Manga like Switch Girl!!

Genres: Comedy Romance

What is Switch Girl!! about?

Status: Finished

Tamiya Nika is a beautiful, outgoing, popular high school girl. She has just the right look, just the right fashions, and is everyone’s friend. What everyone at school does not know is how hard Nika works to keep up this perfect image, and what she is REALLY like at home. When not at school, Nika is a scary, sloppy, tight-fisted girl who wears glasses, an ugly sweatsuit, and has her hair pulled back into unattractive buns. She lays around playing video games and reading manga. Her attitude is bossy and cranky, and she travels far out of her way to shop where she won’t be recognized.

Every day, Nika “Switches On” with a strict regimen of beautification that involves primping and plucking and careful dressing. The only person who knows about Nika’s Switched On/Off modes is her best friend, who is also aware of the reasons behind the changes.

However, soon a second person finds about about Nika’s personalities - someone who has his own On/Off switch, but in reverse! His name is Kamiyama Arata, and he is a recent transfer student. He meets Nika when she is in OFF Mode, and then again at school when she is ON. However Nika can see that he has his little secret. At school, Arata wears thick swirly-eyed glasses and messy hair that make some bullies think he is an otaku. However, at home, he ditches the glasses and is downright gorgeous! He is just the opposite of Nika, but why?



Included one-shot:
Volume 3: Switch Girl!! (pilot)

Tags: Shoujo , School , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast
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Here is a list of Manga similar to Switch Girl!!

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Also known as Hotaru's Way.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

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Tags: Josei , Age Gap , Primarily Adult Cast , Female Protagonist
No Longer Heroine

Heroine Shikkaku

Also known as No Longer Heroine.

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

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Notes:
Includes the one-shot "Thank You☆Last Samurai (サンキュー☆ラストサムライ)".
Includes the one-shot "Souri de Sorry (総理でソーリー)".

Tags: Heterosexual , Anti-Hero , Love Triangle , Shoujo , School , Female Protagonist , Parody , Slapstick , Primarily Teen Cast
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Also known as Kare Kano: His and Her Circumstances.

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

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Included one-shots:
Volume 1: Tora to Chameleon: Yakusoku wa Isshuukan (The Tiger and the Chameleon: A Promise for One Week)
Volume 4: Ashita Mata Mori de Aou ne (Meet Me Again Tomorrow in the Forest)
Volume 8: Abareru Ousama (The Raging King)

Note: Includes 4 extra chapters from volumes 2, 10, 11, and 12.

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Status: Finished
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Also known as Gakuen Prince.

Status: Finished
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Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

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Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

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Volumes 1-8: Peach Girl; Peach Girl Authentic (2nd English Edition)
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Tags: Bullying , Love Triangle , Shoujo , Tanned Skin , School , Swimming , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Revenge
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Also known as Life.

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

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Note: Won the Kodansha Manga Award in the shoujo category in 2006.

Tags: Bullying , Female Protagonist , Coming of Age , Shoujo , School , Suicide , Primarily Teen Cast , Urban , Yuri , Tragedy
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Cinderella Closet

Also known as Cinderella Closet.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

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Tags: Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Coming of Age , Fashion , Love Triangle , Primarily Adult Cast , Crossdressing , Makeup , Bisexual
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Also known as Like a Butterfly.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

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Tags: Shoujo , School , Coming of Age , Heterosexual , Unrequited Love , Female Protagonist , Love Triangle , Primarily Teen Cast , Martial Arts

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