Manga like Mizutama Honey Boy

Heroine Hajimemashita.

Also known as Heroine for Hire.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

Shuko Kodakamine is strong—too strong, by the standards of some. She hopes to make a good high school debut, but that plan goes up in smoke almost immediately when she injures the attractive, charismatic Serizawa-kun...and later suplexes him, to boot! But when Serizawa-kun finds himself in hot water with a jealous boyfriend, it's Shuko who comes to his aid...and he comes up with a ridiculous proposition: If Shuko becomes his bodyguard, he'll make her the most important girl in his world!



Tags: Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Heterosexual , Shoujo , School , Martial Arts , Judo , Tomboy

Horimiya

Also known as Horimiya.

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

At school, Kyouko Hori is known for being smart, attractive, and popular. On the other hand, her classmate, the boring, gloomy Izumi Miyamura tends to get painted as a "loser fanboy." But when a liberally pierced and tattooed (not to mention downright gorgeous) Miyamura appears unexpectedly on the doorstep of secretly plain-Jane homebody Hori, these two similarly dissimilar teenagers discover that there are multiple sides to every story...and person!



Notes:
-Includes 20 extra chapters.
-The 17th volume got released on July 18, 2023. This was 2 years after its original ending. This new volume included 10 extra chapters.

Tags: Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Tsundere , School , Family Life , Coming of Age , Ensemble Cast , Slapstick , Episodic , Shounen , Love Triangle , Bullying , Urban , Time Skip

Danna-san wa Onee-san

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

Newlyweds Ruiji and Haru are head over heels for each other, but their relationship is completely flipped!
The husband, Ruiji, is the kind, family-oriented homemaker, and his wife, Haru, is a hard-working elite bank clerk.
Would you like to take a peek at their sweetness filled lives?

Tags: Primarily Adult Cast , Heterosexual , Urban , Family Life , Office Lady , Iyashikei

Otomen

Also known as Otomen.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Asuka Masamune is a guy who loves girly things--sewing, knitting, making cute stuffed animals and reading shojo comics. But in a world where boys are expected to act manly, Asuka must hide his beloved hobbies and play the part of a masculine jock instead. Ryo Miyakozuka, on the other hand, is a girl who can't sew or bake a cake to save her life. Asuka finds himself drawn to Ryo, but she likes only the manliest of men! Can Asuka ever show his true self to anyone, much less to the girl that he's falling for?



Included one-shots:
Volume 10: Glass no Otomen: Sen no Kamen wo Motsu Kinoto Otoko
Volume 11: Love Chick (らぶちっく)

Tags: School , Shoujo , Heterosexual , Femboy , Tomboy , Primarily Teen Cast , Food , Estranged Family , Male Protagonist , Crossdressing , LGBTQ+ Themes , Martial Arts , Time Skip , Drawing , Amnesia

Usotsuki Lily

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

Hinata Saotome is suddenly asked out by En Shinohara, a gorgeous boy in her grade. What she doesn’t know though, is that his hobby is cross-dressing! En has always hated men, and whenever he sees his own reflection, he punches out whatever is doing the reflecting (windows, mirrors…). To combat this hatred, he dresses up as a girl. Hinata decides to go out with him anyway, despite his weird hobby.

Included one-shots:
Volume 8: Sweets Honey
Serizawa gets sick whenever she smells something sweet, but she likes a boy named Miura who has an extremely sweet tooth.

Volume 17: Amber
Mio Hasekura is a helpful high school girl who looks after her workaholic mother and others at her school, which has earned her the nickname "Mom" among her classmates. Mio is very fond of her late father who died when she was younger, and hopes to find a guy like him someday. On her way to school one day, she comes across a man collapsed on the side of the road who is very different from her father and Mio helps him out.

Note: Includes 12 extra chapters.

Tags: School , Shoujo , Parody , Crossdressing , LGBTQ+ Themes , Female Protagonist

Genderless Danshi ni Aisareteimasu.

Also known as My Androgynous Boyfriend.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

His makeup is flawless! The daily ins-and-outs of an office lady and her beautiful boyfriend.

Wako and her androgynous boyfriend don’t exactly have the most traditional of relationships. She spends her days working hard in the world of publishing, while he spends his time obsessing over fashion and makeup—all with the goal of making himself beautiful just for her. This romantic slice-of-life story is about love, relationships, and breaking with tradition!



Tags: Fashion , Josei , Primarily Adult Cast , Crossdressing , Office Lady , Heterosexual , Idol , Makeup , Work , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Bisexual , Gender Bending , LGBTQ+ Themes , Marriage

Onee na Kareshi to Boyish Kanojo

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

A boyish lady and a feminine young man. They share a very special bond, but everyday life issues threat their delicate relationship, could their love be stronger than society's prejudices? Meet Nobuko and her protective yet tender boyfriend Chiyohiko and the friends who accompany them in this crazy ride that we call "life and human relationships".

Tags: Gender Bending , Josei , Age Gap

Tonari no Kimi ga Ichiban Kawaii

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Enter Hoshikawa Yuu, a boy cute enough that people mistake him for a girl, and Kohinata Akari, a classmate of his who recently moved her seat next to him.

This is a story about the two high school students sitting next to one another, and who each think that the other is the cutest one around.

Note: Includes 1 extra chapter.

Tags: Crossdressing , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , School , Shoujo , Episodic , Bisexual

Cinderella Closet

Also known as Cinderella Closet.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

Haruka is a “plain jane” who left the countryside to start her college life in Tokyo. She’s secretly in love with Kurotaki, a coworker at her part-time job, but she lacks the self-confidence to confess her feelings to him. Then she meets Hikaru, a glamorous but sharp-tongued fashionista who begrudgingly agrees to play “fairy godmother” for Haruka and help her learn to love and value herself in the process. However, there’s more to Hikaru than meets the eye!



Tags: Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Coming of Age , Heterosexual , Fashion , Love Triangle , Primarily Adult Cast , Crossdressing , Makeup , Bisexual

Natsuaki-kun wa Kyou mo Kokuhaku Shitai

Also known as Doing His Best To Confess.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Natsuaki-kun is aloof, handsome, and popular with the ladies...except to his friends, who know his aloofness is because he's shy and always in his own thoughts. Thoughts always occupied by his oddball classmate, Nashida-san...but try as he might, Natsuaki-kun can't ever seem to get up the courage to confess. Can he find a way to tell her how he feels?!



Tags: Shoujo , School , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast