New Manga Series for the Year 2018
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, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Shounen
E-class hunter Jinwoo Sung is the weakest of them all. Looked down on by everyone, he has no money, no abilities to speak of, and no other job prospects. So when his party finds a hidden dungeon, he's determined to use this chance to change his life for the better...but the opportunity he finds is a bit different from what he had in mind...
Original Webtoon:
Kakaopage, Daum
Official Translations:
•Digital: French, German, Indonesian, S.Chinese, T.Chinese, Thai, Russian
English: Tappytoon, Tapas, Pocket Comics, Webnovel
Japanese: Main Story, Side Story
•Print: English, French, German
Rating: 8.56 (1671 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #29 
(-6)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Mature, Mystery, Psychological, Shounen, Supernatural, Tragedy
From Viz:
Denji’s a poor young man who’ll do anything for money, even hunting down devils with his pet devil Pochita. He’s a simple man with simple dreams, drowning under a mountain of debt. But his sad life gets turned upside down one day when he’s betrayed by someone he trusts. Now with the power of a devil inside him, Denji’s become a whole new man - Chainsaw Man!
Note: Won 2nd place in the 5th Next Manga Award in 2019, the Harvey Award for Best Manga in 2021, 2022 and 2023, the 66th Shogakukan Manga Award for Best Shōnen Manga in 2021 and the 27th Manga Barcelona for Best Shōnen Manga in 2021. Won 3 Japan Expo Awards in 2022 and the Best Manga award at the Japan Expo Awards in 2023.
Nominated for the 3rd annual Tsutaya Comic Award in 2019, the 13th Manga Taishō in 2020 the Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material - Asia in 2022.
Shounen Jump + releases
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Rating: 8.34 (1011 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #45 (-1)
Genre: Comedy, Ecchi, Romance, School Life, Seinen, Slice of Life
From Square Enix:
Traumatized by a childhood incident with a friend who took exception to his love of traditional dolls, doll-artisan hopeful Wakana Gojou passes his days as a loner, finding solace in the home ec room at his high school. To Wakana, people like beautiful Marin Kitagawa, a trendy girl who's always surrounded by a throng of friends, is practically an alien from another world. But when cheerful Marin--never one to be shy--spots Wakana sewing away one day after school, she barges in with the aim of roping her quiet classmate into her secret hobby: Cosplay! Will Wakana's wounded heart be able to handle the invasion from this sexy alien?
Rating: 8.08 (448 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #87 (No change)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Shounen, Supernatural
Jiwoo is a kind-hearted young man who harnesses the lightning quick reflexes of a cat to secretly make the world a better place – one saved little child or foster pet at a time. Kayden is a secret agent on the run, who finds himself stuck in the body of a…um…decidedly fat old fluffy cat. Together, armed with Jiwoo’s super powers and Kayden’s uber-smarts, they’re out to fight those forces who would let evil rule this world. That is, if they can stand each other long enough to get the job done.
Original Webtoon:
Naver Webtoon, Naver Series
Official Translations:
English, Spanish, Japanese, French, German, S.Chinese, Thai, T.Chinese, Indonesian
Rating: 8.47 (281 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #88 (-5)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mature, Romance, Slice of Life, Yaoi
From Square Enix:
Adachi, a thirty-year-old virgin, discovers he has the magical power to read the minds of people he touches. Unfortunately, the ability just makes him miserable since he doesn't know how to use it well! And to make matters worse, when he accidentally reads the mind of his very competent, handsome colleague, Adachi discovers the guy has a raging crush on none other than Adachi himself! Things are about to get VERY awkward.
Official English
Rating: 7.81 (65 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #99 (-50)
Genre: Action, Adult, Drama, Psychological, Romance, School Life, Seinen, Slice of Life, Tragedy
Yoo Dali (Darla), the daughter of the landlord and girlfriend of the school gang's boss, is the absolute power to the tenant, Ahn June-Pyo (Junnie). She always treats him as a peasant at school, but when only the two are left at home, they take a completely different attitude... The complicated jealous relationship of two childhood friends who grow up within their harsh family and school ties.
Original Webtoon:
Toptoon, Onestory, Nate
Official Translations:
English, T.Chinese
Rating: 6.7 (112 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #122 
(+155)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Mature, Mystery, School Life, Shounen, Supernatural, Tragedy
From Viz:
Although Yuji Itadori looks like your average teenager, his immense physical strength is something to behold! Every sports club wants him to join, but Itadori would rather hang out with the school outcasts in the Occult Research Club. One day, the club manages to get their hands on a sealed cursed object. Little do they know the terror they’ll unleash when they break the seal.
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Rating: 7.8 (472 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #139 (-75)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, School Life, Shounen, Slice of Life
From Seven Seas:
Kyotaro Ichikawa, a boy barely clinging to the bottom rung of his school’s social ladder, secretly believes he’s the tortured lead in some psychological thriller. He spends his days dreaming up ways to disrupt his classmates’ peaceful lives and pining after Anna Yamada, the class idol. But Kyotaro’s not nearly the troubled teen he pretends to be and it turns out Anna’s a bit odd herself.
Note: Nominated for the 2020 Manga Taisho Award. Won the 2020 Tsugi ni Kuru Manga award in the Web Manga category and the Grand Prize at 2021 Tsutaya Comic Awards.
Rating: 8.03 (190 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #142 (+60)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Harem, School Life, Shounen
From Tapas:
For 10 years, magical prodigy Desir and his party have been battling inside the mysterious Shadow Labyrinth—and against the end of the world. Much of humanity has already perished and just as Desir is about to be killed, he's sent back 13 years into the past. Despite knowing the cursed future that lies ahead, Desir steels his resolve as he sees an opportunity to train his friends and better prepare to face Armageddon together, without losing the ones they love.
Anime
Original Webtoon:
Daum, KakaoPage
Official Translations:
- English Tapas, Tappytoon
- French: Tappytoon
- German: Altraverse (Print), Tappytoon
- Indonesia: KakaoWebtoon
- Thai: Kakao Webtoon
- T.Chinese: KakaoWebtoon
- Japanese: Piccoma
- Russian: MoyKomiks
Note: Tapas has the Tappytoon translation as they are the ones licensing the series.
Rating: 7.62 (468 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #236 (-29)
Genre: Adult, Drama, Harem, Romance, Seinen
From Daycomics:
We often follow stories of a man at the very top, surrounded by girls. But what happens when we follow the man behind him, planning to take it all away? A drama of betrayal and conquest, what's his is mine now.
Original Webtoon:
R19: Toptoon, Onestory, Nate
R17: Toptoon, Onestory, Nate
Official Translations:
R19: English, T.Chinese
Rating: 6.95 (133 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #264 (-101)
Genre: Action, Adult, Horror, Mature, Mystery, Seinen, Supernatural, Tragedy
The Yoshinomiya Municipal High School 2nd year students embarked on what they'd hoped was an educational trip with their friends and away from family but it was not meant to be... Their ship was hit by unexpected rough seas and crashed on a strange island! The surviving students are trying to understand what happened but soon they realize they are not alone on this island and the locals don't appear to be very friendly to strangers!!!
Original Manga
Rating: 5.79 (81 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #333 (-67)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Ecchi, Fantasy, Harem, School Life, Shounen
From Yen Press:
Cid Kagenou has a dream. Not of being some typical protagonist or the Final Boss-he has his eyes set on becoming a hidden mastermind working in the shadows. Now that he’s been reborn in another world, Cid has been hard at work building the perfect stage to act out his long-desired role.
The only issue? His imaginary adversaries and plot devices seem to actually exist in this new realm and he alone is left in the dark.
Official English
Rating: 8.16 (409 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #371 (-23)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Harem, Mecha, Romance, School Life, Sci-fi, Shounen
From Seven Seas:
Thanks to some unfortunate gameplay, a young man named Leon has been reborn into the world of an alternate universe otome game. Facing an absurd scenario where males are no better than livestock who serve at the whim of women, Leon only has one weapon - his knowledge of the dating sim genre–to survive the challenges he faces and inspire a revolt against the system.
Rating: 7.27 (229 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #375 (+117)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Slice of Life
From Mangamo:
Recently dumped, Akane is just about to quit the game she used to play with her boyfriend, when she meets Yamada in the same RPG. Yamada in real life turns out to be somewhat of a legend. The only problem is - he is ONLY interested in the game. As Akane's feelings grow, will Yamada's focus stay on the game?
Original Webcomic
Official English (Digital)
Note: Won the Tsutaya Comic Award in 2022.
Rating: 7.94 (189 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #403 (+32)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Seinen, Slice of Life
The trials and tribulations of a single father, who one day meets the reincarnation of his deceased wife.
Rating: 7.06 (66 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #404 (+479)
Genre: Drama, Psychological, Romance, Seinen, Slice of Life
Yokoi Taku has trouble getting along with people, so he moved to Tokyo as soon as he graduated from high school. He now lives alone, making a living by delivering newspapers and drawing doujinshi, though people totally ignore his non-erotic works. One day, a girl named Saitou Megumi suddenly shows up at his door, claiming that she came all the way from Tottori to meet him because she's a big fan of one of his doujinshi. It ends up that she has faced many hardships herself, and with no intention of leaving, she ends up living with him.
Official English Release:
INKR, Kodansha
Rating: 8.02 (106 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #424 (-14)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Psychological, School Life, Supernatural
From Yen Press:
One day, Miko suddenly started seeing grotesque beings that others couldn't. Her response was not to run, not to face them, but to do everything she could to completely ignore them. Can she keep a straight face and continue her day-to-day life while surrounded by horrifying monsters?
Rating: 8.21 (301 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #431 (+175)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Historical, Martial Arts, Shounen, Supernatural
In an ancient world where martial artists reign supreme, Unseong can only watch as his master is brutally beaten to death after a false accusation of practicing forbidden demonic arts. Even after a valiant fight, he fails to kill those responsible and faces his own end. But fate has other plans… Instead of taking his last breath, he awakens as a child, training to be an elite soldier of a demonic sect. Now Unseong must embrace the demonic arts and harness power in his ultimate quest for revenge.
Original Webtoon:
Daum, KakaoPage
Official Translations:
English (digital), English (print), Japanese
Rating: 7.87 (205 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #431 (+113)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Historical, Martial Arts, Mature, Romance, School Life, Shounen, Supernatural
King Grey has unrivaled strength, wealth, and prestige in a world governed by martial ability. However, solitude lingers closely behind those with great power. Beneath the glamorous exterior of a powerful king lurks the shell of man, devoid of purpose and will.
Reincarnated into a new world filled with magic and monsters, the king has a second chance to relive his life. Correcting the mistakes of his past will not be his only challenge, however. Underneath the peace and prosperity of the new world is an undercurrent threatening to destroy everything he has worked for, questioning his role and reason for being born again.
Original Novel
Special Volume
Original Webcomic:
Digital, Volumes
Official Translation:
Indonesian, Thai, Japanese, Spanish, S.Chinese, T.Chinese
•Korean: Daum, Kakao
•French: Delitoon, Piccoma
*Artist:
- Season 1-5: Fuyuki23
- Season 6: TBA.
Rating: 8.22 (150 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #437 (-24)
Genre: Mature, Romance, School Life, Shounen Ai, Yaoi
Mae-hwa, who had secretly been in love with Jae-won throughout high school, finally made up his mind to stop loving Jae-won and forget about him after graduation. But at the first party after entering university, he found out that Jae-won was also there! Mae-hwa tries to keep his distance from Jae-won. Jae-won tries to get closer to him. Will his hidden feelings finally be discovered? Jae-won finds out how they can get along in the future...
Original Webtoon:
R15: S1, S2, S3
R19: S3
Official Translation:
R15: English (LINE, Tappytoon), German, French, Thai, Japanese, Spanish
S.Chinese: S1-S2, S3
T.Chinese: S1-S2, S3
R19: English
Note: A novel was released on Dec 2022 under the name 사계 (Four Seasons) which includes 4 short stories that were not part of the main story (from S1-S2), the novel is also R19 (Source)
The novel writer is Gru/그루.
Rating: 7.49 (32 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #457 (+163)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Seinen
His only purpose was to protect his master. And yet he was powerless to protect her. But fate has more in store for him as he gets another chance to protect his master once more and change his destiny.
Original Novel
Original Webtoon:
Kakaopage: S1, S2-S3
Daum
Official Translations:
English, German, Japanese, S.Chinese, Thai, T.Chinese, Indonesian, French
Rating: 7.58 (320 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #492 (-13)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Shoujo, Slice of Life
The beautiful Athanasia was killed at the hands of her own biological father, Claude de Alger Obelia, the cold-blooded emperor! It’s just a silly bedtime story...until one woman wakes up to suddenly find she’s become that unfortunate princess! She needs a plan to survive her doomed fate, and time is running out.
Will she go with Plan A, live as quietly as possible without being noticed by the infamous emperor? Plan B, collect enough money to escape the palace? Or will she be stuck with Plan C, sweet-talking her way into her father’s good graces?!
Original Webtoon:
Kakaopage, Naver Series, Ridibooks, Comico
Official Translations:
•English: TappyToon, Tapas
•Others: S.Chinese, T.Chinese, Thai, French, German, Japanese, Indonesian
Note: Tappytoon, Tapas and Seven Seas (Print) use different localizations
Rating: 8.49 (604 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #493 (No change)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Harem, Martial Arts, Romance, Sci-fi, Shounen, Supernatural
The journey to the martial peak is a lonely, solitary and long one. In the face of adversity, you must survive and remain unyielding. Only then you can breakthrough and continue on your journey to becoming the strongest.
High Heaven Pavilion tests its disciples in the harshest ways possible to prepare them for such a journey. One day the lowly sweeper Yang Kai managed to obtain a mysterious black book, setting him on the road to the peak of the martial world.
Original Manhua
Official Translations:
English, Japanese, Korean
Rating: 7.52 (209 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #598 (-70)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Yaoi
Koga Naoto is an omega who was raped by his alpha classmates and got pregnant. Due to that traumatic experience, he came to hate alphas and told himself that he doesn't need a lifemate or a bond, but even with that incident, he insisted on keeping the child and raised her, and an angel named Shizuku was born. She became his strength and center in this cruel word that treats omegas unfairly. But his life suddenly changed when he met an alpha named Tsuchiya Hazuki from the matchmaking party he forced himself to attend.
Rating: 7.93 (278 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #601 (+297)
Genre: Action, Drama, Shounen, Sports
From Kodansha:
After a disastrous defeat at the 2018 World Cup, Japan's team struggles to regroup. But what's missing? An absolute Ace Striker, who can guide them to the win. The Japan Football Union is hell-bent on creating a striker who hungers for goals and thirsts for victory, and who can be the decisive instrument in turning around a losing match and to do so, they've gathered 300 of Japan's best and brightest youth players. Who will emerge to lead the team and will they be able to out-muscle and out-ego everyone who stands in their way?
Note: Won the 45th Kodansha Manga Award in Shounen Category in 2021. Nominated for a Harvey Award in the Best Manga category in 2022.
Rating: 7.76 (186 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #614 (-90)
