What is Unrequited Love manga?

At least one character has a romantic interest in another one, but the feelings are not returned. This is the cornerstone of all love triangles or love polygons.

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Yours to Claim

(Yours to Claim)

7.33

Description:

Nothing crazy ever happens to Jooin. He’s just your average college student, keeping his head down and flying under the radar. Yahwi, on the other hand, is drop dead gorgeous, super popular…but also kinda mean. So why has the campus heartthrob taken an interest in a total nobody? There must be an ulterior motive…but it’s hard to care when faced with those killer looks. Will Jooin become a slave to his desires? Or perhaps he’ll become the master himself… (Source: Lezhin)
Type

manhwa

Rating

Smut

Status

current

Started

2020-04-02

I Got Pregnant with the Tyrant's Child

(I Got Pregnant with the Tyrant's Child)

6.7

Description:

For Elan the royal knight, the masquerade festival is a rare chance to let loose and relax. But her night of fun quickly turns into a morning of horror when she wakes up beside the ruthless Emperor Kylart. Knowing how cruel he can be to clingy women, Elan makes a run for it, hoping he hasn't seen past her disguise. But as she continues her nerve-wracking duties of guarding the emperor, she starts experiencing troubling health symptoms. A trip to the doctor reveals that she's pregnant! To make matters worse, rumor has it that Kylart is looking for the mysterious woman he met on the night of the festival. Can Elan keep her secret safe from the entire palace, when she can't even control her constant cravings and morning sickness? (Source: Tappytoon)
Type

manhwa

Status

current

Started

2020-12-30

Boku ga Otto ni Deau made

(Until I Meet My Husband)

8.22

Description:

A manga adaption of Nanasaki Ryousuke‘s essays titled "Boku ga Otto ni Deau made" (Until I meet my husband) about him and his husband being the first gay couple to get married in Japan. (Source: Sarerunet)
Type

manga

Volumes

1

Chapters

12

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Started

2020-04-29

Motto Ganbare! Nakamura-kun!!

(Go for It Again, Nakamura!)

7.5

Description:

It was love-at-first-sight when Nakamura met his classmate, Hirose. The two became friends after the shy and awkward Nakamura finally worked up the nerve to speak to him, but being buddy-buddy with your crush is a whole new kind of torture! And as he watches some other guy cuddle up with Hirose like casual bros, Nakamura tries to keep his head from exploding. Why can’t that be him?! Enjoy the hilarious new misadventures of Nakamura desperately trying to keep it together and not scare Hirose off. Hang in there, Nakamura!
Type

manga

Volumes

1

Chapters

9

Status

finished

Started

2017-06-28

Golden Days

7.76

Description:

Feeling rebellious toward his overprotective mother, Soma Mitsuya, a first-year high school student, only cares about his violin and his hospitalized grandfather. On the night his grandfather’s condition suddenly worsens, an earthquake hits, sending Mitsuya to 1921 in the Taisho era… (Source: Ivyscan)
Type

manga

Volumes

8

Chapters

47

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Started

2005-04-20

Ore wo Suki na no wa Omae dake ka yo

(ORESUKI: Are you the only one who loves me?)

0

Description:

Question: What would you do, if a girl you're interested in would confess to you? On top of that, what if there was another girl as well? A cool upperclassman adored by the whole school and your cheerful, energetic childhood friend. I bet you would be over the moon. Thing is, what if there was an unexpected problem about the contents of that confession? (Source: MU)
Type

novel

Volumes

16

Status

finished

Started

2016-02-10

Nanoni, Chigira-kun ga Amasugiru.

0

Description:

Kisaragi Maaya, 16 years old. The first love confession of her life was a complete rejection. She vowed to "never confess to someone again" until one day, the popular Chigira-kun who was on library duty with her, in order to heal his wound of unrequited love, proposed to her that they "heal each others broken hearts"! Everyday, being healed by Chigira-kun, Maaya starts thinking that she wants to be closer... But, this is just comforting each other's broken heart. Even though she definitely can't fall in love with Chigira-kun-!!? (Source: LemonadeScans)
Type

manga

Status

current

Started

2017-05-24

Hishakai Shindo

(Depth of Field)

7.69

Description:

Shuichirou is in the habit of sneaking into the terrace of his school building during lunch, while skipping class, or when he wants to put off going home. There, he often meets with Konno. Konno is a guy shrouded in rumour: with some saying he's dark and intimidating but others claiming he's a photography enthusiast and an unexpectedly nice guy. Jealousy, envy, and an odd sort of mutual regard colours the interactions between these two young men: one who conceals his feelings behind a cheerful facade and the other whose simple-minded, pure-hearted demeanour makes his friend's previously avoidant existence rife with internal conflict... (Source: MU)
Type

manga

Volumes

2

Chapters

10

Status

finished

Started

2017-09-01

Bandeusi Happy Ending

(Happy Ending In Need)

7.85

Description:

Yeon-Woo's husband died the day they ended their sham marriage. Yeon-Woo, who is swept in sorrow, is given a chance to return 100 days back in time! As she struggles to prevent the death of her husband Seon-Jae, their 'real' marriage has only just begun. This is the story of a late budding romance, faced with danger and a life at stake. "This time, I will make sure we have a happy ending!" (Source: Naver, translated)
Type

manhwa

Chapters

112

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Started

2021-04-23

10th

(10th)

7.49

Description:

A boy and a girl who are childhood friends fell in love with the same guy. (Source: MU)
Type

manga

Volumes

3

Chapters

14

Status

finished

Started

2019-02-27

Itsuwari no Freja

(Prince Freya)

0

Description:

Freya thinks of herself as a simple village girl, but her idyllic life is shattered when she is caught up in the aftermath of a treacherous Sigurdian plot. She bears a striking resemblance to her country’s beloved Prince Edvard, who lays dying from poison. Without its ruler, all of Tyr will quickly be engulfed by Sigurdian violence. Now Freya must take Prince Edvard’s place and lead his valiant knights in defending the realm!
Type

manga

Rating

Partial Nudity

Status

current

Started

2017-08-10

Dos Obake ga Nekasete Kurenai

7.2

Description:

Yuuji has always fallen for straight guys and the person he currently has feelings for is getting married. Just when things couldn’t get any worse he gets raped by a ‘sexual ghost’, it’s said that this type of ghost only haunts sexually frustrated people, which in this case happens to be Yuuji. What will become of poor Yuuji after Kousuke the ghost confesses to falling for him?
Type

manga

Rating

Status

current

Started

2016-12-01

Tsuka no Ma no Ichika

0

Description:

Ichika Sendawara has now lived beyond the predicted amount of time the doctor had given her left to live. Now, she currently spends her days going to university while carrying the uncertainty of her death. One day, as she is filled with the hopelessness and emptiness from a future that she can't see, a person happened to catch her eye and they are none other than Akifumi Yurugi, her philosophy lecturer who had suddenly quit his job. Now that she is reunited again with the lecturer that she is deeply in love with, she has found a new reason to continue living but... (Source: Kodansha, translated)
Type

manga

Volumes

2

Chapters

29

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Started

2019-07-26

10nyeonjjae Chaineun Sokkupchingu

(10 Years in the Friend Zone)

0

Description:

Generally, when a person gets rejected after admitting their feelings to someone, the rejected will try to move on. They certainly don’t stay friends... Unless you’re Shiho and Yui. The two were born on the same day and have been attending the same schools for the past ten years. They’ve also been playing a little game where Shiho confesses his feelings for Yul, and Yul tells him to try harder. The result? Shiho’s become a perfect student, and all the girls at school like him. But now the two have started high school together and it seems like the little “game” they’ve been playing might have more players. The rules are changing quickly – is it too late for anything more to develop between Shiho and Yul? (Source: Lezhin)
Type

manhwa

Chapters

86

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Started

2018-09-16

Namsachin-ui Beobchig

0

Description:

Jay is a guy that wanted to talk with his friend about their secret crushes, When Jay was about to confess who he has a crush on, his friend Jiwoon, who’s crush is actually towards Jay, was hopefull that Jay was going to confess his feelings towards her. But she felt shocked when she learned that actually Jay’s crush was someone else, after that, Jay asked her about her crush, Jiwoon tried to avoid the question and gave him a vague description which caused a misunderstanding that his crush was actually towards Jay’s friend Seohyun. She and Jay are just good friends without anything romantic going on between them, The way Jay interacts with her is just in a friendly manner and tries to help her to get her “crush”….Let the romantic drama begin at school!
Type

manhwa

Status

current

Started

2023-04-25

Unmei wo Shinjinai Kare ga Iu ni wa

(What He Who Doesn't Believe in Fate Says)

0

Description:

Love as destined is boring. Kousuke, who can see the red thread of fate, suffers from unrequited love at the university. However, he hid that feeling in his heart, because he knew that the two "red threads of fate" weren't connected... On the other hand, one day, Yuka is told by a fortune-teller that "the fateful partner is nearby" and becomes aware of Kousuke as a romantic partner. Unmei wo Shinjinai Kare ga Iu ni wa depicts the love of an adult who is at the mercy of fate. (Source: Kadokawa, translated)
Type

manga

Status

current

Started

2020-04-30

Sheets no Sukima

(Between the Sheets)

6.68

Description:

Between the Sheets features the unusual friendship from the nearly inseparable Saki and Minako. Minako carries a fervent torch for the other girl - a passion of which Saki is initially ignorant. But when Minako sleeps with Saki's boyfriend Ken (just to see what Saki sees in him), the true nature of Minako's obsession begins to reveal itself ... provoking an understandably strong reaction from Saki. (Source: Tokyopop)
Type

manga

Volumes

1

Chapters

6

Rating

Status

finished

Started

1995-08-01

Sofure Buka!

0

Description:

"Please no more...Save me, Nakamuraaah...!"With the stress from work and his girlfriend, Seta's body, mind and spirit are all reaching their breaking point. Then along comes his subordinate--body pillow fanatic--Nakamura, who proposes that they become sleep buddies (friends who sleep next to each other). With his mental state stretched to its limits, he decides to try it; but seriously, with a guy?! Buuut...why does it feel so nice to be enveloped in the strong arms of his brash subordinate?
Type

manga

Volumes

1

Chapters

8

Rating

Smut

Status

finished

Started

2014-11-29

Prince Cinderella

(Prince Cinderella)

0

Description:

Outgoing and athletic, Darim’s always surrounded by friends. But back in elementary school, she used to be a social outcast—she only started making friends when Taehoo brought her into the fold. Now in high school, the two have drifted apart, but Darim is waiting for a chance to reunite with her icy Prince Charming. There’s just one issue: Darim’s body transforms into a boy’s at noon every day, only to turn back at midnight! Well, if she can’t get close to Taehoo as a girl… Why not try as a boy?! (Source: Lezhin)
Type

manhwa

Status

current

Started

2020-10-05

11:59

(11:59)

0

Description:

After living in December 24th, Christmas Eve on endless repeat- Mokhwa seems to be the only one who's aware of the existence of the time loop. And on this repeated day, he spends time with his childhood friend 'Choi Gyun' despite having cut ties with him a long time ago. The weather forecast didn't say it was going to rain but Lee Mokhwa knew it would, that's only one of the things he knew was going to happen. No, he can't see the future, he's actually stuck in a time loop, reliving December 24th endlessly. The only person besides himself who seems to be aware of the repeated time is Choi Gyun, the childhood friend he drifted apart from, but he's avoiding the topic. Gyun must know something he doesn't, he could even be the cause of the time loop, Mokhwa is determined to make him break the chain. (Source: MU)
Type

manhwa

Volumes

1

Chapters

4

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Started

2018-12-19

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