You Should Read This Manga 2025
MangaChallenge
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Mar 02 2025, 4:37 PM | 10 days 12 hours left
Mar 02 2025, 4:37 PM | 10 days 12 hours left
We asked passionate readers which manga you need to read now—and here are the results!
Finalists are listed in the following order: Main List, Unique Art/Story, Should Be Anime, Best for Beginners. Every title is officially available outside Japan in at least one language, with one or more volumes published in 2024.
Official Challenge Stack
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To get the limited-time badge:
1. Click the Restack button
2. Choose a manga you haven't started reading yet
3. Read at least 2 volumes of that manga by May 31st
* Manga you started reading before the challenge began (March 30) will not count. Pick something new!
* Please make sure to write the number of volumes you read in your manga list. If you have 0 volumes read in your list, you won't get the badge.
* If the manga is only 1 volume, it is not eligible for the event.
Finalists are listed in the following order: Main List, Unique Art/Story, Should Be Anime, Best for Beginners. Every title is officially available outside Japan in at least one language, with one or more volumes published in 2024.
Official Challenge Stack
---
To get the limited-time badge:
1. Click the Restack button
2. Choose a manga you haven't started reading yet
3. Read at least 2 volumes of that manga by May 31st
* Manga you started reading before the challenge began (March 30) will not count. Pick something new!
* Please make sure to write the number of volumes you read in your manga list. If you have 0 volumes read in your list, you won't get the badge.
* If the manga is only 1 volume, it is not eligible for the event.
Manga, ? vol, 2023
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Physical and digital volumes available in English from VIZ Media.
Simulpub available on MANGA Plus and VIZ Manga.
Volume 2 ends with chapter 18.
[Main List] [Should Be Anime]
Simulpub available on MANGA Plus and VIZ Manga.
Volume 2 ends with chapter 18.
[Main List] [Should Be Anime]
Kininatteru Hito ga Otoko ja Nakatta
The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy at All
Manga, ? vol, 2023
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Physical and digital volumes available in English from Yen Press.
[Main List]
[Main List]
Manga, ? vol, 2022
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Physical and digital volumes available in English from Kodansha USA.
Simulpub available on K Manga.
Volume 2 ends with chapter 13.
[Main List]
Simulpub available on K Manga.
Volume 2 ends with chapter 13.
[Main List]
Toshokan no Daimajutsushi
Magus of the Library
Manga, ? vol, 2017
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Physical and digital volumes available in English from Kodansha USA.
Chapters and volumes are also available digitally on K Manga and MangaPlaza.
Volume 2 ends with chapter 9.
[Main List]
Chapters and volumes are also available digitally on K Manga and MangaPlaza.
Volume 2 ends with chapter 9.
[Main List]
Madan no Ichi
Ichi the Witch
Manga, ? vol, 2024
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Simulpub available on MANGA Plus and VIZ Manga.
Volume 2 ends with chapter 16.
[Main List]
Volume 2 ends with chapter 16.
[Main List]
Sensou Kyoushitsu
The Bugle Call: Song of War
Manga, ? vol, 2022
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Physical volumes available in Italian.
Physical and digital volumes will be published in English by VIZ Media starting June 3, 2025.
[Main List]
Physical and digital volumes will be published in English by VIZ Media starting June 3, 2025.
[Main List]
Manga, ? vol, 2021
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Physical and digital volumes available in English from VIZ Media.
[Main List]
[Main List]
Touge Oni
Touge Oni: Primal Gods in Ancient Times
Manga, ? vol, 2018
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Physical and digital volumes available in English from from Yen Press.
[Main List]
[Main List]
Manga, ? vol, 2023
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Simulpub available on MANGA Plus and VIZ Manga.
Volume 2 ends with chapter 7.
[Main List]
Volume 2 ends with chapter 7.
[Main List]
Mystery to Iu nakare
Don't Call It Mystery
Manga, ? vol, 2017
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Physical and digital volumes available in English from Seven Seas Entertainment.
[Main List]
[Main List]
Ryuu to Chameleon
Dragon and Chameleon
Manga, ? vol, 2022
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Physical and digital volumes available in English from Square Enix.
Chapters are also available digitally on Manga UP!
Volume 2 ends with chapter 14.
[Main List]
Chapters are also available digitally on Manga UP!
Volume 2 ends with chapter 14.
[Main List]
Tongari Boushi no Atelier
Witch Hat Atelier
Manga, ? vol, 2016
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Physical and digital volumes available in English from Kodansha USA.
Chapters and volumes are also available digitally on K Manga and MangaPlaza.
Volume 2 ends with chapter 11.
[Main List]
Chapters and volumes are also available digitally on K Manga and MangaPlaza.
Volume 2 ends with chapter 11.
[Main List]
Manga, ? vol, 2020
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Physical volumes available in French and Polish.
[Main List]
[Main List]
Mayonaka Heart Tune
Tune In to the Midnight Heart
Manga, ? vol, 2023
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Simulpub available on K Manga.
Volume 2 ends with chapter 14.
Physical volumes will be published in English by Kodansha USA starting May 6, 2025.
[Main List]
Volume 2 ends with chapter 14.
Physical volumes will be published in English by Kodansha USA starting May 6, 2025.
[Main List]
Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu
The Summer Hikaru Died
Manga, ? vol, 2021
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Physical and digital volumes available in English from from Yen Press.
[Main List]
[Main List]
Kimi to Uchuu wo Aruku Tame ni
Spacewalking with You
Manga, ? vol, 2023
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Physical volumes available in Spanish.
Physical volumes will be published in English by Kodansha USA starting May 27, 2025.
[Main List]
Physical volumes will be published in English by Kodansha USA starting May 27, 2025.
[Main List]
Toumei Otoko to Ningen Onna: Sonouchi Fuufu ni Naru Futari
The Invisible Man and His Soon-to-Be Wife
Manga, ? vol, 2021
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Physical and digital volumes available in English from from Seven Seas Entertainment.
[Main List]
[Main List]
Koudo ni Hattatsu shita Igaku wa Mahou to Kubetsu ga Tsukanai
The Isekai Doctor: Any Sufficiently Advanced Medical Science Is Indistinguishable from Magic.
Manga, ? vol, 2021
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Simulpub available on K Manga.
Volume 2 ends with chapter 9.
[Main List]
Volume 2 ends with chapter 9.
[Main List]
Museru kurai no Ai wo Ageru
Choking on Love
Manga, ? vol, 2022
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Physical and digital volumes available in English from Seven Seas Entertainment.
[Main List]
[Main List]
Tokyo Higoro
Tokyo These Days
Manga, 3 vol, 2019
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Physical and digital volumes available in English from VIZ Media.
[Main List]
[Main List]
Manga, ? vol, 2019
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Physical volumes available in Spanish.
Volume 2 ends with chapter 25.
Physical volumes will be published in English by Udon Entertainment starting April 15, 2025.
[Main List]
Volume 2 ends with chapter 25.
Physical volumes will be published in English by Udon Entertainment starting April 15, 2025.
[Main List]
Manga, ? vol, 2023
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Author:-
Simulpub available on K Manga.
Volume 2 ends with chapter 6.
Physical volumes will be published in English by Kodansha USA starting July 15, 2025.
[Unique Art/Story]
Volume 2 ends with chapter 6.
Physical volumes will be published in English by Kodansha USA starting July 15, 2025.
[Unique Art/Story]
Usuzumi no Hate
The Color of the End: Mission in the Apocalypse
Manga, ? vol, 2022
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Physical volumes available in French and Spanish.
One volume available physically and digitally in English from Yen Press. Volume 2 will be released on June 24, 2025.
[Unique Art/Story]
One volume available physically and digitally in English from Yen Press. Volume 2 will be released on June 24, 2025.
[Unique Art/Story]
Manga, 10 vol, 2020
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Author:-
Physical volumes available in French.
[Unique Art/Story]
[Unique Art/Story]
Manga, ? vol, 2022
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Author:-
Physical and digital volumes available in English from Kodansha USA.
Simulpub available on K Manga.
Volume 2 ends with chapter 7.
[Unique Art/Story]
Simulpub available on K Manga.
Volume 2 ends with chapter 7.
[Unique Art/Story]
Manga, ? vol, 2020
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Author:-
Physical volumes available in French and Spanish.
[Unique Art/Story]
[Unique Art/Story]
Watashi wo Tabetai, Hitodenashi
This Monster Wants to Eat Me
Manga, ? vol, 2020
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Physical and digital volumes available in English from from Yen Press.
[Unique Art/Story]
[Unique Art/Story]
Boku ga Shinu dake no Hyakumonogatari
100 Ghost Stories That Will Lead to My Death
Manga, 10 vol, 2020
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Author:-
Physical volumes available in English from Shogakukan Asia for the Southeast Asian market.
One volume available physically and digitally in English from Seven Seas Entertainment. Volume 2 will be released on April 8, 2025.
[Unique Art/Story]
One volume available physically and digitally in English from Seven Seas Entertainment. Volume 2 will be released on April 8, 2025.
[Unique Art/Story]
Koboreru Yoru ni
Sheltering Eaves
Manga, ? vol, 2022
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Physical and digital volumes available in English from Kodansha USA.
[Unique Art/Story]
[Unique Art/Story]
Yoake no Uta
Lullaby of the Dawn
Manga, ? vol, 2020
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Physical and digital volumes available in English from Tokyopop.
[Unique Art/Story]
[Unique Art/Story]
Taiyou to Tsuki no Hagane
Steel of the Celestial Shadows
Manga, ? vol, 2020
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Physical volumes available physically and digitally in English from VIZ Media.
[Unique Art/Story]
[Unique Art/Story]
Manga, ? vol, 2019
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Author:-
Physical volumes available in French, German, and Spanish.
[Unique Art/Story]
[Unique Art/Story]
Manga, ? vol, 2015
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Physical volumes available in Italian.
[Unique Art/Story]
[Unique Art/Story]
Yoru no Namae wo Yonde
Call the Name of the Night
Manga, 5 vol, 2020
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Author:-
Physical volumes available physically and digitally in English from Yen Press.
[Unique Art/Story]
[Unique Art/Story]
Dinosan
Dinosaur Sanctuary
Manga, ? vol, 2021
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Physical and digital volumes available in English from Seven Seas Entertainment.
[Unique Art/Story]
[Unique Art/Story]
Ano Ko no Kodomo
My Girlfriend's Child
Manga, 10 vol, 2021
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Author:-
Physical and digital volumes available in English from Seven Seas Entertainment.
[Unique Art/Story]
[Unique Art/Story]
Shinimodori no Mahou Gakkou Seikatsu wo, Moto Koibito to Prologue kara (※Tadashi Koukando wa Zero)
Re-Living My Life with a Boyfriend Who Doesn't Remember Me
Manga, ? vol, 2022
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Physical and digital volumes available in English from Seven Seas Entertainment.
[Unique Art/Story]
[Unique Art/Story]
Otome Kaijuu Caraméliser
Kaiju Girl Caramelise
Manga, ? vol, 2018
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Physical volumes available physically and digitally in English from Yen Press.
[Unique Art/Story]
[Unique Art/Story]
Sute Akuyaku Reijou wa Kaibutsu ni Otogibanashi wo Kataru
Even Monsters Like Fairytales
Manga, ? vol, 2021
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Chapters are available digitally on Manga UP!
Volume 2 ends with chapter 11.
[Unique Art/Story]
Volume 2 ends with chapter 11.
[Unique Art/Story]
Mahou Shoujo Jihen
Magical Girl Incident
Manga, 3 vol, 2021
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Physical volumes available physically and digitally in English from Yen Press.
[Unique Art/Story]
[Unique Art/Story]
Manga, ? vol, 2022
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Author:-
Physical volumes available physically and digitally in English from VIZ Media.
Simulpub available on MANGA Plus and VIZ Manga.
Volume 2 ends with chapter 6.
[Should Be Anime] [Best for Beginners]
Simulpub available on MANGA Plus and VIZ Manga.
Volume 2 ends with chapter 6.
[Should Be Anime] [Best for Beginners]
Manga, ? vol, 2022
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Author:-
Physical volumes available physically and digitally in English from VIZ Media.
Simulpub available on MANGA Plus and VIZ Manga.
Volume 2 ends with chapter 16.
[Should Be Anime]
Simulpub available on MANGA Plus and VIZ Manga.
Volume 2 ends with chapter 16.
[Should Be Anime]
Super no Ura de Yani Suu Futari
Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You
Manga, ? vol, 2022
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Physical volumes available physically and digitally in English from Square Enix Manga.
Simulpub available on Manga UP! and Comikey.
Volume 2 ends with chapter 24.
[Should Be Anime] [Best for Beginners]
Simulpub available on Manga UP! and Comikey.
Volume 2 ends with chapter 24.
[Should Be Anime] [Best for Beginners]
Isshou Senkin
ST✰R: Strike It Rich
Manga, ? vol, 2023
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Simulpub available on Comikey.
Volume 2 ends with chapter 18.
[Should Be Anime]
Volume 2 ends with chapter 18.
[Should Be Anime]
Youchien Wars
Kindergarten Wars
Manga, ? vol, 2022
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Simulpub available on MANGA Plus.
Volume 2 ends with chapter 15.
Physical volumes will be published in English by Yen Press starting May 27, 2025.
[Should Be Anime]
Volume 2 ends with chapter 15.
Physical volumes will be published in English by Yen Press starting May 27, 2025.
[Should Be Anime]
Unmei no Hito ni Deau Hanashi
How I Met My Soulmate
Manga, ? vol, 2021
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Physical and digital volumes available in English from Kodansha USA.
[Should Be Anime]
[Should Be Anime]
Manga, ? vol, 2024
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Simulpub available on MANGA Plus.
Volume 2 ends with chapter 12.
[Should Be Anime]
Volume 2 ends with chapter 12.
[Should Be Anime]
Hotaru no Yomeiri
Firefly Wedding
Manga, ? vol, 2023
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Simulpub available on Comikey.
Volume 2 ends with chapter 12.
One volume available physically and digitally in English from VIZ Media. Volume 2 will be released on April 29, 2025.
[Should Be Anime]
Volume 2 ends with chapter 12.
One volume available physically and digitally in English from VIZ Media. Volume 2 will be released on April 29, 2025.
[Should Be Anime]
Exorcist wo Otosenai
Make the Exorcist Fall in Love
Manga, ? vol, 2021
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Simulpub available on MANGA Plus.
Volume 2 ends with chapter 13.
[Should Be Anime]
Volume 2 ends with chapter 13.
[Should Be Anime]
Subete no Jinrui wo Hakai suru. Sorera wa Saisei Dekinai.
Destroy All Humans. They Can't Be Regenerated.
Manga, ? vol, 2018
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Physical and digital volumes available in English from VIZ Media.
[Should Be Anime]
[Should Be Anime]
Lonely Girl ni Sakaraenai
I Can't Say No to the Lonely Girl
Manga, 6 vol, 2019
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Physical and digital volumes available in English from Kodansha USA.
[Should Be Anime]
[Should Be Anime]
Kuso Onna ni Sachi Are
Hope You're Happy, Lemon
Manga, ? vol, 2023
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Simulpub available on MANGA Plus.
Volume 2 ends with chapter 11.
Physical and digital volumes will be published in English by Seven Seas Entertainment starting October 28, 2025.
[Should Be Anime]
Volume 2 ends with chapter 11.
Physical and digital volumes will be published in English by Seven Seas Entertainment starting October 28, 2025.
[Should Be Anime]
Koiseyo Mayakashi Tenshi-domo
Fall in Love, You False Angels
Manga, ? vol, 2023
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One volume available physically and digitally in English from VIZ Media. Volume 2 will be released on April 8, 2025.
[Should Be Anime]
[Should Be Anime]
Koisuru (Otome) no Tsukurikata
I Think I Turned My Childhood Friend Into a Girl
Manga, ? vol, 2020
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Physical and digital volumes available in English from Seven Seas Entertainment.
[Should Be Anime]
[Should Be Anime]
Sensei! Bokutachi ga Sekai wo Horoboshimasu.
Teacher, We Will Destroy the World!
Manga, ? vol, 2022
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Chapters are available digitally on Manga UP!
Volume 2 ends with chapter 9.
[Should Be Anime]
Volume 2 ends with chapter 9.
[Should Be Anime]
Josou shite Mendokusai Koto ni Natteru Nekura to Yankee no Ryou Kataomoi
Crossplay Love: Otaku x Punk
Manga, ? vol, 2018
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Physical and digital volumes available in English from Seven Seas Entertainment.
[Should Be Anime]
[Should Be Anime]
Manga, 6 vol, 2023
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Chapters are available digitally on MANGA Plus and VIZ Manga.
[Should Be Anime]
[Should Be Anime]
Akabane Honeko no Bodyguard
Honeko Akabane's Bodyguards
Manga, 12 vol, 2022
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Physical and digital volumes available in English from Kodansha USA.
Chapters are also available digitally on K Manga.
Volume 2 ends with chapter 14.
[Should Be Anime]
Chapters are also available digitally on K Manga.
Volume 2 ends with chapter 14.
[Should Be Anime]
Manga, ? vol, 2021
Me:-
Author:-
Physical and digital volumes available in English from VIZ Media.
Simulpub available on MANGA Plus and VIZ Manga.
Volume 2 ends with chapter 14.
[Best for Beginners]
Simulpub available on MANGA Plus and VIZ Manga.
Volume 2 ends with chapter 14.
[Best for Beginners]
Manga, ? vol, 2022
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Author:-
Simulpub available on MANGA Plus and VIZ Manga.
Volume 2 ends with chapter 15.
One volume available physically and digitally in English from Yen Press. Volume 2 will be released on August 5, 2025.
[Best for Beginners]
Volume 2 ends with chapter 15.
One volume available physically and digitally in English from Yen Press. Volume 2 will be released on August 5, 2025.
[Best for Beginners]
Telework Yotabanashi
Home Office Romance
Manga, 1 vol, 2020
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Author:-
Physical and digital volume available in English from Kodansha USA.
!! This manga is not eligible for the Badge Event !!
[Best for Beginners]
!! This manga is not eligible for the Badge Event !!
[Best for Beginners]
Zom 100: Zombie ni Naru made ni Shitai 100 no Koto
Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead
Manga, ? vol, 2018
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Physical and digital volumes available in English from VIZ Media.
Simulpub available on VIZ Manga.
Volume 2 ends with chapter 7.
[Best for Beginners]
Simulpub available on VIZ Manga.
Volume 2 ends with chapter 7.
[Best for Beginners]
Hikaeme ni Ittemo, Kore wa Ai
Love, That's an Understatement
Manga, ? vol, 2021
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Physical and digital volumes available in English from Kodansha USA.
[Best for Beginners]
[Best for Beginners]
Tsue to Tsurugi no Wistoria
Wistoria: Wand and Sword
Manga, ? vol, 2020
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Physical and digital volumes available in English from Kodansha USA.
Simulpub available on K Manga.
Volume 2 ends with chapter 8.
[Best for Beginners]
Simulpub available on K Manga.
Volume 2 ends with chapter 8.
[Best for Beginners]
Fuufu Ijou, Koibito Miman.
More Than a Married Couple, but Not Lovers
Manga, ? vol, 2018
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One volume available physically and digitally in English from Udon Entertainment. Volume 2 will be released on June 24, 2025.
[Best for Beginners]
[Best for Beginners]
Manga, ? vol, 2024
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Author:-
Simulpub available on K Manga.
Volume 2 ends with chapter 16.
[Best for Beginners]
Volume 2 ends with chapter 16.
[Best for Beginners]
Amayo no Tsuki
The Moon on a Rainy Night
Manga, ? vol, 2021
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Physical and digital volumes available in English from Kodansha USA.
[Best for Beginners]
[Best for Beginners]
Hanninmae no Koibito
Blooming Love
Manga, ? vol, 2023
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Simulpub available on MANGA Plus.
Volume 2 ends with chapter 16.
[Best for Beginners]
Volume 2 ends with chapter 16.
[Best for Beginners]
Tamon-kun Ima Docchi!?
Tamon's B-Side
Manga, ? vol, 2021
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Physical and digital volumes available in English from VIZ Media.
[Best for Beginners]
[Best for Beginners]
30-sai made Doutei dato Mahoutsukai ni Nareru Rashii
Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!
Manga, ? vol, 2018
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Physical and digital volumes available in English from Square Enix Manga.
Chapters are also available digitally on Manga UP!
Volume 2 ends with chapter 11.
[Best for Beginners]
Chapters are also available digitally on Manga UP!
Volume 2 ends with chapter 11.
[Best for Beginners]
Zeikin de Katta Hon
Books Bought with Tax
Manga, ? vol, 2021
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Physical volumes available in French.
[Best for Beginners]
[Best for Beginners]
Eris no Seihai
The Holy Grail of Eris
Manga, ? vol, 2019
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Physical and digital volumes available in English from Yen Press.
[Best for Beginners]
[Best for Beginners]
Futsuu no Keion-bu
Girl Meets Rock!
Manga, ? vol, 2024
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Author:-
Simulpub available on MANGA Plus.
Volume 2 ends with chapter 21.
[Best for Beginners]
Volume 2 ends with chapter 21.
[Best for Beginners]
Kyou kara Hajimeru Osananajimi
Starting Today, We're Childhood Friends
Manga, ? vol, 2021
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Chapters are available digitally on Comikey.
Volume 2 ends with chapter 19.
[Best for Beginners]
Volume 2 ends with chapter 19.
[Best for Beginners]
Buna no Mori no Aria
Aria of the Beech Forest
Manga, 3 vol, 2020
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Author:-
Physical and digital volumes available in English from Yen Press.
[Best for Beginners]
[Best for Beginners]
Kamisama ga Machigaeru
God Bless the Mistaken
Manga, 4 vol, 2021
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Author:-
Physical and digital volumes available in English from Yen Press.
[Best for Beginners]
[Best for Beginners]
