“We’re thirty-two. The age we said we’d start dating.”
Top singer in South Korea and a friend of 17 years. The so-called too comfortable guy friend, Kim Do-kyung.
“If we’re still single at thirty-two, let’s just date.”
“Im Ji-yoo, are you really sure about that?”
Who would’ve thought he’d still remember those words spoken as a joke 12 years ago?
“Are you crazy? Me and you? Ugh, that’s ridiculous…”
“Ten minutes. I’ll seduce you in ten.” Do-kyung picked up his phone and pressed the stopwatch.
As Ji-yoo flinched in surprise, he pulled her waist as if to say, don’t be nervous. Then, he devoured her lips.
The alarm rang, signaling that ten minutes had passed—and Do-kyung paused for a moment.
“Girlfriend? Friend? Choose.”
The guy friend who had always felt like a brother…turned out to be an homme fatale.
His sexy, beast-like touch—she didn’t hate it.
No, in fact, she liked it.
The Thrilling Temptation of a Boyfriend It is also Known as: Sự Cám Dỗ Ngọt Ngào Của Cậu Bạn Thân, 남사친의 아찔한 유혹
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Top 5 Manhwa/Manga Like The Thrilling Temptation of a Boyfriend [2026 List]
5. Hapi Mari: Happy Marriage!?
Men: they're the root of Takanashi Chiwa's problems, which is why she never had the time nor the opportunity to have a boyfriend in her entire life. A full-time office lady and a part-time hostess, she works night and day to pay off her dad's debt from his failed business. One night at her part-time job, a high-class customer has her fired. Then the next day, she's called in to see the president—whom she had never even seen before in the office—only to find out she's to marry him! But what kind of guy is Mamiya Hokuto anyway? Will he become one of Chiwa's problems, or will he save her from them? And will this marriage even last?!
Happy Marriage?! has finished publishing and it has 40 Chapters. It is also Known as: はぴまり〜Happy Marriage!?〜, Hapi Mari
4. Sakamichi no Apollon
Nishimi Kaoru has moved from city to city and school to school because of his father’s job. So the first day at his new school was just routine for him. Being intellectual and the new transfer student, he has always been seen as an outcast and all Kaoru had to do was bear it until the next time he moved. But things were slightly different this time. First, he started to get close to the class president, Mukae Ritsuko, and, secondly, unlikely as it seemed, grew closer to Kawabuchi Sentaro. Sentaro was infamous for getting into fights, skipping class and was an overall bad boy. Strangely enough, the three of them find common ground in music, namely jazz, and Kaoru finds himself actually enjoying the new town.
Kids on the Slope has finished publishing and it has 45 Chapters. It is also Known as: 坂道のアポロン, Sakamichi no Aporon
3. Cheese in the Trap
Having returned to college after a year long break, Hong Sul, a hard-working over-achiever, inadvertently got on the wrong side of a suspiciously perfect senior named Yoo Jung. From then on her life took a turn for the worse and Sul was almost certain it was all Yoo Jung's doing. So why is he suddenly acting so friendly a year later?
Cheese in the Trap has finished publishing and it has 46 Chapters. It is also Known as: チーズ・イン・ザ・トラップ, Cheese in the Trap
2. Chihayafuru
Chihaya 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 ability to play competitive karuta, a traditional Japanese card game.
Chihaya is struck by his obsession with the game, along with his ability to pick out the right card and swipe it away before any of his opponents. However, Arata is transfixed by her as well, all because of her unbelievable natural talent for the game. Don't miss this story of adolescent lives and emotions playing out in the most dramatic of ways!
Notes:
- It won the 2nd Manga Taisho Award and the 35th annual Kodansha Manga Award for Best Shoujo.
- It was nominated for the 20th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2016.
Chihayafuru has finished publishing and it has 248 Chapters. It is also Known as: ちはやふる, Chihayafuru
1. Paradise Kiss
Yukari 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 finds herself flung into the roller-coaster life of the fashion world, guided by George, art-snob extraordinaire. In a glamorous makeover of body, mind and soul, she is turned from a hapless bookworm into her friends 22 own exclusive clothing model.
Paradise Kiss has finished publishing and it has 48 Chapters. It is also Known as: パラダイス・キス, ParaKiss
