New Manga Series for the Year 2013
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, School Life, Shounen Ai, Slice of Life
đź”—Bookwalker, INKR, Renta!
When Yuiji accidentally overhears his classmate Yamato confessing to another friend that he's gay, his perspective shifts.
Seeing Yamato in a new light, Yuiji does his best not to let prejudice color his view, but he still finds himself overthinking his classmates' interactions now.
He especially notices the way Yamato looks at one particular boy: Yuiji's own best friend.
Even though he tells himself he shouldn't get involved, Yuiji finds he just can't help it; watching Yamato's one-sided love draws him in a way he never expected.
At first, it's empathy, knowing that the boy Yamato has his sights on is definitely straight and has no idea. But as his own friendship with Yamato develops and the two of them grow closer through a mutual study group, Yuiji comes to truly care about Yamato as a person, regardless of his sexuality.
He only wants Yamato to be happy, and to be able to express his true self.
Official Korean
Official English
Rating: 8.7 (240 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2156 
(+182)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, School Life, Shounen, Slice of Life, Supernatural
From Seven Seas:
Hatori Chise has lived a life full of neglect and abuse, devoid of anything resembling love. Far from the warmth of family, she has had her share of troubles and pitfalls. Just when all hope seems lost, a fateful encounter awaits her.
When a man with the head of a beast, wielding strange powers, obtains her through a slave auction, Chise’s life will never be the same again. The man is a “magus,” a sorcerer of great power, who decides to free Chise from the bonds of captivity. The magus then makes a bold statement: Chise will become his apprentice and his bride.
Note: Nominated for the 8th Manga Taisho Award.
Rating: 8.69 (678 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #791 
(-169)
Genre: Drama, Romance, School Life, Slice of Life, Yaoi
đź”— Manga Planet
Narasaki only wanted a place where he could sit and read books in peace, but was blackmailed by his teacher into supervising a delinquent called Terashima while working at the school library.
As they spend their days in silent but close proximity, they begin to feel drawn to each other. And then...
Rating: 8.68 (583 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #1112 (+143)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Psychological, Romance, School Life, Shounen, Slice of Life
From Kodansha:
Shoya is a bully. When Shoko, a girl who can't hear, enters his elementary school class, she becomes their favorite target, and Shoya and his friends goad each other into devising new tortures for her. But the children's cruelty goes too far. Shoko is forced to leave the school, and Shoya ends up shouldering all the blame. Six years later, the two meet again. Can Shoya make up for his past mistakes, or is it too late?
Official English: INKR, Azuki, Kodansha
Note: Won the 19th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Award New Artist Prize in 2015 and the Ogaki City Cultural Alliance Award (Lifestyle Culture Division). Nominated for the category "Best U.S. Edition of International Material" in the 2016 Eisner Awards.
Rating: 8.67 (2141 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #1489 (-104)
Genre: Drama, School Life, Shounen Ai, Slice of Life
From One Peace Books:
The story starts with college student Taichi, who comes from a not-so-well-off household and is desperately searching for work. He (literally) stumbles across fellow student Kouhei while on a job hunt, and is incredibly enticed by the delicious bento Kouhei has in hand. However, something seems a bit off about Kouhei and when Taichi consults his friends about it, he gets an answer he really wasn't expecting: Kouhei is severely hearing impaired.
Series order:
1) Hidamari ga Kikoeru
2) Hidamari ga Kikoeru: Koufuku-ron (Theory of Happiness)
3) Hidamari ga Kikoeru: Limit
4) Hidamari ga Kikoeru: Shunkashuutou (Four Seasons)
Rating: 8.66 (493 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #1758 (-91)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, School Life, Slice of Life
Kaizaki Arata is a 27-year-old, out-of-work man who has failed at each and every job interview he has had after quitting his last company where he only lasted three months. His life changes after he meets Yoake Ryou of the ReLife Research Institute, who offers him a drug that can change his appearance to that of a 17-years-old again. Taking the drug, he becomes a subject in a one-year experiment in which he begins his life as a high school student again.
Note: Nominated for the 39th Annual Kodansha Manga Awards in 2015.
Original Webtoon
Official Translation: English, T.Chinese, Korean, French
Rating: 8.53 (904 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2000 (+213)
Genre: Drama, School Life, Shounen Ai, Slice of Life
Hoshino is a timid grade school teacher. Sudou was one year his senior in high school. They meet again for the first time in over a decade and discover that Sudou's son is Hoshino's student. The two of them try to figure out how they feel about each other, and try to remember what it was that had brought them together and ultimately drove them apart in high school. They're both different, but that may not matter as much as how they still feel about each other.
Rating: 8.46 (449 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2906 (+330)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Seinen, Slice of Life
Natsuru Nanao, a 6th grader who lives alone with his mother, strikes up an unlikely friendship with the reserved and driven Rio Suzumura. Natsuru plays hookey from soccer camp that summer, and instead of telling the truth to his mother, he spends all his time with Rio and her kid brother at their rickety house, where a dark secret threatens to upend their fragile happiness.
Official English
Rating: 8.43 (855 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2234 (+375)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Josei, Romance, Slice of Life, Supernatural
The story centers around Kie Hirano, a 30-year old female office worker with a large-scale imagination. She gets to know Mitsumasa Koudai, a handsome colleague, who also happens to be a telepath who can read people's thoughts. Mitsumasa is charmed by Kie's personality, and they start a relationship. Mitsumasa's mother Yuuko judges Kie to be unfit to marry her son, but the family matriarch Ann makes Yuuko retract the statement. Now Ann teaches Kie how to be a proper lady, and Kie's life becomes intertwined with the Koudai family.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Rating: 8.35 (177 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2740 (+256)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Shounen
"THE NEW GATE," an online game that trapped its players and turned into a death game, was now releasing the thousands of players that had been dragged into it, thanks to the efforts of Shin, one of the most powerful players. But after having defeated the last boss and freed everyone, he was swallowed up by a strange light and found himself inside the game world 500 years in the future and unable to leave.
Original Web Novel / Revised Web Novel
Rating: 8.33 (223 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2569 (+520)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, School Life, Shounen, Slice of Life, Supernatural
Ashiya has spent the first seven days of high school stuck in the infirmary because of a "mononoke" attaching itself to him. He ends up asking the owner of a small tearoom - Mononokean - for help.
A series of mysterious stories involving the very morose owner of Mononokean, who guides mononoke to pass on to the next world.
Rating: 8.29 (147 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2737 (+227)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mature, Romance, Shounen Ai
From SuBLime:
Ritsuka Uenoyama is bored with it all - with school, with his basketball club, and even with his one true passion: playing guitar. That is until the day he finds his favorite hidden napping spot occupied by a strange boy cradling a broken-stringed guitar. At first, Uenoyama is nonplussed by Mafuyu Sato and his slightly odd behavior, but when, on a whim, he asks Mafuyu to sing, the power of that song pierces him to the core.
Official Translations:
English, French, German, Polish, Portuguese
Spanish: Mexico, Spain
Rating: 8.27 (260 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #1299 (-112)
Genre: Drama, School Life, Shounen, Slice of Life, Sports
Jay's the perfect student. He's got straight As and he's the student body president. But after being coerced into joining the school's biking team, the Hummingbird Crew, he discovers a whole new world outside of studying. What new adventures will he face outside the comfort of his textbooks?
Original Webtoon:
Naver Webtoon, Naver Series
Official Translations:
English, Japanese, S.Chinese, T.Chinese, Indonesian
Discontinued: Thai
Rating: 8.26 (170 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #158 (+193)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Smut, Supernatural, Yaoi
Kagami and Shingo are a passionate couple. Is their mutual attraction strong enough to survive some misunderstandings? Will the bond between them grow stronger or will the relationship break apart? Continues the story of Shingo and Kagami.
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Series Chronological Order [Pairing # : Volume #]
Nekoka Danshi no Shitsukekata [1:1-5]
Nekoka Kareshi no Ayashikata [2:1]
Ikezu Kareshi no Otoshikata [3:1]
Kuroneko Kareshi no Asobikata [4:1]
Kuroneko Kareshi no Amaekata [4:2]
Kuroneko Kareshi no Nakasekata [4:3]
Kuroneko Kareshi no Aishikata [4:4]
Fukigen Kareshi no Nadamekata [5:1]
Kuroneko Kareshi no Afurekata [4:5-7]
Kuroneko Kareshi no Ouji Sama [4:7]
Fukigen Kareshi no Saraikata [5:2]
Kuroneko Kareshino Arukikata [4:8]
Wagamama Ouji wa Neko wo Karu [6:1]
Rating: 8.25 (401 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2894 (+240)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Slice of Life, Yaoi
From Momocha Scans:
It is said that if you wear the suits from that store situated at the antique street, SHIDA, you will achieve success.
During a break in his work, interior designer Jouno Oumi visits the store and meets a frightening and blunt man. He is the legendary tailor, Shida. Seeing the appearance of Shida who takes pride in his work, Oumi begins to feel a longing for the man, and an attraction starts to form...
This is a love story between an obstinate interior designer and a hard-faced man.
Official Korean Translation
Rating: 8.23 (344 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2654 (+426)
Genre: Drama, Historical, Romance, Seinen, Slice of Life
From Comikey:
The story takes place in 16th century Florence during a time when women were relegated to the role of wives and caretakers, a young noble girl named Arte dreams of being an artist’s apprentice. One day she stumbles on the workshop of the eccentric Maestro Leo who decides to accept her as his student. Follow Arte on her journey as she discovers the joy and struggles on the path to becoming a maestro.
Original Japanese
Official English: Azuki, Comikey, Silent Manga Audition
Rating: 8.23 (123 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2231 (+197)
Genre: Comedy, Seinen, Slice of Life
Having lost his wife, math teacher Kouhei Inuzuka is doing his best to raise his young daughter Tsumugi as a single father. He's pretty bad at cooking and doesn't have a huge appetite to begin with, but chance brings his little family and one of his students, Kotori Iida, together for homemade adventures. With those three cooks in the kitchen, it's no wonder this dinner table drama is so delicious.
Official English:
Azuki, INKR
Rating: 8.2 (187 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2438 (+227)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Seinen, Slice of Life
Meet Yutaka Hanagasaki, a 20-year-old gardener at the theme park Fuegaoka. Meet Merun-chan, the mascot of Fuegaoka, with lots of popularity. Hanagasaki just so happens to secretly like her, but can never work up the courage to even talk to her, always admiring her from afar like a flower. A sweet story of how Hanagasaki works up the courage and becomes closer to Merun!
also included this one-shot:
Ane Golem
Rating: 8.19 (492 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2874 (+242)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, School Life, Shoujo
When Ririko was five, she lost her mother. Since then, she helps out her father. Her father started a handyman company, but then something horrible happened...
Includes the story Mebuki Kimidori in vol. 3:
Towa always had the gift of sensing danger. One day, she gets a bad premonition about a boy. She, along with her friend Ririko, tries hard to prevent it from happening. What will happen next?
- Ouzokuk Scans
Rating: 8.19 (271 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2892 (+300)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Psychological, Romance, Seinen, Supernatural
Young Ma Go-eun and her father are about to be evicted from the haunted house they've run throughout the years. But Go-eun is not about to let the park owner demolish their haunted house and her memories of her childhood and her mother. She resolves to go to the United States to surpass trials and get a million dollar cash prize awarded to those who can survive a stay in Ghost Jack's House.
Can you survive the night?
Original Webtoon
Official English
Rating: 8.19 (270 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2740 (+40)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Shoujo
Overworked apothecary Colette jumps into a well. Instead of dying, she finds a new lease on life by caring for patients in the Underworld, and romance with the Lord of the Dead himself, Hades!
Rating: 8.18 (174 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #1894 (-142)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Slice of Life, Yaoi
After months of waiting, Karashima finds Hozumi for one more night, resigned to taking only what Hozumi will give him. But after all the verbal sparring and psychological tactics in their drawn-out war of love, Hozumi’s defenses may be finally coming down…
- from SuBLime
Rating: 8.18 (175 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2285 (+1097)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance, School Life, Shoujo
From Lucia Rose:
Amane Mikiko, better known as Mikki, is an elementary school student who moves a lot and has to transfer schools often. As soon as she makes friends, she has to painfully say goodbye to them. She is determined to not make any new friends at her new school, but it doesn't exactly go her way. Especially when she meets a boy with the head of a cat! But hold on, he only looks like that in her eyes?
Volumes include the oneshots:
Kumorizora Ue no Hou
Retake!
Chounouryoku Shoujo Kurane
Hoshikuzu Yori Ai Wo Komete
Rating: 8.17 (171 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #3397 (No change)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Psychological, Seinen, Supernatural, Tragedy
Kasane's face is so hideous, you couldn't bear to look twice at her—and her ugliness has forced her to walk a harsh path in life. But her mother left her something: a tube of lipstick. The power of this lipstick will change everything about her downtrodden life.
Note: Nominated for the 8th Manga Taishou Award.
Official Translation:
English: Kodansha, Azuki, INKR
Rating: 8.16 (236 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2374 (+70)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Yaoi
In the Koi Nanka Shitakunai series:
V.1 - Kyou kara Kyoudai ni Nari
When Nakajima's mother decided to remarry he was afraid but everything turned out to be even better than he expected. His new older brother helps him and spoils him a lot and they're getting along very well until the moment when Nakajima comes home earlier and sees his big bro playing with another guy in the bedroom. What's gonna happen from now on?
This volume also includes an extra focusing on the characters from Koi ni Nare!, but it hasn't been translated.
V.2 - Kyou kara Koibito ni Narimashita
Official Korean Translation
Rating: 8.16 (235 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #3254 (No change)
