Top Arranged Marriage Manga Recommendations

ONE PIECE

Also known as One Piece.

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

As a child, Monkey D. Luffy was inspired to become a pirate by listening to the tales of the buccaneer "Red-Haired" Shanks. But his life changed when Luffy accidentally ate the Gum-Gum Devil Fruit and gained the power to stretch like rubber...at the cost of never being able to swim again! Years later, still vowing to become the king of the pirates, Luffy sets out on his adventure...one guy alone in a rowboat, in search of the legendary "One Piece," said to be the greatest treasure in the world...



Tags: Pirates , Travel , Found Family , Shounen , Ensemble Cast , Prophecy , Super Power , Dystopian , Ships , Male Protagonist , Fugitive , Tragedy , Politics , Conspiracy , Crime , Military , Slapstick , Terrorism , War , Gods , Time Skip , Lost Civilization , Post-Apocalyptic , Slavery , Primarily Adult Cast , Anachronism , Mythology , Primarily Male Cast , Religion , Swordplay , Animals , Environmental , Gangs , Anti-Hero , Prison , Espionage , Anthropomorphism , Kaiju , Skeleton , Food , Samurai , Cyborg , Adoption , Henshin , Medicine , Assassins , Robots , Guns , Mermaid , Revenge , Surreal Comedy , Demons , Dragons , Drugs , Monster Girl , Meta , Amnesia , Battle Royale , Oiran , Desert , Time Manipulation , Transgender , Kemonomimi , Zombie , Memory Manipulation , Trains , Dinosaurs , Centaur , Ninja , Clone , Bar , Unrequited Love , Gender Bending , Aliens , Angels , Artificial Intelligence , Body Swapping , Arranged Marriage , Shapeshifting , Aromantic , Curses , Matriarchy

Jigokuraku

Also known as Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Mystery , Supernatural

Gabimaru the Hollow is one of the most vicious assassins ever to come out of the ninja village of Iwagakure. He’s ruthlessly efficient, but a betrayal results in him being handed a death sentence. He has only one hope—in order to earn his freedom, he must travel to a long-hidden island and recover an elixir that will make the shogun immortal. Failure is not an option. On this island, heaven and hell are just a hair’s breadth away.



Tags: Survival , Samurai , Mythology , Anti-Hero , Philosophy , Ninja , Ensemble Cast , Gore , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Historical , Gods , Primarily Adult Cast , Eco-Horror , Assassins , Swordplay , Body Horror , Arranged Marriage , Battle Royale , Gender Bending , Shounen , Nudity , Super Power , Heterosexual , Crime , Travel , Amnesia , LGBTQ+ Themes , Yandere , Religion

Nisekoi

Also known as Nisekoi: False Love.

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

As a child, Raku Ichijou made a secret promise with his childhood sweetheart, keeping a pendant as a memento while his love took the key. He dreams of one day meeting his past love, but years later, reality smashes his hopes when Chitoge Kirisaki accidentally knees him in the face...

Though Raku’s a normal high schooler, his family heads the notorious yakuza gang the Shuei-Gumi faction! And he’s dragged into family affairs when he’s forced into a relationship with Chitoge, the daughter of a rival gang’s boss!

Despite their constant spats, the two somehow fool everyone with their false relationship. Raku then discovers that Chitoge has a mysterious key from her past, which she can’t remember... Plus, two other girls appear with keys as well—Kosaki Onodera and Marika Tachibana!

Caught in the midst of this love maelstrom, even more complications arise for Raku when his class decides on Romeo and Juliet as the class’s play for the school festival. Can the two false lovebirds pull off the impossible and make the play a success?



Note: Includes 11 extra chapters.

Tags: Love Triangle , Female Harem , Primarily Female Cast , Heterosexual , Fake Relationship , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Slapstick , Primarily Teen Cast , Tsundere , School , Tragedy , Coming of Age , Yakuza , Gangs , Time Skip , Chibi , Nudity , Arranged Marriage , Animals , Crossdressing , Police , Amnesia , Marriage , Adoption , LGBTQ+ Themes , Gender Bending

citrus

Also known as Citrus.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Yuzuko Aihara, a high school girl whose main interests are fashion, friends and having fun, is about to get a reality check. Due to her mom’s remarriage, Yuzu has transferred to a new, all-girls school that is extremely strict. Her real education is about to begin.

From Day One, happy-go-lucky Yuzu makes enemies, namely the beautiful yet stern Student Council President Mei. So what happens when a dejected Yuzu returns home and discovers the shock of her life: that Mei is actually her new step-sister who has come to live with her? Even more surprising, when Mei catches Yuzu off-guard and kisses her out of the blue, what does it all mean?



Note: Includes nine extra chapters.

Tags: Yuri , Female Protagonist , Inseki , Primarily Female Cast , Cohabitation , Estranged Family , School , Gyaru , LGBTQ+ Themes , Family Life , Love Triangle , Arranged Marriage , Time Skip , Work

Otoyomegatari

Also known as A Bride's Story.

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

A Bride’s Story tells the tale of a beautiful young bride in nineteenth-century Asia. At the age of twenty, Amir is sent to a neighboring town to be wed. But her surprise at learning her new husband, Karluk, is eight years younger than her is quickly replaced by a deep affection for the boy and his family. Though she hails from just beyond the mountains, Amir’s clan had very different customs, foods, and clothes from what Karluk is used to. As the two of them learn more about each other through their day-to-day lives, the bond of respect and love grows stronger.



Note: Won the Prix Intergénérations ("Intergenerational Award") at the Angoulême International Comics Festival in 2012 and the 7th Manga Taishou award in 2014.

Tags: Ensemble Cast , Historical , Marriage , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Travel , Seinen , Foreign , Indigenous Cultures , Arranged Marriage , Iyashikei , Desert , Environmental , Family Life , Age Gap , Educational , War , Cohabitation , Rural , Matchmaking , Middle East , Military , Food , Religion , Unrequited Love , Language Barrier , Twins , Archery , Nudity , Animals , Female Harem , Polyamorous , LGBTQ+ Themes , Large Breasts

Ouran Koukou Host Club

Also known as Ouran High School Host Club.

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

One day, Haruhi, a scholarship student at exclusive Ouran High School, breaks an $80,000 vase that belongs to the "Host Club," a mysterious campus group consisting of six super-rich (and gorgeous) guys. To pay back the damages, she is forced to work for the club, and it's there that she discovers just how wealthy the boys are and how different they are from everybody else.



Note: Includes 14 extra chapters.

Tags: Male Harem , Shoujo , School Club , School , Crossdressing , Female Protagonist , Gender Bending , Slapstick , Mixed Gender Harem , Family Life , Tomboy , Ensemble Cast , Coming of Age , Primarily Teen Cast , Twins , Meta , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Parody , LGBTQ+ Themes , Heterosexual , Cosplay , Love Triangle , Episodic , Agender , Chibi , Tsundere , Travel , Gyaru , Bisexual , Ice Sports , Arranged Marriage , Incest

Kakkou no Iinazuke

Also known as A Couple of Cuckoos.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Romance

16-year-old super-studier Nagi Umino, second-year student at the Meguro River Academy high school, was switched at birth. On his way to a dinner to meet his birth parents, he accidentally meets the brash, outspoken, Erika Amano, who is determined to make Nagi her fake boyfriend as she never wants to actually marry. But once Nagi makes it to dinner, he finds his parents have decided to resolve the hospital switch by conveniently having him marry the daughter his birth parents raised...who turns out to be none other than Erika herself!



Note: Fourteenth place of Tsugimanga 2020 Award in the Manga Category

Tags: Female Harem , Love Triangle , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Inseki , Tsundere , Family Life , School , Shounen , Twins , Cosplay , Idol , Meta , Arranged Marriage , Cohabitation

Kuchi ga Saketemo Kimi ni wa

Also known as Even If You Slit My Mouth.

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

The Kuchisake-onna, Miroku-san is the bride-to-be of high schooler Kōichi Sano to regain her powers?! And for some reason, Kōichi is totally on board with the engagement… The exciting life of the Kuchisake-onna at the mercy of her high schooler fiancé starts now!



Note: Includes 10 extra chapters.

Tags: Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Male Protagonist , Monster Girl , Youkai , Marriage , Shounen , Mythology , Interspecies , Tsundere , Coming of Age , Age Gap , Monster Boy , Tragedy , Arranged Marriage , School , Disability , Meta , Time Skip , Agender

Jaehon Hwanghu

Also known as The Remarried Empress.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance

Navier Ellie Trovi was an empress perfect in every way -- intelligent, courageous, and socially adept. She was kind to her subjects and devoted to her husband. Navier was perfectly content to live the rest of her days as the wise empress of the Eastern Empire. That is, until her husband brought home a mistress and demanded a divorce. “I accept this divorce… And I request an approval of my remarriage.” In a shocking twist, Navier remarries another emperor and retains her title and childhood dream as empress. But just how did everything unfold?



Tags: Royal Affairs , Female Protagonist , Marriage , Full Color , Politics , Cheating , Shapeshifting , Ojou-sama , Heterosexual , Long Strip , Primarily Adult Cast , Unrequited Love , Arranged Marriage , Ensemble Cast , Love Triangle , Villainess , Age Regression , Pregnancy , Dissociative Identities , Magic , Kingdom Management , Animals , Family Life , Time Skip , Slavery , Fugitive , Suicide , Tanned Skin , Prison , Twins

Nampyeoneul Nae Pyeoneuro Mandeuneun Bangbeop

Also known as How to Win My Husband Over.

Status: Hiatus
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance

I thought I’d finally escaped my hellish life when I died in an airplane crash, but I fell into another nightmare when I awoke as Rudbeckia de Borgia, a minor villain from a historical novel destined to die at the hands of her husband, Iske van Omerta. Surviving with the dysfunctional Borgia family is hard enough, but now I have to marry the man who will kill me! Still, it’s okay, I just have to convince Iske, his family, and all his countrymen that I’m completely harmless! How hard can that be?



Tags: Primarily Adult Cast , Female Protagonist , Marriage , Full Color , Heterosexual , Bullying , Tragedy , Isekai , Villainess , Suicide , Arranged Marriage , Demons , Royal Affairs , Long Strip , Reincarnation , Yandere , Nudity , Love Triangle , Dragons , Kuudere

Raise wa Tanin ga Ii

Also known as Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii.

Status: Hiatus
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

Yoshino grew up as the yakuza princess of the Osaka Somei crime family. Everyone left her alone due to her sharp gaze and mobster ties. But when her grandfather signs a truce with the Tokyo-based Miyama crime family, she’s offered for betrothal to the Miyama leader’s grandson, Kirishima. At first, Kirishima seems amiable and polite–but when he shows his dark side, he proves to be more disturbing than any gangster Yoshino has ever met. This engagement is sure to be a wild ride for a tough yakuza princess and her twisted yakuza prince!



Note:
- Winner of the 4th Next Manga Award in the Print Manga Category in 2018.
- Nominated for the 46th Kodansha Manga Award in the General Category in 2022.

Tags: Yakuza , Crime , Urban , Mafia , Female Protagonist , Seinen , Criminal Organization , Heterosexual , Arranged Marriage , Male Protagonist , Yandere , Gore , Ojou-sama , School , Feet , Bisexual

Marriagetoxin

Also known as Marriage Toxin.

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

A hitman and a marriage swindler set out on the world’s most grueling battle for marriage! Gero is a young man from a clan of hitmen, which has been in existence for hundreds of years. As someone who’s never gone to school and lived his life dealing in the dark side of the business, he considers himself to have “no prospects with women” and marriage as “something not for him.” However, one day, in fear that their lineage would dissolve, his clan warns Gero that if he doesn’t marry and produce an heir, they would have no choice but to…force his little sister into doing “that.” Driven to his wits’ end, Gero asks the target of his work, a marriage swindler, to…



Tags: Assassins , Marriage , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Urban , Crime , Crossdressing , Surreal Comedy , Super Power , Bisexual , Shounen , Female Harem , Femboy , Heterosexual , LGBTQ+ Themes , Mixed Gender Harem , Gender Bending , Anti-Hero , Yuri , Urban Fantasy , Animals , Amnesia , Fake Relationship , Chimera , Arranged Marriage , Brainwashing

Sihanbu Cheonjae Amheukgisa

Also known as Time-Limited Genius Dark Knight.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Fantasy

When there is no way out, the way is in. Doomed to die next month, our terminally ill protagonist Chan is too frail and defeated to try anything at all. No wonder he chooses to plunge himself into an RPG world he is only too familiar with. Why should this run be any different? Well, other than the fact that he will wake up inside the game and get struck with an existential epiphany that will make him fight tooth and nail to give Nox, his equally ill-fated RPG persona, a better chance? Maybe, it’s not over until it’s over.



Tags: Isekai , Full Color , Male Protagonist , Magic , Swordplay , Arranged Marriage , Demons , Long Strip , Heterosexual , Female Harem , Angels , Necromancy , Unrequited Love

Sangsurinamu Arae

Also known as Under the Oak Tree.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance

A flawless love story of the flawed. Stuttering lady Maximilian is forced into a marriage with Sir Riftan, but he leaves on a campaign after their wedding night. 3 years later, he triumphantly returns, ready to cherish her. As life with her husband finally begins, she only has one question — does she deserve this love and happiness?



Tags: Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Primarily Adult Cast , Marriage , Arranged Marriage , Medieval , Disability , Magic , Full Color , Swordplay , Bullying , Royal Affairs , Estranged Family , Tanned Skin , Long Strip

Appa, Na I Gyeolhon An Hallaeyo!

Also known as Father, I Don't Want this Marriage.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Romance

Juvelian is a villainess so hated by everyone that even her lover and father leave her to die a pitiful death. Just as she’s about to face her fate, she gets the chance to change the course of her story. In order to avoid the tragic end she knows awaits her, she breaks up with her lover and gives up trying to win her father’s love. Instead, she focuses on using his wealth to enjoy her new life to its fullest! But while she prepares for her extravagant life as a lady, her father begins looking for her new suitor. Afraid that he’ll marry her off to the infamously unpredictable and stormy prince, she lands on a desperate solution: a dating contract. And the best candidate is none other than her father’s student.



Note: Includes eight extra chapters.

Tags: Reincarnation , Isekai , Heterosexual , Primarily Adult Cast , Time Manipulation , Royal Affairs , Fake Relationship , Female Protagonist , Full Color , Magic , Yandere , Villainess , Ojou-sama , Tsundere , Suicide , Kuudere , Politics , Amnesia , Arranged Marriage , Long Strip

Koi to Uso

Also known as Love & Lies.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Yukari is dull. He doesn’t even stand out enough to be bullied—he’s just a generally lower-middle-class kid. One day, on the eve of his sixteenth birthday, he confesses to his childhood crush Misaki Takasaki. There’s just one problem: He was 15, few minutes away from receiving his government-assigned marriage partner. He normally wouldn’t have the courage to defy the law, but his assigned wife Ririna still believes in love, and won’t stop goading him into confessing his feelings!



Notes:
- Volume count includes two different versions of the 12th volume featuring Ririna and Misaki routes respectively.
- Chapter count is primarily based on the Manga Box serialization. It include 280 chapters from the main story (compiled into 44 chapters in volumes 1-11), two sets 7 chapters for the Ririna and Misaki versions (6 chapters in their volume 12) and 7 extra/bonuses from the series.

Tags: Love Triangle , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Dystopian , Female Harem , LGBTQ+ Themes , Primarily Teen Cast , Mixed Gender Harem , Arranged Marriage , Shounen , School , Tragedy , Denpa

Akdangeun Salgo Sipda

Also known as The Villain's Survival Route.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Fantasy

Fresh out of a breakup, game developer Woo-Jin has little going for him. So when he hears that the middle boss of their game is based on him, he can't resist adding a few traits to make his virtual alter ego a tad more noble. Little did he know, he would soon end up trapped in said villain's skin! With a 1 in 1,000 chance of survival, Woo-Jin now has to navigate the countless variables leading him to his impending doom. Will the tweaks he made to the character tip the scales in his favor?



Tags: Magic , Isekai , Full Color , School , Long Strip , Class Struggle , Male Protagonist , Anti-Hero , Revenge , Survival , Demons , Teacher , Arranged Marriage , Female Harem , Politics , Medieval

Ranma 1/2

Also known as Ranma ½.

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

Years ago, Genma promised his old friend Soun Tendo that Ranma would marry one of Soun’s three daughters and carry on the family’s martial arts school. Except that the girl picked to be Ranma’s bride doesn’t seem to like him, Ranma keeps getting into fights…and did we mention that whole changing into a girl thing?



Tags: Gender Bending , Love Triangle , Ensemble Cast , Henshin , Martial Arts , Shapeshifting , Mixed Gender Harem , Cohabitation , Episodic , Female Harem , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist , Femboy , School , Shounen , Nudity , Tomboy , Arranged Marriage , Ghost , Demons , Animals , Curses , Magic , Surreal Comedy , Slapstick

Modao Zushi

Also known as Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Mystery , Romance , Supernatural

Feared and hated for his sinister abilities, Wei Wuxian–the grandmaster of demonic cultivation–was driven to his death when the most powerful clans united to destroy him.

Thirteen years later, Wei Wuxian is reborn. Summoned by a young man who sacrificed his soul in a forbidden ritual, Wei Wuxian is now bound to seek vengeance on the stranger’s behalf or risk the destruction of his own soul. But when an evil entity emerges, a familiar face from Wei Wuxian’s past suddenly appears amidst the chaos–Lan Wangji, a powerful cultivator who will help shine a light on the dark truths that surround them.



Tags: Wuxia , Cultivation , Boys' Love , Tragedy , Historical , Travel , War , Male Protagonist , Reincarnation , Primarily Male Cast , Zombie , Magic , Achronological Order , Politics , Martial Arts , Anti-Hero , Swordplay , Revenge , Amnesia , Full Color , LGBTQ+ Themes , Gore , Foreign , Necromancy , Exorcism , Long Strip , Adoption , Heterosexual , Arranged Marriage

Yangpanso Juingongui Anaero Saranamgi

Also known as This Villainess Wants a Divorce!.

Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Romance

We all hate the greedy villains hell-bent on sabotage. Enter Carnelia Easter, the awful secondary villainess of the romance I’m reading, who trapped the prince in marriage at the behest of the evil empress. I didn’t shed a tear when her head’s lopped off, but now I’m Carnelia! I gotta play this smart and convince him to divorce me instead! Still, between the prince, the empress, the heroine, the second prince, my terrible health... this story’s getting unpredictable. Will I survive after all?



Tags: Full Color , Isekai , Politics , Reincarnation , Primarily Adult Cast , Royal Affairs , Marriage , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Villainess , Historical , Foreign , Arranged Marriage , War , Parenthood