The story follows Yuko Kawai, a junior highschool student, as she faces the challenges of growing up and overcoming her shyness as she comes of age. She begins seeing her best friend Hiroshi Naganuma, the boy next door, in a different light. (from Wikipedia)
Aqua Age has finished publishing and it has 45 Chapters. It is also Known as: 水色時代, Aqua Age, The Blue-Green Years
Genres: School Life , Slice of Life , Romance , Shoujo , Elementary School , Middle School , Japan
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Top 5 Manga Like Aqua Age (Mizuiro Jidai) [2026 List]
5. Shougakusei no Himitsu
There are many firsts when you are a child. The first time your heart pounds fast when you see your childhood friend, when it didn't do so before. The first changes in your body. Friendships and relationships that all too sudden become more complicated. The times when you don't want to talk to anyone, but it feels too hard to bear alone. This is the story of elementary school children.
Shougakusei no Himitsu has finished publishing and it has 46 Chapters. It is also Known as: 小学生のヒミツ, Shougakusei no Himitsu
4. Mizuiro Jidai
The story follows Yuko Kawai, a junior highschool student, as she faces the challenges of growing up and overcoming her shyness as she comes of age. She begins seeing her best friend Hiroshi Naganuma, the boy next door, in a different light. (from Wikipedia)
Aqua Age has finished publishing and it has 45 Chapters. It is also Known as: 水色時代, Aqua Age, The Blue-Green Years
3. Azuki-chan
Azuki-chan is a manga series about a young schoolgirl named Azusa Noyama, nicknamed Azuki-chan because when she was younger she was accidentally called Azuki instead of Azusa.
She always hated the name until one day a new boy starts in the same class as her called Yūnosuke Ogasawara, the same day she is teased by a boy called Ken-chan about her nickname. Yūnosuke-kun passes by and happily memorizes the name becoming the first girl he notices. Azuki is over joyed, and instantly falls in love with him, loving both him and her nickname.
However Azuki gets jealous when she sees him chatting to other girls and cannot work out why he doesn't realize her love.
There are two arcs of Azuki-chan Manga:
Elementary School (animated)
Junior High School
Azuki-chan has finished publishing and it has 57 Chapters. It is also Known as: あずきちゃん, Azuki-chan
2. Ore wa Lolicon ja Nai!
Shouji Osamu is an elementary school teacher fresh out of college about to embark on his first day. At the school gate, he was suddenly hugged by Chise, a girl he doesn't recognize who seems to know him. He later finds out that Chise is a fifth-grade student in his class, and that she lives in the same apartment building as he does. During a late-night rendezvous, he learns that nothing about their encounter is coincidental.
I'm Not a Lolicon! has finished publishing and it has 56 Chapters. It is also Known as: 俺はロリコンじゃない！, I'm Not Lolita-Complex!, OreLoli
1. Himeno-chan ni Koi wa Mada Hayai
Though 4th year elementary school student Aikawa Himeno has feelings for her classmate Ouji-kun why can't she properly express her feelings? A story of a slightly precocious love comedy.
For Himeno-chan, Love Is (Still) Too Early has finished publishing and it has 64 Chapters. It is also Known as: 姫乃ちゃんに恋はまだ早い, Love is Still Too Early for Himeno-chan
