New Manga Series for the Year 2018
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, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Mature, Mystery, Psychological, Shounen, Supernatural, Tragedy
From Viz:
Denji’s a poor young man who’ll do anything for money, even hunting down devils with his pet devil Pochita. He’s a simple man with simple dreams, drowning under a mountain of debt. But his sad life gets turned upside down one day when he’s betrayed by someone he trusts. Now with the power of a devil inside him, Denji’s become a whole new man - Chainsaw Man!
Note: Won 2nd place in the 5th Next Manga Award in 2019, the Harvey Award for Best Manga in 2021, 2022 and 2023, the 66th Shogakukan Manga Award for Best Shōnen Manga in 2021 and the 27th Manga Barcelona for Best Shōnen Manga in 2021. Won 3 Japan Expo Awards in 2022 and the Best Manga award at the Japan Expo Awards in 2023.
Nominated for the 3rd annual Tsutaya Comic Award in 2019, the 13th Manga Taishō in 2020 the Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material - Asia in 2022.
Shounen Jump + releases
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Rating: 8.34 (1018 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #60 
(-12)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Shounen
E-class hunter Jinwoo Sung is the weakest of them all. Looked down on by everyone, he has no money, no abilities to speak of, and no other job prospects. So when his party finds a hidden dungeon, he's determined to use this chance to change his life for the better...but the opportunity he finds is a bit different from what he had in mind...
Original Webtoon:
Kakaopage, Daum
Official Translations:
•Digital: French, German, Indonesian, S.Chinese, T.Chinese, Thai, Russian
English: Tappytoon, Tapas, Pocket Comics, Webnovel
Japanese: Main Story, Side Story
•Print: English, French, German
Rating: 8.56 (1700 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #69 (-34)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Shounen, Supernatural
Jiwoo is a kind-hearted young man who harnesses the lightning quick reflexes of a cat to secretly make the world a better place – one saved little child or foster pet at a time. Kayden is a secret agent on the run, who finds himself stuck in the body of a…um…decidedly fat old fluffy cat. Together, armed with Jiwoo’s super powers and Kayden’s uber-smarts, they’re out to fight those forces who would let evil rule this world. That is, if they can stand each other long enough to get the job done.
Original Webtoon:
Naver Webtoon, Naver Series
Official Translations:
English, Spanish, Japanese, French, German, S.Chinese, Thai, T.Chinese, Indonesian
Rating: 8.47 (284 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #83 
(+2)
Genre: Comedy, Ecchi, Romance, School Life, Seinen, Slice of Life
From Square Enix:
Traumatized by a childhood incident with a friend who took exception to his love of traditional dolls, doll-artisan hopeful Wakana Gojou passes his days as a loner, finding solace in the home ec room at his high school. To Wakana, people like beautiful Marin Kitagawa, a trendy girl who's always surrounded by a throng of friends, is practically an alien from another world. But when cheerful Marin--never one to be shy--spots Wakana sewing away one day after school, she barges in with the aim of roping her quiet classmate into her secret hobby: Cosplay! Will Wakana's wounded heart be able to handle the invasion from this sexy alien?
Rating: 8.08 (452 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #109 (-19)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Mature, Mystery, School Life, Shounen, Supernatural, Tragedy
From Viz:
Although Yuji Itadori looks like your average teenager, his immense physical strength is something to behold! Every sports club wants him to join, but Itadori would rather hang out with the school outcasts in the Occult Research Club. One day, the club manages to get their hands on a sealed cursed object. Little do they know the terror they’ll unleash when they break the seal.
Original Manga
Official Translation:
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Rating: 7.81 (481 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #126 (+6)
Genre: Action, Adult, Drama, Psychological, Romance, School Life, Seinen, Slice of Life, Tragedy
Yoo Dali (Darla), the daughter of the landlord and girlfriend of the school gang's boss, is the absolute power to the tenant, Ahn June-Pyo (Junnie). She always treats him as a peasant at school, but when only the two are left at home, they take a completely different attitude... The complicated jealous relationship of two childhood friends who grow up within their harsh family and school ties.
Original Webtoon:
Toptoon, Onestory, Nate
Official Translations:
English, T.Chinese
Rating: 6.78 (118 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #128 (+9)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, School Life, Shounen, Slice of Life
From Seven Seas:
Kyotaro Ichikawa, a boy barely clinging to the bottom rung of his school’s social ladder, secretly believes he’s the tortured lead in some psychological thriller. He spends his days dreaming up ways to disrupt his classmates’ peaceful lives and pining after Anna Yamada, the class idol. But Kyotaro’s not nearly the troubled teen he pretends to be and it turns out Anna’s a bit odd herself.
Note: Nominated for the 2020 Manga Taisho Award. Won the 2020 Tsugi ni Kuru Manga award in the Web Manga category and the Grand Prize at 2021 Tsutaya Comic Awards.
Rating: 8.03 (195 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #130 (+11)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Harem, School Life, Shounen
From Tapas:
For 10 years, magical prodigy Desir and his party have been battling inside the mysterious Shadow Labyrinth—and against the end of the world. Much of humanity has already perished and just as Desir is about to be killed, he's sent back 13 years into the past. Despite knowing the cursed future that lies ahead, Desir steels his resolve as he sees an opportunity to train his friends and better prepare to face Armageddon together, without losing the ones they love.
Anime
Original Webtoon:
Daum, KakaoPage
Official Translations:
- English Tapas, Tappytoon
- French: Tappytoon
- German: Altraverse (Print), Tappytoon
- Indonesia: KakaoWebtoon
- Thai: Kakao Webtoon
- T.Chinese: KakaoWebtoon
- Japanese: Piccoma
- Russian: MoyKomiks
Note: Tapas has the Tappytoon translation as they are the ones licensing the series.
Rating: 7.62 (476 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #148 (+52)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Historical, Martial Arts, Mature, Romance, School Life, Shounen, Supernatural
King Grey has unrivaled strength, wealth, and prestige in a world governed by martial ability. However, solitude lingers closely behind those with great power. Beneath the glamorous exterior of a powerful king lurks the shell of man, devoid of purpose and will.
Reincarnated into a new world filled with magic and monsters, the king has a second chance to relive his life. Correcting the mistakes of his past will not be his only challenge, however. Underneath the peace and prosperity of the new world is an undercurrent threatening to destroy everything he has worked for, questioning his role and reason for being born again.
Original Novel
Special Volume
Original Webcomic:
Digital, Volumes
Official Translation:
Indonesian, Thai, Japanese, Spanish, S.Chinese, T.Chinese
• Korean: Daum, Kakao
• French: Delitoon, Piccoma
*Artist:
- Season 1-5: Fuyuki23
- Side Story “Jasmine: Wind-Borne”: XUANSHAN and LiLi
- Season 6: Eginhardt
**Author:
- Season 1-6: Story and script TurtleMe
- Side Story “Jasmine: Wind-Borne”: Story by TurtleMe and written by Nhi Huynh
Rating: 8.25 (166 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #242 (+172)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Slice of Life
From Mangamo:
Recently dumped, Akane is just about to quit the game she used to play with her boyfriend, when she meets Yamada in the same RPG. Yamada in real life turns out to be somewhat of a legend. The only problem is - he is ONLY interested in the game. As Akane's feelings grow, will Yamada's focus stay on the game?
Original Webcomic
Official English (Digital)
Note: Won the Tsutaya Comic Award in 2022.
Rating: 7.94 (190 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #296 (+84)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Ecchi, Fantasy, Harem, School Life, Shounen
From Yen Press:
Cid Kagenou has a dream. Not of being some typical protagonist or the Final Boss-he has his eyes set on becoming a hidden mastermind working in the shadows. Now that he’s been reborn in another world, Cid has been hard at work building the perfect stage to act out his long-desired role.
The only issue? His imaginary adversaries and plot devices seem to actually exist in this new realm and he alone is left in the dark.
Official English
Rating: 8.16 (412 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #368 (-9)
Genre: Action, Adult, Horror, Mature, Mystery, Seinen, Supernatural, Tragedy
The Yoshinomiya Municipal High School 2nd year students embarked on what they'd hoped was an educational trip with their friends and away from family but it was not meant to be... Their ship was hit by unexpected rough seas and crashed on a strange island! The surviving students are trying to understand what happened but soon they realize they are not alone on this island and the locals don't appear to be very friendly to strangers!!!
Original Manga
Rating: 5.79 (82 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #377 (-32)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mature, Romance, Slice of Life, Yaoi
From Square Enix:
Adachi, a thirty-year-old virgin, discovers he has the magical power to read the minds of people he touches. Unfortunately, the ability just makes him miserable since he doesn't know how to use it well! And to make matters worse, when he accidentally reads the mind of his very competent, handsome colleague, Adachi discovers the guy has a raging crush on none other than Adachi himself! Things are about to get VERY awkward.
Official English
Rating: 7.82 (67 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #391 (-268)
Genre: Drama, Psychological, Romance, Seinen, Slice of Life
Yokoi Taku has trouble getting along with people, so he moved to Tokyo as soon as he graduated from high school. He now lives alone, making a living by delivering newspapers and drawing doujinshi, though people totally ignore his non-erotic works. One day, a girl named Saitou Megumi suddenly shows up at his door, claiming that she came all the way from Tottori to meet him because she's a big fan of one of his doujinshi. It ends up that she has faced many hardships herself, and with no intention of leaving, she ends up living with him.
Official English Release:
INKR, Kodansha
Rating: 8.03 (111 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #436 (-42)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Harem, Mecha, Romance, School Life, Sci-fi, Shounen
From Seven Seas:
Thanks to some unfortunate gameplay, a young man named Leon has been reborn into the world of an alternate universe otome game. Facing an absurd scenario where males are no better than livestock who serve at the whim of women, Leon only has one weapon - his knowledge of the dating sim genre–to survive the challenges he faces and inspire a revolt against the system.
Rating: 7.28 (236 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #444 (-47)
Genre: Mature, Romance, School Life, Shounen Ai, Yaoi
Mae-hwa, who had secretly been in love with Jae-won throughout high school, finally made up his mind to stop loving Jae-won and forget about him after graduation. But at the first party after entering university, he found out that Jae-won was also there! Mae-hwa tries to keep his distance from Jae-won. Jae-won tries to get closer to him. Will his hidden feelings finally be discovered? Jae-won finds out how they can get along in the future...
Original Webtoon:
R15: S1, S2, S3
R19: S3
Official Translation:
R15: English (LINE, Tappytoon), German, French, Thai, Japanese, Spanish
S.Chinese: S1-S2, S3
T.Chinese: S1-S2, S3
R19: English
Note: A novel was released on Dec 2022 under the name 사계 (Four Seasons) which includes 4 short stories that were not part of the main story (from S1-S2), the novel is also R19 (Source)
The novel writer is Gru/그루.
Rating: 7.49 (32 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #478 (+32)
Genre: Adult, Drama, Harem, Romance, Seinen
From Daycomics:
We often follow stories of a man at the very top, surrounded by girls. But what happens when we follow the man behind him, planning to take it all away? A drama of betrayal and conquest, what's his is mine now.
Original Webtoon:
R19: Toptoon, Onestory, Nate
R17: Toptoon, Onestory, Nate
Official Translations:
R19: English, T.Chinese
Rating: 6.96 (136 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #497 (-204)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Shoujo, Slice of Life
The beautiful Athanasia was killed at the hands of her own biological father, Claude de Alger Obelia, the cold-blooded emperor! It’s just a silly bedtime story...until one woman wakes up to suddenly find she’s become that unfortunate princess! She needs a plan to survive her doomed fate, and time is running out.
Will she go with Plan A, live as quietly as possible without being noticed by the infamous emperor? Plan B, collect enough money to escape the palace? Or will she be stuck with Plan C, sweet-talking her way into her father’s good graces?!
Original Webtoon:
Kakaopage, Naver Series, Ridibooks, Comico
Official Translations:
•English: TappyToon, Tapas
•Others: S.Chinese, T.Chinese, Thai, French, German, Japanese, Indonesian
Note: Tappytoon, Tapas and Seven Seas (Print) use different localizations
Rating: 8.49 (607 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #511 (-19)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Gender Bender, Horror, Mature, Mystery, Psychological, Sci-fi, Seinen, Tragedy
From Denpa:
Within the safety of the walls, youths are raised in a nursery-style setting by robots. While life there may appear stale on the surface, the children are full of potential and curiosity. In many ways, it is like a slice of heaven. The outside world is a hellscape. It is almost entirely void of anything mechanical and is now inhabited by bizarre, yet powerful supernatural beings.
Maru, with the aid of Kiruko, is out there crisscrossing what was once Tokyo for heaven. But after searching for so long, maybe heaven is more of an untenable dream than a potential reality.
Note: Winner of Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2019 Award in Male Readers category.
Rating: 7.37 (136 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #525 (+300)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Shounen, Slice of Life
From J-Novel Club:
Zagan is feared by the masses as an evil sorcerer. Both socially awkward and foulmouthed, he spends his days studying sorcery while beating down any trespassers within his domain. One day he's invited to a dark auction, and what he finds there is an elven slave girl of peerless beauty, Nephy. Having fallen in love at first sight, Zagan uses up his entire fortune to purchase her, but being a poor conversationalist, he has no idea how to properly interact with her.
Thus, the awkward cohabitation of a sorcerer who has no idea how to convey his love and his slave who yearns for her master but has no idea how to appeal to him begins.
Original Manga
Official Korean (Lezhin)
Rating: 7.6 (189 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #548 (+186)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Seinen
His only purpose was to protect his master. And yet he was powerless to protect her. But fate has more in store for him as he gets another chance to protect his master once more and change his destiny.
Original Novel
Original Webtoon:
Kakaopage: S1, S2-S3
Daum
Official Translations:
English, German, Japanese, S.Chinese, Thai, T.Chinese, Indonesian, French
Rating: 7.58 (326 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #560 (-45)
Genre: Comedy, School Life, Shounen, Slice of Life, Sports
The baseball manga follows Haruka, a strong pitcher praised as perfect, and Kei, a skilled catcher known as the "General" who has lost his memory due to amnesia. The talented pair were hard to defeat in junior high, and they crushed other players' dreams. They both enroll in the no-name Kotesashi High School in Tokyo, where they encounter other baseball players who had quit after losing to Haruka and Kei.
Rating: 6.68 (11 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #565 (+636)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Historical, Martial Arts, Shounen, Supernatural
In an ancient world where martial artists reign supreme, Unseong can only watch as his master is brutally beaten to death after a false accusation of practicing forbidden demonic arts. Even after a valiant fight, he fails to kill those responsible and faces his own end. But fate has other plans… Instead of taking his last breath, he awakens as a child, training to be an elite soldier of a demonic sect. Now Unseong must embrace the demonic arts and harness power in his ultimate quest for revenge.
Original Webtoon:
Daum, KakaoPage
Official Translations:
English (digital), English (print), Japanese
Rating: 7.88 (211 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #583 (-123)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Psychological, School Life, Supernatural
From Yen Press:
One day, Miko suddenly started seeing grotesque beings that others couldn't. Her response was not to run, not to face them, but to do everything she could to completely ignore them. Can she keep a straight face and continue her day-to-day life while surrounded by horrifying monsters?
Rating: 8.21 (304 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #588 (-152)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Yaoi
Yuki Shirasaki finally landed his big break. But the pressure is on when he's cast alongside current superstar (and his former classmate!) Asami Hayama. Determined to do his best, Shirasaki decides to dive deep into researching playing the role of a gay man and visits a gay bar for a one-night stand. To his surprise, Hayama is there and gives Shirasaki the shock of his life by suggesting they become friends with benefits! Can Shirasaki keep his attention on the role, or will he be captivated by Hayama's good looks and irresistible charm?
Official English Translation
Rating: 7.64 (38 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #689 (+259)
