Manga like Kieta Hatsukoi

Ao no Flag

Also known as Blue Flag.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

High school senior year, spring—one of life's important forks in the road. Taichi Ichinose finds himself in the same class as Futaba Kuze, who he feels strangely averse to, and his popular childhood friend, Touma Mita. One day, Futaba confides in him her love for Touma, and asks him for help. How will Taichi respond? This new “pure” love story begins as the three are colored in the emotions of youth.



Tags: Coming of Age , LGBTQ+ Themes , Love Triangle , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Philosophy , Chibi , School , Bisexual , Boys' Love , Baseball , Ensemble Cast , Shounen , Time Skip , Rehabilitation , Heterosexual , Unrequited Love , Yuri

Skip to Loafer

Also known as Skip and Loafer.

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

Excellent student Iwakura Mitsumi has always dreamt about leaving her small town, going to a prestigious university, and making positive change in the world. But she’s so focused on reaching her goals that she’s not prepared for the very different (and overwhelming) city life that awaits her in a Tokyo high school. Luckily, she makes fast friends with Shima Sousuke, a handsome classmate who’s as laid-back as she is over-prepared. Can this naive country girl make it big in Tokyo with Sousuke by her side?



Notes:
Nominated for the 2020 Manga Taisho Award.
Winner of the 47th Kodansha Manga Award in the Best General Manga category in 2023.

Tags: Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Iyashikei , Urban , Acting , Love Triangle , Transgender , LGBTQ+ Themes

Sasaki to Miyano

Also known as Sasaki and Miyano.

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

Miyano spends his days peacefully reading Boys' Love comics and worrying about how girly his face is-until a chance encounter leads to a scuffle with his senior Sasaki. Intrigued by his feisty junior Miyano, delinquent Sasaki uses every opportunity he can to get closer...



Tags: Boys' Love , Male Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes , School , Primarily Male Cast , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Otaku Culture , Meta , Shoujo , Primarily Teen Cast , Bisexual , 4-koma , Crossdressing

Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun

Also known as Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Romance

The boy of her dreams...is a girl's manga artist?! To the eyes of high school student Chiyo Sakura, classmate Umetarou Nozaki--brawny of build and brusque of tongue--is a dreamboat! When Chiyo finally works up the courage to tell Nozaki how she feels about him, she knows rejection is on the table...but getting recruited as a manga-ka's assistant?! Never in a million years! But for someone who makes a living drawing sweet girly romances, Nozaki-kun is a little slow on the uptake when it comes to matters of the heart in reality. And so Chiyo's daily life of manga making and heartache begins!



Tags: Drawing , Parody , 4-koma , Ensemble Cast , Work , School , Heterosexual , Otaku Culture , Unrequited Love , Tomboy , Tsundere , Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Shounen , School Club , Educational , Bisexual , College

10th

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Two childhood friends are in love with the same boy.

Note: Chapter count includes 5 extras.

Tags: Love Triangle , School , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Unrequited Love , Boys' Love , Bisexual , Tragedy

Ore Monogatari!!

Also known as My Love Story!!.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Takeo Goda is a GIANT guy with a GIANT heart.

Too bad the girls don’t want him! (They want his good-looking best friend, Sunakawa.)

Used to being on the sidelines, Takeo simply stands tall and accepts his fate. But one day when he saves a girl named Yamato from a harasser on the train, his (love!) life suddenly takes an incredible turn!

Takeo can hardly believe it when he crosses paths with Yamato again, and he finds himself falling in love with her… But with handsome Sunakawa around, does Takeo even stand a chance?



Note: Shueisha released its 14th volume on April 24th, 2024. This volume contains an extra chapter and the 2 chapter sequel "Ore Monogatari!! Yukiyama Mystery!? no Maki".

Tags: Shoujo , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Unrequited Love , Food , Slapstick , School , Love Triangle , Surreal Comedy , Urban

Ganbare! Nakamura-kun!!

Also known as Go For It, Nakamura!.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Nakamura is a shy boy who falls in love at first sight with one of his classmates–his dreamy high school classmate, Hirose. But there's a problem: they haven't met yet. And Nakamura is a total klutz who might bungle things before they even begin!



Tags: Boys' Love , LGBTQ+ Themes , Male Protagonist , School , Unrequited Love , Coming of Age , Episodic , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Primarily Male Cast , Acting , Primarily Teen Cast , Meta , Parody , Teacher , Crossdressing

Hirano to Kagiura

Also known as Hirano and Kagiura.

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

Basketball players. Bad boys who aren’t really bad boys. Roommates. Senpai-kouhai BL romance. It all started when Kagiura moved into the school dorms with what seemed to be a bad-boy upperclassman. But after he’s left in the tender care of his mother hen of a roommate, Hirano, it’s too much to ask for Kagiura not to fall in love…right?!



Tags: Boys' Love , LGBTQ+ Themes , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist , Unrequited Love , Primarily Male Cast , School , Basketball , School Club , Josei , Chibi , Boarding School

Lovely★Complex

Also known as Love★Com.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

Rather than bow to the inevitable, Risa and Atsushi join forces to pursue their true objects of affection. But will their budding friendship become something more complex?



Note: The chapter count includes the one-shots "Hoshi ni Nattemo Aishiteru" and "Bokura no Ibasho".

Tags: School , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Slapstick , Coming of Age , Unrequited Love , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Tsundere , Love Triangle , LGBTQ+ Themes , Transgender , Chibi , Basketball

Josou Shite Mendokusai Koto ni Natteru Nekura to Yankee no Ryou Kataomoi

Also known as Crossplay Love: Otaku x Punk.

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

Shuumei has a problem. He’s in love with a girl who works at a maid cafe, but he’s too cool to go into a place like that without being embarrassed. But girls can go to maid cafes without seeming creepy, right? When he dresses in feminine clothes and transforms himself into “Mei,” he can finally walk into the place to meet the girl of his dreams: the lovely blonde Hana. Meanwhile, Hanae is an introverted otaku who’s uncomfortable talking to people…unless he’s dressed in feminine clothes himself. While decked out in his best dresses, he works at a maid cafe, and finds himself crushing on a young woman who regularly comes to visit him: a cool beauty named Mei! In this delightful LGBT+ romcom, two young people in love are about to find out a lot about each other–and themselves.



Note: Nominated for the Tsugimanga 2020 Award in the Web Manga Category.

Tags: Crossdressing , LGBTQ+ Themes , Boys' Love , Male Protagonist , Delinquents , Otaku Culture , Maids , Primarily Male Cast , Bisexual , School , Work , Twins , Estranged Family