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My Dress-Up Darling

Sono Bisque Doll wa Koi wo Suru

2018, Manga, 119 ch, 79%

Both have Otaku Culture.

Traumatized by a childhood incident with a friend who took exception to his love of traditional dolls, doll-artisan hopeful Gojou Wakana passes his days as a loner, finding solace in the home ec room at his high school. To Wakana, people like beautiful Kitagawa Marin, a trendy…

More manga for fans of Real Girl

  1. Cover of Horimiya
    Horimiya

    2011, Manga, 152 ch, 82%

    Both have Coming of Age.

  2. Cover of You and I Are Polar Opposites
    You and I Are Polar Opposites

    2022, Manga, 76 ch, 80%

    Both have Coming of Age.

  3. Cover of More Than a Married Couple, but Not Lovers.
    More Than a Married Couple, but Not Lovers.

    2018, Manga, ongoing, 78%

    Heterosexual, Love Triangle, Gyaru

  4. Cover of Sometimes Even Reality Is a Lie!
    Sometimes Even Reality Is a Lie!

    2018, Manga, 296 ch, 75%

    Both have Otaku Culture.

  5. Cover of I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class
    I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class

    2022, Manga, ongoing, 80%

    Heterosexual, Seinen, School

  6. Cover of My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected
    My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected

    2011, Light novel, 168 ch, 86%

    Both have Coming of Age.

  7. Cover of Toradora!
    Toradora!

    2007, Manga, ongoing, 78%

    Recommended by 3 Real Girl fans on AniList. Both have Coming of Age.

  8. Cover of Kageno datte Seishun Shitai
    Kageno datte Seishun Shitai

    2013, Manga, 46 ch, 68%

    Shoujo, School

  9. Cover of My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999
    My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999

    2019, Manga, ongoing, 81%

    Recommended by 7 Real Girl fans on AniList. Both have Otaku Culture.

  10. Cover of Rainbow Days
    Rainbow Days

    2011, Manga, 80 ch, 78%

    The same kind of story: shy girl, cool boy school romance.

  11. Cover of The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity
    The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity

    2021, Manga, ongoing, 87%

    Both have Coming of Age.

  12. Cover of Tamon’s B-Side
    Tamon’s B-Side

    2021, Manga, ongoing, 81%

    Both have Otaku Culture.

  13. Cover of Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You
    Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You

    2006, Manga, 127 ch, 83%

    The same kind of story: shy girl, cool boy school romance.

  14. Cover of Kuzumi-kun, Can't You Read the Room?
    Kuzumi-kun, Can't You Read the Room?

    2015, Manga, 62 ch, 73%

    School, Tsundere, Primarily Teen Cast

  15. Cover of Love★Com
    Love★Com

    2001, Manga, 72 ch, 81%

    Both have Coming of Age.

  16. Cover of Our Precious Conversations
    Our Precious Conversations

    2015, Manga, 37 ch, 78%

    Shoujo, Heterosexual, School

  17. Cover of Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun
    Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun

    2011, Manga, ongoing, 83%

    Both have Otaku Culture.

  18. Cover of Strobe Edge
    Strobe Edge

    2007, Manga, 42 ch, 75%

    Both have Coming of Age.

  19. Cover of Ao Haru Ride
    Ao Haru Ride

    2011, Manga, 53 ch, 79%

    Both have Coming of Age.

  20. Cover of Tsuredure Children
    Tsuredure Children

    2012, Manga, 212 ch, 80%

    4-koma, School, Ensemble Cast

  21. Cover of Akai Ito Kudasai
    Akai Ito Kudasai

    2016, Manga, 8 ch, 74%

    Shoujo, School

  22. Cover of Hello, Innocent
    Hello, Innocent

    2020, Manga, 39 ch, 67%

    Recommended by 5 Real Girl fans on AniList.

  23. Cover of Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches
    Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches

    2012, Manga, 246 ch, 78%

    Recommended by 3 Real Girl fans on AniList. Both have Coming of Age.

Anime for fans of Real Girl

Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku2018, TV, 11 eps, 78% Golden Time2013, TV, 24 eps, 75% ReLIFE2016, ONA, 13 eps, 78% Kaguya-sama: Love is War2019, TV, 12 eps, 83% Horimiya2021, TV, 13 eps, 81% Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines!2024, TV, 12 eps, 80% My Dress-Up Darling2022, TV, 12 eps, 80% Toradora!2008, TV, 25 eps, 77%

About Real Girl

2011, Manga, 51 ch, 72%

Hikari Tsutsui (a.k.a “Tsuttsun”) is a high school student who is content with his virtual life of anime and video games. One day, he gets stuck cleaning the pool with Iroha, a real live girl who is stylish, sassy and known to be easy with boys…and she aggressively approaches him! Tsuttsun, who has few friends and lives in his own world, finds himself smitten by the confident and wild Iroha…and his whole world is turned upside down!! It’s the awkward and pure love story of a boy who experiences relationship for the first time.

(Source: Kodansha USA)

Note: Includes two extra chapters.

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