If you liked My Clueless First Friend
12 manga like My Clueless First Friend
Picked for the same feel: the genres they share with My Clueless First Friend (romance, slice of life, comedy), the same creators, and what readers keep together. Each opens where it is read legally.
Manga like My Clueless First Friend
Slice of Life · School Life1. Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You
by Karuho Shiina
- Comedy (shared)
- Drama
- 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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Readers also like it2. Kubo Won't Let Me Be Invisible
by Nene Yukimori
- Comedy (shared)
- Romance (shared)
- Romantic Comedy
- Slice of Life (shared)
Junta Shiraishi is so unnoticeable that teachers mark him absent while he sits in class. Only Kubo, the girl next to him, can always see him — and she enjoys teasing him about it. A gentle, sweet romantic comedy about being seen.
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Slice of Life · School Life3. 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.
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Slice of Life · School Life4. Akira Failing in Love
by Harekawa Shinta
- Comedy (shared)
- Romance (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
Akira comes back to the countryside for high school with one plan: win over her childhood crush. He likes her back. She is far too dense to notice. A romantic comedy about two fools in love.
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Slice of Life · School Life5. 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.
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Slice of Life · School Life6. 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.
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Slice of Life · School Life7. 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.
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Slice of Life · School Life8. 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.
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Slice of Life · School Life9. After School Lessons for Unripe Apples
by Soonkki
- Drama
- Romance (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
School, friends and favourite pop stars keep Mi-ae busy in the late 1990s. Then Cheol, a boy she knew when she was younger, becomes her neighbour and classmate again. He is difficult to approach, but Mi-ae is not easily discouraged. Their everyday misunderstandings gradually grow into a friendship neither quite knows how to handle.
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Slice of Life · Romance10. Skip Beat!
by Yoshiki Nakamura
- Comedy (shared)
- Drama
- 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 · School Life11. Learning to Love My Cat-like Classmate
by Akinoko
- Comedy (shared)
- Romance (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
Timid Minato is asked to look after Nekozane, the girl who naps through every class at the next desk. When he finally wakes her, she hugs him. A sweet story of two shy teenagers becoming friends, and slowly more.
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Slice of Life · School Life12. Skip and Loafer
by Misaki Takamatsu
- Comedy (shared)
- Romance (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
Mitsumi, the top student from a tiny seaside town, moves to Tokyo for high school with a ten-year plan and no idea how the city works. On her first day she gets lost, and Shima, a charming classmate with secrets of his own, helps her out. A bright, funny story about friendship and finding your feet, with a heroine who stumbles a lot and never stays down.
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