Manga like Tamaki to Amane

Ikoku Nikki

Also known as Ikoku Nikki.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

The manga centers on 35-year-old novelist Makio Koudai and her 15-year-old niece Asa, who live together under one roof. Makio took Asa in on a sudden impulse after Asa's parents, which included Makio's older sister, passed away. The next day, Makio returns to her senses and remembers that she does not do well in the company of other people. So begins their daily life, as Makio attempts to acclimate to a roommate, while Asa attempts to get used to an adult that never acts like one.



Note: Includes five extra chapters.

Tags: Family Life , Female Protagonist , Josei , Adoption , Coming of Age , Estranged Family , Writing , Primarily Female Cast , Parenthood , LGBTQ+ Themes , Yuri , Aromantic , Food , Primarily Adult Cast , Disability , School Club , Transgender

Kinou Nani Tabeta?

Also known as What Did You Eat Yesterday?.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Shiro Kakei, lawyer by day and gourmand by night, lives with his boyfriend, Kenji Yabuki, an out-going salon stylist. While the pair navigate the personal and professional minefields of modern gay life, Kenji serves as enthusiastic taste-tester for Shiro’s wide and varied made-from-scratch meals.



Note: Nominated for the first annual Manga Taishou Award (2008).

Tags: Seinen , LGBTQ+ Themes , Food , Boys' Love , Male Protagonist , Work , Primarily Adult Cast , Episodic , Iyashikei

Haru to Arashi

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

A "tsundere love story" where a sadistic but handsome boy falls in love.



Note: Includes two extra chapters.

Tags: Tsundere , Shoujo

Hajimete Koi wo Shita Hi ni Yomu Hanashi

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

Junko Harumi went through high school prioritizing her studies, in order to get into the University of Tokyo. Nevertheless, she failed her exams. In the end, she entered a lower-ranking university and ended up working as a teacher at an average cram school. And, by the age of 31, she hasn't gotten married yet!

Since then, Junko's become disheartened, and, despite how unpretentious her current employment is, she's walking on thin ice because of her lack of productivity! Everything seems hopeless, but could it be that a delinquent student would turn her situation all around!?

Tags: Shoujo , Heterosexual , Age Gap , School

Poe no Ichizoku

Also known as The Poe Clan.

Status: Finished
Genres: Supernatural

The Poe Clan: a race of undead that feeds on the energy of the living, whiling away the centuries in a village of roses where time and geography have no meaning. Circumstances lead to a brother and sister, Edgar and Marybelle, being initiated into the clan too young, and therefore doomed to live out eternity forever on the brink of adulthood, until a wooden stake or a silver bullet should cut them down. In this groundbreaking manga, through three immortal adolescents and the mortals whose lives they touch, Moto Hagio explores what it means to live and to die, to have loved and to have lost.



Tags: Vampire , Shoujo , Achronological Order , Historical , Foreign , Tragedy , Found Family , Male Protagonist , Estranged Family , Boys' Love , LGBTQ+ Themes , Bisexual , Fugitive

Hana Monogatari

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

"I have unforgettable memories with this flower..." Memories that will forever sparkle in my heart. Sweet, slightly painful, thorn-like youth. The timeless masterpiece of girls' novels, Flower Story, has been turned into a manga with soft, dainty brushstrokes.

Tags: Classic Literature , Unrequited Love , Yuri , Josei , Anthology , Historical , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Boarding School , School , Tragedy , Suicide , Drawing , Dancing , Adoption