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Tsukiatte Agete mo Ii ka na

Also known as How Do We Relationship?.

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

Shy Miwa has always dreamed of finding love, but living in small-town Japan made finding the right match difficult—especially since she likes girls! Even going away to college didn’t seem to help, until one day her outgoing classmate Saeko suggests they might as well start dating each other since it’s not like either of them has other options.

At first it seems like things won't work out as their personalities clash and misunderstandings abound. But when their casual friendship starts to become something more, Miwa begins to wonder—can a pragmatic proposal lead to true love?



Notes:
Includes eight extra chapters.
Placed 13th in the Tsugimanga 2019 Award in the Web Manga Category.

Tags: Yuri , Coming of Age , LGBTQ+ Themes , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Psychosexual , Primarily Adult Cast , Nudity , College , Rehabilitation , Josei , Unrequited Love , Love Triangle , Time Skip , Tomboy , Band , Bisexual , Asexual , School Club , Twins

Aoi Hana

Also known as Sweet Blue Flowers.

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

Fumi and Akira were best friends when they were little, with Akira always looking after the crybaby Fumi, but that all ended when Fumi's family moved away. Several years later, Fumi's family returned, and she and Akira happened to bump into each other on their way to school. They became friends again, quickly slipping back into old patterns. Shortly after, Fumi began dating a cool, attractive upperclassman who, coincidentally enough, had ties to Akira's current school, the prestigious Fujigaya Girls' Academy.



Note: Includes 10 extra chapters.

Tags: LGBTQ+ Themes , Yuri , Coming of Age , Primarily Female Cast , School , Female Protagonist , Josei , Primarily Teen Cast , Acting , School Club , Time Skip , Asexual , Unrequited Love , Bisexual , Nudity

After Hours

Also known as After Hours.

Status: Finished
Genres: Music , Romance

The club is hopping and Emi isn’t…so she ends up hiding in a corner after her friend ditches her to flirt with a guy! Emi figures the night is a bust, but then someone amazing comes to her rescue. Kei is a DJ, and her effortless self-confidence captivates Emi. Is this just a wonderful night out or the start of the rest of her life?



Tags: Yuri , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Band , Urban , Work , LGBTQ+ Themes , Seinen , Bisexual , Age Gap , Nudity

Love My Life

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

Ichiko Izumiya is a young student of English who would like to walk in the footsteps of her father as a translator of trendy American novels. She finally decides to confess to him that she is in love with Eriko, a law student. Ichiko will attempt to live out her homosexuality in peace and will be brought to wonder about the nature of her relationship: is she really homosexual or simply in love with a sensitive being who happens to be of the same sex?

Tags: LGBTQ+ Themes , Yuri , College , Coming of Age , Nudity , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Female Cast , Family Life , Josei , Boys' Love , Bisexual

Omoi no Kakera

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Mika, a high school student, has no doubts that she is a lesbian, few people around her know that though. She works at a cafe admiring the owner (she only has a thing for older women after all) and visits bars in the gay district. This story presents her life in pieces: from acquiring a surprising friend to helping a married woman discover herself and experiencing disheartening early love. All the while Mika is the confident young adult woman with an impressively mature mind.

Tags: LGBTQ+ Themes , Yuri , Unrequited Love , School , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Tsundere , Josei , Primarily Teen Cast , Age Gap , Kuudere , Time Skip , Love Triangle , Boys' Love , Heterosexual , Restaurant , Volleyball , Bisexual

Watashi no Muchi na Watashi no Michi

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

Minato was living an ordinary but slightly suffocating kind of life. The one who changes all that for her is her senpai at work, Maya Asami. When Minato is left bewildered by her boyfriend of 20 years' proposal, Maya sets Minato's heart free. What will come of this peculiar love triangle?



Tags: Josei , Yuri , Primarily Adult Cast , Female Protagonist , Love Triangle , Heterosexual , LGBTQ+ Themes

Pietà

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Romance

A story about two classmates who become friends, Sahoko and Rio. Rio is depressed and self-abusive and isn't loved by her "family" (which consists of her father, stepmother, and stepbrother), but Sahoko seems to be the bright spot in her life. Sahoko also seems to have a mysterious past and doesn't seem to have a good relationship with her parents; she lives with her aunt. It's also hinted at that Sahoko and Rio have met once before, when they were much younger...



Note: includes 1 extra chapter

Tags: Yuri , Suicide , Josei , Rehabilitation , Tragedy , Female Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes , Primarily Female Cast , Family Life , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Estranged Family , Tomboy , Found Family

LOVE VIBES

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

Shouji has a girlfriend but is seeing Mako on the side. Unable to continue pretending she feels less for him than she does, she breaks it off with him. Shortly before that happens, Mako is hit on by Mika, who tells Mako that she's interested in both men and women. Mika wants to pursue a relationship with Mako, but is Mako's relationship with Shouji really over?

Tags: Yuri , Bisexual , Josei , Love Triangle , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Cheating

Tatoe Todokanu Ito da to Shite mo

Also known as If I Could Reach You.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

In this heartwrenching new yuri manga, a teenage girl comes to terms with her own sexuality through her crush on her brother’s wife. Hopelessly in love, high schooler Uta must navigate living with her brother and Kaoru, her crush … and sister-in-law. Desperate to get over her unrequited feelings, Uta pulls away, but when the cracks in her brother’s marriage begin to show, Kaoru begins to confide in her new teenage sister, which just makes matters worse!



Note: Includes six extra chapters.

Tags: Yuri , Family Life , Female Protagonist , Unrequited Love , Love Triangle , Cohabitation , Marriage , LGBTQ+ Themes , Coming of Age , Age Gap , Time Skip , School , Ensemble Cast , Estranged Family , Urban , Work

NANA

Also known as Nana.

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

Nana Komatsu is a young woman who's endured an unending string of boyfriend problems. Moving to Tokyo, she's hoping to take control of her life and put all those messy misadventures behind her. She's looking for love and she's hoping to find it in the big city.

Nana Osaki, on the other hand, is cool, confident and focused. She swaggers into town and proceeds to kick down the doors to Tokyo's underground punk scene. She's got a dream and won't give up until she becomes Japan's No. 1 rock'n'roll superstar.

This is the story of two 20-year-old women who share the same name. Even though they come from completely different backgrounds, they somehow meet and become best friends. The world of Nana is a world exploding with sex, music, fashion, gossip and all-night parties.



Note: Winner of the 48th Shogakukan Manga Award in the Shoujo Category in 2002.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Shoujo , Band , Pregnancy , Tragedy , Philosophy , Time Skip , Found Family , Bisexual , Love Triangle , Heterosexual , Rock Music , Netorare , LGBTQ+ Themes , Cheating , Achronological Order , Urban , Age Gap , Drugs , Nudity , Bar