Top Gyaru Manga Recommendations

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?



Note: Nominated for the 15th Manga Taisho Award in 2022.

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

Komi-san wa, Komyushou desu.

Also known as Komi Can't Communicate.

Status: Finished
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!



Notes:
- Winner of the 67th Shogakukan Manga Award in the Shounen Category in 2021.
- Includes 37 extra chapters.

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

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

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 35 extra chapters.

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

Grand Blue

Also known as Grand Blue Dreaming.

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

After moving out on his own to a seaside town, Iori Kitahara makes a college debut he never anticipated. A new chapter of his life unfolds, full of diving with beautiful girls and shenanigans with a gaggle of lovable bastards! Idiot-expert Kenji Inoue and au naturel authority Kimitake Yoshioka bring you a glorious college tale filled with booze-fueled antics!



Tags: Slapstick , Surreal Comedy , Male Protagonist , Seinen , College , Primarily Adult Cast , Nudity , Coastal , Bar , Scuba Diving , Love Triangle , Heterosexual , Otaku Culture , Kuudere , Meta , Tsundere , Bisexual , Yandere , Gore , LGBTQ+ Themes , Cohabitation , Gyaru

Yofukashi no Uta

Also known as Call of the Night.

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

One sleepless night, Ko slips out to walk the streets. Life after dark is a revelation! When flirtatious Nazuna invites Ko to spend the night at her place in an abandoned building, he’s stoked! But then he awakens to kisses on his neck with a little too much bite to them... Is it just the delicious taste of his blood that makes her meet him night after night for late-night adventures, conversation and...naps? Or something else? Then, when a cute girl from Ko’s past shows up and competes for his attention, his budding relationship with the undead is put to the test!



Notes:
- Seventh place of Tsugimanga 2020 Award in the Manga Category and first place of Daruma 2023 Award (France) in the new manga category (released in 2022 in France).
- Includes three extra chapters.

Tags: Vampire , Urban Fantasy , Monster Girl , Tragedy , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Age Gap , Coming of Age , Suicide , Interspecies , Female Protagonist , Surreal Comedy , Primarily Teen Cast , Heterosexual , Hikikomori , Monster Boy , Urban , Detective , Philosophy , Outdoor Activities , Maids , Gore , Guns , LGBTQ+ Themes , Yandere , Gyaru , Iyashikei , Femboy

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

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 , Josei , Short-Form Chapter , Gyaru , Primarily Female Cast , Work , School , Fashion , Iyashikei , 4-koma , Time Skip

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 , Primarily Female Cast , Parody , Male Protagonist , Kuudere , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Tomboy , Large Breasts , Tsundere , Slapstick , Heterosexual , MILF , School , Gyaru , Maids , Incest , Age Gap , Chuunibyou , Bisexual , Drugs , Food , Age Regression , Crossdressing , Idol , Body Swapping , Baseball , Ghost

Kimi ni Todoke

Also known as Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You.

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

Sawako Kuronuma is the perfect heroine...for a horror movie. With striking similarities to a haunting movie character--jet-black hair, sinister smile and silent demeanor--she's mistakenly called Sadako by those around her. But behind her scary façade is a very misunderstood teenager. Too shy to fit in, all she wants to do is make some friends. But when the most popular boy in class befriends her, she's sure to make more than just that--she's about to make some enemies too!



Notes: The chapter count includes four extra chapters.

Tags: Shoujo , Female Protagonist , School , Coming of Age , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Tomboy , Ensemble Cast , Bullying , Gyaru , Baseball , Tsundere , Love Triangle , Tragedy

Fuufu Ijou, Koibito Miman.

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

Status: Hiatus
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 , Cohabitation , Fake Relationship , Nudity

Kaette Kudasai! Akutsu-san

Also known as Please Go Home, Miss Akutsu!.

Status: Releasing
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 , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Gyaru , Heterosexual , Delinquents , Episodic , Seinen , Tomboy , Nudity , School , Bullying

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 , School , Gyaru , LGBTQ+ Themes , Family Life , Love Triangle , Arranged Marriage , Time Skip , Work

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 , 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 , Gyaru , Bisexual , Incest

Yancha Gal no Anjou-san

Also known as Anjo the Mischievous Gal.

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

Seto, a studious but unremarkable student, constantly finds himself in provocative situations with Anjo, the popular girl in his class who can't seem to stop teasing him. A heart-pounding teen rom-com bursting with youthful passion!



Note: This is a serialisation of the web comic originally self-published on Pixiv.

Tags: Gyaru , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist , Seinen , School , Coming of Age , Iyashikei , Urban , Tomboy , Tsundere

Dosanko Gal wa Namara Menkoi

Also known as Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable!.

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

City boy Tsubasa Shiki has just moved from Tokyo out to the sticks in Hokkaido—and right in the middle of winter! Despite being dressed in many, many layers, Tsubasa is quick to find the blistering cold inescapable and unbearable. Stumbling around trying to find his way, Tsubasa makes a beautiful discovery: A Hokkaido Gal, buxom but barely covered in the freezing weather! Minami Fuyuki is a Hokkaido local who takes an immediate interest in Tsubasa, wanting him to tell her all about city life. Tsubasa tries to resist falling for the blonde beauty—after all, he’s supposed to be into prim, proper, raven-haired girls!—but there’s no resisting Minami’s electric and boisterous personality.

But will his strict grandmother also be able to appreciate her charms, or will Tsubasa be forced to part ways with his first Hokkaido friend?



Note: Includes the original one-shot and 3 extra chapters.

Tags: Gyaru , Coming of Age , Large Breasts , Snowscape , School , Love Triangle , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Heterosexual , Female Harem , Rural , Female Protagonist , Marriage , Urban , Time Skip , Nudity , Video Games

Hige wo Soru. Soshite Joshikousei wo Hirou.

Also known as Higehiro: After Being Rejected, I Shaved and Took In a High School Runaway.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Yoshida is just your average salaryman, drowning his tears in booze. On his way home one night, he finds a runaway high school girl sitting on the street. She offers to sleep with him in exchange for a place to stay―and Yoshida lets her off the hook and offers her work instead. A rom-com between the most unbalanced couple you'll ever find!



Note: Includes one extra chapter.

Tags: Male Protagonist , Age Gap , Love Triangle , Work , Urban , Office Lady , Coming of Age , Heterosexual , Female Harem , Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Nudity , Gyaru , Shounen

Gal Gohan

Also known as Gal Gohan.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Romance

Okazaki Miku is a “gal”: a fun-loving high school student who expresses herself through bleached hair, sexy clothes, and heaps of accessories. Unfortunately, she’s also flunking every class. When she asks her Home Economics teacher, Yabe Shinji, to help her bake bribery cookies for her disappointed teachers, she finds a new excitement in that small success–and Shinji is moved by her enthusiasm. Shinji decides to start a cooking club to better connect with his students, and Miku is first in line to join!



Note: Includes one extra chapter.

Tags: Gyaru , Food , School Club , Teacher , Age Gap , Seinen , School , Heterosexual , Love Triangle , Primarily Female Cast , Tanned Skin , Primarily Teen Cast , Female Harem , Educational , Time Skip

Seihantai na Kimi to Boku

Also known as You and I Are Polar Opposites.

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

Miyu Suzuki is a bright and bubbly high schooler who’s got a crush. There’s just one little problem—when it comes to personality, the guy she’s into is her polar opposite!



Notes:
- Includes 12 extra chapters.
- Placed second in the Tsugimanga 2022 Award in the Web Manga Category.
- Placed third in the 16th Manga Taishou Award and seventh in the 17th Manga Taishou Award in 2023-2024.

Tags: Iyashikei , Heterosexual , Ensemble Cast , Coming of Age , Primarily Teen Cast , Female Protagonist , Gyaru , School , Chibi , Urban , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Episodic

Hajimete no Gal

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Romance

Spring. The "season of love" has arrived and it seems that finding himself a girlfriend was harder than Jun'ichi believed. To break the status quo, Jun'ichi's friends have forced him into confessing to the gyaru, Yame Yukana. However, things do not go quite as he expected. A series of "firsts" begins!

Tags: Gyaru , School , Shounen , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Coming of Age , Urban , Large Breasts , Female Harem , Love Triangle , Primarily Teen Cast , Primarily Female Cast , Human Pet , Tomboy , Tanned Skin , Femboy , Nudity , College , Time Skip , Otaku Culture , Crossdressing