Some stories feature the MC having a girlfriend who always sticks with him for his money and eventually dumps him for a rich man. However, he almost always encounters another woman who unlike the previous one, genuinely loves him and helps him get back up on his feet. When the ex-girlfriend finally appears, there's a chance the new woman will tell her off before karma strike the ex-girlfriend for her gold-digging ways.
Therefore, this warrants Manga Rabbit HoméNoba its own Gold Digger page.
- "A short and impudence girl who dumped me due to my unattractive fashion. Several years later"
[sic]: Kasumi is a flashy young woman who only dated Kenta Igarashi for appearing gullible enough to buy her anything. When he finally confronts Kasumi about her reckless spending, she dumps him. Five years later, Kasumi returned and mocked Kenta for supposedly working as a janitor in a huge company. However, she changes gears upon finding out he's said company's CEO, but his wife, Miku-san, appears and puts her on her place for kissing up to him. - "I Proposed To My Girlfriend, But She Threw Out The Bouquet In Front Of Me": Tina Bolin is a young woman who dumped her boyfriend, Jurek Fleming, for taking her to a cheap restaurant, giving her a wedding ring with a single jewel, and threw away the bouquet of marguerites he gave her. Later on, she returned and asked Jurek to take her back when she realized the restaurant was members-only, but his new girlfriend, Mabel, calls her out for this, only relenting when Jurek himself threatened to take it to court.
- "I Transfer To An Overseas Branch. She Wants To Break Up With Me For That. 1 year later..." [sic]: Beth Wordsworth dated Roy Farquhar until he told her that he would be transferred to an overseas branch despite being an introvert. She broke up with him and dated his coworker, Levin Baldwin, who is an extrovert. Back in Japan, she insulted Roy until Levin revealed that the former is the top employee, over which she does a 180° and tries to get him back, only to be told he already has a fiancee, Celicia Laurent. Afterwards, Levin catches her cheating on him and breaks up with her, forcing her to work to pay the alimony.
- "I'm a contractor and my girlfriend cheated on me even though we've been dating for 4 years": Terumi dumped Hayato while dating another man richer than him, leading him to quit his job. When he came back from his tutoring stint in the countryside assisting another tutor named Minako, Terumi shows up to gloat about her upcoming marriage to a guy named Kenji.
- "My best friend betrayed me, stole my girlfriend and fired me. Several years later...": Iyami Akui reveals to her boyfriend, Tomoya, that she had been dating his friend and boss, Hideki, before dating him. While she dated Tomoya, she always asked for designer bags or visits to fancy restaurants until she broke up with him after being caught dating Hideki, with Hideki then proceeding to fire him. Three years later, when Hideki calls Tomoya and begs him to come back to his company due to the company being on the verge of backruptcy, Iyami begs Tomoya to take her back, only to be told that he is marrying Mirai Hoshikawa.
- "She Dumped Me Cuz My Car Was Old But Changed Her Attitude When She Knew It Was Expensive": Akumi dated Kento Arai until she found out he drove an old car. Later on, he finds her dating a man named Hideki, who drives a luxury car. She started to mock Kento's car until Hideki told her that it costs 50 million yen, while his own car only costs 10 million. After Kento himself reveals he's the CEO of a car-washing company, she changes gears and tries to get back with him. When he tells her that the car is a replica, she rejected him again until he revealed it was a lie. She tries to take him back until his wife, Reika, shows up.
- "My Girlfriend Is Cheating On Me. I Was In Despair, But I Started Becoming Popular With Girls.": Yarune only dated Takashi because she assumed that he would be promoted someday. When it appears to be not the case, she breaks up with him, telling him that he is a nobody and to never contact her again. She tries to get back with him when he is actually promoted to manager, only for him to tell her off and say the same words she said when she broke up with him.
- "My Girlfriend Kicked Me Out. When I Was In Despair, I Ran Into My Childhood Friend": Miyabi kicked her boyfriend Shun Tsuchiya out of their apartment because his company went bankrupt. He had nowhere to go because his parents' house was seized by the bank until he reunited with his childhood friend, Aki, who takes him to her parents' house/restaurant. He worked there as a waiter until he took her on a date to meet the farmers he supported even after his company went bankrupt, making said restaurant popular. When Miyabi came to the restaurant to get him back, Shun brought his former accountant to pay back the money he embezzled for Miyabi. The man even kept registers of their messages and cash flows to prove it.
- "My Girlfriend Sold My Car That Holds A Lot Of Memories For My Dead Grandfather." [sic]: Riona always borrowed money from her boyfriend Kento so she could spend it on designer goods and/or gambling. When he showed her the car he inherited from his late grandfather, she derided it as a joke and sold it behind his back. When he called her out, she revealed her affairs with multiple guys while dating and outright admitted to seeing him as an ATM. However, his boss Mio gets the car back since her brother was a police officer and the place where Riona sold it to was an illegal car-dealing ring. Eventually, Riona and her lover are shown trying to call Kento to pay a debt to no avail.
- "I Broke Up With My Selfish Girlfriend, And Moved In With One Of My Coworkers.": Kelly Closerie stuck with her boyfriend Cyril Lead in the hopes he will be promoted. Meanwhile, she forced him to buy her stuff even late at night, which hampered his performance at work because of lacking sleep. Furthermore, Kelly revealed to Cyril that the only reason she dated him was that he was willing to be under her thumb before kicking him out of the apartment. However, he moves in with his coworker Bellanca Soddy after fending off a harasser and doing the chores for her, over which his performance improved. Later on, he finds Kelly again, now working as a janitor because she used up all of her savings on frivolities since she couldn't find herself a new boyfriend. She tried to get back with him only for Bellanca to tell her off.
