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Manga like The Single Life
Also known as Hitori Mi Desu. Picked from what people who loved The Single Life went on to love and from what they share with it, like LGBTQ+ Themes. Show
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Hana Monogatari
Recommended by 17 The Single Life fans on AniList. The same kind of story: messy grown-up yuri romance.
The manga centers on Hanayo, an elderly woman whose husband of many years has only recently died. After finishing a Buddhist service for her husband, she finds herself walking out in town alone for the first time in a long time. She stumbles onto a cosmetics store, and meets a…
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Ikoku NikkiBoth have LGBTQ+ Themes.
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About The Single Life
In the first chapter, we have Miyuki, who is single, female, and lesbian. She has no girlfriend, no life partner... and today is her 60th birthday.
Note: Originally self-published, it was picked up for commercial serialization in 2025-06-07.