New Manga Series for the Year 2022
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: Psychological, Slice of Life, Supernatural, Tragedy
From Viz:
Yuta’s moviemaking career started with a request from his mother to record her final moments. After her death, Yuta meets a mysterious girl named Eri, who takes his life in new directions. The two begin creating a movie together, but Eri is harboring an explosive secret.
Note: Nominated for the Harvey Awards in 2023.
Rating: 8.38 (286 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2600 
(+116)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Seinen, Slice of Life
Nokoru Mitsuhashi, a Systems Engineer working for a black company, has improved his quality of life by introducing telework. As he arranges the interior design of his room and becomes more involved with his balcony, he meets his neighbor, Natsu Izumi, a graduate student. This is the story of how one man met his future wife through teleworking, and how they got married after many ups and downs.
Rating: 8.13 (206 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2485 
(-20)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, School Life, Shoujo Ai
Fashionable and upbeat high schooler Aya falls head over heels for an employee at a local CD shop. He's got an air of mystery about him, great style, and an impeccable music taste. Little does she know—this supposedly male employee is actually her female classmate Mitsuki! Mitsuki generally keeps to herself, but since her seat is right next to Aya's, she can't help but be extremely aware of the other's crush. Revealing the truth is out of the question for Mitsuki—but perhaps getting closer to Aya wouldn't be so bad…
Original Web Comic
Rating: 8.1 (177 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #617 (+113)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Seinen, Slice of Life
Sasaki, an overworked salaryman, goes through an average stressful day just for a single light at the end of the tunnel: Yamada, the always-cheerful clerk at his favorite convenience store. One day, Sasaki takes an extra amount of time at a company meeting, and by the time he gets to the convenience store Yamada has already clocked out. However, as he leaves, he notices a young woman with piercings smoking behind the store?
The serialization started in Big Gangan in August 2022. Super no Ura de Yani Suu Futari is the name following the Tankobon release.
Note: Won the Next Manga Award in the web category in 2022. Nominated for the 16th Manga Taisho Awards in 2023.
Official Translation: English
Rating: 8.04 (146 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #551 (-19)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Slice of Life, Smut, Yaoi
Naguru lives with his son, Towa, and his boyfriend, Herapi, as they spend their warm and peaceful days watching innocent Towa grow up.
Rating: 8.03 (41 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2247 (-73)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Yaoi
[Summary re-translated from cmoa]
Because he's not good in bed, all of Natsume's lovers break up with him. "I'll become the best person at sex in all of Japan so that I can rub it in the face of my ex who dumped me!" He boldly declares. Natsume selects "Kou" from the escort service to help him improve his skills, but there's a surprise when Kou arrives at his house...?! The story of a "housekeeper" and a troubled, heavy-thinker with a love agenda!
Rating: 7.91 (97 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2728 (+49)
Genre: Shounen Ai, Slice of Life
"We're not related by blood, but we're real parents." Now that same-sex marriage has been legalized Nao and Ai, who have been lovers since college, decide to register their marriage and adopt a baby boy named Hiro. Nao is sensitive and cries easily, while Ai has a 'going my own way' attitude. The two polar opposites begin child-rearing while dealing with the ups-and-downs such as colic at night, the first day at a nursery school, and making friends with moms!
Sequel announcement (2023, Jan 31).
Rating: 7.86 (50 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2773 (-46)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Smut, Supernatural, Yaoi
Outwardly, Sudo is a delivery man, but at night he is a "courier" for the underworld.
By chance, he gets together with his neighbor Uno, whom he has been interested in, over a potluck.
The next day, he sleeps with Uno, who is drunk, and the next day, Uno becomes very distant from him.
While he is worried that he might be onto his ulterior motives, he sees Uno being tangled up with some unscrupulous men on the street, and he reflexively takes Uno by the hand and runs away.
The dying Sudo, under attack from the enemy, is saved by a contract with Uno, a descendant of witches.
Sudo learns that Uno has been living in hiding from the world because he is a witch.
To escape his pursuers, Sudo returns to his home to retrieve money for his escape, only to find his pursuers waiting for him...?
(-DeepL)
Rating: 7.83 (122 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2161 (+483)
Genre: Romance, Smut, Yaoi
A cocky and confident Yajima harbors dislike for Torikai, a cool and talented fellow trainee in the Rescue Team. The two constantly quarrel, but one day they cross the line while squabbling and end up sleeping together. Yajima regrets it, but at the same time he cannot get Torikai's pleading expression out of his head. However, because they have been rivals until now, he just can't bring himself to be honest with Torikai.
Rating: 7.75 (96 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #1487 (+582)
Genre: Romance, School Life, Shounen Ai
Taishin has moved to Tokyo from his hometown of Fukuoka in order to reunite with Takara, a stranger who had consoled him in his grief the year prior. However, despite finally getting a chance to express his gratitude to Takara at college, he is given the cold shoulder! But Taishin, undeterred, decides to pursue Takara anyway, and Takara finds himself becoming more and more enchanted by Taishin's straightforward and earnest gaze.
(Source: SuBLime)
Rating: 7.69 (100 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #1997 (+184)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Yaoi
A young man discovers that his mother has been going out with a sugar baby for a while. But is that really what is happening?
A heartfelt story of finding love and family.
Rating: 7.67 (77 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #3008 (+94)
Genre: Adult, Drama, Fantasy, Hentai, Romance
Yuki, who reincarnated in another world as a saint, was made to join the Heroes' Party to subdue the Demon Lord. However, far from being treated well, she, the only non-combatant of the group, was forced to relieve her party members' sexual desires. The one who saved her from that situation was the Demon Lord himself!
Original Web Publication
Official Translations:
English, S.Chinese, T.Chinese, Korean
Rating: 7.65 (62 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2688 (-102)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Slice of Life, Supernatural, Yaoi
Inomata, an expressionless, unfriendly salaryman is living with a junior man who's in love with him, like a dog. The dog, Taichirou, was working in the same company but Inomata didn't know him very well. In a drinking party, Taichirou suddenly nominated himself to become Inomata's lover. Inomata rejected Taichirou, but let him stay in his house after hearing Taichirou didn't have a place to live now. Taichirou, who has a lot of self-control, kept on saying "I love you" and got very intimate with Inomata but never attacked him. Inomata started to prioritize the devoted Taichirou, but one day he "fell" into a puddle and arrived at a parallel world. There's a Taichirou there too. But that Taichirou is cold, never met Inomata, and of course he's not in love with him. He's a completely different person...
Rating: 7.63 (60 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2984 (+263)
Genre: Drama, School Life, Yaoi
After getting into trouble at his elite alpha school, Haruto is transferred. His new classroom is a frenzy of excitement over this new student, but Miyabi, the student council president, is the only one who treats him with derision.
They have opposite personalities and life circumstances, but as the two of them clash they also grow attracted to one another. And Miyabi finds himself powerless against Haruto's alpha pheromones...
(Source: Tokyopop)
Official Digital English Releases:
ShuCream, TokyoPop
Rating: 7.62 (45 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #1164 (-3)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance, Shounen, Tragedy
A love story between a human and a skeleton.
Rating: 7.61 (57 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #3223 (No change)
Genre: School Life, Shounen Ai
A high school boy's lunchbox is filled with excitement! A BL about young love between a picky eater and a cooking fanatic!
Mizuno, a cooking fanatic, is so preoccupied about what other people eat that he even keeps a close eye on his classmates' lunches. He's particularly taken aback by the picky eater, Hashimoto, and worries that someday he'll get sick, and after a certain chain of events, Mizuno gets stuck with making Hashimoto's lunches for him! At first, Mizuno isn't crazy about the idea, but as he watches Hashimoto's face as he eats his perfectly balanced and nutritious packed lunches with gusto, Mizuno starts to enjoy his lunch time as well...
Rating: 7.61 (33 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #3626 (No change)
Genre: Romance, Supernatural, Yaoi
“I... want to be friends with you, Matsumoto!”
In the present day where humans and werebeast are living in harmony, there is something that has been bothering Matsumoto, a Kishu weredog, who actually likes cats. It's about a male calico cat that kept appearing when he was feeding the cats near the school as part of his daily routine. And… there's also the fact that he finds Sasaki, a student from the same seminar, to be cute.
One day, he found out that Sasaki is a werecat as well as that calico cat. And from then on, he can cuddle and pet Sasaki’s cat form all he wants! But the more time they spend together, the more Matsumoto’s feelings for Sasaki go in a direction other than friendship...
This is a fluffy sweet werebeast love story between a quiet Kishu weredog who likes to take care of others and an honestly sweet werecat who start out as friends.
Rating: 7.58 (73 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #3068 (+94)
Genre: Romance, Yaoi
Ever since it became known to the people around him that he is gay, Sui, a high school student, hides his expression with a mask and plays a character who is bullied in the student dormitory. He advances to the second year and shares a room with a new student named Harutora. Sui is attracted to Harutora's straightforward personality and the way he devotes himself to his club activities...?
Rating: 7.58 (34 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2962 (+73)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Ed was given the crazy test of having to get expelled from 100 Hero parties in 100 different worlds before he could return to his original world. Finally a mysterious and divine entity said that he had achieved all the conditions to return to his original world.
However, as a final condition he is asked “Look at the fate of one of these exile worlds after you left.” and he is shocked by what he sees.
“Okay, I’ll do it! I’ll go down to these 100 worlds again and be banished with a good feeling!” Ed takes on a new challenge to make full use of the super-powerful “Exiled Skills” that were granted each time he was exiled, and this time ensure they all have happy endings.
Only this time he is accompanied to these 100 worlds by a former companion…
“Fufu~, don’t worry! I’ll be with you this time!”
“Yeah, I’m more worried. …”
Rating: 7.57 (72 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #1415 (+227)
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Mature, Psychological, Shounen, Tragedy
One day, Raizou Takakura, an average salaryman, had a heart attack and his life ended that day. But, he got a second life in a different world.
Reincarnated with strong skills ― wasn't what happened to him but instead, he was reincarnated as a foot soldier in a small country called the Highserk Empire. An Empire that was poorly situated and is surrounded by much larger and more powerful countries. With the new name of, Walm, he was thrown into the frontlines of a war. Covered in blood and the stench of death, along with his comrades, Walm was slipping through the many life-or-death situations that they had to face.
Walm and his comrades faced an adventurer party with members who could use powerful magic, they are transferees with overwhelming power called the "Heroes."
While in a deadly battle with the "Heroes", Walm started to gradually develop his talent as a warrior which he would have never awakened if he were to stay in times of peace. While his eyes become dark and muddy over time, he moves steadily forward.(Source: Kinokura)
Rating: 7.56 (69 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #1906 (+89)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, School Life, Shounen, Slice of Life
The story of a young dragon girl being lazy, doing her best...and being lazy again. Ruri faces the usual issues: pushy classmates, annoying teachers and...waking up with dragon horns?!
Read for FREE on Manga Plus
Rating: 7.54 (104 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #727 (+628)
Genre: Romance, Smut, Yaoi
During one of his visits to a gay bar, Yamato, a refined top with a princely aura, chanced upon a porn video featuring Jin, a top with a wild character. After hearing rave reviews about the man's wondrous sex, Yamato's curiosity piques as a fellow top. Promptly, he goes to visit Jin and seeks out the man's expertise. But Jin's condition is to teach through practice, and that's where our story begins!
Series appears in ‘Qpa Magazine’, released sequentially in anthologies:
Ch. 1 - Qpa Vol.121 eBook Japan / Renta
Ch. 2 - Qpa Vol.124 eBook Japan / Renta
Ch. 3 - Qpa Vol.126 eBook Japan / Renta
Ch. 4 - Qpa Vol.128 eBook Japan / Renta
Translations
English: Manga Plaza, BookWalker, Renta
Rating: 7.53 (42 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #2678 (-950)
Genre: Drama, Smut, Supernatural, Yaoi
The continuation of the story of the writer, Mitsuru Hasegawa and real estate business owner, Yuusei Annaka (also known as Anna). There are secrets between these 2 childhood friends, who are also lovers.
Rating: 7.52 (63 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #3084 (-271)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Yaoi
“This cute sweet-tooth samurai is forever mine…”
Kenzaki Ryuunosuke, also known as Samurai-sensei, is an Ω who often gets mistaken for an α because of his manly look and strong power.
He took over his grandfather’s dojo and became a kendo teacher, though recently, weird people have been visiting him for the shopping center development of the area.
He protected the dojo, having the table turned on them as if it’s nothing.
But one day, their boss, Ootori Masamune, finally comes to the dojo, and…?
Erotic omega-verse love between an overly-attached obsessive α and a strong manly swordsman Ω!
Rating: 7.51 (62 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #3071 (+113)
Genre: Adult, Fantasy, Romance, Smut
A half-vampire woman is planning to drug the knight she likes, and attack him in order to drink his blood. However, due to the effects of the drug along with her aphrodisiacs, the knight changes form and she ends up being assaulted instead. This story is an erotic comedy, featuring a calm and connected knight – who is actually a werewolf – and a rookie half-vampire, with erotic scenes making up more than half the story!
Original Web Comic
Rating: 7.51 (46 votes)
Activity: Stats Pos #3265 (No change)
