Manga like Aoi Hana

Yagate Kimi ni Naru

Also known as Bloom Into You.

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

Yuu has always loved shoujo manga and awaits the day she gets a love confession that sends her heart aflutter with bubbles and hearts, and yet when a junior high classmate confesses his feelings to her…she feels nothing. Disappointed and confused, Yuu enters high school still unsure how to respond. That’s when Yuu sees the beautiful student council president Nanami turn down a suitor with such maturity that she’s inspired to ask her for help. But when the next person to confess to Yuu is Nanami herself, has her shoujo romance finally begun?



Note: Includes eight extra chapters.

Tags: Yuri , Female Protagonist , Coming of Age , School , Primarily Teen Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Primarily Female Cast , Unrequited Love , Love Triangle , School Club , Acting , Philosophy , Aromantic , Asexual , Shounen , Restaurant , Writing , Time Skip , Nudity , Athletics , Bisexual , Tragedy

Hourou Musuko

Also known as Wandering Son.

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

Fifth grade friends Shuichi Nitori and Yoshino Takatsuki have happy homes, loving families, and are well-liked by their classmates. But they share a secret that further complicates a time of life that is awkward for anyone: Shuichi is a transgender girl, and Yoshino is transgender boy.



Tags: LGBTQ+ Themes , Coming of Age , Transgender , School , Gender Bending , Female Protagonist , Crossdressing , Fashion , Primarily Female Cast , Bullying , Acting , Seinen , Writing , Yuri , Modeling , Primarily Teen Cast , Body Horror

Sasameki Koto

Also known as Whispered Words.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

Whispered Words is the story of two high school girls, Sumika and Ushio. One is in love with the other, but unable to confess. Both of them prefer girls, but Ushio likes cute and petite types while Sumika prefers the athletic outgoing girls. To complicate things, a cross dressing boy, Masaki, is in love with Sumika. What ever will happen to this mixed-up bizarre love triangle mess?



Includes oneshot "Kamisama to Dance" and a side story.

Tags: Yuri , School , Female Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes , Coming of Age , Unrequited Love , Seinen , Martial Arts , Love Triangle , Crossdressing , Otaku Culture

Shimanami Tasogare

Also known as Our Dreams at Dusk: Shimanami Tasogare.

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

Not only is high schooler Tasuku Kaname the new kid in town, he’s also terrified that he’s been outed as gay. Just as he’s contemplating doing the unthinkable, Tasuku meets a mysterious woman who leads him to a group of people dealing with problems not so different from his own. In this realistic, heartfelt depiction of LGBT+ characters from different backgrounds finding their place in the world, a search for inner peace proves to be the most universal experience of all.



Tags: LGBTQ+ Themes , Coming of Age , Found Family , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Bullying , Ensemble Cast , Transgender , Crossdressing , Agender , Yuri , Asexual , Boys' Love , Rehabilitation , Suicide , Aromantic , Primarily Teen Cast , School

Ohana Holoholo

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

Maya, who works as a translator, lives with her bisexual former girlfriend, Michiru, and Michiru's son, Yuuta. Residing in the same apartment building is an actor called Nico, who drops by for a visit almost everyday, and knows about Michiru's past. Somewhat like family, and somewhat not, their lives interweave full of warm days.

Note: Includes five side stories and an extra.

Tags: Josei , LGBTQ+ Themes , Family Life , Found Family , Bisexual , Yuri , Parenthood , Female Protagonist , Cohabitation , Primarily Adult Cast , Unrequited Love , Acting , Suicide , Transgender

Octave

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

This story revolves around 18 year old Miyashita Yukino and her life as a former idol.

As a child, Yukino had always been fascinated with TV. And before she knew it, she wanted to be one of those idols behind the screen. At 15, she entered the entertainment industry and debuted as a member of the four-person group "She'sN". However the group wasn't very successful and they broke up shortly afterwards. Returning home in disgrace, Yukino was welcomed with people’s curious looks and hurtful words.

Wanting to find herself, regain her pride, and perhaps experience love, Yukino decides to move back to Tokyo. There she meets a certain woman, former composer Iwai Setsuko. Together they embark on a very interesting and mysterious relationship.

Tags: Yuri , Work , LGBTQ+ Themes , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Age Gap , Denpa , Band , Coming of Age , Twins , Idol , Seinen , Urban , Love Triangle , Nudity , Bullying , Bisexual

Haru to Midori

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

Midori isn't good with people, and at 31 years old, she feels like she has no place in life.
One day, she attends the funeral of a close friend of hers from junior high school, Tsugumi. Unable to forget about her, she has a vision of the young friend she knew standing above her — only it isn't the girl she once knew, but her daughter, Haruko.

This is the story of the relationship between a woman without a place and a child without a mother.

Note: Chapter count includes the bonus chapters "Haru and Midori Special 1" and "Haru and Midori Special 2."

Tags: Family Life , Adoption , Primarily Female Cast , Found Family , Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Yuri , Unrequited Love , Time Skip , Seinen , LGBTQ+ Themes

Awajima Hyakkei

Also known as Scenes from Awajima.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music , Romance

Awajima Opera School—where countless girls from across the country flock in hopes of one day standing on the big stage. As they work toward achieving their dreams of stardom, their time at Awajima is filled with as much friendship and admiration as competition and jealousy. The precious feelings of girls who are at once both classmates and rivals, tenderly captured in the portraits of an ensemble cast!



Note: Won the 19th Japan Media Arts Festival Excellence Award in 2015.

Tags: Musical Theater , Female Protagonist , School , Primarily Female Cast , Episodic , Ensemble Cast , Time Skip , Tragedy , Boarding School , Coming of Age , Heterosexual , Family Life , Yuri , LGBTQ+ Themes , Suicide , Bullying , Male Protagonist , Religion

Pietà

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Romance

A story about two classmates who become friends, Sahoko and Rio. Rio is depressed and self-abusive and isn't loved by her "family" (which consists of her father, stepmother, and stepbrother), but Sahoko seems to be the bright spot in her life. Sahoko also seems to have a mysterious past and doesn't seem to have a good relationship with her parents; she lives with her aunt. It's also hinted at that Sahoko and Rio have met once before, when they were much younger...



Note: includes 1 extra chapter

Tags: Yuri , Suicide , Josei , Rehabilitation , Tragedy , Female Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes , Primarily Female Cast , Family Life , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Estranged Family , Tomboy

Mejirobana no Saku

Also known as A White Rose in Bloom.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Romance

Ruby is a student at an elite European boarding school. Things are going pretty well for her until she finds out that she won’t be able to go home at Christmas. Instead, she’ll be stuck at school with only one other student–the aloof and beautiful Steph–for company. As Ruby tries to understand Steph, she becomes more and more interested in the other girl. But can she break through Steph’s icy exterior?



Tags: Yuri , School , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Foreign , Josei , Boarding School , Crime , Gore