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Status: Finished

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

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Mangabox Manga Planet

INKR

Fuufu Ijou, Koibito Miman.

Also known as More Than a Married Couple, but Not Lovers..

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

Jirou, a third-year in high school, is forced to live with a gyaru named Akari under a course called the "Couple Practical". In order to be paired with their own romantic interests, they're going to act as a married couple...!?

Note: Nominated for the Tsugimanga 2020 Award in the Manga Category.

Tags: Heterosexual , Love Triangle , Gyaru , Male Protagonist , School , Family Life , Shounen , Meta , Fake Relationship , Nudity , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Cohabitation

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ComicWalker Nico Nico Seiga

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Kuzu no Honkai

Also known as Scum's Wish.

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

Mugi and Hanabi are the perfect high school couple...but their relationship is built on a single shared secret: They're each in love with someone else.

Included one-shots:
Volume 1: Nyan Nyan Prelude
Volume 2: Nyan Nyan Serenade
Volume 3: Nyan Nyan Oratorio
Volume 4: Nyan Nyan Cantata
Volume 5: Nyan Nyan Andante
Volume 2 contains the side story "Little Little Princess" (Little Little Princess).

Tags: Heterosexual , Seinen , Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Netorare , School , Love Triangle , Bisexual , LGBTQ+ Themes , Age Gap , Fake Relationship , Yuri , Unrequited Love , Nudity

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Domestic na Kanojo

Also known as Domestic Girlfriend.

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

High schooler Natsuo is hopelessly in love with his cheerful and popular teacher, Hina. However, one day at a mixer, he meets a moody girl by the name of Rui and ends up sleeping with her. Soon after, his father announces that he's getting remarried to a woman with two daughters of her own. And who shows up in tow, other than both Hina and Rui?! Natsuo's outrageous new life starts now!

Note: Includes 23 extra/side chapters.

Tags: Inseki , Love Triangle , Coming of Age , Tragedy , Male Protagonist , Writing , Age Gap , Family Life , Teacher , Heterosexual , Female Harem , Nudity , School Club , School , Crime , Acting , Time Skip , MILF , Food , Shounen , Drugs , Transgender , Yandere , Bisexual

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Pocket Magazine Manga Planet

INKR

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Kakkou no Iinazuke

Also known as A Couple of Cuckoos.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Romance

16-year-old super-studier Nagi Umino, second-year student at the Meguro River Academy high school, was switched at birth. On his way to a dinner to meet his birth parents, he accidentally meets the brash, outspoken, Erika Amano, who is determined to make Nagi her fake boyfriend as she never wants to actually marry. But once Nagi makes it to dinner, he finds his parents have decided to resolve the hospital switch by conveniently having him marry the daughter his birth parents raised...who turns out to be none other than Erika herself!

Note: Fourteenth place of Tsugimanga 2020 Award in the Manga Category

Tags: Female Harem , Love Triangle , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Inseki , Tsundere , Family Life , School , Shounen , Twins , Cosplay , Idol , Meta , Arranged Marriage , Cohabitation

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Pocket Magazine

K MANGA

INKR

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Watari-kun no xx ga Houkai Sunzen

Also known as Watari-kun's ****** Is about to Collapse.

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

Naoto Watari has had his share of struggles: his parents died two years ago, and now he and his sister live at his aunt’s house. There, his desire to protect his sister earned him notoriety as “the guy with the sister complex”—which never mattered to him, as his sister always came first. But when Satsuki, a childhood friend-turned-enemy(?), becomes his school mate, Naoto’s ordinary life is thrown into chaos … and Satsuki may just be the beginning.

Note: Total chapter count includes 2 extra chapters.

Tags: School , Heterosexual , Love Triangle , Coming of Age , Yandere , Seinen , Kuudere , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Female Harem

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Manga Planet

INKR

Azuki

Yanmaga

Comic Days

K MANGA

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Sore wa Totsuzen, Unmei no Aite ga

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

The government uses genetic information to determine what people would be best matched to produce the best offspring possible. Once the youngest of the two is over 14 a letter is sent to both homes telling them when to meet at the coupling center, where they meet their new fiance and are given one week to get to know each other to see if they want to marry. There are multiple stories in this, each lasting a few chapters, telling different tales of how couples deal with their pairing.

Tags: Incest , School , Shounen , Ensemble Cast , Virtual World , Matchmaking

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Retort Pouch!

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Romance

In the year 20XX, the decline in birth rates is a serious problem. To counter this, the government has established an outrageous academy. The academy's goal: "To teach boys and girls how to properly date, and in the near-future create good families through marriage." In a school where the doctrine of "love" has gotten out of hand unfolds the ultimate love battle of two virgins!

Tags: School , Seinen , Nudity , Masturbation , Heterosexual , Female Harem , Hypersexuality

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No reading links available

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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 , Philosophy , Chibi , School , Bisexual , Boys' Love , Baseball , Ensemble Cast , Shounen , Time Skip , Rehabilitation , Heterosexual , Unrequited Love , Yuri

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Shonen Jump Plus MANGA Plus MANGA Plus

Viz

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Tatoe Todokanu Ito da to Shite mo

Also known as If I Could Reach You.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

In this heartwrenching new yuri manga, a teenage girl comes to terms with her own sexuality through her crush on her brother’s wife. Hopelessly in love, high schooler Uta must navigate living with her brother and Kaoru, her crush … and sister-in-law. Desperate to get over her unrequited feelings, Uta pulls away, but when the cracks in her brother’s marriage begin to show, Kaoru begins to confide in her new teenage sister, which just makes matters worse!

Note: Includes 6 extra chapters.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Yuri , Family Life , Love Triangle , Unrequited Love , Coming of Age , LGBTQ+ Themes , Age Gap , Time Skip , Ensemble Cast , School , Estranged Family , Work

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Pixiv Comic Pocket Magazine

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Inu to Kuzu

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Romance

Haruma Sakuraba's childhood friend Shuuji Inukai was a cut above him in every way imaginable, living out the glamorous life bestowed upon him. Haruma, an unassuming salary man, has lived his every day clutching onto his inferiority complex, existing only in Shuuji's shadow. One day, Haruma coincidentally met Shuuji's wife, Reika Sumi, who Haruma had always secretly admired since his high school days. With feelings of envy, jealousy, and more, a "secret" is born from Haruma's repetitive days.

Note: Includes 2 extra chapters.

Tags: Amnesia , Seinen , Urban , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Love Triangle , Nudity , Netorare , Suicide

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Comic Days Pocket Magazine

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