Top 18 Cross Dressing manga you should read right now. [2026 List]

18. Real mo Tama ni wa Uso wo Tsuku

Kaoru Terasaki is a gamer who’s into MMORPGs, and he’s finally meeting up with someone he’s been friends with in-game for a long while—this time, offline and in person. He’s worried that his friend will be disappointed to see Kaoru is a guy, unlike his female character in the game. But he’s the one who’s in for a surprise when, instead of another guy, his friend turns out to be a cute girl, Nanami Ousaka. On top of that, Nanami told her parents that she would be bringing a friend over—a female friend. Even worse, Nanami’s dad is the super overprotective type who won’t allow any guys near his daughter. There’s only one solution to this dilemma: Kaoru has to cross-dress as a girl! Will Kaoru’s efforts pay off in the end?! Will Kaoru and Nanami remain just friends, or will their time together IRL change everything? Follow their romantic-comedy adventures to find out!

Sometimes Even Reality Is a Lie! has finished publishing and it has 244 Chapters. It is also Known as: ゲーム好きの友達と色々する話, 現実もたまには嘘をつく, gemuzuki no tomodachi to iroiro suru hanashi, Hanging out with a gamer girl, Sometimes Reality Lies Too, Sometimes Reality Tells Lies, Too, Real mo Tamaniwa wo Tsuku, Real mo Tamani wa Uso wo Tsuku, Riaru mo Tama ni wa Uso wo Tsuku

17. Kimi Dake ga Hontou

High school boy, Rikimaru, is unable to touch women due to childhood trauma. He has a pair of childhood friends who are siblings. The older sister, Kagami, and then the younger brother, Kyou. Between the two of them they share a similar height and appearance. Under these circumstances a unique twin love romance begins to bloom.

Kimi Dake ga Hontou has finished publishing and it has 13 Chapters. It is also Known as: きみだけがほんとう, Kimi Dake ga Hontou

16. Lightning Degree

Ryu-Yeon lost his father to a disease when he was only 10 years old. With the skill he learned from his father, he could carve wood into wonderfully intricate sculptures. One day, after completing the sculptures of his parents, Ryu-Yeon was greeted by an elderly man who was impressed by his sculptures. The old man saw promise in Ryu-Yeon and asked him if he would like to become his disciple. As Ryu-Yeon had nowhere to go and wanted to make the most of his life, he accepted the old man's offer.

Source: MU

Lightning Degree is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Lightning Degree

15. Ppaeatgin Gamunui Juini Doeryeo Hamnida

“If you had become the head of the family, many things would have changed… .”

My twin brother died, by my hand. Manipulated by black magic, Chloe, who repeatedly inadvertently kills, ends up killing her twin brother with her bare hands.

Without even time to cry, the point of the sword was aimed at Chloe's heart. Chloe met a miserable death.

But when I opened my eyes, I went back to the past. I will not repeat my past life.

In order to protect the family and her beloved brother, she decides to become the head of the family herself, in the form of her twin brother.

"I guessed it, you guys made me like that."

I Plan to Become the Master of a Stolen Family is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Mencoba menjadi pemilik keluarga yang dicuri, أخطط لأصبح سيدة العائلة المسروقة

14. Kaisha To Shiseikatsu

Company and Private Life is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 会社と私生活, Kaisha To Shiseikatsu

13. Zhuang Po Huangdi Nüer Shen

After transmigrating to another world as a wealthy young master, Su Changqing only wanted to live a low-profile life as a rich second-generation heir and enjoy his days in comfort. However, his plans are suddenly disrupted when his family faces an unexpected crisis, and he accidentally discovers the Emperor's secret - that she is actually a woman.

While he initially feared the female Emperor would stop at nothing to silence him, to his surprise, she instead becomes interested in his mysterious ability to transform his appearance. She wants him to become her male body double. What Su Changqing never expected was that being the female Emperor's male substitute would mean he has to visit the imperial harem on his very first day. His peaceful life completely falls apart from that moment on...

Zhuang Po Huangdi Nüer Shen is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Breaking Into the Body of the Emperor's Daughter, Unveiling the Emperor's Secret

12. Saikyou Yuusha Party wa Ai ga Shiritai

The strong and popular hero won't let me (the unpopular mage) go for some reason!!!
The adventures of the strongest hero's party is full of strange love.

Hero's Party Want to Experience LOVE is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 最強勇者パーティーは愛が知りたい, The Strongest Hero's Party Wants to Know Love

11. Onii-chan wa Oshimai

Mahiro Oyama was just a normal erotic-game loving dude...until he woke up one morning as a woman! Turns out his mad-scientist little sister, Mihari, tried out one of her new experiments on him...with a disastrous outcome, as far as Mahiro's concerned! But Mihari is as determined to study him as he is determined to go back to his shut-in, game-playing life, and one thing's for sure...life is going to get a whole lot weirder from here on out!

Onimai: I'm Now Your Sister! is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: お兄ちゃんはおしまい, Onii-chan is Done For

10. Kaisha to Shiseikatsu: On to Off

Most adults have a work life (on) and a private life (off). One man is an office worker who likes to cross-dress, loli-style. One woman is an office lady who dresses up like a hard-core punk. The gap between their lives on and off work is sure to make you fall in love! This is a slice-of-life tale about two working people's metamorphosis!

Kaisha to Shiseikatsu: On to Off is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 会社と私生活－オンとオフ－, Company and Private Life -On and Off-

9. Light and Shadow

It’s a rude insult when lowly and headstrong servant Edna comes to marry Duke Eli, instead of the noble daughter he expected. But the ambitious maid hides an even bigger secret behind her obvious ruse – one that could change the kingdom’s very history. Can the two find freedom, redemption – and love – without drawing their swords on each other?

Light and Shadow has finished publishing and it has 103 Chapters. It is also Known as: Light and Shadow (Ryu Hyang), Lumière et ombres, Luz y sombra, Ombres et Lumières, الضوء و الظل, 光と影, 新娘的假面

8. Josou Shite Mendoukusai Koto ni Natteru Nekura to Yankee no Ryou Kataomoi

Shuumei has a problem. He’s in love with a girl who works at a maid cafe, but he’s too cool to go into a place like that without being embarrassed. But girls can go to maid cafes without seeming creepy, right? When he dresses in feminine clothes and transforms himself into “Mei,” he can finally walk into the place to meet the girl of his dreams: the lovely blonde Hana. Meanwhile, Hanae is an introverted otaku who’s uncomfortable talking to people…unless he’s dressed in feminine clothes himself. While decked out in his best dresses, he works at a maid cafe, and finds himself crushing on a young woman who regularly comes to visit him: a cool beauty named Mei! In this delightful LGBT+ romcom, two young people in love are about to find out a lot about each other–and themselves.

Crossplay Love: Otaku x Punk is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 女装してめんどくさい事になってるネクラとヤンキーの両片想い, The Bothersome Emotions of the Emo and Yankee Crossdressers, Cross-dressing became troublesome - a pessimist and a delinquent's mutual unrequited love, รักวุ่นวายของนายมืดมนกับแยงกี้ตัวร้ายสายแต่งหญิง, Anziehend anders

7. Eochapi Joyeoninde Narang Sarangina Hae

Geumja Kim is the biggest (and only) fan of Kyle du Vilteon, a side character in the fantasy novel King Maker. Her never-ending search for Kyle content is forever changed when she dies while rereading the book… and somehow awakens in Kyle’s bedroom to a new life within the novel’s pages! She is then shocked to learn that Kyle can also hear her thoughts—luckily, only if she thinks of his name. Still, there’s no time for this fangirl to daydream because Kyle is doomed to die. Can she save the apple of her eye... and in the process, become his?

Source: Tapas

Side Characters Deserve Love Too has finished publishing and it has 146 Chapters. It is also Known as: You're a Supporting Character, Just Love Me, He's a Supporting Character but I Love Him Anyway

6. Koisuru (Otome) no Tsukurikata

A popular guy that's secretly interested in cosmetics asks to practice makeup on his dull childhood friend and he ends up looking cute?!

Koisuru (Otome) no Tsukurikata is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 恋する（おとめ）の作り方, How to Make a "Girl" Fall in Love, I turned my childhood friend (♂) into a girl, Osananajimi(♂) wo Onnanoko ni Shiteshimatta Hanashi, Transformei meu amigo de infância (♂) em uma garota, Gue Mengubah Teman Masa Kecil (♂) Gue Jadi Cewek, Convertí a my amigo de la infancia (♂) en una chica

5. Sonyeo 180

184 cm tall and known by the titles of “flower boy beauty” and all-around male fashion model is actually— a girl!

Miss 180 has finished publishing and it has 126 Chapters. It is also Known as: 180少女, Girl 180

4. I Became the Duke’s Male Servant

In the original story, Roselia was a maid in the duke’s household, used as a mere pawn in his schemes before being executed by the crown prince after being framed as a traitor. But this Roselia is different. The heroine, now in the body of the doomed maid from the novel and fully aware of how the story ends, is determined to change Roselia’s fate—disguising herself as a man to avoid the duke’s attention. But wait… why is she still being taken?! Somehow, Roselia still ends up in the duke’s estate—not as a maid, but as a manservant!

I Became the Duke’s Male Servant is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: I Became the Duke's Servant in Disguise

3. Shimanami Tasogare

After recently moving to Onomichi, Hiroshima, high school student Tasuku Kaname is thrown into despair at the possibility that he may have been outed for being gay. Convinced his life is over, his despair turns into shock when he sees a woman jump out of a window of a nearby house. Tasuku races to the house in a panic only to discover that it's a public meeting lounge owned by the woman he saw before. Tasuku comes face to face with the woman as she walks past him unharmed, but not before she implies that she had been watching him from afar. Confused, Tasuku follows her up to the top of a steep hill where she offers to briefly listen to what's on his mind. Although Tasuku doesn't go into too much detail, he later accepts her invitation to come to the lounge to meet others with similar troubles.

Our Dreams at Dusk: Shimanami Tasogare has finished publishing and it has 23 Chapters. It is also Known as: しまなみ誰そ彼, Shimanami Tasogare

2. Kiraware Majo Reijou to Dansou Ouji no Konyaku

Cursed by others as a "witch", Evris, the youngest daughter of the House of Bradley, is engaged to Mark, the fifth prince of the Kingdom of Klengel. When he abruptly announces that their engagement is broken off, Evris is plunged into despair. However, someone reaches out to her instead... The cross-dressing (female) crown prince of a neighboring country!?

This is the story of a red-haired witch who manipulates shadows and a cross-dressing (female) crown prince who is serving as a body double for her missing older brother.

The curtain rises on a fantasy romantic comedy of a girl being teased by a princess!

The Engagement of the Disgraced Witch and the Cross-Dressing Princess is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 嫌われ魔女令嬢と男装皇子の婚約, Kiraware Majo Reijou to Dansou Ouji no Konyaku

1. Ookami Shounen wa Kyou mo Uso wo Kasaneru

Keitarou Itsuki is a high school student unhappy about the menacing look of his eyes. Keitarou tries to confess to the girl he likes, Aoi Tokujira, but she rejects him flat out. Thinking that his eyes were the reason why she rejected him, he confides in his older sister about it at her salon, who helps by giving him a complete makeover...as a pretty girl! Forced to head home like this, he runs into Aoi in town, but she doesn't recognize him and thinks he's a somewhat manly girl. Before he can leave, Aoi asks him to help her overcome a problem she's had for many years: an intense fear of men.

The boy who cried wolf tells a lie today also has finished publishing and it has 32 Chapters. It is also Known as: 狼少年は今日も嘘を重ねる, Ookami Shounen wa Kyou mo Uso wo Kasaneru