What is this genre all about? At least one character has a romantic interest in another one, but the feelings are not returned.
This is the cornerstone of all love triangles or love polygons.
We present you the list of Unrequited Love manga you should read right now.
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Top 15 Unrequited Love manga you should read right now. [2026 List]
- 15. Here U Are
- 14. Positively Yours
- 13. Oshiego-kun to wa Dekimasen
- 12. Yours to Claim
- 11. Galge no Sekai de Shinyuu ♂ ga Ore wo Suki da to Iidashite!?
- 10. I Got Pregnant with the Tyrant's Child
- 9. Kieta Hatsukoi
- 8. Boku ga Otto ni Deau made
- 7. Heart Stain
- 6. Ore wo Suki na no wa Omae dake ka yo
- 5. Namsachin-ui Beobchig
- 4. Itsuwari no Freja
- 3. Ayaka-chan wa Hiroko Senpai ni Koishiteru
- 2. Nanase-san no Koi ga Ijou
- 1. Motto Ganbare! Nakamura-kun!!
15. 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
14. Positively Yours
To Hee-won’s dismay, the BFF she crushed on and her other BFF are now dating! Seriously bummed, Hee-won decides to go wild just one time, and find solace with a handsome stranger. A very satisfying one night affair has now turned into more — she’s pregnant! Fate brings them together again, and now the regimented Doo-joon is determined to do the right thing and marry her. But they’re basically strangers! Except... their bodies have been very intimately acquainted. What’s this mother-to-be to do?
Positively Yours has finished publishing and it has 82 Chapters. It is also Known as: I have a baby
13. Oshiego-kun to wa Dekimasen
After a night of drinking and lamenting over her love life, Hinata is surprised by a knock on her door. But even more surprising is the handsome man on the other side! Except there's one problem: he's her former student from years ago. Shintarou has always loved Hinata and spent years proposing and expressing his love for his sensei even though she was 17 years older. Hinata did her best to spare his feelings and told him she'd only marry him once he was 18 and an adult. Sure enough, that time has come. But can Hinata really get mixed up with one of her former students?
I Can't Date My Student... Can I? is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 教え子くんとはデキません, My Student Grew Huge and Proposed to Me, Dekkaku Natta Seito ni Kyuukon Sareru Hanashi, でっかくなった生徒に求婚される話, I Can't Do That With My Former Student, A Story About Getting Proposed To By My Student Who Grew Huge
12. Yours to Claim
Nothing crazy ever happens to Jooin. He’s just your average college student, keeping his head down and flying under the radar. Yahwi, on the other hand, is drop dead gorgeous, super popular…but also kinda mean. So why has the campus heartthrob taken an interest in a total nobody? There must be an ulterior motive…but it’s hard to care when faced with those killer looks. Will Jooin become a slave to his desires? Or perhaps he’ll become the master himself…
Yours to Claim has finished publishing and it has 107 Chapters. It is also Known as: Jooin's Circumstances, Las circunstancias de Jooin, The Master's Circumstances, 主人的秘密, 洙仁的处境, 洙英的情事, Ju-in-ui Sajeong
11. Galge no Sekai de Shinyuu ♂ ga Ore wo Suki da to Iidashite!?
Aoi, a hard-headed young man secretly yearning for love. When playing the harem game he secretly bought in his best friend Ritsuki’s house, he somehow gets sucked into the game’s world with Ritsuki! While understanding that if they don’t clear the game they can’t leave, Aoi decides to try his best in romancing one of the girls, but suddenly Ritsuki confesses to him…? The story between a whole hearted ikemen childhood friend x a hard headed young man who secretly yearns for love virtually unfolds!
Note: The chapter count includes one extra chapter.
Galge no Sekai de Shinyuu ♂ ga Ore wo Suki da to Iidashite!? has finished publishing and it has 6 Chapters. It is also Known as: ギャルゲの世界で親友♂が俺を好きだと言い出して！？, Gal Game no Sekai de Shin'yuu ♂ ga Ore o Suki da to Iidashite!?, GalSekai, Gyaruge no Sekai de Shinyuu ♂ ga Ore wo Suki da to Ii dashite!?, In the World of a Gal Game, My Best Friend ♂ Says He Likes Me!?, My Friend ♂ Says that He Loves Me in Gal Game World?!, Trong thế giới Game hẹn hò, bạn thân ♂ tỉnh tò với tôi?!, Trong thế giới Game hẹn hò, bạn thân ♂ tỏ tình với tôi?!, ギャルゲの世界で親友♂が俺を好きだと言い出して
10. I Got Pregnant with the Tyrant's Child
For Elan the royal knight, the masquerade festival is a rare chance to let loose and relax. But her night of fun quickly turns into a morning of horror when she wakes up beside the ruthless Emperor Kylart. Knowing how cruel he can be to clingy women, Elan makes a run for it, hoping he hasn't seen past her disguise. But as she continues her nerve-wracking duties of guarding the emperor, she starts experiencing troubling health symptoms. A trip to the doctor reveals that she's pregnant! To make matters worse, rumor has it that Kylart is looking for the mysterious woman he met on the night of the festival. Can Elan keep her secret safe from the entire palace, when she can't even control her constant cravings and morning sickness?
I Got Pregnant with the Tyrant's Child has finished publishing and it has 105 Chapters. It is also Known as: I Gave Birth to the Tyrant's Child
9. Kieta Hatsukoi
“Aoki... I didn’t know you thought about me that way...”
Aoki has a crush on Hashimoto-san who sits next to him. However, when he borrowed her eraser, he discovered the name of his classmate, Ida, written on it... (sobs). Moreover, Ida saw him using the eraser... Don’t tell me he misunderstood?! It’s a little silly, but so begins the story of them working their hardest for their first love.
My Love Mix-Up! has finished publishing and it has 36 Chapters. It is also Known as: 消えた初恋, Kieta Hatsu Koi, Vanishing My First Love, Faded First Love
8. Boku ga Otto ni Deau made
A manga adaption of Nanasaki Ryousuke‘s essays titled "Boku ga Otto ni Deau made" (Until I meet my husband) about him and his husband being the first gay couple to get married in Japan.
Until I Meet My Husband has finished publishing and it has 12 Chapters. It is also Known as: 僕が夫に出会うまで, Boku ga Otto ni Deau made
7. Heart Stain
Woohyun has a secret crush on his homeroom teacher. His best friend, Doha, finds out and confesses his feelings for him. But then he makes an interesting proposition: "Go out with me. Fall for me before graduation, and I win. If you don't, you win." Can Woohyun like someone other than his teacher?
Source: Manta Comics
Heart Stain has finished publishing and it has 56 Chapters. It is also Known as: Heart Stain
6. Ore wo Suki na no wa Omae dake ka yo
Amatsuyu Kirasagi is invited out alone by the cool beauty upperclassman Cosmos and his childhood friend Himawari. Expecting to hear their confessions, he triumphantly goes to meet each of them in turn. But Cosmos and Himawari both instead confess to Amatsuyu that they like his friend. Amatsuyu fights this lonely battle, but there is another girl who is looking at him. She is a gloomy girl with glasses and braids. Amatsuyu finds that he hates her, because she's always turning her sharp tongue only on him and finding enjoyment in his troubles. But it turns out that she's the only one who actually does like him.
ORESUKI: Are you the only one who loves me? has finished publishing and it has 42 Chapters. It is also Known as: 俺を好きなのはお前だけかよ, Ore o Suki na no wa Omae dake ka yo , Ore o Suki Nano wa Omae Dake ka yo , Ore wo Suki na no wa Omae dake ka yo , Orewo Sukinanoha Omaedake kayo
5. Namsachin-ui Beobchig
Jay is a guy that wanted to talk with his friend about their secret crushes, When Jay was about to confess who he has a crush on, his friend Jiwoon, who’s crush is actually towards Jay, was hopefull that Jay was going to confess his feelings towards her. But she felt shocked when she learned that actually Jay’s crush was someone else, after that, Jay asked her about her crush, Jiwoon tried to avoid the question and gave him a vague description which caused a misunderstanding that his crush was actually towards Jay’s friend Seohyun. She and Jay are just good friends without anything romantic going on between them, The way Jay interacts with her is just in a friendly manner and tries to help her to get her “crush”….Let the romantic drama begin at school!
Namsachin-ui Beobchig has finished publishing and it has 75 Chapters. It is also Known as: Boy-Friend's Rule, 男闺蜜准则, The Law of Being Friends With a Male
4. Itsuwari no Freja
Freya thinks of herself as a simple village girl, but her idyllic life is shattered when she is caught up in the aftermath of a treacherous Sigurdian plot. She bears a striking resemblance to her country’s beloved Prince Edvard, who lays dying from poison.
Without its ruler, all of Tyr will quickly be engulfed by Sigurdian violence. Now Freya must take Prince Edvard’s place and lead his valiant knights in defending the realm!
Prince Freya is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 偽りのフレイヤ, Artificial Freja
3. Ayaka-chan wa Hiroko Senpai ni Koishiteru
Soft and bubbly office lady Ayaka is madly in love with her senior at work, Hiroko! Two lovestruck coworkers who both think the other is straight totally crush on each other...
Note: Previously serialized under the title "Ayaka-chan wa Hiroko Senpai wo Otoshitai" (彩香ちゃんは弘子先輩を落としたい)
AYAKA is in LOVE with HIROKO! has finished publishing and it has 24 Chapters. It is also Known as: 彩香ちゃんは弘子先輩に恋してる, Ayaka-chan wa Hiroko Senpai ni Koi Shiteru, Ayaka-chan wa Hiroko Senpai wo Otoshitai, Ayaka-chan wa Hiroko-senpai o Otoshitai, 彩香ちゃんは弘子先輩を落としたい, Ayaka is in Love x Love x Love with Hiroko
2. Nanase-san no Koi ga Ijou
Corporate wage slave Takahashi has never had a girlfriend — until he tries out a dating app and finds what seems to be the perfect match. Pretty, young, and successful, Nanase’s got it all... except for sanity! In fact, Nanase’s had her eyes on Takahashi for a long time, and is willing to give him everything he wants, whether he likes it or not. A different kind of love comedy is about to unfold!
Nanase-san's Crazy Love Obsession has finished publishing and it has 110 Chapters. It is also Known as: 七瀬さんの恋が異常, Nanase's Love Is Crazy
1. Motto Ganbare! Nakamura-kun!!
It was love-at-first-sight when Nakamura met his classmate, Hirose. The two became friends after the shy and awkward Nakamura finally worked up the nerve to speak to him, but being buddy-buddy with your crush is a whole new kind of torture! And as he watches some other guy cuddle up with Hirose like casual bros, Nakamura tries to keep his head from exploding. Why can’t that be him?! Enjoy the hilarious new misadventures of Nakamura desperately trying to keep it together and not scare Hirose off. Hang in there, Nakamura!
Go for It Again, Nakamura! has finished publishing and it has 9 Chapters. It is also Known as: もっとガンバレ！中村くん！！, Motto Ganbare! Nakamura-kun!!
