New Manga Series for the Year 2018
All new manga series reported for this year can be found here. You can sort them by the date they were reported to us, the rating, or based on how active the series was over the past month.
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Mature, Mystery, Psychological, Shounen, Supernatural, Tragedy
From Viz:
Denji’s a poor young man who’ll do anything for money, even hunting down devils with his pet devil Pochita. He’s a simple man with simple dreams, drowning under a mountain of debt. But his sad life gets turned upside down one day when he’s betrayed by someone he trusts. Now with the power of a devil inside him, Denji’s become a whole new man - Chainsaw Man!
Note: Won 2nd place in the 5th Next Manga Award in 2019, the Harvey Award for Best Manga in 2021, 2022 and 2023, the 66th Shogakukan Manga Award for Best Shōnen Manga in 2021 and the 27th Manga Barcelona for Best Shōnen Manga in 2021. Won 3 Japan Expo Awards in 2022 and the Best Manga award at the Japan Expo Awards in 2023.
Nominated for the 3rd annual Tsutaya Comic Award in 2019, the 13th Manga Taishō in 2020 the Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material - Asia in 2022.
Shounen Jump + releases
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Rating: 8.34 (1011 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #49 
(-5)
Genre: Comedy, Ecchi, Romance, School Life, Seinen, Slice of Life
From Square Enix:
Traumatized by a childhood incident with a friend who took exception to his love of traditional dolls, doll-artisan hopeful Wakana Gojou passes his days as a loner, finding solace in the home ec room at his high school. To Wakana, people like beautiful Marin Kitagawa, a trendy girl who's always surrounded by a throng of friends, is practically an alien from another world. But when cheerful Marin--never one to be shy--spots Wakana sewing away one day after school, she barges in with the aim of roping her quiet classmate into her secret hobby: Cosplay! Will Wakana's wounded heart be able to handle the invasion from this sexy alien?
Rating: 8.08 (448 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #84 
(+3)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mature, Romance, Slice of Life, Yaoi
From Square Enix:
Adachi, a thirty-year-old virgin, discovers he has the magical power to read the minds of people he touches. Unfortunately, the ability just makes him miserable since he doesn't know how to use it well! And to make matters worse, when he accidentally reads the mind of his very competent, handsome colleague, Adachi discovers the guy has a raging crush on none other than Adachi himself! Things are about to get VERY awkward.
Official English
Rating: 7.81 (65 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #94 (-45)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, School Life, Shounen, Slice of Life
From Seven Seas:
Kyotaro Ichikawa, a boy barely clinging to the bottom rung of his school’s social ladder, secretly believes he’s the tortured lead in some psychological thriller. He spends his days dreaming up ways to disrupt his classmates’ peaceful lives and pining after Anna Yamada, the class idol. But Kyotaro’s not nearly the troubled teen he pretends to be and it turns out Anna’s a bit odd herself.
Note: Nominated for the 2020 Manga Taisho Award. Won the 2020 Tsugi ni Kuru Manga award in the Web Manga category and the Grand Prize at 2021 Tsutaya Comic Awards.
Rating: 8.03 (190 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #144 (+58)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Mature, Mystery, School Life, Shounen, Supernatural, Tragedy
From Viz:
Although Yuji Itadori looks like your average teenager, his immense physical strength is something to behold! Every sports club wants him to join, but Itadori would rather hang out with the school outcasts in the Occult Research Club. One day, the club manages to get their hands on a sealed cursed object. Little do they know the terror they’ll unleash when they break the seal.
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Rating: 7.9 (472 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #145 (-81)
Genre: Action, Adult, Horror, Mature, Mystery, Seinen, Supernatural, Tragedy
The Yoshinomiya Municipal High School 2nd year students embarked on what they'd hoped was an educational trip with their friends and away from family but it was not meant to be... Their ship was hit by unexpected rough seas and crashed on a strange island! The surviving students are trying to understand what happened but soon they realize they are not alone on this island and the locals don't appear to be very friendly to strangers!!!
Original Manga
Rating: 5.79 (81 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #314 (-48)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Ecchi, Fantasy, Harem, School Life, Shounen
From Yen Press:
Cid Kagenou has a dream. Not of being some typical protagonist or the Final Boss-he has his eyes set on becoming a hidden mastermind working in the shadows. Now that he’s been reborn in another world, Cid has been hard at work building the perfect stage to act out his long-desired role.
The only issue? His imaginary adversaries and plot devices seem to actually exist in this new realm and he alone is left in the dark.
Official English
Rating: 8.16 (408 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #367 (-19)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Seinen, Slice of Life
The trials and tribulations of a single father, who one day meets the reincarnation of his deceased wife.
Rating: 7.06 (66 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #368 (+515)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Harem, Mecha, Romance, School Life, Sci-fi, Shounen
From Seven Seas:
Thanks to some unfortunate gameplay, a young man named Leon has been reborn into the world of an alternate universe otome game. Facing an absurd scenario where males are no better than livestock who serve at the whim of women, Leon only has one weapon - his knowledge of the dating sim genre–to survive the challenges he faces and inspire a revolt against the system.
Rating: 7.27 (229 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #378 (+114)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Slice of Life
From Mangamo:
Recently dumped, Akane is just about to quit the game she used to play with her boyfriend, when she meets Yamada in the same RPG. Yamada in real life turns out to be somewhat of a legend. The only problem is - he is ONLY interested in the game. As Akane's feelings grow, will Yamada's focus stay on the game?
Original Webcomic
Official English (Digital)
Note: Won the Tsutaya Comic Award in 2022.
Rating: 7.94 (189 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #416 (+19)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Psychological, School Life, Supernatural
From Yen Press:
One day, Miko suddenly started seeing grotesque beings that others couldn't. Her response was not to run, not to face them, but to do everything she could to completely ignore them. Can she keep a straight face and continue her day-to-day life while surrounded by horrifying monsters?
Rating: 8.21 (300 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #459 (+147)
Genre: Drama, Psychological, Romance, Seinen, Slice of Life
Yokoi Taku has trouble getting along with people, so he moved to Tokyo as soon as he graduated from high school. He now lives alone, making a living by delivering newspapers and drawing doujinshi, though people totally ignore his non-erotic works. One day, a girl named Saitou Megumi suddenly shows up at his door, claiming that she came all the way from Tottori to meet him because she's a big fan of one of his doujinshi. It ends up that she has faced many hardships herself, and with no intention of leaving, she ends up living with him.
Official English Release:
INKR, Kodansha
Rating: 8.02 (106 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #485 (-75)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Yaoi
Koga Naoto is an omega who was raped by his alpha classmates and got pregnant. Due to that traumatic experience, he came to hate alphas and told himself that he doesn't need a lifemate or a bond, but even with that incident, he insisted on keeping the child and raised her, and an angel named Shizuku was born. She became his strength and center in this cruel word that treats omegas unfairly. But his life suddenly changed when he met an alpha named Tsuchiya Hazuki from the matchmaking party he forced himself to attend.
Rating: 7.93 (278 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #593 (+305)
Genre: Action, Drama, Shounen, Sports
From Kodansha:
After a disastrous defeat at the 2018 World Cup, Japan's team struggles to regroup. But what's missing? An absolute Ace Striker, who can guide them to the win. The Japan Football Union is hell-bent on creating a striker who hungers for goals and thirsts for victory, and who can be the decisive instrument in turning around a losing match and to do so, they've gathered 300 of Japan's best and brightest youth players. Who will emerge to lead the team and will they be able to out-muscle and out-ego everyone who stands in their way?
Note: Won the 45th Kodansha Manga Award in Shounen Category in 2021. Nominated for a Harvey Award in the Best Manga category in 2022.
Rating: 7.76 (185 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #594 (-70)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Shounen
From Yen Press:
“Hey! Wake up! Wake up already!” Second-year high school student Yogiri Takatou was enjoying a peaceful sleep on the bus during his class trip, when suddenly he was shaken awake by the class beauty, Tomochika Dannoura. But rather than the bittersweet development he was hoping for, he instead opened his eyes to the bus being destroyed and the bodies of his classmates lifeless on the floor. And in front of him, another of his classmates was on death’s door as “something” had impaled him.
Rating: 6.39 (164 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #628 (+83)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Shounen, Slice of Life
From J-Novel Club:
Zagan is feared by the masses as an evil sorcerer. Both socially awkward and foulmouthed, he spends his days studying sorcery while beating down any trespassers within his domain. One day he's invited to a dark auction, and what he finds there is an elven slave girl of peerless beauty, Nephy. Having fallen in love at first sight, Zagan uses up his entire fortune to purchase her, but being a poor conversationalist, he has no idea how to properly interact with her.
Thus, the awkward cohabitation of a sorcerer who has no idea how to convey his love and his slave who yearns for her master but has no idea how to appeal to him begins.
Original Manga
Official Korean (Lezhin)
Rating: 7.6 (189 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #712 (+405)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Ecchi, Romance, School Life, Seinen
Yakuin Jirou a third-year High-School student hopes that he will get his first love from the same class Sakurazaka Shiori as practice partner in his High-schools mandatory "Couple-Practical". In this practical, students have to demonstrate that they have the necessary skill-set to live on their own with a partner of the opposite sex while presenting a certain level of harmony to the video surveillance that grades them.
Unfortunately random chance put his slighty subdued self into the practical with the person most opposite of him, the Gyaru Watanabe Akari. Akari on the other hand hoped to be in the practical with her crush Tenjin Minami instead.
Their hopes are doubly dashed when they find out that Shiori and Minami were assigned together, so they decide to reluctantly cooperate to receive an top ten rating which gives the top ten couples the right to exchange partners if both couples agree. To that end Jirou steals Akari's first kiss on the lips without realizing what he'd done, while giving a hurried good-bye kiss.
Rating: 7.19 (126 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #718 (+5)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Gender Bender, Horror, Mature, Mystery, Psychological, Sci-fi, Seinen, Tragedy
From Denpa:
Within the safety of the walls, youths are raised in a nursery-style setting by robots. While life there may appear stale on the surface, the children are full of potential and curiosity. In many ways, it is like a slice of heaven. The outside world is a hellscape. It is almost entirely void of anything mechanical and is now inhabited by bizarre, yet powerful supernatural beings.
Maru, with the aid of Kiruko, is out there crisscrossing what was once Tokyo for heaven. But after searching for so long, maybe heaven is more of an untenable dream than a potential reality.
Note: Winner of Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2019 Award in Male Readers category.
Rating: 7.45 (135 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #773 (-102)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Slice of Life
A linguist travels among the world of monsters, learning how each species communicates.
Original Web Comic
Rating: 7.7 (83 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #779 (-38)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Harem, Romance, Shounen
From Seven Seas:
Teenager Shiinya Kazuya died while saving young girls from an attacker, only to find himself reincarnated into a world of swords and magic. It was a dream come true! Though he remembers his life and knowledge of Earth, he is now Cain von Silford, the third son of an aristocrat. Being granted the protection of the gods on his fifth birthday turned out to be too much of a good thing for Cain. His stats and boosts are so powerful, he must hide his real abilities to climb the ranks of society as he descends into the darkest dungeons. The ultimate isekai adventure begins as a teen-turned-child is trapped in a beautiful kingdom he didn’t create, but might one day rule.
Rating: 6.72 (166 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #783 (+14)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Harem, Romance, Shounen
Before I realized, I had become the guardian of a dungeon, a Demon Lord. I was suddenly in a dangerous world with giant monsters loitering around, fighting for their existence, so I thought to go about developing the dungeon in order to not die but —- for some reason I was having quite the good time…. How did it turn out like this?
The protagonist, Yuki, having to live in that world now, uses his bold and sharp senses and spends time with a supreme dragon girl and a vampire girl; Sometimes laughing, sometimes being angry, passing days doing what he likes.
(Source: novelupdates)
https://ncode.syosetu.com/n2671do/
Rating: 7.23 (163 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #807 (+531)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, School Life, Seinen, Slice of Life
From Seven Seas:
Excellent student Iwakura Mitsumi has always dreamt about leaving her small town, going to a prestigious university, and making a positive change in the world. But she’s so focused on reaching her goals that she’s not prepared for the very different (and overwhelming) city life that awaits her in a Tokyo high school. Luckily, she makes fast friends with Shima Sousuke, a handsome classmate who’s as laid-back as she is over-prepared. Can this naive country girl make it big in Tokyo with Sousuke by her side?
Note: Nominated for the Manga Taisho Award in 2020, the Annual Kodansha Manga Awards in 2022 and won Kodansha Manga Award in the general category in 2023.
Rating: 8.42 (165 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #820 (-74)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Shounen
Sano Yuji, a black company employee, is summoned to another world while finishing his work at home. His profession in the other world, a Monster Tamer, is considered a job that makes it difficult to become an adventurer. However, thanks to some slimes he met, which read several magical books, he gained magical powers and the second profession, Sage. Yuji acquired overwhelming power, but is he conscious of his strength? Blindly becoming unparalleled and strongest in the world!
Rating: 6.89 (160 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #864 (+340)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Harem, Romance, Shounen, Slice of Life
From Yen Press:
After finding himself unable to keep up with the hellish fighting on the front lines of the war against the demon lord’s army, Red is finally kicked out of the Hero’s party. Ashamed of his inadequacy, he moves to a distant frontier region where nobody would know his face or past. However, once he gets over the funk of having to leave his adventuring days behind, he’s actually excited to begin a quiet life as an apothecary which becomes a whole lot more lively when a former party member and actual princess, Rit, pays him an unexpected visit.
Rating: 6.79 (134 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #907 (-188)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-fi, Shounen, Slice of Life
From Viz:
From the day his parents named him, Nasa Yuzaki has felt connected to outer space. Whether he likes it or not. His efforts to outperform the space program veer off course when an accident introduces him to Tsukasa, a mysterious girl with strange powers. Is she an alien, a moon goddess or something else? Since she insists on marrying him, Nasa will have plenty of chances to find out.
Rating: 7.72 (230 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #992 (-239)
