Top Fashion Manga Recommendations

Sono Bisque Doll wa Koi wo Suru

Also known as My Dress-Up Darling.

Status: Finished
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?!



Note: Includes four extra chapters.

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

Ki ni Natteru Hito ga Otoko ja Nakatta

Also known as The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn't a Guy at All.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Music , Romance

Fashionable and upbeat high schooler Aya falls head over heels for an employee at a local CD shop. He's got an air of mystery about him, great style, and an impeccable music taste. Little does she know—this supposedly male employee is actually her female classmate Mitsuki! Mitsuki generally keeps to herself, but since her seat is right next to Aya's, she can't help but be extremely aware of the other's crush. Revealing the truth is out of the question for Mitsuki—but perhaps getting closer to Aya wouldn't be so bad...



Tags: Female Protagonist , Yuri , LGBTQ+ Themes , Rock Music , Tomboy , Primarily Teen Cast , Short-Form Chapter , Gyaru , Primarily Female Cast , Josei , Work , School , Fashion , Iyashikei , 4-koma , Time Skip

Oemo Jisangjuui

Also known as Lookism.

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

Daniel is an unattractive loner who wakes up in a different body. Now tall, handsome, and cooler than ever in his new form, Daniel aims to achieve everything he couldn't before. How far will he go to keep his body... and his secrets?



Tags: Body Swapping , Gangs , Delinquents , Full Color , Martial Arts , Ensemble Cast , Male Protagonist , Coming of Age , School , Fitness , Bullying , Long Strip , Heterosexual , Surreal Comedy , Boxing , Love Triangle , Found Family , Fashion , Meta , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Cult , Parody , Drugs , Detective , Homeless , LGBTQ+ Themes , Gambling , Memory Manipulation

Baekjakgaui Mangnaniga Doeeotda

Also known as Lout of Count’s Family.

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

Kim Rok-Su has one life motto: “Let’s not get beat up.” But after dozing off somewhere midway through the novel “Birth of a Hero,” he wakes up as Cale Henituse - one of the minor villains in the novel who gets the beating of a lifetime from soon-to-be hero Choi Han. Only time will tell how much longer he has before that dreadful encounter. Can Kim Rok-Su change the course of this story so he can enjoy a long and lavish life free of the soon-to-be hero?



Tags: Isekai , War , Found Family , Male Protagonist , Politics , Magic , Super Power , Full Color , Anti-Hero , Royal Affairs , Dragons , Animals , Ensemble Cast , Swordplay , Elf , Terrorism , Assassins , Shapeshifting , Kemonomimi , Twins , Butler , Long Strip , Fashion , Nekomimi

JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: The JOJOLands

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Adventure , Supernatural

The stage is set on a volcanic island in the Pacific Ocean, Hawaii. Jodio Joestar, a young boy living on Oahu Island, harbors the ambition to become a great millionaire. The clue to his goal lies in reaching the pinnacle of the mechanisms of this world. What means will he choose to achieve his objective?

Tags: Crime , Super Power , Foreign , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Espionage , Anti-Hero , Coastal , Urban Fantasy , Body Horror , LGBTQ+ Themes , Fashion , Drugs , Crossdressing , Gore , Asexual , Bisexual

Veil

Also known as Veil.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

A chance encounter. A handsome soldier. A beautiful woman. A tentative love affair smolders on the snowy cobblestone streets, out of sight of those that might keep them apart.

Veil is a beautifully illustrated full-color romance manga, told in stylish short vignettes, beautiful illustrations, and secret moments.



Tags: Foreign , Heterosexual , Primarily Adult Cast , Josei , Disability , Episodic , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Full Color , Fashion , Police

Paradise Kiss

Also known as Paradise Kiss.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Yukari wants nothing more than to make her parents happy by studying hard and getting into a good college. One afternoon, however, she is kidnapped by a group of self-styled fashionistas calling themselves "Paradise Kiss." Yukari suddenly finds herself flung into the roller-coaster life of the fashion world, guided by George, art-snob extraordinaire. In a glamorous makeover of body, mind and soul, she is turned from a hapless bookworm into her friends 22 own exclusive clothing model.



Tags: Josei , Coming of Age , Fashion , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , School , Bisexual , LGBTQ+ Themes , Meta , Ensemble Cast , Love Triangle , Modeling , Time Skip , Transgender , Unrequited Love , Nudity , Found Family , Boys' Love

Witch Watch

Also known as WITCH WATCH.

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

Morihito, a boy with the strength of an ogre, is about to start living together with his childhood friend Nico, who is training to be a witch. Nico's magic leads to all sorts of unpredictable trouble, and with two teens under one roof... Let the fantastical antics begin! Magical comedy series by Kenta Shinohara creator of SKET DANCE and Astra Lost in Space.



Notes:
- Ranked 2nd place for the Next Manga Award in the Print Category in 2022.

Tags: Magic , Witch , Episodic , Urban Fantasy , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Fashion , Shounen , Shapeshifting , Cohabitation , Youkai , Parody , Vampire , Found Family , Dissociative Identities , Gore , Primarily Teen Cast , Werewolf , Meta , Dragons , Ensemble Cast , Otaku Culture , Age Regression , Conspiracy

Kuragehime

Also known as Princess Jellyfish.

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

Tsukimi Kurashita has a strange fascination with jellyfish. She’s loved them from a young age and has carried that love with her to her new life in the big city of Tokyo. There, she resides in Amamizukan, a safe-haven for girl geeks who regularly gush over a range of things from trains to Japanese dolls. However, a chance meeting at a pet shop has Tsukimi crossing paths with one of the things that the residents of Amamizukan have been desperately trying to avoid—a beautiful and fashionable woman! But there’s much more to this woman than her trendy clothes! This odd encounter is only the beginning of a new and unexpected path for Tsukimi and her friends.



Note: Includes 10 extra chapters.

Tags: Josei , Female Protagonist , Crossdressing , Fashion , Heterosexual , Foreign , Femboy , Primarily Adult Cast , Love Triangle , Otaku Culture , Language Barrier , LGBTQ+ Themes , Found Family , Urban , Makeup , Age Gap , Drawing , Male Harem , Gender Bending , Animals , Coming of Age

Yeosingangnim

Also known as True Beauty.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

After binge-watching beauty videos online, a shy comic book fan masters the art of makeup and sees her social standing skyrocket as she becomes her school’s prettiest pretty girl overnight. But will her elite status be short-lived? How long can she keep her real self a secret? And what about that cute boy who knows her secret?



Note: Chapter count includes a prologue and 33 side stories.

Tags: Makeup , Love Triangle , Female Protagonist , Full Color , Fashion , Heterosexual , Time Skip , Idol , College , Kuudere , Long Strip , Bullying , Ensemble Cast , School , Tragedy

Yankee JK Kuzuhana-chan

Also known as Yankee JK Kuzuhana-chan.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Romance

At the beginning of the academic year, Saotome Hodaka enrolls into Moteshiro Prefectural High School, a former all-girls school that had recently integrated, but discovers it has a male to female ratio of 1:359! While most might think of this as a paradise, the majority of the students are delinquents and Saotome immediately finds himself being extorted by some of the more aggressive girls. However, he is inadvertently saved by Hanako Kuzuryu, a beautiful yankee who just wants to be left alone. Is this the start of a new friendship and how will Saotome's life play out in a school full of troublesome women?

Tags: Female Harem , Gyaru , School , Male Protagonist , Delinquents , Primarily Female Cast , Fashion , Shounen , Nudity , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Bullying , Martial Arts , Tomboy , Tsundere , Crossdressing

Boys Run The Riot

Also known as Boys Run The Riot.

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

High schooler Ryo knows he’s transgender, but he doesn’t have anyone to confide in about the confusion he feels. He can’t tell his best friend, who he’s secretly got a crush on, and he can’t tell his mom, who’s constantly asking why Ryo "dresses like a boy." He certainly can’t tell Jin, the new transfer student who looks like just another bully... The only time Ryo feels at ease is when he’s wearing his favorite clothes. Then, and only then, the world melts away, and he can be his true self. One day, while out shopping, Ryo sees an someone he didn't expect: Jin. The kid who looked so tough in class has the same taste in fashion as him! At least, Ryo has someone he can open up to - and the journey ahead might finally give him a way to express himself to the world.



Note: Includes the one-shot "Light".

Tags: LGBTQ+ Themes , Transgender , Fashion , Male Protagonist , Coming of Age , Philosophy , Bullying , Work , Seinen , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Primarily Male Cast , Urban , Drawing , Photography , Found Family

Helter Skelter

Also known as Helter Skelter: Fashion Unfriendly.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Psychological

If you are aware of fashion in Japan, you must have seen Liliko's face. For the last few years, she has been at the top of the modeling world, with her face and body promoting the biggest brands. But as everyone who is in this world admits, staying on top is a constant and never ending battle. There are always new faces introduced to the public. Younger models and new looks are brought into the fold every season. And keeping that position means learning to adapt and learning to cope with change.

To maintain her position Liliko has decided to go under the knife. This is not her first go with this service. It is yet another round of plastic surgery, all done to keep herself looking young and vibrant. However, in this case just a little nip and tuck was not enough. Liliko is bent on undergoing a full body makeover. From head-to-toe, every inch of her will undergo cosmetic surgery, and thus begins her madness.



Tags: Josei , Female Protagonist , Fashion , Primarily Adult Cast , Philosophy , Tragedy , Primarily Female Cast , Body Horror , Acting , Drugs , Nudity , Revenge , Idol , Urban , Body Image , Police , Modeling , Detective , Bisexual , Suicide , Yuri , Time Skip , Unrequited Love , Work

Hourou Musuko

Also known as Wandering Son.

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

Fifth grade friends Shuichi Nitori and Yoshino Takatsuki have happy homes, loving families, and are well-liked by their classmates. But they share a secret that further complicates a time of life that is awkward for anyone: Shuichi is a transgender girl, and Yoshino is transgender boy.



Tags: LGBTQ+ Themes , Female Protagonist , Coming of Age , Transgender , School , Gender Bending , Primarily Teen Cast , Body Image , Fashion , Primarily Female Cast , Crossdressing , Bullying , Acting , Seinen , Writing , Yuri , Modeling , Body Horror

Gyemoinde, Ttari Neomu Gwiyeowo

Also known as Not-Sew-Wicked Stepmom.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Romance

Fairytale stepmothers are notoriously wicked. But after a children’s clothing designer is reborn as young Princess Blanche’s stepmom, she’s determined to break the mold and shower her daughter with love. Now she just has to convince the girl’s cold-hearted father to do the same. In her quest to make a happier home for Blanche, Abigail begins to uncover secrets and schemes within the palace. Will devious forces tear the Freidkins apart, or can Abigail stitch them back into a family?



Tags: Family Life , Female Protagonist , Isekai , Reincarnation , Parenthood , Villainess , Full Color , Fairy Tale , Fashion , Heterosexual , Magic , Politics , Primarily Adult Cast , Mermaid , Slapstick , Royal Affairs , Body Image , Yuri , Love Triangle

Kakunaru Ue wa

Also known as Now That We Draw.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Romance

Opposites attract in this hysterical rom-com about two high school manga artists who can’t catch a break! Dweeby high schooler Uehara Yuuki has created the perfect romantic comedy heroine—she’s bashful, airheaded, and completely chaste. When an editor at Uehara’s dream publisher coldly dismisses his manga story as trite and lacking realism, it sends Uehara into a spiral of despair that pushes him into the path of his bubbly, gorgeous classmate, Miyamoto Niina—an aspiring manga artist herself! Having gotten similar feedback on her own manga, Miyamoto proposes she and Uehara engage in a fake relationship, since neither of them have any romantic experience. But Miyamoto is far from the perfect heroine Uehara’s concocted, and he certainly isn’t the cocky hero from her story either. Can their wacky relationship turn their manga dreams into reality, or will it lead to even more comic disasters?

Tags: Drawing , Writing , Fake Relationship , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Gyaru , Seinen , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Nudity , Love Triangle , Fashion

Ane no Tomodachi

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

Hii-chan is my sister's friend, who likes to come by our house where my sister and I live together. She's absolutely gorgeous, but she has a strange sense of personal space, and it's got me, Asahi, all flustered. Is she just teasing me…?



Tags: Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Urban , Gyaru , Seinen , Age Gap , College , Yuri , Fashion

citrus+

Also known as Citrus+.

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

High schoolers (and stepsisters) Yuzu and Mei have gone public with their relationship! The two are happy to be dating out in the open, but friends and family keep trying to butt in with advice. Can Yuzu and Mei figure things out on their own?



Tags: Yuri , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes , Family Life , School , Fashion , Achromatic

Runway de Waratte

Also known as Smile Down the Runway.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

Chiyuki Fujito has a dream: to become a Paris Collection model. The problem is, she’s too short to be a model, and everyone around her tells her so! But no matter what they say, she won’t give up. Her classmate, a poor student named Ikuto Tsumura, also has a dream: to become a fashion designer. One day Chiyuki tells him that it’s “probably impossible” for him, causing him to consider giving it up … ?! This is the story of two individuals wholeheartedly chasing after their dreams in spite of all the negativity that comes after them!



Note: Nominated for the 11th Manga Taishou Awards in 2018.

Tags: Fashion , Work , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Coming of Age , Shounen , School , Modeling , Acting

Dekisokonai no Himegimi-tachi

Also known as Failed Princesses.

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

Opposites attract in this new high school yuri manga!

Fujishiro Nanaki is super cute, super popular, and super annoyed with anyone as plain as her classmate Kurokawa Kanade. When Nanaki finds out her boyfriend’s cheating on her, however, her life makes a complete 180—as does her relationship with Kanade. This all-new yuri manga series explores the budding romance between the cool girl in school and the “plain” girl she once brushed off!



Tags: LGBTQ+ Themes , Yuri , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Fashion , Otaku Culture , Gyaru , School , Bullying , Love Triangle , Nudity