Top 5 Manga Like Stare down [2025 List]

Stare down

The story of Nil, who misconstrued someone's enamoured stare, also the story of Pas, who plays along in hopes for something more.

- Webtoons

Stare down It is also Known as: Stare down

Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slow When It Comes To Love , Shounen Ai , Coming Of Age , Asia , School Life

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5. Sketchbook

Sketchbook

Sora is a quiet girl who finds her niche in the high school art club. When she isn't out capturing images of the neighbourhood in her trusty sketchbook, she can almost certainly be found befriending the local cats.

Sketchbook has finished publishing and it has Chapters. It is also Known as: スケッチブック, Sketchbook

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4. Shimoneta to Iu Gainen ga Sonzai Shinai Taikutsu na Sekai

Shimoneta to Iu Gainen ga Sonzai Shinai Taikutsu na Sekai

16 years after the "Law for Public Order and Morals in Healthy Child-Raising" banned coarse language in the country, Tanukichi Okuma enrolls in the country's leading elite public morals school and is soon invited into the Anti-Societal Organization (SOX) by its founder, Ayame Kajou. As a member blackmailed into joining by Ayame, Tanukichi ends up taking part in obscene acts of terrorism against the talented student council president Anna (for whom Tanukichi has a crush on).

Shimoneta to Iu Gainen ga Sonzai Shinai Taikutsu na Sekai has finished publishing and it has 64 Chapters. It is also Known as: 下ネタという概念が存在しない退屈な世界, A Boring World Where the Concept of Dirty Jokes Does Not Exist, ShimoSeka

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3. Shimoneta to Iu Gainen ga Sonzai shinai Taikutsu na Sekai: Manmaru-hen

Shimoneta to Iu Gainen ga Sonzai shinai Taikutsu na Sekai: Manmaru-hen

16 years after the "Law for Public Order and Morals in Healthy Child-Raising" banned coarse language in the country, Tanukichi Okuma enrolls in the country's leading elite public morals school and is soon invited into the Anti-Societal Organization (SOX) by its founder, Ayame Kajou. As a member blackmailed into joining by Ayame, Tanukichi ends up taking part in obscene acts of terrorism against the talented student council president Anna (for whom Tanukichi has a crush on).

Shimoneta to Iu Gainen ga Sonzai shinai Taikutsu na Sekai: Manmaru-hen has finished publishing and it has 23 Chapters. It is also Known as: 下ネタという概念が存在しない退屈な世界 マン●篇, A Boring World Where the Concept of Dirty Jokes Does Not Exist, ShimoSeka, A Boring World Where the Concept of "Dirty Jokes" Does Not Exist

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2. Kuroko no Basket

Kuroko no Basket

Teikou Middle School basketball club: an incredibly strong team with over one hundred members and three consecutive championship wins. Amongst their brilliant record, was a generation of five prodigies known as the "Generation of Miracles." However, there was a strange rumour concerning the Generation of Miracles about one more player recognized by the five prodigies... a Phantom Sixth Player.

When Kagami Taiga joins Seirin High School's basketball team, he meets Kuroko Tetsuya, a horrendously bad player. Kagami is shocked to find out that Kuroko is the rumored sixth man of the Generation of Miracles. Not only is Kuroko terrible at everything from dribbling to shooting, he lacks so much presence on the court that at times people even forget he's playing. But during games Kuroko uses that lack of presence to his advantage, specializing in passing the ball to stronger players. In order to become the best player in Japan, Kagami agrees to team up with Kuroko to defeat the other members of the Generation of Miracles.



Note: Chapter count includes Chapter 62.5 "Tip Off."

Kuroko's Basketball has finished publishing and it has 276 Chapters. It is also Known as: 黒子のバスケ, Kuroko no Basuke, The Basketball Which Kuroko Plays

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1. Fruits Basket

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

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