As a child, Raku Ichijo 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?
Nisekoi: False Love has finished publishing and it has 229 Chapters. It is also Known as: ニセコイ, Nisekoi
Genres: Comedy , School Life , Harem , Romance , Shounen
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Top 10 Manga Like Nisekoi: False Love (Nisekoi) [2024 List]
10. Fuufu Ijou, Koibito Miman.
Jirou, a third-year in high school, is forced to live with a gal named Akari under a course called the "Couple Practical." In order to be paired with their own romantic interests, they're going to act as a married couple...!?
More than a married couple, but not lovers. is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 夫婦以上、恋人未満。, More than a Couple, Less than Lovers.
9. Seto no Hanayome
A young boy gets saved from drowning by a mermaid but, according to mermaid law, if a human sees a mermaid's true form, both have to be killed. The only solution to the problem is for him to marry her. But can they keep her secret from being found out?
Chapter count includes 3 special chapters.
Volume 5 contains the side story "Senjou no Merry Christmas" (瀬戸組〈せんじょう〉のメリークリスマス).
Volume 12 contains the side story "Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo" (時をかける少女).
Volume 13 contains the side story "Mission:Impossible 2" (M:I-2).
My Bride is a Mermaid has finished publishing and it has 79 Chapters. It is also Known as: 瀬戸の花嫁, SetoYome, The Inland Sea Bride
8. Kagami no Kuni no Harisugawa
"Boys are creatures whose sight will follow the girl they like wherever she is. And if there it comes the chance that the boy realizes that the girl is in danger, if he is able to save her they will feel the ultimate bliss in life" is something that Harisugawa Tetsu has pointed out, and true enough he has always been following with his eyes the girl named Satomi Mao.
Thanks to certain details in their childhood, Satomi has always been friendly with Harisugawa and she has a friendly budding relationship, completely unaware of Tetsu's feelings for her. Tetsu for his part preferred to play the friend part and keeps his feelings hidden for the sake of not endangering the closeness that they already have, ever since he was young Tetsu had believed that if he can build little by little a good relationship with Mao, he will get to the point where he can confidently confess to Mao and not get rejected, Tetsu has always been waiting for his one true chance without getting too close to Mao by accident.
At first it seems that this "stalemate" will never be broken; however, one day Mao sees a strange mirror in an thrift store and for some reason she feels that she must have that mirror. Mao buys the mirror without thinking twice about it.... But she is completely unaware that the mirror will change forever Tetsu's life as well as her own.
Kagami no Kuni no Harisugawa has finished publishing and it has 29 Chapters. It is also Known as: 鏡の国の針栖川, Harisugawa in Mirror World
7. Kishuku Gakkou no Juliet
Grigio Academy Boarding School. The students that attend this school come from two countries, and reside in their own dormitories. Inazuka and Persia are leaders of rival dorms, but in secret they love each other. Now, they have to keep their relationship a secret from their dorm mates or else bad things will happen to them.
Boarding School Juliet has finished publishing and it has 119 Chapters. It is also Known as: 寄宿学校のジュリエット, Kishukugakkou no Juliet
6. Koisome Momiji
There is a saying that if you find a Japanese maple leaf with eight tips you will find everlasting love. A popular high school actress is now making a film about that legend at the main character's high school, who in turn has a crush on her. One day after school he runs into her and helps her escape from some pursuing staff members. It turns out that since she started acting right after middle school she hasn't had any experience with love and that is hurting the production of the movie. So to get some experience with love she invites him out on a date.
Included one-shots:
Volume 1: Koisome Momiji (pilot)
Volume 2: FamiDol!
Koisome Momiji has finished publishing and it has 33 Chapters. It is also Known as: 恋染紅葉, FamiDol!
5. Ichigo 100%
Junpei Manaka sneaks up to the roof to see the sunset. When he opens the door, he startles a mysterious beauty. She panics and runs away, but before not Junpei has caught sight of her adorable strawberry print panties... in EXTREME close-up. With that vision forever burned into his memory, Junpei embarks on a quest to find the girl, and the panties, of his dreams!
Strawberry 100% has finished publishing and it has 167 Chapters. It is also Known as: いちご100%, Ichigo 100%
4. 5-toubun no Hanayome
Fuutarou Uesugi is a poor, antisocial ace student who one day meets the rich transfer student Itsuki Nakano. They argue but when Uesugi realizes he is to be her tutor, he tries to get on better terms. While trying to do so he meets four other girls.
The Quintessential Quintuplets has finished publishing and it has 122 Chapters. It is also Known as: 五等分の花嫁, Go-toubun no Hanayome, The Five Wedded Brides, Gotoubun no Hanayome
3. Kakkou no Iinazuke
16-year-old super-studier Nagi Umino, second-year student at the Meguro River Academy high school, was switched at birth. On his way to a dinner to meet his birth parents, he accidentally meets the brash, outspoken, Erika Amano, who is determined to make Nagi her fake boyfriend as she never wants to actually marry. But once Nagi makes it to dinner, he finds his parents have decided to resolve the hospital switch by conveniently having him marry the daughter his birth parents raised...who turns out to be none other than Erika herself!
A Couple of Cuckoos is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: カッコウの許嫁, Cuckoo's Fiancee, Cuckoo no Iinazuke, Cuckoo no Inazuke, Cuckoo's Forgiveness, The Cuckoo's Fiancée, 뻐꾸기의 약혼녀, 뻐꾸기 약혼자, The Cuckoo's Fiancé, The Cuckoo’s Fiance, Обрученные, Сведённые кукушкой
2. Love Hina
Keitaro has had great difficulty getting into the university of his choice and no luck in meeting women. In a desperate effort to go into seclusion and study for his entrance exams, he volunteers to take over running his grandmother's hotel. His plans are ruined when he discovers that the "hotel" is actually an all-girls dormitory ... and some serious distractions ensue.
Love Hina has finished publishing and it has 120 Chapters. It is also Known as: ラブひな, Love Hina
1. Bokutachi wa Benkyou ga Dekinai
We Never Learn centers on Yuiga, a student who is aiming for a scholarship because he comes from a poor family. His school gives him a condition: he can have a recommendation for a scholarship if he tutors his two beautiful classmates to help them get into the schools of their choice. Ogata may be a science genius and Furuhashi a literature prodigy — but Ogata is aiming for a liberal arts school and Furuhashi is aiming for a science school. And they're both clueless outside their fields of expertise.
We Never Learn has finished publishing and it has 187 Chapters. It is also Known as: ぼくたちは勉強ができない, BokuBen, We Can't Study