Manga like Miniamaru Kareshi

Hananoi-kun to Koi no Yamai

Also known as A Condition Called Love.

Status: Finished
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...

Note: Chapter count includes one epilogue bonus chapter.

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

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

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

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 , Heterosexual , School

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 , College , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Heterosexual , Love Triangle , Nudity

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

Fukakouryoku no I LOVE YOU

Status: Releasing
Genres: Romance

You can't get away from the devilish senpai! Enjoy the start of a love affair where you will be pushed around all the time!

Tags: Shoujo , Yandere , 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 , Female Protagonist , Shoujo , School Club , Drawing , Love Triangle , Primarily Teen Cast