Top Chuunibyou Manga Recommendations

Komi-san wa, Komyushou desu.

Also known as Komi Can't Communicate.

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

Timid Tadano is a total wallflower, and that’s just the way he likes it. But all that changes when he finds himself alone in a classroom on the first day of high school with the legendary Komi. He quickly realizes she isn’t aloof—she’s just super awkward. Now he’s made it his mission to help her on her quest to make 100 friends!



Note: Winner of the 67th Shogakukan Manga Award in the Shounen Category in 2021.

Tags: School , Coming of Age , Kuudere , Ensemble Cast , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Episodic , Love Triangle , Slapstick , Disability , Heterosexual , Shounen , Meta , 4-koma , Gyaru , Yandere , Surreal Comedy , Chuunibyou , Agender , Crossdressing , Football

Dandadan

Also known as Dandadan.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Romance , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

Momo Ayase strikes up an unusual friendship with her school’s UFO fanatic, whom she nicknames “Okarun” because he has a name that is not to be said aloud. While Momo believes in spirits, she thinks aliens are nothing but nonsense. Her new friend, meanwhile, thinks the exact opposite. To settle matters, the two set out to prove each other wrong—Momo to a UFO hotspot and Okarun to a haunted tunnel! What unfolds next is a beautiful story of young love…and oddly horny aliens and spirits?



Notes:
- Includes 1 extra chapter.
- Nominated for the 15th Manga Taisho Award in 2022.

Tags: Youkai , Urban Fantasy , Aliens , Super Power , Ghost , Female Protagonist , Shounen , Surreal Comedy , Male Protagonist , Henshin , Tokusatsu , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Heterosexual , School , Shapeshifting , Body Horror , Love Triangle , Terrorism , Conspiracy , Kaiju , Acrobatics , Gore , Chuunibyou , Super Robot , Tragedy , Cannibalism , Exorcism , Circus , Gods , Tsundere , Nudity , Bullying , Dissociative Identities , Suicide

Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute!

Also known as The Eminence in Shadow.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Comedy , Fantasy

One big fat lie and a few twisted truths.

Even in his past life, Cid's dream wasn't to become a protagonist or a final boss. He'd rather lie low as a minor character until it's prime time to reveal he's a mastermind...or at least, do the next best thing-pretend to be one! And now that he's been reborn into another world, he's ready to set the perfect conditions to live out his dreams to the fullest. Armed with his overactive imagination, Cid jokingly recruits members to his organization and makes up a whole backstory about an evil cult that they need to take down. Well, as luck would have it, these imaginary adversaries turn out to be the real deal-and everyone knows the truth but him!



Tags: Chuunibyou , Male Protagonist , Magic , Cult , Isekai , Parody , Reincarnation , Anti-Hero , Shounen , Swordplay , Female Harem , Elf , Fugitive , Kemonomimi , Vampire , Zombie , Satire

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

Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu

Also known as The Dangers in My Heart.

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

Ichikawa Kyoutarou, a boy barely clinging to the bottom rung of his school’s social ladder, secretly believes he’s the tortured lead in some psychological thriller. He spends his days dreaming up ways to disrupt his classmates’ peaceful lives and pining after Anna Yamada, the class idol. But Kyotaro’s not nearly the troubled teen he pretends to be…and it turns out Anna’s a bit odd herself!



Notes:
- Winner of the Tsugi ni Kuru Web Manga 2020 Award.
- Nominee for the 2020 Manga Taisho Award.

Tags: Heterosexual , School , Male Protagonist , Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , Shounen , Iyashikei , Meta , Chuunibyou , Acting

Medaka Box

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

Kurokami Medaka, a first year, is elected as Student Council President, and the first thing she does is establish a suggestion box, later dubbed by students the "Medaka Box". Medaka encourages students to submit any problem to the box without hesitation and promises to take on any issue from anyone.

Since Medaka won the Student Council elections with a staggering 98% of the vote, she ends up as the Council's only member. She asks her childhood friend, Hitoyoshi Zenkichi, for help and he grudgingly agrees, becoming the Student Council's lowest ranking member. Soon Medaka recruits two more people to the Student Council, the former judo club member Akune Kouki as secretary and the current swim club member Kikaijima Mogana, on loan for 300 yen a day, as treasurer.

Now the Student Council members spend their days solving the problems submitted through the Medaka Box, whether they be hooligans in clubs where they don't belong, girls who need help writing love letters or people who've lost their pets, gradually earning the respect and admiration of the entire school.

Included chapters:
Volume 15 contains the gaiden "Good Loser Kumagawa" (グッドルーザー球磨川); Jump NEXT (2011/12/26)
Volume 22 contains the gaiden "Good Loser Kumagawa Final" (完結編).

Tags: Large Breasts , School , Coming of Age , Super Power , Shounen , Anti-Hero , Meta , Parody , Surreal Comedy , Female Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Martial Arts , Afterlife , Chuunibyou , Male Protagonist , Nudity , Classic Literature , Primarily Teen Cast , Swordplay , Time Skip , Swimming , Yandere , Nekomimi , Assassins , Card Battle , Idol , Cyborg , Judo , Robots , Guns , Band , LGBTQ+ Themes , Incest

Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou

Also known as Arifureta: From Commonplace to World’s Strongest.

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

When a classroom of students is transported to another world to act as its saviors, Hajime Nagumo finds himself the weakest link. As his friends and classmates are granted strong classes and impressive abilities due to their existing skills, he is given the weak title of Synergist. When a dungeon quest leaves him separated from his group, Hajime must discover his own talents or be left to rot in this world forever.



Tags: Isekai , Dungeon , Magic , Male Protagonist , Body Horror , Heterosexual , Guns , Female Harem , Anti-Hero , Vampire , Demons , Bullying , Kemonomimi , Chuunibyou , Shounen , Motorcycles , Dragons , Gore , Swordplay , Slavery , Alternate Universe

Watashi ga Motenai no wa Dou Kangaete mo Omaera ga Warui!

Also known as No Matter How I Look at It, It's You Guys' Fault I'm Not Popular!.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Kuroki Tomoko is a super popular, high school girl, who has had 50 years of dating experience, and 100 boys... in the Otome game world. In the real world, she is a 15 year old shut in, who has all of the qualities of a "mojo" (喪女, a gloomy or unpopular woman).

However, when school isn't going as she expected, and she isn't as popular as she had thought she was, she takes a look at herself in the mirror for the first time in a few years, and has some shocking revelations...

Tags: School , Female Protagonist , Rehabilitation , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Female Cast , Otaku Culture , Satire , LGBTQ+ Themes , Parody , Bisexual , Hikikomori , Yuri , Coming of Age , Meta , Chuunibyou , Female Harem , Shounen , Yandere , Acting

Geunyeoui Sohwansu

Also known as Her Summon.

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

Due to a misuse of a word joke on live TV broadcast, girl group otaku, 'Jin-Kyung' ended up becoming doxxed and labeled as a "child predator", and ended up getting Social Anxiety Disorder. 3 years later, because of his past incident from the 3D world, his love for only the 2D world manifested, and ended up becoming a "Shut-In Otaku"! Then one day, as Jin-Kyung was no-lifing as usual, he was summoned to ‘Another World’, and came face-to-face with a bright-eyed, hopeful Summoner… Interesting enough, in the world that Jin-Kyung was summoned to, his Social Anxiety Disorder disappeared, and he was also able to wield immense power, and became the strongest summoned being there ever was!! The story of a former girl group otaku turned powerful 2D otaku, and the story of a weak and feeble Summoner commences now!!!



Notes:
- Chapter count includes a prologue.
- The official English translation is 117 chapters as Toomics English platform tends to split chapters. Our total chapter count follows the Korean release.

Tags: Full Color , Isekai , Hikikomori , Magic , Chuunibyou , Male Protagonist , Demons , Kaiju , Otaku Culture , Parody , Rehabilitation , Assassins , Idol , Gods , Maids , Denpa , Nudity , Espionage

Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo!

Also known as Konosuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World!.

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

Game loving shut-in Kazuma Sato's life as a young schoolboy in Japan abruptly comes to an early end...or at least it was supposed to. When he opens his eyes, though, he sees a beautiful goddess that offers him a once in an after-lifetime chance to be reborn in a parallel world. The catch is that the world is violent and threatened by a growing evil! Fortunately, he can choose any one thing to bring with him. So he chooses the goddess, Aqua! And so his adventure with his gorgeous companion begins--if he could just get enough money and food to survive, keep his goddess out of trouble, and avoid grabbing the attention of the Demon King's army!



Note: Includes 15 prologues, 6 interludes, and 21 epilogues.

Tags: Ensemble Cast , Isekai , Male Protagonist , Magic , Reincarnation , Parody , Satire , Slapstick , Chuunibyou , Gods , Alternate Universe , Demons , Work , Afterlife , Female Harem , Shounen , Swordplay , Travel , Bar

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

Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu

Also known as The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Psychological , Sci-Fi , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Kyon, your typical high school student, has long given up his belief in the supernatural. However, upon meeting Haruhi Suzumiya, he quickly finds out that it is the supernatural that she is interested in; aliens, time travelers and espers among other things. When Haruhi laments about the lack of intriguing clubs around school, Kyon inspires Haruhi to form her own club. As a result, the SOS Brigade is formed, a club which specializes in all that is the supernatural.

Much to his chagrin, Kyon, along with the silent bookworm, Yuki Nagato, the shy and timid Mikuru Asahina, and the perpetually smiling Itsuki Koizumi, are recruited as members. The story follows the crazy adventures that these four endure under their whimsical leader, Haruhi.

Note: Includes a prologue and epilogue.

Tags: Philosophy , School Club , School , Urban Fantasy , Tsundere , Aliens , Parody , Gods , Achronological Order , Time Manipulation , Kuudere , Primarily Teen Cast , Surreal Comedy , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Alternate Universe , Chuunibyou , Maids , Memory Manipulation , Conspiracy , Otaku Culture

Subete no Jinrui wo Hakai Suru. Sorera wa Saisei Dekinai.

Also known as Destroy All Humans. They Can't Be Regenerated. A Magic: The Gathering Manga.

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

In everything he does, it seems like geeky Tokiwagi Middle School student Hajime Kano comes in second place behind popular honor student Emi Sawatari. But when Hajime takes a trip to a new game store he’s been hearing about, their rivalry takes an unexpected turn. Welcome to the early years of Magic: The Gathering, when a trading card game shaped a generation forever!

Sixteenth place of Tsugimanga 2020 Award in the Manga Category

Tags: Card Battle , Shounen , Heterosexual , Urban , Tsundere , Ojou-sama , Chuunibyou , Love Triangle , Historical , School

Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo!

Also known as Konosuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World!.

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

Kazuma Sato is a video game-loving shut-in-or at least he was, until a humiliating traffic accident brings his young life to an untimely end. But after his death, a beautiful girl claiming to be a goddess invites him to enter another world and gain some respectable perks in the process. But Kazuma's choice is going to have serious consequences for the goddess and the dead man alike...



Tags: Magic , Isekai , Parody , Slapstick , Dungeon , Chuunibyou , Female Harem , Gods , Satire , Male Protagonist , Reincarnation , Shounen , Tanned Skin

Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute!

Also known as The Eminence in Shadow.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Comedy , Fantasy

One big fat lie and a few twisted truths.

Even in his past life, Cid's dream wasn't to become a protagonist or a final boss. He'd rather lie low as a minor character until it's prime time to reveal he's a mastermind...or at least, do the next best thing-pretend to be one! And now that he's been reborn into another world, he's ready to set the perfect conditions to live out his dreams to the fullest. Armed with his overactive imagination, Cid jokingly recruits members to his organization and makes up a whole backstory about an evil cult that they need to take down. Well, as luck would have it, these imaginary adversaries turn out to be the real deal-and everyone knows the truth but him!



Tags: Cult , Chuunibyou , Swordplay , Male Protagonist , Magic , Isekai , Anti-Hero , Acting , Elf , Parody , Reincarnation , School , Kemonomimi , Martial Arts , Female Harem , Vampire , Assassins , Demons , Shounen , Satire , Zombie , Meta

Koi Shita no de Haishin Shite Mita

Also known as I Fell in Love, So I'm Streaming It.

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

Inuzuka Yuu is unable to make any friends due to his mean face and awkwardness. But because of his enrollment to high school, he has the opportunity to enter the dorms. However, it was a share house between 6 people, 3 girls and 3 boys filled with secrets!?

Nominated for the Tsugimanga 2020 Award in the Web Manga Category.

Tags: VTuber , Love Triangle , Otaku Culture , Hikikomori , Seinen , Female Harem , Idol , Chuunibyou , School , Crossdressing

Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou

Also known as Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest.

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

When a classroom of students is transported to another world to act as its saviors, Hajime Nagumo finds himself the weakest link. As his friends and classmates are granted strong classes and impressive abilities due to their existing skills, he is given the weak title of Synergist. When a dungeon quest leaves him separated from his group, Hajime must discover his own talents or be left to rot in this world forever.



Tags: Isekai , Male Protagonist , Kemonomimi , Female Harem , Magic , Vampire , Dungeon , Anti-Hero , Demons , Guns , Anachronism , Death Game , Polyamorous , Chuunibyou

Kono Bijutsubu ni wa Mondai ga Aru!

Also known as This Art Club Has a Problem!.

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

Hi, my name is Usami Mizuki. I’m a second year member of the art club at Tsukumori Junior High, and I need to vent: this club has a problem! Why the heck isn’t anyone besides me taking this seriously?! The club president doesn’t do anything but sleep all the time, Cole-chan never even shows up, and Uchimaki-kun—oh, don’t get me started on him. All he does is draw and obsess over his “2D waifus.” What is this, the manga club?! Hmph, whatever. Not like I care. Sigh. He’s talented enough to win awards with a little effort—but uhm, don’t...don’t tell him I said that, though... Agh! Just how am I supposed to keep this club going?! Help me!



Tags: School Club , Female Protagonist , School , Drawing , Seinen , Primarily Teen Cast , Crossdressing , Chuunibyou , Otaku Culture

Gabriel Dropout

Also known as Gabriel Dropout.

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

A fallen angel with falling grades! Gabriel White Tenma has descended from heaven to attend high school and guide humanity, but a newly found video game addiction might say otherwise.



Tags: Angels , School , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Demons , Otaku Culture , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Hikikomori , Chuunibyou , Shounen , Magic , Gods , Isekai

Mayonaka Heart Tune

Also known as Tune In to the Midnight Heart.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Romance

When Arisu Yamabuki was all alone in bed at night, he was able to find solace in the voice of a radio host who went by “Apollo.” However, one day, she simply stopped broadcasting without any explanation.Years then passed, and Arisu is now a second-year high-schooler. He makes it his mission to search for Apollo, as there is something he wants to tell her. He doesn’t know what she looks like, or even what her real name is, but he manages to get some leads on her in his school’s broadcasting club. That’s where he meets four girls who all dream to get a job where they can make full use of their voices! Just who is Apollo, and how will those four’s dreams pan out?



Tags: School Club , Female Harem , Primarily Teen Cast , Acting , Shounen , VTuber , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Primarily Adult Cast , Chuunibyou , Male Protagonist , Unrequited Love