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12 manga like Emma
Picked for the same feel: the genres they share with Emma (romance, slice of life, drama), the same creators, and what readers keep together. Each opens where it is read legally.
Manga like Emma
Readers also like it1. My Happy Marriage
by Agitogi Akumi, Kousaka Rito
- Drama (shared)
- Romance (shared)
Born without the gift her family is known for, Miyo Saimori is treated as a servant by her father, her stepmother and her gifted half-sister. Then she is sent away as a bride candidate to Kiyoka Kudou, a soldier rumoured to be so cold that every candidate before her has fled. A slow, gentle romance with a supernatural edge, set in an alternate Meiji-era Japan.
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Readers also like it2. The Apothecary Diaries
by Natsu Hyuuga, Itsuki Nanao, Nekokurage
- Drama (shared)
- Medical
- Mystery
- Romance (shared)
Maomao, an apothecary's daughter from the pleasure district, is kidnapped and sold into service at the imperial palace. She plans to keep her head down — until she works out why the emperor's babies are dying. A beautiful eunuch named Jinshi notices, and keeps bringing her the court's poisonings and puzzles to solve.
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Readers also like it3. Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou
by Ashinano Hitoshi
- Drama (shared)
- Philosophical
- Sci-Fi
- Slice of Life (shared)
Long after the seas rose, Alpha, an android, runs a little coffee shop on the Japanese coast while humanity slowly fades. Coffee, watermelon, her guitar and the gulls. A quiet, bittersweet classic about finding beauty at the end of things.
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Readers also like it4. Snow White with the Red Hair
by Sorata Akiduki
- Adventure
- Drama (shared)
- Fantasy
- Romance (shared)
Her unusual red hair draws unwanted royal attention, so herbalist Shirayuki leaves home to choose her own future. Meeting Prince Zen opens new possibilities, but she intends to earn her place through her skills. A fantasy romance built around trust, meaningful work and personal independence.
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Slice of Life · Romance5. Skip Beat!
by Yoshiki Nakamura
- Comedy
- Drama (shared)
- Romance (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
Kyoko has devoted herself to helping her childhood friend become a star, only to discover how little he values her. Determined to surpass him, she enters show business with revenge on her mind. Acting gradually reveals ambitions and abilities that belong to her alone.
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Slice of Life · Romance6. Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You
by Karuho Shiina
- Comedy
- Drama (shared)
- Romance (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
Sawako's shy manner and resemblance to a horror-film character make classmates keep their distance. A friendly boy's kindness gives her the courage to reach out, beginning friendships she never thought possible. This school romance follows the awkward, rewarding work of letting other people know who you are.
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Slice of Life · Romance7. Maybe Meant to Be
by honeyskein (꿀타래), Damcho (담초)
- Comedy
- Drama (shared)
- Romance (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
Jia, thirty-two and out of work, is tired of her parents telling her to marry. So is her childhood friend Mincheol, so she suggests they just marry each other. She did not expect him to say yes. A warm romance about two old friends.
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Slice of Life · Romance8. Cross Game
by Mitsuru Adachi
- Drama (shared)
- Romance (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
- Sports
Ko grows up beside the daughters of a family who run a batting centre, with baseball woven into their shared lives. A promise and a profound loss shape the years that follow. Games on the field become part of a measured story about grief, rivalry and feelings left unspoken.
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Historical · Drama9. House of Five Leaves
by Natsume Ono
- Drama (shared)
- Mystery
A skilled but painfully shy ronin accepts work as a bodyguard from a charismatic stranger. The job brings him into the orbit of a kidnapping group with complicated motives and concealed histories. In Edo's quieter corners, trust develops slowly between people who have reasons to hide.
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Slice of Life · Drama10. Tokyo These Days
by Taiyo Matsumoto
- Drama (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
A veteran manga editor leaves his job but finds that walking away from the medium is harder than expected. An idea for a new project draws him back toward artists at different stages of their lives. Their encounters explore creative work, disappointment and the wish to make something worth keeping.
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Slice of Life · Romance11. Haimiya Is Scary Cute
by Kamiyama Sumu
- Comedy
- Drama (shared)
- Romance (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
Everyone at school is afraid of Haimiya, the upperclassman with the piercings, the grey wolf cut and the blunt Kansai dialect. For some reason she is gentle with exactly one person: him. A romantic comedy about a scary, sweet senpai.
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Slice of Life · Romance12. The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity
by Saka Mikami
- Comedy
- Drama (shared)
- Romance (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
Rintaro goes to a rough boys' school whose students everyone looks down on, and the elite girls' academy next door has a strict rule: stay away from them. Then a girl from that academy, Kaoruko, starts coming to his family's cake shop and treats him like nobody else does. A gentle romance about two kind people on either side of a fence, and the friends who slowly start to cross it with them.
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