Manga like LOVE VIBES

Aido

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

A josei manga from the artist of Pure Shadow (from Yuri Shimai 1) and Dessin (from Nico Says).

Ureha's boyfriend proposed to her three months ago, but she hasn't given him an answer yet. While visiting a cosmetics shop, she sees a woman, Sawori, who suddenly makes her remember a lesbian experience from high school. She's not sure that's something she wants to repeat, but will she be able to resist Sawori's advances?



Tags: Josei , Yuri , Bisexual , LGBTQ+ Themes , Nudity , Heterosexual , Age Gap , Scat , Primarily Adult Cast , Gyaru

Indigo Blue

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

Rutsu, a novelist, finds herself caught between her boyfriend and another woman.

Tags: Love Triangle , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Yuri , Josei , Writing , Bisexual , LGBTQ+ Themes , Heterosexual

Helter Skelter

Also known as Helter Skelter: Fashion Unfriendly.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Psychological

If you are aware of fashion in Japan, you must have seen Liliko's face. For the last few years, she has been at the top of the modeling world, with her face and body promoting the biggest brands. But as everyone who is in this world admits, staying on top is a constant and never ending battle. There are always new faces introduced to the public. Younger models and new looks are brought into the fold every season. And keeping that position means learning to adapt and learning to cope with change.

To maintain her position Liliko has decided to go under the knife. This is not her first go with this service. It is yet another round of plastic surgery, all done to keep herself looking young and vibrant. However, in this case just a little nip and tuck was not enough. Liliko is bent on undergoing a full body makeover. From head-to-toe, every inch of her will undergo cosmetic surgery, and thus begins her madness.



Tags: Josei , Female Protagonist , Fashion , Primarily Adult Cast , Tragedy , Acting , Body Horror , Philosophy , Drugs , Nudity , Revenge , Idol , Police , Urban , Bisexual , Detective , Yuri , Suicide , Time Skip , Unrequited Love , Body Image

Octave

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

This story revolves around 18 year old Miyashita Yukino and her life as a former idol.

As a child, Yukino had always been fascinated with TV. And before she knew it, she wanted to be one of those idols behind the screen. At 15, she entered the entertainment industry and debuted as a member of the four-person group "She'sN". However the group wasn't very successful and they broke up shortly afterwards. Returning home in disgrace, Yukino was welcomed with people’s curious looks and hurtful words.

Wanting to find herself, regain her pride, and perhaps experience love, Yukino decides to move back to Tokyo. There she meets a certain woman, former composer Iwai Setsuko. Together they embark on a very interesting and mysterious relationship.

Tags: Yuri , Work , LGBTQ+ Themes , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Idol , Seinen , Twins , Love Triangle , Nudity , Bullying , Bisexual

Bikachou Shinshi Kaikoroku

Also known as Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Perverts are people who know the shape of their desires. They have carefully traced those contours like a blind man using both hands to measure the shape of a vase. Colette works in a brothel in early 20th century Paris, an occupation she can't escape. She and the other girls support each other, satisfying the desires of their clients, day in, day out. The one source of hope in her difficult life was her trysts with Leon. But Colette could never be sure if Leon really loved her... The strength of women in their pleasurable confines; the naked desires of the 'amorous gentlemen.' Welcome to a beautiful, bewitching bordello of love and desire..



Tags: Josei , Writing , Nudity , Work , Prostitution , Female Protagonist , Historical , Psychosexual , Primarily Adult Cast , Foreign , Yuri , Tragedy , Heterosexual , Primarily Female Cast , Bisexual

Kami-sama Onegai

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

A composition of oneshots by Minami Q-ta.

1) Shoujo no Yume
2) Tomodachi
3) Kamisama Onegai
4) Kimi ni Muramura
5) Switch
6) Lunch wa Itsumo Issho
7) Sayuri-san no Nayami
8) Shinjuku Deluxe
9) Sayonara 3-gatsu
10) Apron to Sunglass
11) Noppo no Sally
12) Yuurei
13) Time After Time

Tags: Anthology , Seinen , Nudity , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Bisexual , Age Gap , Yuri , Transgender , Boys' Love

Sheets no Sukima

Also known as Between the Sheets.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Between the Sheets features the unusual friendship from the nearly inseparable Saki and Minako. Minako carries a fervent torch for the other girl - a passion of which Saki is initially ignorant. But when Minako sleeps with Saki's boyfriend Ken (just to see what Saki sees in him), the true nature of Minako's obsession begins to reveal itself ... provoking an understandably strong reaction from Saki.



Tags: Josei , Yuri , Love Triangle , Primarily Adult Cast , Nudity , LGBTQ+ Themes , Female Protagonist

Tenshi

Also known as Angel.

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

In a collection of manga short stories, an angel enters the lives of different people in need, granting them the security and piece of mind needed to get through the challenges in their lives.

Tags: Josei , Angels , Episodic , Family Life , Heterosexual , Bar , School , Nudity , Animals , Bullying , Suicide

Tenshi no Su

Also known as Angel Nest.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Supernatural

A woman named Natsu finds Ken, her husband, with another woman when she comes home from work one day. Ken confesses that he is in love with the girl, mi, and asks Natsu for a divorce. Natsu doesn't really feel shocked OR sad, for some strange reason. All she can think of is what she has learned from her five years with Ken, and how she can move forward. Then, one sleepless night, she sees an angel sitting on her balcony... and soon after, the angel begins living with her.

Included in this volume are three more short manga stories: God Knows Everything, Tea Time and Dispensation of Heaven.



Tags: Josei , Episodic , Angels , Female Protagonist

NANA

Also known as Nana.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Music , Romance , Slice of Life

Nana Komatsu is a young woman who's endured an unending string of boyfriend problems. Moving to Tokyo, she's hoping to take control of her life and put all those messy misadventures behind her. She's looking for love and she's hoping to find it in the big city.

Nana Osaki, on the other hand, is cool, confident and focused. She swaggers into town and proceeds to kick down the doors to Tokyo's underground punk scene. She's got a dream and won't give up until she becomes Japan's No. 1 rock'n'roll superstar.

This is the story of two 20-year-old women who share the same name. Even though they come from completely different backgrounds, they somehow meet and become best friends. The world of Nana is a world exploding with sex, music, fashion, gossip and all-night parties.



Note: Winner of the 48th Shogakukan Manga Award in the Shoujo Category in 2002.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Band , Primarily Adult Cast , Shoujo , Tragedy , Time Skip , Philosophy , Pregnancy , Found Family , Netorare , Bisexual , LGBTQ+ Themes , Love Triangle , Heterosexual , Achronological Order , Urban , Rock Music , Age Gap , Nudity , Drugs , Bar