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

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

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

16. 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

15. 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

14. Furyou Taimashi Reina

Reina Suzuno, a transfer student with a Sukujan, blonde hair and loose socks looks totally like a criminal. Is she a stalker? It turns out that Reina is not a stalker, she is actually an exorcist, an excellent exorcist, the intimidating behavior she has is actually a unique method of exorcism, which exterminates the evil spirits that roam the earth.

Note:
- Includes 9 extra chapters.

Bad Girl-Exorcist Reina has finished publishing and it has 80 Chapters. It is also Known as: 不良退魔師レイナ, Furyou Taimashi Reina

13. 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

12. 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 has finished publishing and it has 175 Chapters. It is also Known as: Guard Pass

11. 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

10. 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

9. Naega Jukgiro Gyeolsimhan Geoseun

Ji-o’s luck runs out when she gets injured before the tryouts for the national taekwondo team. In the middle of facing what seems to be the biggest crisis of her life, she meets Gyeol, a mysterious boy who changes her life forever. He’s the definition of a bad boy with a good heart, and she finds herself unable to resist his charms. However, she might be playing with fire as he’s someone who’s involved with the wrong crowd. Is falling for Gyeol worth the risk?

My Reason To Die has finished publishing and it has 100 Chapters. It is also Known as: What I Decided to Die For, 我为之离开的理由, 我之所以決定去死

8. 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

7. 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

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. Megane, Tokidoki, Yankee-kun

Momose, a clumsy girl who has always been slaved around to run errands by delinquents in her middle school, will now be attending a non-yankee high school. At her new school, she thinks of joining a club so as to not bother anyone and one day meets a classmate, a serious boy with glasses, Ichikura-kun. In reality though, that Ichikura has been an undefeated yankee in his middle school which he hid from everyone when he enrolled into this high school!

Momose is the only one who knows Ichikura-kun's secret yankee past?!

The youthful former yankee X a girl who was bullied by yankees are now having a LOVE SURVIVAL ♡

- MU

Megane, Tokidoki, Yankee-kun is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: メガネ、時々、ヤンキーくん, Megane, Tokidoki, Yankee-kun

4. 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

3. Tonari no Seki no Yankee Shimizu-san ga Kami o Kuroku Sometekita

"Shimizu-san, you dyed your hair black."
"Ah, yeah."
"Why did you dye it all of a sudden?"
"Because…yesterday…"

Shimizu-san, the delinquent JK who sits next to me with her newly-dyed hair, gradually lowered her voice, slightly blushed, and laid her face down on the desk.

After that, when I, Daiki Hondo, talked with my friend about how I wanted to be with a girl who can cook, the next day I ended up partnered with Shimizu-san in cooking class, even though she used to always skip class. When I mentioned that I wished I could try a girl's hand-made cooking, for some reason she brought two bentos to lunch the next day and shared one with me…

is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 隣の席のヤンキー清水さんが髪を黒く染めてきた, The Yankee Shimizu-san Sitting Next to Me Has Dyed Her Hair Black, The Delinquent Shimizu-san Sitting Next to Me Has Dyed Her Hair Black

2. Zeikin de Katta Hon

Ishidaira is a delinquent who visited the library for the first time since elementary school. He discovered that he still hadn't returned a book he borrowed 10 years ago. He ended up having to work part-time at the library to pay for it. This is the beginning of a manga that makes you want to go to the library after you read it.

Zeikin de Katta Hon is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 税金で買った本, Books Bought with Taxes

1. Bokutachi ga Yarimashita

The manga centers on a group of friends who are satisfied and complacent with their everyday lives. The friends include Tobio, a passive high schooler who makes it a rule not to hope too much; Maru, a scheming boy who gossips behind people's back; Isami, a gaudy student who likes girls and recently got a girlfriend with big breasts; and their senior Paisen (slang for senpai), a 20-year old man who is rich and has long graduated from high school.

Bokutachi ga Yarimashita has finished publishing and it has 87 Chapters. It is also Known as: 僕たちがやりました, We Did It