Sana Kurata, a child actress, faces many problems in her classroom, including a major one - her bullying classmate, Akito Hayama. Sana's outgoing and friendly nature leads her to work towards correcting all of the problems around her. Her 'meddling' irritates Hayama but at the same time captivates him, just as Hayama's gloomy nature irritates Sana and compels her to change him. As these two opposites attract each other, they face many hardships which bring them closer to a mutual understanding.
Kodocha: Sana's Stage has finished publishing and it has 54 Chapters. It is also Known as: こどものおもちゃ, Child's Toy
Genres: Comedy , School Life , Slice of Life , Drama , Romance
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Top 10 Manga Like Kodocha: Sana's Stage (Kodomo no Omocha) [2024 List]
10. Mint na Bokura
The twins Maria and Noeru (Noel) have always lived together and are very closely linked. When Maria decides to enter Morinomiya School because of the beautiful eyes of its basketball coach, Noeru, who refuses to be separated from his sister, decides to enter the same establishment. Unfortunately, there are no places left for boys. He thus decides to pass himself off as a girl! But school life is not easy when one must constantly play in a comedy! Especially when Noeru rapidly falls in love with Miyu, a fellow classmate, while he himself is courted by another student.
Mint na Bokura has finished publishing and it has 30 Chapters. It is also Known as: ミントな僕ら, We are Mint, Peppermint Twins
9. Penguin☆Brothers
Hina's new high school is strange to say the least. She moves back to her old home town only to find that the high school is run by two opposing factors, and students identify themselves based on the color of their school uniforms: Black for the followers of the loud, violent Nishizaki, and white for the followers of quiet, clean-freak Isshiki. And then there are the "grays," who wear street clothes. Hina finds herself stuck between the leaders of the two factions, and it seems to be turning violent.
As one might guess from the girly art and the Ribon publisher, the plot develops a romance element pretty early on in the series. There's a love triangle involved among two of the group leaders. Who will Hina choose?
Penguin☆Brothers has finished publishing and it has 24 Chapters. It is also Known as: ペンギン☆ブラザーズ, Penguin☆Brothers
8. Fruits Basket
Tohru Honda is a high school freshman who is having a serious bout of misfortune. Not only was she recently orphaned with the tragedy of her mother's death, but she also has no where to live and is currently residing in a tent! However, when her luck to seems to be at its worse, she meets the Sohma family - and is invited to stay with them in exchange for taking care of the household chores.
But it isn't long before Tohru discovers the Sohmas have deep a secret. The family is cursed by the spirits of the Chinese Zodiac, and some of the children born into the Sohma family are possessed by these spirits. When possessed, they cannot be "huggled" by the opposite sex, or they transform into their respective Zodiac animal!
However, this doesn't phase Tohru, who promises to keep their secret. She continues living with them, and her grave humbleness and thankfulness never wanes. As a result, they come to be very important people in her life, and the Sohmas begin to realize how very lucky they are to have her.
Fruits Basket has finished publishing and it has 136 Chapters. It is also Known as: フルーツバスケット, Furuba
7. Oboreru Knife
"I don't know what this feeling is … I don't know what I should do now … all I know is, I want him."
They fight one another, they chase after one another, they capture one another—a turbulent tale of preteens on the brink of self-destruction, masterfully brought to life by George Asakura!
Drowning Love has finished publishing and it has 64 Chapters. It is also Known as: 溺れるナイフ, Drowning Knife
6. Cat Street
The story centers around Keito Aoyama, a former famous child actor. Due to a childhood incident, she retired from her career early and withdrew from normal society. Now 16, she passes her days in boredom and without purpose. But one day she runs into a stranger who takes her to El Liston--a free school for high school students like herself, who don't have a place where they belong. Though hesitant at first, Keito decides to enter El Liston and subsequently, she begins a new stage in her life. With the help of her only remaining childhood friend, Taiyou, and her new classmates Rei, Momiji, and Kouichi, Keito slowly finds the courage to open up to others and to accept their support. Will Keito return to acting? Will she find true friends? Love?
Cat Street has finished publishing and it has 37 Chapters. It is also Known as: キャットストリート, Ribbon Road
5. Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou
Yukino Miyazawa is the perfect model student. Pretty, kind, good at sports, always at the top of her class. But she's not all that she seems. It's all an act of deception; she is really the self-confessed 'queen of vanity,' and her only goal in life is winning the praise and admiration of everyone around her.
When she enters high school, she finally meets her match: Souichirou Arima, a handsome, athletic, popular, and very intelligent young boy. Ever since he stole the top seat in the class from her, Yukino has hated him, and has been plotting on how to take back her former place as the object of all other students' admiration.
What she wasn't expecting, however, was that Souichirou, the very boy she hated, would confess his love for her. Or that he would find out about her deception - and use it to blackmail her!
Together, they discover that they have more in common than they knew, and they slowly begin to bring out each other's inner selves.
Also included are the following short stories:
Vol.1: The Tiger and the Chameleon - A Promise for One Week
Vol.4: Ashita Mata Mori de Aou ne (Meet Me Again Tomorrow in the Forest)
Always an outcast because of her black hair the heroine of the story finds a strange man in the forest - a man from Earth - and he has black hair, too!
Kare Kano: His and Her Circumstances has finished publishing and it has 103 Chapters. It is also Known as: 彼氏彼女の事情, His and Hers, The Tiger and the Chameleon: A Promise for One Week, Ashita Mata Mori de Aou ne, Meet Me Again Tomorrow in the Forest, KKNJ, Abareru Ousama, The Raging King
4. Rockin'★Heaven
Sawa Konishi transfers to a new high school not knowing that it used to be an all boys school. On her first day she tries to become friends with the other only girl in her class, Akira Nagashima. Sawa's class is full of boys who don't listen to teachers and just wise off. She wants to make everyday of school fun, but can she with Ran (the leader) giving her trouble get along with each other? Perhaps more than that...
Included oneshots
Rockin'★Heaven has finished publishing and it has 36 Chapters. It is also Known as: ロッキン★ヘブン, Endless March, Home, Sweet Home, Brown Garden Eki
3. Nekota no Koto ga Kininatte Shikatanai.
A girl named Mikiko sees the face of a popular boy in her class as a cat's face.
Included one-shots:
Volume 2: Retake!
Volume 3: Kumori Sora, Ue no Hou.
Volume 9: Chounouryoku Shoujo Clane
Volume 10: Hoshikuzu yori Ai wo Komete
Nekota no Koto ga Kininatte Shikatanai. has finished publishing and it has 49 Chapters. It is also Known as: 猫田のことが気になって仕方ない。, Retake!, Kumori Sora, Ue no Hou., Chounouryoku Shoujo Clane, Hoshikuzu yori Ai wo Komete, Kumori Sora, Ue no Hou.
2. Marmalade Boy
All Miki Koishikawa wanted was an ordinary family and that's exactly what she had until her parents decided to move in with another couple and turned Miki's world upside down. Now she lives in a house with four parents and her totally cute stepbrother Yuu. It's bad enough being brought into her parents' strange soap opera, but Miki will star in a soap of her own as she deals with friends having affairs, trying to survive in school and ending up torn between her long-time crush, Ginta, and her new stepbrother!
Marmalade Boy has finished publishing and it has 40 Chapters. It is also Known as: ママレード・ボーイ, Marmalade Boy
1. Gakuen Alice
For Mikan, there was no better friend than Hotaru (though Hotaru sometimes seems to have other sentiments). They often played together. But Hotaru is a very special child, and she agrees to go to a school in Tokyo which the government reserved only for geniuses. This left a very lonely Mikan at home. When Hotaru fails to keep her promise and come home for holidays, her young friend is very disappointed and rather angry. But upon overhearing a conversation between Hotaru's mother and a teacher, Mikan realizes that her friend's reasons for leaving might not have been what they seemed. So Mikan takes it upon herself to run away and go to Hotaru's school. There she discovers the so-called "genius academy" is actually a school for people gifted with special powers called "alices". Her friend Hotaru is one of these, and after a chance encounter with a teacher, Mikan suddenly finds herself enrolled. Finally, the two friends are reunited, but is Mikan actually one of those so-called Alices?
Gakuen Alice has finished publishing and it has 180 Chapters. It is also Known as: 学園アリス, Alice Academy
