New Manga Series for the Year 2008
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: Drama, Romance, School Life, Shoujo, Supernatural
From Karma Falls Scanslations:
Shinigami Ai is bored with his job and to seek enjoyment he has an interest in high-school girl Ren who only has days left to live. She is the student council president at her school and really a good-hearted girl, but she is feared by the whole school because of her harsh way of speaking. Ai possesses her body and exposes her kind, true nature and so enjoys his "Sarashi Asobi (Exposing Game)". But gradually he is starting to feel an interest in being with Ren...
Includes the one-shot "0.3 Byou Lunch (0.3秒Lunch)"
Rating: 8.46 (446 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #3785 (No change)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, School Life, Shounen Ai, Slice of Life
Awkward Yoshida is hated by all the girls in school for his perceived closeness with hot guy Sato, who uses hanging out with Yoshida as an excuse to turn them all down. If Yoshida is merely an excuse, why does Sato taunt him in private about “his favorite”? Is it possible Sato’s feelings run deeper than friendship? And what could he possibly see in the funny-looking Yoshida? Watch Yoshida’s life turn upside down with hilarious results!
Included Oneshots:
- Volume 1: "Kimi wa Happoubijin" ( 君は八方美人 ); Magazine Be x Boy 2006-09
- Volume 2: "Kame no Koi wa Mannen" ( 亀の恋は万年 ); Magazine Be x Boy 2005-12
"Koi wa Marunomi" ( 恋は丸呑み ); Magazine Be x Boy 2006-03
Note:
SuBLime put out a digital extra of this series called "His Notebook." It takes place at the end of Volume 6 and discusses what happened between Yoshida and Sato on the beach.
Official English
Rating: 8.46 (447 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2177 
(+59)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Slice of Life, Yaoi
From Juné Manga
Onoda is a straight guy and he is three years younger than Harumi Deguchi. They have nothing in common and at first, they were just friends. But that’s not enough for Harumi- he wants more from Ryo and he realizes that he has fallen in love with him. Feeling anxious and emotional, he wants to tell him how he feels… but he can’t. Fearing rejection, he’d rather be just friends and not ruin what he has with him. Here- we have a story of pain, sorrow and happiness of being in love.
Rating: 8.45 (420 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #3046 
(-28)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, School Life, Shoujo
From Azuki:
Mizutani is a self-absorbed overachiever, concerned only with maintaining the highest grades in school. Haru is an impulsive short tempered brute, who scares everyone with his explosive bursts of violence. Haru gets suspended on the first day of school when he encounters some bullies harassing a student and dispatches the bullies with great bloody violence. Mizutani is tasked with delivering school materials to Haru who interprets this as an act of friendship and latches on to Mizutani, much to her dismay. And so begins a strange and potentially combustible relationship.
Official English: Azuki, INKR
Rating: 8.45 (1283 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #1670 (+276)
Genre: Comedy, Josei, Romance, Slice of Life
From Aerandria Scans:
Life isn’t sweet... Asaoka Yuuri, a senior in university, has failed for the 49th time in job hunting. During an exam at the 50th company, which should be a commemoration for her, she came to know Manabe Ryouji, a famous guy at her university. The first impression was horrible. But what will happen to Yuuri, who started to be attracted to Manabe, who looks cool and can do everything to the point that it’s annoying...?!
Rating: 8.43 (887 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #3186 (+45)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Martial Arts, Romance
Tang Sect, the most famous martial arts sect of all. By stealing its most secret teachings to fulfill his dreams, Tang San committed an unforgivable crime. With his ambition attained, he hands his legacy to the sect and throws himself from the fearsome "Hell's Peak."
But he could have never imagined that this would reincarnate him in another world, one without magic, martial arts, and grudges. A land where only the mystical souls of battle lay.
The continent of Douluo.
How will Tang San survive in this unknown environment? With a new road to follow, a new legend begins...
Original Web Novel
Rating: 8.42 (349 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #3222 (+145)
Genre: Drama, Historical, Romance, Supernatural, Yaoi
Takimura has a very unusual job: he's one of Hell's authorised personnel - and he's still alive! He's also attracted the attention of none other than the King of Hell himself, Enma, who greets Takimura every workday with the question, "Have you decided to become mine yet?"
Rating: 8.38 (499 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #3790 (No change)
Genre: Doujinshi, Romance, School Life, Yaoi
Pairing: Genji x Izaki
Doujinshi for the movie Crows ZERO.
Rating: 8.37 (144 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2268 (+1072)
Genre: Adult, Drama, Psychological, Slice of Life, Tragedy, Yaoi
From Vices and Devices:
Ikki, an optimist who isn't afraid of anything, begins working at a small restaurant when he finds himself charmed by the owner. It's there that he runs into Ryuu, and from Ryuu, he hears Toshimitsu's name, one that's oddly familiar.
Neither Ikki nor Ryuu can seem to get away from Toshimitsu, and now their mysterious shared past will lead to an unknown future.
Rating: 8.37 (478 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #3201 (+45)
Genre: Adult, Comedy, Ecchi, Romance, School Life, Seinen
Kaoru is a 17-year-old virgin who has an SM fetish. He secretly dreams about an SM relationship with his childhood friend Nana. One day Kaoru's mom asks Nana to hide all his SM toys so he'll study for a change. However, Nana finds the leather one-piece that Kaoru bought and tries it on, but she accidentally locks it and doesn't have the key! The beginning of their super strange relationship.
Note: The chapter numbers were reset after moving from Young Animal Arashi to Young Animal.
Original Manga:
Young Animal, Manga Park
Official Translations:
English (Denpa, Fakku)
Rating: 8.36 (1744 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #1089 (-259)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, School Life, Shounen, Supernatural
From Viz:
Rikuo grew up in a house full of yokai, so he always thought they were cool. But the kids in his class talk about yokai like they're bad! When his grandfather announces Rikuo as his chosen heir to run the Nura clan, Rikuo is torn between his human nature and his duties as a yokai. The rest of the clan's not so crazy about a wimpy part-human as their ruler, particularly Gagoze, a high-ranking yokai who would rather eat a human than be ruled by one.
Rating: 8.35 (1266 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2248 (-125)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Seinen, Slice of Life
From Easy Going Scans:
Fate brings two people who live in the same condo together on a typical afternoon. Ozawa (26) has just broken up with her boyfriend of five years and was in the process of trying to rebuild her life when she meets Oyamada who lives a couple floors below her. He is somewhat of a loner although he does have a few friends and his room is cluttered with all the random stuff that his impulse shopper brother sends him. Ozawa takes an interest with all the things in his room and the two start a friendship that slowly turns into something more.
Rating: 8.35 (1351 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #1454 (+192)
Genre: Action, Drama, Historical, Shounen Ai
Set in feudal-era Japan, Yorube Naki Mono centers around prostitutes, assassins, and the grimier sides of city life.
One night, a mysterious young man named Shikon is introduced as the newest member of Saiga's group of assassins for hire. Shikon is outgoing and flirtatious, but Saiga can sense there's more to Shikon than he lets on...
A chance encounter on a moonlit night leads to two destinies awakening.
Rating: 8.35 (242 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #3254 (No change)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, School Life, Slice of Life, Yaoi
High-school student Ao decides he’s in love with Ryoumei-san, a priest at the local shrine and Ao’s childhood friend. Not one to beat around the bush, Ao immediately tells Ryoumei he wants to do perverted things together, but it will take more than a little persuading to get the shocked Ryoumei into bed. Between bad advice, romantic rivals, and Ryoumei’s scruples, there are many obstacles in the path of true love.
Note: Shunpei from Koi Cha no Osahou appears in this story as the main character's best friend.
Official English
Rating: 8.34 (958 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #3019 (-29)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, School Life, Shoujo
From JShoujo Scans:
Although she doesn't get along with people very well, Kanoko considers herself a perfect "observer". Her hobby is observing the students in her third year junior high class and keeping a journal of the classroom drama. But what will happen when Kanoko becomes involved with some of her classmates?
Rating: 8.33 (855 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2809 (+5)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, School Life, Slice of Life, Smut, Yaoi
From Blissful Sin:
Rintarou is bothered by the throbbing of his heart caused by his tutor, Kaede for unknown reasons. One day, Rintarou finds out that he's actually in love with Kaede when he was receiving H punishment! But, without knowing Kaede's feelings, Rintarou became anxious and..?! Little sadistic home tutor x natural high school student's after class love.
Includes the following short stories:
V.1
Chapters 4-5 Complex 17
To everyone Kouki is pure, innocent, good-looking, and well-mannered. But in front of Nao Miharu.?!
Chapters 6-7 Koi no Hajime wa xxx!?
What does Amekawa Chitose have to do to get Nijyou Sensei to believe him.
V.2
Chapters 12-13 Yuuutsu Trickster (Melancholic Trickster)
When host, Hayase, wakes up one morning, he finds himself in his neighbour's Akizawa house and from the moment he ate his cooking, Hayase felt attached to him. Then one day while Akizawa was sleeping, Hayase plays a prank on him and is paid back with a forceful kiss?!
Bangai-hen/Extra
V.3
Chapter 15 The prequel to Koitomo!?
There are also 2 Special Booklets
Special Booklet #1 Shows a bit of Kaede as a child and his viewpoint on toys.
Special Booklet #2 Just what will Rintarou do when he gets lonely because Kaede's has been neglecting him?
Rating: 8.33 (843 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2676 (-70)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, School Life, Shounen, Sports
From Yen Press:
For the love of all things otaku--anime, video games, figures, you name it!
Power-pedaling Sakamichi Onoda has long been conquering the steepest slopes and regularly making the ninety-kilometer round-trip to Akihabara on a mommy bike!! But when his bike commute to his new high school lands him in a confrontation with the serious first-year road racer Imaizumi, Onoda has a major showdown on his hands! Can this meek geek really out-pedal the future ace of the school road-racing team?!
Note: Won the Kodansha Manga Award for Shounen in 2015 (tied with Nanatsu no Taizai).
Rating: 8.33 (223 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2847 (-14)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, School Life, Shoujo, Slice of Life
From Aerandria Scans:
One day, Mizuho, a university student, receives news that her classmate in high school, Origuchi Haruka, passed away. Mizuho doesn't remember being best friends with Origuchi, but apparently, Origuchi told her mother that Mizuho was her best friend. And now, her mother wants Mizuho to help her find the boy Origuchi dated during high school. Mizuho told Origuchi's mother that Origuchi was a very plain girl, and she was never seen with a guy, but her mother told Mizuho that Origuchi got pregnant and had an abortion when she was in high school. Mizuho was shocked, but she still starts asking her other classmates in high school and following the traces Origuchi left behind.
Note: Won the 58th Shogakukan Manga Award in the Shoujo manga category in 2013.
Rating: 8.33 (223 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #3023 (-266)
Genre: Drama, Historical, Mystery, Romance, Supernatural, Yaoi
Akihiko, searching for answers about the early-death curse that afflicted his father, returns to the rural family seat, but when he arrives, he is faced with only more questions. What is the nature of his family's curse, and why does it strike down only male descendants? Who was the Meiji-era ghost that appears in Akihiko's visions? Above all, does his mysterious cousin Ren have the answers that he seeks?
Extra: Juusanya
Note: The English release by Sublime is no longer in print but it's available on Apple Books digitally.
Rating: 8.32 (345 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #3140 (+337)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Slice of Life, Yaoi
1-4. Tight Rope
The teenage son of a sick mafia boss is constantly pressured to inherit his position as the "5th". However, Ryuu wishes for nothing other than to marry his friend Naoki and have a happy family. How will this go?
5. Doushiyoumo Nai Keredo Returns
Shimano's Father shows up at Kurokawa's apartment on weekend and meets his son wearing apron?!
6. Tight Rope Extra
Rating: 8.32 (727 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #3174 (-61)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Gender Bender, Romance, School Life, Shoujo
Amagai Gakuen, a prestigious school for boys, was hit by an unusual spring storm during the entrance ceremony. Five boys - Hazuki, Toma, Yusuke, Madoka and Junta - were all caught in the storm's violence and were affected by a strange phenomenon. All of them were transformed into girls.
Inevitably they will meet someone and fall in love. Bikke wholeheartedly introduces this new, beautifully drawn series about boys and girls coming of age.
Rating: 8.31 (308 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2928 (+29)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Slice of Life, Yaoi
It was just bound to become an 'odd-couple'-type of relationship when bookstore employee Serizawa bumps into the Goliath (but apparently very meek and timid one), Keito. Falling in love was easy, but how will Keito overcome his meekness to show Serizawa his true feelings? On the other hand, how will Serizawa vanquish his own insecurities about relationships and accept Keito's affections for him? A lot of things can happen under the cafe latte-colored sky...
Rating: 8.3 (585 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #3219 (+67)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, School Life, Shoujo
From Aerandria Scans:
Our protagonist, Hikaru, is a member of the astronomy club at her school. On one beautiful starry night, she encounters a tall boy with blonde hair that looks almost white. However, he turns out to be...?!
Rating: 8.29 (551 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #3181 (+107)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Supernatural, Yaoi
When Shin hears about a doll known as the "bloody doll" from his friends, he can't help but be curious. Instantly falling in love with the figurine he decides to buy it, but there are rumors about the doll and how it got its name. It can supposedly move and talk, one owner even claimed that it drank his blood.
Unfazed, Shin buys the doll anyway to find out that the rumors might not be as ridiculous as they sound...
Rating: 8.28 (511 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #3138 (+281)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Slice of Life, Yaoi
From Liquid Passion:
When business leads Haruna to Nakagawa's family-owned brewery, it's love at first sight for Haruna. Too bad that Nakagawa and his crotchety grandpa can only say "not interested" to his offers. Will Haruna ever secure the distribution rights to the best sake in town? And more importantly, will he manage to win over the cantankerous brewer's grandson?
Rating: 8.28 (265 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2207 (+1048)
