Love at Fourteen - Recommendations

Alt title: 14-sai no Koi

Love at Fourteen

If you're looking for manga similar to Love at Fourteen, you might like these titles.

High Spec Lovers

High Spec Lovers

Kengo and Rin are a smart, successful couple and the envy of their peers, but deep down Kengo hides a shameful secret: he’s not the person he pretends to be! In actuality Kengo was an average student before falling head over heels for Rin - a girl known to date only the smartest and most talented boys. He did whatever it took to catch up to her and has been pretending ever since. But now Kengo has started to wonder, will it ever work between the two of them if his girlfriend doesn’t know who he really is?

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Reasons you might like High Spec Lovers...

JAhU JAhU says...

In both series we have a couple in which one (or both) characters are pretending to be model students. This should be more than enough to get you started with one manga if you read and enjoyed the other.

Brad Brad says...

Both of these are romance stories that follow a couple as one, or both, of them are pretending to be the mature, model students, when in actual fact they're far from being so. They then continue on, trying to not let everybody find out about their terrible secret, while trying to maintain their ideal romance. 

I imagine fans of one will find the other interesting at the least.

Hitorimi Haduki-san to.

Hitorimi Haduki-san to.

25-year-old Haduki-san has no experience in romance but ends up being pushed into a relationship by her younger sister. Her partner is a high-school boy!? A timid love story begins.

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JAhU JAhU says...

If you like manga with very innocent romance, they you should try both 14-sai no Koi and Hitorimi Haduki-san to, as both of those series contain a lot of it.

Tsuru Tsuru to Zara Zara no Aida

Tsuru Tsuru to Zara Zara no Aida

Tamaki's family owns a pet shop specialized in reptiles and amphibians, though he himself doesn't particularly like them. He catches the interest of a girl named Saya, who really likes reptiles and amphibians.

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Reasons you might like Tsuru Tsuru to Zara Zara no Aida...

JAhU JAhU says...

If you need your fix of innocent romance manga, then Tsuru Tsuru to Zara Zara no Aida and 14-sai no Koi are definitely series for you. There is really not much else to add, maybe besides the fact that in both series the main characters are middle schoolers.

Itoshi no Karin

Itoshi no Karin

Yutaka Hanagasaki is 20-year-old gardener at the theme park Fuegaoka. Merun-chan, the mascot of Fuegaoka, is very popular. Hanagasaki just so happens to secretly like her, but can never work up the courage to even talk to her, always admiring her from afar like a flower. A sweet story of how Hanagasaki works up the courage and becomes closer to Merun!

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Reasons you might like Itoshi no Karin...

JAhU JAhU says...

If you're a fan of the slice of life plus innocent romance mix, then Itoshi no Karin and 14-sai no Koi are series you must read.

Boku wa Hajikko ga Suki

Boku wa Hajikko ga Suki

Noda Haruko has hatched a plot to get tasty lunches; she's put a love letter in a paper airplane and tossed it out into the world. By chance, it ends up in the hands of a lonely boy named Katou Seiji. Haruko confesses her "love" for him, and her hope that he'll become her husband and make her delicious lunches. Surprisingly, Seiji agrees, and becomes her boyfriend-chef. Seiji allows himself to be swept away by her childish enthusiasm, but he keeps trying to find ways to make their relationship more 'real'-- by holding hands, kissing, or simply being alone together. Haruko and Seiji navigate their unusual relationship among their friends and classmates, who all have their share of comedic troubles!

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Reasons you might like Boku wa Hajikko ga Suki...

JAhU JAhU says...

Both series feature multiple quirky couples in school setting. 14-sai is more serius while Hajikko is more comedic. Still, you might like one, if you liked the other

The Dangers in My Heart

The Dangers in My Heart

Ichikawa Kyotaro, a boy barely clinging to the bottom rung of his school’s social ladder, secretly believes he’s the tortured lead in some psychological thriller. He spends his days dreaming up ways to disrupt his classmates’ peaceful lives and pining after Anna Yamada, the class idol. But Kyotaro’s not nearly the troubled teen he pretends to be...and it turns out Anna’s a bit odd herself!

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Reasons you might like The Dangers in My Heart...

JAhU JAhU says...

Those are some of the best middle-school rom-coms (if not the best in general). Well 14-sai might be less comedic, but what the series do have in common is that they are very good when they are good. You probably can't go wrong with one if you liked the other.

Sensei wa Koi wo Oshierarenai

Sensei wa Koi wo Oshierarenai

High school teacher Rinko Yoshitaka is racking her brain about Arase-kun, a student of hers who's nothing but problems. He doesn't turn in his homework, is always late, and is prone to dozing off in class. At school, he's apathetic and unmotivated, but after school, he says "please thank me, because I gave you an excuse to call me." And so, she gets doted on by the earnest, kind yet apathetic young man?! It turns out that she's more than just his teacher, but not yet his lover! Thus begins the comedic romance between this pair with a significant age difference!

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Reasons you might like Sensei wa Koi wo Oshierarenai...

JAhU JAhU says...

Both series feature a student-teacher relationship in which the female teacher has conflicting feelings about the whole thing. This pair differs in terms of prsonality between those two series, but should be close enough (they share some similarities with other cast members). 14-sai no Koi has multiple couples (with at least 2 age gap ones or was it 3), while Sensei wa Koi wo Oshierarenai has mostly one. Also one takes place in middle school, while the other in high school. If you read one and liked it, the other should be right up your alley.

Sono Toki, Kimi ga Naita

Sono Toki, Kimi ga Naita

Ritsu, a new high school teacher, finds that she can't get first year male high school student Shinobu off her mind. It seems that Shinobu can't get Ritsu out of his head either... A heartrending school love story that delicately depicts the feelings of men and women when they're in love.

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Amai Sasayaki

Amai Sasayaki

Acchan, finds out that the man her mother had an affair with 10 years ago is still around, and a storm of memories, curiosity, and passion surfaces.

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Atataka na Hari

Atataka na Hari

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