I am looking for a romance manga where a third party plays an important role in bringing the two main characters together. I realize that request is pretty open-ended, but I intend it to be. I don't even mind if the third party is a cat like in Cat Couple, where the cat is the reason the two leads meet and spend time together.

Another way of putting it is that the two main characters would not just randomly run into each other and experience love at first sight without any common friend or interest.

I appreciate your recommendations!
(No ecchi, smut, shoujo-ai, shounen-ai, lolicon, yaoi, or yuri please.)

100% no Kimi e - Brought together by raising a puppy
Aishiteruze Baby - The future couple did know each other but not all that well and Yuzuyu helped bring them together.
Nineteen, Twenty-One - Brought together by feeding stray cats
Akkan Baby - Maybe. Brought together by obsessive interest in a band and then later by the actual group members of it
Tsuki to Mizuumi - Nora in December. Brought together by searching for a cat.


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I am looking forward to trying 100% no Kimi e and Tsuki to Mizumi

Nineteen, Twenty-One is a great suggestion but I'm already reading it. (My list isn't public though so good job thinking of it anyway)

I'll have to pass up on Akkan Baby because it is tagged as smut, which I don't read. The same might go for Aishiteruze Baby if the manga is like the anime.

Thank you!

Baby, Kokoro no Mama ni!?
By Hero oneshot
Love So Life
Seigi no Mikata? Probably a stretch...
Futago uh maybe?
Kisekae Yuka-chan
maybe Junjou Drop
Ore Monogatari!!

Seishun Kouryakuhon

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Baby, Kokoro no Mama ni! This definitely fits, I'll put it on my waiting list
Seigi no Mikata is a stretch, but I love it so much that I'm happy you're recommending it x)
I just read By Hero and I'm glad I did! I always avoided it because I thought the same thing as this commenter: "i thought i was going to be about a bird that falls in love with a girl and wants to become human or something, and i'm really not into those types of stories" (mangafan54). Obviously it's not though. Thanks!
Love So Life, Futago,and Junjou Drop have been sitting in a massive waiting list, so I'll move them to my reading list and give them a shot.
Ore Monogatari!! I've tried this before and just didn't keep reading...maybe I'll try it again
Kisekae Yuka-chanerrr...I'm not sure about this one. It looks sort of strange.
I am excited about reading Seishun Kouryakuhon because it is by the author of Akagami no Shirayukihime, which I really like. The fact that it is complete is also a big plus.

Thank you both

Kaicho's Kitten
Flower and Hedgehog (hiatus)
Ookami Lover If you don't mind oneshots. Sweet story


Last edited by oneeyed at 8:50 am, May 28 2014

Horimiya her little brother kind of got them to meet like that

Te to Kuchi maybe? his guardian makes him visit the girl because she hasn't paid her rent,but so far there hasn't been much romance except hints.



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In Summary, the following manga were recommended for a romance with an important 3rd party (some fit the description better than others, but I put them all below):

100% no Kimi e
Aishiteruze Baby
Nineteen, Twenty-One
Akkan Baby
Tsuki to Mizuumi
Baby, Kokoro no Mama ni!
By Hero
Love So Life
Seigi no Mikata
Futago
Kisekae Yuka-chan
Junjou Drop
Ore Monogatari!!
Seishun Kouryakuhon
Horimiya
Te to Kuchi
Kaicho's Kitten
Flower and Hedgehog
Ookami Lover
Edit: and Ano Ko to Boku no Ie

Thanks everyone; I now have a lot of manga to look forward to!

Last edited by may2fritz at 3:20 pm, May 28 2014

Ano Ko to Boku no Ie - Kudos to dogs, modern-day cupids!