Sota Minori, an ordinary high school boy, rides the train with a beautiful girl from another school, Nagi Shinonome, nicknamed the "Ice Princess” for her cold and off-putting attitude One day, Sota notices her being molested on the train, and he summons up his courage to intervene and rescue her. The next day, she comes up to him again and asks him.......
"Can you stay by my side… while we're on the train."
After she told him that she has no other friends to rely on, Sota accepts the request, and he becomes her first “friend.”
"I figured that Minori-kun would be my best choice."
Now the "Ice Princess" has one person in the world who she acts sweetly, while being cold to everyone else. Can Sota continue to be her “friend”?
After Helping the "Ice Princess" from Another School, I Decided to Start as a Friend. It is also Known as: 他校の氷姫を助けたら、お友達から始める事になりました, Takou no Koori-hime wo Tasuketara, Otomodachi kara Hajimeru Koto ni Narimashita
Genres: Romance
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Top 5 Light Novel Like After Helping the "Ice Princess" from Another School, I Decided to Start as a Friend. (Takou no Koori-hime wo Tasuketara, Otomodachi kara Hajimeru Koto ni Narimashita) [2026 List]
- 5. Kaichou wa Maid-sama!
- 4. Noragami
- 3. Horimiya
- 2. Kimi no Na wa.
- 1. Koe no Katachi
5. Kaichou wa Maid-sama!
The class president has a little secret she's keeping from everyone in her high school. As President of the Student Council, the overachieving feminist Misaki really socks it to the guys in an attempt to make the former all-boys' school attract a more female student body. But what will she do when the most awesome boy in class finds out Misaki's part-time job is in a maid café?! It's love at first fight in this shojo romantic comedy—with a whole new look at the battle between the genres!
Maid-Sama! has finished publishing and it has 98 Chapters. It is also Known as: 会長はメイド様！, Class President Is a Maid!, Toumei na Sekai, Transparent World
4. Noragami
Yato is a homeless god. He doesn't even have a shrine, not to mention worshippers! So to achieve his ambitious goals, he's set up a service to help those in need (for a small fee), hoping he'll eventually raise enough money to build himself the lavish temple of his dreams. Of course, he can't afford to be picky, so Yato accepts all kinds of jobs, from finding lost kittens to helping a student overcome bullies at school.
Noragami: Stray God has finished publishing and it has 109 Chapters. It is also Known as: ノラガミ, Stray Gods
3. 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
2. Kimi no Na wa.
Based on the hit animated film! Mitsuha, a high school girl from a town deep in the mountains, dreams of an unfamiliar life in Tokyo. Taki, a high school boy from Tokyo, dreams that he is a girl living in the mountains. As the two change places in their dreams, their encounter sets a miraculous story into motion.
Your name. has finished publishing and it has 9 Chapters. It is also Known as: 君の名は。, Kimi no Na wa.
1. Koe no Katachi
Shoya is a bully. When Shoko, a girl who can't hear, enters his elementary school class, she becomes their favorite target, and Shoya and his friends goad each other into devising new tortures for her. But the children's cruelty goes too far. Shoko is forced to leave the school, and Shoya ends up shouldering all the blame. Six years later, the two meet again. Can Shoya make up for his past mistakes, or is it too late?
A Silent Voice has finished publishing and it has 64 Chapters. It is also Known as: 聲の形, The Shape of Voice
