Because when you’re a high school student, you have to focus on your studies. You have to take your exams, do your homework, and get good grades. That’s in addition to balancing any after school activities and friendships. Sometimes outside forces complicate your high school experience, but worry not, even though there might be complications in these manga, you’ll get beautiful, happily ever afters. Meet characters who have flaws, fall in love, and make the best friendships that will last forever. I know that some of you might have outgrown characters who are currently in high school! If you’re looking for romance manga for a more mature audience, check out these manga set in college, and maybe even a few slice-of-life manga. If you’re looking for a longer list, check out these 50 best romance manga. Yoi Takiguchi has been dubbed one of her high school’s “princes” on account of her height and handsome face. She has given up on the thought of anyone seeing her as the girl she actually is. But then she bumps into her school’s other prince, Ichimura-sempai, and she finally gets a taste of what it actually means to be seen. This is one of my favorite romance manga. Mainly because I love that these two get together pretty early on, so the rest is them figuring out how to be good for each other, trying to pass high school, and hanging out with their friends. This is going to be hard to explain, but I hope you’re able to follow through with me. So, Aoki has a crush on Hashimoto, the girl who sits next to him in class. One day, he borrows her eraser and, on the eraser, he finds the name of another boy, Ida, written on it. He instantly starts thinking that Hashimoto likes Ida. That makes sense, right? Everything complicates further when Ida himself finds Aoki holding the eraser with his name, so now he thinks Aoki has a crush on him! In this story, Yuna and Akari meet one day and they become instant best friends. They find out they live in the same apartment complex, so they can easily hang out and enjoy each other’s company. Yuna meets Akari’s half-brother and falls madly in love with him, but lady-killer Rio is harboring a secret crush for another girl. Find out how this love story develops! You would think the hard part is confessing your feelings to the person you love. But not really! The hardest is maintaining a relationship, watering it every single day, and always showing you care. After missing out on confessing her love for her crush, Satomi is determined that the next time she gets a crush, she’ll confess right away. When she tells Yagyu about her feelings, he surprises her by telling her he also feels the same. But what happens next after their mutual feelings are revealed? In Lovesick Ellie, Eriko Ichimura is living a very okay life. Everyone at her school thinks she’s so boring they sometimes forget about her. But online? She’s “Lovesick Ellie,” a viral alternate persona who crafts thirsty tweets about her classmates. She doesn’t want anyone to know, for obvious reasons, but when she leaves her phone unattended, Ohmi-kun recognizes her tweets! Though he’s not the only one who finds out about a secret because Eriko also finds out his secret. It tells the story of Kaguya and Miyuki, two students from very different backgrounds, who somehow fell in love. The thing is they’re very proud, so they don’t want to be the first to confess: they want the other one to do it! They think that to confess is to lose, so they will try to win this game of love in their own way. Throughout fun school days, festivals, and dates, Kaguya and Miyuki will take you on an epic ride of first loves and hilarious situations. Given follows Ritsuka Uenoyama who is bored out of his mind. Even playing guitar is becoming tiresome. All changes when he finds his favorite hidden napping spot occupied by a strange boy cradling a broken-stringed guitar. Meet Given, a very talented band, and their bond to the music! Kiri’s school is ruthless. But only in terms of epic transformations. Because, you see, in her school, there exists a group of three boys who carry out beautiful transformations on random pretty girls. There’s Narumi Shougo, the hairstylist; Minami Kei, the nail artist; and Ochiai Kazuhiko, the one who balances the whole look. They have been ruling their school for a while, but they never expected Kiri. She’s a master hairstylist who, in disguise, will “add a little magic” to her own transformations. Misaki Ayuzawa has a secret she doesn’t want any of her fellow classmates to know: she works at a maid café after school! When popular Takumi Usui discovers her secret, will she be able to trust them to not say anything? On top of everything else, she never thought about falling for the bad boy. Another story format that is taking people by storm is manhwa. So, be sure to try these romance manhwa after you’re done here!
