Top 6 Manhwa/Manga Like Ugly Duckling to Swan [2024 List]

Ugly Duckling to Swan

The heroine is a short, overweight and ugly girl but one day an old man turns her into a real beauty. But whenever raindrops touch her she turns back to her original form (but she becomes beautiful again), and if she ever kisses someone, she won't become beautiful again.

Ugly Duckling to Swan has finished publishing and it has 65 Chapters. It is also Known as: 미운오리 백조되기, Miunohri to Swan, Miunohri Baekjodoigi

Genres: Comedy , Romance , Drama , Supernatural , Psychological

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Top 6 Manhwa/Manga Like Ugly Duckling to Swan [2024 List]

6. Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou

Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou

Yukino Miyazawa is the perfect model student. Pretty, kind, good at sports, always at the top of her class. But she's not all that she seems. It's all an act of deception; she is really the self-confessed 'queen of vanity,' and her only goal in life is winning the praise and admiration of everyone around her.
When she enters high school, she finally meets her match: Souichirou Arima, a handsome, athletic, popular, and very intelligent young boy. Ever since he stole the top seat in the class from her, Yukino has hated him, and has been plotting on how to take back her former place as the object of all other students' admiration.
What she wasn't expecting, however, was that Souichirou, the very boy she hated, would confess his love for her. Or that he would find out about her deception - and use it to blackmail her!
Together, they discover that they have more in common than they knew, and they slowly begin to bring out each other's inner selves.
Also included are the following short stories:
Vol.1: The Tiger and the Chameleon - A Promise for One Week
Vol.4: Ashita Mata Mori de Aou ne (Meet Me Again Tomorrow in the Forest)
Always an outcast because of her black hair the heroine of the story finds a strange man in the forest - a man from Earth - and he has black hair, too!

Kare Kano: His and Her Circumstances has finished publishing and it has 103 Chapters. It is also Known as: 彼氏彼女の事情, His and Hers, The Tiger and the Chameleon: A Promise for One Week, Ashita Mata Mori de Aou ne, Meet Me Again Tomorrow in the Forest, KKNJ, Abareru Ousama, The Raging King

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5. My Lovable Fatty

My Lovable Fatty

A high school girl named Shin Dong San comes back from America to Korea, and she is short, fat, and ugly. She gets picked on by her fellow classmates, gets rejected from her love, and is even picked on by her childhood friend, Jeh Suh. Tired of her intolerable life, she attempts to hang herself, but fails because the rope could not handle her weight. After the fall, she discovers a box filled with medicine, and one particular bottle says that if she takes it she can become and look however she likes...

My Lovable Fatty has finished publishing and it has 25 Chapters. It is also Known as: 내게 너무 사랑스러운 뚱땡이, Fatty that I Love

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4. Bijin Kakumei

Bijin Kakumei

During sixth grade Yuki made a love confession to Jun, an extremely beautiful boy. She was extremely shocked when he started teasing her and called her fat and ugly!! Three years later, Yuki has become beautiful by putting in great effort everyday because she wanted to get back at Shin. She transformed into a very beautiful girl! She was accepted into the same high school as him to plot her revenge, but her childhood friend Migiwa who knows everything about Yuki's past is attending the same high school!?

Bijin Kakumei is currently publishing and has 5 Chapters. It is also Known as: 美人革命, Bijin Kakumei

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3. Naisho no Jikan

Naisho no Jikan

At school Mahiro was a super sober girl. But after school she is doing cosplay in a cafe... She has a double life. But is her classmate Hinata-Kun has discovered about her secret...?

Naisho no Jikan has finished publishing and it has 5 Chapters. It is also Known as: ナイショノジカン, Ikinari Ouji-sama!!

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2. Ahiru no Ouji-sama

Ahiru no Ouji-sama

Reiichi is in love with Yumiko, the prettiest girl in school. His problem: he's ugly. When he saves a magical dog from certain death, he is granted one wish in return and he wishes to become beautiful. Now he can be true to his heart, but whenever he touches Yumiko with lustful thoughts, he turns back into his ugly self... (credit: ANN)

Duck Prince has finished publishing and it has 22 Chapters. It is also Known as: あひるの王子さま, Ahiru no Ouji-sama

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1. Romantic Beauty

Romantic Beauty

Collection of 5 stories:
1) Romantic Beauty
Since she's moving to a different town due to her dad's job, Yuka decides to confess to the popular Takigawa-kun during the Junior High graduation—only to be rejected and called a "fatso" in front of everyone! A humiliated Yuka becomes determined to turn herself into someone Takigawa will notice so she can realize her dream of having her first time with him. However, when a completely transformed Yuka goes back to her old home town for a school reunion, the person who calls out to her is...?!
2) The Queen and Her Slave
After drinking the night before, Ai wakes up naked with a stranger in her bed and no memory of how they got that way! She learns that not only has she lost her virginity but it's... to a sixteen-year-old high school boy?! When the young, but handsome Madoka offers to be her slave, Ai accepts and becomes his "queen"—much to the envy of her friends. But is there more than just a master-servant relationship here...?
3) Pure Love, Forbidden Love
Kazuko treasures her fond memories of her cousin and first love, Ryo. When she transfers to his school after being apart from him for 10 years, she races to reunite with the prince from her childhood—only to find him with one of his many "sex friends" in the student council room! It seems the boy Kazuko remembers as being so gentle and caring has changed! Or has he...?
4) The Days When I Yearn For Love
Mochida likes Aoyama but has a hard time speaking to him normally. Because her class recently changed seats, she now sits next to Aoyama. Will she be able to open up to him before they change seats again?
5) The Warmth of Your Fingertips
While on the train, Yuna's classmate Yuasa protected her from a pervert. Yuna felt really happy but lost her chance to thank him. Although he is a quiet guy and may look angry, he continues to protect her each time on the train. Is there something more to his actions?

Romantic Beauty has finished publishing and it has 5 Chapters. It is also Known as: ロマンティック・ビューティー, Romantic Beauty

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