Top 10 Manga Like Himitsu no Ai-chan [2022 List]

Leo is tomboy Aiko's rival, and Ai strives to beat him in everything - like basketball and popularity - but her efforts always fail with Leo always coming out on top. Then one day, she sees her break come through: her brother offers her a job at his maid cafe! But how will tomboy Ai ever be able to pass off as a cute maid? With a wig and a bit of makeup, this becomes possible. She's so much of a different person, even Leo doesn't recognize her! But things start becoming strange when Leo shows interest in her, asking out "Mai" on a date. Ai agrees, with plans in mind to get him to fall in love with her so she can later dump him. Will Ai finally win over Leo, or will her plan backfire just like her many others?

Included one-shots:

Volume 1: Tenohira no...

Volume 4: 18 made ni Shitai xx na Koto!

Volume 15: Yadogiri no Shita de Bokura wa Kiss wo Suru, Koisuru Tantei

Himitsu no Ai-chan is finished and has 15 Volumes and 73 Chapters. It is also Known as: ヒミツのアイちゃん, Ai-chan's Secret, Tenohira no..., 18 made ni Shitai xx na Koto!, Yadogiri no Shita de Bokura wa Kiss wo Suru, Koisuru Tantei

Genres: Comedy, School Life, Shoujo Ai, Romance

10. Namaikizakari.

Basketball club manager Yuki has a secret—she’s in love with the team captain! But when Naruse discovers her secret, she’s in trouble! Just how long is he going to keep teasing her about it? Stupid pretty playboy…

Cheeky Brat is finished and has 23 Volumes and 140 Chapters. It is also Known as: なまいきざかり。, His Cheekiness is in Full Bloom

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9. Dengeki Daisy

Before he died, Kurebayashi Teru's brother gave her only a cell phone, telling her to contact "Daisy" if she ever needs someone to talk to. Now, even though she lives alone and without relatives, Teru never feels lonely because Daisy is her constant confidant and supporter.

In order to pay off a debt, Teru finds herself needing to work for the rude, inconsiderate, and abusive school janitor, Kurosaki Tasuku. While her predicament seems on the opposite spectrum of her relationship with Daisy, maybe Teru's two different worlds are more closely connected than she thought?

Included one-shot:

Volume 16: Hetakuso Cupid

Dengeki Daisy is finished and has 16 Volumes and 80 Chapters. It is also Known as: 電撃デイジー, Hetakuso Cupid, The Hopeless Cupid

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8. Watashi ni xx Shinasai!

Himuro Yukina, a girl feared by most students for her piercing glare, is secretly a famous cellphone novelist. While searching for material on 'love', something she has never experienced, she stumbles onto Shigure's, the most popular boy in school's, secret. He is actually a serious womanizer who writes down all his accomplishments in his Student ID book. Cleverly using this evidence, Yukina blackmails Shigure into love-acting and teaching her about 'love'. But Akira, Yupina's childhood friend and cousin, is not happy at all with this turn of events. Used to being the only person who's not afraid of Yukina's glare, how will he react to Yukina's sudden shift in attention? How will Shigure respond when the love-acting becomes more than just acting for him?

Missions of Love is finished and has 19 Volumes and 83 Chapters. It is also Known as: わたしに××しなさい!, Do xx to Me!, x Shina, Plain Love

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7. Last Game

He's rich, he's smart, girls gather around him all the time, and he has always gotten first place on his exams... well, until Kujou transferred in his primary school class. She was quiet, plain, and poor, yet not once has she failed at beating Yanagi, both in academics and sports! Yanagi has made it his life goal to defeat this girl Kujou, and ten years later, as they enter college, he just might finally win! This is the story of their last game.

Included one-shots:

Volume 1: Kimi to, Shiawase., Hidamari no Niwa

Volume 2: Wasureyuki

Volume 4: Ninkoi

Last Game is finished and has 11 Volumes and 66 Chapters. It is also Known as: ラストゲーム, Kimi to, Shiawase., Hidamari no Niwa, Wasureyuki, Ninkoi

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6. L♥DK

Shuusei Kugayama is the "prince" of his high school, but he always turns down confessions—including one from Aoi Nishimori's best friend. Although she initially hates him for this, when Shuusei moves in next door to Aoi, who lives alone, she starts thinking that he might not be such a bad guy after all...

L♥DK is finished and has 0 Volumes and 98 Chapters. It is also Known as: L♥DK, L-DK, LDK

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5. Strobe Edge

Having no experience in romance, the vibrant Ninako curiously explores the meaning of what "love" really is, and is surprised to feel a colorful range of emotions as she grows closer to the school heartthrob, the quiet yet gentle Ren, who also happens to be involved in a longtime relationship. With every intention of keeping her head held high, Ninako prepares to face the mental pain of this one-sided love that she had allowed to take root, facing a series of trials that would either contribute to her growth as a headstrong woman, or break her as it did with other girls.

However, is this really a one-sided love? Or had something been silently sown in the most hidden part of Ren's heart?

Note: Chapter count includes 6 side chapters included throughout the series.

Strobe Edge is finished and has 10 Volumes and 42 Chapters. It is also Known as: ストロボ・エッジ, Colorless Dreamer

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4. Special A

Have you ever known someone who was better than you at everything you did? Hikari does. She's known Kei since they were both six years old and he's surpassed her at everything. Now they are the top two students in an extremely prestigious high school, with Kei holding firmly to that number one position, and Hikari is still determined to beat him, no matter what it takes.

Volume 1 contains one-shot: Incomplete Chorus

Volume 8 contains Special Short - about what Kei was like as a child and when he and Hikari first met.

Volume 9 contains Special Short - about when Yuhiro meets Sakura.

Volume 11 contains one-shot: Food Paradise

Special A is finished and has 17 Volumes and 99 Chapters. It is also Known as: S・A スペシャル・エー, Mikansei Chorus, Incomplete Chorus, Shoku no Miyako, Food Paradise

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3. Kaichou wa Maid-sama!

The class president has a little secret she's keeping from everyone in her high school. As President of the Student Council, the overachieving feminist Misaki really socks it to the guys in an attempt to make the former all-boys' school attract a more female student body. But what will she do when the most awesome boy in class finds out Misaki's part-time job is in a maid café?! It's love at first fight in this shojo romantic comedy—with a whole new look at the battle between the genres!

Maid-Sama! is finished and has 18 Volumes and 98 Chapters. It is also Known as: 会長はメイド様!, Class President Is a Maid!, Toumei na Sekai, Transparent World

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2. Suki tte Ii na yo.

Mei Tachibana has no friends—and she doesn't need them! Ever since her "friends" betrayed her in elementary school, she's sworn off friendship entirely. All it leads to is betrayal and heartbreak, and she's well enough on her own. But everything changes when she accidentally roundhouse kicks the most popular boy in school! However, Yamato Kurosawa isn't angry in the slightest. In fact, he thinks his ordinary life could use an unusual girl like Mei! He won't take no for an answer, and soon Mei and Yamato embark on an unwanted friendship that will change both of them forever.

Say I Love You. is finished and has 18 Volumes and 73 Chapters. It is also Known as: 好きっていいなよ。, Sukitte Ii na yo.

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1. Naisho no Jikan

At school Mahiro was a super sober girl. But after school she is doing cosplay in a cafe... She has a double life. But is her classmate Hinata-Kun has discovered about her secret...?

Naisho no Jikan is finished and has 1 Volumes and 5 Chapters. It is also Known as: ナイショノジカン, Ikinari Ouji-sama!!

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