Manga like Zense Coupling

Tsurezure Children

Also known as Tsuredure Children.

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

This manga is for those of you who just can't seem to say, "I love you." Toshiya Wakabayashi's acclaimed school-romance is jam-packed with frustration, embarrassment, and awkwardness!



Tags: 4-koma , School , Ensemble Cast , Shounen , Heterosexual , Tsundere , Age Gap , Kuudere , Love Triangle , Yandere

Naka no Warui Iinazuke no Hanashi

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Their red thread is twisted and tangled.

Even though they were supposed to be engaged, linked by an arranged marriage between their families, they do not get along with each other at all. Whenever they meet, they always get annoyed at each other and argue, even though their feelings might be at odds with their words.

"I don't think he/she likes me anyway."
That's what they thought, these two people who can't be honest with their feelings. But deep inside, the arrows in their hearts are pointed straight at each other!



Originally uploaded to Pixiv and later serialized by GANGANpixiv.
Nominated for the Tsugimanga 2020 Award in the Web Manga Category.

Tags: Tsundere , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Arranged Marriage , Female Protagonist

Umarekawattemo Mata, Watashi to Kekkon Shitekuremasu ka

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Toranosuke fell in love with his servant Kaoru. For twenty years, they slowly developed their love for each other, thus a Showa couple of clumsy husband and muscle brained wife was born. They spend a lot of time together, and they begin to talk in a nostalgic manner in Toranosuke's hospital room. Gentle memories of a deeply in love husband and wife.

Note: The chapter count includes 3 bonus chapters.

Tags: Tragedy , War , Family Life , Achronological Order , Found Family , Historical , Heterosexual , Reincarnation , Age Gap , Slapstick , Parenthood , Disability , Suicide , Pregnant

Nijiiro Days

Also known as Rainbow Days.

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

Nijiiro Days follows the daily lives of four high school boys: the hopeless romantic Natsuki Hashiba, the sadist Keiichi Katakura, the playboy Tomoya Matsunaga, and the smart otaku Tsuyoshi Naoe. Even while constantly struggling in their studies, they spend their days goofing around and having romantic misadventures.

On Christmas Eve, however, Natsuki is dumped by his girlfriend. While crying alone, he receives a pack of tissues from a girl wearing a Santa Claus costume, and, in return, gives her the scarf originally meant for his ex-girlfriend. As the holidays end and Natsuki returns to school, he finds out that the girl is named Anna Kobayakawa—who luckily goes to the same school as him! Having fallen in love with Anna, Natsuki aims to get closer to her, despite his friends interfering with his plans.



Notes:
Includes 20 extra chapters.
Includes the one-shot "Aru Toshi to Sorekara no Watashitachi."
Includes the one-shot "Shinbun-bu no Yoriko-kun."
Includes the one-shot "Hitori de Dekiru mon."

Tags: Ensemble Cast , School , Shoujo , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , Love Triangle , Heterosexual , Bisexual , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Primarily Teen Cast , Tsundere , Unrequited Love , Urban

Raise wo Chikatte Tensei Shitara Taihen na Koto ni Natta

Also known as We Swore to Meet in the Next Life and That’s When Things Got Weird!.

Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Romance

Long ago, a princess and a knight fell in love, but couldn’t be together. They promised to meet again in the next life where they could freely love each other, but there’s a problem–they weren’t reborn in the same year! Now the princess, a 39-year-old single woman living in modern Japan, just bumped into the reincarnation of her beloved knight: a 17-year-old high school student who recognized her immediately. To her surprise, that teenage boy is determined to sweep her off her feet again, and she has no idea how to deal with that!



Tags: Age Gap , Reincarnation , Tragedy , MILF , Heterosexual

Tsuma, Shougakusei ni Naru.

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

The trials and tribulations of a single father, who one day meets the reincarnation of his deceased wife.

Tags: Age Regression , Age Gap , Reincarnation , Seinen , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Family Life , Ghost , Tragedy

Oyayubihime Infinity

Also known as Oyayubihime Infinity.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Supernatural

What happens when love gets in the way of fate? Sometimes it's funny, but it's ALWAYS bewildering. A long time ago, a group of friends banded together – and now the whole gang has been reincarnated in the present day. Each has a reminder of the past: a butterfly-shaped birthmark on their thumb. When the marks touch, they catch a glimpse of their shared past, though what they see doesn't always match. Tsubame insists that he and Kanoko are fated to be together. By the time Kanoko finds out it's not true, it's too late: she's already fallen for him.



In Oyayubihime Infinity, the "butterfly" friends try to reconcile their ties to the past with their present desire for fun and romance.

Tags: Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Reincarnation

Hajimari no Niina

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

11-year old Niina is special. This is because she has the memories of her past life as a girl named Chitose still intact. Among these memories is a promise with Chitose's boyfriend which Niina then decides to try and fulfill. But can she really?



Included one-shots:
Volume 1: Koi Baka.
Volume 4: Yasashii Tenohira, Machibito

Tags: Reincarnation , Age Gap , Coming of Age , Shoujo , Female Protagonist

Taishou Otome Otogibanashi

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

In this story set in the early 1920s, Tamahiko is the son of a wealthy family, but his life is changed forever when an accident cripples his right arm. No longer considered by his father as an heir, he is shuffled off into the country, to live out of sight. The teenage Tamahiko shuts himself in his new home, bitterly thinking of it as the place where he will die. One day, he learns that his father has 'bought' him a bride to take care of him, when the young teen girl named Yuzuki arrives at his door. She comes into his life like an innocent ray of sunshine, and Tamahiko's view of the world and his life starts changing bit-by-bit.

Note: Includes 4 extra chapters.

Tags: Historical , Family Life , Coming of Age , Disability , Marriage , Arranged Marriage , Shounen , Heterosexual , Rural , Male Protagonist , Rehabilitation , Tragedy , Ojou-sama , Netorare , Hikikomori , Age Gap , Adoption , Nudity ,

Sore wa Totsuzen, Unmei no Aite ga

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Romance , Sci-Fi

The government uses genetic information to determine what people would be best matched to produce the best offspring possible. Once the youngest of the two is over 14 a letter is sent to both homes telling them when to meet at the coupling center, where they meet their new fiance and are given one week to get to know each other to see if they want to marry. There are multiple stories in this, each lasting a few chapters, telling different tales of how couples deal with their pairing.

Tags: Incest , Shounen , School , Ensemble Cast , Virtual World , Matchmaking