Jirou, a third-year in high school, is forced to live with a gal named Akari under a course called the "Couple Practical." In order to be paired with their own romantic interests, they're going to act as a married couple...!?
More than a married couple, but not lovers. It is also Known as: 夫婦以上、恋人未満。, More than a Couple, Less than Lovers.
Genres: Sudden Girlfriend Appearance , Comedy , Romance , Ecchi , Drama , School Life , High School , Seinen
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Top 8 Manga Like More than a married couple, but not lovers. (Fuufu Ijou, Koibito Miman.) [2024 List]
8. Domestic na Kanojo
High schooler Natsuo is hopelessly in love with his cheerful and popular teacher, Hina. However, one day at a mixer, he meets a moody girl by the name of Rui and ends up sleeping with her. Soon after, his father announces that he's getting remarried to a woman with two daughters of her own. And who shows up in tow, other than both Hina and Rui?! Natsuo's outrageous new life starts now!
Domestic Girlfriend has finished publishing and it has 276 Chapters. It is also Known as: ドメスティックな彼女, Dome x Kano
7. Hanazono-san Chi no Futago-chan
Tatara Tani is an average high school first year, both in terms of grades and athleticism. He has two childhood friends that attend his school, and they're twins! The elder sister Ranko is a flashy gal, while the younger sister Yuriko is a popular idol. They had slowly become distant from Tatara, but even so he always secretly held a crush for Yuriko. One day, Yuriko suddenly asked him out on a date. This date was the beginning of a secret relationship between the twins and him!
Hanazono Twins has finished publishing and it has 73 Chapters. It is also Known as: 花園さんちのふたごちゃん, Hanazono-sanchi No FUTAGO-chan
6. Omae wo Otaku ni Shiteyaru kara, Ore wo Riajuu ni Shitekure!
Kashiwada Naoki was determined to lead his high school life without anyone knowing that he’s an Otaku. However, his classmate Bishoujo, Koigasaki Momo, who was rumored among the girls to be a bitch, found him out!? Before the despairing Kashiwada, she said something undoubtedly surprising.
“Aren’t you an Otaku? Then, make me into an Otaku!”
The love story of two individuals bounded by an agreement of Otaku and Riajuu starts!!
Omae wo Otaku ni Shiteyaru kara, Ore wo Riajuu ni Shitekure! has finished publishing and it has 39 Chapters. It is also Known as: おまえをオタクにしてやるから、俺をリア充にしてくれ!, I'll Make You into an Otaku, so Make Me into a Riajuu!, I'll Make You an Otaku, so Make Me Normal!, I'll Make You into an Otaku, so Make Me into a Person Happy with Real Life!, Omae o Otaku ni Shiteyaru kara, Ore o Riajuu ni Shitekure!, Eu vou fazer de você uma Otaku, então, faça de mim um Riajuu!, เปลี่ยนผมเป็นคนธรรมดาที คุณว่าที่โอตาคุ, 널 오타쿠로 만들어줄 테니까 날 리얼충으로 만들어줘!, 我会让你成为死宅的,把我变成现充吧!
5. Hajimete no Gal
When Jun’ichi Hashiba is forced by his friends to ask out one of the school’s gyaru, a girl named Yame Yukane, all in the hopes of losing his virginity, she surprisingly accepts! So how will these two interact when their personalities couldn’t be more opposite and what will Juni’ichi do when Yame appears to take their relationship more seriously than he originally planned?
Hajimete no Gal is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: はじめてのギャル, Hajimete no Gyaru
4. Hetakoi
For his twentieth birthday, Shizuka chooses to go to a hot springs alone. To his surprise, he also ends up seeing his first naked woman... a passed out drunk girl. Soon afterward he enters college, and his friend from high school convinces him to join the female dominated travel and hot springs club. Amazingly, the girl he saw naked, Ruka, is also a member of the club! Now he must interact with his club more or less normally, and pretend he doesn't imagine Ruka naked every time he sees her. He is determined that his embarrassing secret never be made public!
Included one-shots:
Volume 5: Katakoi
Volume 10: Until I Turn Around the Corner
Hetakoi has finished publishing and it has 61 Chapters. It is also Known as: ヘタコイ, Katakoi, Until I Turn Around the Corner
3. Toradora!
Takasu Ryuuji has learned the hard way that appearances can be deceiving. For despite his inwardly sweet personality, his unintentionally sharp gaze and aggressive features give him the air of a delinquent thug, putting his chances at making new friends, let alone a girlfriend, next to zero.
It's Ryuuji's first day of his second year of high school and it seems as if things are looking up. He gets to sit in between his only friend, Yuusaku, and more importantly, the girl he's secretly crushing on, Kushieda Minori. But just when he thinks the stars are aligned in his favor, he unwittingly crosses the most feared girl in school, Aisaka Taiga, making her into his arch enemy. To top it off, Taiga has moved in right next door to Ryuuji and happens to be Minori's best friend! Can this school year possibly get any worse?!
Toradora! is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: とらドラ!, Tiger X Dragon, Tora Dora
2. Koi to Uso
Lies are forbidden and love is doubly forbidden. In the near future, when young people in Japan turn sixteen, they are assigned a marriage partner by the government. People don't have to go through the trouble of looking for someone, and everyone accepts that the country will find a compatible partner to make them happy. Yukari Nejima is fifteen years old. He lives in a small corner of the country, and just can't seem to get ahead in life. Both academically and athletically he's below average. But in within him, he hides a heart burning with passion! In this world in which love is forbidden, what will happen to him when he falls in love?
Love and Lies has finished publishing and it has 62 Chapters. It is also Known as: 恋と嘘, Koi to Uso
1. Nisekoi
As a child, Raku Ichijo made a secret promise with his childhood sweetheart, keeping a pendant as a memento while his love took the key. He dreams of one day meeting his past love, but years later, reality smashes his hopes when Chitoge Kirisaki accidentally knees him in the face...
Though Raku’s a normal high schooler, his family heads the notorious yakuza gang the Shuei-Gumi faction! And he’s dragged into family affairs when he’s forced into a relationship with Chitoge, the daughter of a rival gang’s boss!
Despite their constant spats, the two somehow fool everyone with their false relationship. Raku then discovers that Chitoge has a mysterious key from her past, which she can’t remember... Plus, two other girls appear with keys as well—Kosaki Onodera and Marika Tachibana!
Caught in the midst of this love maelstrom, even more complications arise for Raku when his class decides on Romeo and Juliet as the class’s play for the school festival. Can the two false lovebirds pull off the impossible and make the play a success?
Nisekoi: False Love has finished publishing and it has 229 Chapters. It is also Known as: ニセコイ, Nisekoi
