The boy of her dreams...is a girl's manga artist?!
To the eyes of high school student Chiyo Sakura, classmate Umetarou Nozaki--brawny of build and brusque of tongue--is a dreamboat! When Chiyo finally works up the courage to tell Nozaki how she feels about him, she knows rejection is on the table...but getting recruited as a manga-ka's assistant?! Never in a million years!
But for someone who makes a living drawing sweet girly romances, Nozaki-kun is a little slow on the uptake when it comes to matters of the heart in reality. And so Chiyo's daily life of manga making and heartache begins!
Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun It is also Known as: 月刊少女野崎くん, Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun
Genres: Comedy , School Life , Romance , Friendship , High School , Working Life , Slice of Life , Parody , Japan
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Top 10 Manga Like Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun (Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun) [2024 List]
10. Bakuman.
Bakuman follows the story of high school student Moritaka Mashiro, a talented artist who does not know what he wants to do with his future. One day, Mashiro draws a picture of Miho Azuki, a girl he is secretly fond of, during class but forgets the notebook at school. He comes back to find that his classmate Akito Takagi is waiting for him with his notebook. Takagi tries to convince Mashiro to become a mangaka, a manga artist, with him, leading to Mashiro's disagreement. Mashiro goes home and thinks about his mangaka uncle, who had only one successful series before he died in obscurity. Mashiro is interrupted by a phone call from Takagi, who says that he is going to tell Azuki that Mashiro likes her. Mashiro runs down to Azuki's house to find Takagi waiting for him. Once Azuki comes out to meet them, Takagi tells her that he and Mashiro are aiming to be mangaka. Mashiro then learns that she wants to be a seiyuu, a voice actor, and has shown promise in the field. Mashiro, once again thinking about his uncle, accidentally proposes to Azuki who accepts. However, she will only marry him after they achieve their dreams. In addition, they cannot see each other until then.
Bakuman。 has finished publishing and it has 176 Chapters. It is also Known as: BAKUMAN。 バクマン。, Bakuman.
9. Bokura wa Minna Kawai-sou
Usa, a high-school student aspiring to begin a bachelor lifestyle, moves into a new apartment only to discover that he not only shares a room with a perverted roommate that has an obsession for underaged girls, but also that another girl, Ritsu, a love-at-first-sight, is living in the same building as well!
The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel has finished publishing and it has 90 Chapters. It is also Known as: 僕らはみんな河合荘, Bokura wa Minna Kawai-sou
8. Kono Bijutsubu ni wa Mondai ga Aru!
Hi, my name is Usami Mizuki. I’m a second year member of the art club at Tsukumori Junior High, and I need to vent: this club has a problem! Why the heck isn’t anyone besides me taking this seriously?! The club president doesn’t do anything but sleep all the time, Cole-chan never even shows up, and Uchimaki-kun—oh, don’t get me started on him. All he does is draw and obsess over his “2D waifus.” What is this, the manga club?! Hmph, whatever. Not like I care. Sigh. He’s talented enough to win awards with a little effort—but uhm, don’t...don’t tell him I said that, though... Agh! Just how am I supposed to keep this club going?! Help me!
This Art Club Has a Problem! is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: この美術部には問題がある!, Kono Bijutsubu ni wa Mondai ga Aru!
7. Kuzumi-kun, Kuuki Yometemasu ka?
Erika Sakura is the school's most popular female high schooler, and only met with envious gazes since she is out of everyone's league. However, she is recently interested in a certain male high schooler who can't read between the lines, Kuzumi. While having a relationship between the two is out of the question, her unrequited love will soon change in this romantic comedy. Follow this new inevitably heart pounding, out-of-contact short love comedy!
Kuzumi-kun, Kuuki Yometemasu ka? has finished publishing and it has 51 Chapters. It is also Known as: 久住くん、空気読めてますか？, Kuzumi-kun, Kuuki Yometemasu ka?
6. Otomen
Asuka Masamune is a badass. Really. He is a tough, cool, 2nd year high school guy who is also a master at kendo. He exudes an aura of manliness that is difficult to deny. Everyone at school admires him. But for Asuka, life is torture. You see, he can never show the *real* Asuka to the world. While he is phenomenal at kendo, and looks very cool, Asuka is living a lie. He actually prefers much more girly things: knitting, cooking, sewing, shoujo manga, plushies, cute things - he loves them all. When he was a child, this worried his mother very much, as Asuka's father abandoned the family after declaring he wanted to be a woman. The shock made his mother so ill that Asuka swore to become a more manly man.
Poor Asuka. Bound to this promise, he goes through his life acting macho and cool, when all the while he would much rather read the latest Hana to Mame comic at the book store and dream of a shoujo manga romance. When Asuka rescues a female classmate, Ryou Miyakozuka, from some bullies, he instantly falls in love with her, and his desire for cute things and sparkly shoujo romance is reawakened!
Included one-shots:
Volume 03: Otomen Special
Volume 10: Glass no Otomen: Sen no Kamen wo Motsu Kinoto Otoko
Volume 11: Love-Tic (らぶちっく)
Otomen has finished publishing and it has 74 Chapters. It is also Known as: オトメン（乙男）, Glass no Otomen: Sen no Kamen wo Motsu Otomen, Love-Tic
5. Nijiiro Days
Nijiiro Days follows the daily lives of four high school boys: the hopeless romantic Natsuki Hashiba, the sadist Keiichi Katakura, the playboy Tomoya Matsunaga, and the smart otaku Tsuyoshi Naoe. Even while constantly struggling in their studies, they spend their days goofing around and having romantic misadventures.
On Christmas Eve, however, Natsuki is dumped by his girlfriend. While crying alone, he receives a pack of tissues from a girl wearing a Santa Claus costume, and, in return, gives her the scarf originally meant for his ex-girlfriend. As the holidays end and Natsuki returns to school, he finds out that the girl is named Anna Kobayakawa—who luckily goes to the same school as him! Having fallen in love with Anna, Natsuki aims to get closer to her, despite his friends interfering with his plans.
Included one-shots:
Volume 1: Aru Toshi to Sorekara no Watashitachi
Volume 5: Shinbun-bu no Yoriko-kun
Rainbow Days has finished publishing and it has 80 Chapters. It is also Known as: 虹色デイズ, Aru Toshi to Sorekara no Watashitachi, Shinbun-bu no Yoriko-kun
4. Takane no Hana nara Ochitekoi!!
Shirashi Kouta both handsome and smart. As the prince of the school, there should be no girl who can resist his charms, even if it's the cool beauty Kurokawa Kaori. But what happens when it turns out Kurokawa is even better at playing a prince than he is? Just who exactly is supposed to be falling for whom??
Takane no Hana nara Ochitekoi!! is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 高嶺の花なら落ちてこい!!, Takane no Hana nara Ochitekoi!!
3. Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii
Narumi Momose has had it rough: every boyfriend she’s had dumped her once they found out she was an otaku, so she’s gone to great lengths to hide it. When a chance meeting at her new job with childhood friend, fellow otaku, and now coworker Hirotaka Nifuji almost gets her secret outed at work, she comes up with a plan to make sure he never speaks up. But he comes up with a counter-proposal: why doesn’t she just date him instead? In love, there are no save points.
Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku has finished publishing and it has 86 Chapters. It is also Known as: ヲタクに恋は難しい, It’s Difficult to Love an Otaku, Love is Hard for Otaku, Otaku ni Koi a Muzukashii, WotaKoi, 阿宅的戀愛太難, ♂taku ♀taku
2. Tomo-chan wa Onnanoko!
Boyish high school girl Aizawa Tomo finally manages to tell her childhood friend Jun that she’s got a crush on him. Unfortunately, her confession goes right over his head—he didn’t even realize she was a girl until junior high, and even now, Jun still thinks of her as a bro! How can Tomo-chan possibly convince him otherwise and win Jun’s heart?
Notes:
- Originally published daily on Twi4. The volume release compiled the series into 51 chapters.
- Includes 8 sets of bonus pages, where each set is considered a chapter; each volume contains a set.
Tomo-chan is a Girl! has finished publishing and it has 961 Chapters. It is also Known as: トモちゃんは女の子!, Tomo-chan ha Onna no Ko!, Tomo-chan wa Onna no Ko!, 智酱是女生！
1. Oresama Teacher
Kurosaki Mafuyu was a juvenile delinquent and head of her gang before her subsequent arrest got her expelled from high school. Now that she’s transferred to a new high school, she’s determined to become an “ultra-shiny, super feminine high school student.” But with a new friend like Hayasaka-kun and a homeroom teacher like Saeki Takaomi (who may be more than he seems), will Mafuyu really be able to live a girly-girl high school life!?
Oresama Teacher has finished publishing and it has 168 Chapters. It is also Known as: 俺様ティーチャー, Ore-sama Teacher
