New Manga Series for the Year 2020
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: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Shounen, Slice of Life, Supernatural
From Viz:
Decades after their victory, the funeral of one her friends confronts Frieren with her own near immortality. Frieren sets out to fulfill the last wishes of her comrades and finds herself beginning a new adventure.
Note: Won the 14th Manga Taishō and the New Creator Prize at the 25th annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2021 and the 69th Shogakukan Manga Award in 2024. Nominated at the 46th and 48th Annual Kodansha Manga Awards in the Shounen CAtegory in 2022 and 2024.
Rating: 8.56 (480 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #40 
(+8)
Genre: Fantasy, Romance, Shoujo
From Seven Seas:
Being reborn once may sound impressive, but Rishe is already on her seventh time around! She has had all kinds of excitement in her previous lives, from peddling goods as a merchant to locking blades as a knight, so now she’s determined to kick back and enjoy. But to savor the high life, she first has to marry the handsome prince. The same one who happens to be her murderer. It will take six-plus lifetimes of experience and skills for Rishe to break the time loop and make her extravagant dreams come true.
Original Manga
Rating: 7.96 (93 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #178 
(-172)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Psychological, Romance, Seinen, Slice of Life, Supernatural, Tragedy
From Yen Press:
Gorou is an ob-gyn with a life far removed from the glitz and glamour of the entertainment industry - the world of his favorite idol, rising star Ai Hoshino. But when the two are unexpectedly brought together, their fates become intertwined in ways that defy all reason. For the good doctor, it’s time to stan(d) and deliver.
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Note: Nominated for the 46th and 48th Annual Kodansha Manga Awards in the General Category in 2022 and 2024.
Rating: 8.04 (332 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #228 (-39)
Genre: Adult, Josei, Romance, Smut
From Batoto Scans:
“You’re so turned on for someone trapped in this situation. "
My sensitive spots are getting rubbed harshly over my shirt and a finger is slowly creeping inside of me. How can I suppress my voice so that we won’t get found out.
One night, Kaede was accidentally locked out in the corridor of her workplace. She’s helped by her unrequited love, Shioya, who happened to pass by. He then lets her stay overnight at his house. Surprised by Shioya's roommate, they hide in the closet. Kaede’s thrilled by how close his body is to her. At that moment, his lips touch her chest.
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Rating: 7.05 (49 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #239 (+138)
Genre: Romance, School Life, Shoujo, Slice of Life
From Kodansha:
Yoi Takiguchi's long legs, deep voice, and handsome face are the perfect recipe for an attractive guy. Until people realize she is, in fact, a girl. Dubbed a “prince” by her peers since childhood, Yoi has all but given up on being seen as anything else. That is, until she bumps into Ichimura-sempai, the school’s other prince (who’s a he) and gets a taste of what it feels like to be seen for her true self. The story of the two high school princes starts here!
Note: Nominated for the 46th to 48th Annual Kodansha Manga Awards in the Shoujo Category from 2022 to 2024.
Rating: 7.83 (98 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #290 (+2)
Genre: Drama, Historical, Josei, Romance
In the Taisho era (1912-1926), Chiharu was born as the eldest daughter in a landowner's family, but she had a "secret" - a large birthmark covering her back. Because of this flaw, she was turned down as a bride many a time and was unable to find a suitable groom until she reached the spring of her 28th year.
One day, her father took her to a party, where she met a man named Seta. When asking about him, she is warned that he is a notorious womanizer who had made his fortune in a "bad business." But what is he doing now?!
"I'm here to pick you up, Chiharu-san."
It is Seta who demands that Chiharu marry him in exchange for covering his covering her father's debts. The clumsy marriage between a Taisho married couple begins!
Rating: 6.41 (2 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #291 (+288)
Genre: Josei, Romance, Smut
To her coworkers, Mizuno Sumire is hard-working, capable, and cold-blooded, but she is actually hiding a shocking secret. What happens when this secret is suddenly uncovered by someone else?
Rating: 7.26 (34 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #300 (-160)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Ecchi, Fantasy, Harem, Shounen
From Kodansha:
Prince Lloyd wasn't always a prince...in fact, his previous life is one he remembers perfectly: he was a sorcerer, of sorts. So when he was forced to reincarnate, he decided to continue his studies, prince of the realm or no! But his new life has its own sets of challenges...including being a 10-year-old! What's the 7th prince/sorcerer to do?
Rating: 6.8 (150 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #340 (+214)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Shounen, Slice of Life
From Kodansha:
After thirty-five years of perfectly ordinary life, a run-of-the-mill businessman suddenly drops dead only to be reborn in another world! Now he must live as Ars Louvent, scion of a minor noble family and wielder of a fabulous skill: Appraisal, the power to perceive the strengths and abilities of others at a glance. He'll need it, too, because there are plenty of problems to solve in the Louvent family's territory! Ars only has one choice: recruit the most talented individuals his skill can find, and rise to new heights in his brand new world.
Rating: 6.46 (134 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #384 (+669)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, School Life, Shoujo
From One Peace Books:
A college student finds herself resurrected as Eumiella, an evil daughter of the nobility in the world of an Otome RPG that she played in her previous life. In the RPG, Eumiella isn’t worth thinking about at first, but in the endgame content, she returns as a hidden boss, complete with ridiculous stats that put her on par with even the game’s heroes.
After being essentially abandoned by her parents at their family domain, the flames of Eumiella’s former gamer soul are ignited, and she takes to leveling, and leveling, and leveling, until at the time of enrolling in the Royal Academy, she discovers that she is level 99. Though she’d originally planned to live a peaceful and discreet life, the game’s heroine and her love interests suspect that Eumiella is the infamous Demon Lord. These ridiculous powers invite all manner of trials and tribulations. So begins the fantasy tale of a most powerful, evil hidden boss (who wishes she could just live a life of peace).
Official English
Rating: 7.84 (174 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #393 (-200)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-fi, Shounen
From Kodansha:
Second-year high school student Rakurou Hizutome is interested in one thing only: finding "shitty games" and beating the crap out of them. His gaming skills are second to none, and no game is too bad for him to enjoy. So when he's introduced to the new VR game Shangri-La Frontier, he does what he does best min-maxes and skips the prologue to jump straight into the action. But can even an expert gamer like Rakurou discover all the secrets that Shangri-La Frontier hides?
Note: Won the 47th Annual Kodansha Manga Award in the Shounen category in 2023.
Official English
Rating: 7.6 (96 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #477 (-123)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Sci-fi, Shounen
Grotesque, Godzilla-like monsters called "kaijuu" have been appearing around Japan for many years. To combat these beasts, an elite military unit known as the Defense Corps risks their lives daily to protect civilians. Once a creature is killed, "sweepers"—working under the Professional Kaijuu Cleaner Corporation—are left to dispose of its remains.
Kafka Hibino is a 32-year-old member of the Professional Kaiju Cleanup Corp. Kafka was also childhood friends with Mina Ashiro who he made a vow with to join the Defense Force together and protect Japan from Kaiju. However, Kafka failed the entrance exam numerous times and quit on his dreams of being a member of the Defense Force while Mina went on to become the captain of the Defense Force’s 3rd Division.
Following a chain of unfortunate events and an interaction with an ambitious recruit named Leno Ichikawa, Kafka encounters a parasite-type kaijuu that forces its way in through his mouth—turning him into a humanoid monster. With his newfound powers, Kafka aims to give his lifelong dream a final try.
Original Manga
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Offiicial Arabic
مانجا العربية[manga arabia]
Note: Was nominated for the 14th Manga Taishou Award in 2021 and the 26th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2022.
Rating: 7.57 (294 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #495 (+495)
Genre: Ecchi, Romance, School Life, Seinen, Slice of Life
A salary man is quite depressed, especially on Mondays. At his lowest point a well-endowed High-School girl calling herself Ai-chan stumbles breast-first into his face. The concussion she gave him served as the start of their relationship.
This page refers to the Twitter manga's official serialization, which began in Weekly Young Magazine on November 16, 2020.
Rating: 6.75 (53 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #600 (+712)
Genre: Action, Adult, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Ecchi, Fantasy, Harem, Romance, Seinen
From Seven Seas:
When Kousuke finds himself transported to a new world, he has to learn how to survive both a trackless desert and a dark forest. Luckily, his knowledge of gaming comes in handy. He has all the crafting abilities he ever wanted, and an infinitely large inventory to fill with loot and weapons! Even luckier, he meets a sexy elf princess who snaps a slave collar around his neck and puts him to work saving the world, and servicing her every whim?
Rating: 6.77 (112 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #615 (+119)
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Mature, Psychological, School Life, Shounen, Tragedy
Labeled "Experiment A" by five of his classmates and tortured throughout sixth grade, Shun Uruma hung on by a thread. When his bullies targeted his family, leaving him with nobody but his grandfather, it was the final straw—Uruma had suffered enough. Determined to get back at his enemies, Uruma begged his grandfather, a WWII veteran, to guide him through the path of vengeance.
Four years later, Uruma completes his intense training and embarks on a brutal journey of torture and retribution to hunt down the five monsters who made his school life a living hell.
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Rating: 5.82 (115 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #649 (+211)
Genre: Adult, Drama, Psychological, Romance, School Life, Seinen, Tragedy
In a town with nothing, in the middle of daily life with seemingly no signs of change, high schooler Reiji Kurose was "just" living. Family, dreams for the future and childhood friends. All of them were binding him down to that city. He thought he would "just" keep on living like that. Until he met her. Is there hope in living? Is there light waiting ahead? It's the start of a boy meets girl series which reflects the "now".
Rating: 7.07 (185 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #669 (-89)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Mature, Shounen, Slice of Life, Supernatural
Taro Sakamoto was the ultimate assassin, feared by villains and admired by hitmen. But one day...he fell in love! Retirement, marriage, fatherhood and then... Sakamoto gained weight! The chubby guy who runs the neighborhood store is actually a former legendary hitman! Can he protect his family from danger? Get ready to experience a new kind of action comedy series!
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Note: Was nominated for Best Print Manga at the Next Manga Awards and won the U-Next Prize in 2021. Was nominated for the 68th Shogakukan Manga Award in the Shounen category in 2022.
Rating: 7.67 (175 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #674 (+78)
Genre: Adult, Adventure, Fantasy, Harem, Romance, Shounen, Slice of Life
One day, Sanada Shirou, who works for a black company, is transported to another world. Using his "creation magic", an ability he gained when transported, he opens an inn and is supposed to lead a slow life, but this other world is a little strange?! It is a world where women are overwhelmingly dominant, where women do dangerous work and battle, and men are powerless and are protected! The daily life of entertaining (in many ways) the women of this other world begins...!
Rating: 6.81 (81 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #679 (-265)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, School Life, Shounen
From Viz:
Mash just wants to live in peace with his father in the forest. But the only way he’ll ever be accepted in the magic realm is by attending magic school and becoming a Divine Visionary - an exceptional student revered as one of the chosen. But without an ounce of magic to his name, Mash will have to punch his way to the top spot.
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Rating: 7.39 (311 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #681 (-65)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mature, Romance, Shounen Ai
The long-awaited "Isekai BL" comic is here!
When the efficiency freak corporate slave continued to work even in the other word—
He won the heart of the Knight Captain!?
Kondou Seiichirou was a salaryman who chased after work. When he was dragged into a saint summoning and transferred to another world, he still didn’t change and continued to work. But as he did so, he seemed to have unexpectedly raised a love flag with the “Ice Prince”...
Nico Nico Manga
Comic Walker
Pixiv
Official English Release: Yen Press
Rating: 7.91 (81 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #714 (+143)
Genre: Action, Adult, Adventure, Fantasy, Harem, Mature, Seinen
An ordinary Japanese boy dies and gets sent to another world, where he is given incredible power by an omnipotent god and decides to use it to purchase slaves and create a harem.
Rating: 5.06 (49 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #758 (-524)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Ecchi, Sci-fi, Shounen, Supernatural
All Fuuko wants is a passionate romance like the one in her favorite shoujo manga. Unfortunately, her Unluck ability makes that impossible. But just as Fuuko hits rock bottom, Andy sweeps her off her feet, literally.
Now she’s become Andy’s unwilling test subject as he works to find a way to trigger a stroke of Unluck big enough to kill him for good. However, when the pair discovers a secret organization is hunting them, it puts Andy’s burial plans on hold.
Official English Releases:
Manga Plus, Viz
Rating: 7.01 (115 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #760 (+77)
Genre: Action, Adult, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Gender Bender, Seinen
Official Web Publication
Official English
Rin's village getting attacked by bandits doesn't keep her down in the dumps for long! Picking up a sword housing an extraordinary pervert… I mean hero, Siegfried, she sets off on a journey of many bouts with various degenerat… ahem, heroes!
Rating: 7.57 (117 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #913 (-113)
Genre: Comedy, Ecchi, Harem, Romance, School Life, Shounen
At the beginning of the academic year, Saotome Hodaka enrolls in Moteshiro Prefectural High School, a former all-girls school that had recently integrated, but discovers it has a male-to-female ratio of 1:359!
While most might consider this a paradise, the majority of the students are delinquents and Saotome immediately finds himself being extorted by some of the more aggressive girls. However, he is inadvertently saved by Hanako Kuzuryu, a beautiful Yankee who just wants to be left alone. Is this the start of a new friendship? And how will Saotome's life unfold in a school full of troublesome women?
Rating: 6.46 (109 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #961 (+126)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Yaoi
Night after night, Elva steps forth into the black sea, sword in hand, to drive back the creatures that surge from the waves. Elva is one of the "kannagi," warrior priests chosen by the divine to protect the island. With his snow-white hair, unaging youth, and black-stained limbs—proof of the corruption that gradually takes the life of every kannagi—the local people fear and shun him... at least until his path crosses with that of a boy named Alto. Enraptured by Elva's strength and lonely soul, Alto swears to serve him and free him from his cursed fate.
After eight long years, Alto has grown into a capable and fearless young man, unwavering in his devotion to his kannagi. Elva had long ago resigned himself to an early death—but somehow, Alto's presence seems to be gradually healing him of the black sea's corruption...
Original Japanese
Official Translations
- English:
ShuCream BL (Digital); Tokyopop (Print)
-Brazilian Portuguese: Print (NewPop)
- Spanish:
ArechiManga
Rating: 8.19 (51 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #974 (-131)
