Manga’s Hottest Summer Romance Reads

By Kat La Mantia | June 23 2022 | GeneralManga

Looking for a new beach read this summer? Grab a feel-good manga title to throw in your bag!

Check out some of our favorite romance picks below. They include bestsellers like I Want to Eat Your Pancreas, Rent-A-Girlfriend, and Wotakai: Love is Hard for Otaku, all of which have their own film or anime adaptations. Syrup and The Two of Them Are Pretty Much Always Like This are sweet and cozy yuri options. A Galaxy Next Door and Grand Blue Dreaming are perfect for readers looking for a little comedy to go with their romance, and The Summer of You and The Summer You Were There are must-reads for anyone looking to maximize their summer escapism vibes.

Browse the titles below and add a little romance to your summer vacation!

The Summer of You (My Summer of You Vol. 1)
The Summer of You (My Summer of You Vol. 1)
Nagisa Furuya
978-1-64651-204-1
A wistful summer blossoms between two high-school boys finding themselves and each other through a shared love of movies in this moving, dramatic, two-volume BL romance series, perfect for fans of Seven Days, Given, or I Hear the Sunspot.
$14.99 US
Jun 01, 2021
Paperback
256 Pages
Kodansha Comics
A Galaxy Next Door 1
A Galaxy Next Door 1
Gido Amagakure
978-1-64651-463-2
The new sweet and wild romantic comedy from the creator of the hit manga and anime about food and family, Sweetness & Lightning! A desperate manga artist, called on to support his two young siblings, meets a new art assistant. But her arrival isn't just a small step, it's a giant leap…
$12.99 US
Apr 26, 2022
Paperback
192 Pages
Kodansha Comics
The Two of Them Are Pretty Much Like This Vol. 1
The Two of Them Are Pretty Much Like This Vol. 1
Takashi Ikeda
978-1-63858-151-2
From the creator of Whispered Words! Enjoy this new slice-of-life yuri manga about two adult women in the creative industries and their shared romantic life in their apartment.
$13.99 US
Jun 07, 2022
Paperback
160 Pages
Seven Seas
Syrup: A Yuri Anthology Vol. 1
Syrup: A Yuri Anthology Vol. 1
Milk Morinaga
978-1-64505-533-4
HOW SWEET IT IS! A beautiful new yuri anthology about women in love, featuring stories by some of the hottest names in manga! This short story collection explores the many different ways these women navigate their love for each other while dealing with the ups and downs of a working life–stories that are all too often overlooked but are yearning to be told!
$13.99 US
Aug 11, 2020
Paperback
180 Pages
Seven Seas
Grand Blue Dreaming 16
Grand Blue Dreaming 16
Kimitake Yoshioka
978-1-64651-402-1
The hit comedy manga comes to print by popular demand! Swimsuits! Ramen! Dumb jokes! Beer! Uncomfortable nudity!
$12.99 US
Jul 19, 2022
Paperback
208 Pages
Kodansha Comics
Sakurai-san Wants to Be Noticed Vol. 1
Sakurai-san Wants to Be Noticed Vol. 1
Akinosora
978-1-63858-530-5
A high school romcom with laughs and fanservice featuring a flirty girl and a clueless guy!
$13.99 US
Aug 09, 2022
Paperback
178 Pages
Seven Seas
Skip and Loafer Vol. 3
Skip and Loafer Vol. 3
Misaki Takamatsu
978-1-63858-116-1
MITSUMI’S FIRST SUMMER IN TOKYO
$12.99 US
Feb 08, 2022
Paperback
184 Pages
Seven Seas
The Summer You Were There Vol. 1
The Summer You Were There Vol. 1
Yuama
978-1-63858-640-1
In this yuri love story by the creator of The Girl I Want is So Handsome! (also from Seven Seas), two high school girls--one a shy writer, the other a social butterfly--try to live out a romance novel.
$13.99 US
Oct 04, 2022
Paperback
164 Pages
Seven Seas
Classmates Vol. 4: Sora and Hara
Classmates Vol. 4: Sora and Hara
Asumiko Nakamura
978-1-64827-653-8
A FATEFUL MEETING
$14.99 US
Nov 16, 2021
Paperback
282 Pages
Seven Seas
Rent-A-Girlfriend 1
Rent-A-Girlfriend 1
Reiji Miyajima
978-1-63236-997-0
Catch up on the manga before Season 2 of the hit anime, coming soon! You can rent a girlfriend, but can you buy love? Reeling from a bad breakup, Kazuya rents the beautiful, polite Chizuru for a date. But rock bottom might be so much lower than he thought! Chizuru is much more than the pretty face and sweet demeanor he thought he'd bargained for...
$12.99 US
Jun 02, 2020
Paperback
208 Pages
Kodansha Comics
Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku 1
Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku 1
Fujita
978-1-63236-704-4
A geeky girl whose life revolves around yaoi manga and a quiet gamer boy are old friends, but when they start working in the same office, they decide to date. It's a relationship of convenience at first, but could it become something more? This manga comedy is now a hit streaming anime!Extra-long book includes 2 Japanese volumes!
$17.99 US
Apr 17, 2018
Paperback
256 Pages
Kodansha Comics
I Want to Eat Your Pancreas: The Complete Manga Collection
I Want to Eat Your Pancreas: The Complete Manga Collection
Yoru Sumino
978-1-64275-032-4
Also known as Let Me Eat Your Pancreas, the manga version of the coming-of-age novel that inspired two films! In this deeply moving first-person story, an introverted high school boy finds his classmate’s diary—and learns her biggest secret. Yamauchi Sakura is dying from a pancreatic disease and now he is the only one person outside her family to know the truth. The last thing the boy wants is to be her friend, but Sakura’s cheerful demeanor and their shared secret draw them together in this heartrending tale of friendship and mortality.
$19.99 US
Jan 22, 2019
Paperback
442 Pages
Seven Seas
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