Manga like Pietà

My Broken Mariko

Also known as My Broken Mariko.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological

Tomoyo Shiino has stood by her friend Mariko through years of abuse, abandonment, and depression. However horrific her circumstances, their friendship has been the one reassuring constant in Mariko's life-and Tomoyo's too. That is, until Tomoyo is utterly blindsided by news of Mariko's death. In life, Tomoyo felt powerless to help her best friend out of the darkness that ultimately drove her over the edge. Now, Tomoyo is determined to liberate Mariko's ashes for one final journey together... to set free her dear, broken Mariko.



Notes:
Includes the one-shot "YISKA".
includes the extra "Home Sweet Home!".

Tags: Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Suicide , Coastal , Primarily Adult Cast , Josei , Coming of Age , Primarily Female Cast , Tomboy , Rehabilitation , LGBTQ+ Themes , Philosophy , Yuri , Denpa

Double House

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

From the creator of Pieta comes the story of a connection between two women, Maho and Fujiko, who live in the same apartment building. Maho, a trans woman, saves Fujiko, a girl from a rich family who's left home and is living on her own, one night, and the two become fast friends. As they grow closer, Fujiko confesses to Maho that she has feelings for her...

Note: Includes the one-shot "Tinker Bell no Hanzai".

Tags: Transgender , LGBTQ+ Themes , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Josei , Primarily Adult Cast , Yuri , Urban , Philosophy , Bar , Office Lady

Yume no Hashibashi

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

Kyoko is at the autumn of her life.

She can barely recognise her own family member. But one day, someone she remembers perfectly comes to visit. Her name is Mitsu, the woman Kiyoko had a love story with. Just after the war, when they were still teenagers, they nearly did the irredeemable out of passion.
Despite a few meetings from time to time, life ups and downs separated them, but the story draws us back in the time when they couldn't imagine life without each other.



Tags: Yuri , LGBTQ+ Themes , Tragedy , Achronological Order , Historical , Josei , Female Protagonist , Suicide , Elderly Protagonist , Rural , Primarily Adult Cast

Lonely Wolf, Lonely Sheep

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Two women with the same name happen to meet each other when they're at the same hospital for the same injury. They want to become closer, but both must overcome their insecurities and self-loathing first.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Yuri , Primarily Female Cast , Urban , Primarily Adult Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Rehabilitation , Yandere , Bullying , Love Triangle

Moonlight flowers: Gekka Bijin

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

A classic yuri manga about a woman who leaves her husband for an old friend from school. There are two stories in this manga--one (Moonlight Flowers) is the main story, and the other (Midnight Flowers) is about the love interest's past.



Tags: Yuri , LGBTQ+ Themes , Josei , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Tragedy , Nudity , Crime , Unrequited Love , Marriage

MARS

Also known as Mars.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Romance , Thriller

Kira, a shy high school student, lives only for her art. Rei, an arrogant, rebellious and violent playboy, wears his delinquency like a badge of honor. They are exact opposites in every way, but when Kira sees Rei kissing a statue of Mars, she overcomes her fears and asks him to model for her. And, to everyone's surprise, Rei agrees.



Tags: Heterosexual , Shoujo , Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , Suicide , School , Motorcycles , Drawing , Tragedy , Delinquents , Twins , Primarily Teen Cast , Yandere , Amnesia , LGBTQ+ Themes

River's Edge

Also known as River's Edge.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

Haruna Wakakusa and Yamada become friends after she saves him several times from her boyfriend's constant bullying. Through him she gets to know Kozue Yoshikawa, a fellow student who also models professionally. The three emotionally stunted teens' lives briefly yet intensely intertwine for one semester before splintering from the aftereffects of one disastrous night. For both Wakakusa and Yamada, their emotional awakening fosters an unlikely friendship between the two battered souls.

Tags: Coming of Age , Tragedy , Josei , LGBTQ+ Themes , School , Female Protagonist , Bullying , Primarily Teen Cast , Nudity , Bisexual , Cheating , Drugs , Gore , Heterosexual , Yuri , Body Image

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 extras chapters from the volumes.

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

Wagamama Chie-chan

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Supernatural

Just before Saho Hanawa was about to matriculate into Seiran Middle School (her mother's alma mater), she meets a ghost girl, Chie, who's wearing the Seiran school uniform and standing in the rain. Saho assents when Chie asks to go to Saho's house, and they spend time talking and arguing with each other. Saho parents hear her talking to Chie and assume she must be talking on a cell phone—until they catch her talking to empty space in her room. Saho is forced to confess that she can see a ghost girl named Chie, which shocks her parents. They then reveal that Chie is the name of the stillborn baby that they had before Saho—Saho's dead older sister.

Tags: Seinen , Achronological Order , Ghost , Female Protagonist , Twins , Primarily Female Cast , Yuri , Age Gap , LGBTQ+ Themes

Sabishisugite Rezu Fuzoku ni Ikimashita Report

Also known as My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Ecchi , Psychological , Slice of Life

A hugely popular comic on Pixiv, My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness offers readers an honest and heartfelt look at one young woman’s exploration of her sexuality, mental well-being, and growing up in our modern age.



Note: Includes one extra chapter.

Tags: Autobiographical , Non-fiction , Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , Family Life , LGBTQ+ Themes , Rehabilitation , Disability , Yuri , POV , Psychosexual , Philosophy , Drawing , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Female Cast , Survival , Achronological Order , Urban , Nudity , Full Color , Denpa