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: Primarily Adult Cast , Female Protagonist , Josei , Marriage , Nudity , Work , 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: Love Triangle , Josei , Biographical , Historical , Marriage , Foreign , Tragedy , Heterosexual

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: Love Triangle , Female Protagonist , Shoujo , Historical , 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: Male Protagonist , Shoujo , Language Barrier , Foreign , 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: Shoujo , Historical , Ninja , Love Triangle , Medicine , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Arranged Marriage , Revenge , Tragedy

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 , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Bullying , Primarily Teen Cast , Urban , Unrequited Love , Adoption , School

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

Bronze no Tenshi Gaiden

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

1-2) 1812
A Prequel to Saito Chiho’s “Bronze no Tenshi”, this is a story about young Alexander Pushkin.

3-4) 1830
Published in Rinka Vol.4, 5 (2008)

Tags: Josei , Foreign , Biographical , Historical

Sangsurinamu Arae

Also known as Under the Oak Tree.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance

A flawless love story of the flawed. Stuttering lady Maximilian is forced into a marriage with Sir Riftan, but he leaves on a campaign after their wedding night. 3 years later, he triumphantly returns, ready to cherish her. As life with her husband finally begins, she only has one question — does she deserve this love and happiness?



Tags: Heterosexual , Primarily Adult Cast , Arranged Marriage , Disability , Marriage , Female Protagonist , Magic , Full Color , Bullying , Swordplay , Royal Affairs , Estranged Family