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Status: Finished

Tsutsui Hikari is an otaku, and he mostly avoids social life. Hikari has only one friend at school, who is also a social misfit, and he is mocked brutally by most of his classmates for being creepy and weird. One day, he ends up having to clean the school pool with Igarashi Iroha, who appears to be pretty much everything he hates in real-life girls. She skips school, has a blunt manner, doesn't have female friends, and seems the sort to be promiscuous. However, she is friendly to Hikari, and even stands up to the people who make fun of him. Hikari's bitterness and trust issues lead him to say pretty harsh things to Iroha, but she never dismisses him as creepy. After a while, it starts to look like Iroha may become his first real-life, 3D girlfriend! Will he be able to handle it?

Tags: Shoujo , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Otaku Culture , Love Triangle , Tragedy , Coming of Age , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Time Skip , Amnesia

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Azuki

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Yamada-kun to Lv999 no Koi wo Suru

Also known as My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

Recently dumped, Akane is just about to quit the game she used to play with her boyfriend, when she meets Yamada in the same RPG. Yamada in real life turns out to be somewhat of a legend. The only problem is - he is ONLY interested in the game. As Akane's feelings grow, will Yamada's focus stay on the game?

Note: Ninth place of Tsugimanga 2020 Award in the Web Manga Category

Tags: Video Games , Heterosexual , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Otaku Culture , Age Gap , Virtual World , College , Primarily Adult Cast , Urban , E-Sports

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Ganma! ComicWalker

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Hello, Innocent

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

An honors student and a problem child who could not be more different — except for one thing the two have in common.

Tags: Shoujo , School , Delinquents , Heterosexual

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Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii

Also known as Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku.

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

Narumi Momose has had it rough: every boyfriend she’s had dumped her once they found out she was an otaku, so she’s gone to great lengths to hide it. When a chance meeting at her new job with childhood friend, fellow otaku, and now coworker Hirotaka Nifuji almost gets her secret outed at work, she comes up with a plan to make sure he never speaks up. But he comes up with a counter-proposal: why doesn’t she just date him instead? In love, there are no save points.

Notes:
Includes 29 extra chapters.
The English edition combines 2 Japanese volumes into one each (so e.g. the first two Japanese volumes are combined into 1 English volume).

Tags: Otaku Culture , Primarily Adult Cast , Office Lady , Video Games , Work , Episodic , Heterosexual , Josei , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Office , Meta , Iyashikei , Ensemble Cast , Cosplay , Tsundere , Crossdressing , Chibi

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Pixiv Comic

K MANGA

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Skip to Loafer

Also known as Skip and Loafer.

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

Excellent student Iwakura Mitsumi has always dreamt about leaving her small town, going to a prestigious university, and making positive change in the world. But she’s so focused on reaching her goals that she’s not prepared for the very different (and overwhelming) city life that awaits her in a Tokyo high school. Luckily, she makes fast friends with Shima Sousuke, a handsome classmate who’s as laid-back as she is over-prepared. Can this naive country girl make it big in Tokyo with Sousuke by her side?

Notes:
Nominated for the 2020 Manga Taisho Award.
Winner of the 47th Kodansha Manga Award in the Best General Manga category in 2023.

Tags: Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Iyashikei , Urban , Acting , Love Triangle , Transgender , LGBTQ+ Themes

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Comic Days

K MANGA

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Toradora!

Also known as Toradora!.

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

Takasu Ryuuji has learned the hard way that appearances can be deceiving. For despite his inwardly sweet personality, his unintentionally sharp gaze and aggressive features give him the air of a delinquent thug, putting his chances at making new friends, let alone a girlfriend, next to zero.

It's Ryuuji's first day of his second year of high school and it seems as if things are looking up. He gets to sit in between his only friend, Yuusaku, and more importantly, the girl he's secretly crushing on, Kushieda Minori. But just when he thinks the stars are aligned in his favor, he unwittingly crosses the most feared girl in school, Aisaka Taiga, making her into his arch enemy. To top it off, Taiga has moved in right next door to Ryuuji and happens to be Minori's best friend! Can this school year possibly get any worse?!

Tags: School , Coming of Age , Tsundere , Shounen , Love Triangle

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Kageno datte Seishun Shitai

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Meet Kageno, the super dull, glasses-wearing, short first year high school girl. She has no friends and envies people who are enjoying their youth. Meet Mitsunaga Youta, the most popular, handsome guy in school. Girls constantly confesses their love to him, but he has no plans of dating anyone. After a string of events, he decides to ask Kageno to be his fake girlfriend for a month in order to stop the girls from confessing to him in exchange for his friendship. How will Kageno face all the ordeal that is about to come. This is the beginning of a love comedy between the school idol and the negative girl.

Tags: Shoujo , School , Amnesia

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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

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Viz Mangas.io

Rimacomi Plus

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Rikei ga Koi ni Ochita no de Shoumei shitemita.

Also known as Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Romance

Yukimura Shinya, and Himuro Ayame are two scientists that want to find out if love can be solved by a scientific theory. These two scientists also have feelings for each other and want to be able to solve their true feelings through similar theoretical facts. With this perfect opportunity, these scientists will attempt to solve the theory of the love they express for each other.

Tags: Heterosexual , Educational , College , Primarily Adult Cast , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Shounen

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Comic Meteor

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Lalatoon

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Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo

Also known as Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Romance , Supernatural

Class troublemaker Ryu Yamada is already having a bad day when he stumbles down a staircase along with star student Urara Shiraishi. When he wakes up, he realizes they have switched bodies—and that Ryu has the power to trade places with anyone just by kissing them! After figuring out the workings behind this new and amazing ability, Ryu and Urara take full advantage of the situation to improve their lives. But with such an oddly amazing power, just how long will Ryu and Urara be able to keep their secret under wraps?

Included one-shot:
Volume 9: Maou no Kyoushitsu

Note: Includes 2 extra chapters.

Tags: School Club , School , Male Protagonist , Witch , Magic , Super Power , Body Swapping , Time Manipulation , Time Skip , Female Harem , Shounen , LGBTQ+ Themes , Amnesia , Gender Bending , Delinquents , Primarily Teen Cast , Coming of Age , Bisexual , Dissociative Identities , Basketball

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Manga Planet

INKR MangaPlaza

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Seihantai na Kimi to Boku

Also known as You and I are Polar Opposites.

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

When it comes to romance, opposites really do attract!

Miyu Suzuki is a bright and bubbly high schooler who’s got a crush. There’s just one little problem—when it comes to personality, the guy she’s into is her polar opposite!

While she’s cheerful, outgoing, and always trying to fit in, her classmate Yusuke Tani is stoic and quiet, and he doesn’t seem to care what people think of him. Will Suzuki be able to overcome her anxieties and ask him out, or will she discover that opposites really don’t attract?

Tags: Heterosexual , Iyashikei , Ensemble Cast , Gyaru , Coming of Age , Primarily Teen Cast , Female Protagonist , School , Male Protagonist , Shounen

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