Top Ecchi Manga Recommendations

Sono Bisque Doll wa Koi wo Suru

Also known as My Dress-Up Darling.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Romance , Slice of Life

Traumatized by a childhood incident with a friend who took exception to his love of traditional dolls, doll-artisan hopeful Gojou Wakana passes his days as a loner, finding solace in the home ec room at his high school. To Wakana, people like beautiful Kitagawa Marin, a trendy girl who's always surrounded by a throng of friends, is practically an alien from another world. But when cheerful Marin--never one to be shy--spots Wakana sewing away one day after school, she barges in with the aim of roping her quiet classmate into her secret hobby: cosplay! Will Wakana's wounded heart be able to handle the invasion from this sexy alien?!



Tags: Cosplay , Otaku Culture , Fashion , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Gyaru , Makeup , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Photography , Seinen , Educational , Primarily Female Cast , Crossdressing , School , Unrequited Love , Drawing

Ijiranaide, Nagatoro-san

Also known as Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Romance , Slice of Life

Nagatoro is a freshman in high school who loves teasing and torturing her older male classmate! What’s her motivation and why does Senpai put up with her? Does Nagatoro just want to create misery for Senpai? Or maybe she secretly likes him?



Note: Includes 34 extra chapters.

Tags: Bullying , Heterosexual , Tsundere , Male Protagonist , Tanned Skin , Female Protagonist , School , Drawing , School Club , Shounen , Primarily Female Cast , Martial Arts , Tomboy , Primarily Teen Cast , Gyaru , Slapstick , Judo , Nudity , Time Skip , Urban , Yandere

GANTZ

Also known as Gantz.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Ecchi , Horror , Psychological , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

Tokyo teens Kei and Masaru are killed by a subway train but awaken in a room with an ominous black orb that gives them weapons, suits and orders. Fighting bizarre alien monstrosities in a deadly game, will they win their freedom or die for the final time?



Tags: Survival , Seinen , Gore , Aliens , Tragedy , Death Game , Urban , Guns , Cosmic Horror , Nudity , Philosophy , Super Power , Ensemble Cast , Heterosexual , Terrorism , Vampire , Assassins , Female Harem , Youkai , Dinosaurs , CGI , Trains

Kanojo, Okarishimasu

Also known as Rent-A-Girlfriend.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Ecchi , Romance

In today’s Japan, “rental” services can deliver an afternoon with a “friend,” a “parent,” even a fake girlfriend! After a staggering betrayal by his girlfriend, hapless freshman Kazuya gets just desperate enough to give it a try. But he quickly discovers how complicated it can be to “rent” an emotional connection, and his new “girlfriend,” who’s trying to keep her side hustle secret, will panic when she finds out her real life and Kazuya’s are intertwined in surprising ways! Family, school, and life all start to go wrong, too… It’s sweet but naïve boy meets cute but ruthless girl in this 21st-century manga rom-com!



Tags: Male Protagonist , Love Triangle , Shounen , Primarily Female Cast , Prostitution , Gambling , Female Harem , Work , Tsundere , Heterosexual , Fake Relationship , Acting , Primarily Adult Cast , College , Coming of Age , Meta , School , Agriculture , Slapstick , Nudity , Filmmaking

FAIRY TAIL

Also known as Fairy Tail.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Ecchi , Fantasy

Cute girl wizard Lucy wants to join the Fairy Tail, a club for the most powerful wizards. But instead her ambitions land her in the clutches of a gang of unsavory pirates led by a devious magician. Her only hope is Natsu, a strange boy she happens to meet on her travels. Natsu’s not your typical hero—he gets motion sickness, eats like a pig, and his best friend is a talking cat. With friends like this, is Lucy better off with her enemies?



Note: Includes 4 extra chapters.

Tags: Ensemble Cast , Magic , Shounen , Dragons , Large Breasts , Animals , Super Power , Time Skip , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Nekomimi , War , Demons , Travel , Fairy Tale , Found Family , Time Manipulation , Lost Civilization , Gods , Cult

GTO

Also known as GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Ecchi

Former juvenile delinquent Onizuka finds himself thrust into to role of high school teacher, facing students who behave just as he used to and an administration that doesn't trust him. Using the brash an unorthodox methods he picked up in his youth, Onizuka manages to reach through to his kids and help them with their problems.



Notes:
- Won the 22nd Kodansha Manga Award for Best Shounen Manga.
- The chapter count includes the 7 chapters extra GTO: Great Toroko Oppai♡ (Tomoko's Big Adventures) published in volumes 11 and 12, and one extra published in volume 25.

Tags: Teacher , School , Ensemble Cast , Coming of Age , Work , Male Protagonist , Terrorism , Bullying , Tragedy , Rehabilitation , Delinquents , Nudity , Gangs , Shounen , Age Gap , Family Life , Motorcycles , Dragons , Crime , Revenge , Heterosexual , Yakuza , Detective , Acting , Guns , Police , Espionage , Drugs , Slapstick , Primarily Teen Cast

Shokugeki no Souma

Also known as Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Ecchi

Yukihira Souma's dream is to become a full-time chef in his father's restaurant and surpass his father's culinary skill. But just as Yukihira graduates from middle schools his father, Yukihira Jouichirou, closes down the restaurant to cook in Europe. Although downtrodden, Souma's fighting spirit is rekindled by a challenge from Jouichirou which is to survive in an elite culinary school where only 10% of the students graduate. Can Souma survive?



Included side stories:
Volume 1: Shokugeki no Souma (pilot).
Volume 3: Kimi to Watashi no Renai Soudan.
Volume 8: Natsuyasumi no Erina.
Volume 13: Shokugeki no Soma X Isobe Isobee Monogatari.
Volume 13: Betsubara! #1 & #2 (counts as one chapter).
Volume 15: Betsubara! #3 & #4 (counts as one chapter).
Volume 20: Betsubara! #5.
Volume 21: Betsubara! #6 & #7 (counts as one chapter).
Volume 31: Kareinaru Bansankai.

Tags: Food , School , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Nudity , Educational , Time Skip , Tsundere , Incest , Desert

Mato Seihei no Slave

Also known as Chained Soldier.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Ecchi , Fantasy , Romance

Decades ago, gates to an otherworldly and dangerous dimension known as Mato—the “Demon City”—appeared across Japan. Those who partook in the “peaches” growing there gained unique abilities—but only if they’re girls. When down-in-the-dumps high school boy Yuuki Wakura finds himself caught up in a gate, he’s saved by Kyouka Uzen, the beautiful commander of the 7th squad of the Demon Defense Force, who…orders him to become her slave?!

Tags: Male Protagonist , Super Power , Slavery , Primarily Female Cast , Heterosexual , Nudity , Female Harem , Shounen , Henshin , Shapeshifting , Gods , Swordplay , Urban Fantasy , Love Triangle , Monster Girl , Guns , Threesome , Time Manipulation , MILF , Aliens , Bullying , Isekai

Mushoku Tensei: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu

Also known as Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Ecchi , Fantasy

An unemployed otaku has just reached the lowest point in his life. He wants nothing more than the ability to start over, but just as he thinks it may be possible…he gets hit by a truck and dies! Shockingly, he finds himself reborn into an infant’s body in a strange new world of swords and magic. His identity now is Rudeus Greyrat, yet he still retains the memories of his previous life. Reborn into a new family, Rudeus makes use of his past experiences to forge ahead in this fantasy world as a true prodigy, gifted with maturity beyond his years and a natural born talent for magic. With swords instead of chopsticks, and spell books instead of the internet, can Rudeus redeem himself in this wondrous yet dangerous land?



Tags: Isekai , Reincarnation , Magic , Family Life , Age Gap , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Rehabilitation , Time Skip , Female Harem , Survival , Tragedy , Demons , Gore , Tomboy , Alternate Universe , Swordplay , Polyamorous

Domestic na Kanojo

Also known as Domestic Girlfriend.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Ecchi , Romance , Slice of Life

High schooler Natsuo is hopelessly in love with his cheerful and popular teacher, Hina. However, one day at a mixer, he meets a moody girl by the name of Rui and ends up sleeping with her. Soon after, his father announces that he's getting remarried to a woman with two daughters of her own. And who shows up in tow, other than both Hina and Rui?! Natsuo's outrageous new life starts now!



Note: Includes 23 extra/side chapters.

Tags: Inseki , Love Triangle , Coming of Age , Tragedy , Male Protagonist , Writing , Age Gap , Family Life , Female Harem , Nudity , Teacher , Heterosexual , School Club , School , Crime , Acting , Time Skip , Food , MILF , Shounen , Transgender , Drugs , Yandere , Bisexual

Sun-Ken Rock

Also known as Sun-Ken Rock.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Ecchi

Delinquent Ken goes to Korea to follow the girl he loves, but somehow, he gets caught up in Korea’s local gang business instead!? And what do you mean he’s the gang’s boss now?



Notes:
- Includes 9 extra chapters.
- Includes the one-shot "Trigun: The Lost Plant"

Tags: Gangs , Seinen , Yakuza , Male Protagonist , Martial Arts , Primarily Male Cast , Nudity , Foreign , Gore , Travel , Tragedy , Mafia , Cars , Swordplay , Food

Prison School

Also known as Prison School.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Psychological , Romance

On the outskirts of Tokyo stands Hachimitsu Private Academy, an all-girls boarding school for elite young women. But as the new school year rolls around, one tradition is going out the window: For the first time in the school's long history, boys are being allowed to enroll. On the first day of school, though, it turns out only five boys have made the cut. Thrilled by this discovery, these young men's adolescent hearts leap with joy at the thought of being surrounded by all those girls, but little do the five boys suspect the shocking fate that awaits them...



Notes:
- Includes 1 extra chapter and the epilogue.
- Won the Kodansha Manga Award 2013 for best general manga.

Tags: Seinen , School , Surreal Comedy , Male Protagonist , Slavery , Nudity , Slapstick , Prison , Heterosexual , Bullying , Revenge , Love Triangle , Kuudere , Ensemble Cast , Watersports , LGBTQ+ Themes , Femdom

Mushoku Tensei: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu

Also known as Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation.

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Ecchi , Fantasy

Kicked out by his family and wandering the streets, an unemployed 34-year-old shut-in thinks he’s hit rock-bottom—just as he’s hit and killed by a speeding truck! Awakening to find himself reborn as an infant in a world of swords and sorcery, but with the memories of his first life intact, Rudeus Greyrat is determined not to repeat his past mistakes. He’s going to make the most of this reincarnation as he sets off on the adventure of a second lifetime!



Tags: Coming of Age , Rehabilitation , Isekai , Reincarnation , Magic , Polyamorous , Travel , Family Life , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Ensemble Cast , Survival , Female Harem , Time Manipulation , Time Skip , Gods , Meta , Demons , Hikikomori , Matriarchy , Swordplay , Tomboy , Crossdressing , Teacher , Tsundere , Elf , Language Barrier , School , Slavery , Dragons , Nekomimi , Amnesia , Dungeon , Otaku Culture , Revenge , Marriage , Maids , Episodic , Ojou-sama , Religion , Boys' Love , Archery , Desert

Sabishisugite Rezu Fuzoku ni Ikimashita Report

Also known as My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Ecchi , Psychological , Slice of Life

A hugely popular comic on Pixiv, My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness offers readers an honest and heartfelt look at one young woman’s exploration of her sexuality, mental well-being, and growing up in our modern age.



Note: Includes 1 extra chapter.

Tags: Autobiographical , Coming of Age , Non-fiction , Female Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes , Rehabilitation , Family Life , Disability , Yuri , POV , Philosophy , Drawing , Psychosexual , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Female Cast , Survival , Achronological Order , Urban , Nudity , Full Color , Denpa

Bokutachi wa Benkyou ga Dekinai

Also known as We Never Learn.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Romance , Slice of Life

Nariyuki Yuiga is in his last and most painful year of high school. In order to gain the “special VIP recommendation” which would grant him a full scholarship to college, he must now tutor his classmates as they struggle to prepare for entrance exams. Among his pupils are “the sleeping beauty of the literary forest,” Fumino Furuhashi, and "the Thumbelina supercomputer," Rizu Ogata–two of the most beautiful super-geniuses at the school! While these two were thought to be academically flawless, it turns out that they’re completely clueless outside of their pet subjects…!?



Tags: School , Teacher , Female Harem , Male Protagonist , Tomboy , Heterosexual , Primarily Female Cast , Age Gap , Coming of Age , Time Skip , Shounen , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Primarily Teen Cast , Tanned Skin , Kuudere , MILF , Twins , Marriage , Ghost , Maids , Work

Kimi no Koto ga Dai Dai Dai Dai Daisuki na 100-nin no Kanojo

Also known as The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Romance , Slice of Life

Aijou Rentaro tried and tried again, but after asking a hundred girls out on a date, he was rejected every single time. In desperation, he prays for guidance…only to be told by a god that his rejections were due to some cosmic error! Now the god is going to set things right by making sure that Aijou gets one hundred dates. Except, as things often do with gods, the dates come with a catch: one hundred girls are destined to be Aijou’s soulmate, and unless he returns their feelings each and every time, they’ll die in horrible accidents! Sure enough, girls start confessing their love to Aijou left and right. But how is he supposed to choose?! He doesn’t want to kill anyone! When he looks at each potential soulmate, it feels like a bolt of lightning. Can someone really love a hundred other people? This hilarious romantic comedy takes the harem concept to a wild extreme!


Note: Won second place of Tsugimanga 2020 Award in the Manga Category

Tags: Polyamorous , Female Harem , Ensemble Cast , Surreal Comedy , Meta , Seinen , Parody , Primarily Female Cast , Male Protagonist , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Tsundere , Kuudere , Large Breasts , Heterosexual , Tomboy , MILF , Chuunibyou , School , Slapstick , Love Triangle , Gyaru , Incest , Drugs , Maids , Age Gap , Bisexual , Food , Age Regression , Crossdressing , Idol , Body Swapping , Yuri , Baseball , Ghost

Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo

Also known as Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Romance , Supernatural

Class troublemaker Ryu Yamada is already having a bad day when he stumbles down a staircase along with star student Urara Shiraishi. When he wakes up, he realizes they have switched bodies—and that Ryu has the power to trade places with anyone just by kissing them! After figuring out the workings behind this new and amazing ability, Ryu and Urara take full advantage of the situation to improve their lives. But with such an oddly amazing power, just how long will Ryu and Urara be able to keep their secret under wraps?



Included one-shot:
Volume 9: Maou no Kyoushitsu

Note: Includes 2 extra chapters.

Tags: School , Male Protagonist , Witch , Magic , Super Power , Body Swapping , School Club , Time Manipulation , Time Skip , Female Harem , Gender Bending , Shounen , Amnesia , Delinquents , Coming of Age , Primarily Teen Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Bisexual , Dissociative Identities , Basketball

Kaette Kudasai! Akutsu-san

Also known as Please Go Home, Miss Akutsu!.

Status: Hiatus
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Romance , Slice of Life

Timid Ooyama keeps to himself at school, and he certainly never gets involved with Akutsu Riko, a delinquent as buxom as she is notorious. But when she turns up at his apartment out of the blue, what’s he supposed to do, kick her out? She’s gorgeous! And scary! But things get complicated when Akutsu asks to stay the night, then starts turning up over and over again after school–reading Ooyama’s manga, sprawling out on his bed, and digging up his smut stash. Why exactly is she claiming his life as her hangout?! She makes it clear there’s no way she could possibly like him, but the teasing threatens to boil over into something more in this sexy yet adorable slice-of-life rom-com!



Tags: Iyashikei , Tsundere , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Gyaru , Heterosexual , Delinquents , Episodic , Seinen , Tomboy , Nudity , School , Bullying

Fuufu Ijou, Koibito Miman.

Also known as More Than a Married Couple, but Not Lovers..

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Ecchi , Romance

Jirou, a third-year in high school, is forced to live with a gyaru named Akari under a course called the "Couple Practical". In order to be paired with their own romantic interests, they're going to act as a married couple...!?

Note: Nominated for the Tsugimanga 2020 Award in the Manga Category.

Tags: Heterosexual , Love Triangle , Gyaru , Male Protagonist , School , Family Life , Shounen , Meta , Nudity , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Fake Relationship , Female Harem

Boku wa Mari no Naka

Also known as Inside Mari.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Ecchi , Mystery , Psychological , Thriller

A young man is a shut-in, with nothing to do but kill time. The sole pleasure in his life is following home an angelic high school girl he sees every day in a convenience store. Today, like any other day, he follows her, but…



Tags: Body Swapping , Dissociative Identities , Gender Bending , Seinen , Philosophy , Psychosexual , Hikikomori , Female Protagonist , Rehabilitation , LGBTQ+ Themes , School , Yuri , Masturbation , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist , Nudity , Bullying , Tragedy , Unrequited Love