Manga like Mairimashita, Senpai

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 , Meta , Writing , Love Triangle , Episodic , LGBTQ+ Themes , Primarily Teen Cast , Female Protagonist

Koi no Hajimari

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

Average-looking, always speaks-her-mind Hachiya Nanami just wants a boyfriend that likes her for her—preferably the school's popular soccer star, Mizuno. As their best friends start dating, they immediately find that they, too have a lot in common. This is the perfect chance for Hachiya to finally score her dream guy. But does Mizuno feel the same way? Note: Chapter count includes six extras chapters.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Shoujo , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Heterosexual , Love Triangle , Football , Meta

Futarijime Romantic

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Kumamori has always been in pursuit of an ideal romance. When she changes classes for her second year of high school, she is unexpectedly reunited with "Tajima," the partner of her first kiss. Unfortunately, he is dry and stoic when it comes to romantic gestures.... 200% heartwarming! A realistic but cute and romantic opposites-attract love story! Note: Chapter count includes a bonus chapter.

Tags: Kuudere , School , Heterosexual , Shoujo , Primarily Teen Cast , Female Protagonist , Love Triangle , Time Skip

Ao no Hako

Also known as Blue Box.

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

Taiki Inomata is on the boys' badminton team at sports powerhouse Eimei Junior and Senior High. He's in love with basketball player Chinatsu Kano, the older girl he trains alongside every morning in the gym. One Spring day, their relationship takes a sharp turn ... And thus begins this brand-new series of love, sports and youth!



Tags: Athletics , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Heterosexual , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , Badminton , School Club , Love Triangle , Female Protagonist , Shounen , Basketball

Mobuko no Koi

Also known as A Side Character's Love Story.

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

Growing up, Nobuko Tanaka was always a "side character" standing off in the corner. Now in her 20s, she's fallen in love for the first time. While she isn't any good at being assertive, she will muster her courage bit by bit as she tries her best to close the distance between herself and her crush - because even side characters fall in love. If you're tired of the same old romantic protagonists, this modest, refreshing love story is for you.



Tags: Heterosexual , Work , Primarily Adult Cast , Achronological Order , Seinen , Urban , College , Iyashikei , Chibi , Love Triangle

Takane no Ran-san

Also known as Ran the Peerless Beauty.

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

Ran is beautiful and stylish, with leading scores in her class. No boy on Earth would have the gall to try their hand with her, and no one would think that she’s so entirely innocent… except Akira. Join us in this innocent love story about Ran the “mountaintop flower” and Akira, whose parents own a flowershop.



Note: Includes an extra.

Tags: Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Coming of Age , School , Heterosexual , Environmental , Primarily Teen Cast , Horticulture

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

Miniamaru Kareshi

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

Iroha Aoyagi is a normal 16 year old girl, except, she's never fallen in love. She suspects there might be something wrong with her; until she meets her classmate Kusakabe-kun who seems well-versed and cynical about matters of love. Will Iroha be able to handle someone like Kusakabe-kun?

Note: Includes 5 extra chapters.

Tags: Shoujo , Yandere , School , Heterosexual , Urban , Primarily Teen Cast , Female Protagonist , Love Triangle

Hananoi-kun to Koi no Yamai

Also known as A Condition Called Love.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Romance

Hotaru is a 16-year-old high school first-year who has always been ambivalent about love, preferring instead to have a lively life with her family and friends. So when she sees her schoolmate, Hananoi-kun, sitting in the snow after a messy, public breakup, she thinks nothing of offering to share her umbrella. But when he asks her out in the middle of her classroom the next day, she can’t help but feel that her life is about to change in a big way...



Tags: Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Yandere , School , Rehabilitation , Love Triangle , Bullying , Basketball , Primarily Teen Cast

Shujinkou Nikki

Also known as Diary of a Female Lead: Shujinkou Nikki.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Romance

Tsujimura Aoi wouldn’t consider herself a main character by any means. Meek and insecure, she’s constantly alone, unlike her athletic older brother, Itsuki, or her mother, a famous shojo mangaka. Aoi doesn’t need to be the heroine, though—all she wants is a true friend. But Itsuki disagrees, and when he brings home Aoi’s effortlessly cool classmate Mizusawa Sena, the two concoct a plan to teach Aoi all about love, using shojo manga as their guide. Can this drab side character become an unparalleled female lead by falling for the perfect guy?



Tags: Shoujo , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Coming of Age