Manga like Tonari no Kimi ga Ichiban Kawaii

Kawaii dake ja Nai Shikimori-san

Also known as Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie.

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

Shikimori seems like the perfect girlfriend: cute, fun to be around, sweet when she wants to be… but she has a cool dark side that comes out under the right circumstances. And her boyfriend Izumi loves to be around when that happens!



Notes:
Originally self-published on Twitter, was then licensed by Kodansha for serialization.
Won 5th place in Tsugimanga 2020 Award in the Web Manga Category.
Includes 25 extra chapters.

Tags: Heterosexual , School , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Episodic , Coming of Age , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Femdom , Shounen , Tsundere , Love Triangle , Bowling

Horimiya

Also known as Horimiya.

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

At school, Kyouko Hori is known for being smart, attractive, and popular. On the other hand, her classmate, the boring, gloomy Izumi Miyamura tends to get painted as a "loser fanboy." But when a liberally pierced and tattooed (not to mention downright gorgeous) Miyamura appears unexpectedly on the doorstep of secretly plain-Jane homebody Hori, these two similarly dissimilar teenagers discover that there are multiple sides to every story...and person!



Notes:
Includes 20 extra chapters.
The 17th volume was released on July 18, 2023, two years after the series' original ending. This new volume included 10 additional chapters.

Tags: Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Tsundere , School , Family Life , Coming of Age , Ensemble Cast , Slapstick , Episodic , Shounen , Love Triangle , Bullying , Urban , Time Skip

Ikemen Joshi to Josou Danshi

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

My first time out in public cross-dressing as a woman is turning out horribly. A handsome man swept me off my feet and before I knew it we were in a love hotel!?



Note: Originally self-published, was then licensed by Kadokawa for serialization.

Tags: Crossdressing , Gender Bending , Age Gap , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Femboy , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Yuri

Mizutama Honey Boy

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Mei Sengoku is an independent girl and captain of her high school kendo club who enjoys helping others in need. This has earned her a lot of admirers among the girls at her school, as well as a guy named Shirou Fuji well-known at school for his girly way of speaking and gestures. When Shirou asks Mei to go out with him, she simply rejects him, but he comes back the next day and tells her he's not going to give up on her so easily.

Tags: School , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Tomboy , Femboy , School Club , Gender Bending , Crossdressing , Tsundere , Love Triangle , Urban , Family Life

Kawaii Hito

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Kenzaki-san is a girl who has a crush on Nakajima-kun and wants to kiss him very much.



Note: Includes 1 extra chapter.

Tags: Gyaru , Heterosexual , Tomboy , Femboy , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , School , Crossdressing , Gender Bending

"Kawaii" wa Kimi no Mono

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

Tamaru, a small, baby-faced "cute" boy, is in love with Morinaga, a tall, cool girl. Tamaru-kun thinks he's not good enough for her, but one day he sees Morinaga in a way that is too unexpected for him...?

Tags: School , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Shounen , Heterosexual

Otomen

Also known as Otomen.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Asuka Masamune is a guy who loves girly things--sewing, knitting, making cute stuffed animals and reading shojo comics. But in a world where boys are expected to act manly, Asuka must hide his beloved hobbies and play the part of a masculine jock instead. Ryo Miyakozuka, on the other hand, is a girl who can't sew or bake a cake to save her life. Asuka finds himself drawn to Ryo, but she likes only the manliest of men! Can Asuka ever show his true self to anyone, much less to the girl that he's falling for?



Notes:
Includes the one-shot "Glass no Otomen: Sen no Kamen wo Motsu Kinoto Otoko (ガラスの乙男)".
Includes the one-shot "Love Chick (らぶちっく)".

Tags: School , Shoujo , Heterosexual , Femboy , Tomboy , Primarily Teen Cast , Food , Estranged Family , Crossdressing , Male Protagonist , Makeup , LGBTQ+ Themes , Drawing , Martial Arts , Tsundere , Time Skip , Amnesia , Coming of Age , Love Triangle , Meta , Transgender

Sekai de Ichiban “Kawaii” Amamiya-san, Nibanme wa Ore.

Also known as Amamiya-san is the Cutest…and I’m a Close Second!.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

Hikari is a popular model nicknamed the “Cutest Girl in the World,” but behind that gorgeous female façade is an ordinary high school boy named Harema Kouki! Since his model self is so adorable, Kouki never really finds other girls cute…until one day, when he realizes his plain and boring classmate, Amamiya-san, is actually cuter than he is! A high school rom-com between an overconfident diva and a diamond in the rough!

Tags: Crossdressing

Real mo Tama ni wa Uso wo Tsuku

Also known as Sometimes Even Reality Is a Lie!.

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

Kaoru Terasaki is a gamer who’s into MMORPGs, and he’s finally meeting up with someone he’s been friends with in-game for a long while—this time, offline and in person. He’s worried that his friend will be disappointed to see Kaoru is a guy, unlike his female character in the game. But he’s the one who’s in for a surprise when, instead of another guy, his friend turns out to be a cute girl, Nanami Ousaka. On top of that, Nanami told her parents that she would be bringing a friend over—a female friend. Even worse, Nanami’s dad is the super overprotective type who won’t allow any guys near his daughter. There’s only one solution to this dilemma: Kaoru has to cross-dress as a girl! Will Kaoru’s efforts pay off in the end?! Will Kaoru and Nanami remain just friends, or will their time together IRL change everything? Follow their romantic-comedy adventures to find out!



Notes:
Originally self-published on Pixiv and Twitter, was then compiled and licensed by Kadokawa for commercial release.
25 extra chapters are included.

Tags: Heterosexual , Crossdressing , Full Color , Tsundere , Iyashikei , Hikikomori , Video Games , Otaku Culture , Female Protagonist , Cosplay , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , School , Male Protagonist , Short-Form Chapter

Maji de Tsukiau 15-fun Mae

Also known as 15 Minutes Before We Really Date.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

Growing up in the same apartment complex, Yuuki and Natsuha have known each other forever. They’ve been friends for so long that everyone just assumes they’re a couple! But as they both approach the final stretch of high school, they get a silly, totally-not-serious idea— what if they actually started dating? What a ridiculous thing to say! Unless…?



Notes:
Originally a self-published doujin, the collected volume was commercially published by Kadokawa in February 2021.
Nominated for the Tsugimanga 2020 Award in the Web Manga Category.
Chapter count includes seven volume-only bonus chapters.

Tags: Heterosexual , School , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Shounen