If you liked The Gender of Mona Lisa
12 manga like The Gender of Mona Lisa
Picked for the same feel: the genres they share with The Gender of Mona Lisa (romance, psychological, slice of life), the same creators, and what readers keep together. Each opens where it is read legally.
Manga like The Gender of Mona Lisa
Readers also like it1. Blue Flag
by Kaito
- Boys’ Love
- Drama (shared)
- Romance (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
In his last year of high school Taichi ends up in a class with Futaba, a girl he can hardly stand, and Touma, his popular childhood friend. Then Futaba asks him to help her win Touma's heart. A love story about three friends, and about the feelings none of them were ready to say. Helping someone confess can be easier than admitting what you want yourself. The friendships shift under the weight of expectations, as familiar roles stop offering clear answers about love or the people involved.
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School Life · Slice of Life2. I Think Our Son Is Gay
by Okura
- Comedy
- 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 Life3. One Week Friends
by Matcha Hazuki
- Comedy
- 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Yuuki reaches out to his withdrawn classmate Kaori and learns why she keeps everyone at a distance: her memories of friends disappear each week.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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Psychological · Slice of Life4. Sunny
by Taiyo Matsumoto
- Drama (shared)
- Psychological (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
The children of a small residential home find an escape in an abandoned car they call Sunny. Within it, imagined journeys offer room for anger, hope and longing for their families. Their daily lives form a quietly observed story about growing up together while feeling apart. The car is a private territory where children can briefly give their desires a different shape. Outside it, affection and resentment coexist in shared routines, allowing Taiyo Matsumoto to explore belonging without pretending that care can simply replace the families they miss.
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School Life · Slice of Life5. 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. 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 Life6. 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. 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 Life7. 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. 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. Horimiya
by HERO, Daisuke Hagiwara
- Comedy
- 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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School Life · Slice of Life9. My Clueless First Friend
by Taku Kawamura
- Comedy
- 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 Life10. My Love Story!!
by Kazune Kawahara, Aruko
- Comedy
- 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 Life11. The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses
by Koume Fujichika
- Comedy
- 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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School Life · Slice of Life12. The Otaku Love Connection
by Chu Amairo
- Comedy
- Romance (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
Wataru Otonari is perfectly happy watching his favorite couple enjoy their high-school romance. He considers himself a background character, even as his own good looks and enthusiasm attract attention. Meeting other devoted fans turns his quiet hobby into a lively tangle of friendships, rival interpretations and unexpected feelings. Watching a romance is comfortable because the stakes seem to belong to someone else. Wataru's growing circle makes that distance harder to maintain, turning fan enthusiasm into a school comedy where the people observing love can become part of it themselves.
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