Top 20 Gender Bender manga you should read right now. [2026 List]

20. Marriagetoxin

A hitman and a marriage swindler set out on the world’s most grueling battle for marriage! Gero is a young man from a clan of hitmen, which has been in existence for hundreds of years. As someone who’s never gone to school and lived his life dealing in the dark side of the business, he considers himself to have “no prospects with women” and marriage as “something not for him.” However, one day, in fear that their lineage would dissolve, his clan warns Gero that if he doesn’t marry and produce an heir, they would have no choice but to…force his little sister into doing “that.” Driven to his wits’ end, Gero asks the target of his work, a marriage swindler, to…

MARRIAGETOXIN is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: マリッジトキシン, Marriage Toxin, マリッジトキシン

19. Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken

After being killed by a passing robber, a normal 37-year-old guy finds himself reincarnated in another world as a blind slime with unique abilities. He takes up a new name and calls himself "Rimuru Tempest," which he thought of after meeting his new friend, "catastrophe-level" Storm Dragon Verudora. There, he begins his new slime-like life in another world with his increasing number of minions by his side.

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 転生したらスライムだった件, Regarding Reincarnated to Slime, Re: My Reincarnation as a Slime

18. I Became A Thief Who Steals Overpowered Skills

Crash was once scorned as a "failure" and betrayed by his own companions. But at death's door, what he obtained was a single chance at regression--a one-time return to the past. The regression skill can never be used again. However, armed with knowledge of the future from that single do- over, Crash sets out this time to save the world from destruction and exact revenge on those who trampled him in his previous life. Steal skills. Refine them. Accumulate them. An ultimate "skill thief" that surpasses even cheats now awakens!

I Became A Thief Who Steals Overpowered Skills is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 먼치킨 스킬 도둑이 되었다, Became a Cheat-Tier Skill Thief, I Became a Cheat-Level Skill Thief, I Became a Munchkin Skill Thief, チート級スキル泥棒になった

17. I Quit the Hero's Party

I Quit the Hero's Party is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 勇者パーティー辞めます。, I Quit the Heroes’ Party

16. Destiny Unchain Online: Kyuuketsuki Shoujo to Natte, Yagate "Aka no Maou" to Yobareru You ni Narimashita

Kou Mitsuki is a gamer with god-like skills who also goes by the nickname "Headhunting Crim". He participates in a test of a new game device for his father's new game, "Destiny Unchained Online". But the game was filled with bugs at the start and he ends up as a vampire girl. Meeting amazing allies, and taking the game by storm, the story of a top-tier gamer where anything and everything can change....begins!

Destiny Unchain Online: Kyuuketsuki Shoujo to Natte, Yagate "Aka no Maou" to Yobareru You ni Narimashita is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Destiny Unchain Online ～吸血鬼少女となって、やがて『赤の魔王』と呼ばれるようになりました～　, Destiny Unchain Online

15. Aniki no Kanojo ni Naru, Onnanoko ni Nacchatta Otouto.

When I returned home for the first time in a long time, my brother transformed into a girl!?

When I Returned Home for the First Time in a Long Time, My Brother Transformed Into a Girl is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 久しぶりに実家に帰ったら弟がTSしてた。, Hisashiburi ni Jikka ni Kaettara Otouto ga TS Shiteta., 兄貴の彼女になる、女の子になっちゃった弟。, How the Little Brother Who Turned Into a Girl Became His Big Brother's Girlfriend

14. Yoku Wakaranai keredo Isekai ni Tensei Shiteita You Desu

I am cute, but I was a middle-aged researcher in my previous life?!
Surviving in another world with magic and sciences!!

The orphan Ren was riding the carriage after being sold, when she got involved into an accident, and got her previous life's memories back!

"I was... a middle-aged man!"

Indeed, she was a researcher in his thirties in her previous life, and had been living as an orphan girl up to now!

Ren will make use of her talents in magic and knowledge in science to survive in this harsh world in order to escape from the investor who bought her!

This Is Screwed Up, but I Was Reincarnated as a GIRL in Another World! is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: よくわからないけれど異世界に転生していたようです, I Don't Really Get It, but It Looks like I Was Reincarnated in an Another World

13. The Blood Princess and the Knight

I, who was a sacred knight, was defeated and captured in a battle against the vampire clan.
"Oh? Letting you die? In your dreams! Accept my embrace. In the future, please take care of me, my lovely daughter~
"The silver-haired, the Queen of the Vampire Clan, lifted my chin and smiled cunningly, while her sharp canines drew nearer to my neck...

The Blood Princess and the Knight is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Vampires and Knight

12. Youjo Senki

On the front line of the war, there's a little girl. Blond hair, blue eyes and porcelain white skin, she commands the army with lisping voice. Her name is Tanya Degurechaff. But in reality, she is one of Japan's most elite salarymen, reborn as a little girl after angering a mysterious being X who calls himself "God." And this little girl, who prioritize over anything else efficiency and her own career, will become the most dangerous being amongst the sorcerers of the imperial army...

The Saga of Tanya the Evil is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 幼女戦記, The Military Chronicles of a Little Girl

11. My Girlfriend Is a Real Man

"One day, my girlfriend suddenly transformed into a man?!"
A romantic comedy about a guy whose girlfriend turned into a boy and the messy antics that follow suit.

My Girlfriend Is a Real Man has finished publishing and it has 146 Chapters. It is also Known as: My Girlfriend Is a Manly Man

10. Koujo Tensei: Densetsu no Daimadoushi (♂), Hime Kishi to Narite Densetsu no Reijou Kishidan wo Tsukuri Musou suru

“I just wanted to become… the world's strongest!”
An archmage dies with his dream unfulfilled, only to find himself then reincarnated into the royal family. What's more, his new body is gifted with great abilities when it comes to close combat! In the hope of reaching the very top this time… he is given the name Evangeline—indeed, he turned female. Now living the life of a princess, muscle training and fighting are obviously off the table, but that doesn't stop Eva from secretly lifting dumbbells and swinging the sword in her bedroom! Thus, before she knows it—she became the strongest!? A tomboy princess power climb fantasy!

Koujo Tensei: Densetsu no Daimadoushi (♂), Hime Kishi to Narite Densetsu no Reijou Kishidan wo Tsukuri Musou suru is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 皇女転生　～伝説の大魔導士（♂）、姫騎士となりて伝説の令嬢騎士団を作り無双する～, Princess Reincarnation: The Legendary Arch Mage (♂) Becomes a Princess Knight and Creates a Legendary Order of Lady Knights and Becomes Unrivaled

9. Last Boss Shoujo Akari: Watashi yori Tsuyoi Yatsu ni Ai ni Gendai ni Iku

he strongest final boss of another world, whom nobody could defeat, transmigrates into the body of a bullied high school girl in the modern age!? The unrivaled school life of the demon king of another world!!

Last Boss Shoujo Akari: Watashi yori Tsuyoi Yatsu ni Ai ni Gendai ni Iku is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: ラスボス少女アカリ～ワタシより強いやつに会いに現代に行く～, Akari The Final Boss Girl: I’m Going to the Modern Age to Find Someone Stronger Than Me, ラスボス少女アカリ

8. Saikyou no Kurokishi, Sentou Maid ni Tenshoku shimashita

Albright, who was famous as “the strongest Black Knight”, was reincarnated as a girl, Maria, whose ribbon suited her well for same reason. Maria, 16 years old, is currently a maid in the Marquess of Urband family in attendance to the Daughter of the Marquees, Relena. After Relena became engaged to the 4th Prince, the area around Maria had gotten busier…

Saikyou no Kurokishi, Sentou Maid ni Tenshoku shimashita is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 最強の黒騎士、戦闘メイドに転職しました, Saikyou no Kurokishi♂, Sentou Maid♀ ni Tenshoku shimashita

7. Akuyaku Reijou Tensei Ojisan

The manga centers on a 52-year-old government worker involved in a car accident who finds himself reborn in a world like an otome game.

Middle-Aged Man's Noble Daughter Reincarnation is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 悪役令嬢転生おじさん, The Old Man Reincarnated as a Villainess, Akuyaku Reijou Tensei Oji-san

6. Serial Killer Isekai ni Oritatsu

A murderer who cannot stop the urge to kill people, even though he wants to stop, receives the death sentence he wants. His joy is short-lived, as he is reincarnated in another world. The mission entrusted to him by the goddess is to kill 12 reincarnated people using his murderous impulses. Not all reincarnated people are saints!

The Serial Killer Is Reincarnated Into the Another World is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: シリアルキラー異世界に降り立つ, Serial Killer Isekai ni Oritatsu

5. Fantasy Bishoujo Juniku Ojisan to

A dull old man and his handsome best friend were summoned to another world by a naked goddess! However, because of the goddess's mischief, he has turned into a peerless beautiful girl?! To get back his body, he has to go on a journey with his best friend to defeat the demon king!! "An old man that became a beautiful girl" and "A handsome old man"! Let the madness filled another world journey rom-com begin!!

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Fantasy Bishoujo Juniku Ojisan to is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 異世界〈ファンタジー〉美少女受肉おじさんと, Isekai Bishoujo Juniku Ojisan to, Fabiniku, ファ美肉

4. Jingling Zhi Dan

The demon king having cursed the human race by removing their ability to produce female children so that they would go extinct has had his plan foiled by the elves who made men breedable by giving them eggs(balls) ♂ which would make them become women when said ball is taken away from them.

Jingling Zhi Dan has finished publishing and it has 81 Chapters. It is also Known as: The Balls of the Elves, Egg of the Elf, The Eggs of the Elves, The Elven Balls

3. Ato wa Gojiyuu ni Douzo! Tutorial de Kami-sama ga Last Boss wo Taoshi Chatta node Watashi wa Suki Houdai Ikiteiku

An ordinary Japanese male office worker is suddenly brought to the divine realm. After being transformed into the body of a beautiful girl by the hobby of a goddess present there, I am given the mission of defeating the final boss in order to settle the god’s personal grudge… or so I was supposed to do. Soon after my reincarnation, the goddess who possessed my body killed the final boss in an instant, and my final target disappeared in an instant!?

And after that, I’m told to do as I please in this world. Wait, seriously? I can really live however I want!?

Thus begins the isekai life of a reincarnated beautiful girl, who was originally a man, faithfully indulging in her desires in a world where the final boss was eliminated in just one minute.

The Rest Is up to You: Since God Defeated the Final Boss in the Tutorial, I’m Going to Live My Life However I Want is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: あとはご自由にどうぞ！ ～チュートリアルで神様がラスボスを倒しちゃったので私は好き放題生きていく～, AtoGoji, あとごじ, The Rest is Up to You!: Since God Defeated the Final Boss in the Tutorial, I'm Going to Live my Life However I Want, Knock Yourself Out! The Goddess Beat the Final Boss in the Tutorial, So Now I'm Free to Do Whatever, Innen ráhagylak!: Isten legyőzte a főellenséget a tutorialban, így úgy fogok élni, ahogy csak szeretnék, Ato wa Gojiyuu ni Douzo!

2. 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

1. Ossan, Tensei shite Tensai Yakusha ni Naru

He gains out-of-this-world acting skills after reincarnating.

Tanaka Taro, a humble actor, is stabbed to death one day and reincarnates as a little girl named Yamashita Maki. With a newfound talent for acting, Maki becomes a child prodigy and transforms the lives of everyone around her. Get ready for the overwhelming impact she has on the world!!

Old Man Reincarnates and Becomes a Genius Actor is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: おっさん、転生して天才役者になる, Ossan, Tensei shite Tensai Yakusha ni Naru