What is I Cannot Reach You about?

Status: Releasing

No matter how much time we spend together, I’ll never become special to you. Childhood best friends. Two halves of a whole. The cool, smart one who’s good at almost everything, and his average, dorky friend who struggles to do anything right­—Yamato and Kakeru. Always by the other’s side, but not together in the way they truly want to be. No matter how hard they try, their hearts cannot reach each other…



Nominated for the Tsugimanga 2020 Award in the Web Manga Category.

Tags: Boys' Love , School , Shoujo , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Unrequited Love , LGBTQ+ Themes

Here is a list of Manga similar to Kimi ni wa Todokanai.

Sasaki and Miyano

Sasaki to Miyano

Also known as Sasaki and Miyano.

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

Miyano spends his days peacefully reading Boys' Love comics and worrying about how girly his face is-until a chance encounter leads to a scuffle with his senior Sasaki. Intrigued by his feisty junior Miyano, delinquent Sasaki uses every opportunity he can to get closer...



Tags: Boys' Love , Male Protagonist , School , Primarily Male Cast , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Otaku Culture , LGBTQ+ Themes , Shoujo , Meta , Bisexual , 4-koma , Crossdressing , Primarily Teen Cast
Hirano and Kagiura

Hirano to Kagiura

Also known as Hirano and Kagiura.

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

Basketball players. Bad boys who aren’t really bad boys. Roommates. Senpai-kouhai BL romance. It all started when Kagiura moved into the school dorms with what seemed to be a bad-boy upperclassman. But after he’s left in the tender care of his mother hen of a roommate, Hirano, it’s too much to ask for Kagiura not to fall in love…right?!



Tags: Boys' Love , LGBTQ+ Themes , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist , Unrequited Love , Primarily Male Cast , School , Basketball , School Club , Josei , Chibi , Boarding School , Age Gap
Minato's Laundromat

Minato Shouji Coin Laundry

Also known as Minato's Laundromat.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

"Minato-san, I have a sex drive."

When Akira Minato inherits an old, run-down laundromat from his grandfather, he sees it as an opportunity to recover from his grueling corporate job and spend his days in laid-back leisure. But all that changes when a new customer comes knocking—one who's maybe a bit too good-looking. Despite their growing closer, Akira is determined not to let high school hottie Shintaro Katsuki find out he's gay...until a casual slip of the tongue gives away his secret.



Tags: Boys' Love , Age Gap , Shoujo , LGBTQ+ Themes , Unrequited Love , Male Protagonist
Sunny Days With the Four Seasons Club

Harenochi Shikibu

Also known as Sunny Days With the Four Seasons Club.

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

Haruno saw Ichise for the first time in front of his high school, looking at the cherry blossoms in full bloom. He was crying. What a weird guy, Haruno thought...but he was the new classmate, and his seat was next to Haruno. The next thing Haruno knew about him was that he loved Japanese way of enjoying the four seasons. He was a returnee from United States. Ichise started the Four Seasons Club, with only one member. Haruno couldn't take his eyes off from Ichise...and he almost accidentally agreed to be a member of the club. But Haruno didn't know that the words he used were misunderstood by Ichise, and they'd become boyfriends.



Tags: Boys' Love , School , Full Color , 4-koma , LGBTQ+ Themes
Cupid is Struck by Lightning

Cupid ni Rakurai

Also known as Cupid is Struck by Lightning.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Sometimes, getting caught in the rain leads to unexpected beauties... "Cupid is Struck by Lightning": Shingo has found his niche: gathering information on people's crushes/types for clients (his classmates) in exchange for... food. With a 100% success rate, the Cupid of Freshmen Year has taken on his riskiest mission yet: finding out more about the mysterious and popular Ao from the grade above. Shingo is ready for the challenge. What he wasn't ready for was succeeding in his mission and learning more about the Ice Prince of Sophomore Year... "Bathtime Fetish": Taira works part time at the public bathhouse and he couldn't be happier being surrounded by muscles and toned men. Taira knows all the regulars and their pecs, but the day that Ryunosuke comes to the bathhouse is the day that Taira gets to know what true "superior muscle tone" is. It seems that Taira's job has just gotten even better!



Tags: Boys' Love , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , School
Unmei no Hito to Deaeru Koisuru App

Unmei no Hito to Deaeru Koisuru App

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

One day at school, a friend shows Hiroto Kyono a new app called "Meet your Soulmate". However, Kyono is indifferent to love and doesn't believe in fortune-telling apps...until Kyono meets a guy on the train who looks exactly like how the app described his soulmate! Could this guy really be his soulmate? How can Kyono close the distance between them so they can become friends? And then something more?

Tags: Boys' Love , Male Protagonist , School , LGBTQ+ Themes , Bisexual , Crossdressing , Trains , Bullying , Shoujo
Love Stories

Koimonogatari

Also known as Love Stories.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

When Yuji accidentally hears his classmate Yamato confessing to another friend that he's gay, his perspective shifts. Seeing Yamato in a new light, Yuji does his best not to let prejudice color his view, but he still finds himself overthinking his classmates' interactions now. He especially notices the way Yamato looks at one particular boy: Yuji's own best friend.

Even though he tells himself not to get involved, Yuji finds he just can't help it: watching Yamato's one-sided love draws him in a way he never expected. At first, it's empathy, knowing that the boy Yamato has his sights on is definitely straight and has no idea. But as his own friendship with Yamato develops and the two of them grow closer through a mutual study group, Yuji comes to truly care about Yamato as a person, regardless of his sexuality.



Tags: LGBTQ+ Themes , Male Protagonist , Boys' Love , School , Bullying , Primarily Teen Cast , Unrequited Love
The Summer of You

Kimi wa Natsu no Naka

Also known as The Summer of You.

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

Chiharu Saeki and Wataru Toda are two high school students who share a common hobby: They love to watch movies. After they meet, they become fast friends, until one day, when Chiharu confesses his love for Wataru. Wataru says that Chiharu’s confession doesn’t bother him, and the boys continue throughout their summer, going to pilgrimages to see film spots from their favorite movies. But the more time he spends with Chiharu, Wataru realizes that he may not only be as unaffected by Chiharu’s confession as he claimed to be, but those feelings may also be mutual…



Note: Chapter count includes 3 bonus stories: "Evening Glow" "After My Summer of You" "You and You"

Tags: Boys' Love , Primarily Male Cast , Male Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes , School , Crossdressing , Travel , Bisexual , Unrequited Love
Where to read?
Blue Flag

Ao no Flag

Also known as Blue Flag.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

High school senior year, spring—one of life's important forks in the road. Taichi Ichinose finds himself in the same class as Futaba Kuze, who he feels strangely averse to, and his popular childhood friend, Touma Mita. One day, Futaba confides in him her love for Touma, and asks him for help. How will Taichi respond? This new “pure” love story begins as the three are colored in the emotions of youth.



Tags: Coming of Age , LGBTQ+ Themes , Love Triangle , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Chibi , Philosophy , School , Bisexual , Baseball , Ensemble Cast , Boys' Love , Shounen , Time Skip , Rehabilitation , Heterosexual , Unrequited Love , Yuri
Go For It, Nakamura!

Ganbare! Nakamura-kun!!

Also known as Go For It, Nakamura!.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Nakamura is a shy boy who falls in love at first sight with one of his classmates–his dreamy high school classmate, Hirose. But there's a problem: they haven't met yet. And Nakamura is a total klutz who might bungle things before they even begin!



Tags: Boys' Love , LGBTQ+ Themes , Male Protagonist , School , Unrequited Love , Coming of Age , Episodic , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Primarily Male Cast , Acting , Primarily Teen Cast , Meta , Parody , Teacher , Crossdressing

Comments

User Icon
User Icon