If you liked The Otaku Love Connection
12 manga like The Otaku Love Connection
Picked for the same feel: the genres they share with The Otaku Love Connection (romance, slice of life, comedy), the same creators, and what readers keep together. Each opens where it is read legally.
Manga like The Otaku Love Connection
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.
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School Life · Slice of Life2. 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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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.
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School Life · Slice of 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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School Life · Slice of 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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School Life · Slice of Life6. 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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School Life · Slice of Life7. 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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School Life · Slice of Life8. 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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School Life · Slice of Life9. Odd Girl Out
by Morangji
- Comedy (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
Nari hopes a fresh start at high school will help her feel more confident. Instead, she finds herself surrounded by three dazzling friends and worrying that she is the odd one out. Their friendship gradually reveals that appearances hide insecurities, and that belonging does not depend on being perfect.
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School Life · Slice of Life10. 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 · Romance11. 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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School Life · Slice of Life12. 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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