New Manga Series for the Year 2021
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: Josei, Romance, Smut
Hinako gets cheated on by her boyfriend and the company she was working for goes bankrupt. While walking aimlessly through the city, she bumps into a yakuza by accident. Just when she thinks her life is over, she's shocked to discover that the yakuza is her first love and childhood friend, Tsukasa. Hinako enjoys their unexpected reunion, but after sharing her recent situation, Tsukasa suddenly asks her to enter into a contract to pose as his fiance! It being an offer she can't refuse, she accepts, under the condition that "touching is off―limits!" But, when she lets her guard down and lets him see her in a compromising position, he makes a move on her. Stimulating her sensitive spots, he licks her with the hot tip of his tongue. Being desired so intensely by such an openly instinctive man, even though it's a sham relationship, Hinako finds herself wanting to connect with him even more deeply...
Activity: Stats Pos #80 
(+370)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
A certain girl genius with more power than knowledge accidentally summoned dozens of students and teachers into a dangerous world filled with beasts and magic, but the protagonist isn’t a student or the homeroom teacher… it’s the janitor.
At the time of their summoning, the students and teachers each gained a power formed from their soul, but not the janitor. As the janitor was about to be bestowed with a power that would protect him, his power was forcibly taken from him by an arrogant student. Having gone three years without a contract extension, he failed to get a job after having graduated from a third-rate university. Somehow he is still a contractor at 25 years old and was a janitor for 2 years, with a take-home monthly salary of less than ¥120,000. From a society that rejected him, he was thrust into a world that rejected him. And what janitor-san wished from the Goddess who took pity on him was…
Activity: Stats Pos #110 
(-15)
Genre: Romance, Shoujo, Slice of Life
From Kodansha:
Yuki is a 20-year-old college sophomore who has wished for one thing since moving to Tokyo: to find her soulmate. Growing a bit desperate after a long drought, she goes along with a friend to a club for the first time. Her friend thrives, but it’s chaotic and loud just not Yuki’s scene. Just when Yuki begins to despair that she’ll ever find a real, adult relationship, she meets Iori, a man with bleached hair and a slightly scary demeanor but first impressions don’t always tell the whole story. Could destiny still have more cards to play?
Rating: 7.36 (58 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #117 (+148)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, School Life, Shounen
From Kodansha:
Haruka Sakura wants nothing to do with weaklings—he's only interested in the strongest of the strong. He's just started at Furin High School, a school of degenerates known only for their brawling strength. A strength they use to protect their town from anyone who wishes it ill. But Haruka's not interested in being a hero or being part of any sort of team. He just wants to fight his way to the top!
Original Web Manga
Rating: 6.67 (34 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #145 (+1633)
Genre: Action, Adult, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Harem, Seinen
10 years since he reincarnated in hell…Takamichi is troubled. With the “Incubus” power unlocking further to become stronger by having sex with women but his growth peaked. “I’ll move to a new area, wait for me beautiful women of the new world!” Sexy & violent pretty girl battle fantasy!
Rating: 6.37 (84 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #175 (-136)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Ecchi, Horror, Mature, Romance, School Life, Sci-fi, Shounen, Supernatural
From Viz:
Momo Ayase strikes up an unusual friendship with her school’s UFO fanatic, whom she nicknames “Okarun” because he has a name that is not to be said aloud. While Momo believes in spirits, she thinks aliens are nothing but nonsense. Her new friend, meanwhile, thinks the exact opposite. To settle matters, the two set out to prove each other wrong. Momo to a UFO hotspot and Okarun to a haunted tunnel. What unfolds next is a beautiful story of young love and oddly horny aliens and spirits?
Original Web Manga
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Rating: 7.89 (230 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #287 (+10)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Sci-fi, Shounen
From Kodansha:
Who is the Hero and whos is the villain?
When the Monster Army invaded Earth thirteen years ago, the Divine Dragon Rangers rose up to stop them. With the war raging on, these great heroes are mankind’s last hope or are they? In truth, the invaders were subjugated within a year, forced to continue to crank out a monster a week for the Rangers to crush in front of their adoring fans! But one monster has had enough. Something has to change! He’ll rebel against the might of the Dragon Rangers and destroy them all from the inside.
Rating: 6.96 (83 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #293 (+783)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Ecchi, Fantasy, Mature, Romance, Seinen
Dion, the recovery wizard who was told so, was seriously injured by the hands of party members and left behind in the interior of the highest difficulty dungeon.
On the verge of running out of his life, he happens to encounter a dying dragon. Dion realized that he couldn't help him anymore, and he treated the dragon to live as a recovery wizard until the end. Then the dragon thanked him and even shared the power of the dragon. In addition, this dragon seems to have been a legendary god dragon-class. Dion escapes from the dungeon with his new companion, the dragon, and restarts as an adventurer. He captures the difficult dungeons that stand in his way, and his abilities are recognized and he has all the strong men on his side.
This is a story about a recovery magician who leaves behind even the party he was in from a difficult situation and becomes the strongest adventurer in the world.
Rating: 6.16 (76 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #295 (+169)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, School Life, Shounen, Slice of Life
Chidori High is a boys' school that takes in the dregs of society with the lowest grades. Next door stands Kikyo Girls' High, where wealthy, high-class families send their precious daughters.
Chidori second-year Rintaro, who has a fierce face but a gentle heart, is helping at his family's patisserie when he meets a girl named Kaoruko. The two hit it off right away but this blissful peace is quickly disturbed when Rintaro discovers that Kaoruko is actually a student at Kikyo. Worse, she doesn't seem to realize what a huge problem this really is! Will these two be able to forge a path for themselves, and sidestep the traps (metaphorical and literal) laid by their classmates?
Original Manga
Official English Release: Kodansha
Note: Nominated for the 47th and 48th Annual Kodansha Manga Awards in the Shounen Category in 2023 and 2024.
Rating: 8.04 (143 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #327 (-3)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, School Life
Childhood friends who have been together since they were little. They both realize their feelings for each other, but are too close to be honest. What connects them is the "I love you game" that they have been playing since they were little. The end of their love is decided in this simple game where the winner is the one who makes the other embarrassed!
Original Web Manga
Rating: 7.51 (53 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #459 (+267)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Harem, Seinen
Beryl Gardernant is a humble sword master who runs a dojo in the Reveris Kingdom. He had come to terms with the limits of his strength and was living a leisurely life in the countryside. However, his life changes drastically when Alexia, one of his former students, suddenly visits him and tells him that she has recommended Beryl to be a special instructor within the nation’s Knight Order.
He is reunited with his former students who have become big-shots such as knight captains, top-ranking adventurers, and ace magicians, and he is kicked out of his family’s dojo. Turbulent times were ahead of him. Beryl was happy that his former disciples adore him, but he is also humble about the fact that he is not very strong. However, while he wasn’t aware of it, he was the owner of an unparalleled talent.
Unconscious of his power, Beryl is surrounded by ex-disciples who know of his strength, and gradually makes himself known to the world, all the while remaining rather unaware of all of this.
Rating: 6.87 (75 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #553 (+155)
Genre: Drama, Ecchi, Harem, Mature, School Life, Seinen
Akito Shirasawa, a high school boy whose father is a film director, sees something in the library preparation room. It was the "masturbation scene" of his classmate, Kaho Honjou. Akito is puzzled, but ends up filming it with his smartphone. Kaho notices Akito, and in the men's restroom, makes a "proposal" to Akito! Exposed high school girl and movie boy. The "exposed love" of twisted adolescence, begins!
Original Manga
Rating: 6.52 (76 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #562 (+226)
Genre: Action, Adult, Adventure, Drama, Supernatural
Takemura wakes up after falling ill for 3 days and realizes the world has been overrun by zombies but for some strange reason he is not being attacked by them! What will he do now with this great power he has?
Rating: 5.95 (42 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #571 (-282)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Josei, Romance, School Life
Emi Kobayashi, an ordinary girl who loves otome games, wakes up and finds herself as Remilia, the villainess of the otome-game app The Star Maiden And The Knight of Salvation. Emi scrambles to avert the destruction of the world and her own downfall!
In spite of her efforts, the heroine of The Star Maiden, who is also a reincarnated person, strikes at her, and Emi is accused of trying to kill the heroine in addition to breaking the engagement. Instead of Emi, who lost consciousness due to the shock, Remilia, who was watching over her from inside, wakes up and takes revenge on the heroine and her former fiancée prince who hurt the lovely Emi.
Rating: 8.34 (133 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #640 (-65)
Genre: Adult, Drama, Romance, School Life, Seinen
He got a cute girlfriend who was the first in his life, but her friend tempted him with a body that was lewder than her. What would you do if your girlfriend's friend pressed you like this?
Original Manga
Rating: 6.3 (52 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #642 (+250)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Seinen, Shounen Ai, Supernatural, Tragedy
Two boys lived in a village: Yoshiki and Hikaru. The two did everything together... until the day Hikaru was encompassed by a mysterious light. That was when everything changed – Hikaru most of all. Yoshiki still wishes from the bottom of his heart to always stay by his side… but is there even a Hikaru left to be with?
Original Web Manga
Note: Hikaru means Light so the title can translate to "The Summer Hikaru Died" or "The Summer the Light Died."
Rating: 7.99 (99 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #678 (-106)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Ecchi, Fantasy, Romance, School Life, Seinen
Allen, an eight-year-old boy from a poor family in the royal capital, is living a poor but happy life together with his mother. One day, however, memories of his previous life suddenly come back to him and he remembers that he is in an dating sim game and that the capital will be destroyed by war if he doesn’t do something about it.
If this continues, both he and his mother will be killed!
With a sense of urgency, he decides to rise to the occasion in order to save his precious mother’s life and save his favorite character, the villainous young lady Anastasia, the only girl he liked in the game, from her all too tragic and ruinous end.
This is the story of a man who isn’t even a character in the game, but who strives with his steely determination and uses all the knowledge he has to turn overcome fate!
Rating: 7.24 (77 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #717 (-254)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Seinen, Slice of Life
Can modern medicine work in another world? No cheats, no modern equipment. One doctor stands up against a world where magic rules! Tadato Amami, an active doctor, is transferred to another world where medical magic is monopolized. He is surprised by the slimes, chimera, beastmen, and other inhabitants he encounters for the first time! But with the little medical equipment he has and his own knowledge, he is able to fight diseases and injuries! Will he be able to cure the inhabitants of the other world and save those who suffer?!
A realistic history take on a modern doctor in another world treating fantasy creatures without magic or modern equipment!
Rating: 7.01 (44 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #743 (-132)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
The story of an immortal species girl who picked up a fleeting human.
Rating: 6.79 (16 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #814 (+2054)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Ecchi, Fantasy, Romance
Activity: Stats Pos #841 (+2020)
Genre: Drama, Romance, School Life, Shounen, Slice of Life, Sports
Taiki Inomata is on the boys' badminton team at sports powerhouse Eimei Junior and Senior High. He's in love with basketball player Chinatsu Kano, the older girl he trains alongside every morning in the gym. One Spring day, their relationship takes a sharp turn ... And thus begins this manga series of love, sports and youth!
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Rating: 7.37 (140 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #908 (-160)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Shounen Ai
An assassin who cannot kill x A young man who cannot see
"If you discover my true form... I am sure I will leave you disappointed."
Chinatsu, a young man born into a family of assassins and living his life in the underworld, could not kill anyone because of a trauma from the past. When his brother died in front of him, a child extended his hand to him, and the image of that child was burned into his memory. After reliving that nightmare, Chinatsu was reunited with the boy, Kasumi, from that day. Knowing that Kasumi could not see, Chinatsu agreed to be his friend, but...
A young Chinatsu tormented by his family's past, and Kasumi, the blind but innocent soul. A story of salvation for two people who live in darkness.
Official Translations: English, Spanish
Rating: 8.41 (128 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #913 (+80)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Shounen
Young boy Claus was gifted with a Skill called [Auto Mode]. It is an extremely rare skill and he was so pleased when first received it...
Turns out, the skill's abilities [Auto Return] for "only to go home" and [Auto Travel] for "only to go to places that have been visited" are a completely useless ability for both combat and making money!
However.. The now leveled up Claus has come to know the true nature of [Auto Mode]!
This is a turnabout story from the bottom!!!
Rating: 6.49 (52 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #930 (+117)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Seinen, Supernatural
Dante Carter was an ordinary boy in an ordinary family with his parents and younger sister. Until the whole family was murdered in cold blood. When he woke up in the Afterlife, the demons of Hell were waiting for him. They demanded that he reveal his true identity, because the court of Heaven could not properly judge his fate.
Rating: 6.13 (7 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #936 (+564)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Harem, Romance, School Life, Shounen
Though Ayase Yuu is the son of a renowned and talented actress, he is below average in anything he does. He is entrusted to live under the care of his mother's friend, and later discovers that he will also be rooming with the three sisters from his school who possess both beauty and talent. Though Yuu thought that an understanding would be impossible to reach between an ordinary person and those blessed with talent, the three sisters are surprisingly...?!
Rating: 7.27 (54 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #989 (+289)
