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: Drama, Romance, School Life, Slice of Life, Yaoi
“Our grade’s top scorer, an unapproachable guy, only opens up to me. That’s so friggin’ adorable!”
Saegusa is utterly bored of his high school life. Along comes Arochi Tooru, a guy with the brightest hair he’s ever seen, who transfers into his class. It’s an oddity already, for some guy with outrageous looks and a cold attitude, to transfer into a prep school. So he immediately draws the attention of everyone in his class. What’s more, he’s apparently a genius who cinches the top spot in their grade on their class exam.
One day, Saegusa uses a common point of interest to approach Arochi, and the two start to become closer. But once they become friends, Arochi is actually really oblivious and cute! Saegusa just can’t take his eyes off this cutie!
Rating: 8.47 (150 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2575 
(+201)
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, 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: Romance, Shounen Ai, Slice of Life
When famous wildlife photographer Narumi comes to Hokkaido to take photos of the elusive "snow fairies," he ends up stranded in a snow storm. After being rescued, he takes up residence in local farmer Haruki's house for the winter. As polar opposites, sophisticated and outgoing city slicker Narumi and country boy Haruki have a lot to learn from one another.
After Haruki shows an interest, Narumi teaches him about photography... and before he realizes it, he finds himself the sole subject of Haruki's new hobby. After a winter spent so close together, what will the spring thaw bring?
Original Manga
Official English
Rating: 8.27 (110 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2825 (+179)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Yaoi
"I'll take an alpha who's weaker than me over my dead body!" Omega second-in-command Yoshiharu is ordered by the boss of his gang to interview prospective alpha husbands from other gangs. But Yoshiharu is as unruly as a wild horse, and one of the frustrated candidates slips him a drug that forces him into heat. When rescued from the brink of disaster, Yoshiharu is relieved to find out who his true mate really is... but why does he refuse to mate with him...?!
Rating: 8.2 (113 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2340 (+315)
Genre: Drama, School Life, Shounen, Slice of Life, Tragedy
From Viz:
A heart-wrenching single-volume story about the struggles of being an artist, from the creator of Chainsaw Man.
The overly confident Fujino and the shut-in Kyomoto couldn’t be more different, but a love of drawing manga brings these two small-town girls together. A poignant story of growing up and moving forward that only Tatsuki Fujimoto, the creator of Chainsaw Man, could have crafted.
Note: Nominated for Best U.S. Edition of International Material - Asia category at the Eisner Awards in 2023.
Rating: 8.2 (277 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2139 (+531)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Yaoi
For four years, Naruse was swept up in his love for his novelist boyfriend, Toui. But tiring of his flightiness and lack of commitment, Naruse finally walks away from his relationship.
Or at least, he tries to. Every time he runs into Toui, they seem to get tangled in one another's emotions and end up sleeping together. They argue and fight, then afterwards comes the pang of regret. Maybe their relationship is doomed to fail. Or maybe, it just needs a new angle...
English Translation:
TokyoPop
Rating: 8.17 (89 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2646 (+105)
Genre: Romance, Yaoi
From a chance encounter due to fallen underwear, Ise and Hishimoto are now dating. Since moving in together, both work and private lives are being lived to the fullest. However, Hishimoto starts to get busy at work, and opportunities to spend leisure time with his lover gradually start to disappear...! From the wildly popular “Koi ga Ochitara” comes the long awaited sequel!
Official Raw
Rating: 8.17 (68 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2655 (+366)
Genre: Romance, School Life, Slice of Life, Yaoi
As teenagers, Kuroga Akane and Shirosaki Aoi couldn't have been more different. An alpha and an omega from rival schools, their initial meeting wasn't exactly love at first sight. In fact, it was downright brutal! Fast forward to adulthood, and not only are they mated and married, but they even have an adorable daughter! How did these former delinquents go from wanting to beat each other to a pulp to falling in love?!
Rating: 8.16 (163 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #1418 (+373)
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: Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Yaoi
[It's as if I'm a slave...]
"As the lowest ranking member of the royal family and as an omega, my life has been decided from the moment I was born..."
Iliya is an omega with the lowest rank in the royal family. He's been set for a political marriage and now has to leave for a faraway country to marry its king?!
Rating: 8.04 (93 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #1706 (-354)
Genre: Romance, Slice of Life, Supernatural, Yaoi
A world where humans and beastmen co-exist. Wolf-type beastman Haine falls for Natsuo despite thinking little of "humans" and ends up kissing him. The more he gets to know Natsuo, the more he wants to make him his, so Haine, having come to like someone seriously for the first time, starts pursuing him aggressively?!
Rating: 8.03 (138 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2602 (+178)
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: Romance, Smut, Yaoi
Ryou and Zen were rivals in high school, and are now salesmen in the same company. From grades to sports to the number of valentine chocolates received, every little thing was a contest. And meeting each other again in the same workplace has reignited the long-forgotten rivalry.
On a current losing streak, Zen goes out for drinks with Ryou when all of a sudden they started arguing over who's more experienced in love. Both hating to lose, the two have made a new bet --this time the winner is whoever makes the other fall for them first!
Official English: Bookwalker, Renta!
Rating: 7.94 (106 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2331 (+58)
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: Comedy, Drama, Seinen, Slice of Life
29-year-old freeter Ikuta Hiroto is a carefree young man without a love life, regular job, or any real worries about the future. He inherits an old house from the neighbourhood granny, where his 18-year-old cousin, Natsumi moves in with him to study art in Tokyo. This is a story about Hiroto and the people around him who struggle with life.
Big Comics Release
Note: Nominated for the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2023 and for the 17th Manga Taisho Award in 2024.
Rating: 7.88 (65 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #1117 (+39)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, School Life, Shoujo
From Kodansha:
Spare eraser? Check. Extra folding umbrella? Check. First aid kit? Check. Cool and collected high school student Risa Amakawa has something in her heavy bag for every situation and the last thing she needs or knows how to ask for is anyone’s help. When she saves a beat-up delinquent in the park one rainy evening, she refuses any sort of repayment.
But it turns out that saving the notorious Zen Ohira buys her the attention of some unsavory characters. As Zen keeps swooping in to help her out of one pickle after another, her feelings about relying on anyone but herself and her feelings toward Zen slowly begin to change. A new romcom from the author of Lovesick Ellie.
Rating: 7.85 (71 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #1483 (+97)
Genre: Drama, Romance, School Life, Yaoi
Shouya, a high school boy whose heart has never known romance, comes across an internet diary filled with wistful whispers of love toward the writer's same-sex crush. A photo posted to the page provides a hint as to the blog's owner: Tsubame, a fellow classmate known for being a lone wolf. Shouya realizes that his friend Ryuu is the object of the diary writer's affections, so he attempts to play matchmaker...but where will his own feelings take him in the process?
Rating: 7.84 (99 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2619 (+124)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Gender Bender, Historical, Romance, Yaoi
Yamato lost his dear childhood friend Shiki, who was sacrificed during a ritual. His unrequited love became an obsession; he refused to believe that Shiki was dead, and many years later he finally managed to search for him in the sacred palace forbidden to men, where he learned a terrible secret.
Shiki was kept alive and made to inherit the superhuman power that will make him the king of the country. Yamato swears to repress his feelings and follow Shiki as his servant, but...
Official English Release: MangaPlanet, INKR
Rating: 7.84 (101 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2132 (+174)
Genre: Supernatural, Yaoi
Miki Donoue has been plagued by bad luck since childhood... Then, one evening, he encounters a mysterious, semi-transparent man who claims to live by consuming other people’s emotions. Is this merely a dangerous deception, or could this intriguing stranger change the direction of Miki’s life?
Rating: 7.83 (53 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2509 (+22)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Shounen Ai
"I've never known a love that stirred my heart like this before."
A solitary violinist and an investor with hearing difficulties.
A heart-stopping love story between two people living in opposite worlds.
[Ayumu Isuzu, 29, investor.]
He has a severe sensorineural hearing loss, but because of this, he has a strong sense of needing to be more independent than others, and is reluctant about getting help from others.
[Mibu Touka, 19, violinist].
Although he has talent, he is isolated and neglected at the university due to his unapproachable personality and unusual playing style.
Isuzu doesn't know sound, while Juka plays sound.
The two meet by chance and grow closer, as if enjoying what they don't have in common.
Juka realizes that he is attracted to Isuzu.
He doesn't hesitate to express his feelings straightforwardly.
However, Isuzu is at a loss for words...?
A heart-stirring love story by Mitsuaki Aso of the popular "Rebirth" series.
Rating: 7.8 (41 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2196 (+359)
Genre: Mature, Smut, Yaoi
🔗: Renta!
In this world, in addition to being male or female, people are divided into two "dynamics": those who yearn to control and those who yearn to be controlled.
Kippei's a regular office worker who's always hated being the latter. But, suppressing his desire has stressed him out to the point of making him sick.
Finally, he goes to the doctor, who tells him the last thing he wants to hear: he needs to find a partner and get some release!
Kippei signs up for a matchmaking program, only to get paired with a guy who happens to be his hot coworker Sota Otomo.
Rating: 7.8 (64 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #3386 (No change)
Genre: Slice of Life, Smut, Yaoi
Miyata is a handsome tour guide in Kyoto working alongside the disheveled bus driver Shougo-san. Miyata is bored by his job and also highly dislikes his collegue, but when he finds Shougo-san weeping after being dumped by his girlfriend he strikes a conversation and notices the beautiful face underneath the shaggy hair and glasses. Follow the heartwarming pair as they both grow and learn to love each other.
Official English
Rating: 7.79 (87 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #3141 (+223)
Genre: Romance, Yaoi
From Pink Cherry Blossom Scans:
New Omega mother Tatsumi snaps at the yakuza Ryuuga and catches his interest. Cajoled and pampered... the start of a life as a yakuza's wife!
Vol.1: Kozure Omega to Boukun Yakuza
Vol.2: Kozure Omega to Boukun Yakuza blooming
Rating: 7.78 (106 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2220 (+116)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, School Life, Slice of Life, Smut, Yaoi
Student council president Terano is confident and smart. On the other hand, the good-looking, but scary yankee Kumazaki has been failing school for the past few years. One day, a friend in school catches Terano texting someone. Could it be a new girlfriend? However, Terano remains quiet on the subject... No one would have guessed that the rebellious Kumazaki is actually quite shy, and is completely wrapped around Terano's finger...
Rating: 7.74 (119 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2593 (+285)
