Manga like Kageki Shoujo!

[Oshi no Ko]

Also known as [Oshi no Ko].

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural

Gorou is a gynecologist and idol fan who’s in shock after his favorite star, Ai, announces an impromptu hiatus. Little does Gorou realize that he’s about to forge a bond with her that defies all common sense! Lies are an idol’s weapon!



Notes:
Nominated for the 14th and 15th Manga Taisho, the 26th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize, the 67th Shogakukan Manga Award in the general category and the 46th Kodansha Manga Award.
Winner of the 7th Next Manga Award in the print category.
Includes "[Oshi no Ko]: interlude" and one extra chapter.

Tags: Revenge , Acting , Idol , Tragedy , Reincarnation , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Twins , Detective , Female Protagonist , Work , Urban Fantasy , Time Skip , Otaku Culture , Age Gap , Female Harem , Love Triangle , Suicide , Anti-Hero , Primarily Teen Cast , Heterosexual , Bullying , Urban , Denpa , Educational , Tsundere , Primarily Female Cast , Filmmaking , Pregnancy , Incest , VTuber , Cosplay

Shoujo☆Kageki Revue Starlight Overture

Status: Finished
Genres: Music , Slice of Life

The story of the nine stage girls from Seisho Music Academy and their daily lives before the TV Anime!

Tags: Musical Theater , Acting , School , Boarding School , Primarily Teen Cast , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Dancing , Seinen

Glass no Kamen

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Romance

Chigusa Tsukikage holds the rights to the play "The Crimson Goddess," a lost masterpiece that many would love to see brought back to the stage.

Tsukikage, however, won't allow the cherished work to be diminished by an actress who isn't worthy of playing the title role. Fortunately, she has found two young actresses that just might be worthy: Maya Kitajima and Ayumi Himekawa. Though both actresses are exceptionally talented, only one can win the coveted role.

Tags: Shoujo , Acting , Female Protagonist , Work , Love Triangle , Coming of Age , Tragedy , Ojou-sama , Age Gap , Urban

Kimi no Tame no Curtain Call

Also known as A Curtain Call for You.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama

Shy, mousy Sakura Akutsu is content to keep her adventures confined to the pages of her notebook—until the brash, outgoing new transfer student Tsubame Hiiragi gets her hands on it, that is. The two secretly share the stories Sakura spins, but soon that secret proves too big to keep, and Tsubame whisks Sakura into a glittering world she could never have imagined!

As Sakura learns to be confident in who she is and ignore what others think, Tsubame learns to go below the surface and dig deep for emotional truths that may have eluded her... Together they'll learn about art, love, truth, and most of all, the theater...!



Tags: Writing , Acting , Yuri , Female Protagonist , School , Coming of Age , School Club

Skip Beat!

Also known as Skip Beat!.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Romance

Kyoko Mogami followed her true love Sho to Tokyo to support him while he made it big as an idol. But he's casting her out now that he's famous! Kyoko won't suffer in silence--she's going to get her sweet revenge by beating Sho in show biz!



Tags: Shoujo , Acting , Work , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Slapstick , POV , Revenge , Age Gap , Urban , Love Triangle , Tragedy , Ojou-sama , Tsundere , School , Super Power , LGBTQ+ Themes

Awajima Hyakkei

Also known as Scenes from Awajima.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music , Romance

Awajima Opera School—where countless girls from across the country flock in hopes of one day standing on the big stage. As they work toward achieving their dreams of stardom, their time at Awajima is filled with as much friendship and admiration as competition and jealousy. The precious feelings of girls who are at once both classmates and rivals, tenderly captured in the portraits of an ensemble cast!



Note: Won the 19th Japan Media Arts Festival Excellence Award in 2015.

Tags: LGBTQ+ Themes , Musical Theater , Female Protagonist , Boarding School , Primarily Female Cast , School , Ensemble Cast , Time Skip , Tragedy , Coming of Age , Yuri , Episodic , Heterosexual , Family Life , Suicide , Bullying , Male Protagonist , Religion

act-age

Also known as ACT-AGE.

Status: Cancelled
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Slice of Life

Lights! Camera! ACTION! Kei Yonagi wants to be an actress! But an already-difficult dream to achieve has become much harder since her father left and her mother died. She's now taking care of her two little siblings on her own.

Without much money left, will she have to give up her dream?!



Tags: Acting , Work , Female Protagonist , Coming of Age , Filmmaking , Shounen , Philosophy , Educational , Primarily Adult Cast , Twins

Yume Message

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

At a training school for an all-female theatre troupe, three would-be stars struggle to handle the competition and pressure to outshine their classmates while also becoming entangled in a love triangle.

Tags: Acting , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Love Triangle , LGBTQ+ Themes , School , Yuri , Musical Theater

Sayonara Miniskirt

Also known as Not Your Idol.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Psychological

After that day, she stopped being a girl.

In the wake of an assault, Nina Kamiyama, a former idol in the group Pure Club, shuns her femininity and starts dressing as a boy. At high school she keeps to herself, but fellow student Hikaru Horiuchi realizes who she is. What secrets is she keeping? The shocking drama starts.



Notes: Nominated to the 23rd Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.

Tags: Shoujo , Idol , Female Protagonist , Tragedy , Crossdressing , School , Urban ,

BanG Dream! Ave Mujica -manuscriptus-

Also known as BanG Dream! Ave Mujica -manuscriptus-.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music

Welcome to the World of "Ave Mujica"――. This is the official comic adaptation of TV anime "BanG Dream! Ave Mujica".
“Will you give me the rest of your life?”



Note: Chapter count reflects the original serialization. The chapters were later combined into 17 chapters for the tankōbon release.

Tags: Band , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Urban , Acting , Estranged Family , Dissociative Identities , Disability , Rock Music , Metal Music , Ojou-sama , Tragedy