New Manga Series for the Year 2004
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, Horror, Mystery, Shounen, Supernatural
Sakurai Mikito is a wimp who is constantly bullied and never fights back, as he doesn't want to hurt others.This all changes when a mysterious sphere enters him - Zakuro. He soon begins to feel different feeling desires to eat... humans. Is he still human, or will he succumb to his desires and fully become a monster?
Rating: 7.79 (211 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2186 
(+1038)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Shounen Ai
In order to heal the wounds in Eiri Yuki's heart, he and his vocalist lover, Shuichi, travel to New York to visit the grave of Yuki's first love and tormentor, Yuki Kitagawa. They discover that the first Yuki has left behind a young son, Riku, and so the odd couple take the boy back with them to Japan. When Shuuichi receives a kiss from nutty rival band leader, Ryuuichi, Yuki flies into a jealous rage, and he and Riku disappear, leaving Shuuichi to search for them in vain.
Rating: 7.79 (87 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2228 (+1078)
Genre: Adult, Comedy, Drama, Romance, School Life, Smut, Yaoi
Because the way people have a high interest in "sex," a sex school was formed in order to fulfill the students' desires and help them become more advanced in their skills. Ion, in order to help pay off the debts in his family, has enrolled in the school, hoping to gain knowledge and sell out his body in the future to gain money. But Ion gains more than just "knowledge" in the sex industry, and he starts to fall for his Instructor Asagi... but love is strictly banned from the school...
Rating: 7.78 (356 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2865 (+231)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Martial Arts, School Life, Seinen, Shoujo Ai, Shounen
From Seven Seas:
The all-girls boarding school Tenchi Academy isn’t just known for its quality academics–it’s also known for training the top sword fighters in the country. Students in the special “Sword Bearer” program compete in a school-wide battle known as the Star Stealing, striving to win both money and fame. Enter Kurogane Hayate. With her sister Nagi recovering from a lingering injury, the spunky and cheerful Hayate must take her place at the Academy until Nagi is well enough to return. When Hayate learns of the mountain of debt her old orphanage, the Dandelion Garden, owes to Yakuza loan sharks, she decides to become a sword-bearer and win the Star Stealing.
There’s just one problem she needs a partner to compete and the one girl Hayate has her eye on wants nothing to do with her.
Rating: 7.78 (202 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2886 (+375)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Slice of Life, Yaoi
From Deux:
Sakura meets first Ryouichi at a male brothel and buys him for the night. As their supposed one night stand ends up becoming a somewhat stable monetary based relationship, feelings start to change. Can these two awkward people garner the courage to admit that their true feelings run deeper than merely sex and money?
Includes also:
- A Bird at Sea, A Door in the Sky: Ryuu is a sad but tough kid from Osaka who is trying to overcome his past. When an American, Stefan, takes an interest in him, will it lead to more than just friendship? Part of Rules / Hydra Series
Rating: 7.78 (199 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2284 (+1126)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Shounen
From Tokyopop:
Some of our most cherished manga characters are blessed with magical powers...others have an extraordinary combination superhuman strength and cunning intellect. But Hibiki? Her only real skill seems to be making a pot of delicious tea... Or is it?!
Rating: 7.77 (60 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2270 (+1113)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Shoujo
From Yen Press:
Da-Eh, an aspiring manhwa artist who lives with her father and little brother, comes across Sun-Nam, a softie whose ultimate goal is simply to become a “tough guy.” Whenever these two meet, trouble follows. Meanwhile, Ta-Jun, the hottest guy in town, finds himself drawn to the one girl that his killer smile doesn’t work on — Da-Eh. With their complicated family history weighing heavily on their shoulders, watch how these three teenagers find their way out into the world!
Rating: 7.76 (99 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2268 (+1110)
Genre: Adult, Comedy, Ecchi, Harem, Romance, School Life, Seinen
Keita Suminoe has two older (not blood-related) twin step-sisters who love him in a lustful way and have no problems expressing it. They even like to compete about it; much to the laughter of his friends (which he usually endures without problems). One day they come to his school to give him his lunch, resulting in him getting angry due to the atmosphere. To counteract his anger, they confess their tender feelings for him in front of everyone and leave. Feeling sorry he chases after them and says that he'll study hard in order to get in the same high school as them.
Rating: 7.76 (1172 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #1672 
(-8)
Genre: Drama, Romance, School Life, Shoujo, Supernatural
Futaba, whose father is an oceanographer, has transferred schools 8 times because of his work. Afraid of eventually being forgotten, she tries not to make any new friends at her new school.
Rating: 7.76 (302 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2300 (+1127)
Genre: Comedy, Doujinshi, Yaoi
L x Light
Random stories of Light, Ryuk, and L...
Rating: 7.75 (67 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2316 (+1154)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Shoujo, Slice of Life
From Esthétique:
Kakinomoto Karin, the daughter of a millionaire, lost her ability to walk in an accident. During her stay at the hospital, she fell in love with the medical researcher, Okita Teppei! She bought him a house, but only on the condition that Teppei spend two hours with her every day. Karin, who only wanted Teppei's heart, will one day find out that not only does Teppei already have a fiancée, but he also has a frightening split personality...!
Rating: 7.75 (288 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2190 (+1028)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Historical, Martial Arts, Seinen
A young Emperor is cast out of his Empire by his uncle, who seizes the throne for himself. The young Emperor sets out to become the strongest among the living, and take back what is rightfully his...
Rating: 7.75 (175 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2691 (+81)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Shounen, Supernatural
Are you a victim of unwanted spirit possession? Is there a ghost you need sent up and away...or down to burn for all eternity? If the answer is yes, then you need Muhyo and Rouji, experts in magic law. Serving justice to evil spirits is their speciality.
Rating: 7.75 (126 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2780 (+300)
Genre: Adult, Drama, Psychological, School Life, Shotacon, Tragedy, Yaoi
A prequel to Rika the Breeder that focuses on Hiro's older brother, Tetsu.
Rating: 7.74 (165 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2200 (+1062)
Genre: Comedy, Josei, Romance, Slice of Life
Official English: INKR
27-year-old Hotaru would rather sleep at home than seek romance, but due to unforeseen circumstances, suddenly she's living with her boss, Takano. What's more is that she now has a budding relationship with Makoto, who's younger than she is. Like a dried fish thrown back into the ocean, can she learn to swim again and rediscover the ways of romance?
Official English Translation
Rating: 7.74 (277 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2020 (+598)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, School Life, Yaoi
A new teacher comes to a boys school and immediately has a young student hitting on him. Along with another student always glaring at them when they're together. So the teacher decides to go along with it and make a game out of it even though he's straight. But what starts out as fun soon elevates into the teacher trying to keep the student who admires him away.
From DramaQueen:
A math teacher unwittingly formulates a love triangle with two diabolical variables divided over him. Unhappy teaching at an all boys school, the heterosexual Amamiya entertains his bitterness by toying with an adoring student. The surprising interference of the boy's fierce former friend, however, places Amamiya at the center of a wildly twisted tug-of-war. Teacher and student: a taboo love affair gone... comedy?!
Rating: 7.74 (277 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2248 (+1090)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Harem, Romance, School Life, Seinen, Slice of Life
Shinta likes to play with cats even though he cannot have one for a pet because of his father's allergies. Cats also like to play with Shinta... in more ways than one... including becoming Shinta's girlfriend and generally trying to get him to reciprocate their catcalls, literally.
Rating: 7.74 (262 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2213 (+1045)
Genre: Drama, Psychological, Seinen, Slice of Life
The series takes place at a certain Japanese location, where a girl moves in with her aunt to a new house after experiencing some more or less shocking events back home. There she meets a boy named Fuyuki, whom she spends a lot of time with from then on. The special thing about Chinatsu is her voice, a voice which many seem to have heard before, but from where? What's so special about this girl, and what'll happen in the future?
Rating: 7.74 (118 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2249 (+1091)
Genre: Adult, Comedy, Drama, Mature, Romance, Seinen, Slice of Life
From Anime Waves:
The woman Tsutomu encounters in college was older and smaller than he is, and for some reason, looks like the same girl in his dreams. The heart-pounding love affair between him and the "older woman" begins.
Rating: 7.73 (632 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2490 (+257)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, School Life, Shoujo
Drawn into the exciting world of kabuki theatre, young Akari spends her time after school assisting the famous actor, Shonosuke Ichimura. In the real world, however, this prince of kabuki is actually a high school cutie named Ryusei. The pair's relationship gets off on the wrong foot but eventually, with the help of a cat known as Mr. Ken, the two teenagers fall in love.
Rating: 7.73 (588 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #3596 (-89)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Martial Arts, School Life, Shounen
What would happen if you took a normal Japanese kid, flew him to Nevada, and then raised him on stories of feudal Japan? "I'm Doushirou" would happen. Now Doushirou is back in Japan and is facing the difference between what he's been told all his life and what his own eyes and ears are telling him.
Rating: 7.73 (91 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2220 (+1081)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Harem, Romance, School Life, Shoujo
Hina has repeatedly transferred schools due to her father's job, and has always dreamed of a normal high school life. At her new school, however, she finds that her class is comprised solely of guys! On top of that, five mischievous boys from her class have taken a liking to her...?!
Rating: 7.73 (606 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2855 (+311)
Genre: Action, Drama, Ecchi, Romance, Seinen, Supernatural
From Yen Press:
Wending his way home after a bender one evening, master moocher and game programmer Keita Ibuki decides to satisfy a craving for ramen at a noodle stand. Instead of slurping soup, though, he surrenders his meal to a manic girl who, unbeknownst to Keita, is a Mototsumitama, a guardian of the coexistence equilibrium. When his new acquaintance is attacked, Keita gets caught in the crossfire and loses an arm. Awakening from the shock of his injury, Keita finds himself back in his apartment, arm intact! But just whose arm is it?
Rating: 7.73 (599 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2768 (+241)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, School Life, Shoujo
From Viz:
Miku Yamada has a longtime crush on classmate Kyohei Fujioka. But no matter how many times she tries to show him how she feels, clueless Kyohei just doesn't get it. Frustrated, Miku gives up on him, only to have him start calling her "Cactus" for being prickly when he's around. Will Kyohei ever figure out Cactus's secret?
- Includes other stories:
Okosama Brat
Taishi stays at Rie's house because his parents work overtime. Rie thought that he was actually her real brother! Now, Taishi says that she's "idiotic now and then". People think of Taishi as cool and mature, but Rie knows that he's just a brat inside...
Sono Saki no Sweet
Hidaka Mao was confessed to by her crush Chihiro-kun in junior high, but as soon as they started going out, she became unable to communicate with him. She is still confused about her feelings, but will this year's Valentine's day bring them together again!?
Rating: 7.72 (511 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2170 (+1061)
Genre: Adult, Drama, Historical, Mature, Psychological, Smut, Yaoi
In order to help their chief find a wife, the bandits kidnapped a woman from the bottom of the mountain in order to offer her up to him.
The chief of the mountain stronghold, Lu Cang falls in love at first sight with the absolutely stunning beauty!
However, on the night of the consummation...
Rating: 7.72 (54 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2250 (+1074)
