Manga like Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata: Koisuru Metronome

What is Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata: Koisuru Metronome about?

Status: Finished

Spin-off of SaeKano light novel series focusing on the unlikely relationship between famed author Kasumigaoka Utaha and average otaku Aki Tomoya.

Down in a rut and out of lacking creativity, infatuation develops after a fan-signing for 'Love Metronome' and Aki becomes the estranged "assistant" of one of his school's top idols.

Includes 12 side/extra stories and an epilogue.

Tags: Seinen , Writing , Alternate Universe , Male Protagonist , Otaku Culture , Love Triangle
Where to read?

Here is a list of Manga similar to Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata: Koisuru Metronome

Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai

Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Romance

Katsuragi Keima is known on the net as the god of getting the girls while in real life he’s known as otamegane and he hates all real girls. However he is approached by Elsie, a devil from hell, to help her in catching runaway spirits that hide in people. Apparently the spirits only hide in the hearts of girls and the only way to get the souls out is by making the girl fall in love so the spirit gets forced out. And he’s not allowed to fail or he will lose his head.

Tags: Primarily Female Cast , Female Harem , Male Protagonist , School , Video Games , Otaku Culture , Demons , Heterosexual , Urban Fantasy , Slapstick , Gods , Denpa , Memory Manipulation , Shounen , Amnesia , Time Manipulation , Family Life , Age Regression , Anti-Hero , Love Triangle , Tsundere , Kuudere , Conspiracy , Bullying , Dissociative Identities , Coming of Age , Crossdressing , Idol , Band , Philosophy , Chibi , Body Swapping
Where to read?
The Quintessential Quintuplets

Go-toubun no Hanayome

Also known as The Quintessential Quintuplets.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

One day, a poor high school second-year named Futaro Uesugi comes across a private tutoring gig with good pay. But his pupils are his classmates!! And they’re quintuplets!! A-and they’re all gorgeous girls, but they’re also troublemakers who hate to study and are on the verge of flunking out! And his first task is simply gaining the sisters’ trust?! Every day is a party! The curtain is rising on the Nakano quintuplets’ quirky romantic comedy with five times the cute!!



Note: Winner of the Shounen Manga category of the 43rd annual Kodansha Manga Awards.

Tags: Twins , Female Harem , Primarily Female Cast , Coming of Age , Love Triangle , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Marriage , School , Tsundere , Shounen , Family Life , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Ojou-sama , Time Skip , Kuudere , Nudity , Acting , Adoption , Tanned Skin
Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai

Seishun Buta Yarou wa Bunny Girl Senpai no Yume wo Minai

Also known as Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Mystery , Psychological , Romance , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Bunny girls do not live in libraries. This is simply common sense. And yet, that's exactly where Sakuta runs into one in the wild. More bewildering is who the bunny girl is: Mai Sakurajima, an upperclassman and well-known actress currently taking a break from industry work. Wanting to find out more about the mystery surrounding Mai (and maybe get a little closer to her in the process), Sakuta launches an investigation to figure out what's making this bunny girl invisible to everyone around them.



Note: Chapter 17 and 18 of the magazine publication were merged into chapter 17 of the tankoubon release; chapter count reflects the tankoubon release.

Tags: Male Protagonist , Seinen , School , Tragedy
Bakemonogatari

Bakemonogatari

Also known as Bakemonogatari.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Mystery , Romance , Supernatural

One day, high-school student Koyomi Araragi catches a girl named Hitagi Senjougahara when she trips. But—much to his surprise—she doesn’t weigh anything. At all. She says an encounter with a so-called “crab” took away all her weight …

Monsters have been here since the beginning.
Always.
Everywhere.



Tags: Urban Fantasy , Youkai , Vampire , Male Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Philosophy , Heterosexual , Meta , Gods , Female Harem , Ghost , Tragedy , Denpa , Surreal Comedy , Love Triangle , Nekomimi , Nudity , Tomboy , Dissociative Identities , Gore , Shounen , Monster Girl , Body Horror , School , Age Regression
White Album 2

White Album 2

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music , Romance

Fall, when graduation is only half a year away. Haruki Kitahara, the final member of the light music club that dissolved, plays his guitar by the window after school in preparation for the school festival. It was the one and only adventure of a good student who spent two diligent years on his studies. But when a flowing piano melody and a voice as a clear as bell harmonize with his guitar… He goes from being alone, to being two, then three in the light music club, as the semester he dreamed of, no, hoped for, began.



Tags: Love Triangle , School , School Club , Band
Where to read?
Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata: Girls Side

Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata: Girls Side

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance



Tags: Shounen
Too Many Losing Heroines!

Make Heroine ga Oosugiru! @comic

Also known as Too Many Losing Heroines!.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Plain, boring, and friendless Nukumizu Kazuhiko has witnessed something completely baffling: popular girl Yanami Anna was friend-zoned by her childhood friend and crush! In fact, all the popular girls around him are getting similarly rejected by the boys they like. Without realizing it, Kazuhiko becomes entangled in the relationship drama where all the leading heroines are losing out on love! Can he keep their spirits up and help them find happiness?



Tags: Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , School , School Club , Primarily Female Cast , Love Triangle , Unrequited Love , Tomboy , Tanned Skin
Kaguya-sama: Love is War

Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensaitachi no Renai Zunousen

Also known as Kaguya-sama: Love is War.

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

As leaders of their prestigious academy’s student council, Kaguya and Miyuki are the elite of the elite! But it’s lonely at the top… Luckily for them, they’ve fallen in love! There’s just one problem—they both have too much pride to admit it. And so begins the daily scheming to get the object of their affection to confess their romantic feelings first… Love is a war you win by losing.



Notes:
The first 10 chapters were published in Monthly Miracle Jump. It switched to Weekly Young Jump starting with Ch. 11, with the chapter count being reset. This entry still includes the first 10 chapters from Miracle Jump.
Winner of the 65th Shogakukan Manga Award for "Best General Manga" category in 2019.

Tags: School , Heterosexual , Tsundere , Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , School Club , Ojou-sama , Ensemble Cast , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , Slapstick , Seinen , Parody , Meta , Love Triangle , Episodic , Politics , Conspiracy , Philosophy , LGBTQ+ Themes , Bullying , VTuber , Crossdressing , Foreign
How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend

Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata

Also known as How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

The life of Tomoya Aki, a highschool otaku working part time to support his BD hoarding. With remarkable luck, he bumps head-first into, Megumi Kato, the most beautiful girl he has ever seen. Naturally, the meeting twists his life into a complicated torrent of relationships. Eriri Spencer Sawamura, his half-foreigner childhood friend who's always valued her relationship with MC. Kasumigaoka Utaha, a cold, composed renowned literary genius who shoves everyone aside from our protagonist. What is this? An eroge introduction?

The tale of a small not quite doujin circle, but not quite indie studio's journey through the tough territory of comiket and beyond.

Tags: School , Shounen
Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru. Monologue

Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru. Monologue

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Hikigaya Hachiman is a high school boy with twisted character. He prefers to go against the trend and refuses to make friends with anybody. In order to get Hachiman back the right track, his school teacher Hiratsuka Shizuka forces him to enter 'Public Service Club'. There he meets other problematic students.

Tags: School , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Love Triangle
Where to read?

Comments

User Icon
User Icon