Top Aromantic Manga Recommendations

Yagate Kimi ni Naru

Also known as Bloom Into You.

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

Yuu has always loved shoujo manga and awaits the day she gets a love confession that sends her heart aflutter with bubbles and hearts, and yet when a junior high classmate confesses his feelings to her…she feels nothing. Disappointed and confused, Yuu enters high school still unsure how to respond. That’s when Yuu sees the beautiful student council president Nanami turn down a suitor with such maturity that she’s inspired to ask her for help. But when the next person to confess to Yuu is Nanami herself, has her shoujo romance finally begun?



Note: Includes eight extra chapters.

Tags: Yuri , Female Protagonist , Coming of Age , LGBTQ+ Themes , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Primarily Female Cast , Unrequited Love , Love Triangle , School Club , Acting , Philosophy , Aromantic , Shounen , Time Skip

MASHLE

Also known as Mashle: Magic and Muscles.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Fantasy

This is a world of magic where magic is used for everything. But deep in the forest exists a young man who spends his time training and bulking up. He can't use magic, but he enjoys a peaceful life with his father. But one day, his life is put in danger! Will his muscular body protect him from the magic users who are out to get him? Powerfully trained muscles crush magic as this abnormal magical fantasy begins!



Note:
- Eleventh place of Tsugimanga 2020 Award in the Manga Category.

Tags: Magic , Fitness , Surreal Comedy , Shounen , Parody , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Slapstick , Time Manipulation , War , Primarily Male Cast , Food , Unrequited Love , LGBTQ+ Themes , Asexual , Aromantic , Volleyball , Tennis

Kusuriya no Hitorigoto

Also known as The Apothecary Diaries.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Mystery

Maomao, a young woman trained in the art of herbal medicine, is forced to work as a lowly servant in the inner palace. Though she yearns for life outside its perfumed halls, she isn’t long for a life of drudgery! Using her wits to break a “curse” afflicting the imperial heirs, Maomao attracts the attentions of the handsome eunuch Jinshi and is promoted to attendant food taster. But Jinshi has other plans for the erstwhile apothecary, and soon Maomao is back to brewing potions and…solving mysteries?!



Note: Won the Grand Prize in the Printed Manga category at the Tsugi ni Kuru Manga Award 2019.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Medicine , Detective , Royal Affairs , Foreign , Primarily Female Cast , Seinen , Drugs , Tragedy , Work , Politics , Crime , Episodic , Maids , Adoption , Heterosexual , Asexual , Conspiracy , Chibi , Ojou-sama , Suicide , Religion , Desert , Aromantic , War

Shimanami Tasogare

Also known as Our Dreams at Dusk: Shimanami Tasogare.

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

Not only is high schooler Tasuku Kaname the new kid in town, he’s also terrified that he’s been outed as gay. Just as he’s contemplating doing the unthinkable, Tasuku meets a mysterious woman who leads him to a group of people dealing with problems not so different from his own. In this realistic, heartfelt depiction of LGBT+ characters from different backgrounds finding their place in the world, a search for inner peace proves to be the most universal experience of all.



Tags: LGBTQ+ Themes , Coming of Age , Found Family , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Bullying , Ensemble Cast , Transgender , Crossdressing , Agender , Yuri , Boys' Love , Asexual , Rehabilitation , Suicide , Aromantic , Primarily Teen Cast , School

Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu

Also known as The Summer Hikaru Died.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural , Thriller

Two boys lived in a village: Yoshiki and Hikaru. The two did everything together...until the day Hikaru was encompassed by a mysterious light. That was when everything changed—Hikaru most of all. Yoshiki still wishes from the bottom of his heart to always stay by his side...but is there even a Hikaru left to be with?

Tags: Monster Boy , Male Protagonist , Rural , Cosmic Horror , Body Horror , Tragedy , Primarily Teen Cast , Boys' Love , Mythology , School , LGBTQ+ Themes , Unrequited Love , Gods , Curses , Urban Fantasy , Seinen , Aromantic , Asexual , Mountaineering

Overlord

Also known as Overlord.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy , Horror , Supernatural

For twelve years, the virtual world of Yggdrasil has served as the playground and battlefield for the skeletal lord Momonga and his guild of fellow monsters, Ainz Ooal Gown. But the guild's glory days are over, and the game is shutting down permanently. When Momonga logs in one last time just to be there when the servers go dark, something happens--and suddenly, fantasy is reality. A rogues' gallery of fanatically devoted NPCs is ready to obey his every order, but the world Momonga now inhabits is not the one he remembers. The game may be over, but the epic tale of Ainz Ooal Gown is only beginning...



Tags: Anti-Hero , Skeleton , Magic , Isekai , Demons , Video Games , Medieval , Politics , Cosmic Horror , Male Protagonist , War , Virtual World , Conspiracy , Necromancy , Female Harem , Succubus , Maids , Monster Girl , Elf , Ensemble Cast , Butler , Gore , Vampire , Kuudere , Torture , Archery , Goblin , Alchemy , Femboy , Zombie , Werewolf , Dragons , Artificial Intelligence , Memory Manipulation , Aromantic , Dungeon , Twins , Crossdressing

Saiki Kusuo no Ψ-nan

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Saiki Kusuo has a wide array of superpowers at his command, including telepathy and telekinesis. This might sound awesome, but, in Kusuo's experience, superpowers are not all they're cracked up to be. He tries to live a normal life, despite his annoying abilities.

Tags: Super Power , School , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Aromantic , Surreal Comedy , Ensemble Cast , Ghost , Asexual , Parody , Chuunibyou , Meta , Alternate Universe , Time Manipulation , Post-Apocalyptic , Transgender , LGBTQ+ Themes , Animals , Shapeshifting

LOVE-BULLET

Also known as Love Bullet.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Drama , Romance , Supernatural

In this contemporary world, Cupids solve problems of love not with bows and arrows but with guns! However, when the Cupids get in an argument over how to solve a love triangle…a full on shoot-out occurs?!



Tags: Angels , Matchmaking , Urban Fantasy , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Afterlife , Yuri , Guns , Tragedy , LGBTQ+ Themes , Unrequited Love , Aromantic , Bisexual , Work

Still Sick

Also known as Still Sick.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

Makoto Shimizu is just an ordinary office worker, blending in seamlessly with her colleagues on the job... That is, until her coworker Akane Maekawa discovers her well-hidden secret: in her spare time, she draws and sells girls' love comics!

Akane is the last person Makoto would think of as a nerd, but as the two grow closer, it starts to seem like Akane may have a secret of her own...



Note: Includes 3 bonus chapters.

Tags: Yuri , Drawing , LGBTQ+ Themes , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Work , Otaku Culture , Office Lady , Office , Shoujo , Aromantic , Bisexual

Hirano to Kagiura

Also known as Hirano and Kagiura.

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

Basketball players. Bad boys who aren’t really bad boys. Roommates. Senpai-kouhai BL romance. It all started when Kagiura moved into the school dorms with what seemed to be a bad-boy upperclassman. But after he’s left in the tender care of his mother hen of a roommate, Hirano, it’s too much to ask for Kagiura not to fall in love…right?!



Tags: Boys' Love , LGBTQ+ Themes , Asexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Shoujo , Male Protagonist , Unrequited Love , Primarily Male Cast , School , School Club , Aromantic , Basketball , Boarding School , Chibi

Watashi no Yuri wa Oshigoto desu!

Also known as Yuri Is My Job!.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

Hime is a picture-perfect high school princess—she’s admired by all and never trips up! So when she accidentally injures a café manager named Mai, she’s willing to cover some shifts to keep her facade intact. To Hime’s surprise, the café is themed after a private school where the all-female staff always puts on their best act for their loyal customers. However, under the guidance of the most graceful girl there, Hime can’t help but blush and blunder! Beneath all the frills and laughter, Hime feels tension brewing as she finds out more about her new job and her budding feelings…



Tags: Yuri , Work , Primarily Female Cast , Acting , Meta , Female Protagonist , Tsundere , Love Triangle , LGBTQ+ Themes , School , Unrequited Love , Parody , Gyaru , Aromantic , Primarily Teen Cast , Netorare

Noa-senpai wa Tomodachi.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Sometimes, when life is hard, you just need a "friend." Working at a game company, Rihito Otsuka (23), is a "normal" guy who is a steady presence on and off the job. Noa Saotome (27) is a "hard-core" woman who likes to go all out at everything she does. Two people who usually wouldn't get along become "friends" by chance...? The is the start of an workplace "friendship" comedy that's a little sweet but also a little heavy!

Tags: Office Lady , Primarily Adult Cast , Heterosexual , Seinen , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Kuudere , Work , Otaku Culture , Aromantic , Office , Bisexual

Majo no Tabitabi

Also known as Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy , Slice of Life

Once upon a time, there was a witch named Elaina, who set off on a journey across the world. Along the way, she would meet all kinds of people, from a country full of witches to a giant in love with his own muscles—but with each meeting, Elaina would become a small part of their story, and her own world would get a little bit bigger.



Tags: Witch , Magic , Episodic , Female Protagonist , Travel , Anachronism , Philosophy , Anti-Hero , Primarily Female Cast , Writing , Satire , Amnesia , Pandemic , Tragedy , Dystopian , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Aromantic , Iyashikei , Slavery , Gore , Time Manipulation , War , Religion , Cannibalism , Achronological Order , Alternate Universe , Teacher , Yuri , LGBTQ+ Themes , Dragons , Cult , Time Skip , Zombie , Body Swapping , Anthropomorphism , Kemonomimi , Elf , Demons , Succubus , Alchemy , Age Regression , Suicide , Transgender

Umi ga Hashiru End Roll

Also known as The Credits Roll into the Sea.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Slice of Life

Umiko, a grandma, realizes that she has the same desire to make movies as university student Kai—and soon she enrolls in Kai's film school!

"It's not the movies you like…you like watching the people watching the movies."

Just what are you going to do with the rest of your life? It's the question you'll always have to answer, no matter your age. Umiko Chino is a 65-year-old retired woman in mourning for her late husband. Remembering how they used to watch films together, Umiko goes to the movie theater for the first time in years, where she meets Kai, an attractive, ambiguous young man who studies filmmaking at a nearby art school.

They would seem to have nothing in common, except for this—both of them sometimes like to look more at the way the audience reacts to a movie than the movie itself. Kai believes Umiko has the same deep desire he possesses to experience how people respond to something they made… and challenges her to stake the rest of her life discovering that thrill.

Soon Umiko surprises herself by enrolling in the same film school as Kai. But sailing into this new sea, she's suddenly inside the currents of her fellow students' lives, a much younger generation that she struggles to understand, driven by their own passions and their own relationships. Who's really experienced at life, and is it old age or observation that brings wisdom? And does what you're looking for change when you look with your eyes instead of through a camera lens…?



Tags: Female Protagonist , Filmmaking , Photography , Elderly Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , College , Shoujo , Iyashikei , LGBTQ+ Themes , Asexual , Aromantic

Dr. Frost

Also known as Dr. Frost.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Thriller

College professor by day, and bartender by night, psychologist Dr. Frost believes in one simple belief. Humans are all the same. He uses this tenet to guide his practice, and solves the puzzles of the human mind one by one.



Tags: Educational , Full Color , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Episodic , Rehabilitation , College , Teacher , Tragedy , Suicide , Foreign , Asexual , Kuudere , Bullying , Crime , Detective , Amnesia , Aromantic , Cult , Medicine

Kanojo ni Naritai Kimi to Boku

Also known as I Wanna Be Your Girl.

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

Hime Sakuragaike has secretly been in love with her childhood friend Akira Yonezawa since they were kids, but Hime only recently found out that Akira identifies as female. Although surprised, Hime offers her full support, and this is initially kept a ​secret between them for a few years, but Akira decides to start living as a girl full-time upon starting high school with Hime. However, since Akira garners a certain amount of attention, Hime takes it upon herself to aggressively stick up for Akira whenever necessary. Not wanting Akira to be singled out as an object of ridicule, Hime decides that her only option is to put herself in Akira's shoes.

Tags: Transgender , LGBTQ+ Themes , School , Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , Gender Bending , Yuri , Love Triangle , Time Skip , Bisexual , Bullying , Primarily Female Cast , Asexual , Aromantic , Seinen

Romantic Killer

Also known as Romantic Killer.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

High schooler Hoshino Anzu has a great life. Every day she plays video games, pigs out on snacks, and pets her beloved cat. But this blissful existence is turned into a confusing mess when a magical creature transports her to an altered reality bereft of her favorite things. Now she's stuck with hot guys instead! How can she possibly survive in such an awful world?!



Note: 12th place of Tsugimanga 2020 Award in the Web Manga Category

Tags: Female Protagonist , Parody , Full Color , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Harem , Aromantic , Magic , Shounen , Love Triangle , Asexual , Slapstick

Futsuu no Keionbu

Also known as Girl meets Rock!.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Music , Slice of Life

With a passion for richly textured Japanese rock, first-year high school student Chihiro Hatono steps into the world of the light music club, new guitar in tow. But what awaits her behind those doors...? A drama of unfiltered youth and musical ambition takes the stage!



Note:
- Winner of the Tsugimanga 2024 Award in the Web Manga Category.

Tags: Band , Female Protagonist , School Club , Coming of Age , Rock Music , School , Shounen , LGBTQ+ Themes , Heterosexual , Bisexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Aromantic , Yuri

Akumade Amai Watashi no Kanojo

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Amatsuka Mai, a girl who loves sweets, is heartbroken after being dumped by her girlfriend. One day, she falls in love at first sight with Kurosaki Riri, a beautiful girl who has just arrived as a new waitress at the cafe she works at. However, Riri turns out to be a demon called a succubus? Mai shouldn't fall in love with her, but she can't forget her super sweet kiss! A cute and devilish Girls' Love comedy begins!



Tags: Succubus , Yuri , Female Protagonist , Food , Josei , Monster Girl , Primarily Adult Cast , Bisexual , LGBTQ+ Themes , Aromantic , Demons

Watashi wa Kabe ni Naritai

Also known as I Want to Be a Wall.

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

Any love story aficionado will say that the key to a successful couple is intense desire for one another-but what if the characters in question are an asexual woman with a passion for Boys Love stories and a gay man whose heart forever belongs to his oblivious childhood friend? Although romance will never be in the cards for newlyweds Yuriko and Gakurouta, the bond blossoming between them promises to be a wonderful relationship-the likes of which neither has ever experienced before…

Note: The chapter count includes four bonus chapters.

Tags: LGBTQ+ Themes , Asexual , Shoujo , Marriage , Female Protagonist , Fake Relationship , Aromantic , Iyashikei , Primarily Adult Cast , Unrequited Love , Otaku Culture , Found Family , Boys' Love , Slapstick , Coming of Age , Cohabitation , Rural , School , Travel , Matchmaking , Language Barrier , Bisexual , Educational