Manga like Living Game

Maison Ikkoku

Also known as Maison Ikkoku.

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

Travel into Japan's nuttiest apartment house and meet its volatile inhabitants: Kyoko, the beautiful and mysterious new apartment manager; Yusaku, the exam-addled college student; Mrs. Ichinose, the drunken gossip; Kentaro, her bratty son; Akemi, the boozy bar hostess; and the mooching and peeping Mr. Yotsuya. Funny, touching, and a tad off-kilter, Maison Ikkoku is the great Rumiko Takahashi at her very best.



Tags: Seinen , Primarily Adult Cast , College , Episodic , Heterosexual , Tragedy , Love Triangle , Coming of Age , Nudity , Found Family

Koko wa Greenwood

Also known as Here is Greenwood.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

It seems like 15-year-old Kazuya Hasukawa's life can't get much worse. Not only did his older brother marry Kazuya's first love, he brought his bride home to live with the family! Forced out of his own home, Kazuya enters an exclusive all-male boarding school, Ryokuto Academy. Unfortunately, a prestigious education is little compensation for getting stuck with the cross-dressing roommate from Hell...



Notes:
Includes the one-shot "Dareka: STRANGER (誰か―STRANGER―)"
Includes the kakioroshi "Uchizawa to Watashi (内沢とわたし)"

Tags: Shoujo , School , Primarily Male Cast , Crossdressing , Boarding School , Male Protagonist

Gokinjo Monogatari

Also known as Neighborhood Story.

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

Welcome to Happy Berry! No, this isn’t a fruit stand, but the label dreamed up by aspiring fashion designer Mikako Koda. In her quest to make a name for herself in the fashion world, Mikako enters Yazawa Arts Academy, a prestigious art school, alongside her strictly platonic childhood friend Tsutomu. But there's one problem—Tsutomu's uncanny resemblance to a rock star skyrockets him to popularity and leads him to date the prettiest girl in school. Now Mikako can’t help but wonder if what she feels is jealousy.

Tags: Shoujo , Fashion , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Meta , School Club , Urban , Coming of Age , Love Triangle , School , Primarily Teen Cast

Asatte Dance

Also known as Dance Till Tomorrow.

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

Erotic college comedy. Suekichi goes to university and has, as any Japanese university student, time for hobbies. Things change when he attends his great grandfather's funeral and wakes the next morning in his room with a very sexy girl besides him. His great grandfather has left him a little inheritance but there are some conditions. Meanwhile, sexy Aya keeps hanging around and refuses to go away. The beginning of a strange relationship which revolves around suspicions and desire.

Tags: Heterosexual , Nudity , Love Triangle , Seinen , School Club , College

Tokyo Love Story

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

"In Tokyo, anyone can become the protagonist of a love story."

Nagao Kanji has recently moved to Tokyo, where he now finds himself uneagerly working at a small advertising firm. He reconnects with an old friend from back home, Mikami Kenichi, a medical student from a wealthy household who never lacks female company. For years, the two have shared a crush for their childhood classmate, the kindhearted and innocent Sekiguchi Satomi, who now also lives in Tokyo. Mixing things up is Akana Rika, an infectiously cheerful girl working at Kanji's company who decides that she will call him by the nickname of "Kanchi."

Tags: Seinen , Suicide , Urban , Love Triangle , Heterosexual

Conbini Maria

Also known as Maria, the Convenience Store Girl.

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

Maria is a sweet country girl who goes to Tokyo to honor a favor for her late grandmother. Waiting for her at her destination--the Rosy Convenience Store in Masakigaoka--are the Tomekichi brothers, struggling with an increasingly semile grandfather, a clueless father, and a family business on the verge of bankruptcy. All seems hopeless, until Maria turns up on their doorstep, to the dismay of one brother in particular. To complicate matters, there are moody customers, ever-present food issues, and a shady inspector ready to strike at any moment.

Will Maria be able to save this little convenience store? Or is it doomed to fold?

A fun story that deals with life, love and lunch, "Maria, the Convenience Store Girl" will make you feel warm inside, and maybe even a bit hungry!



Tags: Konbini , Episodic , Family Life , Primarily Adult Cast , Seinen , Urban , Work , Female Protagonist , Nudity

Watashi no Kobushi wo Uketomete!

Also known as Catch These Hands!.

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

From back alley brawls to bashful bonds, two former-delinquents face their next fight: long-term relationships. During her high school years, Takebe was the top dog at her school. But with her old friends now living as happy adults, Takebe was faced with an impending sense of crisis. Takebe convinced herself to quit delinquency, but then she runs into her old rival, Soramori. After losing another fist-fight against Soramori, for some reason or other they reconciled by becoming a dating couple. What kind of relationship did the two of them have back in high school? And will Takebe ever manage to graduate from delinquency...!? Note: Chapter 2 is presented in two parts, and four volume-bonus chapters are included in the total chapter count.

Tags: Delinquents , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Yuri , Primarily Adult Cast , Tsundere , Seinen , Asexual , LGBTQ+ Themes , Fishing , Outdoor , Urban