Manga Recommendations

Both stories revolve around high school students pursuing their dreams in the beauty and fashion industry. Aya (Bless) aspires to be a makeup artist, while Ikuto (Runway de Waratte) has a passion for clothing design.

- Both are heavily rooted in mystery - Both involve supernatural happenings - Both start off seeming relatively wholesome but become much darker as the series progresses - Both have characters which focus on “exposing” the truths larger forces at work (Oshi no Ko with the Idol industry and Shadows House with- well- Shadows House)

- Both involve children with supernatural abilities (Anya’s mind reading and the Hoshino Twins’ ability to remember their previous lives) - Both involve “found family” themes - Both can switch between wholesomeness and dark themes depending on the specific chapter - Both involve children on a long quest to gather more information (Aqua about his father and Anya about the world of spies and assassins)

Both manga are about two girls that meet to talk about random topics, either online or in a food court. While the personalities of the characters differ between both series, they both feel like relatively relaxed conversations between friends in both.

If you're looking for a shoujo manga featuring a masculine-faced female lead who is frequently referred to as a "prince" by others, both series have something in common. As I write this, Uruwashi no Yoi no Tsuki has already reached six volumes, while Naisho no Kawaikochan is still a one-shot planned to become a series, so I couldn't make many plot comparisons other than the two having a drama filled with the female lead's concerns about showing her girlish side in front of the male lead.

These delinquent manga are very similar. In both manga there is a tough guy who actually wants to be treated as a little brother type, or at the very least not seen as a delinquent by another male peer. In both manga the characters are not matter-of-factly attracted to the same sex. The romance develops at a slower pace, but still has the carnal scenes that attracts a yaoi audience. In both the more macho of the two main characters happens to take the uke role in the relationship.

Cute monster girl infiltrating the human world in order to conquer (Ika wants to conquer humanity, Mizore wants to conquer the sun) and failing miserably, ultimately relying on the people around her in order to live a somewhat normal life.

Both are very suspenseful and full of tension

These manga are romance stories involving policemen and drama. I have enjoyed both very much and find that both have similar themes with the policeman saving the day and having *ahem* "happy times" with the female lead. Sono Keisatsukan, Tokidoki Yajuu! is like Goukon Aite wa Nikushoku Keikan!? in the sense that both balance the wholesome moments with the dramatic police action of hunting down criminals and bringing them to justice. Goukon Aite wa Nikushoku Keikan!? is a bit unrealistic with the police action compaired to Sono Keisatsukan, Tokidoki Yajuu! (well unless murderers attempting to slice up the same couple regardless of where in the world they are is a common occurance). Kumano (The policeman from Sono Keisatsukan, Tokidoki Yajuu!) is extremely wholesome like Yuusuke (The policeman from Goukon Aite wa Nikushoku Keikan!??) they both also take their jobs as police officers really seriously. I found both Kumano and Yuusuke to be brilliant characters, especially Kumano, as it feels like to me that Kumano went through some character development compared to Yuusuke (however I haven't read Goukon Aite wa Nikushoku Keikan!?? in a while so I might have forgotton somethings). These are both good reads to just zone out to and enjoy and I strongly reccomend both of them. tldr: If you like the hot policeman saving the day and genuine wholesomeness in Goukon Aite wa Nikushoku Keikan!?? you will absolutely adore Sono Keisatsukan, Tokidoki Yajuu!

Alice of Kyoto Forest and The Petite Fairy's Diary are both adorably pretty fantasy manga that essentially have the female main character ask the same question: what is my purpose? She doesn't feel like she belongs even before the start of the story, and finding that sense of place becomes a goal while in the magical world she lives in (or rather stays at for Alice, since it's more of an isekai situation for her). The art in both of these manga are very beautiful, more than you might expect for something that seems so obscure even for kids' manga.

Do you like economic development? Do you want to see funny GDP line go up? Do you despise seeing nobles in manga not do anything noble-y? The Greatest Estate Developer and Koushaku Reijou no Tashinami both feature protaganists who take an interest in the economic development of their domains. If you enjoyed The Greatest Estate Developer for that reason, then you might also be interested in this manga, and vice versa.

Alice in Kyoto Forest and Beauty and the Beast of Paradise Lost are very overlooked modern interpretations of famous fairy tales and features the main character ending up in interesting and somewhat similar otherworldly situations: the former is an Alice-in-Wonderland-style isekai set in an old-timey-looking spiritual Kyoto, and the latter is more of a Beauty-and-the-Beast-style romance where the Beast's enchanted castle seems to be in its own dimension. Tragic childhoods, sympathetic characters, and unforgivable caretakers are also similarities.

Alice in Kyoto Forest and Golden Japanesque are two must-reads for lovers of oldschool Japanese culture: the artists on these series have a way of beautifully presenting historical Japan through the setting and backgrounds, whether it's set in another world version of Kyoto where it seems to have been frozen in time and steeped in Japanese mythology, or an actual historical fiction set in Meiji-era Yokohama. Fairy tale books are referenced (fitting for lovely series as these) and cute male love interests for our cute female MCs abound.

Alice in Kyoto Forest and Nicola Traveling Around the Demons' World are two fantasy series with a sweet female main character in an otherworldly-traveling story safe enough for people of all ages to enjoy. The new world the main character travels around is full of interesting worldbuilding and fantasy creatures, all presented in a beautiful art style and sense of flair that makes each series feel like their own. Reading either of these is like reading a classic fairy tale in the best possible way!

Alice in Kyoto Forest and Fairy Cube feature a main character with a tragic childhood unknowingly getting themselves in another world; the whole story follows our MC trying to get back to their original world in the state they originally were, and maybe reunite with their childhood sweetheart along the way. The presentation in both series are beautiful, and you may find yourself sympathizing with the main character about as fast as falling in love with the art.

Alice in Kyoto Forest and Cosmo Familia* are two fantasy manga about an ordinary teen girl named Alice ending up in a place that seems like it should be her home, only except it's in a different world of sorts. Things seem kind of ordinary except for the fact that there are creatures that are far from ordinary dolls, and magical things end up happening to the characters. The overall art in both series are beautiful and it's worth reading at least one of these just for that alone.

Splatoon: Squid Kids Comedy Show and Stitch are two comedy manga aimed at children, taking inspiration from popular pop media properties (the former a Nintendo video game series and the latter a Disney movie). The main character is a male character who ends up meeting the female lead in a world unknown to him, kickstarting a series of adventures full of random gags. These gags tend to have the boke-tsukkomi and/or straight-man-wacky-other-character type of humor where the male character often screws something up.

Splatoon: Squid Kids Comedy Show and Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure are two comedy manga loosely based on two popular Nintendo video game series, featuring a male and female lead exclusive to these manga. The main character is a boy who once lived outside the general society that the female lead associates with, and learns things about this new world experience with wacky adventures. Both manga share an extremely similar type of juvenile humor despite one of them primarily being a 4-panel comic and the other having a dedicated narrative on top of comedy.

Random surreal stuff going on, portrayed with great art.

Both have abusive relationships between highschool girls where they appear to be model students but are actually cruel. Recommend if you like messed up yuri

Dark magical girl titles about bullying and psychology of teen girls.

The obvious similarity is that the main heroine is a very beautiful girl with family issues, and the MC is a chad but someone who can't take care of himself, and for some reasons, main heroine always visits the MC's residence and started taking care of him.

- Both main characters has to deal with several women (mostly) in the same residence. - Both main characters gets involved with the problems of each woman in his house and tries to help each woman he gets involved with. - Both main characters takes good care of each woman in his household. (Megami no Cafe Terrace : takes care of the maids who work in his house, Ojousama no Shimobe : takes care of the princesses who move into his house) - Both manga have quite similar comedies. - Both main characters and heroine designs are quite similar. - Most of the female characters in both manga are related to the main character's family (directly or indirectly).

Both of them in my humble opinion are masterpieces, each of them can make anybody's life a better life if they focused on the objective of the mangas and if they still have time to change, it's never too late to change yourself to become a better person.

they both involve girls with incredibly ridiculous delusions about a man in their life assaulting them. something they really have in common is how the dude in the delusions is always drawn as a cartoonishly evil villain (while juxtaposed with his normal irl face). i personally think ane log is a bit funnier and less raunchy, but the style of humor is quite similar

Similar focus on acting. Although Oshi-no-Ko has less focus on acting, and more on the entertainment industry at broad.

Both mango feature a super popular and hot male lead not interested in love they meet the female lead and are really cruel, cold and harsh towards her rejecting all advances but she persistently pursues them and they fall in love.

Both manga involve a super hot and popular male lead that discover the female lead’s dirty secret and use it to blackmail her into doing whatever they say and she basically becomes their slave but one thing leads to another and love happens.

-Both have a ML that is very mean and teases/torments the FL -The ML likes the FL but hides his feelings by being cruel and controlling -Both call their love interest a “pet” or “slave”

Both manga feature a ML delinquent type that gets into fights but secretly wants to be loved and accepted. Both FL are of similar personality; intelligent, responsible honour students types that are socially awkward and major loners. This manga status is complete however, it might be important to note that unlike Haru no Arashi to Monster this manga is a slow burn romance and they beat around the bush a lot.

This manga revolves around two childhood friends that become lovers. ML has loved FL since childhood but feels unworthy of love. Both manga feature a ML delinquent type that gets into fights but secretly wants to be loved and accepted. Both ML lash out at others because they hate themselves and have zero clue how to interact with others. The ML in both manga however are major man whores.

While both are manga about food, Sachi's Monstrous Appetite and The Mermaid Princess's Guilty Meal actually provide some terrifying ideas in concept: the female lead in both are essentially cannibals and must control their hunger in some way. Though the reasons for that are different (Sachi does it to protect humans though she is hungry for MC, and Era just has a guilty pleasure for seafood lol) and that Sachi's Monstrous Appetite offers more than just this concept, both are some interesting comedies for fantasy lovers to look into.

Eating and enjoying food is a major theme in Sachi's Monstrous Appetite and Delicious in Dungeon. Both are seinen fantasy manga where our main cast meet a variety of different creatures and end up essentially eating them, with some comedic hijinks along the way. While Sachi's Monstrous Appetite adds a bit of romantic vibes, you may enjoy one or the other for some feel-good group times or just simply seeing food regardless of context.

Sachi's Monstrous Appetite and Pita-Ten are both rom-com manga aimed at boys/men with a male protagonist falling in love with a much older girl who doesn't seem to be human—Sachi is a monster called a watari, and Misha is apparently an angel from Heaven. Either way, both of these romantic interests are very clingy towards the male protagonist and will do anything for their sake, which is often pretty wholesome. There's also a wide variety of other characters (human or not) and a surprising amount of good drama throughout the story.

both sell things from one world to the other

Both of these are about ethics and philosophy, drawing inspiration from and even name-dropping some influential philosopher figures.

In both of these works, the protagonist is a "Nietzsche" in a setting of contemporary Japan.

Both are action packed series with tons of gore in them, what else is there to say?

In both, someone with personality that is completely unfit of being a "hero of justice" becomes a magical girl. In one case this gets a comical take, in other one it gets a psychological take.

Both of these deconstruct magical girl genre by making magical girls the ones being the monsters - be it in a literal or metaphorical sense.

Also has a leveling system for the main character but this one actually allows the character to level up his base, so its like a video game. Really solid

They are both on a leveling system that have cool and interesting fights

They are both martial arts fighting manhwa that are realistic and interesting

Although aimed for two very different public, My Hero Academia and Bungou Stray Dogs have a few common grounds even if their ways to approach it is very, very different. Featuring! MCs determined to help even when facing difficulties, a very large variety of powers and their place in society. Liked the flashy antagonists, anti-heroes and villains, redemption arcs with the coexistance of crime and justice? Liked the hero facing moraly grey characters? If you liked the somewhat study of grey morality in MHA, you like enjoy BSD as it digs the subject deeper. BSD probably has a considerably more dark way to approach all of these subjects, it is the main difference between those two mangas.

same author,same art style, characters are a bit similar

Both are set in cheap apartment building and are about how the residents drive each other crazy. Not in a comical way, but in a psychological one.

Children in acting, and then a drama club later on, although plotlines aren't really the same. skip has subtle lgbt that's not in the main character. it's not overdone like western media. and I really enjoy the romance from both!

A period drama taking place in early 20th century about two women who drift together by fate despite a difference in social status as well as pressure from societal norms and familial meddling, with a secret that ties them together.

Large ensembles of colorful characters with a unique range of abilities and personalities. Both worlds have a group of creatures that have regular people at their mercy and the intensity of their powers vary. Dark, gore filled stories yet with humorous undertones.

Both MC have to work hard to learn magic Both are difficult and dangerous world Both have similar characters

Both MC have to work hard to learn magic Both are difficult and dangerous world Both have similar characters

Both have huge monstrosities and decent plots

Mann types of magic and people without magic exist

Both protagonists find themselves crossdressing to impersonate a noble, rich person, coming from a turbulent family situation. They both seriously play their roles while modifying their body and behavior to successfully do the part and get a compensation. Also, both stories are shoujo/josei written by authors that have also made a name for themselves writing BL.

The fighting scenes are uncannily similar in terms of the mischievousness and the comedy. Both manga have extremely loads of good looking and powerful characters and not only that, the main protagonist is powerful and very respected amongst it's peers. You'll love Noblesse if you enjoy reading Charlotte has 5 disciples

both started with one side being forced into it through a request. though some may find it off-putting, the backgrounds and motives for these requests are slowly revealed, and the story becomes much more wholesome as the plot and characters develop.

Both focus on strategic battles and a prisoner's dilemma-esque situation. Battle Royale is more action oriented, while Liar Game is nearly entirely mental.

Strange comedies with the main duo being a short person who gets into hijinks and a guy who wants to return to normalcy. It also just so happens that the goal of both is to collect special balls, but as gag manga this objective is never the focus compared to the "hilarity" around them.

Both stories are short one-shot manga that detail the development of a mlm relationship. Both are wholesome and heartwarming stories.

A push and pull dynamic between a female and male detective duo, with the man having a past that is uncovered slowly across cases.

Episodic mysteries solved by a male-female detective duo. Both have plenty of surprising twists and a hint of romance.

Both stories are about a fat guy with low self esteem, and a fit/better looking dude who is interested in the fat guy

Now, Kabi Nagata, the autobiographical manga-ka of My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness Fame and titular subject of My Wandering Warrior Existence/Meisou Senshi Nagata Kabi, may not be on the asexual spectrum as the main characters in My Astilbe may be... but both manga share the same appeal due to it being about female adults thinking about relationships and what it means to love someone. Actually reading either of these may not be as existential-sounding as I make it out to be here though lol.

Want some rare examples of aroace representation? You'll get them in both My Astilbe and Is Love the Answer—which I didn't think I would find any in manga, but hey, what you discover may surprise you... which is also something our main character realizes as she meets new people and learns about why she can't seem to see relationships the way most do. Also a rare example of college-age protagonists in manga (afaik). Wholesome friendships abound, you're welcome.

They follow the same premise as to where two students are asked to live together.

Both have very defined art styles and surrealistic story tendencies with a focus on death and what the main character left behind when they died.

Similar stories that take manga rt into a new world, The premise for both: -A girl finds herself in a town and starts working at a shop there, the variety of customers slowly reveals the story behind it all.

They are both wholesome and down to earth manga that don't have much of a plot but still deal with heavy topics from time to time, without losing their light and optimistic tone. The characters are funny, loveable and somewhat atypical. Overall both manga will warm your heart and make you smile.

Although Do Not Say Mystery spends much longer on each case, both DNSM and Kimi wa Nazotoki no Ma Cherie have detectives that seek to understand their clients and bring about solutions that give them closure, not just justice. KwNnMC's cases are often lower stakes or played for lower emotional stakes even when they are serious (fraud, etc).

You can't help but think of these stories about female detectives in a rapidly modernizing Tokyo together. Usotoki Rhetoric takes places during the heady Taisho era, whereas Kimi wa Nazotoki Ma Cherie takes place in the early Showa. The detective duos have a reversed dynamic as well with UR having the woman as the assistant (with special powers) and KwNMC having our spunky modern woman as the capable detective, but both have a compassionate outlook towards people and a budding romance with their male partner. There's even an adorable cat in both. If you like one, you should try the other.

Loafer may go more in the romantic side of things but both have a very mature approach to youth. Both have a lot of quirky humor that lands really well. Both MCs communicate in a straight-forward manner that helps the plot. Supporting characters get meaningful backstories.

Adou is basically Akira if Akira was actually the protagonist. Both are kids with powerful abilities who escaped a research lab where other kids with said abilities are housed by a number and in their attempt to escape the ops looking for them are helped out by someone who rides a motorcycle. Other similarities would be that they're in a futuristic Tokyo, and Adou's art style is reminiscent of Otomo's work, most notably with the big foreheads.

A slow-moving slice of romance, Isekai, and a tad bit of action. What more would you want in a series? Tasty food of course! Luckily, all these things and more are heavily featured in both series.

Inter-species relationship at a school populated with studens with animal characteristics.

Two characters get to know each other through BDSM. Both titles are borderline hentai.

Both female leads in A Galaxy Next Door and Kobato—namely Shiori and Kobato—are very cute and will likely be favorites among comedy manga-reading otaku for similar reasons. There's also something otherworldly to both of these brunettes too, but another similarity between both manga is there's a bit of a comedic tone underlying some possible romance and fantasy-ish undertones.

I have a very good feeling (especially with the upcoming anime adaptation) that A Galaxy Next Door will be pretty popular with fans of Komi Can't Communicate. There's just some very similar vibes with the beautiful and "impossibly perfect" female lead meeting a somewhat-average-in-comparison male lead here... the two series are slice-of-life romantic comedy series aimed at a male audience (A Galaxy Next Door is seinen, Komi Can't Communicate is shounen) anyway, so that could just be as expected.

A Galaxy Next Door and A Sign of Affection are two romance series featuring two young adults, where at least one of them are not like most other people—in A Sign of Affection, the female lead Yuki has actually been deaf since birth, while in A Galaxy Next Door, the female lead Shiori seems to be from another world... literally (I say "at LEAST one" because the male lead in A Sign of Affection is also not like most since he is multilingual). The romance between the male and female leads takes its time and is rather wholesome.

A Galaxy Next Door and The Witch and Her First Love are two romance series with a somewhat episodic-style narrative and a bit of supernatural. The latter detail is more specifically about the female leads, who are not your usual girls—Seira seems to be able to see the bright-colored aura of the people around her, while Shiori seems to be... an alien princess? Either way, I feel both have similar appeal because of the wholesome nature of the relationship and progression of the story... also there are tarot cards and fortune-telling.

A Galaxy Next Door and The ComiQ are relatively newer works from manga-ka with popular past works—the former being from the creator of Sweetness and Lightning and the latter from the creator of Yu-Gi-Oh (r.i.p. btw). One series is a light-hearted SoL romance and the other is actually a murder mystery, but I couldn't help but be reminded of each other since both MCs are struggling manga-ka who create shoujo manga (which seems to be lampshaded a bit) and try to support their sibling(s) and assistant whenever they can.

Splatoon and Little Devils are two comedy manga mainly centering on a group of young non-human characters—squid-hybrids called Inklings in the former, and demon children in the latter. One of these series may not be as kid-friendly as the other, but the sense of humor in both series can feel very similar, especially when it comes to some juvenile no-clothes humor. There's also an overall upbeat tone and silly situations, although Splatoon likes to feature chapters with higher stakes and Little Devils being more slice-of-life.

Splatoon and Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure are two manga series loosely based off of popular first-party video game titles from Nintendo, featuring the world and internal logic of their respective games as context for (occasionally) differing narratives. The main characters and comedy in both manga are very similar to each other, yet don't exactly have a 1-to-1 counterpart in the actual games. Chapters follow a similar and somewhat rigid format of a intriguing fight and an epic final attack taking up a good amount of space.

Splatoon and Fairy Idol Kanon are two kodomo manga about a group of four characters working together to accomplish a certain goal together, whether it being a well-respected, top-ranked sports team or a popular idol group. There's a bit of comedy in both, but the similarities in my opinion are more easily found with the kind of moral or message most (if not all) chapters convey to the reader through our main characters—such as focusing more on having fun and teamwork.

Splatoon and Stitch are two gag manga series featuring characters and the world of popular media properties (former being a Nintendo game series and the latter being a spin-off anime series based off of a popular Disney movie). The kind of simple narratives and characters, as well as sense of humor, are similar and not unlike what you'd find in most manga aimed at kids. The goofy main characters Goggles-kun and Stitch are extremely similar, for example, as well as female straight-man-types Headphones-chan and Yuna.

Splatoon and Yo-Kai Watch are two kodomo manga series that are based off of relatively known Nintendo game series, loosely featuring aspects present in the actual games to make more room for some kind of narrative and mostly comedic gags. The comedy is pretty cartoony and not unlike what you can kind in some manga in the same demographic, and non-human characters have similar roles of straight man, wacky types, and ambiguously antagonistic types.

Splatoon and The World Ends With You are two gag manga loosely based off of Nintendo game series, feeling more of an advertisement for their respective series rather than their own story. The kind of humor and light-hearted tone both series have are fairly similar, and your enjoyment may increase the less you take them seriously. Art, city settings, and/or fashion are also themes that are somewhat present.

the story begins all happy and wholesome until the male mcs past is revealed, mcs don't feel the same about the girl mcs which is just to prevent things from getting worse, in skip and loafer, shima doesnt understand how mitsumi feels and makes her upset because people are making fun out of her saying if she was dating her, it'd only be a joke. in ao haru ride, he rejects her because he's too busy thinking about what would happen if he left his girl "friend" who suffered like him. both mcs past has a childhood girl that has secret feelings for them and wants the MC to be with them instead, both male mcs don't understand what they feel about the female mc until something happens both male mcs get jealous when they see another guy with "their" girl female mcs can't forget about the boy they like and thinks being with other boys will make them forget both are heart breaking and really emphasize on feelings and emotions

female "friend" of mc tries to get closer to the mc's "boy" friend because they like him, they end up getting rejected, mcs start dating but things don't work out, people make fun of mc because they think the popular boy is just "friendly" towards everyone, they make the mc think bad about themselves and that they don't deserve to talk to the popular boy, male mcs don't mind if the female mcs "felt that way" about them

Has a focus on friendship and problems that high schoolers go through

Both of them are good BL's with good characters and a cute relationship in the end. "Ganbare! Nakamura-kun!!" is much more cuter, and "All Night Long" is more adult (since they have sex scenes), but in the end both are similar and make you feel with a warm heart.

The Romance Has a cery similar Vibe.

Both series are made by Akira Toriyama, and have a similar vibe. They are both short series that can be read in one sitting.

Both are made by the same person, so have a similar style. Both have a mixture of dark themes and comedy, as well as interesting world building and characters.

Ou no Kemono reminds me a lot of Yona, mainly because both series feature female leads and heavy doses of political/court intrigue. In addition, I think that both series have good worldbuilding and really interesting characters, and generally similar vibes.

they both involve a guy trying to protect an imperfect girl's perfect image. i found the humor to be pretty similar as well

The protagonist in "Lout of Count's Family" is a reader whose soul was transferred into the body of a secondary antagonist in a fantasy novel, while the protagonist in "Dusk Howler" is a hikikomori who started playing as a wizard in a virtual fantasy game in order to overcome his social phobia, but in this game, he accidentally joined a villainous guild and became a student of a legendary villain. Both stories have BL subtext.

While still juvenile, it's a somewhat mature romance between gamers, a cute couple getting to know each other and learning to grow in healthy ways while enjoying games!

Both basically hentai, but not, and are about lesbians, and being surprised about lesbian feelings

You could say that Takopi's Original Sin is a deconstruction of Doraemon. Cute mascot-like character helps a child through outlandish sci-fi tools. Just this time, they get hit by the harsh reality of consequences.

Both of these are reimaginations of Doreamon plotline for adult audiences. Just in one case more direct and in the other one more loose.