What is this genre all about? Delinquents - Every school has them, but not all anime with school setting make delinquents a central topic. There are several versions of these delinquents, though some are grounded on a misunderstanding:
* The student with a really bad image and attitude, based on his real criminal actions outside of the school and is even feared by teachers.
* The primitive "class bully" that pushes around ("clobbers") his classmates for no apparent reason, possibly extorting lunch money.
* The student with an sinister complexion or "evil eye", but is actually a "good" student (unfoundedly feared character).
* The rebellious student, who does not care for studying, but is otherwise docile. Called a "delinquent" as a joke.
We present you the list of Delinquent manga you should read right now.
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Top 18 Delinquent manga you should read right now. [2025 List]
- 18. Oemojisangjuui
- 17. Kaoru Hana wa Rin to Saku
- 16. God Of Blackfield
- 15. Jukji Aneuryeomyeon
- 14. Kuma to Usagi wa Tomodachi dewa Irarenai
- 13. Wind Breaker
- 12. Yankee JK Kuzuhana-chan
- 11. Get Schooled
- 10. Guard Pass
- 9. Rokudou no Onna-tachi
- 8. Warui ga Watashi wa Yuri ja Nai
- 7. Hallim Cheyukgwan
- 6. Tokyo卍Revengers
- 5. Rooftop Sword Master
- 4. Embers
- 3. Messiah: Isekai wo Sukutta Motoyuusha ga Mamono no Afureru Genjitsu Sekai wo Musou suru
- 2. Houkago wa Kenka Saikyou no Gal ni Tsurekomareru Seikatsu: Kanojotachi ni Sukarete, Boku mo Saikyou ni!?
- 1. Flawed Almighty
18. Oemojisangjuui
Park Hyung Suk, overweight and unattractive, is bullied and abused on a daily basis. But a miracle is about to happen.
Lookism is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Apariências, Görünüşçülük, Дискриминация по внешности, Лукизм, 外見至上主義, 外貌至上主義, 看脸时代, 看臉時代, 외모지상주의
17. Kaoru Hana wa Rin to Saku
In a certain place, there were two neighboring high schools: Chidori High School, a bottom-feeder boys' school full of delinquents, and Kikyo Girls' School, a fancy girls' private school. Rintaro Tsumugi, a strong and quiet second year student at Chidori High, meets Kaoruko Wakuri, a girl who visited his family's cake shop while he was helping out. Rintaro feels comfortable spending time with Kaoruko. However, she is a student at Kikyo, and all of the girls there seems to hate Chidori boys.
This is the story of two people who are so close and yet so far apart.
Kaoru Hana wa Rin to Saku is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 薫る花は凛と咲く, The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity
16. God Of Blackfield
“Who am I?”
The legend of the French Foreign Legion, ‘Kang Chan’!
During the African war, he was called ‘God of Blackfield’, the black land’s God, by his enemies who were terrified but in awe of him.
However, during a mission to kill Masallan, the brain behind SISS, the group of sunni supporters, Kang Chan was killed in action by an unknown bullet shot from behind him.
As his vision got blurry, he saw his thirteen team members, who had absolute faith in him, getting killed one after another.
As Kang Chan was awaiting death after being shot by a traitor, he was saved by a mysterious power and woke up 3 years later in South Korea.
However, he was in the body of another ‘Kang Chan’, a 19-year-old high school boy who was being bullied at school.
Kang Chan’s journey to get revenge on the traitor and to find out the truth behind his rebirth begins now!
God Of Blackfield is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: God Of Blackfield
15. Jukji Aneuryeomyeon
Im Dajun is a high school student who gets bullied at school every day. He came across an interview on TV just when he was on the verge of giving up on life. It was with a murderer who killed the classmates that bullied him. Dajun becomes inspired by what he saw and decides to take revenge as well. His revenge was successful. However, his life steered into an undesired direction. Im Dajun, leaving school, ends up joining a strange Runaway Fam. The young runaway, Im Dajun, no longer suffers from the bullies at his school. Instead, he now must survive against even more vicious thugs on the street...
Source: MU
To Not Die is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Jugji Anh-eulyeomyeon, Jugji Anheulyeomyeon, Not to Die
14. Kuma to Usagi wa Tomodachi dewa Irarenai
A playboy goes after an innocent-seeming girl, having no idea what he's getting into.
Kuma to Usagi wa Tomodachi dewa Irarenai is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Bear and Bunny Cannot Be Friends, Playboy-kun & Neat-chan, クマとウサギは友達ではいられない, チャラ男くんと清楚ちゃん, Kuma to Usagi wa Tomodachi de wa Irarenai, Charao-kun to Seiso-chan
13. Wind Breaker
This is the legend of how delinquent Sakura rises to become a hero! Fuurin High is known for having the lowest test scores, and the strongest fighters. This spring, Sakura Haruka decides to aim for the top of Fuurin, and learns of the alias Fuurin High holds, namely ‘Boufuurin’, acting as a protective shield for the town and its inhabitants. Sakura joins this group as a member, and his battle to protect the town begins!
Source: MU
Wind Breaker is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: ウィンドブレイカ, Wind Breaker
12. Yankee JK Kuzuhana-chan
A male to female ratio of 1:359?!
Saotome-kun is admitted into a school full of gyarus and meets a delinquent girl named Hanako Kuzuryu.
Yankee High School Girl Kuzuhana-chan is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: ヤンキーJKクズハナちゃん, Delinquent high school girl KuzuHana-chan
11. Get Schooled
Hwajin Na’s teaching techniques are pretty violent for someone who works in the Ministry of Education. That being said, when punishments don't seem to work on even the worst of school bullies, there is no better man for the job. Sometimes you can’t get a good education until those bullies are taught a lesson.
Source: Webtoon
Get Schooled is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: True Education, The Real Lesson, 極權教師, การศึกษาที่แท้จริง, 鉄槌教師
10. Guard Pass
Lim Se-Jun, who likes to eat, is fat and has a large physique. He has high self-esteem and a firm personality that doesn't even care about being teased for being fat. He has only one friend, Seo Ha-Jin. She has always been learning Jiujitsu to protect Sejun since childhood.
One day, Se-Jun has trouble with a delinquent in the same class, and Ha-Jin sees it and destroys that delinquent. But one night, Ha-Jin is found severely beaten and suffers from a badly injured knee and more serious psychological trauma. Se-Jun tries to tell the police, but when the investigation doesn't make much progress, he can't control his anger and goes to find the culprit himself, but he's defeated by the delinquent who knows Jiujitsu.
Then he learns Jiujitsu from a man named Jason who saved him. Three months later, Se-Jun, who has learned Jiujitsu and lost weight, finds out that a veiled group is involved, and wants to destroy them. A school action drama depicting individual revenge.
Guard Pass is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Guard Pass
9. Rokudou no Onna-tachi
Rokudou is a loser, and everyone knows it. He gets picked on at school, gets snide looks from passersby, and can only muster up the courage to complain in secret with his equally hapless friends. Looking to turn his life around, he desperately uses an ancestral artifact passed down in his family for generations: a scroll that is capable of subduing all demons. However, in the modern age it has a different effect—it makes all bad girls fall in love with him.
Rokudou no Onna-tachi has finished publishing and it has 233 Chapters. It is also Known as: 六道の悪女〈おんな〉たち, Rokudou no Akujo-tachi
8. Warui ga Watashi wa Yuri ja Nai
In an attempt to win her homeroom teacher's heart, Itsumi Toudou purchashed a shady love potion, and tested it out on her stuck-up student committee president, Yomotsuka. Now, she has an uncharacteristically affectionate girl to deal with, and she's not even a lesbian! Right?
Note: Warui ga Watashi wa Yuri ja Nai is a web manga released on the author's Twitter and pixiv accounts since December 13, 2019. Official serialization began in @vitamin on February 3, 2020.
Sorry, but I'm Not Yuri is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 悪いが私は百合じゃない, Warui ga Watashi wa Yuri Janai, Sorry But I'm Not Into Yuri, warui ga watashiwa yuri janai
7. Hallim Cheyukgwan
Tired of being picked on, Yeongha, the new transfer student, decides to fight back… and discovers he can pack a punch. He soon becomes the top of the food chain, savoring his new title as the toughest guy at school. But he meets his match when Suho Kang, the Champion of the PVP games, single-handedly takes down him and his crew. To earn back his honor, Yeongha decides to join the PVP games. Will he finally get the satisfaction of beating Suho up? Or will he gain something more?
Hanlim Gym is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Hallym Gymnasium, Hallim Gymnasium, P.V.P, Young FC P.V.P
6. Tokyo卍Revengers
Hanagaki Takemichi was once a low-life punk, but after biting off more than he could chew with a gang in middle school, he ran away from his old life. Now that he’s an adult, the gang that once terrorized him has grown into the largest gang in Tokyo, and they’ve started killing people–including his old girlfriend! After learning this news, a mysterious force on a train platform shoves Takemichi right in front of an approaching train. As his life flashes before his eyes, he blinks to find himself transported back to middle school, before he fled from the gang! Now he has the chance to right what went wrong all those years ago. Can he save his girlfriend’s life in the future–and what else might he change if he’s rewriting the past?
Notes:
- Winner of the Shounen Manga category of the 44th annual Kodansha Manga Awards.
- Includes 1 extra chapter.
Tokyo Revengers has finished publishing and it has 278 Chapters. It is also Known as: 東京卍リベンジャーズ, Tokyo Manji Revengers, Toukyou Revengers, Toukyou卍Revengers
5. Rooftop Sword Master
After being beat up and put into a coma by eight of his classmates at Nun'Gwang Middle school, Se'young woke up after nine long months and found out that his father committed suicide by self-immolation in an attempt to get justice for what happened to him.As a result, the investigation re-opened and that attackers who tried to sweep it under the rug received a proper sentence for their crimes. But Se'young was unable to assuage the anger and fear he felt for the unjust world. Se'young thoroughly hid himself from this sort of world.The sun would rise and set, the seasons changed, and not once did he step outside of his home. But one day, a sudden and strange sound enticed him to open the door…Embedded in the center of the rooftop was a gigantic blade emblazoned with the words “War Sword” and with it, came the whispers of a God.
Rooftop Sword Master is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: El maestro de espadachin en la azotea , شمشیرزن پشتبام نشین
4. Embers
Middle school brawler Noboru Haitani has never lost a fight. But the bitter taste of a soccer defeat gradually warms him up to the sport, until one day Haitani finds himself in a match against a team featuring middle school soccer prodigy Takami. An outlaw fights his way into the world of soccer!
Embers is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: エンバーズ, Embers
3. Messiah: Isekai wo Sukutta Motoyuusha ga Mamono no Afureru Genjitsu Sekai wo Musou suru
The "former" savior, Takeru Yamato, was summoned to another world and executed because of his strength. When he wakes up, he finds himself in Japan, where he spent time before being summoned. However, in the city, demons appearing from "gates" rampage, and those called hunters fight using magic. Returning from another world, Takeru decides to hide his powers and live, but...
Messiah: Isekai wo Sukutta Motoyuusha ga Mamono no Afureru Genjitsu Sekai wo Musou suru is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 救世主〈メシア〉～異世界を救った元勇者が魔物のあふれる現実世界を無双する～, Kyuuseishu: Isekai wo Sukutta Moto Yuusha ga Mamono no Afureru Genjitsu Sekai wo Musou suru
2. Houkago wa Kenka Saikyou no Gal ni Tsurekomareru Seikatsu: Kanojotachi ni Sukarete, Boku mo Saikyou ni!?
Rise to the top of a school full of delinquents with the help of beautiful gals!
As a result of a combination of his good-natured personality and bad luck, Shiki Orifushi ends up enrolling in St. Lukeman's Academy, a school renowned for its delinquent students.
Before entering the school, Shiki had lived a life far removed from being a delinquent, but at St. Lukeman's, he was an herbivore thrown into a predator's cage. Shiki was well aware of his situation, but his sense of justice and good-natured personality make him catch the attention of one of the school's numerous gangs of delinquents.
For the next year, Shiki was bullied by the delinquents and lived through hellish days, but one day, he almost bumped into the school's strongest Yankee gal, Karin Kohinata, in front of a vending machine. As a result of this, Shiki's school life changes completely.
(source: MU)
The Story of Being Taught How to Fight by a Delinquent Gal is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 放課後はケンカ最強のギャルに連れこまれる生活 彼女たちに好かれて、僕も最強に⁉, Houkago wa Kenka Saikyou no Gal ni Tsurekomareru Seikatsu: Kanojotachi ni Sukarete, Boku mo Saikyou ni!?, Houkago wa Kenka Saikyou no Gal ni Tsurekomareru Seikatsu: Kanojo-tachi ni Sukarete, Boku mo Saikyou ni!?
1. Flawed Almighty
Do good or go to hell. The conditions of his new curse seem simple enough for once-hopeful hoodlum Jeon-Ji Kim. Or so it seems when his perky guardian angel shows up on his doorstep one day and heals his limp. But will simply going through the motions of helping people be enough to appease a petty god with a grudge?
Flawed Almighty has finished publishing and it has 121 Chapters. It is also Known as: 天癡全能
