New Manga Series for the Year 2012
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, Psychological, Romance, School Life, Yaoi
While walking around the streets, Momose stumbled upon his classmate cross-dressing as a girl. Ever since then, he couldn't help but to take notice of him in school..?
Rating: 8.3 (592 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #3055 
(+11)
Genre: Romance, Shounen Ai, Slice of Life, Tragedy
A girl goes to the seaside, encountering a mysterious boy who tells her a tale of a bird and a fish, and the last wish of that bird.
Original Manhua
Rating: 8.27 (181 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #3138 (+105)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Shounen, Slice of Life, Supernatural
From Azuki:
Makoto Kowata, a novice witch, packs up her belongings (including her black cat familiar) and moves in with her distant cousins in rural Aomori Prefecture, in the far north reaches of Japan, to complete her training and become a full-fledged witch.
Official Korean (Lezhin)
Official English: Azuki, INKR
Rating: 8.26 (241 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #490 (+54)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, School Life, Yaoi
Official English: Vol 1, Vol 2-3 , Vol 4
In the Iberiko Buta series:
Vol.1 Iberiko Buta to Koi to Tsubaki. (Iberico Pork and Love and Camellia)
Irie "Iberiko", leader of the Pigs Raging Clean Up Crew, is rumored to go on uncontrollable rampages when angered, so when Tsubaki's friends accidentally litter near the Pigs' high school and piss them off how is it that not only does Iberiko accept their explanation but also invites Tsubaki to dinner?
Vol.2-3 Iberiko Buta to Koi no Dorei. (Iberico Pork and Slave of Love)
This is a sequel to Genji and Yoshimune's story in Love and Camelia which tells about Genji's one-sided feelings towards Yoshimune (they are both part of Irie's crew).
Vol.4 Iberiko Buta no Tsumawase. (Assortment of Iberico)
This is a must-read book for Iberico Buta enthusiasts, which contains short stories and unreleased commercial works that are not included in the comic book.
Rating: 8.25 (237 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2984 (+96)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Ecchi, Gender Bender, Mystery, Romance, School Life, Shounen, Supernatural
From Kodansha:
Class troublemaker Ryu Yamada is already having a bad day when he stumbles down a staircase along with star student Urara Shiraishi. When he wakes up, he realizes they have switched bodies and that Ryu has the power to trade places with anyone just by kissing them! After figuring out the workings behind this new and amazing ability, Ryu and Urara take full advantage of the situation to improve their lives. But with such oddly amazing power, just how long will Ryu and Urara be able to keep their secret under wraps?
Official English: Azuki, INKR
Rating: 8.25 (1288 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2209 (+116)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Mystery, School Life, Sci-fi, Shounen
The story is about class 3-E of Kunugigaoka Middle School, where every morning they greet their teacher with a massive firing squad. The teacher is a weird combination of an alien and a octopus that moves at speeds of mach-20. It turns out this creature was responsible for the destruction of the moon, rendering it forever in a crescent shape. He has announced that he will destroy the world in one year. The creature will teach class 3-E how to assassinate him before the year is over.
Volume 21 contains Tokyo Depato Sensou Taikenki (Tokyo Department War Memoir).
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Rating: 8.25 (1189 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2217 (+45)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Slice of Life, Yaoi
Volume 1: Izumi returns from a business trip to find his apartment ransacked to the bone. Practically penniless, he moves into the only shelter he can afford: a room in a battered multi-family complex. As if the less-than-livable conditions weren't bad enough, he has to put up with his new weird, rude and tactless neighbors - and one of them is Haruto, the superintendent.
Volume 2: Everyone in the complex has seen Momo and Jin in a compromising situation at least once or twice. But what exactly is the relationship between these two men?
Volume 3: The continuation and growth between Momo and Jin. Will these two finally be able to express their love for one another within the compound?
Rating: 8.23 (344 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2700 (+70)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance, School Life, Seinen, Slice of Life, Supernatural
When Hana falls in love with a young interloper she encounters in her college class, the last thing she expects to learn is that he is part wolf. Instead of rejecting her lover upon learning his secret, she accepts him with open arms. Soon, the couple is expecting their first child, and a cozy picture of family life unfolds. But after what seems like a mere moment of bliss to Hana, the father of her children is tragically taken from her. Life as a single mother is hard in any situation, but when your children walk a fine line between man and beast, the rules of parenting all but go out the window. With no one to turn to, how will Hana survive?
Rating: 8.23 (210 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #3083 (+91)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, School Life
Wakabayashi Toshiya's 4-koma Collection is a collection of short, hilarious, and mind-bendingly adorable 4-koma style comics!
Tsurezure Children is the redrawn and officially published version of this web-manga.
Rating: 8.22 (152 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2188 (+1044)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Psychological, Shoujo, Supernatural
Wonderland After Hours:
Midori's mother has finally acquired her dream home, but it isn't long before supernatural phenomenas disrupt the peace of the family. And if unexplained electricity failures, strange phone calls, and the eerie presence of spirits weren't enough, finding unexplainable blood in the bathroom becomes the last straw. Mai and Shibuya Psychic Research are brought in to investigate, but what horrors will they find in the 'dream' home that turns out to be nothing but a nightmare?
Akumu no Sumu Ie - Ghost Hunt is based on a sequel novel of the original Ghost Hunt novel, set several months in the future.
Rating: 8.22 (120 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #3084 (+304)
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Mature, Mystery, Seinen, Supernatural, Tragedy
From Kodansha:
For high schooler Kei and for at least forty-six others immortality comes as the nastiest surprise ever.
Sadly for Kei, but refreshingly for the reader, such a feat doesn't make him a superhero. In the eyes of both the general public and governments, he's a rare specimen who needs to be hunted down and handed over to scientists to be experimented on for life. A demi-human who must die a thousand deaths for the benefit of humanity.
Only the first volume is credited to MIURA Tsuina.
Official English: Azuki, INKR
Note: Nominated for the 7th annual Manga Taishou Award, the Readers Award in the 18th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize, the 38th Annual Kodansha Manga Awards in the Seinen category and the 40th Kodansha Manga Awards in 2016 in the General category.
Rating: 8.22 (679 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #1899 
(-29)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, School Life, Yaoi
Fujima Taisei is a high schooler who had grown up spoiled by the people around him ever since he was little because of his pretty face. In his pleasant school life, there was only one time that had become the only stain in his life, when a student named Okachimachi, whom Taisei had grown close to in order to get others' attention, had told him that actually he had never been his friend at all. Now Taisei wants revenge. What will happen these two?!
Rating: 8.21 (634 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #3116 (+68)
Genre: Action, Adult, Drama, Romance, Smut, Yaoi
Kabu was told by his father, that he is going to succeed the Umezaki group, but he is hesitant to do so. On the other hand, Sagawa, who is regarded as the successor of the group by everyone else, tests Kabu’s loyalty by giving him an ultimatum, to give up his company or Nirasawa.
For Kabu, Nirasawa is not only a convenient pawn, but at the same time he’s a lover, that has captivated him with his unexpected cuteness.
Will Kabu really send Nirasawa away…!?
This story takes place 4 years after the events of Bi no Isu.
Rating: 8.2 (290 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2989 (+14)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Harem, Romance, Shounen
The Demon King led his army of demons to wipe out the human race. The Hero, Kail, and his allies attack to Demon King's castle to defeat the Demon King. The Demon King is slain, but at what cost? Kail lost all of his allies throughout the war. Friends, family, lovers, comrades. All dead. As he lay dying at the foot of the Demon King's chamber, he notices a strange gem that the Demon King had coveted.
Original Web Novel
Rating: 8.2 (143 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #3331 (No change)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Yaoi
Second-year culinary student Sakai has always dreamed of opening his own little restaurant and being able to touch people's hearts with his cooking like his grandfather did. Except he's at his limit, fainting in class from overwork and fatigue from commuting three hours every morning just to get to school but there's no way he can afford to live closer.... Until his classmate tells him about an almost too good to believe room share nearby. And so begins the story of four misfit roommates.
Rating: 8.2 (576 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2178 (+1034)
Genre: Action, Drama, Psychological, School Life, Sci-fi, Seinen, Tragedy
Strange things are appearing from the sky, and the world is slowly dying. In South Korea, there aren't enough military men to fight these enemies off, and high-school and college students have no choice but to join the military and help the others survive - at the risk of their own lives.
Original Webtoon
Official Translation:
English, S.Chinese, Indonesian, Thai
Note: This webtoon has been adapted into a Korean Drama on March 31, 2023.
Rating: 8.19 (263 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2850 (+58)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Historical, Mystery, Shounen, Supernatural
Divine Bells - they choose their own masters and they determine the status, prestige, and influence of the countries their masters rule. The presence or lack of these Bells also has great consequence in the lives of each country's royalty. In particular, the personal and political futures of King Hong-Ryeong seem doomed without a Bell, but at equally great peril if he obtains one.
But are the Divine Bells simple magical charms, deities of great powers, or something else altogether? And when the owner of three of the eight existing Divine Bells dies, leaving them to choose new owners, where will the resulting turmoil lead?
Original webtoon
Rating: 8.18 (251 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #3053 (+83)
Genre: Romance, School Life, Shounen Ai, Slice of Life
Two best friends learn to love one another.
Tomo has trouble keeping his feelings for Shuuhei under wraps because he doesn't want to ruin the friendship they have. Meanwhile, Shuuhei is doing his best to not to worry Tomo and make him cry.
Rating: 8.18 (135 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2259 (+1089)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Historical, Mystery, Romance, Shoujo
It is 1926, the first year of the Showa era. Urabe Kanoko has left her hometown after it turns against her for having the ability to hear lies when spoken. She collapses from hunger after arriving in a town called Tsukumoya, where she meets a poverty-stricken detective named Iwai Souma. Is this fate? Or something more?
Official English: OnePeaceBooks
Rating: 8.18 (132 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2246 (+13)
Genre: Drama, Historical, Romance, School Life, Slice of Life, Tragedy, Yaoi
The successor of the Tsujimura clinic, Motoharu has always held his childhood friend, Hazumi Akira, close to his heart. He confessed to Akira and then was rejected. Even so, he still entered the same university and same department as Akira. Ever since the confession, the two have been distancing each other, but Akira suggested that they make up and for the first time in a while, they walk home together. But on the way back, Akira suddenly kisses Motoharu, causing Motoharu's hope to grow. However, the next day, Akira tells him to forget it, causing Motoharu to blame Akira...
Includes Hana no Migoro ni
A short sequel for Hana No Mizo Shiru portraying Misaki and Youichi's life after the events of the main plot.
Rating: 8.17 (417 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2998 (+101)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Slice of Life, Yaoi
Sequel to Doukyuusei and Sotsugyousei, continues the relationship between two boys, Kusakabe Hikaru and Sajou Rihito, right after high school and into college.
Series Order:
1. Doukyuusei
2. Sotsugyousei
3. Sora to Hara (Side Story)
4. O.B.
5. Doukyuusei & Sotsugyousei Fanbook (Side Story)
6. Graduation Certificate (Artbook)
7. blanc
8. home
9. Sajou Rihito no Chichi to Sono Buka (Side Story)
Rating: 8.17 (248 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #3037 (+76)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Ecchi, Romance, School Life, Shounen, Slice of Life
From Dan of Population GO:
Yukihira Souma's dream is to become a full-time chef in his father's restaurant and surpass his father's culinary skill. But just as Yukihira graduates from middle schools his father, Yukihira Jouichirou, closes down the restaurant to cook in Europe. Although downtrodden, Souma's fighting spirit is rekindled by a challenge from Jouichirou which is to survive in an elite culinary school where only 10% of the students graduate. Can Souma survive?
Rating: 8.16 (1344 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #1947 (+52)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Shounen
A tale from Rain's younger days when he was searching for a new teacher:
Upon the death of his old master, a young swordsman embarks on a journey to the legendary Country of the Mist where the one he was recommended to is said to reside.
Rating: 8.14 (120 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2228 (+1081)
Genre: Drama, Romance, School Life, Slice of Life, Yaoi
A continuation of Ringo ni Hachimitsu first 2 chapters
Natsuki Matsuda, twenty-years-old, has proudly identified as gay since age fifteen.
Then Komano, nineteen-years-old, comes into his life. He's always been popular with the ladies, but he's a free-spirit who cannot be tamed -- by man or woman!
This is the story of their love. Can Natsuki handle Komano's bohemian nature in the long haul or will jealousy and possessiveness get the best of him? (June)
Rating: 8.14 (349 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2197 (+1479)
Genre: Drama, Gender Bender, Psychological, Romance, School Life, Shoujo, Slice of Life, Supernatural
The elementary schoolers Yuuta and Yui had their body swapped when Yuuta fell down from a tree. It's already been three years, and now they're in middle school. How will they co-operate in dealing with this as they grow up?
Original Webcomic
Rating: 8.14 (336 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2829 (+121)
