Kimi to Tsuzuru Utakata
The Summer You Were There

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Both are short, tightly-written human dramas about depressive loner protagonists struggling with extreme self-loathing & guilt which they slowly work through & come to terms with by forming new connections with others. If you’re one for heavy themes, weighty depictions of mental health struggles, and evocative usage of the medium, then both Kimi to Tsuzuru Utakata and Toumei Ningen no Hone are for you. 

If you like the more serious side of Yuri Is My Job, Kimi to Tsuzuru Utakata is fit for you. It's another girls love manga that's worth reading. 

Both deal with a love/relationship shattered by one's mortality. Kimi no Suizou wo Tabetai is less romance oriented, but still similar at their core. Both are heart wrenching in their beauty and tragedy. 

Although Asper Kanojo is het and The Summer You Were There is yuri, the two are similar. They share a writer and fan dynamic, both have main characters with severe anxiety, and there's much talk of mental health. They're also both heartwrenching 

The overall premise of these two manga is quite similar. Both are about two opposite female characters who suddenly begin spending time together. However, a reveal about one of the two leaves the other in shock. The shocked girl must now confront the fact while trying to understand the feelings she has accumulated since becoming a pair. If you enjoy the emotional impact of the happy highs and heart-wrenching lows, you will find either of the two to be enticing. Kimi ga Shinu made Koi wo Shitai is set in a fantasy world, while Kimi to Tsuzuru Utakata is set in the modern world, so depending on your perspectives, one or the other may leave you with a greater impression. read more 

Nagisa and Mashiro are scarily similar characters to Shizuku and Kaori. Mashiro and Kaori are the ones pushing for a relationship and Nagisa and Shizuku are initially very reluctant but slowly end up falling in love. Mashiro also has a health issue that 100% is going to become a major plot point at some point, just like Kaori. 

The protagonists deal with trauma from grade school. They both were once bullies that eventually got shunned by their classmates. Years have passed and they are now in high school, and they have since closed themselves completely from others. They also have suicidal thoughts at the very start of the stories. Contact is eventually made between the former bully and bullied. 

Finished romance story with a sprinkle of depression to spice things up :) Read after 1AM for maximum effect. 

It's hard to compare these two without spoilers. I'll just say that after the "big reveal" in both series the plot involving the main pairing is uncannily similar (the side character stories are very different) and I fully expect Kimi to Tsuzuru Utakata to end in a very similar way as Kyuuketsuki-chan x Kouhai-chan did, but with starkly different epilogues. If you've read one of these then you should know exactly what you're getting yourself into emotionally when you start reading the other.