Manga like Marmalade Boy

Mint na Bokura

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

The twins Maria and Noeru (Noel) have always lived together and are very closely linked. When Maria decides to enter Morinomiya School because of the beautiful eyes of its basketball coach, Noeru, who refuses to be separated from his sister, decides to enter the same establishment. Unfortunately, there are no places left for boys. He thus decides to pass himself off as a girl! But school life is not easy when one must constantly play in a comedy! Especially when Noeru rapidly falls in love with Miyu, a fellow classmate, while he himself is courted by another student.

Includes 1 extra chapter

Tags: Twins , School , Shoujo , Gender Bending , Crossdressing , Boarding School

Akuma de Sourou

Also known as The Devil Does Exist.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

High school is hard for Kayano. When she tries to confess her love to the kind but distant Yuichi, the school bully Takeru makes her life hell. But things get worse when Kayano's mother gets engaged to Takeru's father, the school principal!

Soon enough, instead of be in love with Yuichi, she falls in her love with her future brother, Takeru.

What will she do about this forbidden love?

Included one-shots:
Volume 5: July
Volume 11: Flying Rabbit

Tags: Shoujo , Love Triangle , Tsundere , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Female Protagonist , Inseki , Coming of Age , Family Life , Delinquents , Basketball , Time Skip

Hana Yori Dango

Also known as Boys Over Flowers.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Tsukushi Makino is accepted into the prestigious, Eitoku Academy. Life changes dramatically for Tsukushi when her friend falls on Tsukasa Domyoji. Tsukasa is the explosive leader of the "F4," a group of the most powerful, rich and handsome boys. Domyoji refuses to accept Makiko's apology and Tsukushi steps in to protect her friend. A red tag appears in the Tsukushi's locker the next morning which is a sign from the F4 that she is to be bullied by the school. Tskushi continues to stand up to her oppressors.



Included one-shot: End of the Century

Tags: Shoujo , School , Male Harem , Love Triangle , Primarily Teen Cast , Yandere , Tsundere , Bullying , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Amnesia , Delinquents , Class Struggle

Hanazakari no Kimitachi e

Also known as Hana-Kimi: For You in Full Blossom.

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

Japanese-American track-and-field star Mizuki has gotten herself to transfer to a high school in Japan...but not just any school! To be close to her idol, high jumper Izumi Sano, she's going to an all-guys' high school...and disguising herself as a boy! But as fate would have it, they're more than classmates...they're roommates! Now, Mizuki must keep her secret in the classroom, the locker room, and her own bedroom. And her classmates--and the school nurse--must cope with a new transfer student who may make them question their own orientation...



Included one-shots:
Volume 1: Natsu no Ori (The Cage of Summer)
Volume 4: Kawaki no Tsuki (The Thirsty Moon)

Tags: Shoujo , Male Harem , Crossdressing , Female Protagonist , School , Gender Bending , Love Triangle , Athletics , LGBTQ+ Themes , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Time Skip , Boarding School

Itazura na Kiss

Also known as Itazura na Kiss.

Status: Cancelled
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

Ever since she entered high school, Kotoko Aihara wanted to be in the same class as Naoki Irie. The only problem, Irie is the smartest student in school while Kotoko is one of the dumbest. Now in 3rd year high school, she still isn't there. One day, her home gets destroyed and the only place else to go was to Irie's home. Now that she lives close to him, will their relationship be the same, or will it become greater than it is?

Notes:
Includes the one-shot "Boku ga Naku"
Includes the one-shot "Pink no Yuki ga Futtara..."
The manga was canceled due to the unexpected death of the author.

Tags: Shoujo , Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , Tsundere , Work , School , College , Time Skip , Heterosexual , Love Triangle , Medicine , Tennis , Family Life

Ultra Maniac

Also known as Ultra Maniac.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Supernatural

Shy Ayu Tateishi has just made a new friend at school. But this new friend, much to her surprise, is no ordinary classmate. Nina Sakura may look like a normal middle school girl, but she's got a big secret.

She's a witch.

Or, rather, she's studying to be a witch. And, apparently, she's not doing her homework. Her spells are devastating in their ineffectiveness and often result in the most embarrassing situations for poor Ayu.

But things wouldn't be so bad if Nina's sorcery didn't make Ayu look silly in front of the one boy she secretly adores. All she wants is a simple love potion. What she gets, however, is a new best friend who almost flunked out of witch school!



Note: Chapter count includes 1 bonus chapter.

Tags: School , Shoujo , Heterosexual , Witch , Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Love Triangle , Magic , Kuudere , Gender Bending , Urban Fantasy

Kodomo no Omocha

Also known as Kodocha: Sana's Stage.

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

Sana Kurata, a child actress, faces many problems in her classroom, including a major one - her bullying classmate, Akito Hayama. Sana's outgoing and friendly nature leads her to work towards correcting all of the problems around her. Her 'meddling' irritates Hayama but at the same time captivates him, just as Hayama's gloomy nature irritates Sana and compels her to change him. As these two opposites attract each other, they face many hardships which bring them closer to a mutual understanding.



Tags: Primarily Child Cast , Coming of Age , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , School , Acting , Tragedy , Love Triangle , Adoption , Suicide , Heterosexual , Family Life , Slapstick , Orphan , Tsundere

Auto Focus

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

A girl with a strange mother who brings home a new father and step brother. She loves photography, and her new step father is a photographer. She suddenly has a boyfriend but her heart belongs to someone else.

Tags: Shoujo , Photography , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Inseki

Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou

Also known as Kare Kano: His and Her Circumstances.

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

Yukino Miyazawa has it all - perfect grades, looks, the admiration of her peers. She's the #1 student at her school... at least she was until he showed up. The new boy, Soichiro Arima, one-ups her in every department. And the worst thing about it is that he's sincere! With her ego in jeopardy, Yukino will do whatever it takes to regain the spotlight, but falling in love was never part of it.



Included one-shots:
Volume 1: Tora to Chameleon: Yakusoku wa Isshuukan (The Tiger and the Chameleon: A Promise for One Week)
Volume 4: Ashita Mata Mori de Aou ne (Meet Me Again Tomorrow in the Forest)
Volume 8: Abareru Ousama (The Raging King)

Note: Includes 4 extra chapters from volumes 2, 10, 11, and 12.

Tags: Coming of Age , School , Ensemble Cast , Female Protagonist , Shoujo , Age Gap , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Band , Tanned Skin , Tomboy , Tragedy , Primarily Teen Cast , Urban , Tsundere , Yandere , Time Skip , Acting , Amnesia

Honoka ni Purple

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

There's a legend about a certain library at the Doumeikan University, and whoever meets there for the first time will fall in love. One fateful day, Shino waits for her date there, but she doesn't meet him. Instead she meets a football player who took refuge there, trying to avoid his angry teammates. Then the two surprisingly find out that their parents are getting married, and so they start to live together...



Tags: Shoujo , Inseki