Ah-Rah Shin was secretly in love with Seung-Woo Han, her childhood friend. Unable to express her feelings, she wrote a novel, molded the male lead after him, and confessed her love in the pages. He never read it, but everyone else did, and her first novel was a hit! Now a famous web novelist, Ah-Rah struggles to write her second book without a muse until she meets Joo-Won Cha. Joo-Won is the ideal male lead. He's handsome, professional, and very different from her first male lead! There's only one issue... he's the CEO of her publishing company!
Will You Be My Male Lead? has finished publishing and it has 60 Chapters. It is also Known as: 小説のモデルになってくれませんか!?, Adapted Male Lead
Genres: Drama , Romance , Working Life , Korea
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Top 5 Manhwa/Manga Like Will You Be My Male Lead? [2025 List]
5. Naje Tteuneun Byeol
A struggling, no-name actress of seven years, Yu-Ra Hwang. She barely lands a minor role in a movie that’s bound to be a success. A celebrity’s celebrity, Seung-Hyeon Kang, keeps running into Yu-Ra, who always seems to be shedding tears every time he comes across her. As these two reunite in the new movie, “Time,” will Yu-Ra finally seize the moment to make her name known? And will Seung-Hyeon figure out why he can’t get Yu-Ra out of his mind? Only time will tell.
Daytime Star has finished publishing and it has 77 Chapters. It is also Known as: Star Rising, Star's Rise Day, Starlight (Chae-eun), The Star that Rises in the Day, Ánh Sao Ban Ngày (Chae-eun), 白昼之星, 白晝之星
4. Kaketa Tsuki to Doughnut
Dress up fashionably, put on make up, fall in love….
Uno Hinako thinks that’s what “normal” means.
Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon has finished publishing and it has 20 Chapters. It is also Known as: 欠けた月とドーナッツ, Crescent Moon and Doughnuts, Missing Moon and Doughnut, Kaketa Tsuki to Donuts, 弦月與甜甜圈, 이지러진달과도넛, Donuty i nadgryziony księżyc, Bollos a la luz de la luna, Donuts sous un croissant de lune
3. Kowloon Generic Romance
Welcome to Kowloon Walled City: a dystopian townscape where the people are brimming with nostalgia, and where the past, present, and future converge. Amid the hidden emotions and extraordinary daily lives of the men and women working in its confines, a tale of romance begins to unfold for real estate agent Reiko Kujirai—one that feels as familiar as Kowloon itself…
Note:
- Nominated for the 14th Manga Taisho Award in 2021.
- Nominated for the 6th Tsugimanga Award in the Print Manga Category in 2020.
Kowloon Generic Romance is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 九龍ジェネリックロマンス, Kyuuryuu Generic Romance, Kūron Generic Romance
2. Positively Yours
To Hee-won’s dismay, the BFF she crushed on and her other BFF are now dating! Seriously bummed, Hee-won decides to go wild just one time, and find solace with a handsome stranger. A very satisfying one night affair has now turned into more — she’s pregnant! Fate brings them together again, and now the regimented Doo-joon is determined to do the right thing and marry her. But they’re basically strangers! Except... their bodies have been very intimately acquainted. What’s this mother-to-be to do?
Positively Yours has finished publishing and it has 82 Chapters. It is also Known as: I have a baby
1. Hidamari ga Kikoeru
Because of a hearing disability, Kohei is often misunderstood and has trouble integrating into life on campus, so he learns to keep his distance. That is until he meets the outspoken and cheerful Taichi. He tells Kohei that his hearing loss is not his fault. Taichi’s words cut through Kohei’s usual defense mechanisms and open his heart. More than friends, less than lovers, their relationship changes Kohei forever.
Note: the series is composed of
Hidamari ga Kikoeru (completed, 6 chapters/1 volume)
Hidamari ga Kikoeru - Koufuku Hen (completed, 7chapters/1 volume)
Hidamari ga Kikoeru - Limit (completed, 19 chapters/3 volumes)
Hidamari ga Kikoeru - Shunkashuutou (ongoing)
I Hear the Sunspot is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: ひだまりが聴こえる, Theory of Happiness, Hidamari ga Kikoeru - Koufuku Hen, Hidamari ga Kikoeru - Limit, Hidamari ga Kikoeru - Shunkashuutou, ひだまりが聴こえる -春夏秋冬-, ひだまりが聴こえる－リミット－, ひだまりが聴こえる－幸福論－, Hidamari ga Kikoeru - Theory of Happiness
