Top Swimming Manga Recommendations

BECK

Also known as BECK.

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

For the first 14 years of his life, Yukio Tanaka has been one heck of a boring guy. He has no hobbies, a weak taste in music, and only a small vestige of a personality. He yearns for an exciting life, but his shy, and somewhat neurotic personality make him his own worst enemy. Little does he know that his life will be forever changed when he meets Ryusuke Minami, a wild and unpredictable 16 year-old fresh from America, who happens to be in a rock-and-roll band named after his Frankenstein-like patched dog—Beck.



Tags: Band , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , Rock Music , Primarily Male Cast , Shounen , Foreign , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Crime , Love Triangle , Bullying , Work , School , Mafia , Swimming , Guns , Martial Arts

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

Kaijuu no Kodomo

Also known as Children of the Sea.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Supernatural

When Ruka was younger, she saw a ghost in the water at the aquarium where her dad works. Now she feels drawn toward the aquarium and the two mysterious boys she meets there, Umi and Sora. They were raised by dugongs and hear the same strange calls from the sea as she does.

Ruka's dad and the other adults who work at the aquarium are only distantly aware of what the children are experiencing as they get caught up in the mystery of the worldwide disappearance of the oceans' fish.



Tags: Philosophy , Mythology , Environmental , Seinen , Swimming , Female Protagonist , Cosmic Horror , Ensemble Cast , POV , Astronomy , Kaiju , Male Protagonist , Urban , Scuba Diving , Amnesia , Monster Boy , Coastal , Educational , Animals , Ships , Body Horror , Cannibalism , Primarily Teen Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Heterosexual , Work , Nudity

Yoru to Umi

Also known as The Evening and The Sea.

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

"I never really wanted good friends. I always thought I'd rather have things I'd be okay with leaving behind."

Tsukiko is the new girl in school. One day, she catches a glimpse of her classmate, Utsumi, swimming in the school's pool. She becomes fixated. Tsukiko knew they were classmates, but beyond that, the two girls had no reason to cross paths. However, one rainy day turns all of that around. An emotional story about the everyday lives of the enigmatic new girl and the girl with no filter who happens to love swimming!



Tags: Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Coming of Age , Swimming , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Josei , Yuri , Coastal , Animals , School Club , Acting , LGBTQ+ Themes

Kaikisen

Also known as Tropic of the Sea.

Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Mystery

The legend has it that once upon a time, a pact was sealed between the Shinto priest of the town of Amide and a mermaid. Ever since, abundant fishing has guaranteed the town’s prosperity. This pact has always been honored by the priests of the Yashiro family. However, the legend has attracted both media and property developers, and the acting priest has acceded to their demands. Yosuke, youngest of the Yashiro family, has doubts about the existence of the mermaid, but will soon change his opinion as strange occurrences begin to unfold…



Included one-shot: Summer of Tension.

Tags: Seinen , Swimming , Mermaid , Environmental , Ships , Fishing , Tragedy , Urban Fantasy , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual

Umi no Misaki

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

Goto Nagi has travelled to the southern island of Okitsushima, and ventures out to see Umi no Misaki, a striking cape jutting out into the ocean. But when he arrives, he finds that there is much more to this cape than a wondrous view. There is something peculiar about the cape, and about the island's inhabitants.



Tags: Female Harem , Male Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Rural , Seinen , School , Nudity , Female Protagonist , Reincarnation , Outdoor , Primarily Adult Cast , Gods , Swimming

Itai no wa Iya nano de Bougyoryoku ni Kyokufuri Shitai to Omoimasu.

Also known as Bofuri: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense..

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy , Slice of Life

Kaede Honjou has never been much of a gamer. So when her best friend, Risa, ropes her into trying out the hit new VRMMO NewWorld Online, her biggest concern is…whether it will hurt! Her solution? To dump all her stat points into defense! She may not have anything in the way of magic, agility, or strength, but her extreme build transforms her from a total noob into a nigh-invulnerable walking fortress the game’s admins never accounted for!



Tags: Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Video Games , Virtual World , Parody , Henshin , Magic , Iyashikei , Battle Royale , Monster Girl , Twins , Samurai , Swordplay , Female Protagonist , Fishing , Robots , Steampunk , Swimming , Shounen

Hantsu x Trash

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

Hamaji Youhei, a freshman in high school, lives his life aimlessly, lazing around all day. He can't keep up with his studies, no good at sports and won't stick with anything for long. Besides that he's a pervert who's continuously rejected by girls. A sophomore convinces him into joining a club where he could lunge at girls, fondling and touching all he wanted. Thus he joined the Water Polo Club. Can Youhei, who never sticks with anything for long, find his place in this club?

Tags: School , Seinen , Male Protagonist , School Club , Swimming

Evergreen

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

Yoshimatsu Hotaka is the president of the manga club and is always diligent with his school life and club activities, but even though he looks like a regular honor student in reality we have that there is something really odd with him; he has this bitter ~ heavy ~ melancholic look and is almost always looking at Awaya Nika, the beautiful, bright, radiant, super cheerful swimming club's female ace.

Why does Hotaka acts all bitter like that? And what will become of him as the sports teacher orders him to have at least "one secret swimming class lesson" where no one is supposed to be looking, whereas he normally skips class activities due to personal matters?

Tags: School , Shounen , Incest , School Club , Swimming , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast

Ineoreul Wihan Suyeonggyosil

Also known as Swimming Lessons for a Mermaid.

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

Choa is a mermaid who can't swim! Discouraged, she trades the ocean for a pair of human legs. But when the star of the high school swim team finds out her secret, he offers her the chance to prove her family wrong: free swimming lessons for a mermaid!



Tags: Mermaid , Swimming , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Love Triangle , Coming of Age , Full Color , Urban Fantasy , School , Time Skip , Primarily Teen Cast , School Club

Peach Girl

Also known as Peach Girl.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

It's not easy being beautiful. The envy, the jealousy, the vicious rumors spread by your best friend. That's life for young Momo. While everyone thinks that Momo is a wild party girl, the reality is that she is shy and lonely. Can Momo confess her love to her classmate, Toji, or will her best friend Sae steal him away. It's a bittersweet drama of growing up and fitting in that will charm readers everywhere.



Volumes 1-8: Peach Girl; Peach Girl Authentic (2nd English Edition)
Volumes 9-18: Peach Girl - Change of Heart



Tags: Shoujo , Love Triangle , Bullying , Tanned Skin , School , Swimming , Revenge , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist

Sweet Poolside

Status: Finished
Genres: Ecchi , Romance , Sports

Oota Toshihiko is a meek 7th grade boy who's teased for having an unnaturally hairless skin. Meanwhile, his female classmate Gotou Ayako suffers from having unnaturally hairy skin which she must shave everyday, despite being terrible at shaving. And by the 2nd law of manga-tropes, Oota accidentally walks in on Gotou shaving one day, and is then roped into helping his hairy classmate shave.

Note: Includes one epilogue and the one-shot "Choujou Eyes Sawada" (超常眼球　沢田).

Tags: Shounen , Coming of Age , School Club , Bullying , Swimming , School , Love Triangle , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Unrequited Love

Mouryou no Yurikago

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Ecchi , Horror , Mystery

A group of students finds themselves on a sinking capsized ship. Together with some zombies. What happened to the ship and why are there zombies aboard? It's a battle against time and the zombies, to save themselves.

Tags: Seinen , Foreign , Survival , Ships , Gore , Zombie , Ensemble Cast , Swimming , Disability

Iutjim Guild-won

Also known as Virtual Strangers.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

After a stalking incident, Yoon Ji-gu has become understandably wary of strangers. So when an odd man moves in next door, he immediately suspects the worst. Little does he know, Yeowoon is just a regular guy trying to land a job and enjoy his free time—until he finds himself dealing with a hostile neighbor. As their real-life misunderstandings escalate, the two unknowingly team up in their favorite online game, forming an unexpected duo. Get ready to log in to a new adventure full of hilarious mix-ups, a distrustful tsundere, and an unwitting flirt with a heart of gold.



Tags: Boys' Love , Video Games , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Chibi , Tsundere , Full Color , Swimming , Age Gap

Glaucos

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Sports

This is a story of a boy who challenges free diving.

"Free diving (skin diving)" may remind you of the film "Le Grand Bleu".

It is an extreme sport, and each meter added to its record brings us closer to the sea bed and further from the surface where one can breathe again.

In this sense, free diving has a direct connection with death, with which our fight continues, refashioned over time, bit by bit.

So, why would one free dive, and risk their life?

The answer lies within "mysterious bond between the sea and human kind".

And in the fast evolving world of competitive diving new data emerges that casts light on this bond.

Tags: Scuba Diving , Swimming , Seinen , Male Protagonist

Devilman Lady

Also known as Devilman Lady.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Ecchi , Horror , Sci-Fi

Fudou Jun is a highschool teacher and takes a trip with a group of students. While there, a group of martial artists staying nearby take a strange interest in the girls. These men are actually demons and after changing into their true form break into the cabin to rape the girls. One gets Jun and violates her.

She feels her soul being torn apart and transforms into Devilman Lady. With newfound powers and strength she kills all the demons and protects the girls from any further harm.

What are these demons and why did she turn into a hybrid of one? What does this mean for her and for the rest of humanity?

Tags: Demons , Nudity , Female Protagonist , Monster Girl , Yuri , Urban Fantasy , Body Horror , Gore , Bisexual , Seinen , Post-Apocalyptic , Henshin , Military , Yandere , Mythology , Incest , Anti-Hero , Urban , Swimming , School , Teacher , Futanari , Police

Chimoguri Ringo to Kingyobachi Otoko

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

A terrible creature has been plaguing the community: a man with a fishbowl for a head. When he attacks someone, the goldfish leaps out of his bowl and drinks their blood. The victim is irreversibly transformed into a goldfish! This terrible crime has happened to high-schooler Kousuke's little sister. With no other option, he takes care of his goldfish-sister as best he can.

One day, he comes across a strange girl named Ringo, who wears a school swimsuit, carries an umbrella, and keeps a gun hanging around her neck. Ringo is an apprentice blood diver, and the gun is her way of shooting herself into the wounds of the fishbowl man's victims. If she can get to them in time, she can prevent them from turning into goldfish. Ringo's mentor, Ichigo, says that she's heard of a way to turn people back from goldfish into humans. Kousuke is determined to help Ringo find a way to help his sister and the loved ones of his friends at school who have met the same fishy fate!

Note: The magazine this manga was serialised in was cancelled, but the series received a continuation in Comic Earth Star.

Included one-shots:
Volume 2: Jigoku (Hell), Kappa no Shokutaku (Kappa's Dinner Table)
Volume 3: Onikujo (Oni Killer)



Tags: Shounen , Surreal Comedy , Work , Swimming , Gore , Guns , Fishing

Rough

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

Yamato Keisuke, a promising freestyle swimmer, and Ninomiya Ami, a talented diver, are the offspring of two rival families owners of confectionery shops. Two generations ago, Grandfather Ninomiya came up with an idea for an owl-shaped cake, but Grandfather Yamato quickly raised to the challenge and thought of a similar cake--but in Yamato's the owl had ears. Because they're priced the same, Yamato's extra ears were crucial, and that made the business of the Ninomiya confectionery suffered. Grandfather Ninomiya then fell ill worrying about his shop. Before his death, his last words were "I was killed by the Yamatos", and since that moment the two families have been sworn rivals.

Tags: Swimming , School , Love Triangle , Shounen , School Club , Baseball

Limit

Also known as Limit.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological

Mizuki Konno is your typical high school junior at Yanno Prefectural High School. Like many teens her age she is studying hard for college and when she has some down time she likes to fuss over fashion and make-up. While she may not be one of the class elites, Mizuki is fortunate to be on the right side of her class's idols. But that might not settle well with those who are in a similar academic status but not so lucky with their social lives. Mizuki really isn't a bad person. However she understands that she is one of the haves. And even if she only has so a strand to hold on to, that's much more than the introverts or the socially inept. On the day of the field trip, Mizuki's position with the cool kids cannot be better. But now a good portion of her class are now firmly against her. While this "lower" clique may not be united, their hatred is much stronger than their differences. Unfortunately tragedy strikes in the form of a traffic accident. And now the class is split into two new groups...the living and the dead! Almost the entire class has been wiped out and the five remaining girls are injured and lost in the wilderness. They also hate each other, and in a mix of Lord of the Flies with Heathers these girls begin to assert their wills against each other to try to survive while enacting a new class structure where looks and style is no longer the definition of influence.



Tags: Shoujo , Survival , Female Protagonist , Bullying , Primarily Female Cast , School , Swimming , Tragedy , Rural

Douse, Koishite Shimaunda.

Also known as Anyway, I'm Falling in Love with You..

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Romance

Mizuha's 17th birthday is the pits. Her parents totally forgot, and the sempai she likes isn't interested in her. But when her longtime childhood friend asks her out, Mizuha has to sort out what this change in relationship could mean. And her feelings may not be the only ones changing...!



Tags: Shoujo , Primarily Male Cast , Male Harem , Female Protagonist , School , Heterosexual , Swimming , LGBTQ+ Themes , Drawing , Urban , Unrequited Love , Ensemble Cast