“Huh? Who are you calling loser?”
As the background of the class, I, Kazuhiko Nukumizu, witnessed a popular girl–Anna Yanami, getting rejected by another guy.
“Even though he said we’ll get married. Don’t you think he’s pretty mean?”
“When did he say that?”
“When we were 4 or 5 years old.”
That doesn’t count, right? With this, the losing heroines like Remon Yakishio from the Track and Field Club, and Tomari Chika, from the literature club.
“Nukumizu-kun. There are two types of girls. Childhood friends or thieving cats.”
“I see. Well, that’s a bold statement.”
There’s a fortune for those who shine only after losing. Losing Heroines—The curtain to the mysterious coming-of-age story “Makeine” opens now!
Too Many Losing Heroines! It is also Known as: 負けヒロインが多すぎる！, Make Hiroin ga Ōsugiru!, Makeine
Genres: Comedy , Romance , School Life
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5. Ao Haru Ride
Yoshioka Futaba has a few reasons why she wants to "reset" her image & life as a new high school student. Because she's cute, she was ostracized by her female friends in junior high, and because of a misunderstanding, she couldn't get her feeling across to the one boy she has ever liked, Tanaka-kun.
Now in high school, she is determined to be as unladylike as possible so that her friends won't be jealous of her. While living her life this way contentedly, she meets Tanaka-kun again, but he now goes under the name of Mabuchi Kou. He tells her that he felt the same way as she did when they were younger, but now things can never be the same again. Will Futaba be able to continue her love that never even started from three years ago?
Included one-shots:
Volume 8: Sono Omokage wo Shitteru
Volume 13: Strobe Edge Tokubetsu-hen
has finished publishing and it has 53 Chapters. It is also Known as: アオハライド AO―HARU―RIDE, Blue Spring Ride, Aoharaido, Strobe Edge, Sono Omokage wo Shitteru
4. Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen
As leaders of their prestigious academy’s student council, Kaguya and Miyuki are the elite of the elite! But it’s lonely at the top… Luckily for them, they’ve fallen in love! There’s just one problem—they both have too much pride to admit it. And so begins the daily scheming to get the object of their affection to confess their romantic feelings first… Love is a war you win by losing.
Notes:
- The first 10 chapters were published in Monthly Miracle Jump. It switched to Weekly Young Jump starting with Ch. 11, with the chapter count being reset. This entry still includes the first 10 chapters from Miracle Jump.
- Winner of the 65th Shogakukan Manga Award for "Best General Manga" category in 2019.
Kaguya-sama: Love is War has finished publishing and it has 281 Chapters. It is also Known as: かぐや様は告らせたい～天才たちの恋愛頭脳戦～, Kaguya Wants to be Confessed To: The Geniuses' War of Love and Brains
3. Something About Us
They consider themselves the best of friends. Others seem to think otherwise. There's something about their relationship that's hard to describe. What will become of these two "friends"?
Note: Chapter count includes the prologue, epilogue and side story chapters.
Something About Us has finished publishing and it has 117 Chapters. It is also Known as: 우리사이느은, Our Relationship Is..., Woori, Our Relationship Is
2. Kaichou wa Maid-sama!
As if being student council president of a predominantly male high school isn’t hard enough, Misaki Ayuzawa has a major secret—she works at a maid café after school! How is she supposed to keep her image of being ultrasmart, strong and overachieving intact once school heartthrob Takumi Usui discovers her double life?!
Included one-shots:
Volume 1: Toumei na Sekai (A Transparent World)
Volume 4: Tsuide ni 3 Baka mo Maid-sama! (And While We're at It, the Idiot Trio as Maids!)
Volume 4: Soshite Momotaro mo Maid-sama (Peach Boy Is a Maid Too!)
Volume 6: Aoi Haru (Blue Spring)
Volume 6: Fukukaichou wa Ouji-sama!? (The Vice-President Is a Prince?!)
Volume 7: Aoi to to Yukai na Nakama-tachi (Aoi with Fun Friends)
Volume 8: Baka to Furyou to Hero to (An Idiot, a Delinquent and a Hero)
Volume 8: Toaru Asa no Seitokaishitsu (A Particular Morning in the Student Council Office)
Volume 11: Kaichou wa Shisuji-sama! (The President Is a Butler!)
Volume 11: Konnichiwa Imouto desu (Hello, I'm the Little Sister)
Volume 12: Sentimental Ikkun (Sentimental Ikkun)
Volume 13: Maid Latte Hikaeshitsu (Maid Latte Back Room)
Volume 15: Baka to Furyou to Madonna to (An Idiot, a Delinquent and a Madonna)
Volume 17: Comics Kakioroshi Short Story (Exclusive Short Comic)
Maid-Sama! has finished publishing and it has 99 Chapters. It is also Known as: 会長はメイド様！, Class President is a Maid!, Kaichou wa Maidsama, Toumei na Sekai, Transparent World, Służąca Przewodnicząca, Староста-горничная, Maid Sama!, My Sweet Kaicho, 學生會長是女僕！, 會長是女僕大人！, 非常女會長, 회장님은 메이드 사마
1. Horimiya
At school, Kyouko Hori is known for being smart, attractive, and popular. On the other hand, her classmate, the boring, gloomy Izumi Miyamura tends to get painted as a "loser fanboy." But when a liberally pierced and tattooed (not to mention downright gorgeous) Miyamura appears unexpectedly on the doorstep of secretly plain-Jane homebody Hori, these two similarly dissimilar teenagers discover that there are multiple sides to every story...and person!
Notes:
-Includes 20 extra chapters.
-The 17th volume got released on July 18, 2023. This was 2 years after its original ending. This new volume included 10 extra chapters.
Note: Chapter count includes 20 extra chapters.
Horimiya has finished publishing and it has 152 Chapters. It is also Known as: ホリミヤ, Horimiya
