New Manga Series for the Year 2005
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, Ecchi, Martial Arts, Mature, Seinen
Satoh Jubei, a pervert and fighting expert, has moved to a new home again started off his ridiculous school life with other interesting people. The first one he met was a girl called Ayako, who has unrealistic expectations in Tokyo life. They had some extra-ordinarily close body contact.
The series is full of ridiculous and perverted ideas. It also features some combat skills, traditional Judo vs open fighting.
Rating: 6.78 (117 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2247 
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Ecchi, Fantasy, Mature, School Life, Seinen, Supernatural
Atori has an unusual part-time job - demon hunter.
After school, she hunts demons for a mysterious organization named N.U.E. To kill her enemies, she unsheathes the saber hidden within her hair. However, Atori is actually half-demon, but she has forgotten her past. Despite this, she's been able to overcome many difficulties as well as befriend those from both species. Unfortunately, her once calm life is beginning to quake as a terrible shadow now looms over her.
Rating: 7.61 (138 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2247 (+1065)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Yaoi
From DMP:
Minami is a young actor who has been cast as the main character of a superhero TV program. Although he takes the job half heartedly, thinking of it as a mere children's show, he's soon taken by the talent of his costar, Sawada. One day, Minami stumbles upon Sawada kissing a man! Deeply confused, he's unable to hide his growing attraction for him... A hero's love is always filled with trials!
Rating: 7.73 (255 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2247 (+1069)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Shounen
Murgenia, a continent located in a different world.
Not yet fallen to the hands of the Scientific Revolution, this land continues to pass down with care the fading magics of it's ancient days.
It is a world ruled by sword and sorcery—
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A long time has passed since the war which engulfed the whole of Murgenia. Yet the precariously maintained balance of peace approaches its end.
Zarmine, a large kingdom located in the northern part of the continent has been reborn with the coming of its new king.
Unsatisfied with the small power he wields, the desire for conquest consumes him.
Under orders from this king who knows no equal, the Dark Army begins its invasion, turning many countries to the flames of war.
Among those preparing for invasion is a small country located to the south west of the continent, known as Sunkwoll.
The military strength is not even one tenth that of a large country. The will of the soldiers shakes.
The king pours out lavish luxuries upon the nobility, without regard to the welfare of his people.
It seems as though the destruction of this small, weak country Sunkwoll…is imminent.
Note: Author pasted away in Feb 2019.
Rating: 7.58 (27 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2248 (+1086)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Ecchi, Mystery, Romance, Sci-fi, Seinen
It all begins when a mysterious online personality named Yui decides to assemble these outcasts to try and form a group dedicated to solving the problems that plague Akiba by forming the "troubleshooting" company, Akihabara@DEEP, often shortened to just @DEEP.
Rating: 6.65 (23 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2249 (+1131)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Shoujo
Yukimi, a chubby junior high student, discovers a magical dumbbell that can transform her into Miyuki, a beautiful and slender young woman in a revealing costume. But she must do battle with an evil three-star chef who tempts young girls with calorie-rich treats and dubious weight loss products, and keep her identity secret from her family and schoolmates.
There is a sequel, "Miracle Dieter Miyuki VV." It is being serialized in Shimbun Akahata. As of Oct 2009, there are no plans to publish it in tankoubon format.
Rating: 6.62 (25 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2250 (+1085)
Genre: Drama, Mature, Psychological, Romance, School Life, Sci-fi, Shoujo, Supernatural
From Forbidden Garden:
Meet Ikeno Komaki --an ordinary girl with an ordinary life. Everyday is pretty much the same as the last, until today. Today she awoke from a strange dream hearing voices and has unexpectedly received an extraordinary new talent.
Rating: 6.92 (101 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2250 (+1130)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Smut, Yaoi
Spirit of the Roses:
After his older brother Katsumi's sudden death, Reiji Naruse is forced to move back home and become the successor to a mafia family. He is placed in the care of a man called Kikuchi, with whom he starts his brand-new life. "I'll protect you. Even at the cost of my own life." Penetrated by Kikuchi's sincere gaze, Reiji finds himself falling for him......! Get ready for a hard-hitting yet sweet and chivalrous romance!!
from Renta!
Rating: 7.57 (283 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2251 (+1096)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Shoujo
From Serenus-Dreamers:
Kurumi likes Souta-kun, but what happens when Kurumi witnesses Souta-Kun hugging one of her friends? Could Souta-kun already have someone he likes or is Kurumi misunderstanding? What can she do if that girl is her friend, too!?
Rating: 7.67 (309 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2251 (+1116)
Genre: Adult, Drama, Mature, Mystery, Seinen
From Manga.club:
Among the elites and criminals, Giichiro Jin is known for his top-notch plastic surgery skill that can transform patients appearance along with their fates. But his service costs an arm and a leg, on top of that, he will never operate the same patient twice. Because he believed what he does is a God's Job, thus should never be taken lightly. He travels around the world and encounters many dangerous cases that would not only change people's lives but also his own.
"God Job" is a heavy and unusual hard-boiled medical drama that is amazingly brought by Kengo Izuki and Seisaku Kano.
Read on Manga.club!
Rating: 6.37 (4 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2252 (+1072)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, School Life, Yaoi
1) You Are All Mine!
When Tsukasa loses a bet to Hijiri he has to be his slave for three days. But what exactly does he want Tsukasa to do?
2) What is This Thing Called Love?
Hayama just received a love letter from a guy! If only it was from Suzuya-sempai...
3) Impulse
Pretending to be drunk Naoyuki takes advantage of his friend Ikkei. Ikkei shrugs it off the next day, but Naoyuki's not ready to give up.
4) Bias
Naoyuki and Ikkei vacation at a hot spring.
5) Darling
Yuuya lives with his cousin Ryou. Ryou doesn't charge him rent in exchange for his body, but Yuuya wants something more.
6) Machine Gun Talk
Chatty Hibiki and quiet Madoka are childhood friends. But when Hibiki tells Madoka to be nicer to girls and Madoka gets popular, Hibiki gets angry!
7) Sentimental Courtship
Saotome has a crush on Hiragi, but afraid of rejection, all he can do is look. But when Hiragi notices him watching...
Rating: 7.3 (297 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2252 (+1084)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, School Life, Yaoi
1-2)Rival ni Ki wo Tsukero (Beware of the Rival)
Ren is in love with his younger cousin Sakae and has been for quite some time. On the day he plans on confessing he witnesses Kunimi, Sakae's classmate, confessing to Sakae. Upset that Kunimi stole Ren's perfect moment to confess he decides to find out who the guy is and hopefully what Sakae's answer was. When Sakae leaves the two together Kunimi tells Ren he knows Ren loves Sakae and that he will never hand Sakae over to Ren. The battle to win Sakae over is ON!
3)Koishitatte ii janai (What's wrong with being in love?)
Mei and Shouta are childhood friends. Mei is very clumsy and a little clueless so when he wants to move out of his parent's house and live alone, Shouta moves in with him. One day Mei comes home early and sees Shouta touching himself... while calling Mei's name! Everything changes after that...
4)Suki Suki (Love Love)
Toshikazu is very possessive over his lover, Hibiki. Hibiki starts to feel smothered but what will happen when he finally wins some freedom?
Extra: Ren and Kunimi from Beware of the Rival are back for a short side story. Ren is always complaining about being the bottom but when he finally gets a chance to top Kunimi, things don't go as planned...
Rating: 7.59 (187 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2252 (+1061)
Genre: Adult, Romance, School Life, Yuri
A series of yuri one-shots.
The first is about two childhood friends who like music and who are asked to perform at the graduation ceremony of their school.
Longing deals with two members of the archery club: Kyoko and her senpai Touko, who is ashamed of her man-like body.
Spice is about a young girls-loving teacher who wants to seduce her female students.
Innocent is about a nude portrait hanging in an art room, the model and the painter.
Rendez-vous is about two girls secretly in love who plan to elope together after being found out.
Rating: 7.14 (161 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2252 (+1084)
Genre: Action, Drama, Psychological, Romance, Yaoi
Yamato works for his father’s company, is subordinate to his older sister, and harbors a secret affection for his sister’s fiancé, Sakaguchi. The day before his sister’s wedding, Yamato privately confesses his feelings to Sakaguchi. The answer he receives is surprising and unexpected, but at this last hour, can Yamato face the consequences of having his wish fulfilled…?
Included in “Last Portrait” is the independent story of “Stairway to Heaven" : Narumi Imai has been with the FBI in Washington DC for six months, and already he has been recognized as the best man for... odd, chore-like jobs. As much as he wants to work in the field, his first opportunity comes under a bizarre set of circumstances. Narumi is the personally chosen bodyguard of Keith Coburn, a former FBI agent brought in from prison to HQ just seven days before his scheduled execution. Both Keith's mission and life have a time limit, and for the next seven days, Narumi will be his companion on the stairway to Heaven.
From DramaQueen
Rating: 8.03 (313 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2252 (+1103)
Genre: Horror, Mature, Mystery, Psychological, Romance, Shoujo, Supernatural, Tragedy
Mayumi is a girl who lost her parents in a car accident; unable to deal with the overwhelming sadness, hatred and anger, she wishes only to be able to stop feeling altogether.
Five years later, the now 18-year-old Mayumi's sister is the first victim in a series of bizarre incidents that involve people receiving text messages indicating a certain body part, immediately after which said body part is removed - painlessly and without blood loss - from their body and disappears completely.
Rating: 7.24 (109 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2253 (+1099)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Historical, Romance, Shoujo
From Aerandria Scans:
The time is set during the Industrialization Age in Meiji. The main character Chitose works as a maid in Kuze, one of the most prestigious households of the time. One day, Lan, a nephew of the master came back from England to be his stepson. Eventually Lan and Chitose’s feelings begin to develop. What will happen with the secret affair between the honey-haired Lan and the maid Chitose?
Note: Hachimitsu no Hana is on hiatus. The last release was in June 2009. The mangaka has been concentrating on her other series, Kaizoku to Ningyo.
Rating: 7.69 (193 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2253 (+1065)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Shounen, Slice of Life, Supernatural
Asatte no Houkou follows the lives of Karada Iokawa, a young girl who is set to join junior high school after summer is over, and Shouko Nogami, a young woman who has just returned from studying abroad, who also happens to be the former girlfriend of Karada's older brother.
The day Shouko returns, she is dragged by Karada to the beach with her brother and a couple of their friends since she used to know Karada's brother Hiro several years before. After becoming irritated with Hiro for leaving her alone in the United States, she purposefully tells Karada that her ribbons are childish. This upset her greatly because she doesn't like to be treated as a child.
Later that same day, Karada is found by Shouko praying at a shrine, wishing to become older. Amazingly, Karada's wish becomes true and she instantly transforms into a young woman. Incidentally, Shouko then has her adulthood taken away from her and she reverts back to about eleven years old.
Rating: 7.27 (123 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2253 (+1094)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, School Life, Sci-fi, Shounen
Hiroshi found a broken cellphone on the street and went to a shop to get it fixed. When it got delivered to his home, he got a life-sized girl instead but it is still a cellphone. Hiroshi only wants a normal cellphone that he can brag to his classmates but he can't return this one because of the expensive return fee written in the purchase contract. This is how Hiroshi discovers the advantages and disadvantages in life of owning a cellphone-girl, which he named Eko.
Rating: 6.73 (196 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2253 (+1103)
Genre: Adult, Drama, Josei, Romance, Smut
From Shoujo Manga Maniac:
Deep kiss, torrid kiss... Discover the 1st volume of the collection of the mangaka Kasane Katsumoto! Collection of stories about the difficulty in love and making confessions, Deep Kiss is a first sensual and romantic incursion into Lolita's universe...
1) The Gaze
Nana has been fascinated with Onozato ever since she noticed his cold gaze. When she confesses to him, he tells her he likes girls with a different style - and that she should try out. Will she listen to him?
2) Deep Kiss
Yuka has always attracted guys only interested in her body because of her big breasts. What she really wants is someone who will love her for herself...
3) Magic Fingers
Haruna starts getting worried when her boyfriend, Kazuto, spends more time at work than with her...
4) Summer Memories
Yuki moves back to her hometown after splitting up with her boyfriend. There she meets up with Kohei, her high school friend.
Rating: 6.75 (256 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2254 (+1105)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Ecchi, Harem, Mature, Romance, Sci-fi, Shounen
One day boarding school student Takeshi awakes to find himself in another world, one threatened by mysterious invaders. He soon learns that his only chance of returning home is to join forces with a group of beautiful female warriors, most of whom mirror images of classmates and friends.
Based on the game by Age. A sequel to the original MuvLuv game and takes place in an alternate universe where the Earth is invaded by aliens.
Rating: 6.94 (121 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2255 (+1064)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Shoujo
From Dragon Voice Project:
Collection of three short stories.
1) Fiancé Inn
"Sanae has a fiance? Moreover, he is the young owner of a big Japanese Inn. Is she marrying into money?" Sanae quickly begins her training to become a proprietress, but will she become more interested in the manager than the owner...!?
2) Naisho no Doukyonin (Secret Housemate)
Sweet short story of a middle school boy in love with a high school girl. She is meticulous about wanting to know everything about the person she is dating. Her emotion conflict when she meets this middle school boy, who challenges her way of thinking about relationship. The author diligently places the character in a muddled, flustered, and distraught air of insecure emotions. She feels baffled because she can't comprehend why she likes him, even though she knows nothing about him.
(Also published in Chokotto H na Koi Monogatari)
3) Beloved Mantleman
Rating: 7.65 (274 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2255 (+1101)
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Shoujo
From Storm in Heaven:
Matsumiya Kana lost everything when her father was arrested and charged with embezzling funds from the Japanese Ministry of Defense. However, she soon learns that her father actually worked for a secret organization within the Department of Internal Affairs, and was in charge of embezzling money to support it off the books. He was being used by an "embezzlement group" within the secret organization, and that group is willing to kill to keep their activities quiet. The life of his daughter, Kana, is the perfect blackmail to ensure his silence. Within a corrupt agency, where anyone could be a traitor, will Kana be able to avoid falling into the hands of those plotting against her...?
Rating: 7.86 (342 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2255 (+1094)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, School Life, Shoujo, Supernatural
From Shoujo Manga Maniac:
1) Love Lab
The chemistry club invented a special hormone potion. Each bottle cost 500 yen. Riko-chan's boyfriend, Yuuki-kun himself is extremely cold towards love. Riko-chan hopes to move their relationship one step ahead, but in the end...?
2) Merry Kiss
3) Perfect Doll
4) Twinkle Twinkle
5) Cupid's Arrow
Rating: 6.96 (83 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2256 (+1129)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Slice of Life, Yaoi
In the Mimurake no Musuko series:
V.1 - Mimurake no Musuko (Son of the Mimura Family)
A story set in countryside, about two childhood friends Yumi and Toshi. While going through puberty Toshi developes unresolved feelings for Yumi. One day Toshi meets Yumi’s older brother Sumi and is lured into a sexual relationship with him. And so the love triangle begins...
V.2 - Deki no Waruiko (Clumsy Child)
The second son of the established rural Mimura family, Yumi, and Toshi are the closest of friends. Then one day, Yumi comes to know of Toshi's intimate relationship with Yumi's older brother, Sumi. After hearing Toshi confess that he likes Sumi, a shocked Yumi makes a plan to tear them apart, but...
V.3 - Umareboshi (Newborn Star)
The second son of the established rural Mimura family, Yumi, and Toshi are the closest of friends. Even though their mutual feelings emerged as they held each other, the couple had a misunderstanding.... A heartbroken Yumi goes back alone to their hometown for the holidays, where the cherry blossoms flutter. But then, though he was able to separate himself quickly, all he can think about is Toshi. Yumi and Toshi’s story in the “Son of Mimura Family” series is at its exciting climax!
English publication via Renta!
Rating: 7.55 (150 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2256 (+1102)
Genre: Drama, Shounen, Sports
From Yanime:
A boy named Yuuto Seo moves from Hokkaido, where he's lived all his life, to Tokyo. He first fears he must give up speed skating, his hobby, but he soon finds places to skate and people to skate with. The second series written by Hotta Yumi (creator of Hikaru no Go).
Rating: 6.77 (19 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2256 (+1109)
