Manga like Kimi to Tsuzuru Utakata

also known as The Summer You Were There

What is The Summer You Were There about?

Status: Finished

Shizuku is a shy girl who hardly talks to other people. Instead, she loses herself in creative writing, crafting a novel that she never plans to show anyone. But when Kaori–Shizuku’s cute, popular classmate–gets her hands on Shizuku’s manuscript, everything changes. Kaori is a huge fan, and suggests that Shizuku can get inspiration for her writing if the two of them start dating! Can these very different young ladies create their own love story together?



Tags: Tragedy , Yuri , Writing , Female Protagonist , Rehabilitation , Disability , Bullying , Primarily Female Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , School , Suicide , Primarily Teen Cast

Here is a list of Manga similar to Kimi to Tsuzuru Utakata

Bloom Into You

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 8 extra chapters.

Tags: Yuri , Female Protagonist , Coming of Age , LGBTQ+ Themes , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Primarily Female Cast , Love Triangle , School Club , Unrequited Love , Acting , Philosophy , Aromantic , Shounen
Whisper Me a Love Song

Sasayaku You ni Koi wo Utau

Also known as Whisper Me a Love Song.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Music , Romance

Bubbly, energetic first-year high school student Himari falls head over heels for her senpai Yori after hearing her band perform on the first day of school. Himari tells Yori she just loves her, and to Himari's surprise, Yori says she loves Himari back! But when Himari realizes that she and her senpai are feeling two different kinds of love, she begins to ask herself what "love" really means...



Notes:
Eighteenth place of Tsugimanga 2020 Award in the Manga Category
First place in Yuri Navi’s best Yuri Manga of 2020

Tags: Yuri , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Band , LGBTQ+ Themes , School Club , School , Unrequited Love , Love Triangle , Primarily Teen Cast , Bisexual , Tragedy , Incest , Shounen
The Anemone Feels the Heat

Anemone wa Netsu wo Obiru

Also known as The Anemone Feels the Heat.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Romance

After failing to get into her desired high school, studious Nagisa is resolved to keep her chin up and move on. That is, until she meets a sickly girl named Mashiro at her new school, who throws a wrench into her plans—as she's the very reason Nagisa flunked her exams in the first place. But Nagisa decides she won't let it get her down, and to upend her negative feelings, she vows to warm up to Mashiro...Delve into this clever but clumsy girl's captivating love story.



Tags: Yuri , Primarily Female Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Female Protagonist , Seinen , Love Triangle , Disability , Age Gap
This Monster Wants to Eat Me

Watashi wo Tabetai, Hitodenashi

Also known as This Monster Wants to Eat Me.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Horror , Psychological , Romance , Supernatural

“I’ve come to eat you.”
So softly utters the mermaid Shiori as she emerges from the sea and takes high school girl Hinako by the hand. Hinako lives alone in a town by the sea and possesses an unusually delicious body that is irresistible to nearby monsters. To ensure that she matures to the best condition, Shiori seeks to protect Hinako—all so that someday, she can devour every piece of her. What will become of Hinako’s feelings as this looming unjust death closes in on her…?

Tags: Tragedy , Monster Girl , Youkai , Mermaid , Denpa , Female Protagonist , Yuri , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Coastal , Orphan , Seinen , Mythology , Rural , Body Horror , Gods , LGBTQ+ Themes
A Silent Voice

Koe no Katachi

Also known as A Silent Voice.

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

Based on a one-shot that won the 80th Weekly Shounen Magazine Newbie Best Mangaka Award.

Shouya is a bully. When Shouko, a girl who can't hear, enters his elementary school class, she becomes their favorite target, and Shouya and his friends goad each other into devising new tortures for her. But the children's cruelty goes too far. Shouko is forced to leave the school, and Shouya ends up shouldering all the blame. Six years later, the two meet again. Can Shouya make up for his past mistakes, or is it too late?



Note: Includes 2 extra chapters.

Tags: Rehabilitation , Language Barrier , Bullying , Coming of Age , Disability , Time Skip , Denpa , School , Suicide , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Female Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Kuudere , Shounen , Tragedy , Tomboy , Filmmaking
Your Lie in April

Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso

Also known as Your Lie in April.

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

Kosei Arima was a piano prodigy until his cruel taskmaster of a mother died suddenly, changing his life forever. Driven by his pain to abandon piano, Kosei now lives in a monotonous, colorless world. Having resigned himself to a bland life, he is surprised when he meets Kaori Miyazono, a violinist with an unorthodox style. Can she bring Kosei back to music, and back to life?



Note: Nominated for the 2012 Manga Taisho Awards.

Tags: Tragedy , School , Heterosexual , Coming of Age , Love Triangle , Rehabilitation , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Classical Music , Shounen
Adachi and Shimamura

Adachi to Shimamura

Also known as Adachi and Shimamura.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

The second floor of the gym. That’s our spot. Class is in session right now, but they don’t hold class in a place like this. This is where Shimamura and I became friends. What is this feeling? Yesterday, I dreamed of kissing her. I’m not like that, and I’m sure Shimamura isn’t either. But…when Shimamura thinks of the word “friend,” I want to be the first thing that comes to her mind. That’s all.



Tags: Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Yuri , Coming of Age , LGBTQ+ Themes , Delinquents , School , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Yandere , Love Triangle , Aliens , Shounen , Table Tennis
I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day

Kimi ga Shinu made Koi wo Shitai

Also known as I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Fantasy , Romance

At the mysterious orphanage where Sheena lives, death is nothing new to its residents—girls who no longer have families of their own, who are raised as weapons of war, taught to kill and take the lives of others without batting an eye. Everyone, that is, except Sheena, who wishes for nothing more than the growing conflict around her to end. On the night of her roommate's death, Sheena meets a strange girl covered in blood, who smiles despite the turmoil surrounding them. The next day, the girl appears as a new student in Sheena's class and introduces herself as Mimi. Initially thought to be a school myth, there are now whispers in the orphanage's halls that Mimi is their secret weapon—an immortal who cannot die. When Mimi is later assigned as Sheena's new roommate, Sheena's world grows even more complicated when she begins living with someone who loves and welcomes death, when all Sheena wants to do is stop it…



Tags: Tragedy , Magic , Yuri , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , War , Dystopian , LGBTQ+ Themes , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Boarding School , Gore , Body Horror
A Tropical Fish Yearns for Snow

Nettaigyo wa Yuki ni Kogareru

Also known as A Tropical Fish Yearns for Snow.

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

Konatsu is doing her best to adapt to her new school, but being required to join a club has introduced additional pressures. Her friendly classmate Kaede invites her to join the Home Ec Club, but Konatsu hasn’t even had time to consider which club she’s interested in. Meanwhile, Koyuki is like a ray of sunshine in Konatsu’s cloudy world. Will Konatsu join the Aquarium Club?



Tags: Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , School Club , Primarily Female Cast , Yuri , Animals , School , Coastal , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Seinen , LGBTQ+ Themes , Fishing
I Want to Eat Your Pancreas

Kimi no Suizou wo Tabetai

Also known as I Want to Eat Your Pancreas.

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

One day, I – a high schooler – found a paperback in the hospital. The “Disease Coexistence Journal” was its title. It was a diary that my classmate, Sakura Yamauchi, had written in secret. Inside, it was written that due to her pancreatic disease, her days were numbered. And thus, I coincidentally went from Just-a-Classmate to a Secret-Knowing-Classmate. It was as if I were being drawn to her, who was my polar opposite. However, the world presented the girl that was already suffering from an illness with an equally cruel reality…

Tags: Tragedy , Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , School , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Heterosexual , Travel , Love Triangle
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