Like a Butterfly

Like a Butterfly is a Japanese slice of life romance shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Suu Morishita and published by Shueisha in Margaret magazine. Volume 1 was released on July 25, 2012, and a total of 12 volumes have been published. At New York Comic Con 2022, Viz Media announced that they licensed the series for English publication. The series is published in French by Panini, which released the first volume on February 4, 2015. It was adapted into a drama CD.

Characters

Main characters

;Suiren Shibazeki
;Taichi Kawasumi

Supporting characters

;Aya Shimizu
;Yuri Kudō
;Ryōsuke Takaya
;Koharu Shinkawa
;Atohira
;Ichi Kawasumi
;Meguna Sotomura
; Mina Ozaki

Volumes

Reception

It was number four on the 2014 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Top 20 Manga for Female Readers survey and it was number nine in the Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2014. It was also nominated for Best Shōjo Manga at the 38th Kodansha Manga Award.
Volume 4 has sold 42,419 copies, as of 29 June 2013; volume 5 has sold 83,454 copies, as of 6 October 2013; volume 6 has sold 112,902 copies, as of 5 January 2014. volume 7 reached the 16th place on the Oricon weekly ranking of manga and, as of May 11, 2014, has sold 162,618 copies; volume 8 reached the 10th place and, as of August 3, 2014, has sold 124,788 copies.