Surprising Romance Manga for Valentine’s Day and Beyond

For the month of February, a month recognized and celebrated for love, I wanted to make a short manga list of manga series serving up the romance that has taken me by surprise! From a shorter series that challenges gender roles in a more positive light to a series that manages to be both an game changer via romance and also be thriller, here’s manga that I’m hoping you’ll want to read past Valentine’s day and beyond.

My Androgynous Boyfriend Creator: Tamekou Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment Age Rating: 16+ Available Formats: Digital & Physical Ongoing or Completed: Ongoing (Three volumes) Localization Team: Jocelyne Allen (Translator), Laura Heo (Letterer) Lora Gray (Adaptation) All the important manga folks that I follow online were reading and talking about this series, so I eventually bought the first volume and wanted more. My Androgynous Boyfriend’s premise is simple: the manga follows the lives of Wako, who works in publishing and Meguru her gorgeous boyfriend who expertly knows much about fashion and makeup—all with the goal of making himself beautiful just for her. I adore the day to day of the life of these two all while seeing their work ethnic when it comes to their careers, their hopes, and dreams and how they love on each other. Add in social media, other people’s expectations, and how to navigate them, this romantic slice-of-life story one is a gem! While the second volume focuses more on Meguru and his recent career change, and less on their…