Manga like Yugami-kun ni wa Tomodachi ga Inai

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 , Iyashikei , Seinen , Urban , LGBTQ+ Themes , Acting , Transgender , Love Triangle

Kimi wa Houkago Insomnia

Also known as Insomniacs After School.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

Nakami is a studious but cranky and antisocial high schooler who gets on his classmates' nerves. However, his bad attitude comes from the fact that he has a sleeping disorder, and frequently spends nights on end without a single minute of sleep. During the preparations for the school festival, he is begrudgingly sent to the school's astronomy observatory to gather cardboard boxes, a place which is said to be haunted by the dire happenings of the now defunct Astronomy Club. He finds the isolated place a haven ripe for him to sleep, but while rummaging around, he stumbles upon his classmate Magari Isaki sleeping inside a toppled-over locker.

Isaki, unlike him, is a personable and popular girl at class, but who also hides her own problems with insomnia. Looking for a middle ground, they find that there's comfort and ease in sleeping together, so they resort to make the observatory their own private cubby to sleep... Have they found the comfort they're looking for?

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

Tonari no Seki-kun

Also known as My Neighbor Seki.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy

Toshinari Seki takes goofing off to new heights. Every day, on or around his school desk, he masterfully creates his own little worlds of wonder, often hidden to most of his classmates. Unfortunately for Rumi Yokoi, his neighbor at the back of their homeroom, his many games, dioramas, and projects are often way too interesting to ignore; even when they are hurting her grades.



Tags: School , Episodic , Female Protagonist , Seinen

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

Houkago Kitaku Biyori

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

During his time in middle school, Shun was a well-known soccer player, but an injury sidelined him, making it impossible not only to play soccer but also to engage in any physical activity. Upon entering high school, he grew weary of continually turning down invitations to various clubs. Frustrated, he absentmindedly expressed his desire to just go home one day.

Hearing this, a girl named Naoki invited him to join the "Hyper Go-Home Club". They ended up gradually walking home together, and the romantic comedy unfolds.



Tags: Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , School , School Club , Seinen , Iyashikei , Travel , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things

Touch

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

The story centers around three characters - Uesugi Kazuya, his twin older brother Tatsuya, and Asakura Minami. Kazuya is the darling of his town as he's talented, hardworking, and the ace pitcher for his middle school baseball team. Tatsuya is a hopeless slacker who's been living the life of giving up the spotlight to Kazuya, despite the fact that he may be more gifted than him. Minami is the beautiful childhood girlfriend and for all intents, sister from next door who treats both of them as equals. Society largely assumes Kazuya and Minami will become the perfect couple, including Tatsuya. Yet as time progresses, Tatsuya grows to realize that he's willing to sacrifice anything for the sake of his brother, except at the expense of giving up Minami to Kazuya. And thus the story is told of Tatsuya trying to prove himself over his established younger brother, how it affects the relationship between the three, and both brothers' attempts to make Minami's lifelong dreams come true.

Tags: Baseball , Coming of Age , School , Shounen , Twins , Primarily Teen Cast , Heterosexual , Boxing , Athletics , Tragedy , Love Triangle

Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensaitachi no Renai Zunousen

Also known as Kaguya-sama: Love is War.

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

As leaders of their prestigious academy’s student council, Kaguya and Miyuki are the elite of the elite! But it’s lonely at the top… Luckily for them, they’ve fallen in love! There’s just one problem—they both have too much pride to admit it. And so begins the daily scheming to get the object of their affection to confess their romantic feelings first… Love is a war you win by losing.



Notes:
The first 10 chapters were published in Monthly Miracle Jump. It switched to Weekly Young Jump starting with Ch. 11, with the chapter count being reset. This entry still includes the first 10 chapters from Miracle Jump.
Winner of the 65th Shogakukan Manga Award for "Best General Manga" category in 2019.

Tags: School , Heterosexual , Tsundere , Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , School Club , Ojou-sama , Ensemble Cast , Coming of Age , Slapstick , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Parody , Meta , Episodic , Love Triangle , Politics , Conspiracy , Philosophy , Bullying , LGBTQ+ Themes , VTuber , Foreign , Crossdressing

Tomodachi Toshite Daisuki

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

When escaping from the angry girlfriend of a boy she just finished blowing, Sanako enters a random room and meets Yuito, a serious boy who she immediately falls in love with and proceeds to get aroused by. Taking to heart the school rule that forbids students from forming romantic relationships, the overly serious Yuito refuses her confession. So what is she to do? Naturally, sexually harass him with the excuse that it's simply just a little skinship between friends until he gives in.

Tags: School , Coming of Age , Gyaru , Seinen , Bullying

Sakamoto desu ga?

Also known as Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

Model student, beacon of inspiration, gentle spirit of guidance, and friend among friends — you name it, Sakamoto can do it. He’s your go-to guy for any problem. But not everyone takes kindly to his unflappable persona, because, let’s face it, no one can truly be his match. Right?

In the face of bullies, braggarts, and killer bees, Sakamoto always keeps his cool. You haven’t heard of Sakamoto yet? Don’t worry, you will.



Included one-shot:
Volume 1: Katahaba Hiroshi (Broad Shoulders Hiroshi)

Tags: School , Seinen , Surreal Comedy , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist , Episodic , Bullying , Delinquents

Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun

Also known as Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Romance

The boy of her dreams...is a girl's manga artist?! To the eyes of high school student Chiyo Sakura, classmate Umetarou Nozaki--brawny of build and brusque of tongue--is a dreamboat! When Chiyo finally works up the courage to tell Nozaki how she feels about him, she knows rejection is on the table...but getting recruited as a manga-ka's assistant?! Never in a million years! But for someone who makes a living drawing sweet girly romances, Nozaki-kun is a little slow on the uptake when it comes to matters of the heart in reality. And so Chiyo's daily life of manga making and heartache begins!



Tags: Drawing , Parody , 4-koma , Ensemble Cast , Work , School , Heterosexual , Otaku Culture , Unrequited Love , Tomboy , Tsundere , Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Shounen , School Club , Educational , Bisexual , College