Best unrequited love manga
215 manga about unrequited love, ranked by community score. Tags come from AniList voters; the percentage on each title page says how strongly the tag applies.
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4.2Chainsaw Man
Manga · 2018 · 232 ch
Chainsaw ManManga · 2018 · 232 ch4.2The name says it all! Denji's life of poverty is changed forever when he merges with his pet chainsaw dog, Pochita! Now he's living in the big city and an official Devil Hunter. But he's got a lot to learn about his new job and chainsaw…
3.9Black Clover
Manga · 2015 · 392 ch
Black CloverManga · 2015 · 392 ch3.9Young Asta was born with no magic ability in a world where magic is everything. In order to prove his strength and keep a promise with his friend, Asta dreams of becoming the greatest mage in the land, the Wizard King! (Source: VIZ Media)
4.0My Dress-Up Darling
Manga · 2018 · 119 ch
My Dress-Up DarlingSono Bisque Doll wa Koi wo SuruManga · 2018 · 119 ch4.0Traumatized 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…
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4.0Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror
Manga · 1998 · 20 ch
Uzumaki: Spiral into HorrorUzumakiManga · 1998 · 20 ch4.0Kurozu-cho, a small fogbound town on the coast of Japan, is cursed. According to Shuichi Saito, the withdrawn boyfriend of teenager Kirie Goshima, their town is haunted not by a person or being but by a pattern: uzumaki, the spiral, the…
4.3Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End
Manga · 2020
Frieren: Beyond Journey’s EndSousou no FrierenManga · 20204.3The adventure is over but life goes on for an elf mage just beginning to learn what living is all about. Elf mage Frieren and her courageous fellow adventurers have defeated the Demon King and brought peace to the land. With the great…
4.5Slam Dunk
Manga · 1990 · 276 ch
Slam DunkSLAM DUNKManga · 1990 · 276 ch4.5Hanamichi Sakuragi's got no game with girls--none at all! It doesn't help that he's known for throwing down at a moment's notice and always coming out on top. A hopeless bruiser, he's been rejected by 50 girls in a row! All that changes…
3.9The Quintessential Quintuplets
Manga · 2017 · 122 ch
The Quintessential QuintupletsGo-toubun no HanayomeManga · 2017 · 122 ch3.9One 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…
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4.3Bloom Into You
Manga · 2015 · 53 ch
Bloom Into YouYagate Kimi ni NaruManga · 2015 · 53 ch4.3Yuu has always loved shoujo manga and awaits the day she gets a love confession that sends her heart aflutter with bubbles and hearts, and yet when a junior high classmate confesses his feelings to her…she feels nothing. Disappointed and…
2.9Rent-A-Girlfriend
Manga · 2017
Rent-A-GirlfriendKanojo, OkarishimasuManga · 20172.9In 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…
4.0Ao Haru Ride
Manga · 2011 · 53 ch
Ao Haru RideManga · 2011 · 53 ch4.0Futaba Yoshioka thought all boys were loud and obnoxious until she met Kou Tanaka in junior high. But as soon as she realized she really liked him, he had already moved away because of family issues. Now, in high school, Kou has…
3.8Mashle: Magic and Muscles
Manga · 2020 · 162 ch
Mashle: Magic and MusclesMASHLEManga · 2020 · 162 ch3.8This is a world of magic where magic is used for everything. But deep in the forest exists a young man who spends his time training and bulking up. He can't use magic, but he enjoys a peaceful life with his father. But one day, his life is…
3.4Boy's Abyss
Manga · 2020 · 185 ch
Boy's AbyssShounen no AbyssManga · 2020 · 185 ch3.4Reiji’s life is as miserable as the small town he can’t escape. The most interesting thing that’s ever happened there is a double suicide down by the river. Does Reiji have any power over his fate, or will he too fall into the abyss?…Highest rated
4.5Slam Dunk
Manga · 1990 · 276 ch
Slam DunkSLAM DUNKManga · 1990 · 276 ch4.5Hanamichi Sakuragi's got no game with girls--none at all! It doesn't help that he's known for throwing down at a moment's notice and always coming out on top. A hopeless bruiser, he's been rejected by 50 girls in a row! All that changes…
4.5Koimonogatari: Love Tale
Light Novel · 2011 · 39 ch
Koimonogatari: Love TaleKoimonogatariLight Novel · 2011 · 39 ch4.5Circling back to a middle school girl’s apotheosis, if we can call it that, in OTORIMONOGATARI, and the mortal threat it poses to the hero and his girl, this “Season Two” finale is narrated, for the first time in the series, by a… 4.3Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End
Manga · 2020
Frieren: Beyond Journey’s EndSousou no FrierenManga · 20204.3The adventure is over but life goes on for an elf mage just beginning to learn what living is all about. Elf mage Frieren and her courageous fellow adventurers have defeated the Demon King and brought peace to the land. With the great…
4.3Umineko When They Cry Episode 7: Requiem of the Golden Witch
Manga · 2011 · 48 ch
Umineko When They Cry Episode 7: Requiem of the Golden WitchUmineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru Episode 7: Requiem of the Golden WitchManga · 2011 · 48 ch4.3The time for logical debate and magical feints has come to an end; the revelation of the truth about Beatrice the Golden Witch is at hand. To facilitate this, game master Bernkastel has chosen Will Wright the Mage-Hunter to step onto her…Mature
4.3Bloom Into You
Manga · 2015 · 53 ch
Bloom Into YouYagate Kimi ni NaruManga · 2015 · 53 ch4.3Yuu has always loved shoujo manga and awaits the day she gets a love confession that sends her heart aflutter with bubbles and hearts, and yet when a junior high classmate confesses his feelings to her…she feels nothing. Disappointed and…
4.3Chihayafuru
Manga · 2007 · 248 ch
ChihayafuruManga · 2007 · 248 ch4.3Chihaya is a girl in the sixth grade, still not old enough to even know the meaning of the word zeal. But one day, she meets Arata, a transfer student from rural Fukui prefecture. Though docile and quiet, he has an unexpected skill: his…
4.3A Bride's Story
Manga · 2008
A Bride's StoryOtoyomegatariManga · 20084.3A 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…
4.3Bloom Into You: Regarding Saeki Sayaka
Light Novel · 2018 · 9 ch
Bloom Into You: Regarding Saeki SayakaYagate Kimi ni Naru Saeki Sayaka ni TsuiteLight Novel · 2018 · 9 ch4.3Saeki Sayaka has always been an old soul–serious and reserved, preferring to focus on her studies rather than make friends. Until, that is, a romantic confession from another girl in middle school turns her carefully ordered world upside… 4.2Chainsaw Man
Manga · 2018 · 232 ch
Chainsaw ManManga · 2018 · 232 ch4.2The name says it all! Denji's life of poverty is changed forever when he merges with his pet chainsaw dog, Pochita! Now he's living in the big city and an official Devil Hunter. But he's got a lot to learn about his new job and chainsaw…
Mature
4.2Villains Are Destined to Die
Manga · 2020
Villains Are Destined to DieAgyeogui Ending JugeumppunManga · 20204.2This game’s got me obsessed! It’s like it’s taken over my life... wait—HARD MODE ACTIVATED. No-no-no-no-no! It has literally taken me and thrown me into the part of Penelope Eckhart. Love is easy as the heroine, but as the hated…
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4.2Given
Manga · 2013 · 51 ch
GivenManga · 2013 · 51 ch4.2Ritsuka Uenoyama is bored with it all—with school, with his basketball club, and even with his one true passion: playing guitar. That is, until the day he finds his favorite hidden napping spot occupied by a strange boy cradling a…
4.2How Do We Relationship?
Manga · 2018 · 141 ch
How Do We Relationship?Tsukiatte Agete mo Ii ka naManga · 2018 · 141 ch4.2Shy Miwa has always dreamed of finding love, but living in small-town Japan made finding the right match difficult—especially since she likes girls! Even going away to college didn’t seem to help, until one day her outgoing classmate Saeko…
4.2Love Bullet
Manga · 2023
Love BulletLOVE-BULLETManga · 20234.2In this contemporary world, Cupids solve problems of love not with bows and arrows but with guns! However, when the Cupids get in an argument over how to solve a love triangle…a full on shoot-out occurs?! (Source: Yen Press)
4.2The Summer Hikaru Died
Manga · 2021
The Summer Hikaru DiedHikaru ga Shinda NatsuManga · 20214.2Two boys lived in a village: Yoshiki and Hikaru. The two did everything together...until the day Hikaru was encompassed by a mysterious light. That was when everything changed—Hikaru most of all. Yoshiki still wishes from the bottom of his…
4.2Tune In to the Midnight Heart
Manga · 2023
Tune In to the Midnight HeartMayonaka Heart TuneManga · 20234.2When 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…
4.2My Love Mix-Up!
Manga · 2019 · 41 ch
My Love Mix-Up!Kieta HatsukoiManga · 2019 · 41 ch4.2Mistaken identity leads to a blossoming romance between two boys. Aoki has a crush on Hashimoto, the girl in the seat next to him in class. But he despairs when he borrows her eraser and sees she’s written the name of another boy—Ida—on…
4.2Lost in the Cloud
Manga · 2020 · 131 ch
Lost in the CloudCloudManga · 2020 · 131 ch4.2Ha-Neul has a secret hobby: taking photos of his crush, Chan-Il. But when Hyeon-Un stumbles upon Ha-Neul's cloud storage with its impressive collection of Chan-Il's photos, things escalate pretty quickly. At first confident his secret is…
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4.2The Rose of Versailles
Manga · 1972 · 85 ch
The Rose of VersaillesVersailles no BaraManga · 1972 · 85 ch4.2Oscar François de Jarjeyes is a young noblewoman raised as a son by her father. As commander of Marie Antoinette's palace guard, Oscar is brought face-to-face with the luxury of King Louis XVI’s court at Versailles. Joined by her servant…
4.2Hirano and Kagiura
Manga · 2019
Hirano and KagiuraHirano to KagiuraManga · 20194.2Basketball players. Bad boys who aren’t really bad boys. Roommates. Senpai-kouhai BL romance. It all started when Kagiura moved into the school dorms with what seemed to be a bad-boy upperclassman. But after he’s left in the tender care of…
4.1The Extra’s Academy Survival Guide
Manga · 2023
The Extra’s Academy Survival GuideAcademy-eseo SaranamgiManga · 20234.1Ed Rothstaylor is a third-rate villain in a game, disowned by his family and kicked out of the dormitory for his misdeeds. One day, our main character wakes up as this very Ed, and realizes he must earn a scholarship so he can graduate and…
4.1Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun
Manga · 2011
Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kunGekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kunManga · 20114.1The boy of her dreams...is a girl's manga artist?! To the eyes of high school student Chiyo Sakura, classmate Umetarou Nozaki--brawny of build and brusque of tongue--is a dreamboat! When Chiyo finally works up the courage to tell Nozaki…
4.1I Shall Master this Family!
Manga · 2021
I Shall Master this Family!Ibeon Saengeun Gajuga DoegetseumnidaManga · 20214.1The great Lombardi family was once at the top of the empire. After the death of its patriarch, the fate of the family and that of Firentia, born from a Lombardi and a peasant, fall to ruin at the hands of her useless and cruel cousins. But…
4.1Paradise Kiss
Manga · 1999 · 48 ch
Paradise KissManga · 1999 · 48 ch4.1Yukari 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…
4.1A Stepmother’s Märchen
Manga · 2019
A Stepmother’s MärchenEotteon Gyemonimui MarchenManga · 20194.1The marchioness Shuri Von Neuschwanstein is no stranger to hardship: her husband dies when she’s still a teenager, leaving her to manage his lands and raise his semi-grown children herself. Her stepchildren never warm up to her, and other…
4.1Romance 101
Manga · 2018 · 158 ch
Romance 101Bareunyeonae GiljabiManga · 2018 · 158 ch4.1Ba-Reum’s planner might be full, but one thing she desperately needs in her diary is a date. When she is lured into joining a programming club by her friend’s hot coworker, it looks like there might be hope for her. But will her…
4.1Heesu in Class 2
Manga · 2017 · 90 ch
Heesu in Class 22-ban Lee Hui-SuManga · 2017 · 90 ch4.1Hui-Su’s world revolves around Chan-Young, his best friend and secret crush. He doesn’t mind cheering Chan-Yeong from the sidelines or listening to all his girl problems. He doesn’t care if people only know him as “Chan-Yeong’s friend.”…
4.1Too Many Losing Heroines!
Light Novel · 2021
Too Many Losing Heroines!Make Heroine ga Oosugiru!Light Novel · 20214.1Plain, boring, and friendless Nukumizu Kazuhiko has witnessed something completely baffling: popular girl Yanami Anna was friend-zoned by her childhood friend and crush! In fact, all the popular girls around him are getting similarly…
4.0Blue Box
Manga · 2021 · 250 ch
Blue BoxAo no HakoManga · 2021 · 250 ch4.0Taiki Inomata is on the boys' badminton team at sports powerhouse Eimei Junior and Senior High. He's in love with basketball player Chinatsu Kano, the older girl he trains alongside every morning in the gym. One Spring day, their…
4.0Shangri-La Frontier
Manga · 2020
Shangri-La FrontierShangri-La Frontier: Kusoge Hunter, Kami ge ni Idoman to suManga · 20204.0Second year high school student Rakuro Hizutome is interested in one thing only: finding "shitty games" and beating the crap out of them. His gaming skills are second to none, and no game is too bad for him to enjoy. So when he's…
4.0Cardcaptor Sakura
Manga · 1996 · 50 ch
Cardcaptor SakuraManga · 1996 · 50 ch4.0Fourth grader Sakura Kinomoto finds a strange book in her father's library -- a book made by the wizard Clow to store dangerous spirits sealed within a set of magical cards. But when Sakura opens it up, there is nothing left inside but…
4.0Love★Com
Manga · 2001 · 72 ch
Love★ComLovely★ComplexManga · 2001 · 72 ch4.0Rather than bow to the inevitable, Risa and Atsushi join forces to pursue their true objects of affection. But will their budding friendship become something more complex? (Source: VIZ Media) Note: - Includes the one-shot "Hoshi ni Nattemo…
4.0Chikan Otoko
Manga · 2004 · 23 ch
Chikan OtokoManga · 2004 · 23 ch4.0Based off a real story which was posted on 2ch, Molester Man is the story of how Molester Man is mistaken for a stalker by Miss Understanding, and how they overcome their personal challenges while slowly growing closer to each other…
4.0Run Away With Me, Girl
Manga · 2018 · 19 ch
Run Away With Me, GirlKakeochi GirlManga · 2018 · 19 ch4.0Maki's first love was her high school classmate, a girl named Midori. But Midori broke up with Maki at graduation, saying they were now "too old to be fooling around dating girls." Ten years later, Maki still can’t get Midori off her mind…
4.0Gakuen Babysitters
Manga · 2009
Gakuen BabysittersManga · 20094.0After their parents are killed in a plane crash, Ryuuichi and his younger brother Kotarou are taken in by the chairman, who they never met before, of an elite academy. Ryuuichi becomes the school daycare's new babysitter.
4.0Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!
Manga · 2018
Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!30-sai made Doutei da to Mahou Tsukai ni Nareru RashiiManga · 20184.0Adachi, a thirty-year-old virgin, has developed the power to read people's minds by touching them. After a brush with his very handsome colleague, Adachi realizes the guy has a raging crush on none other than Adachi himself! (Source…
4.0Blue Flag
Manga · 2017 · 54 ch
Blue FlagAo no FlagManga · 2017 · 54 ch4.0High school senior year, spring—one of life's important forks in the road. Taichi Ichinose finds himself in the same class as Futaba Kuze, who he feels strangely averse to, and his popular childhood friend, Touma Mita. One day, Futaba…