Manga like Kakunaru Ue wa

also known as Now That We Draw

Genres: Comedy Ecchi Romance

What is Now That We Draw about?

Status: Releasing

Opposites attract in this hysterical rom-com about two high school manga artists who can’t catch a break! Dweeby high schooler Uehara Yuuki has created the perfect romantic comedy heroine—she’s bashful, airheaded, and completely chaste. When an editor at Uehara’s dream publisher coldly dismisses his manga story as trite and lacking realism, it sends Uehara into a spiral of despair that pushes him into the path of his bubbly, gorgeous classmate, Miyamoto Niina—an aspiring manga artist herself! Having gotten similar feedback on her own manga, Miyamoto proposes she and Uehara engage in a fake relationship, since neither of them have any romantic experience. But Miyamoto is far from the perfect heroine Uehara’s concocted, and he certainly isn’t the cocky hero from her story either. Can their wacky relationship turn their manga dreams into reality, or will it lead to even more comic disasters?

Tags: Drawing , Writing , Fake Relationship , Heterosexual , Gyaru , Nudity , Love Triangle , Seinen
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My Dress-Up Darling

Sono Bisque Doll wa Koi wo Suru

Also known as My Dress-Up Darling.

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

Traumatized by a childhood incident with a friend who took exception to his love of traditional dolls, doll-artisan hopeful Gojou Wakana passes his days as a loner, finding solace in the home ec room at his high school. To Wakana, people like beautiful Kitagawa Marin, a trendy girl who's always surrounded by a throng of friends, is practically an alien from another world. But when cheerful Marin--never one to be shy--spots Wakana sewing away one day after school, she barges in with the aim of roping her quiet classmate into her secret hobby: cosplay! Will Wakana's wounded heart be able to handle the invasion from this sexy alien?!



Tags: Cosplay , Otaku Culture , Fashion , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Gyaru , Makeup , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Seinen , Photography , Educational , Primarily Female Cast , Crossdressing , School , Drawing , Unrequited Love
The Dangers in My Heart

Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu

Also known as The Dangers in My Heart.

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

Ichikawa Kyoutarou, a boy barely clinging to the bottom rung of his school’s social ladder, secretly believes he’s the tortured lead in some psychological thriller. He spends his days dreaming up ways to disrupt his classmates’ peaceful lives and pining after Anna Yamada, the class idol. But Kyotaro’s not nearly the troubled teen he pretends to be…and it turns out Anna’s a bit odd herself!



Notes:
Winner of the Tsugi ni Kuru Web Manga 2020 Award.
Nominee for the 2020 Manga Taisho Award.

Tags: Heterosexual , School , Male Protagonist , Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , Shounen , Iyashikei , Meta , Chuunibyou , Acting
Gal Assi

Gal Assi

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Mie is a dull high school student who happens to be a professional manga author. He hires an assistant, but the person who came is the number one gal in his class! Despite her looks though, she's extremely good at what she does, and working with her is exciting, stimulating, busy, and fun!!



Tags: Drawing , Gyaru , Shounen , Work , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Nudity
Kimi no Love wo Misetekure!

Kimi no Love wo Misetekure!

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Romance

The story centers on a famous manga author and popular high school girl named Komichi Shijou. She writes a hit love comedy manga, but she actually does not know how it is like to fall in love. Because of this, she falls into a slump and is unable to write her manga. One day, she accidentally witnesses a guy's failed love confession in school, which inspires her to write again. She asks the guy to confess again, but this time with her help. Komichi's investigation about true love begins.

Tags: Love Triangle , Bisexual , Polyamorous , Female Protagonist , Drawing , Meta , School , Yuri , Primarily Teen Cast , School Club
Secret Girl through the Filter

Filter-goshi no Kanojo

Also known as Secret Girl through the Filter.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Romance

Narumi Hakobe is a stone-faced high schooler. He never stands out in his class, and his one joy in life is following the sexy selfie social media account "Effa." But he would soon find out that "Effa" was actully Koto Mitsuha, the most popular and straight-laced girl in his class... So begins the naughty teen selfie romcom between the iron-wall selfie girl and the stoneface boy!!



Tags: Seinen , Heterosexual , Photography , School , Love Triangle , Primarily Teen Cast
Anjo the Mischievous Gal

Yancha Gal no Anjou-san

Also known as Anjo the Mischievous Gal.

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

Seto, a studious but unremarkable student, constantly finds himself in provocative situations with Anjo, the popular girl in his class who can't seem to stop teasing him. A heart-pounding teen rom-com bursting with youthful passion!



Note: This is a serialisation of the web comic originally self-published on Pixiv.

Tags: Gyaru , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Seinen , School , Urban , Primarily Teen Cast , Tomboy , Iyashikei , Coming of Age , Tsundere
Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro

Ijiranaide, Nagatoro-san

Also known as Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro.

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

Nagatoro is a freshman in high school who loves teasing and torturing her older male classmate! What’s her motivation and why does Senpai put up with her? Does Nagatoro just want to create misery for Senpai? Or maybe she secretly likes him?



Note: Includes 34 extra chapters.

Tags: Bullying , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Female Protagonist , Tsundere , Male Protagonist , Tanned Skin , School , Primarily Female Cast , Drawing , School Club , Shounen , Tomboy , Gyaru , Slapstick , Judo , Urban , Martial Arts , Nudity , Time Skip , Yandere
Please Go Home, Miss Akutsu!

Kaette Kudasai! Akutsu-san

Also known as Please Go Home, Miss Akutsu!.

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

Timid Ooyama keeps to himself at school, and he certainly never gets involved with Akutsu Riko, a delinquent as buxom as she is notorious. But when she turns up at his apartment out of the blue, what’s he supposed to do, kick her out? She’s gorgeous! And scary! But things get complicated when Akutsu asks to stay the night, then starts turning up over and over again after school–reading Ooyama’s manga, sprawling out on his bed, and digging up his smut stash. Why exactly is she claiming his life as her hangout?! She makes it clear there’s no way she could possibly like him, but the teasing threatens to boil over into something more in this sexy yet adorable slice-of-life rom-com!



Tags: Iyashikei , Tsundere , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Gyaru , Heterosexual , Delinquents , Episodic , Seinen , Tomboy , Nudity , School , Bullying
Kubo Won't Let Me Be Invisible

Kubo-san wa Mob wo Yurusanai

Also known as Kubo Won't Let Me Be Invisible.

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

First year high schooler Junta Shiraishi is a mob character who goes unnoticed even when he's standing right next to you. But his classmate, "heroine-level beauty" Kubo, always notices him and is there to tease him. Anyone can become special to someone, but it might be a little too early to call these feelings "love." Perhaps this story is still two-steps from being a romantic comedy--let's call it a sweet comedy where a background character becomes visible!



Notes:
-Chapter count includes 14 extra chapters and the original one-shot that were included in the volumes.
-Won 19th place (2020) and 7th place (2021) in the Tsugi ni Kuru Manga Awards in the physical release category.

Tags: Iyashikei , Heterosexual , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Chibi , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Seinen , Coming of Age
Akanabe-sensei wa Tereshirazu

Akanabe-sensei wa Tereshirazu

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Koki Sakieda is an assistant for Akira Akanebe, a manga artist he admires, who always tries to praise him in some way. Sakieda is worried that he will end up falling in love with her if this situation continues. Then Akanebe unexpectedly asks him to go out with her....... The story depicts the daily life of Akanebe-sensei, who lavishes praise on Sakieda without embarrassment, and Sakieda, who tries to accept it all gracefully.

Tags: Work , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Drawing , Primarily Adult Cast , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Writing , Kuudere
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