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A Galaxy Next Door

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A Galaxy Next Door and A Sign of Affection are two romance series featuring two young adults, where at least one of them are not like most other people—in A Sign of Affection, the female lead Yuki has actually been deaf since birth, while in A Galaxy Next Door, the female lead Shiori seems to be from another world... literally (I say "at LEAST one" because the male lead in A Sign of Affection is also not like most since he is multilingual). The romance between the male and female leads takes its time and is rather wholesome. 

A Galaxy Next Door and The ComiQ are relatively newer works from manga-ka with popular past works—the former being from the creator of Sweetness and Lightning and the latter from the creator of Yu-Gi-Oh (r.i.p. btw). One series is a light-hearted SoL romance and the other is actually a murder mystery, but I couldn't help but be reminded of each other since both MCs are struggling manga-ka who create shoujo manga (which seems to be lampshaded a bit) and try to support their sibling(s) and assistant whenever they can. 

I have a very good feeling (especially with the upcoming anime adaptation) that A Galaxy Next Door will be pretty popular with fans of Komi Can't Communicate. There's just some very similar vibes with the beautiful and "impossibly perfect" female lead meeting a somewhat-average-in-comparison male lead here... the two series are slice-of-life romantic comedy series aimed at a male audience (A Galaxy Next Door is seinen, Komi Can't Communicate is shounen) anyway, so that could just be as expected. 

A Galaxy Next Door and The Witch and Her First Love are two romance series with a somewhat episodic-style narrative and a bit of supernatural. The latter detail is more specifically about the female leads, who are not your usual girls—Seira seems to be able to see the bright-colored aura of the people around her, while Shiori seems to be... an alien princess? Either way, I feel both have similar appeal because of the wholesome nature of the relationship and progression of the story... also there are tarot cards and fortune-telling. 

Both female leads in A Galaxy Next Door and Kobato—namely Shiori and Kobato—are very cute and will likely be favorites among comedy manga-reading otaku for similar reasons. There's also something otherworldly to both of these brunettes too, but another similarity between both manga is there's a bit of a comedic tone underlying some possible romance and fantasy-ish undertones.