Manga like Miniamaru Kareshi

Hananoi-kun to Koi no Yamai

Also known as A Condition Called Love.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Romance

Hotaru is a 16-year-old high school first-year who has always been ambivalent about love, preferring instead to have a lively life with her family and friends. So when she sees her schoolmate, Hananoi-kun, sitting in the snow after a messy, public breakup, she thinks nothing of offering to share her umbrella. But when he asks her out in the middle of her classroom the next day, she can’t help but feel that her life is about to change in a big way...



Tags: Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Yandere , School , Rehabilitation , Love Triangle , Primarily Teen Cast , Bullying , Basketball

Tiger & Dragon: Osananajimi 3-nin no Otawamure Biyori

Also known as Tiger and Dragon.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

When Konomi was five years old, her best friend and neighbor Kagetora moved away. After ten years with no communication, Konomi decides it’s time to finally move on from her childhood crush. Luckily, with her other childhood friend Tatsuomi waiting in the wings, it looks like romance is right around the corner. That is, until Kagetora suddenly reappears, and Konomi’s love life is thrown into chaos! Note: Chapter count includes one bonus chapter.

Tags: Love Triangle , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Yandere , School , Urban , Foreign , Primarily Teen Cast

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

Nanoni, Chigira-kun ga Amasugiru.

Also known as And Yet, You Are So Sweet.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Romance

Maaya Kisaragi, 16 years old, finally confessed to her crush...only to be flatly rejected and ridiculed on social media after. To make matters worse, the most popular guy in her grade, Chigira-kun, overheard her despondent muttering about the whole thing. But instead of making fun of her, he comforts her...and proposes an odd solution to her heartbreak!



Tags: Shoujo , Heterosexual , School , Fake Relationship , Athletics , School Club , Female Protagonist

Hajimete no Samejima-kun

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Inori was attracted to Sameshima-kun, a mysterious delinquent who hardly shows up at class. It turns out he's trying hard to become an artist. So despite her friend's objections, Inori offers to model for his paintings to get closer to Sameshima. A love comedy about helping a boy to chase his dream!

Tags: Shoujo

Mairimashita, Senpai

Also known as You Got Me, Sempai!.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

Serina arrives at school one day to discover her desk has been vandalized—someone’s scratched the lyrics to a love song in it … and that someone turns out to be Mizukawa-sempai, a boy who’s one year her senior. She wants to get to know him better, but if his frosty demeanor is any indication, she doesn’t have a chance! But it seems he might be awkward—not simply mean—and before she knows it, she’s asking him out … ! With each passing day, her heart races a little faster!



Tags: Coming of Age , School , Heterosexual , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Love Triangle , Unrequited Love , Primarily Teen Cast , Episodic

Arasa Dakedo, Hatsukoi desu.

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

"Inoue-san, you're my first boyfriend...", says Yamamoto, 28 years old. "I don't have a lot of experience either, but we'll work through it together", says Inoue, 32 years old. In reality, Inoue's never been with a girl either, but he couldn't tell Yamamoto that. A fluffy love-comedy about the adventures of this innocent and pure couple.

Note: Includes 3 extra chapters.

Tags: Josei , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Office Lady , Work , Kuudere , Urban , Chibi , Marriage

Koi to Shinzou

Also known as Love and Heart.

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Romance

After a messy breakup, college freshman Yoh Yagisawa returns home only to find she has an unexpected male roommate! Introducing himself as her old childhood friend who moved abroad, handsome Haruma Hirose is back to do a homestay. He's totally hot, super nice, and always there when Yoh's in trouble... but could Haruma's timing be a little too perfect? Plus, the house next door, where he claims to have lived-didn't the family there all commit suicide...?



Tags: Yandere , Suicide , Tragedy , Amnesia , Shoujo , College , Love Triangle , Primarily Adult Cast , Nudity , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual

Suki ni Naranai yo, Senpai

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

Falling in love with a painting while at a school's festival, Iku is able to meet the gentle high schooler who created it. She falls in love at first sight and with that feeling in her heart, decides to enroll in that high school! But, what happens when she joins the art club and discovers her gentle prince has disappeared and a sleaze ball has taken his place?!

Tags: School , Heterosexual , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Drawing , School Club , Love Triangle

Boku to Kimi no Taisetsu na Hanashi

Also known as Our Precious Conversations.

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

Nozomi Aizawa has has kept her feelings for her schoolmate Azuma-kun a secret for quite a while, but the time has come for her to finally confess. His response, though, is far from ordinary! Led in circles by his hilarious tangents, these two awkward teenagers find themselves growing ever closer while muddling through misunderstandings and off-topic rants. When the airheaded stalker Aizawa-san finally connects with the petulant know-it-all Azuma-kun, the result is a romantic comedy worth talking about!



Note:
Nominated for the 43rd Kodansha Manga Award in the Shoujo Category in 2019.
Winner of the 44th Kodansha Manga Award in the Shoujo Category in 2020.

Tags: Shoujo , Heterosexual , School , Meta , Writing , Love Triangle , Primarily Teen Cast , Female Protagonist , Episodic , LGBTQ+ Themes