Manga like Yano-kun no Futsuu no Hibi

Skip to Loafer

Also known as Skip and Loafer.

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

Excellent student Iwakura Mitsumi has always dreamt about leaving her small town, going to a prestigious university, and making positive change in the world. But she’s so focused on reaching her goals that she’s not prepared for the very different (and overwhelming) city life that awaits her in a Tokyo high school. Luckily, she makes fast friends with Shima Sousuke, a handsome classmate who’s as laid-back as she is over-prepared. Can this naive country girl make it big in Tokyo with Sousuke by her side?



Notes:
Nominated for the 2020 Manga Taisho Award.
Winner of the Best General Manga category at the 47th Kodansha Manga Award in 2023.

Tags: Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Iyashikei , Seinen , Rural , Urban , LGBTQ+ Themes , Acting , Transgender , Love Triangle

Machida-kun no Sekai

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

Machida-kun seems like the perfect brother, son, and student because he loves people. Helpful when he needs to be, but puts himself down when he feels like a total failure. However, the people that surround his daily life are there as a reminder as why Machida-kun needs no improvements because the people love Machida.

Notes:
Winner of the New Creator Prize of the 20th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.
Included one-shot: Kimi wa Ai

Tags: Episodic , Iyashikei , Male Protagonist , Shoujo , Family Life , Philosophy , School , Heterosexual , Ensemble Cast , Bullying , Acting , Time Skip

Onna no Sono no Hoshi

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Hoshi-sensei, homeroom teacher of class 4 of second-grade at an all-girls high school. At the mercy of the students' shiritori picture games they draw in their class journals, suddenly made to take care of a dog in the classroom, giving advice to an aspiring manga artist...not to mention drinking sessions with colleagues...what an uninteresting life, yet why is it so enjoyable and loveable?! An unexperienced manga that will make you smile no matter what.



Tags: School , Teacher , Male Protagonist , Josei , Surreal Comedy , Episodic , Work

Kimi to Uchuu wo Aruku Tame ni

Also known as Spacewalking With You.

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

Kobayashi just can’t focus—not on studying, not on work—and the adults in his life think he’s in danger of becoming a worthless dropout. Then, one day, a strange new presence arrives in his class: an energetic and naïve kid named Uno. Kobayashi saves Uno from getting scammed, and that close encounter launches a new friendship. Uno’s definitely a space cadet, but Kobayashi can’t help admiring the way he floats through life, and before he knows it, he might start feeling his feet lift off the ground, too…



Notes:
Winner of the 17th Manga Taishō in 2024.
Ranked 6th in the 3rd Crea Late Night Manga Awards in 2024.
Ranked 3rd in the 2024 Da Vinci Book of the Year ranking.
Ranked 1st in the Men's Division of Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2025 guidebook.
Nominated for the 49th Kodansha Manga Award in the General category in 2025.
Ranked 3rd in the Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2025.
Ranked 4th in Freestyle Magazine's "The Best Manga 2025" ranking in 2025.
Winner of the Emotional Resonance Award at the 4th Magademy Awards in 2025.
Nominated for the Best New Manga award at the 2025 American Manga Awards.
Winner of the Freeman Book Award for Young Adult Literature in 2025.
Selected for the SLJ Best Books of the Year list in 2025.
Selected for the Top 10 of YALSA's 2026 Great Graphic Novels for Teens list in 2026.
Nominated for the 50th Kodansha Manga Award in the General category in 2026.
Nominated for the 30th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2026.

Tags: Disability , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Astronomy , Rehabilitation , School Club , School , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Delinquents , Primarily Male Cast , Work , Primarily Teen Cast

Iyahaya Atami-kun

Also known as My Oh My, Atami-kun.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

High schooler Atami is living the dream. He's got incredibly good looks, and girls can't help asking him out nearly every day. There's just one problem, though—he's into guys, not girls! His own gorgeous face haunts him, since it's all anyone seems to be interested in. Won't anyone see him for who he really is?



Tags: Seinen , LGBTQ+ Themes , Male Protagonist , Boys' Love , School , Unrequited Love , Primarily Teen Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Estranged Family

Kirio Fanclub

Also known as Kirio Fan Club.

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

What would you do if your crush had ear-splitting farts?

For Aimi and Nami, the answer is to cry tears of joy for being able to pinpoint at a distance the object of their affections, Kirio, from a single toot. These are the kinds of deep, philosophical questions the two friends/rivals in romance pose to each other to prove their love for this boy who hardly seems to know they exist. That won’t stop them from conducting nightly rituals to entice him into their dreams, though, or listing out what exactly they like about him, down to the very last organ. But when push comes to shove, will they choose their hilarious friendship over a shot at love?

Get ready for a rip-roaring romcom about the friendship behind what is fair in love and war!



Tags: Unrequited Love , Female Protagonist , Love Triangle , Josei , Slapstick , School , Suicide , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Yuri , Afterlife

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

Seihantai na Kimi to Boku

Also known as You and I Are Polar Opposites.

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

Suzuki’s a high school girl in love, but the guy she’s fallen for is nothing like her! While she’s cheerful, outgoing, and always trying to fit in, her classmate Yusuke Tani is stoic, quiet, and doesn’t seem to care what people think of him. Will Suzuki be able to overcome her anxieties and ask him out, or will she discover that opposites really don’t attract?



Notes:
Includes 12 extra chapters.
Placed second in the Tsugimanga 2022 Award in the Web Manga Category.
Placed third in the 16th Manga Taishou Award and seventh in the 17th Manga Taishou Award in 2023-2024.

Tags: Iyashikei , Heterosexual , Ensemble Cast , Coming of Age , Primarily Teen Cast , Female Protagonist , Gyaru , School , Chibi , Urban , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Episodic

Seihantai na Kimi to Boku

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

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

Kimi wa Houkago Insomnia

Also known as Insomniacs After School.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

Unable to sleep at night, Ganta Nakami is cranky in class and unpopular with his classmates. He discovers that the school observatory, once used by the now-defunct astronomy club, may be the perfect place for a nap—but he’s not alone. Fellow insomniac Isaki Magari is willing to share the observatory with Nakami, and a friendship between the two begins as they bond over the most unlikely of things.



Note: Nominated for the Tsugimanga 2020 Award in the Manga Category.

Tags: Coming of Age , Astronomy , Iyashikei , Heterosexual , School , School Club , Photography , Seinen , Disability , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Outdoor Activities , Camping , Time Skip , Tomboy