Manga Recommendation List:
From general LGBT stuff, to crossdressing, to gender transformation, and everything inbetween.
Not all are amazing, but they're all worth reading to some degree, depending on what you're looking for and how much manga you read. They're ordered vaguely in order of quality, but that's very subjective.
The following is the template:
[English Name]/[Romaji Name]
| Demographic: | Shoujo, Shounen, etc |
| Genre: | Sports, Romance, etc |
| Theme/Setting: | Fantasy, Futuristic, etc |
| Gendershit: | Crossdressing, magical transformation, etc |
| Summary: | General gist of the story |
| Status: | In progress, Completed, Cancelled, etc |
| Link: | https://mangadex.org/title/1234 |
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Explicitly LGBT Stuff:
Our Dreams At Dusk/Shimanami Tasogare
| Demographic: | Seinen |
| Genre: | Drama, Psychological, Romance, Shoujo Ai, Shounen Ai, Slice of Life |
| Theme/Setting: | Rural Japan |
| Gendershit: | Trans character |
| Summary: | Hands down the best LGBT manga I've ever read. All the characters are amazing and the story is fantastic. If you could only read one manga in this list, I would recommend this one. Author is best known for making Nabari no Ou. |
| Status: | Completed |
| Link: | https://mangadex.org/title/15976/shimanami-tasogare |
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The Woman You Are and Me/Kanojo ni Naritai Kimi to Boku
| Demographic: | Shoujo |
| Genre: | Romance, Drama |
| Theme/Setting: | School Life |
| Gendershit: | Trans character, crosssdresser |
| Summary: | MtF decides to publically transition, is semi hon and has to deal with social issues, MC is a friend of the MtF and decides to take it on her to protect, lots of character development and drama. |
| Status: | Completed |
| Link: | https://mangadex.org/title/34693/kanojo-ni-naritai-kimi-to-boku |
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Other Various Gendershit:
Magnolia
| Demographic: | Shoujo |
| Genre: | Romance, Drama |
| Theme/Setting: | Fantasy |
| Gendershit: | Genderless character who will slowly become gendered |
| Summary: | MC is the genderless (currently living as a man) heir to the throne who must one day choose a gender. Reads like a story about a boymoder. One of my faves of all time. |
| Status: | Completed |
| Link: | https://mangadex.org/title/9435/magnolia |
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Boku Girl
| Demographic: | Seinen |
| Genre: | Romcom |
| Theme/Setting: | School Life, Supernatural |
| Gendershit: | Magic transformation back and forth a few times. |
| Summary: | Loki turns the main character (who was already very girly) into a girl for a prank. One of my faves, definite classic. |
| Status: | Completed |
| Link: | https://mangadex.org/title/10643/boku-girl |
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My childhood friend MUST become a girl/Osananajimi wa Onnanoko ni Naare
| Demographic: | Seinen |
| Genre: | Comedy |
| Theme/Setting: | School Life |
| Gendershit: | Back and forth gender transformations |
| Summary: | MC's childhood friend gets a wish from a fairy and turns MC into a cute girl. |
| Status: | Completed |
| Link: | https://mangadex.org/title/14933/osananajimi-wa-onnanoko-ni-naare |
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Ranma 1/2
| Demographic: | Shounen |
| Genre: | Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Theme/Setting: | School Life, Martial Arts |
| Gendershit: | Gender transformation back and forth |
| Summary: | A 90s kid skilled in martial arts is cursed to turn into a girl any time he's splashed with cold water. Some say it hasn't aged amazingly but it's entertaining, long, and was a lot of people's intro to the genre or even how they cracked their egg. Reads from left to right. |
| Status: | Completed |
| Link: | https://mangadex.org/title/2299/ranma-1-2Mangadex link is missing the first 169 chapters, read the beginning here:https://www.mangareader.net/ranma-12/1 |
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The Day He Becomes a Woman/Kanojo Ni Naru Hi
| Demographic: | Shoujo |
| Genre: | Romance, Drama |
| Theme/Setting: | School Life |
| Gendershit: | Natural sex swap |
| Summary: | MC's childhood friend in high school undergoes a natural biological process that changes the sex of a person when the gender ratio of society isn't balanced and decides to embrace her new life as a woman. MC isn't exactly thrilled seeing he has had gynophobia for a long time, so she decides to try and cure him. |
| Status: | Completed |
| Link: | https://mangadex.org/title/10368/kanojo-ni-naru-hi |
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The Day He Becomes a Woman — Another/Kanojo Ni Naru Hi Another
| Demographic: | Shoujo |
| Genre: | Romance, Drama |
| Theme/Setting: | School Life |
| Gendershit: | Natural sex swap, boymoding |
| Summary: | Set in the same setting a few years after the ending of the first one, follows a middle school boy who switches sex but is wholly against it, and decides to continue living as a man. Reads like a story about a boymoder, yes this is "that" manga. One of my faves of all time. |
| Status: | Completed |
| Link: | https://mangadex.org/title/10507/kanojo-ni-naru-hi-another |
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Nozomu Nozomi
| Demographic: | Seinen |
| Genre: | Comedy, Drama |
| Theme/Setting: | School Life |
| Gendershit: | Permanent unexplained sex swap |
| Summary: | MC is forced to crossdress and realises he wishes he was a girl, be careful what you wish for. One of the best ones. |
| Status: | Completed |
| Link: | https://mangadex.org/title/11512/nozomu-nozomi |
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To Love at the End of the World/Sekainohate de Aimashou
| Demographic: | Seinen |
| Genre: | Drama, Comedy, Romance |
| Theme/Setting: | Fantasy, School Life |
| Gendershit: | Full permanent sex swap |
| Summary: | MC dies to save the life of a king from another world, he revives MC as a girl with the intent to marry him. |
| Status: | Completed |
| Link: | https://mangadex.org/title/2203/sekainohate-de-aimashou |
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Onii-chan is done for!/Onii-chan wa Oshimai
| Demographic: | Seinen |
| Genre: | Comedy Slice of Life |
| Theme/Setting: | School Life |
| Gendershit: | Sex swap drug |
| Summary: | A shut-in hikki NEET is turned into a middle school girl by his younger sister in an attempt to make him a useful member of society. |
| Status: | In progress |
| Link: | https://mangadex.org/title/22615/onii-chan-is-done-for |
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Boy Princess/Shounen Oujo
| Demographic: | Josei |
| Genre: | Drama, Tragedy, Mystery, Adventure, Comedy |
| Theme/Setting: | Fantasy |
| Gendershit: | Crossdressing, attempts to stave off puberty |
| Summary: | In a country where men have no rights, and male orphan who bears a resemblance to the female heir is kidnapped to be her body double. (very good) |
| Status: | Hiatus |
| Link: | https://mangadex.org/title/3128/shounen-oujo |
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The Net Generation Teacher/Sensei mo Netto Sedai
| Demographic: | Josei |
| Genre: | Comedy, Drama, Slice of Life |
| Theme/Setting: | School Life |
| Gendershit: | Crossdressing, dysphoria(?) |
| Summary: | 5 years ago, he used to crossdress and post pictures of it online. Now, the pics are circulating again, and someone is using them to catfish. |
| Status: | In progress |
| Link: | https://mangadex.org/title/36160/the-net-generation-teacher |
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How Many Light-Years to Babylon?/Babylon made wa Nankounen?
| Demographic: | Seinen |
| Genre: | Adventure, Sci-Fi, Drama, Comedy |
| Theme/Setting: | Futuristic, Space, Aliens |
| Gendershit: | MC gets a botched nano-bot sex change, changes between male and female at random |
| Summary: | The sole survivor of earth after it blew up travels around the universe trying to save the human race from extinction |
| Status: | Completed |
| Link: | https://mangadex.org/manga/20618/ |
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Our Party Is A Mess/Oretachi no Party wa Machigatteiru
| Demographic: | Shounen |
| Genre: | Action, Adventure, Comedy |
| Theme/Setting: | Standard Fantasy w/ demons, magic, monsters |
| Gendershit: | Permanent agical transformation due to curse. |
| Summary: | The party is cursed by the demon king and split up, so they must find one another and regain their power in order to defeat him. |
| Status: | Completed |
| Link: | https://mangadex.org/title/21124/oretachi-no-party-wa-machigatteiru |
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A Boy That Can't Stop Crossdressing/Josou o Yamerarenaku Naru Otokonoko no Hanashi
| Demographic: | Unknown |
| Genre: | Comedy, Slice of Life |
| Theme/Setting: | Modern day, at home |
| Gendershit: | Crossdressing, (mistaken) assumed transformation |
| Summary: | MC crossdresses and is caught by his best friend, who assumes he suddenly woke up as a cis girl, and tries to help him out with that. |
| Status: | In progress |
| Link: | https://www.mangadex.org/manga/57158/ |
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Mayo Chiki
| Demographic: | Seinen |
| Genre: | Comedy, Romance, Slice of Life |
| Theme/Setting: | School Life |
| Gendershit: | Crossdressing |
| Summary: | Girl is forced to dress as a boy to attend an all-male school and continue the family line of butlers serving a rich family. Gynophobic MC discovers her secret when he feels the same fear from her as he does from other women. MC agrees to keep the secret in exchange for having his gynophobia cured. |
| Status: | Completed |
| Link: | https://mangadex.org/title/17/mayo-chiki |
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World Without Boundaries/Kyoukai No Nai Sekai
| Demographic: | Seinen |
| Genre: | Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sports |
| Theme/Setting: | Near future |
| Gendershit: | MC is MtF with a cis female body. Technology exists to give a 100% accurate sex change. |
| Summary: | MC's cousin comes to stay over. Unbeknownst to him, she became a girl after going to her doctor about feeling uncomfortable as a boy. |
| Status: | Completed |
| Link: | https://mangadex.org/title/18986/kyoukai-no-nai-sekai |
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Megu Miruku
| Demographic: | Shounen |
| Genre: | Romcom |
| Theme/Setting: | School Life |
| Gendershit: | Gender Transformation |
| Summary: | Due to a shoddy wish, MC changes gender to the opposite of the last person they kissed. |
| Status: | Completed |
| Link: | https://mangadex.org/title/3507/megu-miruku |
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The Exploding Girl
| Demographic: | Shounen |
| Genre: | Adventure, Comedy |
| Theme/Setting: | Modern city with supernatural stuff |
| Gendershit: | Gender Transformation |
| Summary: | Male MC is given the power to transform into a magical girl to fight against evil monsters that the public don't know about. |
| Status: | Cancelled |
| Link: | https://mangadex.org/title/21770/the-exploding-girl |
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Magical Trans!
| Demographic: | Unknown |
| Genre: | Romcom, Slice of Life |
| Theme/Setting: | School Life |
| Gendershit: | Temporary gender transformations back and forth |
| Summary: | MC joins the "magical girl club" whose president has made an app to allow its user to do a magical girl transformation even if they're a guy. Might be a little too AGP for some. |
| Status: | Completed |
| Link: | https://mangadex.org/title/19733/magical-trans |
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Bro Girl/Otoko Tomodachi Girl
| Demographic: | Unknown |
| Genre: | Slice of Life, Comedy |
| Theme/Setting: | Near Future |
| Gendershit: | Futuristic one-time sex change |
| Summary: | MC agrees to become a girl for a year for a paid study |
| Status: | In progress |
| Link: | https://mangadex.org/title/40315/otoko-tomodachi-girl |
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Balance Policy
| Demographic: | Seinen |
| Genre: | Drama, Romance, Tragedy |
| Theme/Setting: | Near Future |
| Gendershit: | Permanent complete (fertile) sex change. |
| Summary: | Less girls are being born, and in an attempt to raise the birthrate, the government is turning boys into girls for the purpose of childbirth. |
| Status: | Completed |
| Link: | https://mangadex.org/title/6263/balance-policy |
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Idol Pretender/Kargerin len Idol
| Demographic: | Shounen |
| Genre: | Drama, Romcom, Slice of Life |
| Theme/Setting: | Modern Day |
| Gendershit: | Gender transformation drug, trans crossdresser, cis crossdresser |
| Summary: | MC is obsessed with being the manliest man possible in order to win over his crush, but his narcissistic pretty boy roommate ordered some dodgy "beatification pills" from Amazon and gives vague directions on where to find the cold medicine.. |
| Status: | Completed |
| Link: | https://mangadex.org/title/625/idol-pretender |
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Ore ga... Yuri!?
| Demographic: | Unknown |
| Genre: | Comedy, Romance |
| Theme/Setting: | School Life |
| Gendershit: | Magical gender transformation |
| Summary: | High school guy defaces a shrine and is turned into a girl until he can find someone to fall in love with his female self (goes for girls because he's a straight guy). |
| Status: | Completed |
| Link: | https://mangadex.org/title/19728/ore-ga-yuri |
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The Reincarnated Vampire Wants an Afternoon Nap/Tensei Kyuuketsuki-san wa Ohirune ga Shitai
| Demographic: | Seinen |
| Genre: | Comedy, Slice of Life |
| Theme/Setting: | Fantasy/Isekai |
| Gendershit: | Reincarnation |
| Summary: | A lethargic boy who passes away in his sleep from sleep apnoea is reborn as a vampire with unusual abilities. |
| Status: | In progress |
| Link: | https://mangadex.org/title/21828/tensei-kyuuketsuki-san-wa-ohirune-ga-shitai |
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Back Street Girls
| Demographic: | Seinen |
| Genre: | Comedy, Drama, Slice of Life |
| Theme/Setting: | Modern Day, Yakuza/Gang Life |
| Gendershit: | Realistic transition with surgeries. |
| Summary: | 3 yakuza dudes plead for their life after making a grave error, they are spared but are forced to transition to make their boss money as idols, despite still being bros at heart. |
| Status: | Completed |
| Link: | https://mangadex.org/title/19435/back-street-girls |
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Only Sense Online
| Demographic: | Shounen |
| Genre: | Adventure, Comedy, Slice of Life |
| Theme/Setting: | Fantasy (in VR), School Life (IRL) |
| Gendershit: | Playing as a girl in an MMO |
| Summary: | A boy plays a fantasy VRMMO where he was assigned an avatar that looks like him, but is genderbent by the body scanner because of his feminine appearance. |
| Status: | In progress |
| Link: | https://mangadex.org/title/14810/only-sense-online |
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Kedamono Damono
| Demographic: | Shoujo |
| Genre: | Comedy, Romance |
| Theme/Setting: | School Life, Sports |
| Gendershit: | Gender Transformations, Temporary Identity Death? |
| Summary: | A boy turns into a very forward and lewd girl at sunset till sunrise gets his first GF (the pages aren't separated which makes it annoying to read on your phone) |
| Status: | Cancelled |
| Link: | https://mangadex.org/title/27617/kedamono-damono |
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I, Superhero and Magical Girl/Ore To Hero To Mahou Shoujo
| Demographic: | Shounen |
| Genre: | Comedy, Action |
| Theme/Setting: | Modern life with kaiju and magical heroes |
| Gendershit: | Temporary Gender Transformations |
| Summary: | MC desperately wants to quit being a superhero because when he transforms he becomes a young girl and attracts a lot of attention, but trouble just keeps on presenting itself. |
| Status: | In progress |
| Link: | https://mangadex.org/title/23929/ore-to-hero-to-mahou-shoujo |
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Girl (Sometimes) Boy/Onnanoko Tokidoki Otokonoko
| Demographic: | Unknown |
| Genre: | Romance, Comedy |
| Theme/Setting: | School Life |
| Gendershit: | Crossdressing |
| Summary: | Classic trap manga with simple plot, about a childhood friend who moves back to where MC lives after being gone for years. |
| Status: | In progress, Completed, Cancelled, Hiatus |
| Link: | https://mangadex.org/title/2795/onnanoko-tokidoki-otokonoko |
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BlazBlue - Remix Heart
| Demographic: | Shounen |
| Genre: | Action, Comedy |
| Theme/Setting: | Fantasy, School Life |
| Gendershit: | Magical sex swap |
| Summary: | Just before starting at a new school, the main character is "cursed" by a magic grimoire, and it comes with some side effects, too. Takes place in the BlazBlue universe, you might not fully get some parts but it's still enjoyable. |
| Status: | Completed |
| Link: | https://mangadex.org/title/6996/blazblue-remix-heart |
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Stop!! Hibari-kun!
| Demographic: | Shounen |
| Genre: | Comedy, Slice of Life |
| Theme/Setting: | School Life |
| Gendershit: | Mostly stealth girlmoding trans character |
| Summary: | Another oldie, the male main character moves in with a family friend and his children. One is very definitely trans and goes to school in stealth girlmode, but everyone who knows her secret treats her as le annoying crossdressing trap stereotype. Has an anime. |
| Status: | In progress, Completed, Cancelled, Hiatus |
| Link: | https://mangadex.org/title/14122/stop-hibari-kun |
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Gacha Gacha Secret
| Demographic: | Shounen |
| Genre: | Comedy, Romance |
| Theme/Setting: | Modern Day |
| Gendershit: | Unexplained Gender Transformations back and forth |
| Summary: | Boy with a crush on the most popular girl at school feels hopeless until he gains an affliction that causes him to turn back and forth between his normal self and a cute girl whenever he sneezes, allowing him to befriend her as a girl. |
| Status: | Completed |
| Link: | https://mangadex.org/title/3989/gacha-gacha-secret |
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However, as a Heroine/Tadashi Ore wa Heroine Toshite
| Demographic: | Seinen |
| Genre: | Comedy, Romance, Slice of Life |
| Theme/Setting: | School Life in an eroge world |
| Gendershit: | Gender transformation |
| Summary: | Otaku wishes to be the main character of his favourite dating sim, isn't specific enough though and ends up becoming the heroine. Must "complete" the game to turn back. |
| Status: | In progress |
| Link: | https://mangadex.org/title/24667/tadashi-ore-wa-heroine-toshite |
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Agravity Boys
| Demographic: | Shounen |
| Genre: | Comedy, Adventure |
| Theme/Setting: | Alien planet |
| Gendershit: | Alien potion to change sex is offered, androgynous/feminine male character |
| Summary: | Stranded on a faraway planet with the rest of humanity extinct, the genius main characters have to make their way and survive in this foreign environment. |
| Status: | In progress |
| Link: | https://mangaplus.shueisha.co.jp/titles/100077 (official source)https://mangakakalot.tv/manga/zg921404 A reuploader, because the official translation source is pulling the chapters from there and Mangadex after they become older than the 6th most recent. (use an ad-blocker) |
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Useful Good-for-Nothing/Muyong Jiyong
| Demographic: | Seinen |
| Genre: | Comedy, Romance, Drama |
| Theme/Setting: | School Life |
| Gendershit: | Crossdressing |
| Summary: | Main char is a journalist and is forced to crossdress and enter a woman's university to reveal corruptions/scandals. Usual crossdressing hyjinx of trying to keep it a secret, managing relationships and such, all tied into trying to figure out the scandal. |
| Status: | Completed |
| Link: | https://mangadex.org/manga/12244/ |
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Me, Myself & Him/Ore to Atashi no Kareshi-Sama
| Demographic: | Shoujo |
| Genre: | Comedy, Romance |
| Theme/Setting: | School Life |
| Gendershit: | Body swap |
| Summary: | MC and his popular girl sister switch bodies right after she's confessed to by her dream guy and he's forced to date him for her. |
| Status: | In progress |
| Link: | https://mangadex.org/title/9895/ore-to-atashi-no-kareshi-sama |
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Oto x Maho
| Demographic: | Seinen |
| Genre: | Action, Comedy |
| Theme/Setting: | Magical girl stuff |
| Gendershit: | Gender transformations back and forth |
| Summary: | MC's mother wants to retire as a magical girl, so she forcefully signs him up to fight in her stead. |
| Status: | Completed |
| Link: | https://mangadex.org/title/270/oto-x-maho |
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Mizuho Ambivalent
| Demographic: | Seinen |
| Genre: | Comedy, Romance |
| Theme/Setting: | School Life |
| Gendershit: | Crossdressing |
| Summary: | A girl moves back to her home town in search of her "prince", but she can only find a similar-appearanced girl. |
| Status: | Completed |
| Link: | https://mangadex.org/manga/8314/mizuho-ambivalent/ |
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