If you liked The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses
12 manga like The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses
Picked for the same feel: the genres they share with The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses (romance, slice of life, comedy), the same creators, and what readers keep together. Each opens where it is read legally.
Manga like The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses
School Life · Slice of Life1. 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 Life2. 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 it3. 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. Affection is easy to feel and surprisingly hard to recognize when every exchange is overthought. Akira's determined pursuit keeps colliding with the possibility that the answer she wants has been beside her all along.
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School Life · Slice of Life4. One Week Friends
by Matcha Hazuki
- Comedy (shared)
- Drama
- 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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Readers also like it5. 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 it6. 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. Minato's assigned responsibility soon becomes a reason to notice the person behind Nekozane's sleepy reputation. Their closeness develops through ordinary contact and uncertain responses, giving small gestures a significance neither is initially ready to explain.
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School Life · Slice of Life7. 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 Life8. The Otaku Love Connection
by Chu Amairo
- Comedy (shared)
- 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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School Life · Slice of Life9. I Think Our Son Is Gay
by Okura
- Comedy (shared)
- Drama
- 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 Life10. 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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School Life · Slice of Life11. 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. 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 Life12. Handa-kun
by Satsuki Yoshino
- Comedy (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
Before his island adventures in Barakamon, young calligrapher Sei Handa has a different problem: he thinks his entire school dislikes him. His classmates, meanwhile, regard him with something close to reverence. Every attempt to escape their attention creates another misunderstanding and adds to his bewildering reputation. Admiration looks like hostility when Handa reads every social signal through his insecurity. The comedy comes from watching his classmates' enthusiastic interpretation drift further and further from the anxious explanation he has invented for himself.
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