Top 5 Manga Like Chrysalis: Flower & Butterfly (Papillon: Hana to Chou) [2026 List]

Papillon: Hana to Chou

Ageha and her sister Hana are twins. At birth, their parents left Ageha in the care of their grandmother in the countryside. Hana was raised in the big city with her parents. However, when the girls were in first grade, their grandmother became ill and so, Ageha was sent to live with her parents and her twin sister in the city.
The two girls are in high school now, and are complete opposites. Growing up in the countryside has made Ageha a bit of a tomboy; she's a quiet, reserved girl who doesn't look anything special. Hana, on the other hand, is outgoing, gorgeous and popular at school. Regardless, the two girls appear to have a stable, good relationship with one another.
One day when all of Ageha's classmates leave to attend a concert, Ageha finds herself alone to maintain the booth at school during the school fair. Ageha feels as if she's Cinderella who didn't get invited to go to the ball. Just when she was thinking those thoughts, a boy wearing a horse mask on his head runs into the classroom and hides underneath a table. His name is Kyuu. It turns out he's being chased by some girls. After the girls leave, Ageha is startled by Kyuu who demands that she serve him coffee. As she does so, Kyuu flips through her agenda booklet and discovers a photograph of Ageha and the boy she has a crush on, Ryuusei, who she has known from childhood but since they moved away, they have forgotten each other. Kyuu asks if she likes Ryuusei, and if she wants to be Ryuusei's girlfriend in a teasing sort of way, causing much embarrassment to the girl. Kyuu then tells her that if she believes in her heart that it is possible, it could come true. Kyuu tells her to shout out that she's Ryuusei's girlfriend and that they are going out and her life is very good, which Ageha does so. As soon as she speaks the words, Ryuusei appears at the classroom door, and recognizes Ageha as the girl from his childhood that he used to play with. Ageha secretly thinks of Kyuu as Cinderella's fairy godmother and cannot believe that it happened.
However, as Ageha and Ryuusei rekindle a friendship from long ago, Hana becomes suspicious or jealous of Ageha's relationship with Ryuusei. She becomes especially annoyed when she finds out that Ryuusei prefers Ageha to her. Hana then begins to formulate a plan to steal Ryuusei away from Ageha.

Chrysalis: Flower & Butterfly has finished publishing and it has 40 Chapters. It is also Known as: パピヨン -花と蝶-, Chrysalis: Flower & Butterfly

Genres: Shoujo Ai , Drama , Romance

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Top 5 Manga Like Chrysalis: Flower & Butterfly (Papillon: Hana to Chou) [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.
[From ANN, edited]

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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