Ao no Hako
Blue Box

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similar art styles, cute romance and well written  

The story is set in high school, and also a romance slice of life manga with humour, drama and funny moments. Both manga have multiple characters with depth and attention without distracting reader on the main couple. The art style in Blue Box is much more distinctively expressive drawn style to shoujo genre, while Horimiya art style tried to resemble more to the original web comic strip without being too all familiar to other generic manga art style.  

Both are romance with sports involved Both female MC are the best at their own respective sports Both male MC are a nobody who strive to reach the Nationals Very wholesome but Suzuka has more drama in it  

Similarly to Kaguya Sama, Ao no Hako is another more mature take on the typical shounen romance formula. Ao no Hako may not be quite as well constructed as Kaguya, but it scratches a similar itch and it's core romance is incredibly compelling.  

They are both romance manga where the main love interests are involved in some kinda sport, they're also both shounen and take place in a high school setting. 

Both have a similar mix of Romance and Sports where it feels like time actually passes and things actually progress. Neither feel as if any day is the same as another. You actually free the progress in both the romance and the sports side. They are both romance with a background of sports rather than sports with background of romance. 

- Both sports (Namaikizakari; basketball while Blue box basketball and badminton) - Romance as well I think you'll like these because personally I like both lol. Might as well give it a try. - Different chemistry between couples of each manga but I think you'll like them both as well.  

I'm surprised no one has recommended this yet. Though I promise there's more in common than just the name, I swear! When I started reading Blue Box I was immediately reminded of Blue Flag. Firstly, they're both really cute and wholesome romances. Blue Flag starts out being very obviously a love triangle, but Blue Box is less interested in that, and more about the developing relationship in both of its main leads. Though it's still possible it might go in that direction in the future. The art style also is somewhat alike. They both manage to make some very detailed and beautiful panels of the characters, while still balancing that with silly and cartoony faces without making it feel jarring. But what I like most about both these mangas is the characters. They feel real in both these stories and in both of them, the conversations are basically the highlight of the story because they feel like conversations you would have with people you know in real life. The characters show they care about their friends and their crushes, sometimes in very obvious ways, and sometimes subtlety. And when they're bothered about something, they talk about it, no useless drama prolonging for too long, so both stories manage to be wholesome and at the same time have a very fast pace in relation to other romance mangas, where the characters will stay in that "will-they-won't-they" state forever. Also, these mangas still build up to the story's turning points, so they feel earned. So yeah, I think if you like one, you should definitely check out the other. Also, I'll say it again. The silly faces are super funny in both of these. read more 

Between Ao no Hako and Baby Steps, there is a very clear overlap in genres. They're both romantic sports anime. Not only that, but there is an emphasis on racket sports in both. I'd say Baby Steps is 80/20 in terms of sports/romance, while Blue Box is roughly 30/70 in terms of sports/romance. So say you read Baby Steps and wished there was more of an emphasis on the romance instead of the tennis, I really think you'll enjoy Blue Box.  

ML and FL dynamic is very encouraging and supportive of each others' respective similar passions, badminton & basketball, and freestyle dance & breakdance. The plots are not too entirely concerned with the romance but it is there.