Manga like Seihantai na Kimi to Boku

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 47th Kodansha Manga Award in the Best General Manga category in 2023.

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

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 got released on July 18, 2023. This was 2 years after its original ending. This new volume included 10 extra 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

Sono Bisque Doll wa Koi wo Suru

Also known as My Dress-Up Darling.

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

Traumatized by a childhood incident with a friend who took exception to his love of traditional dolls, doll-artisan hopeful Gojou Wakana passes his days as a loner, finding solace in the home ec room at his high school. To Wakana, people like beautiful Kitagawa Marin, a trendy girl who's always surrounded by a throng of friends, is practically an alien from another world. But when cheerful Marin--never one to be shy--spots Wakana sewing away one day after school, she barges in with the aim of roping her quiet classmate into her secret hobby: cosplay! Will Wakana's wounded heart be able to handle the invasion from this sexy alien?!



Note: Includes four extra chapters.

Tags: Cosplay , Otaku Culture , Fashion , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Gyaru , Heterosexual , Makeup , Seinen , Photography , Educational , Crossdressing , School , Primarily Female Cast , Drawing , Unrequited Love

Miki-san, Daisuki desu!

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Kousaka is a quiet, timid boy who's happy enough to go unnoticed by his classmates. But one moment of kindness and concern by a bright and outgoing gyaru starts to change his life.

Originally published on Twitter and Pixiv as Yarisugichau-kei Imo Danshi ga Anego-kei Gyaru wo Suki ni Natta Hanashi.
Now serialised in Kadokawa's Young Ace Up.

Tags: Gyaru , School , Seinen , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast

Kuzumi-kun, Kuuki Yometemasu ka?

Also known as Kuzumi-kun, Can't You Read the Room?.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

He's plain, he's short, he's boring. And on top of that, Kuzumi-kun can't read the room. Popular high school girl Erika Sakura has for some reason become so stuck on Kuzumi-kun that she can't help it...



Notes:
Includes the one-shot published in the April 2015 issue renamed to chapter 0 (chapter 0.1, 0.5, and 0.9)
Includes the one-shot "Soga ga Kininaru!" (曽我が気になるっ！), split into three parts in the volume release.
Includes an epilogue and five extra chapters.

Tags: School , Tsundere , Primarily Teen Cast , Female Protagonist , Shounen , Love Triangle , Heterosexual , Time Skip

Hayaku Shitai Futari

Also known as Let's Do It Already!.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

His rule: No sexual relations until age 18! Her rule: No rules.

Free-spirited Yuri Hasegawa and straitlaced Keiichiro Katsuragi have fallen in love. But his elite political family—which has produced a long line of prime ministers—does not allow male descendants to engage in any sexual relations until they are 18. Can the physically affectionate Yuri and rule-abiding Keiichiro keep their relationship strictly chaste?

Yuri and Keiichiro have gotten to know each other on their daily commute to their respective high schools. Yuri makes a passionate love confession to Keiichiro, and he feels the same! As a new couple, Yuri rushes in to kiss her new boyfriend, but...!



Tags: Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Shoujo , Gyaru , School , Kuudere , Male Protagonist , Family Life , Chibi

Fuufu Ijou, Koibito Miman.

Also known as More Than a Married Couple, but Not Lovers..

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Ecchi , Romance

Jirou, a third-year in high school, is forced to live with a gyaru named Akari under a course called the "Couple Practical". In order to be paired with their own romantic interests, they're going to act as a married couple...!?

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

Tags: Heterosexual , Love Triangle , Gyaru , Male Protagonist , School , Family Life , Shounen , Meta , Cohabitation , Nudity , Fake Relationship

Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu

Also known as The Dangers in My Heart.

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

Ichikawa Kyoutarou, a boy barely clinging to the bottom rung of his school’s social ladder, secretly believes he’s the tortured lead in some psychological thriller. He spends his days dreaming up ways to disrupt his classmates’ peaceful lives and pining after Anna Yamada, the class idol. But Kyotaro’s not nearly the troubled teen he pretends to be…and it turns out Anna’s a bit odd herself!



Notes:
Winner of the Tsugi ni Kuru Web Manga 2020 Award.
Nominee for the 2020 Manga Taisho Award.

Tags: Heterosexual , School , Male Protagonist , Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , Shounen , Iyashikei , Meta , Chuunibyou , Acting

Koori no Jouheki

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

Socially inept, Higawa Koyuki maintains a wall between herself and other people. She spends her time in high school alone, until she meets Amamiya Minato, a boy who keeps trying to close the distance between them for some reason?! The loner Koyuki, the popular Miki, the boundary-less Minato, and the kind basketball player Youta. This is the story about four complicated and confused young people and their mixed up lives!

Tags: School , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Kuudere

Boku to Kimi no Taisetsu na Hanashi

Also known as Our Precious Conversations.

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

Nozomi Aizawa has has kept her feelings for her schoolmate Azuma-kun a secret for quite a while, but the time has come for her to finally confess. His response, though, is far from ordinary! Led in circles by his hilarious tangents, these two awkward teenagers find themselves growing ever closer while muddling through misunderstandings and off-topic rants. When the airheaded stalker Aizawa-san finally connects with the petulant know-it-all Azuma-kun, the result is a romantic comedy worth talking about!



Note:
Nominated for the 43rd Kodansha Manga Award in the Shoujo Category in 2019.
Winner of the 44th Kodansha Manga Award in the Shoujo Category in 2020.

Tags: Shoujo , Heterosexual , School , Episodic , Meta , Writing , Love Triangle , Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes