If you liked Horimiya
12 manga like Horimiya
Picked for the same feel: the genres they share with Horimiya (romance, slice of life, comedy), the same creators, and what readers keep together. Each opens where it is read legally.
Manga like Horimiya
Readers also like it1. The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity
by Saka Mikami
- Comedy (shared)
- Drama
- 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. Their schools have taught students what to expect from one another before they ever meet. Time spent beyond that division allows Rintaro and Kaoruko to build a more personal understanding, while their friends must decide whether inherited judgments deserve the loyalty they demand.
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School Life · Slice of Life2. The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses
by Koume Fujichika
- Comedy (shared)
- Romance (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
Kaede Komura has fallen for the girl in the next seat, but talking to Mie is enough to send his heart racing. Mie's poor eyesight creates an unexpected opening: she keeps forgetting or breaking her glasses. Helping her through the school day brings Komura much closer to his crush than he ever planned. Shared books, mistaken impressions and tiny moments of kindness gradually turn an awkward arrangement into a bond. This gentle romantic comedy finds its excitement in everyday proximity, as two classmates slowly discover what their growing comfort with each other might mean.
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Readers also like it3. Komi Can't Communicate
by Tomohito Oda
- Comedy (shared)
- Romance (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
Everyone at school admires Shoko Komi from a distance. Only her ordinary classmate Tadano notices the truth: she is not aloof at all, just so anxious she can barely speak. She wants a hundred friends, and he promises to help her make every one of them, in a gentle, very funny school comedy. Tadano's willingness to notice what others miss gives Komi a place to begin. Their expanding circle makes each small act of communication meaningful, treating friendship as something built through attention rather than effortless confidence.
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Readers also like it4. My Little Monster
by Robico
- Comedy (shared)
- Romance (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
Shizuku cares about her grades and nothing else. Haru, suspended on the first day for beating up some bullies, scares everyone. She is sent to take him his schoolwork, and he decides she is his first friend. A funny, awkward romance. Neither is well equipped to handle the connection that follows. Shizuku's carefully ordered priorities meet Haru's intense, unpredictable openness, and their attempts to understand each other reveal how much both still have to learn about friendship, boundaries and their own feelings.
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Readers also like it5. Kaguya-sama: Love Is War
by Aka Akasaka
- Comedy (shared)
- Romance (shared)
- Romantic Comedy
Student council leaders Kaguya Shinomiya and Miyuki Shirogane have feelings for each other, but both regard being first to confess as an unacceptable defeat. Their school days become a series of carefully planned attempts to make the other admit affection. Pride turns simple invitations and conversations into increasingly elaborate contests. Their strategies turn harmless conversations into elaborate contests, with classmates repeatedly caught in the crossfire. Beneath the pride, both are trying to protect feelings that would be easier to express if winning did not matter so much.
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Readers also like it6. Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku
by Fujita
- Comedy (shared)
- Romance (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
Narumi, a secret fangirl, takes a new office job and runs straight into Hirotaka, her childhood friend and a devoted gamer. They decide dating another otaku might be the easiest option there is. A funny, warm romance about two adults who are much better at games than at feelings. Shared interests remove one kind of embarrassment without making a relationship effortless. Office life, hobby time and different ways of showing affection provide the daily challenges, as the couple discovers what changes when a trusted friend becomes a partner.
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Readers also like it7. Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun
by Izumi Tsubaki
- Comedy (shared)
- Romantic Comedy
- Slice of Life (shared)
Chiyo finally confesses to her crush Nozaki, and he hands her his autograph. He is a famous shoujo manga artist, it turns out, and he thinks she is a fan, so she becomes his assistant instead. A very funny comedy about drawing romance for a living and having no clue about it in real life. Helping with a love story seems like a promising way to get closer, until Chiyo discovers how little its creator understands her intentions. The people around them inspire manga scenes while struggling through their own misunderstandings, blurring the line between research and romantic chaos.
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Readers also like it8. Haimiya Is Scary Cute
by Kamiyama Sumu
- Comedy (shared)
- Drama
- 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. Private kindness and public reputation seem to describe entirely different people. Getting to know Haimiya means looking beyond the details that intimidate everyone else and recognizing the affection hidden inside her direct, often awkward manner.
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Readers also like it9. Blue Box
by Kouji Miura
- Drama
- Romance (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
- Sports
Taiki Inomata plays badminton, and he has a crush on Chinatsu Kano, the basketball star he sees training every morning in the gym they share. Then, by chance, she comes to live in his family's house. A gentle, heartfelt romance about first love, early mornings and chasing a dream. Sharing a home makes small interactions harder to dismiss, but both teenagers still have goals beyond romance. Their daily training gives affection room to develop alongside disappointment, determination and the fear of falling behind.
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Readers also like it10. Play It Cool, Guys
by Kokone Nata
- Comedy (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
They look effortlessly composed from a distance. Up close, these young men forget everyday essentials, misread situations and stumble through the simplest tasks. A gentle ensemble comedy follows the friendships that form as their ordinary mistakes keep bringing them together. The gap between appearance and reality is rarely as embarrassing to anyone else as it feels to them. Brief daily encounters create a relaxed portrait of awkwardness, allowing friendship to grow through mistakes that would be easy to overlook in a more dramatic story.
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School Life · Slice of Life11. My Clueless First Friend
by Taku Kawamura
- Comedy (shared)
- Romance (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
Akane Nishimura keeps to herself at school, where an unkind nickname has made her an easy target. New transfer student Taiyou Takada hears the same nickname and thinks it sounds amazing. His cheerful curiosity turns awkward encounters into an unlikely friendship, slowly giving Akane a chance to come out of her shell. Takada's sincerity disrupts the assumptions that have kept Akane isolated. Ordinary school days gradually offer room for laughter and companionship, with the story finding its warmth in how a child's uncomplicated acceptance can change another child's experience of the same classroom.
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School Life · Slice of Life12. My Love Story!!
by Kazune Kawahara, Aruko
- Comedy (shared)
- Romance (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
Takeo is strong, kind and accustomed to being overlooked in romance beside his handsome best friend. Helping a girl named Yamato changes that familiar pattern in ways he struggles to recognise. A warm romantic comedy about sincerity, friendship and learning to accept affection. Takeo readily sees the good in others but finds it harder to imagine himself as someone's first choice. The developing relationship challenges that assumption through everyday acts of care, while his friendship remains an important source of support rather than a simple rivalry.
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