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Fans of romance manga tend to either love or avoid age gap romances. It's a specific genre that's either a hit or a miss, but not every age gap romance is the same. As each character falls in love, they may come face to face with the typical difficulties of being in a relationship as well as troubles related to their age difference.

However, whether the manga characters are a senpai and kohai in school or young adults with an age gap who just happened to have a meet-cute, each romance manga has an adorable love story all its own. They may be unorthodox and sometimes even controversial, but these age gap love stories prove are just as lovable as the next manga romance.

Updated on June 22nd, 2023 by Maria Remizova: Age gap manga is a peculiar subgenre of romance that’s difficult to execute without it coming off as creepy. Yet, people are still interested in seeing the unique tribulations and beauties of age gap relationships. Love knows no bounds in these cute romance stories, regardless of the partners’ generational differences. This list was updated with even more adorable age gap couples.

20 Fumi Oono & Akatsuki Kibikino (Tsubaki-Chou Lonely Planet)

By Mika Yamamori

16-year-old Fumi Oono, starts from a place of desperation in Tsubaki-chou Lonely Planet. Evicted from their apartment due to her father’s massive debt, Fumi settles for a position as a live-in housekeeper for Akatsuki Kibikino, an eccentric writer a decade her senior.

Their relationship has a disastrous start, with Akatsuki insulting Fumi’s competence and treating her with blatant disrespect. Yet, in her attempts to prove her boorish employer wrong, Fumi begins to see the gentle and affectionate sides of Akatsuki she rather likes.

19 Senagaki Isaku & Utou Keiya (A Girl & Her Guard Dog)

By Hatsuharu

Normalcy was all Senagaki Isaku from A Girl & Her Guard Dog has ever wanted out of life. Unfortunately, her upbringing as the heir of a yakuza clan didn’t mix well with ordinary teenage merits. In the girl’s dreams, high school was the perfect opportunity for her to start from a clean slate.

Unfortunately, the one she found entering high school beside her was none other than Utou Keiya, her 26-year-old yakuza guardian. However, a hectic school life with an unorthodox protector by her side might be a blessing in disguise for Isaku.

18 Rinko Yoshitaka & Ryo Arase (The Teacher Can Not Tell Me Love)

By Minamoto Motomi

Relationships between a student and their sensei are a classic trope of age gap manga. Its execution in The Teacher Can Not Tell Me Love is particularly endearing and refreshingly comical. At first glance, young teacher Rinko Yoshitaka treats Ryo Arase just as sternly as all her other students.

Yet, when no one is looking, the two relish in the sweet moments of a forbidden romance. Yoshitaka is determined to keep their relationship a secret until Arase turns 20. However, concealing such passionate love is unexpectedly difficult in the close-knitted school environment.

17 Hayame Katsuragi & Issei Kataoka (Promise Cinderella)

By Tachibana Oreco

27-year-old housewife Hayame Katsuragi from Promise Cinderella doesn't tolerate the ill-treatment of others or herself. Yet, she never expected a confrontation with her cheating husband to leave her divorced and homeless. Desperate and alone, she accepts help from a rich, arrogant high school bully Issei Kataoka.

The boy suggests Hayame tosses aside her pride and stays at his house – an irresistible offer for the older woman. While Hayame and Issei start off on the wrong foot, their individual character development and the progression of their romance are guaranteed to win the readers over.

16 Itsuki Furuse & Touma Hino (Strawberry Syndrome)

By Yuzuki Komugi

Strawberry Syndrome is an age gap manga focused on a secret established relationship between high school student Itsuki Furuse and her math teacher Touma Hino. Even after going out for 6 months, the couple is yet to even kiss, and every crumb of intimacy is always initiated by Itsuki.

Despite loving his girlfriend very much, Hino acts distant, rarely reacting to Itsuki’s affectionate advances and declarations of love. Yet, the girl’s overwhelming cuteness is capable of shattering even the stoic teacher’s stone-cold facade and revealing the bashful boy beneath.

15 Seiji Tajima & Shin Nakamoto (My Dearest Cop)

By Niyama

My Dearest Cop centers on the budding relationship between Seiji Tajima, a local shop owner in his 40s, and Shin Nakamoto, a young hot-blooded cop who's only just starting out. The two have known each other for years, stemming back to Shin's high school days, and Shin has always had a huge crush on his older friend.

However, Shin convinced himself nothing will ever come of such feelings for several reasons, from their age difference to the fact that he's not even sure if Seiji likes men at all. All that changes when Shin discovers Seiji wants to try his luck dating other men, and from then on, he can't seem to hold back his feelings any longer.

14 Sara Moritani & Minori Sugiura (Strawberry Love)

By Irono

Strawberry Love is a short and sweet romance manga starring Sara Moritani, a university student who moves to the countryside to help her grandfather out on his farm after he sustains an injury. However, she soon discovers there's more waiting for her in the fields than a simple country life.

While working on the farm, Sara meets Minori Sugiura, a skilled strawberry farmer who teaches her all she needs to know about the business. As the two work together, their close relationship becomes much more and they both develop romantic feelings. However, because Minori is thirteen years older, neither is sure if they should truly pursue their feelings.

13 Akira Tachibana & Masami Kondou (After The Rain)

By Jun Mayuzuki

After the Rain features a rather controversial age gap romance. However, it presents it in a realistic and nuanced way that most readers can relate to, making it a surprisingly well-written love story. The series centers on Akira Tachibana, a soft-spoken high school student who struggles to fit in with her peers. While working part-time at a local café, she slowly falls in love with the shop's owner, a 45-year-old man named Masami Kondou.

Despite their age gap, Kondou's kindness and sweet nature draw Akira to him, and against her better judgment, she embraces these developing feelings. Though the two realistically couldn't be together, Akira grapples with her feelings and wonders if she should throw caution to the wind and confess.

12 Kiritani Yoshino & Nishijima Rou (I Didn't Mean To Fall In Love)

By Minta Suzumaru

There's no denying that, age gap or not, many BL anime romances are considered problematic nowadays. Luckily, many newer series feature much healthier and balanced relationships. Among these is I Didn't Mean to Fall in Love, a romantic drama centered on two men trying to learn the ins and outs of love while navigating their feelings for each other.

The story follows Yoshino, an awkward 30-year-old man with absolutely no dating experience, and Rou, a beautifully charming college student who's only been on casual dates. Up until now, both have struggled to find true love and have essentially given up on it. However, this all changes when a chance encounter brings the two men together and sends them on a whirlwind love story.

11 Chise Hatori & Elias Ainsworth (The Ancient Magus' Bride)

By Kore Yamazaki

While it's not exactly a love story, fans can't help but adore the budding romance between Chise Hatori and Elias Ainsworth in The Ancient Magus' Bride. Much of the story centers on these two and the relationship of trust and understanding they slowly build throughout the series. Their tale begins after Elias purchases Chise at a slave market.

However, rather than keeping Chise as his property, Elias instead makes her his new apprentice — as well as his bride. Thus, their adventures together begin as Elias takes Chise to his peaceful English home, where magic is found at every turn. Here, Chise learns her own magic from her new betrothed and slowly builds a life for herself unlike anything she could have ever dreamed.

10 Fukunaga Haruhi & Sunohara Nagato (Black Sesame Salt & Custard Pudding)

By Yufuko Suzuki

Getting married to a man one's met at a bar while drunk isn't the smartest way to begin a relationship, but for 22-year-old Haruhi and 42-year-old Nagato, it's their reality. However, this marriage works. The arrangement provides Nagato a place to stay as he searches for new work as a calligrapher.

Haruhi also plans to introduce Nagato to her family as her husband, convincing them to let her stay in the city. Once Haruhi and Nagato sort things out, then they'll get a divorce, easy peasy. However, the two didn't expect to fall for one another.

9 Motoya Kako & Sagano Kouta (My Boy In Blue)

By Maki Miyoshi

When Kako finds herself lying about her age at a mixer held by her best friend's older sister, she didn't expect to fall for one of the older guys and definitely didn't expect him to fall for her. When the truth about her age is revealed, 16-year-old Kako comes face to face with the reality that the guy she likes is a police officer and can't date her.

Despite the age difference between them, Kako can't seem to forget her feelings for Officer Kouta. Even if they come from two different worlds, she's determined to get closer to this mysterious man and learn more about him. Though it may be against his better judgment, Kouta may still be interested, too.

8 Kyousuke Ebihara & Moe Sasaki (My Boyfriend In Orange)

By Non Tamashima

After the death of her father, Moe finds herself relocated to her mother's hometown and struggles to adjust. When a fire drill at school goes wrong and she finds herself rescued by a handsome fireman named Kyousuke, things start to change.

As it turns out, Kyousuke did more than just rescue Moe from a fire drill. With his bravery and show of heroism, he also rescues her heart. Now it's Moe's turn to get this brave firefighter to fall for her, which might not be too hard since he keeps coming to her rescue.

7 Motomiya Mao & Nakamura Hiro (House Of The Sun)

By Ta'amo

House of the Sun begins with protagonist Mao finding herself with nowhere to call home after her father suddenly remarries. Thankfully, she encounters her old childhood friend, Hiro, who unexpectedly invites her to stay the night with him in his childhood home.

Despite the time that has passed, the two easily reconnect with one another and begin to learn about the scars they've endured in their time apart. As they continue to live together, they also begin to see one another in a new light. How exactly will this tale of childhood friends of different ages unfold?

6 Kurosaki Tasuku & Kurebayashi Teru (Dengeki Daisy)

By Kyousuke Motomi

After losing both her parents and her older brother, Teru doesn't waste time crying because she has Daisy's kind words to rely upon. Even if she's being harassed at school and finds herself the work slave of the janitor Kurosaki, Teru can always count on Daisy to protect her.

When Teru finds herself in the middle of a battle for her late brother's technology, Teru grows closer to her brother's old friends, and to the older rude blonde janitor. As her search for the truth continues, Teru learns not everything is what it seems — especially Daisy's identity.

5 Nonomura Hana & Saibara Takane (Takane & Hana)

By Yuki Shiwasu

Hana didn't expect to attend an arranged marriage meeting with Takane, the grandson of her father's boss, let alone go while pretending to be her older sister. Everything was going fine until Takane opened his mouth and said something immature and insulting.

Without a second thought Hana stood up for herself and confidently walked away from that meeting, but now she finds Takane won't leave her alone until he gets the final say. A game of wits and perhaps love between a high school girl and a conglomerate heir begins.

4 Matsunaga Jun & Sonoda Miko (Living Room Matsunaga-San)

By Keiko Iwashita

At the start of Living Room Matsunaga-san, Miko moves into her uncle's boarding house and expects it to be a great new start to her high school career, despite living so far away from home. However, what she didn't expect was the various personalities of her fellow housemates, especially the intimidating and grumpy Matsunaga.

As Miko learns to adjust to living in the boarding house and grows closer with her fellow roomies, she learns that first impressions aren't everything. Miko discovers more about Matsunaga, and she begins to understand that home isn't necessarily where she is are but who she is with.

3 Ousaka Ririka & Youjiro Hino (My Darling Next Door)

By Rukana

My Darling Next Door is probably one of the most wholesome age gap stories to come out in recent years, featuring a cute and innocent romance between the bubbly heroine and her charming new neighbor. With a bright personality and a strong sense of responsibility, Ririka is more than just the average gyaru, so when she meets her next-door neighbor, she can't help but try to make him feel welcome.

However, what Ririka didn't expect was that Hino, her put-together salaryman neighbor, was a complete airhead or that she'd find him extremely cute. As Ririka and Hino spend more time together, Ririka can't help herself from falling head over heels for her next-door neighbor. Only time will tell if Hino feels the same.

2 Mizukawa Asuma & Koshino Serina (You Got Me, Sempai!)

By Azusa Mase

An underrated manga gem, You Got Me, Sempai! is a sweet story of young love between two high school students. After tracking down the boy who wrote song lyrics on her school desk, Serena couldn't help herself but ask him out right then and there. Serena and Mizukawa-sempai quickly begin dating and slowly get to know one another.

Soon, Serena and Mizukawa find themselves in a relationship they wish will last forever. Unfortunately, not every romance has a fairy tale ending. Given the many obstacles in their way, it's safe to say that Serena and Mizukawa's love won't be easy. One thing's for sure: they'll work hard to stay together.

1 Rose Choi & Daniel Yoon (Age Matters)

By Enjelicious

After learning that her fiancé cheated on her, 30-year-old Rose packs her bags and moves in with her best friend. Newly single and currently jobless, Rose is ready for a pity party. However, things take a turn when Rose finds herself employed by her mysterious next-door neighbor.

With their relationship already off to a rocky start, imagine Rose's surprise that her boss is the 23-year-old Daniel Yoon, CEO of LIME. As they continue to work together, it becomes harder to deny their mutual attraction. But will things go as planned? After all, does age really matter when it comes to love?