A story of two individuals who have always felt better off alone. Hardworking, friendly, but harboring a side she doesn’t like to show, Jihyun Kang aspires to be a director. Shy, reserved, but full of love and passion, Chanyoung Kwon aspires to be a screenwriter. The two college students cross paths, and together they learn what it means to love and be loved as they navigate their lives trying to make it in the entertainment industry.
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To Love and Be Loved It is also Known as: To Love and Be Loved
Genres: Romance , Drama , University , Female Student , Shoujo Ai
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Top 5 Manga Like To Love and Be Loved [2026 List]
5. Hige wo Soru. Soshite Joshikousei wo Hirou.
Yoshida is just your average salaryman, drowning his tears in booze. On his way home one night, he finds a runaway high school girl sitting on the street. She offers to sleep with him in exchange for a place to stay―and Yoshida lets her off the hook and offers her work instead. A rom-com between the most unbalanced couple you'll ever find!
Higehiro: After Getting Rejected, I Shaved and Took in a High School Runaway has finished publishing and it has 82 Chapters. It is also Known as: ひげを剃る。そして女子高生を拾う。, Hige wo Soru. Soshite Joshikousei wo Hirou.
4. Getsuyoubi no Tawawa
A salary man is quite depressed, especially on Mondays. At his lowest point a well-endowed High-School girl calling herself Ai-chan stumbles breast-first into his face. The concussion she gave him served as the start of their relationship. Features additional single-page images of other side-stories, that were posted on the Authors Twitter every Monday before.
Tawawa of Monday is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 月曜日のたわわ, Getsuyōbi no Tawawa
3. Ai Kora
Maeda Hachibei is peculiar, because, when most males lusting after gorgeous females, he instead lusts after discrete parts. When he relocates to Tokyo to attend school, he finds himself living in a dormitory with five females, each possessing a distinct ideal physical trait he desires: gorgeous blue eyes, bullet-train breasts, a deep dulcet voice, and straight "anime-esque" legs. Can he manage to keep his wits when these women surround him? Although you would not be completely incorrect if you believe this is like Love Hina… Hachibei is no Keitaro.
Vol.12 contains the oneshot "The Boy Who Heard Too Much", written before Inoue Kazurou was a serialised mangaka. It was later reworked into the basis for 'Heat Wave'.
Ai Kora has finished publishing and it has 120 Chapters. It is also Known as: あいこら, Ai Colla
2. Hige wo Soru. Soshite Joshikousei wo Hirou.
Yoshida is just your average salaryman, drowning his tears in booze. On his way home one night, he finds a runaway high school girl sitting on the street. She offers to sleep with him in exchange for a place to stay―and Yoshida lets her off the hook and offers her work instead. A rom-com between the most unbalanced couple you'll ever find!
Note: Includes 1 extra chapter.
Higehiro: After Being Rejected, I Shaved and Took In a High School Runaway has finished publishing and it has 67 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., โกนหนวดไปทำงาน แล้วกลับบ้านมาพบเธอ, Higehiro. Me rechazaron. Me afeité. Una chica más joven se vino a casa conmigo., 刮掉鬍子的我與撿到的女高中生
1. 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