What is Romance manga?

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.

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Koe no Katachi

(A Silent Voice)

8.43

Description:

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? (Source: Kodansha Comics)
Type

manga

Volumes

7

Chapters

64

Status

finished

Started

2013-08-07

Kimi no Na wa.

(Your name.)

8.41

Description:

Based on the hit animated film! Mitsuha, a high school girl from a town deep in the mountains, dreams of an unfamiliar life in Tokyo. Taki, a high school boy from Tokyo, dreams that he is a girl living in the mountains. As the two change places in their dreams, their encounter sets a miraculous story into motion. (Source: Yen Press)
Type

manga

Volumes

3

Chapters

9

Rating

Status

finished

Started

2016-05-27

Horimiya

(Horimiya)

8.33

Description:

Hori may seem like a normal teenage girl, but she's a completely different person after school. In her workaholic parents' absence, Hori has been like a parent for her little brother since she was young herself. Between taking care of her brother, feeding them both, and housework, she doesn't have much time for a usual teenage social life. One day, she meets someone else who does not present his true self at school: a quiet, glasses-wearing boy called Miyamura. She'd assumed he was bookish, and possibly an otaku, but Hori couldn't have been more wrong. Outside of school, Miyamura is a friendly guy with many piercings, and he's not very good at academics. Now the two of them have someone with whom they can share both halves of their lives! (Source: MangaHelpers) Note: Chapter count includes 20 extra chapters.
Type

manga

Volumes

16

Chapters

142

Status

finished

Started

2011-10-18

Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen

(Kaguya-sama: Love is War)

8.3

Description:

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. (Source: Viz Media) 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.
Type

manga

Volumes

28

Chapters

281

Status

finished

Started

2015-05-19

Heartstopper

(Heartstopper)

8.3

Description:

Charlie, a highly-strung, openly gay over-thinker, and Nick, a cheerful, soft-hearted rugby player, meet at a British all-boys grammar school. Friendship blooms quickly, but could there be something more...?
Type

oel

Status

current

Started

2019-08-25

Naje Tteuneun Byeol

(Daytime Star)

8.28

Description:

A struggling, no-name actress of seven years, Yu-Ra Hwang. She barely lands a minor role in a movie that’s bound to be a success. A celebrity’s celebrity, Seung-Hyeon Kang, keeps running into Yu-Ra, who always seems to be shedding tears every time he comes across her. As these two reunite in the new movie, “Time,” will Yu-Ra finally seize the moment to make her name known? And will Seung-Hyeon figure out why he can’t get Yu-Ra out of his mind? Only time will tell.
Type

manhwa

Rating

13 teens or older

Status

current

Started

2021-06-25

Sumire wa Blue

(My Blue Violet)

8.27

Description:

Kinoshita Sumire…Does not participate in any co-curriculum activity and does not even like her own name. She first saw Makimura Daichi in the library. For some reason, she was very attracted to the way he twirls his pencil, and from then on, she started taking interest in him. Makimura Daichi…Part of a famous ice hockey team and is secretly in love with his childhood friend, Shouji… These two people have nothing in common at all, yet they are slowly getting closer to each other…! (Source- Ochibichan)
Type

manga

Volumes

2

Chapters

9

Status

finished

Started

2001-07-13

Noragami

(Noragami: Stray God)

8.26

Description:

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 (for a small fee), 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. (Source: Kodansha Comics)
Type

manga

Volumes

27

Status

current

Started

2010-12-23

Kamisama Hajimemashita

(Kamisama Kiss)

8.26

Description:

Nanami Momozono is alone and homeless after her dad skips town to evade his gambling debts and the debt collectors kick her out of her apartment. So when a man she's just saved from a dog offers her his home, she jumps at the opportunity. But it turns out that his place is a shrine, and Nanami has unwittingly taken over his job as a local deity! Nanami has all kinda of new responsibilities she doesn't understand, dangers she's unaware of, and a cranky ex-familiar who's...actually pretty hot. What's a new-fledged godling to do? (Source: VIZ Media)
Type

manga

Volumes

25

Chapters

154

Rating

Status

finished

Started

2008-02-20

Jumyou wo Kaitotte Moratta. Ichinen ni Tsuki, Ichimanen de.

(I sold my life for ten thousand yen per year.)

8.26

Description:

A twenty-year-old with little hope for the future discovers a shop that buys lifespan, time, and health. This is a story dealing with the ensuing consequences. (Source: MU) Note: Volume 2 contains the side story "Sonzai no Iu made mo Nai Karusa". Volume 3 contains the side story "Chiisana Negai".
Type

manga

Volumes

3

Chapters

18

Status

finished

Started

2016-08-10

Villains Are Destined to Die

(Villains Are Destined to Die)

8.26

Description:

Penelope Eckart reincarnated as the adopted daughter of Duke Eckart and the villainess of a reverse harem dating sim. The problem is, she entered the game at its hardest difficulty, and no matter what she does, death awaits her at every ending! Before the "real daughter" of Duke Eckart appears, she must choose one of the male leads and reach a happy ending in order to survive. But the two brothers always pick a fight with her over every little thing, as well as a crazy crown prince, whose routes all lead to death. There's even a magician who's enamoured with the female lead, and a loyal slave knight! But somehow, the favourability meters of the male leads increase the more she crosses the line with them! This is Penelope’s survival story, who’s been dropped in an insane reverse harem dating sim! (Source: MU)
Type

manhwa

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

current

Started

2020-05-01

Sora wa Akai Kawa no Hotori

(Red River)

8.26

Description:

A seemingly ordinary modern day teenager, Yuri, is suddenly whisked away to the Hittite empire in ancient Anatolia, where an ambitious queen wants the girl for a blood sacrifice in order to murder all heirs but her son, thus seizing control of the throne. Luckily, the timely intervention of Prince Kail saves Yuri from the queen's grasp. Kail promises to send Yuri back to her home, but the queen's persistent schemes to kill them both, plus their growing feelings for each other, keep those plans delayed. (Source: Wikipedia)Included one-shot: Volume 28: Orontes Renka
Type

manga

Volumes

28

Chapters

96

Rating

Status

finished

Started

1995-01-05

Grand Blue

(Grand Blue Dreaming)

8.26

Description:

A new life begins for Kitahara Iori as he begins his college career near the ocean in Izu city, full of excitement for his new life. He will be moving into his Uncle's diving store "Grand Blue." There he finds the beautiful ocean, beautiful women, and men that love diving and alcohol. Will Iori be able to live his dream college life? (Source: MangaHelpers)
Type

manga

Volumes

0

Rating

Status

current

Started

2014-04-07

Kaichou wa Maid-sama!

(Maid-Sama!)

8.26

Description:

The class president has a little secret she's keeping from everyone in her high school. As President of the Student Council, the overachieving feminist Misaki really socks it to the guys in an attempt to make the former all-boys' school attract a more female student body. But what will she do when the most awesome boy in class finds out Misaki's part-time job is in a maid café?! It's love at first fight in this shojo romantic comedy—with a whole new look at the battle between the genres! (Source: Tokyopop)
Type

manga

Volumes

18

Chapters

98

Rating

Status

finished

Started

2005-12-24

Natsuyasumi 00-nichime

8.26

Description:

It's closing ceremony and romance blossoms amongst the bubbles. (Source: M-U)
Type

oneshot

Volumes

0

Chapters

1

Rating

Status

finished

Started

2012-07-10

Nana

(Nana)

8.26

Description:

Nana Komatsu is a young woman who's endured an unending string of boyfriend problems. Moving to Tokyo, she's hoping to take control of her life and put all those messy misadventures behind her. She's looking for love and she's hoping to find it in the big city. Nana Osaki, on the other hand, is cool, confident and focused. She swaggers into town and proceeds to kick down the doors to Tokyo's underground punk scene. She's got a dream and won't give up until she becomes Japan's No. 1 rock'n'roll superstar. This is the story of two 20-year-old women who share the same name. Even though they come from completely different backgrounds, they somehow meet and become best friends. The world of Nana is a world exploding with sex, music, fashion, gossip and all-night parties. (Source: Viz Media)
Type

manga

Volumes

21

Chapters

84

Rating

Status

finished

Started

2000-05-26

Monogatari Series: First Season

8.26

Description:

This entry includes the first season of the Monogatari series: Vol. 1-2: Bakemonogatari Vol. 3: Kizumonogatari Vol. 4-5: Nisemonogatari Vol. 6: Nekomonogatari: Kuro
Type

novel

Volumes

6

Chapters

107

Rating

Status

finished

Started

2006-11-01

Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e

(Classroom of the Elite)

8.26

Description:

Koudo Ikusei Senior High School is a leading prestigious school with state-of-the-art facilities where nearly 100% of students go on to university or find employment. The students there have the freedom to wear any hairstyle and bring any personal effects they desire. Koudo Ikusei is a paradise-like school, but the truth is that only the most superior of students receive favorable treatment.Ayanokouji Kiyotaka is a student of D-class, which is where the school dumps its “inferior” students in order to ridicule them. For a certain reason, Kiyotaka was careless on his entrance examination, and was put in D-class. After meeting Horikita Suzune and Kushida Kikyou, two other students in his class, Kiyotaka’s situation begins to change.(Source: ANN)
Type

novel

Volumes

14

Chapters

110

Status

finished

Started

2015-05-25

&

(And)

8.26

Description:

Aoki Kaoru is a 26-year-old woman who has never had a boyfriend. Normally unattached and unmotivated in her own life, Kaoru decides to start up a nail salon as a side business in addition to her regular job as a medical clerk. Although having a severe adversity to physical touch, she is forced to confront that fear when she meets a man who can’t help but touch others. (Source: Stiletto Heels)
Type

manga

Volumes

8

Chapters

45

Rating

Status

finished

Started

2010-04-08

Tian Guan Ci Fu

(Heaven Official's Blessing)

8.22

Description:

Among the gods, there is a laughing stock of the three realms. He soared and became a god three times. The first time: he became the martial emperor’s most trusted, but was forced down into the mortal world as punishment for interfering with mortal affairs. The second time: he started fighting the martial emperor the moment he soared and was kicked out of the heavens, shattering records, and became the most short lived god ever. The third time: well, it’s this time…nothing will go wrong this time right? JK, he fell into debt of 8,880,000 merits the moment he stepped into the heavens… (Source: MU)
Type

novel

Chapters

252

Rating

Status

finished

Started

2017-01-01

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