With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, there’s no better way to celebrate the day of love than with some of your favorite romantic manga. There is numerous manga out They range from heartwarming high school love for gods, and family ties, to love that transcends everything.
We’ve compiled a list of the top 10 manga that feature heartwarming love stories, relatable characters, dramatic scenes, etc. that will make you fall in love with the story and the characters. Whether you’re looking for a cozy slow romance, a fluffy and light read, or a display of emotions and drama, we’ve got you covered.
8. Clannad
A heartwarming and touching manga, Clannad stars Tomoya Okazaki, a high school boy, who meets Nagisa Furukawa. Nagisa is repeating her final year due to her illness that prevented her from graduating, and she’s shy and so cute!
Nagisa wants to revive the school’s drama club and Tomoya decides to help her fulfill this dream. They recruit members and make friends and the manga follows their struggles, friendships, and relationships and shows how their love blossoms into a bittersweet romance. It’s a sad and sweet romance manga at the same time.
7. Kamisama Kiss
A cute and romantic comedy, Kamisama Kiss is about Nanami Momozono, a high school girl, who is left homeless when her father leaves her to deal with his vast debt. With nowhere to go, Nanami saves and meets a God named Mikage in the park.
He offers her a place to live and using this he appoints her the Land God of the Mikage shrine. At the shrine, she meets Tomoe, Mikage’s fox familiar, and the manga follows her relationship with him and how she navigates her new role and responsibilities.
6. Skip Beat!
Kyoko Mogami, a high school-aged girl, follows her crush to the city so he can fulfill his dream of becoming a rock star. Basically, she’s in live-in maid who does all his work and he used her graciously.
When Kyoko finds out about this, her heart is broken, and she joins to the entertainment industry to get revenge on him. During her struggle and journey, she runs into Ren Tsuruga, a popular actor, and the most sought-after bachelor. In an acting session with him, Kyoko finds her love for acting, and her journey takes a whole new level and direction.
Skip Beat! has charming characters and a unique plotline that sucks you in and shows personal and professional growth, making it a must-watch this Valentine’s Day.
5. Blue Spring Ride
With a relatable, and touching story, and beautiful art style, Blue Spring Ride (Ao Haru Ride) is a delightful romance manga. It’s about Futaba Yoshioka, who was popular with the boys in middle school. However, this caused her to be harassed and ostracized by the girls.
So, to fit in and make friends, she changes her looks and personality in high school. She living a fake life with fake friends, when suddenly she’s reunited with her middle school crush, Kou Mabuchi. He shows her that she can be her true self, and the story follows their rekindling and how Futaba makes long-lasting friends.
4. The President Is a Maid!
The President is a Maid! or Kaichou was Maid-sama follows Misaki Ayuzawa, a man-hater high school girl who is the first female Student Council President of Seika High School. It was formerly an all-boys school so the female-to-male ratio is very less and the boys dominate the school.
Misaki rules over the boys with an iron fist to improve conditions for the girls. However, she works as a maid at a Maid Latte, and she’s hidden this job from her friends, and school.
One day, when she’s at her job, the most popular boy at school finds out her secret and gets interested in her. This humorous and romantic manga is a charming pick for this Valentine’s Day.
3. Horimiya
Horimiya follows Kyouko Hori and Izumi Miyamura, two high school students who have different public and private personas. They unexpectedly meet and become friends. As they bond and get to one another, they open up and reveal their true selves to each other.
Horimiya is a funny and romantic manga with a nice dose of humor, relatable main characters who can’t be their true selves in public, an endearing plot, and romance.
2. Kimi ni Todoke (From Me to You)
From Me to You or Kimi ni Todoke follows the story of Sawako Kuronuma, who is a kind-hearted high school girl. She’s really shy and her appearance is similar to a character from the horror movie, Sadako. This causes her classmates to misunderstand her, leaving her with no friends.
But, her entire world changes, when Shouta Kazehaya, the most popular boy in her class, becomes friends with her, and he sees her for who she truly is. From Me to You is a sweet and innocent romance and shows the beauty of being true to yourself. It’s a great Manga to pick up this Valentine’s.
1. Fruits Basket
A heartwarming and interesting story, Fruits Basket is about Tohru Honda, an orphaned high schooler who gets entangled with the mysterious Soma Family. Tohru finds out that the Somas’ are under a curse to transform into Chinese Zodiac animals when hugged by the opposite sex.
Tohru wants everyone to be happy and is determined to find a way to break the curse during their bonding and struggle. Fruits Baskets is a wholesome manga with endearing characters, and a healthy dose of friendship, family, and love, and has one of the most beautiful storylines.
If you want more Valentine’s Day manga, you can check out the Top 5 Fluffiest BL Manga To Read This Valentine’s Day, or start The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten Episode 6 Review, a sweet and wholesome romance anime.
