What is this genre all about? The main protagonists in this anime have a very hard time trying to express their feelings to each other. They simply will not finally confess their love.
In some cases this romance element is based on unrequited love, or an absurd amount of shyness.
We present you the list of Slow When It Comes To Love manga you should read right now.
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Top 17 Slow When It Comes To Love manga you should read right now. [2025 List]
- 17. Daewinim! Ibeon Jeonjaengteoneun Igosingayo?
- 16. Koushinchou no Kouhai (♀) to Teishinchou no Senpai (♂) ga Renai ni Hatten suru made
- 15. Hige wo Soru. Soshite Joshikousei wo Hirou.
- 14. Lord of the Mysteries
- 13. I Raised My Childhood Friend as a Tyrant
- 12. Koi wa Ameagari no You ni
- 11. Tatoe Todokanu Ito da toshitemo
- 10. Lord of the Mysteries
- 9. Kimi ni Todoke
- 8. Tonari no Kashiwagi-san
- 7. Sono Koi, Jihanki de Kaemasuka?
- 6. Kotou Buchou
- 5. Yu Wu
- 4. How to Survive As a Villain
- 3. Hirano to Kagiura
- 2. Raising a Bat
- 1. Incoming Mr High Energy
17. Daewinim! Ibeon Jeonjaengteoneun Igosingayo?
As a successful captain in the military, Yun-A is an icon of success and power. But after an accident on the battlefield, she finds herself trapped in a romantic fantasy novel. Stuck in a supporting role as the best friend of the main protagonist, Yun-A is determined to overturn the plotline and change Rosalie’s fate. Will she be able to change Rosalie’s fate and find happiness in the new world? Will she return to where she was originally from?
Reporting for Duty, Duchess! is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Captain! Is This a Battlefield Here?, Captain! Where Is the Battlefield?, Капитан! Это что, поле битвы?, 上尉！这次的战场是这里吗?, 长官! 本次战场是这里吗?
16. Koushinchou no Kouhai (♀) to Teishinchou no Senpai (♂) ga Renai ni Hatten suru made
 and the Short Senpai (♂) Relationship Develops Into Romance)
A younger, tall, conceited female kouhai doing as she pleases towards her short senpai!
A senpai who is teased about his height and treated as a kid...but unexpectedly shows a manly side of him!
Will their relationship develop into romance...?
Until the Tall Kouhai (♀) and the Short Senpai (♂) Relationship Develops Into Romance is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 高身長の後輩（女）と低身長の先輩（男）が恋愛に発展するまで, High & Low (INABA Shiro), Koushinchou no Kouhai (Onna) to Teishinchou no Senpai (Otoko) ga Renai ni Hatten suru made, Until the Tall Kouhai (Girl) and the Short Senpai (Boy) Relationship Develops Into Romance, Until the Tall Kouhai (Girl) and the Short Senpai (Boy) Develop a Romance, H!gh & Low
15. Hige wo Soru. Soshite Joshikousei wo Hirou.
Yoshida was swiftly rejected by his crush of 5 years. On his way home after drinking his sorrows away, he saw a high school girl sitting on the street.
"I'll let you do it with me, so let me stay."
"Don't even joke about something like that."
And so, the story of living with the high school girl Sayu began. The slice-of-life romantic comedy between a runaway high school girl and a 26 year old salaryman ensues.
Hige wo Soru. Soshite Joshikousei wo Hirou. is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: ひげを剃る。そして女子高生を拾う。, I Shaved. Then I Brought a High School Girl Home.
14. Lord of the Mysteries
Waking up to be faced with a string of mysteries, Zhou Mingrui finds himself reincarnated as Klein Moretti in an alternate Victorian era world where he sees a world filled with machinery, cannons, dreadnoughts, airships, difference machines, as well as Potions, Divination, Hexes, Tarot Cards, Sealed Artifacts… The Light continues to shine but mystery has never gone far. Follow Klein as he finds himself entangled with the Churches of the world—both orthodox and unorthodox—while he slowly develops newfound powers thanks to the Beyonder potions.
Lord of the Mysteries has finished publishing and it has 65 Chapters. It is also Known as: Lord of the Mysteries
13. I Raised My Childhood Friend as a Tyrant
"I'm not interested in the throne." I reincarnated as the person who makes the male lead become a tyrant, "the short-lived childhood friend." I took the blame for him and died, just like the original story. And, I thought that I could finally return to my original world, but… "Why am I back to ten years old??"
I Raised My Childhood Friend as a Tyrant is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: I Raised My Childhood Friend as a Tyrant
12. Koi wa Ameagari no You ni
Akira Tachibana. 17 years old, high school junior. Akira, awkward when it comes to expressing her feelings, finds herself secretly falling for the manager of the family restaurant where she works, one Masami Kondo, age 45. The curtain rises on the small love story that begins to unfold between Akira, stuck standing on the crossroads of adolescence, and Kondo, at the turning point of his own life…
Note: Includes the epilogue.
After the Rain has finished publishing and it has 83 Chapters. It is also Known as: 恋は雨上がりのように, Love is Like after the Rain, Koi wa Amaagari no Youni, KoiAme
11. Tatoe Todokanu Ito da toshitemo
Uta, a teenage girl living with her older brother Reiichi and his wife Kaoru, experiences a feeling of great turmoil and unrequited feelings after realizing the fact that she has fallen in love with Kaoru. Even after consulting her friend a few times, Uta just can't get the thought of Kaoru out of her head and the consequences that could leave their relationship tumbling towards a dark road.
If I Could Reach You has finished publishing and it has 37 Chapters. It is also Known as: たとえとどかぬ糸だとしても, My Unrequited Love, This Love That Won't Reach
10. Lord of the Mysteries
With the rising tide of steam power and machinery, who can come close to being a Beyonder? Shrouded in the fog of history and darkness, who or what is the lurking evil that murmurs into our ears?
Waking up to be faced with a string of mysteries, Zhou Mingrui finds himself reincarnated as Klein Moretti in an alternate Victorian era world where he sees a world filled with machinery, cannons, dreadnoughts, airships, difference machines, as well as Potions, Divination, Hexes, Tarot Cards, Sealed Artifacts…
The Light continues to shine but mystery has never gone far. Follow Klein as he finds himself entangled with the Churches of the world—both orthodox and unorthodox—while he slowly develops newfound powers thanks to the Beyonder potions.
Like the corresponding tarot card, The Fool, which is numbered 0—a number of unlimited potential—this is the legend of “The Fool”.
Lord of the Mysteries has finished publishing and it has 1430 Chapters. It is also Known as: LotM, 诡秘之主
9. Kimi ni Todoke
Kuronuma Sawako is completely misunderstood by her classmates. Her timid and sweet demeanor is often mistaken for malicious behavior. This is due to her resemblance to the ghost girl from "The Ring", which has led her peers to give her the nickname Sadako. Longing to make friends and live a normal life, she is naturally drawn to Kazehaya Shouta, the most popular guy in class, whose "100% refreshing" personality earns him great admiration from Sawako. So when Kazehaya starts talking to her, maybe there is hope for the friendships Sawako has always longed for. Maybe...there is even a little hope for some romance in her future.
Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You has finished publishing and it has 125 Chapters. It is also Known as: 君に届け, Reaching You, Mayuge no Kakudo wa 45° de, 45 Degree Eyebrows, 45° Eyebrows
8. Tonari no Kashiwagi-san
Sakuraba Yuto is a high school student who is open about his otaku lifestyle and has been recently interested in a new moe artist named Sayane. At his new class, he is assigned a seat next to Kashiwagi Kotone, the popular girl in school, who strongly shows her dislike for the kind of culture Yuto is into. He runs into Kotone at an otaku store and learns her secret: that she is, in fact, heavily into the moe culture she says is stupid to everyone. Yuto promises to keep it a secret and the two start a relationship where they discuss their passion in secret. But Yuto still doesn’t know that Kotone is really the artist Sayane that he admires so much.
Tonari no Kashiwagi-san has finished publishing and it has 84 Chapters. It is also Known as: となりの柏木さん, Kashiwagi-san, My Desk Neighbour, My Neighbour Kashiwagi, Kashiwagi-san, My Desk Neighbour
7. Sono Koi, Jihanki de Kaemasuka?
Salaryman Ayumu Koiwai just can't tear his eyes away from the strong, muscular man as he checks on the stocks of the vending machine in his office. He may be a proper adult now, but everything about the emotions Yamashita awakens in him feels like a teenager's first love...
Can I Buy Your Love from a Vending Machine? has finished publishing and it has 12 Chapters. It is also Known as: その恋、自販機で買えますか？, Sonokoi Jihanki de Kaemasuka?, This love, can you buy it at the vending machine?
6. Kotou Buchou
Komatsu, a 22-year-old woman who only recently graduated, gets stuck on an uninhabited island with her loathsome boss, Kotou. The two of them must work together to survive!
Kotou General Manager has finished publishing and it has 32 Chapters. It is also Known as: 孤島部長, Island Manager
5. Yu Wu
The traitor Gu Mang returned to his home kingdom again. Everyone rejoiced in his banishment. It was said the one who hated him most was his closest friend – the cold and stoic Young Master Mo.
A rumour: Young Master Mo prepared three hundred and sixty-five methods of torture to try on Gu Mang, enough to play with him for a year without repetition.
But what’s the truth then?
Well the truth is even more unspeakable–
Mo Xi’s identity: the most abstinent commander of the empire.
His relationship with the traitor Gu Mang: they’d slept together before.
Remnants of Filth has finished publishing and it has 214 Chapters. It is also Known as: Stains of Filth, Yuwu, Yú Wū
4. How to Survive As a Villain
As the homosexual young Emperor imprisoning the Male Lead of a Stallion novel.
This is indeed miserable, and sad.
Because of this, Xiao YuAn began to work hard to survive.
But!
To those cannon fodders, even if you want to badly treat the Male Lead, can you stop sending him to my bed? Xiao YuAn thinks that there’s nothing wrong in pampering the Male Lead, but that’s just because he wants to bathe in the glory of the Protagonist!
Xiao YuAn: “Don’t abuse the Male Lead ever again!!! You guys aren’t afraid of death, but I wanna live!!!”
A story that starts out with the Shou taking care of the Gong, and then, the Gong takes care of the Shou.
How to Survive As a Villain has finished publishing and it has 235 Chapters. It is also Known as: To Be or Not To Be, 穿越成反派要如何活命, HSAV
3. Hirano to Kagiura
Hirano, a second-year in high school, lives in a dormitory on his campus and has recently become roommates with Kagiura, a first-year. Kagiura is a hard-working student on the basketball team, though he does have difficulty getting up in the morning, leaving Hirano to be his support system in that regard. They get along great, and Hirano is very fond of his earnest, straight-forward roommate. What he doesn’t know? Kagiura is pretty much head over heels in love with him.
Hirano and Kagiura is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 平野と鍵浦, Hirano to Kagiura
2. Raising a Bat
High school senior Min-kyum has been left to his own defenses after his parents kicked him out of their lives. His new house is in a shabby neighborhood, the site of several mysterious assaults that have left victims with bite marks on their necks and blood loss symptoms. After moving in, Min-kyum heads out for a meal…then somehow wakes up at home with strange marks on his neck. He tries to shrug it off, but his deskmate at the new school looks suspiciously pale and familiar…
Note: This series contains additional (optional) 18+ scenes.
Raising a Bat has finished publishing and it has 86 Chapters. It is also Known as: コウモリの飼育方法, Bagjwisayug, My Pet Bat, 囚爱, Bat Breed
1. Incoming Mr High Energy
After a catastrophe, the biggest trouble facing humans is energy shortage! A brand new profession was thus born, controlling various elements such as iron, copper, phosphorus, gold, silicon, and carbon, they are the strongest combat power in the world. Restarting a powerful system, the youth began to be accompanied by compulsive tasks again and again! Challenging missions full of danger time and time again, he gradually became stronger, and went further and further on the road to a great demon
Incoming Mr High Energy is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 高能襲来, Kounou Shuurai, 흙수저, 시스템에게 선택받다, High Energy Strikes, Gao Neng Strikes, High-Energy Strikes
