"Back in the day, that place was a house filled with magic—a place where you ended up smiling even if you were crying. Surely, an invisible wizard must have lived there. Or so I thought."
What's a young child to do when her mother leaves her father for another man? Or when her father remarries a woman who brings along a child from a previous marriage? Or when her childhood neighbour friend invites her to live with him?
House of the Sun has finished publishing and it has 53 Chapters. It is also Known as: たいようのいえ, Taiyou no Ie
Genres: Slice of Life , Romance , Shoujo
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Top 10 Manga Like House of the Sun (Taiyou no Ie) [2024 List]
10. Tsubaki-chou Lonely Planet
Oono Fumi is a poor second year high school student. Because of her father's debts, she's kicked out of her own home and has to rely on her own connections to survive. Thus begins her life living with and housekeeping for a writer... Note: Includes 6 side stories and two Hirunaka no Ryuusei extras.
This Lonely Planet has finished publishing and it has 85 Chapters. It is also Known as: 椿町ロンリープラネット, كوكب تسوباكي تشو الوحيد
9. Hige wo Soru. Soshite Joshikousei wo Hirou.
Yoshida was swiftly rejected by his crush of 5 years. On his way home after drinking his sorrows away, he saw a high school girl sitting on the street.
"I'll let you do it with me, so let me stay."
"Don't even joke about something like that."
And so, the story of living with the high school girl Sayu began. The slice-of-life romantic comedy between a runaway high school girl and a 26 year old salaryman ensues.
Hige wo Soru. Soshite Joshikousei wo Hirou. is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: ひげを剃る。そして女子高生を拾う。, I Shaved. Then I Brought a High School Girl Home.
8. 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
7. Hajimari no Niina
11-year old Niina is special. This is because she has the memories of her past life as a girl named Chitose still intact. Among these memories is a promise with Chitose's boyfriend which Niina then decides to try and fulfill. But can she really?
Volume 1 contains the one-shot Koi Baka.
Hajimari no Niina has finished publishing and it has 22 Chapters. It is also Known as: はじまりのにいな, Beginning Niina, Koi Baka., Yasashii Tenohira, Machibito
6. Hirunaka no Ryuusei
Fifteen-year-old country girl Suzume Yosano has to move to Tokyo to live with her uncle due to her father's transfer. She bumps into a mysterious man who ends up taking her to her uncle's place after she gets lost. Turns out, Suzume will be seeing him a lot more often once she starts school because... he's her homeroom teacher?!
Included one-shots:
Volume 5: Cookie Girl Cream Boy
Volume 6: Tsuyu Kaoru
Volume 7: Heroine no Ryuusei (Crossover one-shot with Heroine Shikkaku)
Volume 9: More than Words
Volume 11: Hibi Ryuusei (Crossover one-shot with Hibi Chouchou)
Hirunaka no Ryuusei has finished publishing and it has 86 Chapters. It is also Known as: ひるなかの流星, Hirunaka no Ryusei, Daytime Shooting Star, Cookie Girl Cream Boy, Tsuyu Kaoru, A Love Story in Moist Rainy Days, Heroine no Ryuusei, More than Words
5. Yumemiru Taiyou
Shimana Kameko lives in a home where she feels she doesn’t belong. Her mother is dead, her father has remarried, and her six-month-old baby brother takes up everyone’s attention. Kameko skips school and runs away to a nearby park, where she literally stumbles over a mysterious man in a kimono. The stranger, Fujiwara Taiga, offers Kameko a place to stay—on three conditions. The first condition is that Kameko tell him why she ran away from home. The second is that she fetch the stranger’s lost apartment key (he is locked out!). The third condition is…to have a dream. Kameko meets the conditions, moves in, and begins a journey of romance and self-discovery.
Dreamin’ Sun has finished publishing and it has 53 Chapters. It is also Known as: 夢みる太陽, Bambi no Tegami, Heart no Tomato
4. Watashi ni xx Shinasai!
Himuro Yukina, a girl feared by most students for her piercing glare, is secretly a famous cellphone novelist. While searching for material on 'love', something she has never experienced, she stumbles onto Shigure's, the most popular boy in school's, secret. He is actually a serious womanizer who writes down all his accomplishments in his Student ID book. Cleverly using this evidence, Yukina blackmails Shigure into love-acting and teaching her about 'love'. But Akira, Yupina's childhood friend and cousin, is not happy at all with this turn of events. Used to being the only person who's not afraid of Yukina's glare, how will he react to Yukina's sudden shift in attention? How will Shigure respond when the love-acting becomes more than just acting for him?
Missions of Love has finished publishing and it has 83 Chapters. It is also Known as: わたしに××しなさい！, Do xx to Me!, x Shina, Plain Love
3. 3-gatsu no Lion
A youth named Kiriyama Rei, who lost his family as a child, endures loneliness to become a professional shogi player. Then, through a chance meeting, he develops a relationship with the three Kawamoto sisters, who hail from a working-class district of the city, and little by little his frozen heart begins to thaw.
March Comes in Like a Lion is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 3月のライオン, Sangatsu no Lion, March Comes in Like a Lion, Lion of March
2. 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
1. Dengeki Daisy
Before he died, Kurebayashi Teru's brother gave her only a cell phone, telling her to contact "Daisy" if she ever needs someone to talk to. Now, even though she lives alone and without relatives, Teru never feels lonely because Daisy is her constant confidant and supporter.
In order to pay off a debt, Teru finds herself needing to work for the rude, inconsiderate, and abusive (not to mention quite handsome) school janitor, Kurosaki Tasuku. While her predicament seems on the opposite spectrum of her relationship with Daisy, maybe Teru's two different worlds are more closely connected than she thought?
Included one-shot:
Volume 16: Hetakuso Cupid (The Hopeless Cupid)
Dengeki Daisy has finished publishing and it has 80 Chapters. It is also Known as: 電撃デイジー, Hetakuso Cupid, The Hopeless Cupid
