Manga like Hadashi de Bara wo Fume

Hapi Mari: Happy Marriage!?

Also known as Happy Marriage?!.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

In order to help her father, Chiwa Takanashi agrees to an arranged marriage with the company president Hokuto Mamiya – a man she doesn’t know – at the request of Hokuto’s grandfather. Chiwa believes the arrangement isn’t binding, but her new partner seems to think otherwise. Can two strangers living together find their way to a happy marriage?!



Chapter count includes:
Side Story in volume 4, two side stories in volume 6, one side story in volume 8 and two side stories in volume 10.

Tags: Josei , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Marriage , Work , Nudity , Arranged Marriage , Love Triangle , Heterosexual

Bronze no Tenshi

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Russia, 1828. Natalia's family is fallen nobility, left poor by her father's chronic illness and mother's poor management. Her family's only chance at revival is her marriage to a wealthy noble. With her family's hopes riding on her future husband, what chance does a poor poet have at winning her heart...

Tags: Historical , Biographical , Love Triangle , Josei , Marriage , Foreign , Tragedy , Heterosexual

Hot Gimmick

Also known as Hot Gimmick.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

In company-owned rabbit-hutch apartments live tenants who can't afford to live anywhere else, and the apartment complex in which high-school girl Hatsumi Narita lives is ruled over by the rumor mongering, self-righteous Mrs. Tachibana. Get on Tachibana's bad side, and life becomes hell. When Hatsumi has to buy a pregnancy test because her popular sister Akane is late, Mrs. Tachibana's son, Ryoki, who used to bully Hatsumi as a kid, promises not to tell the world about Hatsumi's secret, only if she becomes his slave. Suddenly Azusa, Hatsumi's protector in their youth, reappears to save her again! He's moving back into the neighborhood! Despite the budding romance between Hatsumi and Azusa, Ryoki has control over her through the secret that could ruin the lives of everyone in Hatsumi's family, and he hasn't forgotten who his slave is!



Tags: Heterosexual , Tsundere , Male Harem , Love Triangle , Sadism , Revenge , Yandere , Torture , Female Protagonist , Bullying , Primarily Teen Cast , Urban , Unrequited Love , Shoujo , Adoption , School , Blackmail

Zettai Heiwa Daisakusen

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Romance

The long-lasting war between the Northern and the Southern Kingdoms is unbearable. So the northern Prince Johane and the southern Princess Euda decide to tell everyone they are in love, because their marriage can stop the war. But the truth is they don’t get along at all!

Tags: War , Shoujo , Tsundere , Politics , Foreign , Conspiracy , Female Protagonist , Historical , Episodic , Heterosexual , Fake Relationship , Royal Affairs , Desert

Waltz wa Shiroi Dress de

Also known as White Waltz.

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Romance

At the beginning of the XX century, the relationship between England and Japan was strained. England wanted to extend its influence over Japan, and Japan wasn't willing to let any other culture pass its borders. Koto, though, a Japanese girl, didn't care if the people she meets have almond shaped eyes or not, or if they wear a kimono or a western dress. Actually, she is fascinated by this foreign way of life that brings so many innovations into Japan. More than anything else, it's the clothing that seems to grab her attention, as she wants to become a tailor and create dresses for women of every culture.

Unfortunately though, she's a woman, so she knows her dream will end as soon as she gets married. She will have to start acting like a noble and a respectable woman would. In fact, she is betrothed to Masaomi Kidoin, the second born of one of the most important and oldest families of Japan. The day she's told she will marry Masaomi, Koto attends a ball at the British Embassy and meets Sagitto, a half English and half Indian spy that captures her imagination and heart. But can their love story have a happy ending when the British and the Japanese are tracking down Sagitto because they want him dead, and Koto is forced to live a life that doesn't fit her?



Includes two related side stories and one unrelated one.

Tags: Shoujo , Historical , Female Protagonist , Love Triangle , Heterosexual

Home

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Romance

An historical shoujo manga about Spain and Japan. Maria lives a quiet peaceful life in Spain except for the constant affections of Antonio, but fate changes when Maria trips onto Koujirou, a samurai.



Tags: Shoujo , Male Protagonist , Foreign , Language Barrier , Samurai , Historical , Twins

Tsuki no Shippo

Also known as Tail of the Moon.

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy , Romance

The path to love is never easy, and Usagi has some unexpected competition. It seems that another ninja clan wants to welcome Lord Hanzo into the family, and they've sent the beautiful and talented Yuri to win herself a wedding. Usagi won't be daunted by her rival's looks and skills, but will Lord Hanzo's secret feelings for an off-limits princess be enough to send her away in despair?



Tags: Ninja , Shoujo , Historical , Love Triangle , Medicine , Heterosexual , Tragedy , Revenge , Arranged Marriage , Female Protagonist

Nise Seijo to Shiitagerareta Koushaku Reijou wa Nidome no Jinsei wa Fukushuu ni Ikiru

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Romance

Tags: Seinen

Oujitachi wa Izonsuru

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Romance

A collection of short stories:

Nagisa is a just an average girl. But her older brother and her younger brother dote on her too much. This way she will never be able to find a boyfriend! .

18 year-old Yoshino is in love with his sister, Himeko, who has brother complex towards him. Yoshino and Himeko's father remarriage introduced new members to the family. Tsubaki, who is of the same age as Himeko, is as beautiful as a bisque doll. This new step-brother plans to expose Yoshino's secret feelings for Himeko. Yoshino thought that the underlying reason of Tsubaki doing this is because he likes Himeko too. However, never did he expect that Tsubaki was doing this for. . .

Special/Extra: Hana had always wanted to have a boyfriend and she finally had her first one. Rei was disturbed when he found out that his beloved sister accepted a guy. He was determined not to allow any guy to have Hana. Rei let his feelings show and confessed to Hana. Hana was disgusted by the twisted feelings Rei had for her. Rei decided to leave when rejected. Hana did not want Rei to leave her, what should she do?

Tsubaki's story: An extra about Tsubaki. .

Tags: Shoujo , Incest , Boys' Love , Love Triangle , Yandere , LGBTQ+ Themes , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , School , Ensemble Cast

Candy Candy

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

This story is about a girl, Candy, who is a orphan. She is a nice and optimistic girl and she has a warm heart. When she was a child, she lived in an orphanage called Pony's Home. She had a good friend called Annie. And she met the "Prince of the Hill" who is a important person in her life, on the hill behind the orphanage. She was adopted by the Leagan's family. What's awaiting her are the bad-hearted Neil and his sister, Eliza. One day, in the rose garden, she met a boy, who is identical to the "Prince of the Hill" who she had met in her childhood. The boy is called Anthony. Thereafter, a fantastic story that she has never expected begins.



Note: Won the 1st Kodansha Manga Award for shoujo in 1977.

Tags: Shoujo , Foreign , Female Protagonist , Tragedy , Historical , Coming of Age , Age Gap , Adoption