Top 10 Manga Like Rainbow Days (Nijiiro Days) [2024 List]

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

Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life , Shoujo

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10. Kaoru Hana wa Rin to Saku

Kaoru Hana wa Rin to Saku

In a certain place, there were two neighboring high schools: Chidori High School, a bottom-feeder boys' school full of delinquents, and Kikyo Girls' School, a fancy girls' private school. Rintaro Tsumugi, a strong and quiet second year student at Chidori High, meets Kaoruko Wakuri, a girl who visited his family's cake shop while he was helping out. Rintaro feels comfortable spending time with Kaoruko. However, she is a student at Kikyo, and all of the girls there seems to hate Chidori boys.

This is the story of two people who are so close and yet so far apart.

Kaoru Hana wa Rin to Saku is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 薫る花は凛と咲く, The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity

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9. Last Game

Last Game

He's rich, he's smart, girls gather around him all the time, and he has always gotten first place on his exams... well, until Kujou transferred in his primary school class. She was quiet, plain, and poor, yet not once has she failed at beating Yanagi, both in academics and sports! Yanagi has made it his life goal to defeat this girl Kujou, and ten years later, as they enter college, he just might finally win! This is the story of their last game.



Included one-shots:
Volume 1: Kimi to, Shiawase., Hidamari no Niwa
Volume 2: Wasureyuki
Volume 4: Ninkoi

has finished publishing and it has 66 Chapters. It is also Known as: ラストゲーム, Kimi to, Shiawase., Hidamari no Niwa, Wasureyuki, Ninkoi

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8. Omoi, Omoware, Furi, Furare

Omoi, Omoware, Furi, Furare

The story centers around Yuna and Akari who have two very different views of love: Yuna is someone who sees love as a dream and Akari is someone who is very realistic about her romance choices. Meanwhile, there are two boys, Kazuomi and Rio, who also have different views of love: Kazuomi's an airhead and doesn't understand the concept of love, while Rio grabs the opportunity when confessed to as long as the girl looks cute.

Omoi, Omoware, Furi, Furare has finished publishing and it has 48 Chapters. It is also Known as: 思い、思われ、ふり、ふられ, Love, Be Loved, Leave, Be Left

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7. Koiwazurai no Ellie

Koiwazurai no Ellie

Eriko Ichimura spends her high school days in complete obscurity. Her sole hobby is staring at handsome, smooth-spoken Akira Oumi, and tweeting her daily fantasies under the screenname "Lovesick Ellie." One fateful day, she accidentally bears witness to Oumi-kun's true self—and if that weren't enough, he sees her mortifying Twitter, too! Follow along with a plain, perverted girl, a two-faced boy, and their curious romance!

Lovesick Ellie has finished publishing and it has 48 Chapters. It is also Known as: 恋わずらいのエリー, Koiwazurai no Ellie

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6. Koi ni Mudaguchi

Koi ni Mudaguchi

Due a past experience that ended in heartbreak, Nishina, a high school boy says that “Love is such a pain” and spends every day from the start of school to its end, reading his favorite shoujo manga because “It’s way better to talk nonsense and fool around, than have a girlfriend”.

The story of a high school boy who is wasting his youth.

Chatter About Love is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 恋に無駄口, 36000 Seconds in a Day, 恋爱屁话

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5. Kimi ni Todoke

Kimi ni Todoke

Kuronuma Sawako is completely misunderstood by her classmates. Her timid and sweet demeanor is often mistaken for malicious behavior. This is due to her resemblance to the ghost girl from "The Ring", which has led her peers to give her the nickname Sadako. Longing to make friends and live a normal life, she is naturally drawn to Kazehaya Shouta, the most popular guy in class, whose "100% refreshing" personality earns him great admiration from Sawako. So when Kazehaya starts talking to her, maybe there is hope for the friendships Sawako has always longed for. Maybe...there is even a little hope for some romance in her future.

Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You has finished publishing and it has 125 Chapters. It is also Known as: 君に届け, Reaching You, Mayuge no Kakudo wa 45° de, 45 Degree Eyebrows, 45° Eyebrows

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4. Harumatsu Bokura

Harumatsu Bokura

Mizuki who cannot readily open the heart to a person is going to turn over a new leaf from the high school to change oneself such. But after all I do not get along well... It is good-looking group of 4 that the rumor how at school to have met in such a case! Gradually knowing their true figure at the start though you were cautious...? Good-looking men and insane youth to send!

Waiting for Spring is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 春待つ僕ら, We Are Waiting for Spring, We hope for blooming

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3. Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou

Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou

Follows the daily experiences of high school boys.

Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou has finished publishing and it has 132 Chapters. It is also Known as: 男子高校生の日常, Joshikousei wa Ijou

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2. Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun

Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun

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 is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 月刊少女野崎くん, Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun

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1. Horimiya

Horimiya

At school, Kyouko Hori is known for being smart, attractive, and popular. On the other hand, her classmate, the boring, gloomy Izumi Miyamura tends to get painted as a "loser fanboy." But when a liberally pierced and tattooed (not to mention downright gorgeous) Miyamura appears unexpectedly on the doorstep of secretly plain-Jane homebody Hori, these two similarly dissimilar teenagers discover that there are multiple sides to every story...and person!



Notes:
-Includes 20 extra chapters.
-The 17th volume got released on July 18, 2023. This was 2 years after its original ending. This new volume included 10 extra chapters.

Note: Chapter count includes 20 extra chapters.

Horimiya has finished publishing and it has 152 Chapters. It is also Known as: ホリミヤ, Horimiya

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