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

Gender Bender manga you should read right now.

What is this genre all about? Deals with switching souls, crossdressing, transsexual and transgender people, or anything that breaks traditional binary gender roles. A character could undergo a complete or partial physical sex change. Depending on the situation, the character might be stuck in their new body/sex, or changed back automatically at some point, or have the ability to change back and forth at will. It can also include series with a man and woman who suddenly share the same body.

We present you the list of Gender Bender manga you should read right now.

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20. Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken

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

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19. I Quit the Hero's Party

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

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18. The Strongest Male Lead in History

The Strongest Male Lead in History

Zhao Xiaotian suffered all kinds of hardships with relevance to supernatural powers. After he got caught up in an explosion, he was able to catch up with the comic genre trend nowadays which is: "Isekai". But unfortunately, the villains of the world still got their grasp on him for unknown reasons, maybe due to plot. He was continuously assassinated, kidnapped, and he was ripped of his money. And thenceforth, Zhang Xiaotian persevered on the way of cultivation!

The Strongest Male Lead in History has finished publishing and it has 210 Chapters. It is also Known as: The Strongest Actor in History, The Strongest Actor of All Time, The Strongest Protagonist in History, The Strongest Protagonist of All Time!, 잔상 최강 남주

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17. 4 Cut Hero

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 has finished publishing and it has 252 Chapters. It is also Known as: 4 Cut Hero

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16. Marriagetoxin

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

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15. Yoku Wakaranai keredo Isekai ni Tensei Shiteita You Desu

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

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14. Youjo Senki

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

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13. Onii-chan wa Oshimai

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

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12. Lady Crystal Is a Man

Lady Crystal Is a Man

Krystal Lottery, the youngest daughter of the Lottery family, and a frail young lady who does not come out of the annex due to her weakness. His identity is male. He says that only women are kept alive in the family, and men either become corpses or heirs. Crystal's only goal is to leave the Rotary family and live a normal life. In order for her to survive, she grew up as a daughter. She held her breath like a dead person. She was finally about to leave, get married? Krystal, driven into a corner, proposes marriage to Grand Duke Pentrine, who is politically at odds with Rotary. I thought she would refuse, of course, but Heo Honseo returned. Crystal escapes to Great Siege of Pentrin. He is a cold northern master, a cruel man, and a man with an icy heart. Crystal meets the rumored Illian Pentrin. And got married. What happened? * “You don't have to be so nervous. I won't do anything to you.” On her first night as a married couple, Krystal was told that her annexation would not take place. What does this mean? Are you saying you're going to break up? Illian whispered at a distance where his breath could reach. "I'm sorry Lady... … Because I am a eunuch.” said Illian Pentrin in the sweetest voice in the world.

Lady Crystal Is a Man is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Lady Crystal Is a Man

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11. Magical Trans!

Magical Trans!

Minami-kun spots a poster recruiting new members for the Magical Girl Club. Thinking "Cosplay cuties woohoo!" he decides to join... What the hell!? It's not cosplay—we actually become magical girls?

Magical Trans! has finished publishing and it has 65 Chapters. It is also Known as: まじとら!, Maji Tora!, MajiTora

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10. Onna Chara de Isekai Teni shite Cheat-ppoi kedo Zako Chara nanode Medatazu Heiwa na Shomin wo Mezashimasu!

Onna Chara de Isekai Teni shite Cheat-ppoi kedo Zako Chara nanode Medatazu Heiwa na Shomin wo Mezashimasu!

A little weary salaryman. One day, after waking up... he found himself in another world in the body of a female character, Susie, from the MMORPG he liked to play. Confused, he tried an attack... and made all the mosters flee to the place people live, afraid of his destructive power that's able to smash a mountain. Having dealt with them, he ended up saving Howard, a local tribune who invited his savior to the village, but...

Onna Chara de Isekai Teni shite Cheat-ppoi kedo Zako Chara nanode Medatazu Heiwa na Shomin wo Mezashimasu! is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 女キャラで異世界転移してチートっぽいけど雑魚キャラなので目立たず平和な庶民を目指します!, After Reincarnating in Another World as My Sort of Cheat but Small Fry Female Character I will Strive to Live a Peaceful Life of an Ordinary Person!, Onna Chara de Isekai Teni shite Cheatppoi kedo Zako Chara na no de Medatazu Heiwa na Shomin wo Mezashimasu!, Переродившись в другом мире в теле женского персонажа, кто, пусть и читерный, но не слишком имбовый, я буду стремиться жить спокойной жизнью обычного человека!

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9. Mabeopsonyeo Ajeossi

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

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8. Finding Camellia

Finding Camellia

Camellia was just 12 when she was taken away from her mother in the slums and forced to live as the son of an aristocratic family. But under the layers of secrets and lies, she never forgets. She continues to struggle to be her true self again, to reclaim the life of Camellia.

Source: Manta Comics

Finding Camellia is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Please Be Patient, Grand Duke

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7. I Turned Into a Gyaru and Tried Out My Best Friend

I Turned Into a Gyaru and Tried Out My Best Friend

"But I'm getting pretty excited, thinking about doing a female Shion." I'm dripping wet down there, thanks to my best friend's touch... Has he always been so good at sex...!!?

Genderbending BL romance with a man turning into a cute gyaru.

I Turned Into a Gyaru and Tried Out My Best Friend is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Kuro Gal ni Natta kara Shinyuu to shitemita., 黒ギャルになったから親友とヤってみた。, Fucked by My Best Friend

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6. The Blood Princess and the Knight

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

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5. A Barbarian Was Admitted to the Academy

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

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4. Eochapi Joyeoninde Narang Sarangina Hae

Eochapi Joyeoninde Narang Sarangina Hae

Geumja Kim is the biggest (and only) fan of Kyle du Vilteon, a side character in the fantasy novel King Maker. Her never-ending search for Kyle content is forever changed when she dies while rereading the book… and somehow awakens in Kyle’s bedroom to a new life within the novel’s pages! She is then shocked to learn that Kyle can also hear her thoughts—luckily, only if she thinks of his name. Still, there’s no time for this fangirl to daydream because Kyle is doomed to die. Can she save the apple of her eye... and in the process, become his?

Source: Tapas

Side Characters Deserve Love Too is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: You're a Supporting Character, Just Love Me, He's a Supporting Character but I Love Him Anyway

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3. Jitsu wa Imouto Deshita.: Saikin Giri no Otouto no Kyourikan ga Yatara Chikai Wake

Jitsu wa Imouto Deshita.: Saikin Giri no Otouto no Kyourikan ga Yatara Chikai Wake

My stepbrother, Akira, was introduced to me as a high school student when our parents remarried. He is a beautiful boy but shy because he grew up in a difficult family environment. I've always wanted brother, so I spent time with Akira for his sake, and...... we hit it off right away, and we quickly grew close!

I asked him, "......bro, do you like me?" "Yes, of course."

Our relationship deepened despite a critical misunderstanding. Until finally, I realized that Akira was actually my "sister" and I became very confused.......

"I liked the relationship between us when we were just brothers. But I wish we could be something more than that."

Akira's new approach, trying to make us "lovers" instead of "siblings," has begun!
A flirtatious love comedy with an easy-going, too-cute, little-brother-like sister!

She Was Actually My Stepsister ~Recently, The Sense Of Distance Between Me And My New Stepbrother Is Incredibly Close~ is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: じつは義妹でした。 ~最近できた義理の弟の距離感がやたら近いわけ~, Jitsu wa Imouto Deshita.: Saikin Giri no Otouto no Kyourikan ga Yatara Chikai Wake

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2. Melancholia

Melancholia

An omnibus collection of short stories.

Melancholia has finished publishing and it has 26 Chapters. It is also Known as: メランコリア, Melancholia

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1. TS Eiseihei-san no Senjou Nikki

TS Eiseihei-san no Senjou Nikki

An ex-pro gamer of the FPS genre (♂) reincarnated in a fantasy world filled with magic... Only learn that what greeted him was not a scene from one's dreams but a muddy battlefield full of bullets flying to and fro! Moreover, he's now an orphan girl named Touri Noel?!

After her aptitude for healing magic was discovered, she decided to volunteer in the army as a second-class medic, all to raise money for the orphanage where she was born and raised. However, without even getting magic training, she was attached to an assault squad, repeatedly fighting on the most cruel battlefields of the "Western Front."
The mission given to her was to become the personal medic of the frontline's ace, Garback, and not let him die at any cost. But he turned out to be the worst commander, who will try to get results whatever the cost, even if it means the death of his subordinates!

On the battlefield, mired in unreasonable orders and violence, Touri's fierce battle for survival continues...

TS Medic's Battlefield Diary is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: TS衛生兵さんの戦場日記, TS Eiseihei-san no Senjou Nikki

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