Manga like Rock wa Lady no Tashinami Deshite

Bocchi the Rock!

Also known as Bocchi the Rock!.

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

Hitori Gotoh just wants to be popular, but the thought of interacting with her classmates makes her fall to pieces. Her solution-become a rock legend so cool that people approach her instead! However, while spending all of middle school in her closet shredding on the guitar may have earned her anonymous internet fame, it did nothing for her social skills. Now a high schooler, Hitori’s feeling ready to shrivel up and die-when she gets a sudden request to fill in for a band! It’s like her wish came true-but does this most anxious of introverts have what it takes to perform in front of a live audience?!



Tags: Band , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Primarily Teen Cast , 4-koma , Surreal Comedy , Slapstick , Rock Music , Hikikomori , Seinen , Tsundere , Urban , Yuri

Tai-Ari deshita.: Ojou-sama wa Kakutou Game nante Shinai

Also known as Young Ladies Don’t Play Fighting Games.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Sports

Kuromi Girls’ Academy is a refined, elegant school that expects the very best in deportment from its young ladies. Aya got into this peerless rich-girls’ institution on a scholarship, and hopes to grow as lovely as her fellow student and idol Shirayui. But Shirayui hides a terrible secret: she’s a trash-talking, combo-chaining, newbie-stomping, ruthless hardcore gamer! Could a mutual indulgence in no-holds-barred video game combat grow into a deeper rapport between these two girls?



Tags: Female Protagonist , Video Games , Primarily Female Cast , School , Otaku Culture , Ojou-sama , E-Sports , Yuri , LGBTQ+ Themes , Seinen , Boarding School

Futsuu no Keionbu

Also known as Girl meets Rock!.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Music , Slice of Life

With a passion for richly textured Japanese rock, first-year high school student Chihiro Hatono steps into the world of the light music club, new guitar in tow. But what awaits her behind those doors...? A drama of unfiltered youth and musical ambition takes the stage!



Note:
Winner of the Tsugimanga 2024 Award in the Web Manga Category.

Tags: Band , Female Protagonist , School Club , Coming of Age , Rock Music , School , Shounen , Primarily Teen Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Aromantic , Bisexual , Heterosexual

GIRLS BAND CRY

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

Feeling out of place in the countryside, high school dropout Nina Iseri moves to Tokyo. After a rough first day and getting locked out of her apartment, she meets her favorite guitarist, Momoka Kawaragi. The two put on a street performance together and decide to start a band with three other girls. While each girl faces her own struggles, their passion for music keeps their dreams alive.



Tags: Band , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Yuri , Seinen

Ki ni Natteru Hito ga Otoko ja Nakatta

Also known as The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn't a Guy at All.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Music , Romance

Fashionable and upbeat high schooler Aya falls head over heels for an employee at a local CD shop. He's got an air of mystery about him, great style, and an impeccable music taste. Little does she know—this supposedly male employee is actually her female classmate Mitsuki! Mitsuki generally keeps to herself, but since her seat is right next to Aya's, she can't help but be extremely aware of the other's crush. Revealing the truth is out of the question for Mitsuki—but perhaps getting closer to Aya wouldn't be so bad...



Tags: Female Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes , Yuri , Rock Music , Tomboy , Primarily Teen Cast , Josei , Short-Form Chapter , Gyaru , Primarily Female Cast , School , Work , Fashion , Iyashikei , 4-koma , Time Skip

Carole & Tuesday

Also known as Carole & Tuesday.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music , Sci-Fi

When orphan Carole meets runaway Tuesday, an uptown girl who wants nothing more than to make music, it’s as if they were fated to find each other. With their shared dream, the duo charges headfirst into the world of entertainment—but on colonized Mars, with a consumer base accustomed to “perfect” A.I.-produced songs, is there any hope their organic sound and heartfelt lyrics will reach their audience?



Tags: Musical Theater , Seinen , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Artificial Intelligence , Coming of Age , Band

Buzzy Noise

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music , Romance

Apartment building clerk by day and electronic music composer by night, Kiyosumi enjoys his "clean and simple" existence free from relationships and distractions.

One day he gets an unexpected admirer as a distressed female neighbor destroys both his room's window and his solitude...

Tags: Band , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Urban , Musical Theater , Female Protagonist

Chou Kaguya-hime!

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Comedy , Music , Sci-Fi

In a world just a little further in the future, one night, Iroha, a caring and highly skilled high school girl, picks up Kaguya, a princess from the moon. At Kaguya's invitation, the energetic and unconventional, the two decide to become live streamers (liver) in the virtual world "Tsukuyomi." As the girls deepen their bond through music, their destinies begin to unfold.

This is the story of "Princess Kaguya" as no one has ever seen it before.



Tags: Yuri , Female Protagonist , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Coming of Age , School , Video Games , Otaku Culture , Fairy Tale , Urban Fantasy , LGBTQ+ Themes , Kemonomimi , VTuber , Urban , Virtual World , Idol , Parenthood , Nekomimi , Femboy