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 15 University manga you should read right now. [2026 List]
- 15. Waka-chan wa Kyou mo Azatoi
- 14. Kanojo, Okarishimasu
- 13. Yane no Shita no Artemis
- 12. Uzaki-chan wa Asobitai!
- 11. Sachaewangui Cheonjaesonja
- 10. Grand Blue
- 9. Ex-Love Review
- 8. Ting Xing
- 7. Here U Are
- 6. Yangachiui Cheotsarang
- 5. A Guide to Proper Dating
- 4. Double Trap
- 3. Tsukiatte agete mo ii ka na
- 2. Cigarette & Cherry
- 1. Semantic Error
15. Waka-chan wa Kyou mo Azatoi
Tomoya is a college freshman on a mission to finally get his first ever girlfriend, but with one small problem: he's still a virgin! While he's gotten close with the beautiful and charming girl Waka Sakuraba in his club at school, he can't wrack up the courage to take the first step and ask her out. One day, Tomoya stumbles upon a hidden side to his crush Waka...
From the creator of "Class Maid" comes a new love story about an unlucky college student and his crush!
Note: Includes 8 extra chapters
A Hidden Side to my Crush has finished publishing and it has 222 Chapters. It is also Known as: 和歌ちゃんは今日もあざとい, Waka-chan is Pushy Again, วากะจัง สาวแอ๊บใสหัวใจมีรัก, Waka-chan is Flirty Again, A Hidden Side to my Crush
14. 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
13. Yane no Shita no Artemis
A prodigy of science and a solitary genius—yet terrible at so many things!?
When the poor university student Sanosuke Saraki started at a new part-time job at his old high school, he unexpectedly reunites with Koharu Kobachi, a classmate that he admired as a brilliant genius. However, this supposed genius is now a "5th year high school student" who must repeat her senior year for the second time…! Saraki's mission is to "help Koharu graduate by the end of the year." A coming-of-age story about starting over with a 20-year-old high school student!
Artemis Under the Same Roof is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 屋根の下のアルテミス, Artemis Under the Roof
12. Uzaki-chan wa Asobitai!
Sakurai Shinichi’s one wish is for a little peace and quiet. But Uzaki Hana–his boisterous, well-endowed underclassman–has other plans. All she wants is to hang out and poke fun at him. With the help of her chipper charm and peppy persistence, this might just be the start of a beautiful relationship!
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!
11. Sachaewangui Cheonjaesonja
Kim Mu-hyuk, the Grandson of the Loan Shark King Cheon Tae-san, whom even the wealthy elites of South Korea bowed to, strives to be recognized as a member of the Cheon Family. Despite his efforts, Mu-Hyuk is betrayed and killed by his uncles in a vicious struggle over his grandfather’s inheritance. However, instead of dying, he wakes up in the 1990’s, with a second chance to rewrite his fate. Determined to prevent the death of his grandmother, who raised him, and reclaim the legacy of the Cheon family, Mu-hyuk sets out to preserve his severed friendships and take brutal revenge on his uncles and anyone else who stands in his way. Though once a troublemaker, Mu-hyuk quickly rises to the top both academically and socially, earning his grandfather’s trust. As he solidifies his place in the family, Mu-hyuk begins manipulating the underworld, gaining control over criminal organizations and influential figures in politics and business. Gradually, he paves his path to fulfill his ambitions and exact his revenge, one step at a time.
Genius Grandson of the Loan Shark King is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Sachaewangui Cheonjaesonja
10. 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
9. Ex-Love Review
Gi-Ju is highly competent, but when it comes to love, she always seems to choose the wrong guy. This time, she thought things would be different. But again her faith is betrayed, and during a heated argument, she ends up falling down a flight of stairs. When she awakens in the hospital, she starts seeing suspicious ‘relationship reviews’ of others! ‘Love reviews written by their former exes…?’ Could this strange phenomenon be able to save Gi-Ju’s love life?
Ex-Love Review is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Love Review, รีวิวที รักนี้กี่คะแนน?, 恋爱评分, Relationship Review
8. Ting Xing
Having failed in her attempts to become a voice actor, Chi Yu no longer talks about it with other people. Now she just listens to yuri drama podcasts in secret. One day, during a university lecture, she discovers that Yu Chen, a girl from another college, has the same voice as the main character in her favorite sexy yuri podcast…
Listening to the Stars is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Ting Xing
7. Here U Are
Receiving the newcomers is a task for Yu Yang, and he ends up helping the unsociable and towering Li Huan, the kind of person that does everything to be disliked. But after better knowing each other, he discovers that the giant isn't that bad of a person at all...
Note: Includes 20 extra chapters.
Here U Are has finished publishing and it has 157 Chapters. It is also Known as: You are here, You're here
6. Yangachiui Cheotsarang
Shy and lonely college junior Do-Rae Lee never expects to see her high school crush again until she runs into Hae-Won Cha, who’s just as handsome as she remembers. When Hae-Won suddenly confesses his feelings, Do-Rae is completely thrown off. Because one, he already has a popular girlfriend who happens to be Do-rae’s friend, and two, he believes he’s still eighteen years old. After a car accident erased five years of his memories, Hae-Won is stuck in the past and determined to make Do-Rae his girlfriend. Now the two are confronted by the question: Can first love survive reality?
A Delinquent’s First Love is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: The Delinquent’s First Love, Le premier amour sans souvenirs, 不良少年的失忆告白, 不良少年的初戀, รักเก่าเขย่าใจ, El primer amor de un rebelde
5. A Guide to Proper Dating
Jung Ba-Reum has always been top of her life; everything from her college assignments to her workouts are perfectly planned and executed. However, there is one thing that has eluded Ba-Reum her whole life: dating. Determined to find love, she impulsively joins her university’s programming club to be with her crush Jae-Hyun, but soon finds herself butting heads with another senior Yoo-Yeon. Will Ba-Reum succeed in her quest to find her first boyfriend?
A Guide to Proper Dating has finished publishing and it has 158 Chapters. It is also Known as: Ba-Reum's Guide to Dating, The Right Love Guide
4. Double Trap
Jin-seong, who has had a crush on his older hyung, Yura, since childhood, comes to live with him due to a sudden parental accident. However, Jin-seong, who doesn't want to hurt his hyung, draws a line every time he tries to approach him, is finally trying to give up his heart and feelings. One morning, I witnessed that hyung sneak in and masturbated with his sleeping self as a side dish!
"Hyung... Is this the hyung I know? ...Who are you?!"
Double Trap has finished publishing and it has 100 Chapters. It is also Known as: Double Trap
3. 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? has finished publishing and it has 133 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?
2. Cigarette & Cherry
Cool beauty senpai x virgin-kun kouhai?!
Aiming to get a girlfriend with his college debut, what appeared before Kouhai-kun was a beautiful, smoker Senpai?!
Generating a lot of buzz on Twitter and Instagram, this clumsy love comedy starts its serialization!
Cigarette & Cherry has finished publishing and it has 126 Chapters. It is also Known as: シガレット＆チェリー, Cigarette & Cherry
1. Semantic Error
You're an error in my perfect world.
Sang-U Chu is a stickler for rules. So when his classmates free-ride on a group project, he doesn't credit them. But this prevents one senior, Jae-Yeong Jang, from graduating. And like oil and water, Sang-U and Jae-Yeong don't mix. Can Sang-U debug Jae-Yeong — a semantic error in his perfect life?
Note: Chapter count includes a Christmas Special.
Semantic Error has finished publishing and it has 94 Chapters. It is also Known as: Semantic Error
