Nekota no Koto ga Ki ni Natte Shikatanai. - Recommendations

• Vol: 31; Ch: 180
• 2002 - 2013

Mikan's best friend in the entire world, Hotaru, has moved away to a school for geniuses. Mikan misses her friend so much that she runs away to Tokyo to find the mysterious Alice Academy. However, once there, Mikan discovers that it is actually a secret school for children with special abilities. Alice Academy is filled with boys and girls who can do anything from make crazy inventions to control fire. In order to stay with her friend, Mikan tries to enter the Academy, but there's a catch: she doesn't have any special powers! Now Mikan must prove herself to her classmates in order to stay by Hotaru's side.

• Vol: 10; Ch: 54
• 1994 - 1998

11 year-old Sana Kurata is a positive, upbeat child actress with a rather odd life. She was adopted as a baby by an eccentric novelist who wears a live squirrel in her hair, her acting career is managed by a (former) homeless man who Sana unabashedly claims is her "pimp", and at school her teacher has completely lost control of her classroom due to a group of blackmailing bullies led by "demon child" Akito Hayama. With her whole class in danger of failing, Sana decides she's had enough of Akito's nonsense at school and challenges him. The whole school is ready for a showdown as these strong personalities collide, but as the two very different kids learn more about each other, something unexpected happens. Is it possible for sworn enemies to become fast friends?

• Vol: 12; Ch: 48
• 2008 - 2013

Mizutani is a self-absorbed overachiever, concerned only with maintaining the highest grades in school. Haru is an impulsive short tempered brute, who scares everyone with his explosive bursts of violence. Haru gets suspended on the first day of school when he encounters some bullies harassing a student and dispatches the bullies with great bloody violence. Mizutani is tasked with delivering school materials to Haru who interprets this as an act of friendship and latches on to Mizutani, much to her dismay. And so begins a strange and potentially combustible relationship!

• Vol: 18; Ch: 73
• 2008 - 2017

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.

• Vol: 50+; Ch: 323+
• 2002 - ?

Kyoko moves to the big city with the prince of her dreams Shotaro; he wants to make it big in the entertainment business, so she works hard at many different jobs to support him as he achieves his dream. However, one day, Kyoko accidentally discovers the horrible truth: the love of her life thinks of her as a 'plain and boring woman!' Outraged, Kyoko swears revenge - she will make it even bigger than Shotaro in the entertainment world. The only question is, how will she fulfill her desire?

• Vol: 8+; Ch: 33+
• 2018 - ?

We can fall in love no matter how many times, but first love happens only once. “Romance is impossible in elementary school!” Koharuko, a 6th grader, is popular with girls because of her mature personality, but boys always pull a prank on her. She doesn’t like how childish boys are, so she wasn’t interested in anyone. On the other hand, since she fell for Ichijou, a brazen boy, everyday has been dazzling. 

• Vol: 17+; Ch: 185+
• 2018 - ?

One lonely, gloomy fifth-grade girl is the target of her classmates' relentless bullying and teasing—that is, until a new kid arrives on the scene. Friendly Takada is as clueless as he is well-meaning, but somehow he possesses the magic ability to start drawing "Grim Reaper" Nishimura out of her shell. As the elementary schoolers experience all the fun of a childhood summer together—from going to the pool to picking sunflowers to watching fireworks—an unusual friendship blossoms!

• Vol: 100; Ch: 1738
• 1978 - 2014

Short stories about Asari, a naughty, boyish, voracious, but also a very innocent girl.

• Vol: 7
• 2010 - 2013

The beautiful and tall Kohinata Nijika, a 6th grader kid who doesn't even look like her age and daughter of an office chief of a tv station, avoids the entertainment world when her mom, a legendary actress, died from a sickness. Hiding the truth about her family, Nijika keeps another secret. The fact that she's living with the prince-like new actor, Ichinose Touya, may create a ruckus if this will be discovered.Running for another errand, Nijika, together with her pet Kapitama-kun, coincidentally runs into a drama set that's lacking an actress due to food poisoning. She volunteers for the role and...

• Vol: 8; Ch: 98
• 2005 - 2012

Tsubomi Tachibana, fifth grader, is dealing with issues such as her mother's pregnancy, her first period, and the strange feelings she has started to get when she has been around boys.