Manga like Hikaeme ni Itte mo, Kore wa Ai

Museru Kurai no Ai wo Ageru

Also known as Choking on Love.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Music , Romance

Opposites attract in this shojo romance manga about a career-focused artist and the bad-boy guitarist who turns her world upside down!

Hibari, a single-minded art student with dreams of becoming a graphic designer, feels insecure about being “ordinary” compared to her peers. Gaku, a free-spirited guitarist from the same university, turns her world upside down after a chaotic encounter at a ramen shop. Hibari wants nothing more than to escape the disorder Gaku brings to her perfectly planned life. But as he slowly breaks down her walls, Hibari starts to realize that a little chaos might be just what she needs.



Tags: Shoujo , Primarily Adult Cast , College , Band , Female Protagonist , Drawing , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Love Triangle

Kaoru Hana wa Rin to Saku

Also known as The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

This story takes place in a particular town with two infamous schools in constant dispute: Chidori High, a boys' school predominantly attended by low-class students with damning grades, and its neighbor Kikyo Girls' High, with most of its female students coming from wealthy and prestigious families. One day, high school second-year Rintaro Tsumugi, a fierce-looking but gentle-minded student at Chidori, is helping at his family's patisserie when he encounters a female customer by the name of Kaoruko Waguri. Rintaro enjoys his time with Kaoruko, as she doesn't judge him for his appearance, but this blissful peace is quickly disturbed when Rintaro makes the discovery that Kaoruko is actually a student at Kikyo. This revelation marks the beginning of the two's strenuous tale, as they fight against the limitations placed upon them by their schools and surroundings in an attempt to find their own path!



Tags: Iyashikei , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Male Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , Shounen , Philosophy , Urban , Food , Delinquents , Work

Megane, Tokidoki, Yankee-kun

Also known as Glasses With a Chance of Delinquent.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

Momose has always longed for a peaceful high school life. She wants nothing to do with hoodlums, delinquents, or troublemakers. When she meets Ichikura, an inconspicuous black-haired boy with glasses, he looks like a normal, nice guy. But it turns out that back in junior high he was a nefarious delinquent! He keeps assuring her that he’s changed his ways, but he still has a knack for picking fights! Has Ichikura really turned over a new leaf? And will Momose keep the secret about his rowdy past?



Tags: Shoujo , Heterosexual , Delinquents , Female Protagonist , School , Primarily Teen Cast , School Club , Male Protagonist , Love Triangle

Yamaguchi-kun wa Warukunai

Also known as Yamaguchi-kun Isn't So Bad.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Shy Satsuki Shinohara’s plan for a big high school debut are almost ruined by a pervert on the train, but she’s saved by none other than the “gangster” student in her class, Yamaguchi-kun. He’s already got a bad rap with the other students, and though Satsuki tries to approach him, he seems to always weasel out of her grasp. But she’s not one to let a challenge daunt her, and she’s out to prove that Yamaguchi-kun is so much more than he’s cracked up to be.



Tags: Shoujo , School , Heterosexual

I My Me Mine

Also known as I My Me Mine.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

"Here’s to our unforgettable high school lives!"
"Just leave me alone!"

A high school life with an obsessive, trouble-making yet perfect Prince Charming!

Akira Izuki is a high school girl with a dream—a school life with 100 friends. One day, after helping Amamiya, a bad boy who lives next door, she becomes his "top fave!"…! "There goes my dream…" But his pursuit won’t stop until she can no longer ignore the charm in his sincere eyes…!

From first flutter to last heart-beat, this is the most intense boy-meets-girl story ever!



Tags: School , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Delinquents , Heterosexual

Shujinkou Nikki

Also known as Diary of a Female Lead: Shujinkou Nikki.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

Tsujimura Aoi wouldn’t consider herself a main character by any means. Meek and insecure, she’s constantly alone, unlike her athletic older brother, Itsuki, or her mother, a famous shojo mangaka. Aoi doesn’t need to be the heroine, though—all she wants is a true friend. But Itsuki disagrees, and when he brings home Aoi’s effortlessly cool classmate Mizusawa Sena, the two concoct a plan to teach Aoi all about love, using shojo manga as their guide. Can this drab side character become an unparalleled female lead by falling for the perfect guy?



Note: Includes eight extra chapters.

Tags: Shoujo , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Coming of Age , Family Life

Mikansei Demo Koi ga Ii

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

A beautiful transcendent Ichika just entered high school but since then, she hasn’t talked to anyone since she’s so shy. One day, out of bad luck the rumored former Yankee Yotsuya Takuya, decided to talk to her out of the blue behind the school and for some reason went to karaoke together…

“I want to return the lost item I picked up. Is he really the rumored yankee she thought…?”
The strategy meeting of 2 people after school drawn to each other “to realize their dream” begins!

Tags: Primarily Teen Cast , Heterosexual , School , Shoujo , Delinquents , Time Skip , Female Protagonist

Unmei no Hito ni Deau Hanashi

Also known as How I Met My Soulmate.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Romance

Yuki is a 20-year-old college sophomore who has wished for one thing since moving to Tokyo: to find her soulmate. Growing a bit desperate after a long drought, she goes along with a friend to a club for the first time. Her friend thrives, but it's chaotic and loud... just not Yuki's scene. Just when Yuki begins to despair that she'll never ever find a real, adult relationship, she meets Iori, a man with bleached hair and a slightly scary demeanor… but first impressions don't always tell the whole story. Could destiny still have more cards to play?



Tags: Shoujo , Primarily Adult Cast , Love Triangle , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , College , Medicine , Urban

Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun

Also known as My Little Monster.

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

Mizutani is a self-absorbed overachiever, concerned only with maintaining the highest grades in school. Haru is an impulsive short tempered brute, who scares everyone with his explosive bursts of violence. Haru gets suspended on the first day of school when he encounters some bullies harassing a student and dispatches the bullies with great bloody violence. Mizutani is tasked with delivering school materials to Haru who interprets this as an act of friendship and latches on to Mizutani, much to her dismay. And so begins a strange and potentially combustible relationship!



Note: Includes 17 extra chapters.

Tags: Shoujo , School , Love Triangle , Delinquents , Coming of Age , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Tsundere , Kuudere , Baseball , Age Gap , Tragedy

Uruwashi no Yoi no Tsuki

Also known as In the Clear Moonlit Dusk.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

Yoi Takiguchi has long legs, a deep voice, and a handsome face…in other words, Yoi is such a good-looking guy that most people don’t notice or care that she is, in fact, a girl. Indeed, she’s had the nickname “Prince” as long as she can remember. That is, until she met Ichimura-senpai…the only person who’s really seemed to see her for herself. To her surprise, she’s not sure how to handle this new relationship, especially when her newfound friend is a prince himself (and a guy prince, at that).



Note: Nominated for the 46th Kodansha Manga Award in the Shoujo Category in 2022.

Tags: Tomboy , Shoujo , School , Heterosexual , Iyashikei , Primarily Teen Cast , Female Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes , Love Triangle