10 Manga Like Rent-A-Girlfriend — Data-Driven Picks (2026)

If you finished Rent-A-Girlfriend and want your next read, these recommendations are not someone's opinion — they are computed from comic-lab's database of every manga published in Japan since 1968, combining three similarity axes (art style, setting, story) with real reader-behavior data.

1. Girlfriend, Girlfriend (カノジョも彼女)

by ヒロユキ · since 2020 · 15 volumes in Japan · publication status unknown

Why it matches: readers who look up this series often move on to it; close in setting & themes and story & tone.

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2. A Couple of Cuckoos (カッコウの許嫁)

by 吉河美希 · since 2020 · 30 volumes in Japan · ongoing

Why it matches: readers who look up this series often move on to it; close in setting & themes and story & tone.

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3. You Can't Be in a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends! (幼馴染とはラブコメにならない)

by 三簾真也 · since 2022 · 18 volumes in Japan · ongoing

Why it matches: close in setting & themes and story & tone.

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4. Honey Lemon Soda (ハニーレモンソーダ)

by 村田真優 · since 2016 · 28 volumes in Japan · ongoing

Why it matches: close in setting & themes and story & tone.

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5. Kowloon Generic Romance (九龍ジェネリックロマンス)

by 眉月じゅん · since 2020 · 10 volumes in Japan · ongoing

Why it matches: close in setting & themes and story & tone.

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6. The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You (君のことが大大大大大好きな100人の彼女)

by 野澤 ゆき子/中村 力斗 · since 2026 · 1 volumes in Japan · ongoing

Why it matches: close in setting & themes and story & tone.

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7. Fermat Kitchen (フェルマーの料理)

by 小林有吾 · since 2019 · 7 volumes in Japan · ongoing

Why it matches: close in setting & themes and story & tone.

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8. Ranma ½ (らんま1/2)

by 高橋留美子 · since 1988 · 99 volumes in Japan · publication status unknown

Why it matches: close in setting & themes and story & tone.

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9. I'm Living with an Otaku NEET Kunoichi!? (ニートくノ一となぜか同棲はじめました)

by 八木戸マト · since 2021 · 4 volumes in Japan · no new volumes in recent years

Why it matches: close in story & tone and setting & themes.

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10. GraPara! (グラぱらっ!)

by 桂あいり · since 2023 · 11 volumes in Japan · ongoing

Why it matches: close in setting & themes and story & tone.

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Method: similarity is computed over cover-art embeddings, thematic categories and plot descriptions of 133,000+ works, blended with co-reading behavior. Volume counts and dates reflect Japanese editions and update automatically.

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