New Manga Series for the Year 2021
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, Fantasy, Josei, Psychological, Romance
I thought I'd finally escaped my hellish life when I died in an airplane crash, but I fell into another nightmare when I awoke as Rudbeckia de Borgia, a minor villain from a historical novel destined to die at the hands of her husband, Iske van Omerta. Surviving with the dysfunctional Borgia family is hard enough, but now I have to marry the man who will kill me! Still, it's okay, I just have to convince Iske, his family, and all his countrymen that I'm completely harmless! How hard can that be?
Original Novel:
Kakaopage, Naver Series, RIDI (ebook)
Original Webtoon:
Kakaopage, Daum
Official Translations:
English, S.Chinese, T.Chinese, Indonesian, Thai, Japanese, French
Rating: 8.13 (202 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #140 
(-33)
Genre: Drama, Josei, Psychological, Romance, Supernatural
Ji-o’s luck runs out when she gets injured before the tryouts for the national taekwondo team. In the middle of facing what seems to be the biggest crisis of her life, she meets Gyeol, a mysterious boy who changes her life forever. He’s the definition of a bad boy with a good heart, and she finds herself unable to resist his charms. However, she might be playing with fire as he’s someone who’s involved with the wrong crowd. Is falling for Gyeol worth the risk?
Original Webtoon:
Naver Webtoon, Naver Series
Official Translations:
English, S.Chinese, T.Chinese, French, Indonesian, Japanese, Thai
Notes:
*Physical volumes 3-7 include materials not released digitally
•Vol.1-2 includes a 48 page special (exact volume unknown) that was released digitally between chapters 57-58 (Source)
•Vol 3-4 comes with a 37 page side story/special (exact volume unknown)
•Vol.4 includes cuts of chapter 42 that were not release digitally.
•Vol.5 includes a 14 page Behind the Scene special
•Vol.6 includes a 12 page Behind the story of Gyeol jumpsuit.
•Vol.7 has a 30 page Epilogue.
•Vol.5-7 special edition bundle includes unreleased Wedding illustrations and invitation that's connected to the epilogue in Vol.7
Rating: 8.1 (67 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #253 
(+177)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Yaoi
Shim Cheongsun is an innocent college student who works part-time at a convenience store and leads a busy life day after day. One day, Gonghyun, coincidentally a piano student at the same university, leaves his wallet behind on the store's counter. From then on, their lives become interlinked.
Original Webtoon:
R19: Ridibooks, MrBlue, Naver Series, BookCube, Lezhin
R15: Ridibooks, MrBlue, Naver Series, BookCube
Official Translations:
R15: English, French
R19: Japanese
French: Delitoon, Bontoon
Rating: 8.09 (53 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2214 (-77)
Genre: Action, Drama, School Life, Shounen Ai, Yaoi
Some people thirst for power while others want nothing more than to live low. Hamin has always been resentful of the label that comes with being his father’s son—he didn’t ask to be born into a mob family! After much trial and error, Hamin finally breaks ties with his family and begins to live the life he's dreamed about. That is, until he gets kidnapped and finds himself under the protection of a certain Kwon Sehyuk. All Hamin wants is his "normal" life back, but Sehyuk is as far from normal as a person can get...
Original Webtoon:
Main Story: Lezhin
Side Story: Lezhin
Official Translations:
Main Story: English, Japanese
Side Story: English
Note:
The author has confirmed that the upcoming side stories will be R19/Mature (Source)
Rating: 8.07 (72 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #188 (+132)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, School Life, Shounen, Slice of Life
Chidori High is a boys' school that takes in the dregs of society with the lowest grades. Next door stands Kikyo Girls' High, where wealthy, high-class families send their precious daughters.
Chidori second-year Rintaro, who has a fierce face but a gentle heart, is helping at his family's patisserie when he meets a girl named Kaoruko. The two hit it off right away but this blissful peace is quickly disturbed when Rintaro discovers that Kaoruko is actually a student at Kikyo. Worse, she doesn't seem to realize what a huge problem this really is! Will these two be able to forge a path for themselves, and sidestep the traps (metaphorical and literal) laid by their classmates?
Original Manga
Official English Release: Kodansha
Note: Nominated for the 47th and 48th Annual Kodansha Manga Awards in the Shounen Category in 2023 and 2024.
Rating: 8.04 (143 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #266 (+58)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Shounen Ai
Breaking News: Professional killer Joo Tae Man fell in love with Korea's favorite actor, Kang Da Hyuk!
Professional killer Joo Tae-man has endured extreme physical training, mental education, and cruel torture-- but somehow easily falls apart to Kang Da-hyuk's kindness...?
Joo Tae Man who has trained for NN years as a professional killer thought “is this love?”,
What should I do at times like this?”
Original Webtoon:
Lezhin, Bomtoon
Official Translations:
English, Spanish, T.Chinese, Thai
Rating: 8.04 (61 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #190 (+230)
Genre: Romance, Slice of Life, Supernatural, Yaoi
A world where humans and beastmen co-exist. Wolf-type beastman Haine falls for Natsuo despite thinking little of "humans" and ends up kissing him. The more he gets to know Natsuo, the more he wants to make him his, so Haine, having come to like someone seriously for the first time, starts pursuing him aggressively?!
Rating: 8.03 (140 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2769 (+11)
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Josei, Mystery, School Life, Supernatural
When Chaerin Eun becomes the protagonist of the romance novel she is reading, she expects a fairytale ending with the novel’s love interest, Jeha. But when a bizarre twist makes her realize the story is not playing out as it does in the book, she’ll need the help of an unlikely character from her class to defy the new storyline and find her happy ending—if only she can figure out who this "Unknown Extra" is first!
(Source: Line Webtoon)
Original Webtoon
Naver Webtoon, Naver Series
Official Translations:
English, Spanish, Thai, Indonesian, S.Chinese, T.Chinese, Japanese
Rating: 8.01 (103 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #1739 (-86)
Genre: Adult, Comedy, Harem, Seinen
From Daycomics:
A young man heads to the city to attend college, and has to live with his mom's friend along with her daughter. I'm sorry mom, but your friends are so cute! I want to know more about them!
Original Webtoon
Official Translations: English, T.Chinese
Rating: 8.01 (173 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #201 (-21)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Seinen, Shounen Ai, Supernatural, Tragedy
Two boys lived in a village: Yoshiki and Hikaru. The two did everything together... until the day Hikaru was encompassed by a mysterious light. That was when everything changed – Hikaru most of all. Yoshiki still wishes from the bottom of his heart to always stay by his side… but is there even a Hikaru left to be with?
Original Web Manga
Note: Hikaru means Light so the title can translate to "The Summer Hikaru Died" or "The Summer the Light Died."
Rating: 7.99 (100 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #695 (-123)
Genre: Adult, Fantasy, Smut, Supernatural, Yaoi
Jungoh was just expecting to take on a part-time job as an assistant. What he didn't expect was working inside people's dreams with a cute, but grumpy shaman named Ibeom. And he certainly didn't expect Ibeom to be cursed by a nightmare seedling, with uncontrollable sexual arousal that can only be tamed by acting out his desires! Ibeom may not be too sure about Jungoh, but with his prickly personality, he has no one to turn to for help. But luckily for him, Jungoh is always in a giving mood...
Original Webtoon:
RIDI, RIDI (eBook),
Bomtoon, Lezhin, Naver Series
Official Translation:
English. Thai, T.Chinese, German, Spanish
Rating: 7.99 (82 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #1609 (+255)
Genre: Drama, Historical, Mature, Mystery, Romance
Hayden Grummond Fildette, the only son of Count and Countess Fildette, was the perfect heir and lovable anchor who kept his family together. But the peaceful days come to an end when an unwelcome guest from his father's past surfaces, threatening Hayden's position with a possible half-brother and tipping over his parents' precarious relationship. Will he and his family be able to withstand the storm of uncomfortable truths and misunderstandings, or sink in the raging conflicts?
Original Webtoon:
R15: Daum, Kakaopage
R19: Daum, Kakaopage
Official Translations:
R15: English, S.Chinese, T.Chinese, Thai, Indonesian, Japanese, French
R19: English, Japanese, T.Chinese, Thai
Rating: 7.97 (44 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #333 (+183)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Historical, Martial Arts, Romance, Smut, Yaoi
Friends, rivals... Lovers? Yeo Haon and Baek Rigon have clashed since the very first moment they met. For years, they straddled the line between enemies and friends, ignorant to what feelings had been developing deep below the surface. Yet just as soon as their eyes open to how much they mean to one another, events transpire to try keep them apart... (Source: Pocketcomics)
Official Webtoon:
R19: Comico, Ridibooks, Naver Series, Lezhin, MrBlue, Peanutoon
R15: Comico, Ridibooks, Bomtoon, Naver Series, MrBlue, Peanutoon
Official Translations:
R19: English, Japanese, T.Chinese
Rating: 7.97 (68 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #638 (+16)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Yaoi
[It's as if I'm a slave...]
"As the lowest ranking member of the royal family and as an omega, my life has been decided from the moment I was born..."
Iliya is an omega with the lowest rank in the royal family. He's been set for a political marriage and now has to leave for a faraway country to marry its king?!
Rating: 7.97 (94 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #1819 (-467)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Slice of Life, Yaoi
Nan-ge is a popular youtuber about to reach 300,000 subs. But there’s a problem plaguing him... his subscriber count is stalling at 299,000! At his wit’s end, he takes up a friend’s suggestion and tries collaborating with another popular influencer - Prince Mengtai. On-screen, Mengtai's pretty face and cute personality has captured the hearts of young girls everywhere. But in reality, Mengtai's personality is - !?
Original Manhua
Official Translations:
- German: Manlin (Print)
Note: The scanlation has been dropped by milk and co. per author's request
Rating: 7.96 (59 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2704 (+176)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Shoujo
I woke up inside my favorite novel, not as the protagonist, Luca Winterwald, but as Judith, his abusive aunt and the first character to die—time for a rewrite! I’ll hand Luca off to his loving, long-lost uncle as scripted, and then live my own life far from danger. At least, that was the plan. When his uncle arrives, Luca suddenly calls out, "Don’t leave!" Now, I must protect Luca from impending family tragedy, raise him to become the hero, and turn this villainess’s ending upside down!
Original Webtoon:
KakaoPage, Daum
Official Translation:
•English: Tapas, Radish
•Others: French, Thai, Indonesian, S.Chinese, T.Chinese
•Japanese: Mechacomic, Piccoma
Rating: 7.95 (201 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #110 (-58)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Shoujo
Vivi is a...wererabbit?! As a creature that’s supposed to transform into a human, Vivi is a failure, demonized as cursed and sent off to her doom. Luckily, her demise is cut short as Ahin of the Black Leopard Clan saves her. But with every threat and command this temperamental heir tosses at Vivi, she’s questioning her safety (and sanity). Surrounded by carnivores and their strong pheromones, she'll try to survive the chaos while stuck in her rabbit form. Will she figure out how to transform and tap into the power within her cute, furry self?
Original Novel:
KakaoPage, Naver Series, Ridibooks
*Translations: Japanese
Original Webtoon:
KakaoPage, Daum
Official Translations:
English, French, S.Chinese, T.Chinese, Japanese, Indonesian, Thai
Rating: 7.94 (187 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #329 (-57)
Genre: Romance, Smut, Yaoi
Ryou and Zen were rivals in high school, and are now salesmen in the same company. From grades to sports to the number of valentine chocolates received, every little thing was a contest. And meeting each other again in the same workplace has reignited the long-forgotten rivalry.
On a current losing streak, Zen goes out for drinks with Ryou when all of a sudden they started arguing over who's more experienced in love. Both hating to lose, the two have made a new bet --this time the winner is whoever makes the other fall for them first!
Official English: Bookwalker, Renta!
Rating: 7.94 (108 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2396 (-7)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery
Lin Jie, who has transmigrated into this world, runs a bookshop. Nice and passionate, he always recommends books that are capable of healing one's soul to customers who find themselves in a rough patch in life. Occasionally, he would recommend his own work to them as well. Over time, these customers have grown to respect him a lot.
They bring him some simple souvenirs every day to repay him and ask him for recommendations of literary works. At the same time, they tell the people around them about this bookstore owner as well. They have respectful and affectionate ways of addressing him-"The Devil's Hyena", "The Communicator of Flesh Gospel of Books", "The Author of the Corpse Ritual" and " The Star Shepard".
Original Webcomic:
BiliBili Manhua
Official Translations:
English, Japanese
Rating: 7.93 (132 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #989 (-134)
Genre: Adult, Drama, Fantasy, Historical, Josei, Psychological, Romance
Eris Miserian just wants to die. Being overworked and underappreciated in the real world wasn’t great, but living as the villainess in a romance novel is even worse. If Eris can die in the novel, she might be able to return to reality, but the story won’t let her. Desperate to escape a life as the protagonist’s tormentor, she sets off on a journey with the help of a witch, a knight, and a high priest. Can she find her way back to her friends and family, or is Eris doomed to a fictional future?
Original Novel:
Korean: Kakaopage, Ridibooks, Naver Series
Translations: Japanese
Original Webtoon:
KakaoPage, Daum
Official Translations:
English: Tapas, Radish
Other: French, Japanese, S.Chinese, T.Chinese, Thai, Indonesian, German
Rating: 7.92 (261 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #320 (-106)
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Shounen, Supernatural
Zephyr is the last human fighting evil in a world abandoned by the gods. When he is killed in battle by Tartarus, the god of destruction, all hope for humanity seems lost. But Zephyr’s fate is not sealed -- the gods who find his battles entertaining have gifted him a second chance at life, as he is sent ten years into the past, back to when he was a slave instead of the most powerful human alive. Can Zephyr get his revenge against Tartarus and save the woman he loves, or is he doomed to repeat the past?
Webtoon PV
Original Webtoon:
Naver Webtoon, Naver Series
Official Translations:
English, S.Chinese, Spanish, French, T.Chinese, German, Japanese, Indonesian
Thai: S1 | S2
Rating: 7.91 (260 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #473 (-101)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Shoujo
Don’t believe a word she says. Infamous jailbreaker Rosen Walker is finally being transferred to the Isle of Monte, the most notorious maximum security prison in the world. Her guard? None other than the beloved war hero of the empire himself - Ian Connor. Now he must unravel the truth. Is Rosen really a murderer? Or is there more to the story?
Original Webtoon:
Ridibooks, Naver Series
Official Translations:
English, French, Spanish, S.Chinese, Japanese, Thai
Rating: 7.9 (119 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #1000 (-338)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Psychological, Sci-fi, Shounen Ai
I can help you kill your friends.
Strange dungeons have started appearing all over the world and wreaking havoc. Yiseon, a guy with the power to rebuild cities, witnesses his friends being turned into the undead. Hyeon, a powerful hunter, comes to him with an interesting proposition. Yiseon has no choice but to accept his offer.
Original Novel
Original Webtoon
Official Translations:
English, Japanese, Spanish
Note:
•The webtoon released as R15, its not R19 like the novel
•A Trace of the Wonder is the official english name on the Korean Novel covers
Rating: 7.9 (53 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #949 (-267)
Genre: Adult, Comedy, Harem, Romance, Seinen
From Daycomics:
Min-Woo lives rent-free with a pretty landlord. They always thought of each other as family, but all of that is about to change. "Why does she have to look so pretty?"
Original Webtoon:
R19: Toptoon, Onestory, Nate
R17: Toptoon, Ridibooks, Naver Series
Official Translations:
English, T.Chinese, Japanese
Rating: 7.9 (95 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #740 (+57)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Ecchi, Horror, Mature, Romance, School Life, Sci-fi, Shounen, Supernatural
From Viz:
Momo Ayase strikes up an unusual friendship with her school’s UFO fanatic, whom she nicknames “Okarun” because he has a name that is not to be said aloud. While Momo believes in spirits, she thinks aliens are nothing but nonsense. Her new friend, meanwhile, thinks the exact opposite. To settle matters, the two set out to prove each other wrong. Momo to a UFO hotspot and Okarun to a haunted tunnel. What unfolds next is a beautiful story of young love and oddly horny aliens and spirits?
Original Web Manga
Read for FREE on Manga Plus
Rating: 7.89 (231 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #262 (+35)
