A smart, athletic, kind bishonen attending rich kids' high school, Taro Yamada seems perfect... except that he's actually dirt poor, living in a shack with 6 younger siblings and a mother with no sense of money and a perpetually absent artist of a father. Taro's main worry is putting bread on the table. He relies on bento (lunch boxes) that girls in love give him, works multiple jobs, and even has a "pet" dog for desperate times... Every day is a lesson in survival for the Yamadas.
Yamada Tarou Monogatari It is also Known as: 山田太郎ものがたり, Yamada Taro Monogatari
Genres: Comedy , School Life , Shoujo Ai , Slice of Life
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Top 7 Manga Like Yamada Tarou Monogatari [2024 List]
- 7. Otomen
- 6. Hadashi de Bara wo Fume
- 5. Akachan to Boku
- 4. Heaven!!
- 3. Switch Girl!!
- 2. Gakuen Babysitters
- 1. The Way This Boy Lives
7. Otomen
Asuka Masamune is a badass. Really. He is a tough, cool, 2nd year high school guy who is also a master at kendo. He exudes an aura of manliness that is difficult to deny. Everyone at school admires him. But for Asuka, life is torture. You see, he can never show the *real* Asuka to the world. While he is phenomenal at kendo, and looks very cool, Asuka is living a lie. He actually prefers much more girly things: knitting, cooking, sewing, shoujo manga, plushies, cute things - he loves them all. When he was a child, this worried his mother very much, as Asuka's father abandoned the family after declaring he wanted to be a woman. The shock made his mother so ill that Asuka swore to become a more manly man.
Poor Asuka. Bound to this promise, he goes through his life acting macho and cool, when all the while he would much rather read the latest Hana to Mame comic at the book store and dream of a shoujo manga romance. When Asuka rescues a female classmate, Ryou Miyakozuka, from some bullies, he instantly falls in love with her, and his desire for cute things and sparkly shoujo romance is reawakened!
Included one-shots:
Volume 03: Otomen Special
Volume 10: Glass no Otomen: Sen no Kamen wo Motsu Kinoto Otoko
Volume 11: Love-Tic (らぶちっく)
Otomen has finished publishing and it has 74 Chapters. It is also Known as: オトメン（乙男）, Glass no Otomen: Sen no Kamen wo Motsu Otomen, Love-Tic
6. Hadashi de Bara wo Fume
Sumi Kitamura is the second eldest in a parentless family of six. One day after her older brother leaves town, her younger brothers and sisters are taken away. The only way for her to get them back is to make a lot of money fast. On her quest to find money, a man offers to give her the money if she marries him...
Stepping on Roses has finished publishing and it has 57 Chapters. It is also Known as: 裸足でバラを踏め, Hadashi de Bara wo Fume
5. Akachan to Boku
Takuya is a normal Japanese elementary student whose mother died not very long ago, leaving him alone with his father and his baby brother Minoru. But his father is a busy man, and Takuya has to look after Minoru. Because of this responsibility that would normally never burden a child of his age, Takuya sometimes resents his fate and his baby brother... but his love for Minoru gives him the strength to carry on.
Included one-shots:
Volume 2: Time Limit
Volume 4: Secret Boy ni Tee Dasuna!!
Volume 6: Baka de Karukete Wagamama de
Volume 15: Natsu to Kimi no Irradiation
Baby & Me has finished publishing and it has 108 Chapters. It is also Known as: 赤ちゃんと僕, AkaBoku, Baby and Me, Time Limit, Secret Boy ni Tee Dasuna!!, Baka de Karukute Wagamama de, Natsu to Kimi no Irradiation
4. Heaven!!
Rinne is a girl who can see and exorcise ghosts (usually with a paper fan). When the school punk saves her from getting hit by a truck, but ends up in a coma himself, she, and his disembodied spirit must defend his prone body from being possessed by this, that and the other local spirits. Unfortunately, she fails in her task, and an ancient playboy takes over the punk’s body, leaving him to inhabit a pink stuffed monkey. Hilarity ensues.
Heaven!! has finished publishing and it has 12 Chapters. It is also Known as: HEAVEN!!, Heaven!!
3. Switch Girl!!
Tamiya Nika is a beautiful, outgoing, popular high school girl. She has just the right look, just the right fashions, and is everyone’s friend. What everyone at school does not know is how hard Nika works to keep up this perfect image, and what she is REALLY like at home. When not at school, Nika is a scary, sloppy, tight-fisted girl who wears glasses, an ugly sweatsuit, and has her hair pulled back into unattractive buns. She lays around playing video games and reading manga. Her attitude is bossy and cranky, and she travels far out of her way to shop where she won’t be recognized.
Every day, Nika “Switches On” with a strict regimen of beautification that involves primping and plucking and careful dressing. The only person who knows about Nika’s Switched On/Off modes is her best friend, who is also aware of the reasons behind the changes.
However, soon a second person finds about about Nika’s personalities - someone who has his own On/Off switch, but in reverse! His name is Kamiyama Arata, and he is a recent transfer student. He meets Nika when she is in OFF Mode, and then again at school when she is ON. However Nika can see that he has his little secret. At school, Arata wears thick swirly-eyed glasses and messy hair that make some bullies think he is an otaku. However, at home, he ditches the glasses and is downright gorgeous! He is just the opposite of Nika, but why?
Switch Girl!! has finished publishing and it has 170 Chapters. It is also Known as: スイッチガール!!, Switch Girl!!
2. Gakuen Babysitters
After their parents are killed in a plane crash, Ryuuichi and his younger brother Kotarou are taken in by the chairman, who they never met before, of an elite academy. Ryuuichi becomes the school daycare's new babysitter.
Gakuen Babysitters is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 学園ベビーシッターズ, School Babysitters
1. The Way This Boy Lives
Dohun Yu has been living in England ever since his family collapsed. One day, Dohun comes to Korea almost forcefully without proper preparation. Don't ask me why, but I think it's his personality. (He does do things without planning anyway). Dohun loses his bag as he arrives in Seoul (the capital city of Korea) along with all his money. He comes completely money less within a day. A week later, he encounters an ad where it said "Seeking a friend! Paying well...yada yada blah blah, girl only!". Still having his suitcase which was confused with his sister's, he had girl's clothes. Having no other choice, he applies.
The Way This Boy Lives is currently publishing and has 16 Chapters. It is also Known as: 이 소년이 사는 법, The Way This Boy Lives
