Manga like Kimi wa Kawaii Onnanoko

Kimi ni Todoke

Also known as Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You.

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

Sawako Kuronuma is the perfect heroine...for a horror movie. With striking similarities to a haunting movie character--jet-black hair, sinister smile and silent demeanor--she's mistakenly called Sadako by those around her. But behind her scary façade is a very misunderstood teenager. Too shy to fit in, all she wants to do is make some friends. But when the most popular boy in class befriends her, she's sure to make more than just that--she's about to make some enemies too!



Notes: The chapter count includes 3 extra stories and prologue.

Tags: Shoujo , Female Protagonist , School , Coming of Age , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Tomboy , Ensemble Cast , Bullying , Gyaru , Baseball , Tsundere , Love Triangle , Age Gap , Tragedy

Chikyuu no Owari wa Koi no Hajimari

Also known as I'm In Love and It's the End of the World.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

Mahiru Yanase’s twin sister, Mayo, has it all—she’s cute, sweet, and popular. Mahiru, on the other hand … has always been the other Yanase. All her life, Mahiru’s reminded herself that every time something good happens to her, something bad comes along to balance it out. She never gets her hopes up … but no sooner does she arrive for her first day of high school than Aoi Satomi, her handsome, mysterious classmate, takes an interest in her—and by the end of the day, he’s already asked her out! If things don’t balance out for Mahiru soon, the world’s going to come to an end!



Note: Includes five bonus chapters.

Tags: Shoujo , Heterosexual , Twins , Love Triangle , School , Female Protagonist

Honey

Also known as Honey So Sweet.

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

Little did Nao Kogure realize back in middle school that when she left an umbrella and a box of bandages in the rain for injured delinquent Taiga Onise that she would meet him again in high school. Nao wants nothing to do with the gruff and frightening Taiga, but he suddenly presents her with a huge bouquet of flowers and asks her to date him—with marriage in mind! Is Taiga really so scary, or is he a sweetheart in disguise?



Note: Includes the one-shot "Sugar (シュガー)" and 2 extra chapters.

Tags: School , Shoujo , Delinquents , Love Triangle , Twins , Incest , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual

Koiwazurai no Ellie

Also known as Lovesick Ellie.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Eriko Ichimura spends her high school days in complete obscurity. Her sole hobby is staring at handsome, smooth-spoken Akira Oumi, and tweeting her daily fantasies under the screenname "Lovesick Ellie." One fateful day, she accidentally bears witness to Oumi-kun's true self—and if that weren't enough, he sees her mortifying Twitter, too! Follow along with a plain, perverted girl, a two-faced boy, and their curious romance!



Notes:
-Chapter count includes 2 extras.
-Kodansha released a 13th volume that included an extra chapter and the one-shot "Hikaeme ni Itte mo, Kore wa Ai". This volume was only released in digital format.

Tags: Shoujo , School , Female Protagonist , Tsundere , Love Triangle , Primarily Teen Cast , Heterosexual , Slapstick

Kimi no Yokogao wo Miteita

Also known as I See Your Face, Turned Away.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Romance

A manga about four teenagers and their four stories of unrequited love. When you don't want to lose a friendship but long for something more, the only thing you can do is gaze at your beloved's face, turned away...

One might call Hikari extraordinarily ordinary. One day, she takes up a new hobby—imagining what a romance would be like between her pretty friend Mari and the cute guy in their class, Otani. It's all in harmless fun, until the roles start to get tangled in Hikari's mind. Does she really have to be just the best friend in this love story? And just who is on Otani's mind when his eyes drift?



Tags: Ensemble Cast , Shoujo , POV , Love Triangle , Primarily Teen Cast , Teacher , School , Heterosexual , Unrequited Love , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Rehabilitation , Band

Sukitte Ii na yo.

Also known as Say "I Love You"..

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Mei Tachibana has no friends—and she doesn't need them! Ever since her "friends" betrayed her in elementary school, she's sworn off friendship entirely. All it leads to is betrayal and heartbreak, and she's well enough on her own. But everything changes when she accidentally roundhouse kicks the most popular boy in school! However, Yamato Kurosawa isn't angry in the slightest—in fact, he thinks his ordinary life could use an unusual girl like Mei! He won't take no for an answer, and soon Mei and Yamato embark on an unwanted friendship that will change both of them forever.



Tags: School , Shoujo , Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Bullying , Love Triangle , College , Age Gap , Time Skip , Photography

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

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 , Episodic , Primarily Teen Cast , Unrequited Love

Kaoru Hana wa Rin to Saku

Also known as The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

This story takes place in a particular town with two infamous schools in constant dispute: Chidori High, a boys' school predominantly attended by low-class students with damning grades, and its neighbor Kikyo Girls' High, with most of its female students coming from wealthy and prestigious families. One day, high school second-year Rintaro Tsumugi, a fierce-looking but gentle-minded student at Chidori, is helping at his family's patisserie when he encounters a female customer by the name of Kaoruko Waguri. Rintaro enjoys his time with Kaoruko, as she doesn't judge him for his appearance, but this blissful peace is quickly disturbed when Rintaro makes the discovery that Kaoruko is actually a student at Kikyo. This revelation marks the beginning of the two's strenuous tale, as they fight against the limitations placed upon them by their schools and surroundings in an attempt to find their own path!



Tags: Iyashikei , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Shounen , Urban , Coming of Age , Delinquents , Food

Busu ni Hanataba wo.

Also known as April Showers Bring May Flowers.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Pessimistic high school student Hana Tabata doesn't believe her life could ever be like that of a heroine from the shoujo manga she reads—she's convinced she's ugly, and she's always alone. Still, she can't help but imagine herself as a leading lady when she's changing out flowers early one morning...until she's caught in the act by her handsome classmate Yousuke Ueno! Hana can't wrap her head around his kind words at first, but as they grow closer, she finds her life slowly beginning to change…



Tags: Seinen , Female Protagonist , School , Coming of Age , Primarily Teen Cast , Heterosexual , Bullying , Love Triangle , Male Protagonist