Romance describes a story that deals with love between two or more characters typically also having an optimistic ending. Romance is also a difficulty encountered when creating a harem.
Top 20 Romance Manga to read
- 1. Dandadan
- 2. Yaoshenji
- 3. Kininatteru Hito ga Otoko ja Nakatta
- 4. My New Girlfriend Is Not Human?
- 5. Ao no Hako
- 6. Kimi wa Yakamashi Tojite yo Kuchi wo!
- 7. Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen
- 8. Heunhan Binguimurin Jul Aratda
- 9. Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu
- 10. Koe no Katachi
- 11. Yofukashi no Uta
- 12. Horimiya
- 13. Hirasaka Hinako ga Ero Kawaii koto wo Ore dake ga Shitteiru
- 14. Jigoku Raku
- 15. Noragami
- 16. Kimi Dake ga Hontou
- 17. Kaette kudasai! Akutsu-san
- 18. Ijiranaide, Nagatoro-san
- 19. My Wife is a Demon Queen
- 20. Dokushin Kizoku wa Isekai wo Ouka Suru: Kekkon Shinai Otoko no Yuuga na Ohitori-sama Life
1. Dandadan

Ghosts, monsters, aliens, teen romance, battles...and the kitchen sink! This series has it all! Takakura, an occult maniac who doesn't believe in ghosts, and Ayase, a girl who doesn't believe in aliens, try to overcome their differences when they encounter the paranormal! This manga is out of this world!
Dandadan is currently publishing . It is also Known as: ダンダダン, Dan Da Dan, DAN DA DAN
2. Yaoshenji

In his past life, although too weak to protect his home when it counted, out of grave determination Nie Li became the strongest Demon Spiritist and stood at the pinnacle of the martial world. However, he lost his life during the battle with the Sage Emperor and six deity-ranked beasts.
His soul was then brought back to when he was still 13 years old. Although he's the weakest in his class with the lowest talent, having only a red soul realm and a weak one at that, with the aid of the vast knowledge which he accumulated from his previous life, he decided to train faster than anyone could expect. He also decided to help those who died nobly in his previous life to train faster as well.
He aims to protect the city from the coming future of being devastated by demon beasts and the previous fate of ending up destroyed. He aims to protect his lover, friends, family and fellow citizens who died in the beast assault or its aftermath. And he aims to destroy the so-called Sacred family who arrogantly abandoned their duty and betrayed the city in his past life.
Tales of Demons and Gods is currently publishing .
3. Kininatteru Hito ga Otoko ja Nakatta

Kininatteru Hito ga Otoko ja Nakatta depicts the love story between a high school girl and her classmate who she mistakes as a guy outside of school. They eventually bond over their shared taste in rock music.
Note: Kininatteru Hito ga Otoko ja Nakatta began as a web comic released on the author's Twitter account since April 10, 2022, and published in print by Kadokawa since April 19, 2023.
The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy At All is currently publishing . It is also Known as: 気になってる人が男じゃなかった, The Person She Fell For Wasn't A Boy, Ki ni Natteru Hito ga Otoko Janakatta, Kinninaru Hito ga Otoko Jyanakatta
4. My New Girlfriend Is Not Human?

Similar Manga like My New Girlfriend Is Not Human?
My New Girlfriend Is Not Human? is currently publishing . It is also Known as: Meine neue Freundin ist kein Mensch?, ¿Mi nueva novia no es humana?, Ma Nouvelle Copine N'est Pas Humaine ?, Pacar Baruku Bukan Manusia?, Moja nowa dziewczyna nie jest człowiekiem?, Minha nova namorada não é humana?, Yeni kız arkadaşım insan değil mi?, Моя нова дівчина — не людина?
5. Ao no Hako

Taiki Inomata is on the boys' badminton team at sports powerhouse Eimei Junior and Senior High. He's in love with basketball player Chinatsu Kano, the older girl he trains alongside every morning in the gym. One Spring day, their relationship takes a sharp turn ... And thus begins this brand-new series of love, sports and youth!
Blue Box is currently publishing . It is also Known as: アオのハコ, Ao no Hako
6. Kimi wa Yakamashi Tojite yo Kuchi wo!

Hiiragi Tsukino was born deaf. When she transfers to a new school, she meets a talkative boy named Enomoto Taiyou. Tsukino is slightly taken aback by Taiyou, who talks to her without regard to the fact that she can't hear.
You Talk Too Much, So Just Shut It Already! is finished and has 4 Volumes and 48 Chapters. It is also Known as: 君は喧し閉じてよ口を!, Kimi wa Yakamashi Tojite yo Kuchi wo!
7. Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen

As leaders of their prestigious academy’s student council, Kaguya and Miyuki are the elite of the elite! But it’s lonely at the top… Luckily for them, they’ve fallen in love! There’s just one problem—they both have too much pride to admit it. And so begins the daily scheming to get the object of their affection to confess their romantic feelings first… Love is a war you win by losing.
Notes:
- The first 10 chapters were published in Monthly Miracle Jump. It switched to Weekly Young Jump starting with Ch. 11, with the chapter count being reset. This entry still includes the first 10 chapters from Miracle Jump.
- Winner of the 65th Shogakukan Manga Award for "Best General Manga" category in 2019.
Kaguya-sama: Love is War is finished and has 28 Volumes and 281 Chapters. It is also Known as: かぐや様は告らせたい~天才たちの恋愛頭脳戦~, Kaguya Wants to be Confessed To: The Geniuses' War of Love and Brains
8. Heunhan Binguimurin Jul Aratda

Of course it would be like this, I’m not the main character in my new life either. Even though I knew that I was just the Villainess in this cliche story who dies at the hands of her husband at the end, I thought I could make it work as a new opportunity to live a new life after having an unjust death before, ¡Or at least that was until I realized that I might can’t get out of the flow of the original storyline!. But if I’m going to die just like the original Villainess, ¡Then I’ll at least give a kiss to my extremely handsome husband!.He’s going to learn how to treat me right despite being the “Flower like snake woman of the Rigelhof family that he thinks I am”, And who knows? Since I’m the one in this body… maybe the plot of the story could actually change?
Not Your Typical Reincarnation Story is finished and has null Volumes and 100 Chapters. It is also Known as: I Thought It Was a Common Isekai Story, I Thought It Was a Common Transmigration
9. Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu

Ichikawa Kyoutarou, a boy barely clinging to the bottom rung of his school’s social ladder, secretly believes he’s the tortured lead in some psychological thriller. He spends his days dreaming up ways to disrupt his classmates’ peaceful lives and pining after Anna Yamada, the class idol. But Kyotaro’s not nearly the troubled teen he pretends to be…and it turns out Anna’s a bit odd herself!
Notes:
- Winner of the Tsugi ni Kuru Web Manga 2020 Award.
- Nominee for the 2020 Manga Taisho Award.
The Dangers in My Heart is currently publishing . It is also Known as: 僕の心のヤバイやつ, The Bad Part of My Heart, BokuYaba, 我心里危险的东西, 내 마음의 위험한 놈
10. Koe no Katachi

Shoya is a bully. When Shoko, a girl who can't hear, enters his elementary school class, she becomes their favorite target, and Shoya and his friends goad each other into devising new tortures for her. But the children's cruelty goes too far. Shoko is forced to leave the school, and Shoya ends up shouldering all the blame. Six years later, the two meet again. Can Shoya make up for his past mistakes, or is it too late?
A Silent Voice is finished and has 7 Volumes and 64 Chapters. It is also Known as: 聲の形, The Shape of Voice
11. Yofukashi no Uta

One sleepless night, Ko slips out to walk the streets. Life after dark is a revelation! When flirtatious Nazuna invites Ko to spend the night at her place in an abandoned building, he’s stoked! But then he awakens to kisses on his neck with a little too much bite to them... Is it just the delicious taste of his blood that makes her meet him night after night for late-night adventures, conversation and...naps? Or something else? Then, when a cute girl from Ko’s past shows up and competes for his attention, his budding relationship with the undead is put to the test!
Notes:
-Seventh place of Tsugimanga 2020 Award in the Manga Category.
-First place of Daruma 2023 Award in the new manga category .
Call of the Night is finished and has 20 Volumes and 200 Chapters. It is also Known as: よふかしのうた, Song of the Night Walkers
12. Horimiya

At school, Kyouko Hori is known for being smart, attractive, and popular. On the other hand, her classmate, the boring, gloomy Izumi Miyamura tends to get painted as a "loser fanboy." But when a liberally pierced and tattooed Miyamura appears unexpectedly on the doorstep of secretly plain-Jane homebody Hori, these two similarly dissimilar teenagers discover that there are multiple sides to every story...and person!
Notes:
-Includes 20 extra chapters.
-The 17th volume got released on July 18, 2023. This was 2 years after its original ending. This new volume included 10 extra chapters.
Note: Chapter count includes 20 extra chapters.
Horimiya is finished and has 17 Volumes and 152 Chapters. It is also Known as: ホリミヤ, Horimiya
13. Hirasaka Hinako ga Ero Kawaii koto wo Ore dake ga Shitteiru

Eight years have passed since they promised the witch to keep loving each other.
A little naughty love story where adolescent childhood friends secretly observe each other.
Only I Know That Hirasaka Hinako Is Erotic Cute is finished and has 7 Volumes and 44 Chapters. It is also Known as: 比羅坂日菜子がエロかわいいことを俺だけが知っている。, Hirasaka Hinako ga Ero Kawaii koto wo Ore dake ga Shitteiru
14. Jigoku Raku

Gabimaru the Hollow is one of the most vicious assassins ever to come out of the ninja village of Iwagakure. He’s ruthlessly efficient, but a betrayal results in him being handed a death sentence. He has only one hope—in order to earn his freedom, he must travel to a long-hidden island and recover an elixir that will make the shogun immortal. Failure is not an option. On this island, heaven and hell are just a hair’s breadth away.
Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku is finished and has 13 Volumes and 127 Chapters. It is also Known as: 地獄楽, Jigokuraku, Paradition, Heavenhell, Jigoku Raku (KAKU Yuuji)
15. Noragami

Yato is a homeless god. He doesn't even have a shrine, not to mention worshippers! So to achieve his ambitious goals, he's set up a service to help those in need , hoping he'll eventually raise enough money to build himself the lavish temple of his dreams. Of course, he can't afford to be picky, so Yato accepts all kinds of jobs, from finding lost kittens to helping a student overcome bullies at school.
Noragami: Stray God is finished and has 27 Volumes and 109 Chapters. It is also Known as: ノラガミ, Stray Gods
16. Kimi Dake ga Hontou

High school boy, Rikimaru, is unable to touch women due to childhood trauma. He has a pair of childhood friends who are siblings. The older sister, Kagami, and then the younger brother, Kyou. Between the two of them they share a similar height and appearance. Under these circumstances a unique twin love romance begins to bloom.
Kimi Dake ga Hontou is finished and has null Volumes and 13 Chapters. It is also Known as: きみだけがほんとう, Kimi Dake ga Hontou
17. Kaette kudasai! Akutsu-san

Timid Ooyama keeps to himself at school, and he certainly never gets involved with Akutsu Riko, a delinquent as buxom as she is notorious. But when she turns up at his apartment out of the blue, what’s he supposed to do, kick her out? She’s gorgeous! And scary! But things get complicated when Akutsu asks to stay the night, then starts turning up over and over again after school–reading Ooyama’s manga, sprawling out on his bed, and digging up his smut stash. Why exactly is she claiming his life as her hangout?! She makes it clear there’s no way she could possibly like him, but the teasing threatens to boil over into something more in this sexy yet adorable slice-of-life rom-com!
Please Go Home, Akutsu-san! is currently publishing . It is also Known as: 帰ってください! 阿久津さん, 求妳快走吧,阿久津!, Please Go Home, Akutsu-san!, Yankee Musume, ヤンキー娘
18. Ijiranaide, Nagatoro-san

Nagatoro is a freshman in high school who loves teasing and torturing her older male classmate! What’s her motivation and why does Senpai put up with her? Does Nagatoro just want to create misery for Senpai? Or maybe she secretly likes him?
Note: Includes 34 extra chapters.
Please don't bully me, Nagatoro is finished and has 20 Volumes and 188 Chapters. It is also Known as: イジらないで、長瀞さん, Please don't bully me, Nagatoro-san, Please don't bully me, Nagatoro
19. My Wife is a Demon Queen

A normal powerless male protagonist is entrusted to look after the fallen demon queen Isabella. Depleted of her powers, Isabella is forced to camouflage as a human and suppress her regal status. Evil masterminds plot to dethrone a powerful demon queen in a medieval fantasy land.
My Wife is a Demon Queen is finished and has null Volumes and 460 Chapters. It is also Known as: Wo Laopo Shi Mowang Daren
20. Dokushin Kizoku wa Isekai wo Ouka Suru: Kekkon Shinai Otoko no Yuuga na Ohitori-sama Life

Toshinori Dokuraba, 35 years old. A so-called single aristocrat in Japan who enjoyed a single life without wife and children, even though he was tall, handsome, highly educated and had a high income. One day, he died alone at home.
However, he was liked by Hitorigami, the God of another world, and was able to reincarnate in that world. Reborn as Zirc Louren with skills and blessings from the God, he lived a new rosy life in a different world - then he turned 28 years old and enjoyed the single life again...
This is a story about the life of a single aristocrat who never gets married even if he reincarnates in another world.
A Single Aristocrat Enjoys a Different World - The Graceful Life of a Man Who Never Gets Married is currently publishing . It is also Known as: 独身貴族は異世界を謳歌する ~結婚しない男の優雅なおひとりさまライフ~, 独身貴族は異世界を謳歌する, Холостяк-аристократ гуляет в другом мире