Manga like Isekai Samurai

Ninkyou Tensei: Isekai no Yakuza-hime

Also known as Yakuza Reincarnation.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

Ryu may be getting on in years, but this aging yakuza boss is still tough enough to take on the punks trying to edge in on his turf. However, when the young toughs ambush him, it looks like it’s lights out for old Ryu. But instead of dying, Ryu wakes up in a fantasy world in the body of a beautiful princess! Is he the one that the ancient prophecy spoke of? Ryu might be out of place in this fantasy realm, but he may be the only one who can save it!



Tags: Reincarnation , Isekai , Super Power , Martial Arts , Gender Bending , Yakuza , Crime , Female Protagonist , Drugs , Magic , Elf , Dragons , Body Horror , Demons , Nekomimi , Seinen , Gore , Religion , Slavery

One Punch-Man

Also known as One-Punch Man.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Comedy , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

In this new action-comedy, everything about a young man named Saitama screams "AVERAGE,” from his lifeless expression, to his bald head, to his unimpressive physique. However, this average-looking fellow doesn't have your average problem... He's actually a superhero that's looking for tough opponents! The problem is, every time he finds a promising candidate he beats the snot out of them in one punch. Can Saitama finally find an evil villain strong enough to challenge him? Follow Saitama through his hilarious romps as he searches for new bad guys to challenge!



Tags: Superhero , Super Power , Urban Fantasy , Parody , Surreal Comedy , Kaiju , Satire , Meta , Ensemble Cast , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Slapstick , Gods , Cosmic Horror , Seinen , Philosophy , Urban , Martial Arts , Cyborg , Swordplay , Gore , Aliens , Time Manipulation , Nudity

Sousou no Frieren

Also known as Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

The adventure is over but life goes on for an elf mage just beginning to learn what living is all about.

Elf mage Frieren and her courageous fellow adventurers have defeated the Demon King and brought peace to the land. With the great struggle over, they all go their separate ways to live a quiet life. But as an elf, Frieren, nearly immortal, will long outlive the rest of her former party. How will she come to terms with the mortality of her friends? How can she find fulfillment in her own life, and can she learn to understand what life means to the humans around her? Frieren begins a new journey to find the answer.



Notes:
Winner of the Grand Prize at the 14th Manga Taisho Awards.
Nominated for the 25th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.
Placed 3rd at the 7th Annual Next Manga Award.

Tags: Magic , Travel , Elf , Philosophy , Female Protagonist , Time Skip , Demons , Episodic , Iyashikei , Medieval , Kuudere , Tragedy , Shounen , Fairy Tale , Dungeon , Food , Time Manipulation , Large Breasts

Youjo Senki

Also known as The Saga of Tanya the Evil.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Fantasy

What would an ultra-rational Japanese salaryman do if he was reborn as a girl in a world where magic was real? Obviously, become the Empire's most feared magic soldier, while climbing the army career ladder at the ripe old age of nine. The only things standing in Tanya Degurechaff's way are a world war and maybe a supernatural being or two. But Tanya isn't about to let artillery shells or deadly spells stop her when a cushy desk job is calling!



Tags: Military , War , Reincarnation , Magic , Seinen , Anti-Hero , Politics , Religion , Historical , Isekai , Gods , Foreign , Guns , Primarily Adult Cast , Gender Bending , Tragedy , Satire

Gintama

Also known as Gin Tama.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Sci-Fi

The samurai didn't stand a chance. First, the aliens invaded Japan. Next, they took all the jobs. And then they confiscated everyone's swords. So what does a hotheaded former samurai like Sakata "Gin" Gintoki do to make ends meet? Take any odd job that comes his way, even if it means losing his dignity.



Included Bonus Chapters:
Volume 1: Dandelion (One-shot).
Volume 2: Shirokuro (One-shot).
Volume 24: 13 (One-shot).
Volume 38: Bankara-san Ga Tooru (One-shot).
Volume 41: Special Lesson.

Tags: Found Family , Samurai , Parody , Meta , Swordplay , Male Protagonist , Aliens , Philosophy , Shounen , Episodic , Tragedy , Space , Historical , Anachronism , Ensemble Cast , Time Skip , Police , War , Dystopian , Fugitive , Robots , Ninja , Ghost , Homeless , Assassins , Crossdressing , Idol , Shrine Maiden , LGBTQ+ Themes , Body Swapping , Gender Bending , Judo , Drawing , Gangs , Female Harem , Dissociative Identities , Afterlife , Amnesia , Cult , Military , Reincarnation , Nekomimi , Conspiracy , Politics

Serial Killer Isekai ni Oritatsu

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Fantasy

A murderer who cannot stop the urge to kill people, even though he wants to stop, receives the death sentence he wants. His joy is short-lived, as he is reincarnated in another world. The mission entrusted to him by the goddess is to kill 12 reincarnated people using his murderous impulses. Not all reincarnated people are saints!

Tags: Isekai , Reincarnation , Crime , Gods , Magic , Gender Bending , Seinen

Yomei 2-kagetsu no Isekai Kenkouhou

Also known as Two Months Left to Live in Another World.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

Just because you’re old doesn’t mean you can’t throw hands!

Octogenarian Kaichi Takemura is a master of aiki-jutsu, a martial art that specializes in redirecting physical force.

Alas, time soon catches up with the spry old man, as do the perils of an aging body. With a terminal cancer diagnosis and only two months left to live, Kaichi stares out from the hospital with nothing to do but wait for the end of an unfulfilling life... Until the moment he coughs, blinks, and finds himself transported across dimensions along with his resident nurse!

This strange new realm of vicious beasts, experience points, and "skills" is confusing at first, but as he soon finds his body regaining its strength... He realizes it might be just what the doctor ordered!

Thus begins Kaichi’s turbulent, monster-tossing, death-defying adventure in another world!

Tags: Seinen , Martial Arts , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Isekai , Elderly Protagonist

Mushoku Tensei: Eris wa Honki de Kiba wo Togu

Also known as Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation ~Eris Sharpens Her Fangs~.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

Eris Boreas Greyrat takes center stage in this spinoff from the wildly popular series, Jobless Reincarnation! After facing a devastating defeat at the hands of Dragon God Orsted at the Red Wyrm's Lower Jaw mountain range, Eris parts ways with Rudeus and makes her way to the Sword Sanctum in order to rectify her own inexperience as a swordsman. As the "Mad Dog" continues to hone her sword skills under the tutelage of the Sword God, her fangs continue to grow stronger and sharper!



This is a spinoff of Mushoku Tensei which splits off from the main manga at around chapter 51 (volume 6 of the light novel, first season of the anime).

Tags: Isekai , Female Protagonist , Swordplay , Medieval

Tomoshibi no Otr

Also known as Otr of the Flame.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

The world is encased in winter due to the advances of the Ice Kingdom. Kind-hearted Otr, who dreams of being a warrior like his dad, has been entrusted with keeping the fires burning as a cook in the fortress. But when the fortress is attacked by the demonic army of the Ice Kingdom, the people and the flame are in danger of being snuffed out. Can Otr awaken a power that can turn the tide? A hero's journey of fire and ice now begins!



Tags: Medieval , Vikings , War , Mythology , Shounen , Swordplay , Super Power , Snowscape , Male Protagonist , Zombie , Elf

Abandoned: Tsuyo Sugite Buki ga Kowareru Yuusha to Buki Shokunin no Elf

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

An elf weaponsmith meets a hero who's so strong every weapon shatters in his hands after a single use.

Tags: Elf