What is this genre all about? Since college/university students are typically at least eighteen years old, with stories covering mature everyday life topics, you will find the college setting quite often in seinen and josei anime.
Topics that can now be covered - as compared to High School settings - are higher education (i.e. coping with higher intellectual stress), the more adult party life (i.e. alcohol, smoking, sex), the issues of daily life vs. studying - especially when having to work to pay for bills, and finally the possible friction between those in and out of college.
We present you the list of University manga you should read right now.
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Top 12 University manga you should read right now. [2024 List]
- 12. Kanojo, Okarishimasu
- 11. Grand Blue
- 10. Tsukiatte agete mo ii ka na
- 9. Uzaki-chan wa Asobitai!
- 8. Geureoko Geureon Barame
- 7. Guilty Circle
- 6. Waka-chan wa Kyou mo Azatoi
- 5. Torima Minshuku Yadori-teki na!
- 4. Dore ga Koi ka ga Wakaranai
- 3. Asumi-chan wa Les Fuuzoku ni Kyoumi ga Arimasu!
- 2. Sketch
- 1. Tsuka no Ma no Ichika
12. Kanojo, Okarishimasu
Kinoshita Kazuya is a regular college student who was just dumped by his girlfriend for another guy. Feeling down in the dumps, he decides to use an app called Diamond to hire Mizuhara Chizuru, a rental girlfriend, to make himself feel better. From their first meeting, she seems to be the perfect girl for him, but is there more to her than meets the eye? And how will their not quite typical relationship develop?
Rent-A-Girlfriend is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 彼女、お借りします, I'd like to Borrow a Girlfriend
11. Grand Blue
A new life begins for Kitahara Iori as he begins his college career near the ocean in Izu city, full of excitement for his new life. He will be moving into his Uncle's diving store "Grand Blue." There he finds the beautiful ocean, beautiful women, and men that love diving and alcohol. Will Iori be able to live his dream college life?
Grand Blue Dreaming is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: ぐらんぶる, Grand Blue
10. Tsukiatte agete mo ii ka na
For as long as she’s known, Miwa’s been into women - and now she’s at university, it might finally be time for her to come out of her straight-passing shell. Of course, that takes a lot of confidence, and coming out is never easy - but could Saeko, her trashy popular weirdo of a friend, give her the help she needs - or just maybe, could the two of them be more alike than Miwa realises…?!
This series is a reimagining of tmfly’s earlier work of the same name.
How Do We Relationship? is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 付き合ってあげてもいいかな, So, Do You Wanna Go Out, Or?
9. Uzaki-chan wa Asobitai!
Annoying! Cute! But Annoying!
The daily life of a quiet college student who just wants to left alone, being teased by his cute, stacked underclassman.
Uzaki-chan wa Asobitai! is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 宇崎ちゃんは遊びたい!, Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out!, Uzaki-chan Wants to Play!
8. Geureoko Geureon Barame
Rumor has it that Baram Oh had an affair with her married art school professor. It’s been four years since that debacle, and now she’s back at campus to try and enjoy her college life. But she’s not the only thing who’s returned: there’s rumors of a water ghost roaming the halls, and it just might be following her around.
A Whirlwind Campus Affair has finished publishing and it has 96 Chapters. It is also Known as: Geureoko Geureon Barame
7. Guilty Circle
April! Sawaya Doji's college life at his dream school of Seio University starts with an encounter with the beautiful Kaede Hoshimi during the club recruiting fair. Sawaya believes that if he goes to Tokyo... if he joins a university... if he joins a club, he can get a girlfriend! It's a great way to meet new people, but what kind of club has he gotten himself into?
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Guilty Circle is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: ギルティサークル, Guilty Circle
6. Waka-chan wa Kyou mo Azatoi
Tomoya, a first-year college student who is determined to get a girlfriend, becomes friends with a beautiful, soothing girl, Sakuraba Waka, but is unable to find the courage to take the first step.
Then one day, Tomoya witnesses another side of Waka...?
Waka-chan is Pushy Again is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 和歌ちゃんは今日もあざとい, Waka-chan Is Flirty Again, วากะจัง สาวแอ๊บใสหัวใจมีรัก
5. Torima Minshuku Yadori-teki na!
"Guest House Yadori" is a seaside inn with a view of the Pacific Ocean.
A 34-year old tanned gal is the proprietress who runs the inn. In an unexpected turn of events, a university student named Youichi Sakimori ends up freeloading there. The playful and alluring proprietress Hana Yadori has him dancing in her palms from morning til night...!?
For Now, Let's Live at a Lodging Inn! is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: とりま民宿やどり的な!, Torima Minshuku Yadori Tekina!
4. Dore ga Koi ka ga Wakaranai
I Don't Know Which One Is Love is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: どれが恋かがわからない, I Don't Know Which One Is in Love
3. Asumi-chan wa Les Fuuzoku ni Kyoumi ga Arimasu!
The story focuses on the erotic experiences that Asumi-chan, our protagonist, has in a lesbian focused sex establishment.
Asumi-chan is Interested in Lesbian Brothel! is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 彩純ちゃんはレズ風俗に興味があります!, Asumi-chan wa Lesbian Fuuzoku ni Kyoumi ga Arimasu!, Asumi-chan wa Rezu Fuuzoku ni Kyoumi ga Arimasu!, Asumi-chan is interested in lesbian sex!
2. Sketch
Art student Lee Kyung-Eun is seeking a place to breathe from a suffocating, chaotic drinking party. He falls in love at first sight with Joo-Bin who even when exhaling cigarette smoke, creates a picturesque image shrouded in a strange atmosphere.
On the other hand, Joo-Bin sees ghosts of his past in Kyung-Eun. He recalls a friend in his painful memories but...
As Kyung-Eun starts to work as a model for Joo-Bin's photography, the two start to grow close, beginning to understand each other as time passes. Where will their relationship lead to?
Sketch has finished publishing and it has 103 Chapters. It is also Known as: Sketch
1. Tsuka no Ma no Ichika
Ichika Sendawara has now lived beyond the predicted amount of time the doctor had given her left to live. Now, she currently spends her days going to university while carrying the uncertainty of her death.
One day, as she is filled with the hopelessness and emptiness from a future that she can't see, a person happened to catch her eye and they are none other than Akifumi Yurugi, her philosophy lecturer who had suddenly quit his job. Now that she is reunited again with the lecturer that she is deeply in love with, she has found a new reason to continue living but...
Tsuka no Ma no Ichika has finished publishing and it has 29 Chapters. It is also Known as: 束の間の一花, Tsukanoma no Ichika