12 Good Romance Manga to Read for Boys

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Klaus Edimo

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When we talk about manga in general, it is much more associated with men. But yet when we talk about romance through these same manga, women are the most targeted. And yet a good romance manga, well written, can attract both audiences. Love is in the spotlight in this article and we have put together a special list for fans of romantic stories. Although they are romantic manga, other themes are covered, which will push the boys to be more interested in them. These are the 12 good romance manga to read for boys :

Otomen
Orange
Unbalance x2
Honey so sweet
Komi can’t communicate
Nisekoi
Fruits Basket
Kaguya-sama : Love is war
Blue Flag
My dress-up Darling
Sawako
Horimiya

Otomen

A man is considered “otomen” when he thinks like a girl and likes the same things as girls when he can show both great virility, but also great sensitivity or a particularly gifted man in cooking, sewing or cleaning. This is how our dear Asuka Masamune, the protagonist of the manga, is seen.

Asuka is the champion of the national high school kendo league, but also a black belt in judo and karate and yet hides a terrible secret: he is an “otomen”! In order not to disappoint his mother, he always sought to repress his nature.

But then he falls in love with Ryo, a girl who is his exact opposite in nature. She is tough, strong, and unladylike in every way. And the more he gets to know her, the more he allows himself to be who he truly is.

Orange

Although Orange is a good romance manga for boys, it also deals with other heavy themes like suicide or mental health. It is a short manga, available in two oversized volumes that you can binge on over a weekend.

Naho is a sixteen-year-old high school student living in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture. Her daily life is turned upside down when she receives a letter from herself written ten years later!

Through this letter, she intends to prevent Naho from repeating the same mistakes of the past, including the suicide of a new student in her class called Kakeru.

Thus, the letter contains material on the events of the coming months and instructions on how to save Kakeru’s life.

Orange is a beautiful, hard-hitting story of love and you will not find some good romance manga with a similar story.

Unbalance x2

For all the boys who have always dreamed of a crazy love affair with a sexy teacher, this is a good romance manga that will suit you. Unbalance x2 tackles the forbidden romance between a student and his homeroom teacher.

Jin Ho is a high school student. One day he picks up a purse in a bookstore and returns it to its owner, Hye Young, but after stealing 7 euros. Hye Young immediately finds it out and asks him to return them.

A few days later, a rumour spreads at school that the new homeroom teacher who will be coming to Jin Ho’s class is hot and to Jin Ho’s surprise, it’s Hye Young who arrives. Thus begins a relationship that promises to be stormy.

Honey so sweet

Honey So Sweet was written and illustrated by Amu Meguro. In his manga, he tells us the story of Nao Kogure who finds a young man, Taiga Onise, knocked out in the rain. This young man has the look of a big delinquent, she is afraid to wake him up so to help him, she just leaves her umbrella and runs away.

The next day, this same delinquent offers her a bouquet and asks her to go out with him. She accepts out of fear, once again, but soon discovers that the delinquent named Taiga is only scary in appearance and how kind he can be.

Komi Can’t Communicate

Komi Can’t Communicate is a high school romance manga for boys and as soon as the new school year begins Komi does not go unnoticed. Of a striking and singular beauty, of an unparalleled elegance, Komi is adored by all her comrades.

Behind this beauty hides a young girl with social anxiety, she finds it difficult to speak with others and is therefore always mute. The other students, not knowing her problem, think that she is superior to everyone and does not want to mix with them.

Komi sets herself a goal of making a hundred friends, but will she be able to meet this challenge?

Globally, it is a good romance manga, especially since readers who also suffer from mutism find themselves in Komi. The little love story that arises between Komi and his classmate, Tadano, is not too displeasing to the fans as he discovers her secret and tries to help her communicate with others.

Nisekoi

Nisekoi is a good romance manga with a funny story. It is about a young boy, Raku, who is a student in high school. When he was younger he was in love with a girl and even promised to make her his wife when they got older.

To seal their union, they offered each other a pendant, Raku having the padlock and the girl the key to open it. Unfortunately, over time they lost sight of each other.

However, Raku is a son of the Yakuza and to stop the war against their rival family, decides to unite Raku with one of the girls on the other side. The problem is that the two do not support each other.

As they hang out together, other girls join in as a group. One of these girls may be Raku’s childhood sweetheart. Who will he choose as his wife?

Fruits Basket

Tohru, a cute and courageous high school student, loses her mother and finds herself living in a tent in the woods. One day, Tohru comes across the house of one of her classmates, Yuki Soma. She is welcomed there and is kept as a cleaning lady.

Very quickly, Tohru discovers a huge secret that this family hides. The limbs are indeed struck with a curse and each time they are intertwined by a person of the opposite sex, they suddenly transform into a Chinese zodiac animal.

Fruits Basket is a classic and one of the best romance manga for boys with a successful anime adaptation. Fruits Basket excels in complicated relationships. The series shows a wide range of love stories: unrequited, broken, toxic, idealistic, and even platonic.

Kaguya-sama : Love is war

Kaguya Shinomiya, vice-president of the student council, doesn’t see love like everyone else. For her, it’s a fight she has to fight with the person she’s madly in love with, Miyuki Shirogane, who is none other than the student council president and who shares a fairly similar vision of love.

Although both have reciprocal feelings, Instead of just showing some vulnerability, Kaguya and Miyuki manage to turn everything into an intense mind game to see who will finally confess.

It is also one of the best romance anime because since its release in 2019, it has continued to gain popularity and has had three good seasons and a fourth has already been announced.

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Blue Flag

In the spring of their senior year, three students find themselves at a crossroads in their lives. Taichi is in the same class as Tôma, a childhood friend who succeeded in everything, and Futaba, a girl he has trouble supporting.

One day, Futaba confides in him and confesses to him that she is in love with Tôma. Taichi will end up, in front of Futaba’s excessive shyness, by resigning himself to help her, to push her to get closer to his friend.

Blue Flag is a recommended romance manga for boys with a particular story; it is a manga that puts the feeling of love to the test of friendship.

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My Dress-Up Darling

This series is about Wakana Gojo, a young man who is only interested in one thing: making Hina dolls at his grandfather’s workshop. Since no one shares his passion, he struggles to make friends until the day he meets Marin Kitagawa, the most popular girl in school.

Marin, who is an otaku at heart, thinks it’s great to make dolls and wants to help Wakana. After Marin reveals his secret to him, he finds a new use for his tailoring skills. Together they will make her cosplay dreams come true!

Neither of them judges each other’s hobbies and supports each other no matter what. As the series continues, Marin and Wakana grow closer and eventually develop feelings for each other and the story transforms into a good romance manga.

The anime adaptation of the manga is also successful and is a great anime to watch.

Sawako(Kimi ni Todoke)

Sawako Kuronuma just started high school and vows to make friends. The problem is that despite all her will, her appearance does not help her. Sawako is shunned and feared by everyone because of her long black hair, pale skin, and very dark eyes. The students nicknamed her Sadako, about the horror film “ The Ring “.

Everything changes for Sawako when the friendliest and most popular boy in class starts talking to her, showing others that people shouldn’t be judged by their looks. Sawako, amazed by the attention this young man draws to him, decides to get closer to him and even admires him.

An intimate relationship gradually develops between them and our young heroine begins to change gradually.

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Horimiya

This is a romance manga for boys you should not miss because it has a very charming story. Hori is a fashionable and popular high school girl who lives a completely normal school life. However, once back home, Hori has to take care of everything while her parents are away working all day.

She must therefore take care of the household chores and take care of her little brother, so she can’t enjoy her teenage life.

Her life changes when she meets Izumi Miyamura, a boy in her class, quiet and shy by nature, with the appearance of an otaku. Yet, outside of school, he too is a whole different person and it turns out that Izumi is a social young man who loves piercings and getting tattoos.

What will happen when our two high school students discover each other’s dark side? Horimiya has a very good romance anime too. It is filled with funny scenes, the characters are super endearing and in the manga we also find cool love stories between secondary characters.

With the wide variety of romance manga published, it is difficult to say that there is at least one out there that will be the perfect match for your taste. From smart and gentlemanly to shy and cute, your ideal type can be found in a shoujo manga.

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Go check these romance manga out and get ready to be swept off your feet. You can also check on the Top romance anime to watch on Crunchyroll

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