Manga like Busu Nante Iwanaide

Tokyo Tarareba Musume

Also known as Tokyo Tarareba Girls.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

"I spent all my time wondering 'What if?' Then one day I woke up and I was 33."

Rinko doesn't think she's that bad-looking, but before she knew it, she was thirty-something and single. Now she wants to get married by the time the Tokyo Olympics rolls around in six years, but… that might be easier said than done!



Notes:
Includes 20 extra chapters.
Won Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia at the Eisner Awards in 2019.
Nominated for the 9th and 10th Manga Taishou Award in 2016 and 2017, placing ninth and 12th place respectively.
Nominated for the 40th Kodansha Manga Award in the General Manga category in 2016.


Tags: Josei , Primarily Adult Cast , Female Protagonist , Satire , Heterosexual , Urban , Bar , Primarily Female Cast , Age Gap , Love Triangle

Kakui, Watashi no Koto wa Okamainaku

Also known as To Whom It May Concern, I'm Just Fine on My Own.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama

Tomoko is 37 years old and works in the general affairs department. In the same department is a woman known for her eccentricity, Haru Hatsuse. She doesn't care at all about how others see her, wearing flashy clothes and saying whatever she feels like without reading the room. Tomoko's friends mock Hatsuse and call her "a quirky and strong willed elderly single woman." One day, Tomoko's friends start to see Tomoko in the same way and make fun of her... Do all women have to worry about having an "aging look"? Or aim for marriage? Hatsuse, who has always lived being true to herself, somehow makes other women's lives burdened with various problems, a little easier to live!



Tags: Office , Female Protagonist , Body Image , Josei

"Kawaii" wa, Tokidoki Kurushii.

Also known as It’s Not Easy Being Cute.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

College student Himesaki Nozomi was a girl who took her beauty into her own hands through plastic surgery. One day she was asked by the natural beauty Tennōji Ruka to teach her how to be "cute." At first, Nozomi was irked by her ignorance. How could she ask her for something like that when she had never even tasted the pain of being ugly? However, she soon learns that Ruka has her own struggles: she’s trapped by a "princely" image that prevents her from being the girl she truly wants to be. Together, they navigate the pressures of modern lookism to forge their own paths.



Note: Originally self-published on Twitter, was then licensed by Square Enix for serialization.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Fashion , Body Image , Primarily Adult Cast

Yawao to Katako

Also known as A Queen and an Old Maid.

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

Campy queen vs. Miss forever-alone: this defeat-your-insecurities (romantic?) comedy goes out to all you folks full of self-loathing!! Unpopular with men, unattractive, and unsure of herself...... At a mixer one night, insecure and forever-alone Fujiko found her soulmate- No, wait, it was a femme guy playing mother hen?! Fujiko has never been confident in herself as a woman, but with help from prettyboy queen Koyanagi, now she's going to give femininity another shot...!

Tags: Josei , Primarily Adult Cast , Female Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes , Body Image , Heterosexual , Bisexual , Fashion , Love Triangle

Shibou to Iu Na no Fuku wo Kite

Also known as In Clothes Called Fat.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological

From the pen of Moyoco Anno comes a stunning tale of self-image and self-loathing. In Clothes Called Fat details the lives of young women earnestly revealing the struggles women may have with their bodies and sexuality.

Noko appears to be living a great life, she's got a good job and a loving boyfriend, but beneath a thin veneer is a young woman who is struggling with her self-image and self-confidence as she fights to keep her weight down. To Noko, being 5 pounds overweight means being miles away from happiness in her lovelife and in her work-place.



Tags: Josei , Denpa , Female Protagonist , Body Image , Bullying , Work , Urban , Office , Primarily Adult Cast , Office Lady , Heterosexual , Nudity , Time Skip , LGBTQ+ Themes

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…



Note: Includes the sequel "Busu ni Hanataba wo. Bloom (ブスに花束を。~Bloom~)".

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

Pochama ni

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

"Pochama" is someone who likes soft and squishy things or someone who likes chubby people (A LOT). [...] In the story, the issue of being fat in high school is not dealt with in the expected fashion -- girl is EXTREMELY shy and cruelly bullied by skinny girls. This is about Tsugumi's and Tagami's progress as a couple.

Tags: Shoujo , School , Bullying , Female Protagonist , Archery , Heterosexual , Body Image