male manga heroes - soichiro arima 1996

The high-school hero of his and her circumstances (kareshi kanojo no jijo a.k.a. karekano) by Masami Tsuda is a straight A student with charm and good looks in bucketfuls, but he’s not perfect, he can be sneaky and manipulative, he’s used to being the number one guy in class, and when he transfers to a new school he’s not surprised to be the new top student.

Unfortunately the old number-one student, a cute girl named Yukino Miyazawa, is furious that someone else has become the class idol. she gives Soichiro a hard time, but then he finds out that despite her classroom image, at home she’s a lazy, careless slob. Naturally he exploits this to get back at her, but in time, the two realize they really do love each other. Soichiro stops exploiting her, Yukino stops showing off and accepts that she doesn’t have to be on top to be liked, and they become boyfriend and girlfriend.

This high-school romance with an edge of reality appeared in hana to yume and is available in english from Tokyopop.