Top 16 Delinquent manga you should read right now. [2026 List]

16. 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

15. Kaoru Hana wa Rin to Saku

This story takes place in a particular town with two infamous schools in constant dispute: Chidori High, a boys' school predominantly attended by low-class students with damning grades, and its neighbor Kikyo Girls' High, with most of its female students coming from wealthy and prestigious families. One day, high school second-year Rintaro Tsumugi, a fierce-looking but gentle-minded student at Chidori, is helping at his family's patisserie when he encounters a female customer by the name of Kaoruko Waguri. Rintaro enjoys his time with Kaoruko, as she doesn't judge him for his appearance, but this blissful peace is quickly disturbed when Rintaro makes the discovery that Kaoruko is actually a student at Kikyo. This revelation marks the beginning of the two's strenuous tale, as they fight against the limitations placed upon them by their schools and surroundings in an attempt to find their own path!

The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 薫る花は凛と咲く, Kaoru Hana wa Rin to Saku

14. 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

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. Bouncer

The manga centers on Jouichirou Shishido, a 19-year-old man whose frank honesty has cost him 26 part time jobs. One night, he runs into a group of muscular bodyguards who protect the streets at night, members of a private security firm known as "Tokyo Fist," which ends up changing his life.

Bouncer is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: バウンサー, Bouncer

9. 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

8. 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

7. Ueno-kun wa Kaihatsuzumi

Ueno-kun Has Been Developed is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 上野くんは開発済み, Kennin Yuu Batsu, 堅忍有抜

6. 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

5. Nine Peaks

Gaku Mashio's father, Harumi, died. On the night of his father's wake, Gaku went to go fish on the breakwater to reminisce about him, only to fall into the water instead. When he came to, he'd slipped back into the past 22 years. Not only that, the person who had fished him out of the water was a 16 year old Harumi.

Nine Peaks is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: ナインピークス, Nine Peaks

4. 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

3. Pashiri na Boku to Koisuru Banchou-san

One could describe Fuyuhiko Unoki as a weakling. From elementary to middle school, he was constantly bullied by his peers. He has now entered high school, and yet this has not changed. One day, the school's top delinquent, Kanade Toramaru, calls him out, and she immediately declares ownership over him.

His high school days will now be full of fear, as he spends them as Kanade's personal errand boy. However, one big misunderstanding between Fuyuhiko and Kanade remains: Kanade believes that the two of them are dating. Her confession of love is misinterpreted by him, leaving her blissfully unaware of Fuyuhiko's dread for her.

While this misunderstanding stays neglected, Fuyuhiko and Kanade become ever closer, slowly pushing this imaginary romance on the verge of turning into a real one.

I Belong To The Baddest Girl At School has finished publishing and it has 78 Chapters. It is also Known as: パシリな僕と恋する番長さん, Pashiri na Boku to Koi suru Banchou-san, Pashiri na Boku to Koisuru Banchou

2. 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 has finished publishing and it has 125 Chapters. It is also Known as: El maestro de espadachin en la azotea, شمشیرزن پشت‌بام نشین

1. Kimi ni Aisarete Itakatta

Kanae is a girl who is struggling to fit in with the popular clique at her high school. Because she had been bullied in middle school, she has developed an acute inferiority complex that had led her to engage in compensated dating in order to feel wanted.

In comes Hiroshi, a high-school baseball star who became drawn to her after finding her crying during a group date at a karaoke bar. Thus begins an unhealthy relationship between a mentally unstable high-school girl and a guy who will eventually knife her to death at the end.

Kimi ni Aisarete Itakatta is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 君に愛されて痛かった, You Loved Me So Much It Hurts, I Wanted to be Hurt by Love