Childhood Friend Romance where CF actually wins

[NutzYaboku77]

I’ve read a couple of them and honestly didn’t think there were that many, but I feel like you missed Dungeon no Osananajimi. ^^

Also, not sure where this is going at this point, but this series feels like it could be up your alley (and I hope you can read Spanish, ’cus the English version is abandonware at the moment…).

I have read very few chapters of these two. I dropped Dungeon no Osananajimi cuz it didn't click with me and the later cuz it seems quite messy and I don't like it when there's multiple childhood friends.

 

[NutzYaboku77]

If you're fine with ones that haven't been fully translated (I seriously want to translate it but don't have the RAW chapters), I'd recommend Boku ga Boku de aru Tame Ni. It's an uneasy story at times, but it qualifies.

Spoiler

The MC is a boy named Shun who moved away in the fourth grade and came back in the eleventh. He always wished he could be more direct about his feelings rather than saying whatever seemed likely to cause the least conflict. He gets back, thinks it'd be great if he could tell his CF Sana how he's always felt, and finds Sana is best friends with a guy who looks just like him but is much more open. He starts swapping places with this guy, Ayumu, and Sana finds herself falling for Ayumu all of a sudden, only it's pretty clear that every bit where Ayumu makes her heart throb it's actually Shun. You can imagine the drama that ensues, but it does have a happy ending (a little open-ended just like One Week Friends, but still clearly a happy end).

I don't like reunion ones :/ . Thanks for the rec tho.

 

[AzrefReza]

I have read very few chapters of these two. I dropped Dungeon no Osananajimi cuz it didn't click with me and the later cuz it seems quite messy and I don't like it when there's multiple childhood friends.

Full disclosure, the fact that there are two of them, and that they won’t accept any other outcome than a throuple, is a good part of what draws me to this series.

 

[Oobaka-san]

I don't like reunion ones :/ . Thanks for the rec tho.

Very well. Thought you might, since there are "reunion" works in your list. Tends to be the case very frequently. And kind of makes sense. If they were together every day there's little threat of change, and this can make it far more comfortable to simply stay as you are.

If you're fine with younger characters some volumes of Naisho no Tsubomi would qualify (I'd have to look back to find which do and don't, since every volume is a different story with different characters). Also pretty sure another of the author's works, Mizuiro Jidai, goes this direction.

Asagiri no Miko also fits the bill (though I don't know if anyone will ever translate it).

Love Rush, Misoshiru de Kanpai, Hatsukoi Zombie (sorry reunion series), Ginen Shounen (one of my favs), Joyful Days (oneshot), and Karakai Jouzu (?) no Nishikata-san (also reunion) also fit.

 

[NutzYaboku77]

Full disclosure, the fact that there are two of them, and that they won’t accept any other outcome than a throuple, is a good part of what draws me to this series.

Isn't there a 2nd Male CF who just gets... nothing?

 

[NutzYaboku77]

Very well. Thought you might, since there are "reunion" works in your list. Tends to be the case very frequently. And kind of makes sense. If they were together every day there's little threat of change, and this can make it far more comfortable to simply stay as you are.

If you're fine with younger characters some volumes of Naisho no Tsubomi would qualify (I'd have to look back to find which do and don't, since every volume is a different story with different characters). Also pretty sure another of the author's works, Mizuiro Jidai, goes this direction.

Asagiri no Miko also fits the bill (though I don't know if anyone will ever translate it).

Love Rush, Misoshiru de Kanpai, Hatsukoi Zombie (sorry reunion series), Ginen Shounen (one of my favs), Joyful Days (oneshot), and Karakai Jouzu (?) no Nishikata-san (also reunion) also fit.

Yeah, there are some on my list but I generally avoid them. Thanks for reaching out.

 

[AzrefReza]

Isn't there a 2nd Male CF who just gets... nothing?

I wouldn’t say nothing: he’s not interested in the girls, he’s into another girl from their class, and so far it seems to be faring well for him.

 

[NutzYaboku77]

I wouldn’t say nothing: he’s not interested in the girls, he’s into another girl from their class, and so far it seems to be faring well for him.

Oh, so it wasn't a love polygon or anything? I think I'll go back to it. Hope they actually do end up as a throuple.