Manga like Sukitte Ii na yo.

Ao Haru Ride

Also known as Ao Haru Ride.

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

Futaba Yoshioka thought all boys were loud and obnoxious until she met Kou Tanaka in junior high. But as soon as she realized she really liked him, he had already moved away because of family issues. Now, in high school, Kou has reappeared, but is he still the same boy she fell in love with?



Includes two side stories and two oneshots.

Tags: Shoujo , School , Love Triangle , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Unrequited Love , Tomboy , Coming of Age , Kuudere , Tsundere , Tragedy , Time Skip , Age Gap

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

Horimiya

Also known as Horimiya.

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

At school, Kyouko Hori is known for being smart, attractive, and popular. On the other hand, her classmate, the boring, gloomy Izumi Miyamura tends to get painted as a "loser fanboy." But when a liberally pierced and tattooed (not to mention downright gorgeous) Miyamura appears unexpectedly on the doorstep of secretly plain-Jane homebody Hori, these two similarly dissimilar teenagers discover that there are multiple sides to every story...and person!



Notes:
-Includes 20 extra chapters.
-The 17th volume got released on July 18, 2023. This was 2 years after its original ending. This new volume included 10 extra chapters.

Tags: Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Tsundere , School , Family Life , Coming of Age , Ensemble Cast , Slapstick , Episodic , Shounen , Love Triangle , Bullying , Urban , Time Skip

Kare first love

Also known as Kare First Love.

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

Coy and self-conscious high school student Karin Karino never paid much attention to boys until she met Kiriya, a popular student from a nearby boys' school. Karin and Kiriya embark on a romantic journey despite Karin's classmate Yuka's best efforts to sabotage their relationship, but Karin soon learns that living happily ever after isn't on the curriculum when she becomes Kiriya's center of attention, as well as embittered Yuka's bull's-eye on her dartboard of hate.



Included one-shot:
Volume 10: Kiriya at 13 (Spring)

Tags: School , Shoujo , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist

Gokigenyou, Koharu-san

Also known as How Do You Do, Koharu?.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

19-year-old Koharu would rather be livestreaming than working her job at a maid cafe or trying to find a boyfriend out in the wide world. On her stream she chats with friends and fans around the world, and enjoys the freedom the screen grants her. But when one of her followers appears in real life, she senses there might be more to their connection...and maybe she wants something more than a digital-only connection, after all...



Tags: Heterosexual , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Otaku Culture , Primarily Adult Cast , Bisexual

Busu ni Hanataba wo.

Also known as April Showers Bring May Flowers.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Pessimistic high school student Hana Tabata doesn't believe her life could ever be like that of a heroine from the shoujo manga she reads—she's convinced she's ugly, and she's always alone. Still, she can't help but imagine herself as a leading lady when she's changing out flowers early one morning...until she's caught in the act by her handsome classmate Yousuke Ueno! Hana can't wrap her head around his kind words at first, but as they grow closer, she finds her life slowly beginning to change…



Tags: Seinen , Female Protagonist , School , Coming of Age , Primarily Teen Cast , Heterosexual , Bullying , Love Triangle , Male Protagonist

Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun

Also known as My Little Monster.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Mizutani is a self-absorbed overachiever, concerned only with maintaining the highest grades in school. Haru is an impulsive short tempered brute, who scares everyone with his explosive bursts of violence. Haru gets suspended on the first day of school when he encounters some bullies harassing a student and dispatches the bullies with great bloody violence. Mizutani is tasked with delivering school materials to Haru who interprets this as an act of friendship and latches on to Mizutani, much to her dismay. And so begins a strange and potentially combustible relationship!



Note: Includes 17 bonus stories.

Tags: School , Shoujo , Love Triangle , Delinquents , Coming of Age , Heterosexual , Tsundere , Kuudere , Female Protagonist , Baseball , Age Gap , Tragedy

Kamibukuro-kun wa Koishiteru

Also known as Mr. Paper Bag is in Love.

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

A stalker? A pervert? No, no. I'm just a college boy who is single-mindedly in love with someone. It's just...I live my life wearing a paper bag on my head, which makes people look at me strangely on campus.

Even though he's extremely timid, he abruptly confessed his love and is pushing forward! The girl he confessed to, Umi-chan, took it by surprise and soon an unexpected turn of events is about to happen!

Note: Includes 8 extra chapters.

Tags: Heterosexual , Primarily Adult Cast , Female Protagonist , Shoujo , College , Slapstick , Urban

Bokura ga Ita

Also known as We Were There.

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

Nanami starts high school with high hopes of making lots of friends. She develops a crush on the enigmatic Yano, but he may have too many secrets for her to handle.

At that time...

...I didn't fully understand what Yano meant.



Note: Won the Shogakukan Manga Award for shoujo in 2005.

Tags: Shoujo , Tragedy , Coming of Age , Time Skip , School , Female Protagonist , Love Triangle , Heterosexual , Unrequited Love , Suicide , Primarily Teen Cast , Achronological Order

Kokoro no Mama de

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Kokoro Katayama, a high school student, spends days unfamiliar with the class. She wears makeup every day to give her confidence, but her face seems to be scared by her classmates.
One day, when she picks up her younger brother Shinta, she meets her classmate Kuroki. They talked for the first time, but the distance gradually shortened and their feelings changed little by little.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , School