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12 manga like My Dress-Up Darling
Picked for the same feel: the genres they share with My Dress-Up Darling (romance, slice of life, comedy), the same creators, and what readers keep together. Each opens where it is read legally.
Manga like My Dress-Up Darling
Readers also like it1. Horimiya
by HERO, Daisuke Hagiwara
- Comedy (shared)
- Romance (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
Kyouko Hori seems to have everything together at school, while quiet Izumi Miyamura is easy for his classmates to overlook. Away from their classroom, neither fits that familiar image. When Miyamura appears at Hori's home with piercings and tattoos she has never seen, the two discover a private side of each other's lives. Sharing those secrets gives them a place to feel understood, and their unlikely friendship begins to change. Through awkward conversations, teasing friends and small acts of care, this school romance follows the intimacy of being known beyond the role everyone expects you to play.
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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. Kubo's attention interrupts the habits Shiraishi has built around being overlooked. Their small encounters give him reasons to participate in a world he normally watches from the edges, making recognition itself the beginning of intimacy.
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Readers also like it3. 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 it4. Rooming with a Gamer Gal
by Renjuro Kindaichi
- Comedy (shared)
- Romance (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
Takumi offers a spare room to a trusted Dragon Quest X companion, assuming the person behind the male avatar is another man. His new housemate turns out to be outgoing Miyako, who made an equally mistaken assumption about him. The gaming friends now have to figure out chores, boundaries and their growing feelings away from the screen. They already know how to cooperate in a game; sharing a home exposes the habits an avatar never showed. Their mistaken first impressions give way to a more ordinary kind of intimacy, with familiar online ease tested by daily life and unspoken expectations.
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School Life · Slice of Life5. I Think Our Son Is Gay
by Okura
- Comedy (shared)
- Drama (shared)
- Romance (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
Tomoko notices that her teenage son Hiroki may have a crush on another boy. She chooses to give him room to understand his feelings, even when his attempts to keep them private are less convincing than he thinks. Ordinary family routines become a warm portrait of patient support, awkward crushes and growing up. Tomoko's care appears in what she chooses not to demand as much as what she says. The family comedy makes space for Hiroki to be uncertain, allowing understanding to grow without turning his feelings into a problem to solve.
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School Life · Slice of Life6. One Week Friends
by Matcha Hazuki
- Comedy (shared)
- Drama (shared)
- Romance (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
Yuuki reaches out to his withdrawn classmate Kaori and learns why she keeps everyone at a distance: her memories of friends disappear each week. He keeps introducing himself anyway. Shared lunches, a diary and new classmates become small steps toward a friendship that might survive the next Monday. Knowing that progress may disappear changes the meaning of a small promise or an ordinary afternoon together. Yuuki's persistence is joined by Kaori's own effort to preserve those experiences, giving the school romance a delicate rhythm of hope, uncertainty and renewed introductions.
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School Life · Slice of Life7. Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You
by Karuho Shiina
- Comedy (shared)
- 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. Sawako's sincerity does not always travel easily across the distance created by rumor. Each new friendship gives her another chance to speak for herself, while romance develops through the same patient work of listening and reaching out.
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School Life · Slice of Life8. Haimiya Is Scary Cute
by Kamiyama Sumu
- Comedy (shared)
- 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. 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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School Life · Slice of Life9. The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity
by Saka Mikami
- Comedy (shared)
- 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. 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 Life10. 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 Life11. 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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School Life · Slice of Life12. 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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