Top 5 Light Novel Like Hataraku Watashi to Kanojo no Dousei [2026 List]

Hataraku Watashi to Kanojo no Dousei

Mari is known as a "cold woman" who doesn't like to get involved with otherpeople. One day, Mari, who worked at a flower shop, was asked to take care of Sumirei, a high school girl who has lost her mother and has nowhere else to go due to her circumstances. Mari felt compelled to take her in. But Sumirei, who was still depressed with a broken heart, wasn't ready to talk, and they began to live together awkwardly.

But over time, Mari got glimpses of Sumirei's family environment and school life. And as they spent time together, Sumirei gradually opened up to her. The more she learned about Sumirei's innocent lifestyle, the more Mari realized the weaknesses of her own emotional state.

Hataraku Watashi to Kanojo no Dousei has finished publishing and it has 6 Chapters. It is also Known as: 働く私と彼女の同棲, Hataraku Watashi to Kanojo no Dousei

Genres: Drama , Romance , Shoujo Ai

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Top 5 Light Novel Like Hataraku Watashi to Kanojo no Dousei [2026 List]

5. Boku no Chikyuu wo Mamotte

Boku no Chikyuu wo Mamotte

Mystic dreams of a previous life in the moon lead to the bonding of seven students in an attempt to uncover the secrets behind what they have forgotten. As various truths are sought and avoided, Alice must hurry remembering if she is to save the fragile Rin from self-destruction. For only after facing the grave errors of the past, can they all move forward and live fully in the present.

Please Save My Earth has finished publishing and it has 138 Chapters. It is also Known as: ぼくの地球を守って, BokuTama

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4. Tokyo Crazy Paradise

Tokyo Crazy Paradise

Life in the year 2020 in Tokyo is tough, as crime rates are high, and crimes against women rank second only to murders. To prevent their daughter from being exposed to these crimes, Tsukasa's parents raised her to be a male. Tsukasa aspires to be a policeman fighting against the yakuza, just like her parents. However, her parents died in the line of work, leaving behind Tsukasa and her 3 brothers to fend for themselves. Tsukasa must thus work as a bodyguard for her classmate, Ryuji, who happens to be the leader of the most powerful yakuza group in Tokyo, to pay off the family's debts.
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Tokyo Crazy Paradise has finished publishing and it has 111 Chapters. It is also Known as: 東京クレイジーパラダイス, Tokyo Crazy Paradise

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3. Sasameki Koto

Sasameki Koto

This manga is about two best friends: Sumika Murasame and Ushio Kazama. Ushio has a seemingly endless series of crushes on other girls—specifically, on cute girls. She's oblivious to the fact that her athletic, sarcastic and distinctly *un*cute friend Sumika is in love with her. When a couple of girls in their class realize their feelings and form a club just for girls who like girls, things to seem like they're beginning to improve...

Whispered Words has finished publishing and it has 55 Chapters. It is also Known as: ささめきこと, Kamisama to Dance

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2. Hotarubi no Mori e

Hotarubi no Mori e

A collection of four one shots, one for each season.
1) Overhearing a Flower Song
2) Into the Forest of Fireflies' Light (Hotaru no Mori E)
3) The Fallling of Autumn Leaves
4) Deepening the Scar

To the Forest of the Firefly Lights has finished publishing and it has 4 Chapters. It is also Known as: 蛍火の杜へ, Into the Forest of Fireflies' Light, The Light of a Firefly Forest, Hanauta Nagaruru, Kurukuru Ochiba, Hibi, Fukaku

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1. Mekakushi no Kuni

Mekakushi no Kuni

Land of the Blindfolded is the story of high school student Outsuka Kanade who can sometimes see a person's future with a touch, and transfer student Naitou Arou, whose ESP is limited to past events. When Kanade glimpses an unfortunate incident coming, can she change it? She soon befriends Arou, who's no novice — he can turn his ability on or off at will, even using it to see an object's "memories." Are these teenaged seers of the past and future made for each other? And who's right: Arou with his "hands off" policy about meddling in people's lives, or Kanade whose more proactive stance has already had unhappy consequences?

Land of the Blindfolded has finished publishing and it has 48 Chapters. It is also Known as: 目隠しの国, After the Festival, The Devil in the Flowered Office, In the Rain, Inside Rain, After the Sports Festival, The Boy Who Makes Mistakes

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