Hi, I'm looking for a couple with a """"awkward""" relationship, meaning they get nervous, don't know what to say to each other, aren't lovey-dovey etc (I know in real life that is actually kind of normal, but I mean in mangas). Like a couple that just started dating and is building a relationship together.

OR...

An awkward start. Maybe they hate each other in the beginning, or get to know each other by falling in the river, getting scared because of the other person's face, arranged married with someone they don't know, doesn't speak the same language etc.

I only found one topic like this, with only one recommendation: Orange Marmalade.
Another good examples would be:
Bonnouji (more friends that love each other, pretty cute)
14-sai no Koi (they are finding out what "to be a couple" is)
Happy Tomorrow (SUENOBU Keiko) ch. 2 (they don't know what to talk about and get all embarrassed when others say something about they dating)
Otoyomegatari (gets all flustered because she is older)

I accept everything, EXCEPT horror and hentai.

Thank you very much!

Edit: sorry for the topic title. -_-

Last edited by dalek at 7:56 pm, Dec 15 2013

Hibi Chouchou
My Hero!
Love Calendar
Ore Monogatari!! maybe

EDIT:
Thought of some more...
Nakanmon! maybe
Story of Someone We Know if you don't mind webtoons.
Tsubaki-chan no Nayamigoto
Junjou Drop?
Stand Up! (YAMAKAWA Aiji)

Last edited by ImaginaryWishes at 8:54 pm, Dec 2 2013

Thank you. They are all good examples, Love Calendar was a new title I didn't know about. The others fit, even Ore Monogatari (and Hibi Chouchou is extremely cute).

Daytime Shooting Star could also fit, she likes Shishio, but the relationship is complicated (the barrier is too big) and her relationship with Mamura is also complicated.

Maybe I'm just looking for a manga different from the normal path: confess > he likes her > she likes him > happy. Or she confess > he is a bad boy > then something crazy happens, like a car accident, illness > they stay together.

Found another one today:
Rensou Mode is also a good example. They are not building a relationship, because it is a one-shot, but they met as strangers in a weird comedy setting (a girl trying to make her shoujo manga desires real) and in the end everything settles. Plus points because the boy is a deliquent and gets all flustered with the "weirdo" girl.
Little Lovers (OKADA Haruki), by the same mangaka, also has a story of a new couple that is completely nervous with the first date.
Danshi ing Girl!, also by the same mangaka. I finished it now, they have a awkward relationship based on body swap/gender bender.

Last edited by dalek at 8:52 pm, Dec 14 2013

... Bump?

Also, thanks a bunch, ImaginaryWishes. Junjou Drop was lovely! Edit to add, Nakanmon was pretty cool too, thanks for both recommendations!!

Last edited by dalek at 10:33 pm, Dec 16 2013

Anything by Kazama Ayami

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Escape from High-School Girls This one is a really really really far stretch, and partly not what you're looking for ( since it's technically horror). It's hard since you have pretty much everything I've read in your complete list already. Sorry if this one is too out there.

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Hitorimi Haduki-san to.
Narue no Sekai
Kimi ni Todoke i'm not sure if they're nervous enough with each other in this one but maybe it works
The Circumstances of Our Strange Love I saw this in another thread and it might fit(?), but they're not a couple.

Thank you, lovelylalaland, Kitty18dnsz and -shiratori-!
I have only tried Hitorimi Haduki-san to. by Kazama Ayami and it totally fits what I'm looking for. Especially because both of them don't know what to do (reminds me of Junketsu Drop for some strange reason...).

Kitty, anything in my Complete List I have already read, but if you see something nice in my Reading List feel free to recommend, because some of the mangas in that list I haven't started reading it yet. No Title sounds very interesting!

Lovely, I like Kimi ni Todoke... even though it is a bit tooooo slow, it is quite lovely (no pun intended).

Hadi Girl, Kanpeki na Kanojo

There was one more like this, but I can't remember the name. It had a very awkward girl as a female lead. I think she was actually a tsundere, but she was dating someone.

Maybe Hitotsu Yane no Shita no

Untranslated Tonari no Yamada-san (and you can find only pilot RAWs on the net)

Last edited by jahu at 12:06 pm, Dec 16 2013

jahu, thank you very much! Hadi Girl fits, if I remember right, she is a kuudere? Idk.


lovelylalaland, I started reading Boku to Watashi no Henai Jijou and it is so funny and good! Specially because it starts with a break up, not a confession. The couple also, they are really cute together, the boy is a crybaby for her sometimes and she is all crazy about him too, but in a funny way (not a stupid, "I-live-only-for-it" way). I love the band's leader songs... haha

Last edited by dalek at 7:46 pm, Dec 15 2013

Kyou no Yuiko-san?

Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun


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Sagaris and Arleea, thank you very much.
I'm already reading Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun, only waiting to be full scanlated so I can complete it. I was actually thinking about it today, I only truly like this story because Haru is so stupid and cute, just like a dog or something.

Sagaris, Kyou no Yuiko-san is a new title for me. Gonna check that out! I like tsunderes.

Oh yeah, another one that could fit my request is Toradora!.

Oh yeah that's the one I forgot the title of.