New Manga Series for the Year 2012
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, Comedy, Drama, Sci-fi, Supernatural
From Viz:
Every time a promising villain appears, Saitama beats the snot out of ’em with one punch! Can he finally find an opponent who can go toe-to-toe with him and give his life some meaning? Or is he doomed to a life of superpowered boredom?
Note:
Was nominated for the seventh annual Manga Taishō Award in 2014, an Eisner Award in 2015 and a Harvey Award in 2016. Won the Sugoi Japan Award and the Spanish Manga Barcelona award in the seinen category in 2017.
Official Japanese
Official English
Rating: 8.77 (2357 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #46 
(-14)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Lolicon, Mature, Mystery, Psychological, Sci-fi, Supernatural, Tragedy
From Seven Seas:
In an age when the corners of the world have been scoured for their secrets, only one place remains unexplored–a massive cave system known as the Abyss. Those who traverse its endless pits and labyrinth-like tunnels are known as Cave Raiders. A young orphan named Riko dreams of following in her mother’s footsteps as a Cave Raider, and when she meets a strange robot when exploring the Abyss, she’s one step closer to achieving her goal.
Note: Nominated for the 11th Manga Taishou Awards (2018).
Rating: 8.4 (311 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #326 (-42)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Psychological, Sci-fi, Seinen, Slice of Life, Tragedy
From Kodansha:
In a world inhabited by crystalline lifeforms called The Lustrous, every unique gem must fight for their way of life against the threat of lunarians who would turn them into decorations. Phosphophyllite, the most fragile and brittle of gems, longs to join the battle. When Phos is instead assigned to complete a natural history of their world, it sounds like a dull and pointless task. But this new job brings Phos into contact with Cinnabar, a gem forced to live in isolation. Can Phos's seemingly mundane assignment lead both Phos and Cinnabar to the fulfillment they desire?
Original Manga
Official English: Azuki, INKR
Note: Nominated for the 8th Manga Taisho in 2015.
Rating: 8.49 (309 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #384 
(+17)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Shounen, Slice of Life, Supernatural
From Azuki:
Makoto Kowata, a novice witch, packs up her belongings (including her black cat familiar) and moves in with her distant cousins in rural Aomori Prefecture, in the far north reaches of Japan, to complete her training and become a full-fledged witch.
Official Korean (Lezhin)
Official English: Azuki, INKR
Rating: 8.26 (241 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #496 (+4)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, School Life, Shounen, Slice of Life
From Yen Press:
Middle schooler Nishikata has had it with his classmate Takagi--the chronic teaser who sits nearby. Day in and day out, she comes after him with every sort of trick or prank. Even when he tries to get her back, she's always one step ahead. But rest assured, it's only the beginning. He's not about to give up that easily in this battle of cunning and youth.
Rating: 7.98 (427 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #586 (-63)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Slice of Life, Yaoi
In the ”Canis” series:
Vol. 1 - ”Dear Mr. Rain”
Kutsuna Satoru, a hatter, picks up a man collapsed by the side of the road. This man, Kashiba Ryou, has come to Japan to die.…
Vol. 2-3 - ”Dear Hatter”
Sequel to ”Dear Mr. Rain.”
Vol. 4-7 - ”The Speaker”
A spin-off of the main series that follows some of Ryou's gang acquaintances.
Notes:
- Later chapters contain explicit content.
- New Takeshobo editions for the first 3 volumes have extra content.
Rating: 8.67 (216 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #733 (+334)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Ecchi, Fantasy, Harem, Romance, Shounen, Supernatural
From Yen Press:
It's tough being evil when you have to pay the rent. This comical tale of a demon-lord-turned-fry-slinger follows the daily travails of (former) Devil King Sadao Maou and his general Shiro Ashiya as they navigate the complexities of life in modern-day Tokyo. Having suffered utter defeat at the hands of a plucky hero, they've been banished to earth and stripped of magical power. And if that wasn't enough, that pesky hero is still hell-bent on finishing the job. Artist Akio Hiiragi brings Satoshi Wagahara's story to hilarious life in this manga adaptation of the hit light novel series. It turns out crushing your enemies beneath your feet is tricky when you haven't even made manager yet.
Rating: 8.02 (279 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #923 (-4)
Genre: Adult, Comedy, Ecchi, Fantasy, Harem, Romance, Seinen, Slice of Life, Supernatural
From Seven Seas Entertainment:
Monsters? They're real, and they want to date us! Three years ago, the world learned that harpies, centaurs, catgirls, and all manners of fabulous creatures are not merely fiction; they are flesh and blood?not to mention scale, feather, horn, and fang. Thanks to the "Cultural Exchange Between Species Act," these once-mythical creatures have assimilated into society, or at least, they're trying.
When a hapless human teenager named Kimihito Kuruzu is inducted as a "volunteer" into the government exchange program, his world is turned upside down. A snake-like lamia named Miia comes to live with him, and it is Kuruzu's job to take care of her and make sure she integrates into his everyday life. Unfortunately for Kuruzu, Miia is undeniably sexy, and the law against interspecies breeding is very strict. Even worse, when a ravishing centaur girl and a flirtatious harpy move in, what's a full-blooded teenage human with raging hormones to do?
Rating: 8.04 (821 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #1159 (-74)
Genre: Adult, Smut, Yaoi
Volume 01
Mid-life Crisis of the Forties
Eno and Fujio (from Class Reunion) navigate their relationship together
Looking for Lost Cat
Yamada Goro loses his cat Burnt Rice, Shinichi finds the cat and takes him back to Goro. After it happens twice Shinichi offers to cat-sit for Goro and ends up falling in love with him...
Volume 02
Pavlov
A food writer is dating a food lover
I want to posses you
Mitsuki works as a home renovator with Minazuki, who is oddly adamant about no-one working in a certain room. Mitsuki decides to go in anyway.
Volume 03
Train Spotting
Due to a misunderstanding high school student Aogaki ends up at the mercy of a yakuza boss
No really, there's no way I did it!
Takizawa Itsuki is falsely accused of groping a woman on the train and need to convince detective Itagaki there's no way he did it because he's gay.
Volume 04
Swept Away
(sequel to Train Spotting)
Aogaki has fun
Powerful force!!
(connected to No really, there's no way I did it!)
Detective Itagaki is on a stake out with his collegue Yamato Oosaku
Volume 05
Losing Virginity
(sequel to Train Spotting, Swept Away)
Aogaki wants to try topping
Detective Life!!
(connected to No really, there's no way I did it!)
Detective Itagaki is on his day off
Rating: 6.4 (5 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #1169 (+61)
Genre: Drama, Romance, School Life, Shounen, Slice of Life
Since the graduation of the senior members of the club, Takezou ends up being the sole member of the "Koto" (traditional Japanese string instrument) club. Now that the new school year has begun, Takezou will have to seek out new members into the club, or the club will become terminated. Out of nowhere, a new member barges into the near-abandoned club room, demanding to join the club. How will Takezou be able to keep his club alive and deal with this rascal of a new member?
Rating: 8.57 (298 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #1223 (-42)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Ecchi, Fantasy, Harem, Romance, Seinen
From Seven Seas:
Kicked out by his family and wandering the streets, an unemployed 34-year-old shut-in thinks he’s hit rock-bottom—just as he’s hit and killed by a speeding truck! Awakening to find himself reborn as an infant in a world of swords and sorcery, but with the memories of his first life intact, Rudeus Greyrat is determined not to repeat his past mistakes. He’s going to make the most of this reincarnation as he sets off on the adventure of a second lifetime.
Rating: 8.62 (899 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #1246 (+308)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, School Life, Shounen, Slice of Life, Sports
From Viz:
After losing his first and last volleyball match against Tobio Kageyama, “the King of the Court,” Shoyo Hinata swears to become his rival after graduating middle school. But what happens when the guy he wants to defeat ends up being his teammate?
Original Manga
Colored Version Manga
Official Translation:
Read for FREE on Manga Plus
Note: Won the 61st Shogakukan Manga Award for Shounen.
Rating: 8.61 (784 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #1262 (+139)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Shounen, Supernatural
From Viz:
Yuichiro’s dream is near-impossible, given that vampires are seven times stronger than humans, and the only way to kill them is by mastering Cursed Gear, advanced demon-possessed weaponry. Not to mention that humanity’s most elite Vampire Extermination Unit, the Moon Demon Company, wants nothing to do with Yuichiro unless he can prove he’s willing to work in a team - which is the last thing he wants.
Read for FREE on Manga Plus
Rating: 7.5 (345 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #1348 (+10)
Genre: Comedy, Ecchi, Romance, School Life, Seinen
Fujiyama-san is 181 cm (Approx. 5' 11'') and she is the ace player for her school's volleyball team. Kanba-kun is 160 cm (Approx. 5' 3") and has known Fujiyama since their preschool years. With his prankster friends, Kanba peaks into the girl's locker room right when Fujiyama is undressing. From then on, he could not get the image of Fujiyama out of his mind, so he decides to ask her out. She says yes. Enjoy their naive and secretive relationship as Kanba ogles his tall girlfriend in many different situations.
Rating: 8.09 (467 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #1435 (-64)
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Seinen, Supernatural
Having been kicked out of the orphanage, a despairing young man by the name of Atsushi Nakajima rescues a strange man from a suicide attempt - Osamu Dazai. Turns out that Dazai is part of a detective agency staffed by individuals whose supernatural powers take on a literary bent!
(Source: Yen Press)
Original Manga:
Comic Walker, Kadokawa
Official Translation:
English (Print)
Rating: 7.85 (187 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #1510 (-50)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, School Life, Shoujo, Slice of Life
After Kawasumi rescues her from an unwelcome admirer, Suiren finds herself captivated by him. However, Suiren is too shy to speak to anyone, much less this reserved karate boy. What’s more, Suiren isn’t the only one interested in Kawasumi. Will a class trip offer the opportunity to reveal her feelings before it’s too late?
Official English Release: Viz
Rating: 7.84 (784 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #1527 (+150)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Harem, Martial Arts, Romance, Shounen
In a land where no magic is present. A land where the strong make the rules and the weak have to obey. A land filled with alluring treasures and beauty yet also filled with unforeseen danger.
Xiao Yan, who has shown talents none had seen in decades, suddenly three years ago lost everything, his powers, his reputation, and his promise to his mother. What sorcery has caused him to lose all of his powers? And why has his fiancee suddenly shown up?
Original Manhua
Official Translations:
English, Korean (KakaoPage, Daum)
Rating: 7.7 (416 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #1530 (+8)
Genre: Comedy, Ecchi, Harem, Romance, Seinen, Supernatural
Bouida Haruto, a hardcore otaku with no interest in 3D (real) women, once appreciated figures from afar, accepting that "if you get into them, there's no turning back." However, when Nona, a character he loved from an anime called "Girls→Planetary Investigation" had a figure of her released, he ended up purchasing it. And then that night, the figure of Nona somehow came to life, and a couple-like lifestyle between man and toy began.
Rating: 6.84 (17 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #1601 (+1100)
Genre: Drama, Harem, Horror, Mature, Mystery, Psychological, School Life, Seinen
High schooler Shiina Shinya thinks that all girls are pretty much good-for-nothing, mostly because he doesn't understand them at all. That doesn't stop him from being surrounded by strange girls! Tsubasa Tooka, a cute, much-admired girl, stalks him. Shikimura Masami is majorly into masochism, and has recruited Shinya into her play sessions. Ikari Satsuki seems suspiciously interested in the recent serial stabbings, and seems to want to drag Shinya into it. Banjou Yoruko, a normally quiet, bookish girl, has decided she and Shinya are bound up in some fantasy setting. Uchida Yumeji is the school's sleeping beauty, who spends all of her time in the infirmary because she requires so much sleep. Shinya brings her newspapers, so she can keep up with current events in the short time she spends awake. Lastly, Okui Akane is convinced she is a vampire. For all Shinya knows, it could be true, but in practice it just means that he has to let her drink his blood. How will Shinya deal with all these good-for-nothing girls that complicate his life?
Rating: 8.07 (401 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #1614 (+286)
Genre: Adult, Comedy, Harem, Romance, School Life, Seinen
A world where cute girls fight as cards. What's more terrifying (or pleasant?) it is a battle is to make the other girl undress. Win by making full use of your intellect and physical strength with the girls who have materialized from cards! If you win, the opponent's girl card will also be yours! ? A harem of 100 people (people?) isn't just a dream.
A slightly sexy card battle comedy, the long-awaited comic!
Rating: 6.3 (17 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #1615 (+231)
Genre: Drama, Gender Bender, Mature, Mystery, Psychological, School Life, Seinen, Slice of Life
Isao Komori is a college dropout who spends his days cooped up in his apartment playing video games and masturbating. The highlight of his day is visiting a convenience store where an angel-like high-school girl called Mari visits every night.
One morning Komori wakes up in Mari's body. Another "Komori" inhabits his old body, and Mari has disappeared. Komori struggles to maintain Mari's ordinary life and starts to investigate Mari's disapperance. Perhaps Mari wasn't so innocent and perfect after all?
Official English: Crunchyroll Manga
Rating: 7.73 (652 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #1617 (+395)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Ecchi, Romance, School Life, Shounen, Slice of Life
From Dan of Population GO:
Yukihira Souma's dream is to become a full-time chef in his father's restaurant and surpass his father's culinary skill. But just as Yukihira graduates from middle schools his father, Yukihira Jouichirou, closes down the restaurant to cook in Europe. Although downtrodden, Souma's fighting spirit is rekindled by a challenge from Jouichirou which is to survive in an elite culinary school where only 10% of the students graduate. Can Souma survive?
Rating: 8.06 (1346 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #1649 (+326)
Genre: Action, Comedy, School Life, Seinen
In this world, Sensha-do, the military art of using tanks, is every bit as important to a yamato nadeshiko (ideal Japanese woman) as flower arrangement and the tea ceremony.
Nishizumi Miho is a new transfer student wanting nothing to do with Sensha-do. However, she is summoned before the Student Council President who forcibly enrols her in Sensha-do, with the ultimate goal of being part of the school's team in the National Sensha-do Tournament. To make matters worse, every single member of the team is eccentric.
Rating: 6.74 (36 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #1679 (+1999)
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Psychological, Romance, Sci-fi, Shounen, Supernatural
High school student Kaname Sudou receives an invitation from a classmate to play Darwin’s Game, a mobile game he has never heard of. However, as soon as he opens the application, a green snake suddenly pops out from his phone screen and bites his neck, leaving him unconscious. Waking up in the infirmary without any signs of a snake bite, he is told by the school to take the rest of the day off. Although he is puzzled by what has happened, he dismisses the surreal experience as a hallucination and boards the train home.
Unfortunately, his curiosity gets the better of him and he uses the application once again. As the application appears to be just like any other battle game, Kaname breathes out a sigh of relief and decides to start his first match. However, the pleasant surprise is short-lived, as his in-game opponent unexpectedly appears right in front of him and attempts to hunt him down with a knife.
As he desperately runs for his life, Kaname puts two and two together and realizes that Darwin’s Game is not an ordinary game, but rather, it’s a brutal fight for survival.
Rating: 7.86 (333 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #1740 (+195)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, School Life, Shounen, Supernatural, Tragedy
After a mission gone awry, the doubtful main character, Rood, is sent to a famous magic school, Helios. Here, he must protect an important person's son who has a very bad time at the school.
Original Webcomic
Rating: 8.51 (719 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #1743 (+300)
