Manga like Kokoro no Program

Plastic Memories: Say to good-bye

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Sci-Fi

Story told from the point of view of Kinushima Michiru. In a future not too far away, androids that look exactly like humans begin to spread across the world. The android production company SA Corp. produced Giftia, a new kind of android that has the most amount of emotion and human-like qualities out of any other model ever seen. However, due to problems in technology, the androids have a service life, and once they pass that, it gets pretty bad. For this reason, SA Corp. creates a terminal service in order to retrieve Giftia that have gone past their service life. A new employee at the terminal service named Tsukasa Mizugaki forms a team with the Giftia Isla to retrieve the other androids.



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Replica Datte, Koi wo Suru.

Also known as Even a Replica Can Fall in Love.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Supernatural

On days when Sunao is sick, or not feeling like going to school, she is called to take her place. She was born to this world when Sunao wished to have a substitute. No one knows that she exists, but she tries to do her best for Sunao whenever she is called. One day she talks with Sanada, one of her classmates. They become friends, but soon he notices that she is different from the original Sunao...he was the first one who did. She tells him to talk with her only when she has her hair half-up. Sanada does like she told him, and they enjoy their time together. As they become closer, she realizes that she has special feelings toward Sanada. But she doesn't know what will happen to her...if she, a replica, falls in love.

Tags: Clone , Female Protagonist , School , Seinen , Robots , Bullying , Basketball

Yasashii Hikari

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

"Maybe, if I were to live faraway..."

Miyake, a salaryman who had been living his life without a break, arrives for a new job on Tsukinowa island, where time flows gently. With a high school girl, Hiyoko, as his guide, a new life will begin!

Tags: Iyashikei , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , Photography , Coastal , Age Gap , Rural , Seinen

Kokuhaku Biyori

Also known as Kokuhaku Biyori.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

This is a collection of short stories depicting the beginnings of love by Nakamura Hinata. Four cute and tender stories to bring a smile to your face.

Kedaruge na Kimi no Kirakira to
Kocchi Muite, Shiomi-kun
Amatou-kun to Koi no Aji
Kimi no Seal wo Atsumetai



Tags: Shoujo , Anthology , Work , School

Atarashii Kimi e

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Thriller

Sakuma, a teacher at an all-girls school, sees his wife in the red-light district cheating on him one day. In response, he runs away and decides to tour Japan, going wherever his heart may lead him. He finally reaches Odawara and meets a young girl, that looks like the one he always sees in his dreams. He barely manages to stop himself from crossing the line with the girl, and he eventually returns to his normal life, having discovered that his wife's alleged cheating was all a misunderstanding. But then...

Tags: Heterosexual , Seinen , Time Loop , Pandemic , Male Protagonist , Age Gap , Teacher , Netorare , Female Protagonist

Kokoro Connect

Also known as Kokoro Connect.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Yamaboshi Academy’s Student Cultural Society consists of five weirdos (Himeko, Iori, Yui, Aoki, and Taichi) who just don’t fit in anywhere else. While they seem as close as friends can be, when they mysteriously start swapping bodies with one another, their bond is put to the test. Now the five friends must figure out not only why this is happening to them, but come to terms with each other’s innermost secrets, fears, and hidden crushes. Can they possibly stay friends while retaining their sanity?



Tags: Body Swapping , School , Seinen , Ensemble Cast , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Heterosexual

Chikotan, Kowareru

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Miyahara Chiko is a mysterious girl who never seems to talk to anyone and always wears a pair of headphones and a scarf. But what is she hiding behind that silent facade?

Tags: Large Breasts , Clone , Nudity , Bondage , School , Swimming , Seinen , Love Triangle , Robots

Kikaijikake no Marie

Also known as Mechanical Marie.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Romance , Sci-Fi

He was a boy. She was a robot. Well...not really. In all actuality, Marie is completely, totally, 100 percent human, but because her strange new employer seemingly despises humans, the powers-that-be are paying a handsome sum for her to pretend she's the latest and greatest android while protecting said eccentric master from the seemingly endless attempts on his life. Which is fine, but they forgot to mention one tiny seemingly insignificant detail-this dude absolutely dotes on inanimate objects like Marie can't believe. She's not sure what will kill her first, the assassins or his affections...?



Note: Began as a one-shot published in the May 2020 issue of LaLa on March 24, 2020. A three-chapter series ran from the August to October 2020 issues. They were collected and released as Volume 1, as the extended serialization continued in the January 2021 issue of LaLa on November 24, 2020. Chapter count includes three special chapters.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Shoujo , Maids , Robots , Heterosexual

Maid no Kishi-san

Also known as My Maid, Miss Kishi.

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

Kiichiro Hayase has a reputation as the wealthiest, hottest, most eligible bachelor in town. But as they say…behind every successful man is the maid who keeps him from tripping over his own two feet! Enter Miss Kishi, the most competent, professional maid around—and the only thing keeping from Kiichiro quite literally crashing and burning. He owes it all to her, but can he ever make it up to her? He’s sworn to try…no matter how many things must get broken, scattered, or lost to do so!



Tags: Maids , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Heterosexual , Kuudere

Koi to Uso

Also known as Love & Lies.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Yukari is dull. He doesn’t even stand out enough to be bullied—he’s just a generally lower-middle-class kid. One day, on the eve of his sixteenth birthday, he confesses to his childhood crush Misaki Takasaki. There’s just one problem: He was 15, few minutes away from receiving his government-assigned marriage partner. He normally wouldn’t have the courage to defy the law, but his assigned wife Ririna still believes in love, and won’t stop goading him into confessing his feelings!



Notes:
- Volume count includes two different versions of the 12th volume featuring Ririna and Misaki routes respectively.
- Chapter count is primarily based on the Manga Box serialization. It include 280 chapters from the main story (compiled into 44 chapters in volumes 1-11), two sets 7 chapters for the Ririna and Misaki versions (6 chapters in their volume 12) and 7 extra/bonuses from the series.

Tags: Love Triangle , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Dystopian , Female Harem , LGBTQ+ Themes , Primarily Teen Cast , Mixed Gender Harem , Arranged Marriage , Shounen , School , Tragedy , Denpa