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12 manga like Still Sick
Picked for the same feel: the genres they share with Still Sick (romance, girls’ love, drama), the same creators, and what readers keep together. Each opens where it is read legally.
Manga like Still Sick
Readers also like it1. Look Back
by Tatsuki Fujimoto
- Drama (shared)
- Slice of Life
Fujino is a fourth-grader who draws a comic strip for the school newspaper, and everyone tells her she is the best artist around. Then her teacher asks her to share the page with Kyomoto, a classmate who never comes to school, and Kyomoto's strip turns out to be breathtakingly good. Stung, Fujino throws herself into practising, and when the two finally meet, she discovers that Kyomoto has always admired her work. The two girls begin creating manga together, spending years side by side at their desks, until their paths begin to diverge and life tests the bond their art created. Tatsuki Fujimoto, creator of Chainsaw Man, tells this story in a single long chapter about the pride, isolation and connection behind creative work, and about the impossibility of separating a life from what one makes. It was adapted into an acclaimed animated film.
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Girls’ Love · Romance2. The Moon on a Rainy Night
by Kuzushiro
- Drama (shared)
- Girls’ Love (shared)
- Romance (shared)
While rushing to a piano lesson, high-school girl Saki Kindaichi collides with someone on the street. The stranger, a tall, lovely girl, picks up the sheet music Saki dropped, hands it back together with a plaster, and walks away without a word. The next day, Saki discovers that the stranger is Kanon Oikawa, a classmate at her new school, who is deaf and does not want anyone's special treatment. As Saki tries to get closer, she has to look beyond her first impressions and learn new ways of communicating, while feelings grow between them that neither finds easy to express. Kuzushiro's series is a gentle girls' love romance about two girls with different experiences of sound and connection, told with sensitivity, quiet beauty and care.
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Office Workers · Romance3. My Awkward Senpai
by Makoto Kudo
- Comedy
- Romance (shared)
- Slice of Life
Azusa Kannawa has a reputation at work for being severe and intimidating, and smooth is the last word anyone would use for her. In truth, she just finds it very hard to express herself, and her good intentions often come out clumsy. Then she is assigned to train Yu Kamegawa, a cute, slightly nerdy new employee who is easy to talk to and who sees past her stern exterior. As they work together day after day, Kannawa finds herself developing feelings she has no idea how to handle, and their office relationship slowly turns into a tentative, endearing romance full of misread signals. Makoto Kudo's series is a warm, funny office romantic comedy about patience, awkwardness and the care hidden behind a strict face. It placed in the Tsugimanga awards.
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Girls’ Love · Romance4. Whisper Me a Love Song
by Eku Takeshima
- Drama (shared)
- Girls’ Love (shared)
- Romance (shared)
- Slice of Life
On her first day of high school, bubbly first-year Himari Kino hears her senior Yori Asanagi sing on stage with her band and falls head over heels, as a devoted fan. She runs up to Yori and tells her she loves her. Yori, who has a crush of her own, hears it as a romantic confession and says she loves Himari too. When Himari realises they mean two different kinds of love, she begins to ask herself what love really is, while Yori sets out to win her heart. As Himari spends time with the band, music keeps drawing the two girls closer. Eku Takeshima's series is a sweet, funny and sincere girls' love romance about music, admiration and feelings that grow at different speeds. It was adapted into an anime.
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Office Workers · Romance5. Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You
by Jinushi
- Comedy
- Romance (shared)
- Slice of Life
At forty-five, office worker Sasaki is worn out by the corporate grind. His only comforts are a cigarette behind the supermarket after work and the friendly smile of Yamada, the cashier who rings up his shopping every day. When Yamada is not there after a particularly bad day, a striking stranger invites him to smoke with her instead. Sasaki thinks he has found a new smoking buddy in the cool, teasing Tayama. What he does not realise is that he already knows her: she is the same cashier, showing a completely different side of herself. Their evening breaks become a little world of easy conversation, while Yamada wonders how long she can keep up the double act, and Sasaki slowly lets his guard down. Jinushi's romantic comedy is warm, funny and quietly grown-up, a story about two tired adults who each find in the other a place to breathe at the end of the day.
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Office Workers · Romance6. On and Off: Work-Life Imbalance
by Shinnosuke Kanazawa
- Romance (shared)
- Slice of Life
Every working adult has two sides: the one they show on the job and the one they show off the clock. For coworkers Sotaro Amata and Akira Hanku, this holds doubly true. At the office, both blend in, quietly fitting the roles expected of them. Outside work, they transform. Sotaro loves elaborate, frilled lolita fashion, and Akira wears a striking punk look. When the two meet by chance in their weekend outfits, they hit it off immediately, sharing their love of fashion, without realising that they already know each other from the office. As their separate worlds start to overlap, first impressions stop being reliable, and an unusual connection begins to grow. Shinnosuke Kanazawa's series is a stylish, warm slice-of-life romance about self-expression, identity and the people beneath their everyday disguises, drawn with a sharp eye for fashion.
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Office Workers · Romance7. Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku
by Fujita
- Comedy
- Romance (shared)
- Slice of Life
Narumi Momose has been dumped by every boyfriend who found out she was an otaku, so at her new office job she is determined to keep her love of anime and fan fiction hidden. On her first day she runs into Hirotaka Nifuji, her childhood friend, a deadpan, hardcore gamer who now works in the same department. To keep her secret safe, Hirotaka proposes a simple solution: why not date him, another otaku who already knows everything? Their relationship unfolds through game nights, conventions and office life, alongside their colleagues Hanako, a cosplayer, and Kabakura, her bickering partner, two couples learning that shared hobbies do not make feelings any easier to express. Fujita's romantic comedy began as a web comic and became a hit for its honest, funny look at adult relationships and otaku culture. It was adapted into an anime and a live-action film.
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Girls’ Love8. Have a Great Trip After the End Credits
by Rikitake
- Adventure
- Fantasy
- Girls’ Love (shared)
Aino the Hero and Iro the Mage have done what they set out to do: the Demon King has been defeated, and the world is saved. Their story, by every usual measure, is over. But long ago, the two women made a promise to each other: once the battle was won, they would travel the world together. Now, free at last from the demands of saving it, they set out on a journey to see a world they once only passed through, visiting new places, meeting new people and revisiting old memories. Along the road, they discover what their remaining time together means. Rikitake's series is a heartrending and radiant road-trip fantasy about what comes after the end credits roll, a gentle story of friendship, love and devotion, and of an adventure dedicated entirely to each other.
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Office Workers · Drama9. Police in a Pod
by Miko Yasu
- Comedy
- Drama (shared)
Mai Kawai joined the police because she wanted a stable job, and after a short time on the force, she is ready to quit. Then she is partnered with Sergeant Seiko Fuji, a former detective with a formidable reputation, at a local police box. Working alongside a far more experienced colleague, Kawai learns what police work really involves: not dramatic arrests, but people, paperwork, traffic stops, lost property, gossip and the occasional serious case hidden inside an apparently routine call. Their partnership balances the absurdities of the job with its genuine responsibilities. Created by Miko Yasu, a former police officer, Police in a Pod is a funny and honest look at the everyday lives of two policewomen, full of insider detail. It won the Shogakukan Manga Award and was adapted into an anime and a live-action drama.
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Office Workers · Romance10. The Ice Guy and the Cool Girl
by Miyuki Tonogaya
- Comedy
- Romance (shared)
- Slice of Life
- Supernatural
Himuro is an ordinary office worker who happens to be the descendant of a snow spirit. When his feelings run high, he causes snowfall, frost and blizzards. He is also hopelessly in love with his coworker, Fuyutsuki, who is calm, cool and unusual in her own quiet way. Every small exchange between them, a shared lunch, a kind word, a gift, sends Himuro's emotions, and the office temperature, into chaos. Meanwhile, their colleagues, some with unusual heritage of their own, notice everything and cheer them on, as the two slowly grow closer. Miyuki Tonogaya's series is a soft, gentle office romance full of small gestures and visible feelings, with charming supernatural touches and a cosy winter atmosphere. It was adapted into an anime.
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Girls’ Love · Romance11. Marionetta
by Míriam Bonastre Tur
- Adventure
- Fantasy
- Girls’ Love (shared)
- Romance (shared)
Julia's life changes when her friend Kamille joins a travelling circus. Following her, Julia discovers that the company's beautiful performances hide something far stranger than ordinary acrobatics. Joining the circus comes with rules, secrets and a dangerous bargain, and its performers are bound together by a magic Julia does not yet understand. Caught between the life she knew and an unfamiliar magical world, she has to find out what belonging to the circus really costs. The circus promises freedom from an ordinary life, yet every new bond is shaped by the deal that keeps its performers together, and her search for answers tests her loyalty to her friend. Míriam Bonastre Tur, creator of Hooky, tells a dark and atmospheric fantasy on WEBTOON, mixing spectacle, friendship and unease. The series is currently on hiatus.
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Girls’ Love · Romance12. The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn't a Guy at All
by Sumiko Arai
- Girls’ Love (shared)
- Romance (shared)
- Slice of Life
Aya is a fashionable, upbeat high-school girl who has fallen hard for an employee at a local CD shop: a stylish, mysterious young man with impeccable taste in rock music. She has no idea that this supposed guy is actually Mitsuki, the quiet, reserved girl who sits right next to her in class. Mitsuki knows all about Aya's crush, and has no idea how to tell her the truth. As the two bond over bands, albums and late conversations, the mistaken identity becomes harder to keep up, and Mitsuki's feelings grow complicated. When the secret finally comes out, both girls have to work out what their connection really means. Sumiko Arai's series is a sweet, funny and heartfelt romance about shared passions, self-expression and the fear of changing a relationship that already matters. Its short, music-filled chapters and expressive art won it a large international following.
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