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

20. 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

19. 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

18. 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

17. 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

16. 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

15. Himegoto: Juukyuusai no Seifuku

This is a story of a group of college-age people who struggle with gender and sexual identity.

Yuki (nicknamed Yoshiki) is a girl, but she is terrible at 'being feminine.' She mostly dresses like a boy and is often mistaken as one. However, she has to wear a skirt and imagine being dominated by a guy in order to masturbate.

Nagao Mikako seems young and innocent, and she uses that apparent innocence to sell her body as a fake 15-year-old. She knows her youthfulness can't last forever, but she enjoys tricking the men. Her friends have no idea of her sexual habits and believe her to be sweet and sheltered.

Aiba Kaito is a pretty good-looking guy, but he wants to be Nagao Mikako. He often dresses as a girl, picking out clothes that mimic Mikako's style. Though he's into cross-dressing, he is still attracted to women.

Will these young adults and their friends be able to handle their 'guilty secrets' and muddle their way through this confusing period of their lives?

Himegoto: Uniforms at the Age of Nineteen has finished publishing and it has 100 Chapters. It is also Known as: ヒメゴト ～十九歳の制服～, Himegoto - Uniforms at the Age of Nineteen, Secrets - Uniforms at the Age of Nineteen, HIME-GOTO: uniforms at the age of nineteen

14. 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

13. 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

12. 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!

11. 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

10. 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

9. 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

8. Yasei no Last Boss ga Arawareta!: Kokuyoku no Haou

The year is 2800 and Lufas Maphaahl – The Black-Winged Tyrant, Great Conqueror, and leader of the Twelve Heavenly Stars – has returned.
A man wakes up in the body of his MMO character 200 years after her defeat during an player-made event in the game, Exgate Online. Now, he's stuck in her body. But this isn't a game, it's real. With her reign long over, and her legacy one of fear, Lufas must journey through the world of Exgate, looking for answers, possible comrades, and all the monsters her “death” unleashed upon the world...

A Wild Last Boss Appeared! is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 野生のラスボスが現れた！黒翼の覇王, 야생의 라스트보스가 나타났다!

7. 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

6. Futanari no Elf

Daily life of a Futanari Elf.

Futanari no Elf is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: フタナリのエルフ, Futanari Elf

5. 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

4. 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

3. 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

2. Tensei Mae wa Otoko Datta no de Gyaku Harem wa Okotowari Shite Orimasu

By prioritizing the life of his best friend during a maritime disaster, the soul of a young man who lost his life was reborn as the Baroness Sophie Linier in another world. At the age of six, Sophie began to remember her past life.

I Was a Man Before Reincarnating, So I Refuse a Reverse Harem is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 転生前は男だったので逆ハーレムはお断りしております, Tensei Mae wa Otoko Datta no de Gyaku Harem wa Okotowari Shite Orimasu

1. Zense wa Reikoku Koutei, Konse wa Youjo

Zense wa Reikoku Koutei, Konse wa Youjo is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 前世は冷酷皇帝、今世は幼女, Zense wa Reikoku Koutei, Konse wa Youjo