Top 10 Manga Like Pastel [2024 List]

Pastel

Poor Mugi Tadano... The sixteen-year-old is heartbroken after his girlfriend moves away. To ease his troubled state, Mugi takes a summer job at his friend Kazuki's beach-side snack bar/hotel on a tropical island. It seems like the perfect plan-until Kazuki sets Mugi up on a date with Yuu, who's supposed to be, well, a little less than perfect. When Yuu arrives, however, she's not the monster that either of the boys had imagined. In fact, Yuu is about the cutest person that Mugi has ever seen. But after Mugi accidentally walks in on Yuu in the bath, the girl is steamed. When trying to apologize the next day, he discovers that Yuu has left the shores of paradise. Mugi vows to search high and low for the beautiful Yuu, but will he ever see her again?



Included one-shots:
Volume 11: Candy Girl ni Hanataba wo.
Volume 13: Apricot Girl
Volume 24: Happy Ice Cream
Volume 34: Otoko wa Sore wo Gaman Dekinai!!
Volume 42: Weapon!!!

Pastel has finished publishing and it has 219 Chapters. It is also Known as: ぱすてる, Candy Girl ni Hanataba wo., Apricot Girl, Happy Ice Cream, Otoko wa Sore wo Gaman Dekinai!!, Weapon!!!

Genres: Comedy , Harem , Slice of Life , Romance , Ecchi

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10. Mahou Sensei Negima!

Mahou Sensei Negima!

Negi Springfield, a 10-year-old wizard who recently graduated from Merdiana Magic Academy in Wales, hopes to achieve two things—to find his missing father, who was once known as the Thousand Master, and to become a Magister Magi, someone who helps the everyday world through magic. To reach his latter goal, he is assigned one last task: to teach English at a middle school in Japan.

Much to his surprise and dismay, he not only discovers that his homeroom class consists of 31 girls, but also ends up revealing his true identity as a magician to Asuna Kagurazaka, one of his new students. Negi must now negotiate with the girl and face his most difficult challenge yet—to keep his identity a secret as he tackles magical threats both from within and outside of Mahora Academy, all the while keeping a watchful eye out for his lost father.

Negima! Magister Negi Magi has finished publishing and it has 355 Chapters. It is also Known as: 魔法先生ネギま!, Magical Teacher Negima!, Negima

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9. Umi no Misaki

Umi no Misaki

Goto Nagi has travelled to the southern island of Okitsushima, and ventures out to see Umi no Misaki, a striking cape jutting out into the ocean. But when he arrives, he finds that there is much more to this cape than a wondrous view. There is something peculiar about the cape, and about the island's inhabitants.



Note:
Volume 4 contains the tokubetsu-hen "Innocent Days."
Volume 6 contains the tokubetsu-hen "Love Equation."
Volume 7 contains the tokubetsu-hen "Things Here You Can't Find in Tokyo" and "Southern Island Christmas."
Volume 8 contains the tokubetsu-hen "Bath Time."
Volume 9 contains the tokubetsu-hen "Waai" and "Soyogi and Shizue."
Volume 10 contains the tokubetsu-hen "My Very Own Haru-chan."

has finished publishing and it has 135 Chapters. It is also Known as: 海の御先, Umi no Misaki

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8. 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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7. Yume de Aetara

Yume de Aetara

Fuguno Masuo is a hapless 24 year-old businessman who is unlucky in love, he's never even had a girlfriend! After consulting a fortune teller, Masuo believes he'll never have a chance at love. All that changes when he meets the beautiful Nagisa Shiozaki at a marriage interview pub, who herself has had the same poor luck with guys. Now he'll do anything to woo the girl, but he'll have to fend off other suitors and the affections of a co-worker, while keeping himself out of awkward situations that always end badly for Masuo.
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If I See You in My Dreams has finished publishing and it has 143 Chapters. It is also Known as: 夢で逢えたら, If I See You In My Dreams, If I See You In My Dream

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6. Kimi no Iru Machi

Kimi no Iru Machi

Kirishima Haruto lives in a small town in Hiroshima and is just about to enter high school when Eba Yuzuki, a mysterious girl from Tokyo suddenly decided to go to high school in the countryside and despite his objections, she moves in to his home.

Haruto must now put up and take care of this clumsy freeloading city girl and at the same time, make sure his long time crush Kanzaki Nanami doesn't get the wrong idea!

A Town Where You Live has finished publishing and it has 270 Chapters. It is also Known as: 君のいる町, Yuna, Suzuka 2

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5. Ane Doki

Ane Doki

A mysterious, busty, strong, beautiful, and mature high school girl... What more can a guy ask for? Apparently, Kouta, 13 years old, doesn’t want that. After giving a high school girl some ice cream, she returns the favor by promising to take care of Kouta while his father has gone on a business trip. However, Kouta dislikes the idea because the girl, Natsuki, treats him like a little child. Despite the one-way tension, Natsuki tells Kouta to become an adult that doesn’t run away from what he wants to do if he wants to become an adult. With her words in mind, Kouta finds the courage to rescue the idol of his school, Kanade, from three punks who try to harass her. Natsuki appears in time to beat up the three punks after a few punches have been thrown at Kouta. Kouta sees that she isn’t a bad person, and decides to accept her into his home. A new release brought to you by the author of Ichigo 100%, Hatsukoi Limited, Lilim Kiss, and Sonezaki Shinju; the funny and slightly ecchi love comedy between a high school girl and a middle school boy!

Ane Doki has finished publishing and it has 26 Chapters. It is also Known as: あねどきっ, Anedoki

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4. Love Hina

Love Hina

Keitaro has had great difficulty getting into the university of his choice and no luck in meeting women. In a desperate effort to go into seclusion and study for his entrance exams, he volunteers to take over running his grandmother's hotel. His plans are ruined when he discovers that the "hotel" is actually an all-girls dormitory ... and some serious distractions ensue.

Love Hina has finished publishing and it has 120 Chapters. It is also Known as: ラブひな, Love Hina

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3. Bokura wa Minna Kawai-sou

Bokura wa Minna Kawai-sou

Usa, a high-school student aspiring to begin a bachelor lifestyle, moves into a new apartment only to discover that he not only shares a room with a perverted roommate that has an obsession for underaged girls, but also that another girl, Ritsu, a love-at-first-sight, is living in the same building as well!

The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel has finished publishing and it has 90 Chapters. It is also Known as: 僕らはみんな河合荘, Bokura wa Minna Kawai-sou

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2. Parallel

Parallel

Nekota and Hoshino were always arguing at school, but in reality, Nekota actually has a crush on Hoshino. One day, he finally gets up his courage to tell Hoshino his true feelings, but she rejected him with mixed feelings. Feeling sad, Nekota goes home to find that his dad is remarrying another woman, but the catch is that Nekota has to live alone with the woman's daughter while the two parents goes to Europe. The daughter of the woman, however, is Hoshino...

Parallel has finished publishing and it has 19 Chapters. It is also Known as: ぱられる, Parallel

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1. Ichigo 100%

Ichigo 100%

Junpei Manaka sneaks up to the roof to see the sunset. When he opens the door, he startles a mysterious beauty. She panics and runs away, but before not Junpei has caught sight of her adorable strawberry print panties... in EXTREME close-up. With that vision forever burned into his memory, Junpei embarks on a quest to find the girl, and the panties, of his dreams!

Strawberry 100% has finished publishing and it has 167 Chapters. It is also Known as: いちご100%, Ichigo 100%

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