Ayaka is in Love with Hiroko!

Age: 📚 13+ | 1 Volume (Ongoing - Vols. 2-3 through 2026) | Paperback | Creator: Sal Jiang

Ayaka is in Love with Hiroko! is a charming Girls Love workplace rom-com from creator Sal Jiang about two women who are perfect for each other—if only they'd stop assuming the other is straight. Published under TOKYOPOP's LoveLove imprint, this 13+ series delivers mutual pining, office tension, and the delicious frustration of love hiding in plain sight.

Ayaka has fallen hard for her senior coworker, Hiroko. She's beautiful, capable, and everything Ayaka admires. So naturally, Ayaka does everything she can to get closer—finding excuses to work together, seeking advice, being maybe a little too obvious about her admiration.

Hiroko notices. How could she not?

The problem is, Hiroko is sure Ayaka is straight. Just an enthusiastic subordinate being friendly. There's no way she actually means anything by it. Hiroko knows better than to get her hopes up—she's not out at work, even though she's well-known in the local lesbian community. Professionalism matters. Self-control matters.

But Ayaka keeps getting closer. And Hiroko's self-control keeps getting harder to maintain.

Ayaka is in Love with Hiroko! is a delightful comedy of errors where two women dance around their feelings because neither can imagine the other might feel the same way. It's frustrating, it's funny, and it's achingly relatable for anyone who's ever been too scared to just ask.

Ayaka is in Love with Hiroko! is the office romance where everyone can see what's happening—except the two people who matter most.

Perfect for readers who love: Girls Love/yuri, workplace romance, mutual pining, closeted dynamics, comedy of miscommunication, LGBTQ+ rom-coms.