Top 20 Gender Bender manga you should read right now. [2025 List]

20. 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

19. 4 Cut Hero

The Hero has defeated the Demon King! But the Princess he meant to save turned out to be a Prince. NEETdom, here he comes, but a life of relaxation surrounded by animes is a pretty sweet deal.

Unfortunately, he gets caught up in millennia old legends, curses, and a twisted plot involving multiple Kingdoms and many dragons. Through and through, though, he'll follow a path of whimsy, even if that involves him palling it up with "villains".

4 Cut Hero is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 4 Cut Hero

18. 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

17. 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

16. Boku Girl

Suzushiro Mizuki is a 1st year high school student who has the difficulty of constantly being mistaken for a girl. It's so bad that he's endlessly rebuffing the confessions of many men. Even the girl he has a crush on seems to think of him more as one of the girls rather than as a potential love interest.

Meanwhile, the trickster god Loki has grown bored with playing her tricks on her fellow gods. Turning her attention to the mortal world, she targets Mizuki for her next round of fun. The result: Mizuki wakes up with budding breasts and a missing part of his anatomy.

What else is in store for Mizuki and how will he deal with it?

has finished publishing and it has 107 Chapters. It is also Known as: ボクガール, Boku Girl

15. 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

14. Kenja no Deshi wo Nanoru Kenja The Comic

Sakimori Kagami plays a VRMMORPG called Arch Earth Online. He is a veteran player with the name and appearance similar to an elderly bearded wizard from a certain book about a ring. One day he purchases an appearance change item as a last resort to spend expiring currency and gets the idea of choosing what he would want to look like if his character was ever a girl. Falling asleep should have suspended the game, but Kagami wakes up still online and feels the game has has gotten a bit more realistic. Did Arch Earth Online finally get a long-awaited update?

She professed herself the pupil of the wise man is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 賢者の弟子を名乗る賢者 THE COMIC, Kenja no Deshi wo Nanoru Kenja The Comic

13. A Barbarian Was Admitted to the Academy

The protagonist is Lee Soo-jin, a college student who loved playing a role-playing game called “Academy of Magic”. One day, he wakes up in the body of Rina, a secondary character in the game who was a barbarian warrior from a savage tribe. He discovers that Rina was destined to come to a bad end, being captured and tortured by the evil empress. She decides to escape this fate and enroll in the magic academy, where she meets several characters from the game, including the crown prince, the black knight, the white wizard and the empress herself.

A Barbarian Was Admitted to the Academy is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: A Barbarian Entered the Academy, Entered the Academy as a Barbarian, Варвар поступил в академию, アカデミーにオランケが入学した

12. Okaeri Alice

The manga centers on three shy middle school students: Youhei, Kei, and Yui. All three have been together since kindergarten, and are childhood friends. As Youhei starts to become conscious that Yui is a girl, he witnesses a scene that he can't quite believe.

Welcome Back Alice has finished publishing and it has 40 Chapters. It is also Known as: おかえりアリス, Okaeri Alice

11. Ranma ½

In China, there lies a famous training springs, a place where martial artists can hone their skills to great levels. Unfortunately, the springs are also cursed! Teenage martial artist Ranma falls into the "spring of drowned girl" and now changes into a woman every time he's splashed with cold water. That doesn't stop his father from engaging him to Akane, the daughter of an old friend and a tough girl who has better thing to do than worry about boys. But Akane isn't the only girl who has a chance for Ranma's affections -- two other girls have also been betrothed to him. But Ranma has better things to do than worry about his love life -- such as making a plethora of crazy rivals and even more suitors!

has finished publishing and it has 407 Chapters. It is also Known as: らんま½, Ranma ½

10. Nullitas: Itsuwari no Hanayome

One day, a girl who was raised as a boy has her entire life flipped upside down...

A nameless boy who dreams of becoming a knight works as a servant for the renowned Romagnolo family. One day when he is seventeen years old, the boy faces his first monthly period and his mother tells him that actually, he is a girl. She is Count Romagnolo's illegitimate child and her mother secretly raised her as a boy to protect her.

When the count finds out about his illegitimate child, he decides to use her as a pawn to protect his daughter, Maylene, from an unfavorable engagement. In that instant, the child who has lived for seventeen years without a name is given one, and her life begins to change dramatically. Her name is "Nullitas," which means "nothing."

Nullitas ~The Counterfeit Bride~ is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: ヌリタス～偽りの花嫁～, Nullitas: Jeolban'eui Baegjag Yeong'ae, Nullitas: The Counterfeit Bride, Nuritas: False novia, Nulliitas: The Half-Blood Royalty, 娜丽塔斯·一半的伯爵小姐

9. Mabeopsonyeo Ajeossi

202X. In the back alleys of Seoul, South Korea… He looked down at the heroes under his feet—the heroes who adorned themselves in a variety of colorful clothes, as if they were K-pop idols on TV. Those heroes? They were crawling beneath him, their gaudy outfits smeared with dirt. That was the true nature of being a hero. He hoped the individuals before him learned that lesson well. It was time to ensure they never forgot it. As a magical girl, he swung his hammer down. This is a bright story. The story of a man reclaiming his light.

Mr. Magical Girl is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Magical Girl Ajussi

8. 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

7. Fight Like a Girl

Troy Qi was a young MMA world champion, crowned the strongest man in the world after a career-defining match. But his reign abruptly ends after he saves the life of troubled high school student Tori He, as she accidentally falls from a rooftop balcony. When Troy awakens, he finds that he died... and his soul has transferred into Tori’s body! Now the world’s strongest fighter must face his greatest battle yet: being a female fighter in high school.

Source: Tapas

Fight Like a Girl is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Ultimate Fighting Champion

6. Senpai wa Otokonoko

Can true love really overcome any obstacles? Saki, a high school student, confesses her feelings to Makoto. Taken aback, Makoto reveals his secret, but the sudden discovery doesn’t seem to bother Saki who is already head over heels for him. After being rejected, Saki asks Ryuji, Makoto’s childhood friend, for some advice on how to win his heart. A love triangle unfolds when Ryuji realizes that he might also have some feelings for his old friend.

Senpai is an Otokonoko has finished publishing and it has 100 Chapters. It is also Known as: 先輩はおとこのこ, My Crossdressing Senpai

5. 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

4. Zenbu Kimi no Sei

Ryou Sagimiya has a rare condition called TSS, Transsexual Syndrome. While touring Tensei Academy, Ryou meets Nagisa Minakami, another student with TSS, and decides to enroll in the school.

Note: Chapter count includes six "Extra Case" chapters.

All Because of You has finished publishing and it has 46 Chapters. It is also Known as: ぜんぶきみの性, All Your Sex, 전부 너의 성, 都是性别惹的祸

3. Kataware Reijou ga Dansou suru Riyuu

The Lowreis family was wrongly sentenced to execution for attempting to murder the royal family. As Linali Lowreis, the daughter of the family, is on the brink of death, she fervently prays for a second chance. Miraculously, she wakes up three years in the past, reuniting with her deceased family members. However, tragedy looms as her brother, Liam, is poised to attend the School of Poltis, the reason for the family's tragedy. She begs her father to send her instead of her brother, as she is better at sword fighting. Now, faced with a new identity and unexpected challenges, Linali must attend the School of Poltis in her brother's place.

Kataware Reijou ga Dansou suru Riyuu is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: La razón por la que una noble señorita miserable se viste de hombre, Mission jumelle en jumeau !, The Reason for the Twin Lady's Disguise, The Reason for the Twin Lady’s Disguise, The Reason Why the Twin Lady Crossdresses, Почему эта разбитая леди одевается, как мужчина?, คุณหนูย้อนเวลามาเป็นอัศวิน, かたわれ令嬢が男装する理由, 大小姐为何要男装？, 大小姐為何女扮男裝？

2. 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

1. I Choose the Emperor Ending

Obsessed with medieval fantasies, Marina develops a revolutionary VR device that can bring fictional worlds to life. Her dreams come true when she transports herself to Lasnarok, the setting of her own novel. The problem is, she can't get back out! Disguised as a runaway slave boy named Rino, she comes face-to-face with the main character she created, the ambitious Edward Allen Dihas. Can Marina help him overthrow the emperor and survive to make it out alive?

I Choose the Emperor Ending has finished publishing and it has 115 Chapters. It is also Known as: I Will Go with the Emperor's Ending