for all the romance lovers out there, all with links to Barnes&Noble to purchase the first volume if you're interested ❤️ from high school fluff to coworkers-to-lovers to booktok-level drama, all genders and demographics are welcome here (some overlap with my previous manga lists)
a deaf college student, and a handsome polyglot eager to learn her language
A Sign of Affection
a girl who's obsessed with shoujo manga but feels nothing when a boy confesses to her, and the beautiful student council president who might finally be able to give her the shoujo romance of her dreams
Bloom into You
two definitely-straight boys, both crossdressing as girls to date the other, and neither of them realize that the other is a crossdressing boy.
(PERSONAL FAVE)
Crossplay Love: Otaku x Punk
a wallflower who thinks she's a side character in her own life, and a popular boy who just wants her to love herself a bit more
Diary of a Female Lead: Shujinkou Nikki
a girl who believes in ghosts, not aliens meets a boy believes in aliens, not ghosts. turns out, they're both correct
Dandadan
two “perfect” people bond over their shared secret of having hidden “dark” sides
Fall In Love, You False Angels
in order to save herself from being killed, a beautiful but sickly woman offers to marry her attempted assassin, who ends up becoming completely obsessed with her
Firefly Wedding
a girl who hates delinquents, and a boy who's secretly an ex-delinquent.
Glasses with a Chance of Delinquent
a heartwarming anthology series about different couples' first kisses
Hoteri Hotette First Kiss
a girl who's obsessed with pretty faces helps to keep a very pretty boy from getting expelled by making him an influencer for the school
It Takes More Than a Pretty Face to Fall in Love
a girl impulsively confesses her feelings to a classmate, and he… actually likes her back? What's she going to do now?
Ima Koi: Now I'm in Love
two elite students who can't admit that they have feelings for each other, so they engage in constant battles of wit to get the other to confess first
Kaguya-sama: Love Is War
a girl unintentionally becomes the new god of a local shrine and has to deal with all sorts of supernatural shenanigans, including an unfortunately-hot familiar
Kamisama Kiss
⭐a police officer and a member of the Yakuza have to fake date in order to solve a big case that they're both connected to
(PERSONAL FAVOURITE)
Kei X Yaku: Bound By Law
a vampire girl becomes a total anime otaku and moves to Japan and meets a boy who looks exactly like her favourite character, only with a totally different personality.
Otaku Vampire's Love Bite
a girl discovers that her prickly, mean classmates actually works as a “knight” at a knight-and-princess-themed cafe, and must keep his secret.
Pink & Habanero
a boy gets caught in a love triangle between his drab fashion school classmate, and the model who inspired him to go to fashion school in the first place (who are secretly the same person)
PUNKS TRIANGLE
⭐a mega fangirl becomes the housekeeper for her favourite idol, and slowly discovers that every member of his group is secretly a total loser in their own way.
(PERSONAL FAVOURITE)
Tamon's B-Side
an orphan girl recieves a letter telling her that she's inheriting a family estate she didn't know existed, but when she gets there, she finds it's already inhabited by a ton of a youkai, including one very handsome boy who says that he already owns ...
The Demon Prince of Momochi House
a soft-hearted boy from a rough-and-tumble boys' school meets an overly-open-minded girl from a prim-and-proper girls' school
The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity
two girls bond over their shared love of rock music… the only problem? one girl doesn't realize that the other girl is even a girl!
The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy at All
when a man is saved from the cold by his intimidating but kind new neighbor, they begin to share regular meals together, and he also begins to develop feelings that he's not ready for…
The Metalhead Next Door
a woman discovers that her coworker is a secret otaku, just like herself, and he proposes that they start a relationship of convenience…
Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku
a girl who's only into cute younger boys, and a younger boy who seems gruff at first, but may actually be the cutest one ever