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 (2347 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #35 (No change)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Psychological, Romance, Sci-fi, Seinen, Supernatural
From Seven Seas:
Fuuta Okeya can see dead people. Other than that, you might assume he’s a perfectly normal junior high school student. When new transfer student Kouko Ishigami comes to school, Fuuta falls head over heels in love with her. But while she wants nothing to do with him, the ghost that trails behind her is another story. Just when Fuuta thinks he may have won Kouko over, she catches a glimpse of the strange birthmark beneath the bandage on his cheek and denounces him as her mortal enemy.
Official English Translation
Rating: 8.72 (965 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #1915 
(+176)
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 #1094 (+960)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, School Life, Seinen, Shoujo, Slice of Life, Supernatural
In the Spring she was 16, Takamiya Naho receives a strange, but detailed letter from herself, ten years in the future. At first she thinks the letter is a prank, but then the things written in the letter actually happen, including the new transfer student that sits next to her in class, Naruse Kakeru. The letter reads just like her diary entries, down to the same characters. It is not till two weeks later, when Kakeru shows back up at school, that Naho finishes the letter. In the letter, her 27-year-old self tells her 16-year-old self that her biggest regret is that Kakeru is no longer with them in the future, and asks her to watch him closely.
Note: A short series Haruiro Astronaut added to its volumes. Nominated for the 20th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2016.
Web Action releases
Official English Translation
Rating: 8.65 (1297 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2137 (+210)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Slice of Life, Sports, Yaoi
Sugiki, a standard ballroom dancer, offers to teach Suzuki, a Latin American dancer, ballroom in exchange for Suzuki's teaching him in return.
Their names are similar, but their personalities are complete opposites, just like their schools of dance. When these two meet, something's bound to happen!
Renta
Rating: 8.65 (276 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2207 (+271)
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 (897 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #1520 (+96)
Genre: Comedy, School Life, Shounen, Slice of Life, Sports
From ANN:
The story of the comedy manga revolves around Yūji Yugami and Chihiro Watanuki, who sit next to each other in class. Unfortunately for the transfer student Chihiro, Yūji is weird... extremely weird. Even though he's the ace of the baseball club, he hasn't adapted to the club at all. He also stands apart from the rest of the class, but seems completely satisfied with being alone.
Rating: 8.62 (380 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2351 (+58)
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?
Note: Won the 61st Shogakukan Manga Award for Shounen.
Read for FREE on Manga Plus
Rating: 8.61 (783 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #1343 (+96)
Genre: Comedy, Shoujo, Slice of Life, Supernatural
A heartwarming story about the daily lives of a freeter named Yuuya and his two-part cat, part human pets.
Rating: 8.6 (230 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2393 (+295)
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 #1090 
(-33)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Psychological, Romance, School Life, Seinen, Supernatural
A strange phenomenon where one is transferred back to the moment right before something life-threatening occurs. This continues to happen until the cause of the threat is erased. It is as if somebody is forcing Satoru to stop it from happening. Then one day, everything is changed. What truths are revealed when Satoru comes face to face with his own past? How will they affect his future?
Boku dake ga Inai Machi: Re (Gaiden volume) is considered volume 9 of the series
Note: Was nominated for the 18th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Reader Award in 2014 and for the 7th, 8th and 9th Manga Taisho Award between 2014 and 2016. Also nominated for the 40th Kodansha Manga Awards in 2016.
Rating: 8.52 (805 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #1859 (+132)
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 (718 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #1926 (+231)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Psychological, School Life, Sci-fi, Shounen, Slice of Life, Supernatural
From Dark Horse:
Do you or someone you know need an exorcist who works cheap? Reigen's your guy. What's his secret to busting ghosts while keeping prices low? Well, first, he's a fraud, and second, he pays the guy who's got the real psychic power - his student assistant Shigeo - less than minimum wage. Shigeo is an awkward but kind boy whose urge to help others and get along with them is bound up with the mental safety locks he's placed on his own emotions. Reigen knows he needs to exploit Shigeo to stay in business, yet for better or worse he's also his mentor and counselor. And he also knows whenever the normally repressed kid's emotions reach level 100, it may unleash more psychic energy than either of them can handle.
Note: Won the 62nd Shogakukan Manga Award for Shounen.
Rating: 8.49 (573 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2217 (+44)
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: 8.47 (287 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #479 (+224)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, School Life, Shounen Ai, Slice of Life
In the Slow series:
V.1 - Slow Starter
It's a story about two boys, Kiyo and Ino, who go to different schools but take the same train every morning. As time passes by they become aware of each other but never engage in conversation until one day when Kiyo oversleeps in the train and is awoken by Ino. From that point on they begin talking to each other and eventually become good friends...
Read Vol. 1 free on Piccoma
V.2 - Slow Days
1.) Slow Days
2.) Start Line
3.) Hanashi wo Shinagara
4.) Stargazer
5.) Toritome no Nai Koi no Shi
What would happen if one day a gaping hole suddenly opened in your chest? The night before this unusual event, your best friend throughout middle school, high school, and college tells you “I’m actually married.”!
6.) Kaze no Sukima
7.) Ano Hakoniwa (That miniature garden) (あの箱庭)
8.) Kawaikunai wa seigi! (かわいくないは正義！)
Afterword: Tokiniha mukashi no hanashi wo (時には昔のはなしを)
Rating: 8.46 (463 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #3791 (No change)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, School Life, Shoujo, Slice of Life, Tragedy
Anthology of one-shots:
1. Kanojo no Namida ga Yuki da Toshitara
After an intended confession turns into a grave accident, Tougo wakes up 4 years later with the failed attempt clearly etched in his memory. He sets out to confess again, but just how much has changed in those 4 years?
2. Maware Kazaguruma (Spinning Pinwheel)
Akiyoshi has always had a hard time expressing his feelings towards his childhood friend, Mitsu. No matter how much he tries, only insults come out of his mouth. He loses all his chances when Mitsu meets her untimely end in an accident, but a year later, he finds Mitsu's ghost in his house! What's more, he's the only one who can see her! Can this be his chance to express how he really feels?
(Source: Shoujo Crusade)
3. Kyoukaisen (Boundary Line)
4. Natsu ga Saku Koro (When Summer Blossoms)
Rating: 8.42 (359 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2199 (+1073)
Genre: Drama, Mature, Psychological, Tragedy, Yaoi
Douno has been falsely convicted of molesting a woman on a train. He serves time in a group cell in prison, surrounded by inmates who are all suspicious in some way. Just as Douno's distrust of people reaches its peak, he is saved by the innocent kindness of his cellmate, Kitagawa. For Kitagawa, who is imprisoned as a murderer, this is the first time in his life that he feels the emotion of love. This complete edition encompasses the main work, "In the Box", as well as "Out of the Cage", which tells their story after their release from prison.
Rating: 8.41 (92 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #3781 (No change)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Slice of Life, Yaoi
Ashitaka's an out and proud gay man, trawling for booty calls at his favorite gay bar - but only bottoms need apply, because Ashitaka only tops! His first attempt at gay sex three years ago ended painfully and embarrassingly, and he vowed to never yield his ass to another man again - but fate has decided to throw the very man responsible for his 'bottom trauma' back into his life, and the guy's looking for a fresh start.
Rating: 8.41 (713 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2842 (+308)
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 (309 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #278 (-19)
Genre: Doujinshi, Drama, Romance, Yaoi
Pairing: Germany x North Italy
Haunted by a ghost of the past Germany lashes out, but Italy can't stay mad at him and he faces the situation.
Rating: 8.39 (124 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2268 (+1097)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, School Life, Shounen, Slice of Life
From Inkr:
This manga is for those of you who just can't seem to say, "I love you." Toshiya Wakabayashi's acclaimed school-romance is jam-packed with frustration, embarrassment, and awkwardness! Heavily revised and with never-before-seen chapters, this omnibus edition of the popular 4-panel web comic offers an experience you can't find in the online version.
Official English: Azuki, INKR Comics
Remake of Wakabayashi Toshiya's 4-koma Collection.
Rating: 8.38 (290 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2659 (+220)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Slice of Life, Supernatural, Yaoi
King of the silver screen, Feinnes Tang passed away after years of fighting heart disease. He woke up to find himself in the body of an outdated idol starlet. Since the heavens had given him a new opportunity, he decided to enjoy life to the fullest and reach the summit of the entertainment industry once again.
Rating: 8.38 (68 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2288 (+1097)
Genre: Adult, Drama, Romance, School Life, Yaoi
Yuudai is a "in the closet" gay. He puts up a straight perverted front for everyone. He is so used to lying he can't confess and come out to his crush, Kimikazu. One night however, after a drinking party, Kimikazu shows his interest... Will Yuudai be able to be his true self?
NOTE: Bruno Gmünder's published version includes:
- The Boy Who Cried Wolf
- The Holy Night
- Swift as Lightning
Rating: 8.38 (284 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2870 (+327)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Slice of Life, Supernatural, Yaoi
This is a story about self-proclaimed masked pro-wrestler Hyuuga and his roommate Akaru. Hyuuga doesn’t remove his mask even at home - could it be that it’s his actual face?! Koketsu Dining, a story of a tiger (who even has a tail!) and the air-headed Akaru, who has unknowingly started to admire the gentle Hyuuga.
It was like this that they started living together. But happy and heart-throbbing situations just keep happening..!?
Rating: 8.38 (196 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2846 (+303)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Ecchi, Harem, Romance, Sci-fi, Seinen, Supernatural
From Yen On:
In this fantasy world, everything's a game and these gamer siblings play to win! Meet Sora and Shiro, a brother and sister who are loser shut-ins by normal standards. But these siblings don't play by the rules of the "crappy game" that is average society. In the world of gaming, this genius pair reigns supreme, their invincible avatar so famous that it's the stuff of urban legend. So when a young boy calling himself God summons the siblings to a fantastic alternate world where war is forbidden and all conflicts. Even those involving national borders are decided by the outcome of games, Sora and Shiro have pretty much hit the jackpot. But they soon learn that in this world, humanity, cornered and outnumbered by other species, survives within the confines of one city.
Will Sora and Shiro, two failures at life, turn out to be the saviors of mankind? Let the games begin.
Rating: 8.31 (153 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2596 (+275)
