Manga like TO-Y

NANA

Also known as Nana.

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

Nana Komatsu is a young woman who's endured an unending string of boyfriend problems. Moving to Tokyo, she's hoping to take control of her life and put all those messy misadventures behind her. She's looking for love and she's hoping to find it in the big city.

Nana Osaki, on the other hand, is cool, confident and focused. She swaggers into town and proceeds to kick down the doors to Tokyo's underground punk scene. She's got a dream and won't give up until she becomes Japan's No. 1 rock'n'roll superstar.

This is the story of two 20-year-old women who share the same name. Even though they come from completely different backgrounds, they somehow meet and become best friends. The world of Nana is a world exploding with sex, music, fashion, gossip and all-night parties.



Note: Winner of the 48th Shogakukan Manga Award in the Shoujo Category in 2002.

Tags: Band , Primarily Adult Cast , Female Protagonist , Shoujo , Tragedy , Time Skip , Philosophy , Pregnancy , Found Family , Netorare , Bisexual , LGBTQ+ Themes , Love Triangle , Heterosexual , Achronological Order , Urban , Rock Music , Age Gap , Nudity , Drugs , Bar , Cheating

BECK

Also known as BECK.

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

For the first 14 years of his life, Yukio Tanaka has been one heck of a boring guy. He has no hobbies, a weak taste in music, and only a small vestige of a personality. He yearns for an exciting life, but his shy, and somewhat neurotic personality make him his own worst enemy. Little does he know that his life will be forever changed when he meets Ryusuke Minami, a wild and unpredictable 16 year-old fresh from America, who happens to be in a rock-and-roll band named after his Frankenstein-like patched dog—Beck.



Tags: Band , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , Rock Music , Primarily Male Cast , Shounen , Foreign , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Work , Crime , Love Triangle , Bullying , School , Mafia , Guns , Swimming , Martial Arts

THREE

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music , Romance

1+1=3. That is the power of Magic!
Kishimori Rino, a third-year student who’s on her way to become a singer. She has both the looks and the talent.
Nakanome Kei is a natural musician who's in the same grade as Rino.
He has already developed his own unique style of music.
Rino and Kei are both attracted to each other.
However, they are both still lacking something important.
This is the story of a couple of youths who dedicated their lives to music, Souryou Fuyumi's Heart Beat LIVE!

Tags: Shoujo

Burai Otoko: Bremen

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Music

Reiji and Kasuga head out to Tokyo to become the "Gods of Rock," but they seem to always attract trouble. On their way, Hayama Ryo and Fujii Ran join them in their quest.

Tags: Shounen , Crossdressing , Band , Rock Music

Boyfriend

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Sports

Takatou Masaki is the second youngest of four sons, and seemingly a delinquent by nature. His hot temper has put a wedge between himself and his strict father, gotten him kicked out of one school, and tossed him at a school notoriously horrible for the one thing he's truly good at, basketball. A chance encounter with the willful Yuuki Kanako may serve as a catalyst for change, as the indefinable connection she feels with him draws them together...

Note: Won the Shogakukan Manga Award in 1988.

Tags: Shoujo , Primarily Teen Cast , Basketball , Coming of Age , Heterosexual , Love Triangle , School , School Club , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Age Gap

CIPHER

Also known as Cipher.

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

Anise can't believe her luck when she finds herself in the same high school as famous former child star Siva. Although the cool and handsome Siva seems unapproachable, Anise manages to become his friend. But her happiness turns to surprise when she discovers Siva's secret: for years, he's been switching identities with his twin brother, Cipher!


Tags: Shoujo , Foreign , Twins , Acting , Drugs

Buzzy Noise

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music , Romance

Apartment building clerk by day and electronic music composer by night, Kiyosumi enjoys his "clean and simple" existence free from relationships and distractions.

One day he gets an unexpected admirer as a distressed female neighbor destroys both his room's window and his solitude...

Tags: Band , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Musical Theater , Urban , Female Protagonist

Koko wa Greenwood

Also known as Here is Greenwood.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

It seems like 15-year-old Kazuya Hasukawa's life can't get much worse. Not only did his older brother marry Kazuya's first love, he brought his bride home to live with the family! Forced out of his own home, Kazuya enters an exclusive all-male boarding school, Ryokuto Academy. Unfortunately, a prestigious education is little compensation for getting stuck with the cross-dressing roommate from Hell...



Notes:
Includes the one-shot "Dareka: STRANGER (誰か―STRANGER―)"
Includes the kakioroshi "Uchizawa to Watashi (内沢とわたし)"

Tags: Primarily Male Cast , Shoujo , School , Crossdressing , Boarding School , Male Protagonist , Meta , LGBTQ+ Themes , Unrequited Love