Shibutani-kun Tomo no Kai - Recommendations

• Vol: 6; Ch: 31
• 2013 - 2016

After breaking into Anzu Shinohara’s apartment and smashing his already broken keyboard, Hina Sakata quickly finds herself in his debt. As she works to pay him back, Hina finds out that Anzu is a vocalist in a band and becomes entranced, wanting to explore more of his unkown world. Will this unlikely couple last longer their fifteen seconds of fame?

• Vol: 1
• 2001

Natsume, who is living in a boarding house, goes to the same school as the daughter of the house, Kayo. Though they're friends, they have no romantic feelings, especially since Natsume is a total player and Kayo doesn't understand his attraction for the other girls. But there's a reason he acts like such a playboy; his parents' marriage isn't good, and he doesn't believe anyone would love him for more than a casual encounter.

• Vol: 11; Ch: 44
• 2016 - 2021

Forget the familiar: circumstances wrest high schooler Meeko from an ordinary family life to her uncle's boarding house, where she must learn to live with housework and … rather unusual adult housemates. What's more, the oldest of the bunch, Matsunaga-san, is a little scary … but also always looks out for her!

• Vol: 17; Ch: 89
• 2006

Boy-crazy Jae Yoo is willing to go through any underhanded means if it means living in the boarding house full of hot guys… Even if it’s going out on a blind date with the dorkiest boy in the school. When she dumps the guy immediately after, she pisses off his handsome best friend Ji Hu and from that point on, the two are constantly going at each other’s throats like cats and dogs. When Jae Yoo finally accomplishes her dream of entering the “boarding house of hunks,” she thinks that nothing could go wrong. An amazing house, a kind landlady, and even a cute guy who seems to be interested in her… What’s this?! Ji Hu is the landlady’s son?! And how is it that he knows about Jae Yoo’s most embarrassing moment in life?

• One Shot
• 2006

A love comedy under one roof! No Privacy. Only shared bathroom. A Maison where every habitant spent their days with laughter and joy. One day, an awkward girl from a wealthy family joined them... Will she find her ideal love and dream?

• Vol: 8; Ch: 30
• 2013 - 2017

When fifteen-year-old Kaho Nikaidou leaves her sheltered home to start life anew in a Tokyo high school dormitory, the last thing she expects is to nearly get hit by a truck! Saved in the nick of time by a handsome stranger, Kaho falls head over heels for him and, after finally tracking him down, boldly confesses her feelings. Turns out Kaho's mystery savior, Kanade, is the son of Kaho's new landlord! The handsome object of Kaho's affection agrees to go out with her, but her newfound bliss is short-lived when it turns out that her new boyfriend...is a fifth-grader?!

• One Shot
• 2009

To cut costs at the Kusunoki apartment building, a new landlord has been appointed. The owner's third son Yuuto will now serve as the tenants' landlord and cook...while attending elementary school!? A wonderful, heart-warming short story about three seemingly dissimilar adults who are brought together by the actions of their lovable and wilful young landlord.

• Vol: 3; Ch: 15
• 2007 - 2008

Sakura Aki is a penniless high schooler who likes to cook and does other "unmanly" things. His grandfather and father are disciplinary on gender roles and beat up Aki everytime he does a thing that women would usually do, like cleaning. When his father leaves him absolutely broke, and with his grandfather realizing Aki's "unmanly" flaws, he sends him to live at one of the dorms at an all girls' school that he runs, a school where distinguished young ladies of the country attend, the Hanayashiki - Flower Estate-, to teach him a lesson. He meets Kitahiro Renge, a girl with un-ladylike manners and a meat loving obsession. An encounter that's going to save Aki Sakura or just another problem in sight?!

• Vol: 13
• 2010 - 2014

Sorata Kanda has a real problem - he just can't say no to the cute face of a kitten! However, his lovely strays have finally landed him in trouble, as his dorm doesn't allow keeping pets. Given an ultimatum to get rid of the cats or move out, Sorata makes the mistake of standing up for himself and finds himself exiled to Sakurasou, the home of misfits the school doesn't know what to do with. Yet the more he spends time there, Sorata sees they all have their own incredible talents. None, however, enthralls him more than the latest arrival: Mashiro Shiina, a world class artist who is seemingly incapable of feeding or clothing herself! Since none of the other residents have a shred of responsibility, the onus of 'Mashiro Duty' falls to Sorata; what will become of Sorata and his latest stray, and will he ever achieve his goal of escaping Sakurasou?

• Vol: 11; Ch: 90
• 2010 - 2018

Thanks to his parents’ job transfer, Usa has to live on his own. The problem is, his new place is full of weird people, and the upperclassman he admires is one of them…? A teenage romance comedy that’s heavier on the humor, not so much on the romance!