Top Marriage Manga Recommendations

SPY×FAMILY

Also known as SPY x FAMILY.

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

The master spy codenamed <Twilight> has spent his days on undercover missions, all for the dream of a better world. But one day, he receives a particularly difficult new order from command. For his mission, he must form a temporary family and start a new life?! A Spy/Action/Comedy about a one-of-a-kind family!



Notes:
- Includes 2 "Extra Missions" and 11 “Short Missions”.
- Nominated for the 24th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2020.
- Nominated for the 13th and 14th Manga Taisho Award in 2020 and 2021.
- Nominated for the 44th Kodansha Manga Award in the Shounen Category in 2020.

Tags: Family Life , Espionage , Found Family , Surreal Comedy , War , Assassins , Female Protagonist , Adoption , Male Protagonist , Work , School , Shounen , Politics , Heterosexual , Ensemble Cast , Super Power , Slapstick , Orphan , Marriage , Guns , Terrorism , Parody , Episodic , Foreign , Fake Relationship , Iyashikei , Satire , Urban , Parenthood , Anachronism , Historical , Tsundere , Hikikomori , Gore

Go-toubun no Hanayome

Also known as The Quintessential Quintuplets.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

One day, a poor high school second-year named Futaro Uesugi comes across a private tutoring gig with good pay. But his pupils are his classmates!! And they’re quintuplets!! A-and they’re all gorgeous girls, but they’re also troublemakers who hate to study and are on the verge of flunking out! And his first task is simply gaining the sisters’ trust?! Every day is a party! The curtain is rising on the Nakano quintuplets’ quirky romantic comedy with five times the cute!!



Note: Winner of the Shounen Manga category of the 43rd annual Kodansha Manga Awards.

Tags: Twins , Female Harem , Primarily Female Cast , Coming of Age , Love Triangle , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Marriage , School , Tsundere , Shounen , Family Life , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Ojou-sama , Nudity , Time Skip , Kuudere , Acting , Adoption , Tanned Skin , Chibi

Gokushufudou

Also known as The Way of the Househusband.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

He was the fiercest member of the yakuza, a man who left countless underworld legends in his wake. They called him “the Immortal Dragon.” But one day he walked away from it all to travel another path—the path of the househusband! The curtain rises on this cozy yakuza comedy!



Tags: Parody , Episodic , Yakuza , Male Protagonist , Slapstick , Gangs , Family Life , Primarily Adult Cast , Seinen , Heterosexual , Food , Urban , Iyashikei , Animals , Marriage , Otaku Culture , Tanned Skin

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: Chapter count includes 229 regular chapters and 11 extras.

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

Shounen no Abyss

Also known as Boy's Abyss.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Romance

In a town with nothing, in the middle of a daily life with seemingly no signs of change, high schooler Reiji Kurose was "just" living. Family, dreams for the future, childhood friends. All of them were binding him down to that city. He thought he would "just" keep on living like that. Until he met her. Is there hope in living? Is there light waiting ahead? It's the start of a boy meets girl series which reflects the "now".

Note: Includes 2 extra chapters.

Tags: Tragedy , Suicide , Seinen , Coming of Age , Psychosexual , Male Protagonist , Love Triangle , Crime , Yandere , Age Gap , Heterosexual , Nudity , Teacher , Idol , Female Harem , LGBTQ+ Themes , Ensemble Cast , Rural , Bullying , Incest , Marriage , Hikikomori , Time Skip , Natural Disaster , Boys' Love , Transgender

Tonikaku Kawaii

Also known as Fly Me to the Moon.

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

First comes marriage, then comes an earthbound love that is out of this world! From the day his parents named him, Nasa Yuzaki has been destined for outer space…or so he believes. But while trying to join the space program, he is thrown for a loop when an accident introduces him to Tsukasa, a mysterious girl with strange powers. Is she an alien, a moon goddess or something else? Since she insists on marrying him, Nasa has plenty of chances to find out!



Notes: The 16th volume includes the 4 chapter prequel "FLY ME TO THE MOON".

Tags: Marriage , Iyashikei , Family Life , Heterosexual , Historical , Age Gap , Amnesia , Coming of Age , Parody , Meta , Shounen , Primarily Adult Cast , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Astronomy , Tsundere , Mythology , Otaku Culture , Ojou-sama , Swordplay , Maids , Software Development

Mushoku Tensei: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu

Also known as Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation.

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Ecchi , Fantasy

Kicked out by his family and wandering the streets, an unemployed 34-year-old shut-in thinks he’s hit rock-bottom—just as he’s hit and killed by a speeding truck! Awakening to find himself reborn as an infant in a world of swords and sorcery, but with the memories of his first life intact, Rudeus Greyrat is determined not to repeat his past mistakes. He’s going to make the most of this reincarnation as he sets off on the adventure of a second lifetime!



Tags: Coming of Age , Rehabilitation , Isekai , Reincarnation , Magic , Polyamorous , Travel , Family Life , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Ensemble Cast , Survival , Female Harem , Time Manipulation , Time Skip , Gods , Meta , Demons , Hikikomori , Matriarchy , Swordplay , Tomboy , Crossdressing , Teacher , Tsundere , Elf , Language Barrier , School , Slavery , Dragons , Nekomimi , Amnesia , Dungeon , Otaku Culture , Revenge , Marriage , Maids , Episodic , Ojou-sama , Religion , Boys' Love , Archery , Desert

Bokutachi wa Benkyou ga Dekinai

Also known as We Never Learn.

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

Nariyuki Yuiga is in his last and most painful year of high school. In order to gain the “special VIP recommendation” which would grant him a full scholarship to college, he must now tutor his classmates as they struggle to prepare for entrance exams. Among his pupils are “the sleeping beauty of the literary forest,” Fumino Furuhashi, and "the Thumbelina supercomputer," Rizu Ogata–two of the most beautiful super-geniuses at the school! While these two were thought to be academically flawless, it turns out that they’re completely clueless outside of their pet subjects…!?



Tags: School , Teacher , Female Harem , Male Protagonist , Tomboy , Heterosexual , Primarily Female Cast , Age Gap , Coming of Age , Time Skip , Shounen , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Primarily Teen Cast , Tanned Skin , Kuudere , MILF , Twins , Marriage , Ghost , Maids , 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 , Seinen , Female Protagonist , Marriage , Foreign , Heterosexual , Iyashikei , Travel , Age Gap , Family Life , Educational , Arranged Marriage , Food , Twins , War , Archery , Nudity , Language Barrier , LGBTQ+ Themes , Animals

Ase to Sekken

Also known as Sweat and Soap.

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

Asako’s living her dream, working at the toiletry maker Lilia Drop. Little do her coworkers know, the reason she loves the company so much is that she’s ashamed of her body odor, and their soap is the only thing that does the trick. So when the company’s lead product developer, a perfuming genius, approaches her in the lobby and wonders what “that smell” is, she’s terrified … but could it be … that he likes it? And, even more surprising to Yae … does she like him?



Notes: The chapter count includes 13 extra stories.

Tags: Primarily Adult Cast , Sweat , Office Lady , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Work , Office , Seinen , Disability , Male Protagonist , Marriage , Nudity , Love Triangle

Kamisama Hajimemashita

Also known as Kamisama Kiss.

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

Nanami Momozono is alone and homeless after her dad skips town to evade his gambling debts and the debt collectors kick her out of her apartment. So when a man she's just saved from a dog offers her his home, she jumps at the opportunity. But it turns out that his place is a shrine, and Nanami has unwittingly taken over his job as a local deity!

Nanami has all kinda of new responsibilities she doesn't understand, dangers she's unaware of, and a cranky ex-familiar who's...actually pretty hot. What's a new-fledged godling to do?



Tags: Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Kemonomimi , Demons , Coming of Age , Youkai , Urban Fantasy , Gods , Monster Boy , Found Family , School , Yandere , Time Manipulation , Amnesia , Historical , Love Triangle , Heterosexual , Male Harem , Age Regression , Idol , Afterlife , Marriage

Dosanko Gal wa Namara Menkoi

Also known as Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable!.

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

High school boy Tsubasa moves to Kitami City up in Hokkaido, where he meets a "gal" at a bus stop. The sight of her standing alone against the white snowscape, bare-legged despite the freezing cold, captures his heart.



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

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

Yozakura-san Chi no Daisakusen

Also known as Mission: Yozakura Family.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Comedy , Romance

Taiyou Asano is a super shy high school student and the only person he can talk to is his childhood friend, Mutsumi Yozakura. It turns out that Mutsumi is the daughter of the ultimate spy family! Even worse, Mutsumi is being harassed by her overprotective, nightmare of a brother, Kyouichirou. What drastic steps will Taiyou have to take to save Mutsumi?! A spy family comedy - the mission begins!



Note: Nominated for the Tsugimanga 2020 Award in the Manga Category.

Tags: Espionage , Shounen , Heterosexual , Family Life , Conspiracy , Ensemble Cast , Surreal Comedy , Assassins , Male Protagonist , Marriage , Time Skip , Swordplay , Orphan , Episodic , Twins , Guns , Tragedy , School , Chibi , Kaiju , LGBTQ+ Themes

Eojjeodaboni Cheonsaengyeonbun

Also known as Maybe Meant to Be.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

Jia Han, a 32-year-old freelancer with no work, is tired of her parents nagging her to get married and finally move out. When she runs into her childhood friend, Mincheol Jin, who is also feeling the same pressure from his parents, she blurts out that they should just get married to solve both of their problems. Little did she know he’d accept her suggestion, and she suddenly finds herself thrust into marriage. A story of an unexpected romance that’ll have you scrolling for more!



Tags: Marriage , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Full Color , Rehabilitation , Family Life , Fake Relationship , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Tsundere , Fitness , Kuudere , Work , Writing , Urban , Software Development

Karakai Jouzu no (Moto) Takagi-san

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

The (former) Takagi-san and her daughter, Chi-chan, bring you this teasing home comedy. Is Dad going to make an appearance too?

Tags: Slapstick , Family Life , Iyashikei , Marriage , Female Protagonist , Time Skip , Athletics , Shounen

Jaehon Hwanghu

Also known as The Remarried Empress.

Status: Releasing
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: Female Protagonist , Full Color , Ojou-sama , Politics , Marriage , Royal Affairs , Shapeshifting , Heterosexual , Historical , Primarily Adult Cast , Ensemble Cast , Love Triangle , Magic , Animals , Slavery , Family Life , Time Skip , Kingdom Management

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: Chapter count includes 8 extra chapters.

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

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: Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Marriage , Disability , Arranged Marriage , Magic , Full Color , Swordplay , Bullying , Royal Affairs , Estranged Family

Wo Laopo Shi Mowang Daren

Also known as My Wife is the Demon Queen.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy , Romance

A normal powerless male protagonist is entrusted to look after the fallen demon queen Isabella. Depleted of her powers, Isabella is forced to camouflage as a human and suppress her regal status. Evil masterminds plot to dethrone a powerful demon queen in a medieval fantasy land.

Tags: Full Color , Demons , Magic , Isekai , Swordplay , Software Development , Marriage , Heterosexual , War , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Tsundere , Gods , Revenge , Dragons , Maids , Archery , Gore

Mijuku na Futari de Gozaimasu ga

Also known as We're New at This.

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

Ikuma Saeki finally married his childhood friend and the girl of his dreams, Sumika. But while years of pining came easily to him, physical closeness does not...and he's having trouble navigating the intimacy that comes with marriage. Sumika, too, is having trouble bridging the gap between friend and lover...what is this innocent couple to do but navigate it together, awkwardness and all!



Tags: Seinen , Family Life , Episodic , Marriage , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Kuudere , Heterosexual , Nudity , Time Skip , Primarily Adult Cast , Parenthood