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Haru Matsu Bokura

Also known as Waiting for Spring.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Sports

Mizuki is a shy girl who’s about to enter high school, and vows to open herself up to new friendships. Of course, the four stars of the boys’ basketball team weren’t exactly the friends she had in mind! Yet, when they drop by the café where she works, the five quickly hit it off. Soon she’s been accidentally thrust into the spotlight, targeted by jealous girls. And will she expand her mission to include … love?



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

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

Kimi wa, Ore ga Suki datte Ittara Donna Kao suru darou.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

Asahina is a basketball fan and has managed to get into the boys' team at her school! The reason is not only her boyish appearance and great talent, but player Soshi, who has fallen in love with her. He is fascinated by her outspoken style and considers her the cutest girl in the world. Above all, he wants to protect her from evil - and also from her opponents on the field...

Includes 1 bonus chapter

Tags: Shoujo , Crossdressing , Love Triangle , School , Basketball , Gender Bending , Heterosexual

Beniiro HERO

Also known as Crimson Hero.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Sports

All that matters to 15-year-old Nobara Sumiyoshi is volleyball--she's an awesome player with big-time ambitions. But sometimes it seems like a girl just can't get a break in the competitive world of high school volleyball.



Tags: Shoujo , School , Volleyball , Female Protagonist

Power!!

Also known as Girl Got Game.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Sports

Kyo Aizawa is very excited about getting to attend Seisyu Academy, which is famous for its adorable girls' uniforms. Her spirits are crushed, however, when she opens the package containing her school uniform to find a boy's uniform.

Her father explains to her that, as Seisyu Academy is also famous for its boys' basketball program, he enrolled her as a boy so she can fulfill his own dream of becoming an NBA basketball star. To make matters worse, she has to stay in the boys' dorms, and her roommate is the same boy she came to hate at tryouts.



Tags: Basketball , Crossdressing , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Tomboy , School , Heterosexual , School Club

Uruwashi no Yoi no Tsuki

Also known as In the Clear Moonlit Dusk.

Status: Releasing
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 , Iyashikei , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Love Triangle

Genshoku Tsundere Danshi. Semekare

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

Collection of one shots:

Kimi ga Suki Plus Pink Passion Version
After going out for only a year, their relationship is already in trouble?

Anata Nante. Kirai
He’s such a frivolous person. Even so, he’s still the one I care about~?!

Boykare Boys’ Collection S Seitokaichou
I’ve become a toy for a super S senpai, but I can’t defy him…

Shitsuji-sama to Himegoto ~Otona no Tame ni Atsui Chocolate~
Eri wants to give the butler a Valentine’s chocolate that he will like, but…?!

Akai High Heel
A good looking shop manager with spectacles… Just looking at his serious facial expressions turns me on.

Tags: Heterosexual , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Tsundere , Bullying , School , Anthology , Teens' Love , Age Gap , Butler

Hal

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Sci-Fi

What if your lover died, you lost your will to live, and a robot was sent to you that looked like your lost lover?

Tags: Shoujo , Artificial Intelligence , Male Protagonist , Robots , Tragedy