Manga like LOVE-BULLET

Tongari Boushi no Atelier

Also known as Witch Hat Atelier.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

In a world where everyone takes wonders like magic spells and dragons for granted, Coco is a girl with a simple dream: she wants to be a witch. But everybody knows magicians are born, not made, and Coco was not born with a gift for magic. Resigned to her un-magical life, Coco is about to give up on her dream to become a witch … until the day she meets Qifrey, a mysterious, traveling magician. After secretly seeing Qifrey perform magic in a way she’s never seen before, Coco soon learns what everybody “knows” might not be the truth, and discovers that her magical dream may not be as far away as it may seem...



Notes:
Nominated for the 11th Manga Taishou Award in 2018.
Won the Daruma d'Or at Japan Expo in 2019.
Won Best U.S. Edition of International Material - Asia at the Eisner Awards in 2020.
Won the Best Manga Award at the Harvey Awards in 2020.

Tags: Witch , Magic , Found Family , Female Protagonist , Memory Manipulation , Drawing , Coming of Age , Teacher , Ensemble Cast , Revenge , School , Primarily Female Cast , Medieval , Tragedy , Primarily Child Cast , Conspiracy , Politics , Philosophy , Seinen , Disability , Body Horror , Rehabilitation , Travel , Amnesia , Foreign , Spearplay , Environmental , Iyashikei , Dragons , LGBTQ+ Themes , Twins

Ki ni Natteru Hito ga Otoko ja Nakatta

Also known as The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn't a Guy at All.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Music , Romance

Fashionable and upbeat high schooler Aya falls head over heels for an employee at a local CD shop. He's got an air of mystery about him, great style, and an impeccable music taste. Little does she know—this supposedly male employee is actually her female classmate Mitsuki! Mitsuki generally keeps to herself, but since her seat is right next to Aya's, she can't help but be extremely aware of the other's crush. Revealing the truth is out of the question for Mitsuki—but perhaps getting closer to Aya wouldn't be so bad...



Tags: Female Protagonist , Yuri , LGBTQ+ Themes , Rock Music , Tomboy , Primarily Teen Cast , Josei , Short-Form Chapter , Gyaru , Primarily Female Cast , Work , School , Fashion , Iyashikei , 4-koma , Time Skip

Mahou Shoujo Madoka☆Magica

Also known as Puella Magi Madoka Magica.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Horror , Mahou Shoujo

When a new girl joins her class, Madoka Kaname thinks she recognizes the mysterious, dark-haired transfer student from one of her dreams…a dream where she is approached by a catlike creature who offers Madoka an opportunity to change destiny. Madoka had always thought magic was the stuff of fantasy…until she sees the transfer student fighting with the very cat being from her dream! And just like in Madoka’s dream, the cat gives her a choice. Will Madoka become a magical girl in exchange for her dearest desire? What will be the cost of having her wish come true?



Tags: Time Manipulation , Primarily Female Cast , Magic , Seinen , Henshin , Tragedy , Alternate Universe , Philosophy , Female Protagonist , Yuri , Aliens , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Fairy , Survival , Witch , Guns

Lycoris Recoil

Also known as Lycoris Recoil.

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

Japan—a nation where vicious crime and terror have been all but eliminated. And who keeps the peace? Cute schoolgirls, of course! Those uniformed youths you see on street corners and in stylish cafés may just be agents of Lycoris, with pistols in their purses and missions on their minds…

Tags: Female Protagonist , Guns , Seinen , Yuri , Assassins , Primarily Female Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes

Yuri de Naru♥Espoir

Also known as Yuri Espoir.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Romance

After finding out she is to be forced into a marriage of convenience as soon as she graduates high school, Kokoro sees her life ending before her eyes at her father's wishes. And so in her final year of high school, she decides to indulge in her love of other women, and create an incredible sketchbook of lesbian romance to leave behind as her legacy. As she observes the young women of her town, she learns more about their desires, their struggles, and the unpredictable whims of love.



Tags: Yuri , LGBTQ+ Themes , Female Protagonist , Arranged Marriage , Primarily Female Cast , Love Triangle , Seinen , Marriage , Episodic , Boys' Love , Yandere , School , Suicide , Office Lady , Twins , Crossdressing

Hiraeth wa Tabiji no Hate

Also known as HIRAETH -The End of the Journey-.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Supernatural

After the death of her best friend, Mika is determined to follow her into the grave. But her suicide attempt introduces her to a world unlike any she's ever seen...full of gods and spirits and entities of which she could never have dreamed. But even with this world of wonder, can she find a way out of her sorrow?



Tags: Suicide , Afterlife , Found Family , Travel , Tragedy , Female Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes , Gods , Seinen , Agender , Bisexual , Male Protagonist , Yuri , Motorcycles , Boys' Love

Kimi ga Shinu made Koi wo Shitai

Also known as I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Fantasy , Romance

At the mysterious orphanage where Sheena lives, death is nothing new to its residents—girls who no longer have families of their own, who are raised as weapons of war, taught to kill and take the lives of others without batting an eye. Everyone, that is, except Sheena, who wishes for nothing more than the growing conflict around her to end. On the night of her roommate's death, Sheena meets a strange girl covered in blood, who smiles despite the turmoil surrounding them. The next day, the girl appears as a new student in Sheena's class and introduces herself as Mimi. Initially thought to be a school myth, there are now whispers in the orphanage's halls that Mimi is their secret weapon—an immortal who cannot die. When Mimi is later assigned as Sheena's new roommate, Sheena's world grows even more complicated when she begins living with someone who loves and welcomes death, when all Sheena wants to do is stop it…



Tags: Tragedy , Magic , Yuri , Primarily Female Cast , War , Female Protagonist , Dystopian , Primarily Teen Cast , Boarding School , LGBTQ+ Themes , School , Gore , Body Horror , Shoujo , Transgender

Alien 9

Also known as Alien Nine.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Psychological , Sci-Fi

In the future, alien invasion is a daily occurrence and everyone must be prepared. Elementary School #9 has assigned three students to fight off the extra-terrestrial threat.

Tags: Aliens , Denpa , Coming of Age , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Child Cast , School , Surreal Comedy , Body Horror , Gore , Cosmic Horror , Seinen , Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Yuri , Proxy Battle , Age Regression , Urban Fantasy , Teacher

Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu

Also known as The Summer Hikaru Died.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural , Thriller

Two boys lived in a village: Yoshiki and Hikaru. The two did everything together...until the day Hikaru was encompassed by a mysterious light. That was when everything changed—Hikaru most of all. Yoshiki still wishes from the bottom of his heart to always stay by his side...but is there even a Hikaru left to be with?

Tags: Monster Boy , Male Protagonist , Cosmic Horror , Rural , Tragedy , Body Horror , Primarily Teen Cast , Boys' Love , Mythology , School , LGBTQ+ Themes , Urban Fantasy , Curses , Unrequited Love , Gods , Seinen , Aromantic , Asexual , Mountaineering

Suicide Girl

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Mahou Shoujo , Psychological , Supernatural

A story where a girl of light fights against the darkness of the world.

Tags: Suicide , Seinen , Female Protagonist , Magic , Demons , Time Manipulation , Ghost , Tragedy , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Body Horror , Bullying , Restaurant , Urban , Urban Fantasy , Swordplay , LGBTQ+ Themes , Religion , Guns , Dissociative Identities , Trains , Cars , School , Yandere , Reincarnation , Angels , Henshin , Nun , Maids , Gore , Idol , Heterosexual , Transgender , Foreign , Yuri , Age Gap , Love Triangle