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

If you finished Girlfriend, 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. Ashita, Watashi wa Dareka no Kanojo (明日、私は誰かのカノジョ)

by をのひなお · since 2020 · 14 volumes in Japan · publication status unknown

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

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2. Rent-A-Girlfriend (彼女、お借りします)

by 宮島礼吏 · since 2017 · 41 volumes in Japan · ongoing

Why it matches: 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. 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 中村力斗 · since 2020 · 21 volumes in Japan · ongoing

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

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5. 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: close in setting & themes and story & tone.

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6. Kanojo no Tomodachi (彼女の友達)

by じゅら · since 2022 · 5 volumes in Japan · ongoing

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

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7. Omoi, Omoware, Furi, Furare (思い、思われ、ふり、ふられ)

by 咲坂伊緒 · since 2015 · 11 volumes in Japan · publication status unknown

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

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8. My Sweet Tyrant (あっくんとカノジョ)

by 杜若わか · since 2014 · 8 volumes in Japan · publication status unknown

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

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9. Koi ni Mudaguchi (恋に無駄口)

by 福山リョウコ · since 2020 · 10 volumes in Japan · publication status unknown

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

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10. More Than a Married Couple, But Not Lovers (夫婦以上、恋人未満。)

by 金丸祐基 · since 2018 · 12 volumes in Japan · no new volumes in recent years

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

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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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