Manga like Kinnikuman

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Status: Releasing

Kinnikuman (a.k.a. Kinniku Suguru) is a cowardly, clumsy, moronic, gyuudon-devouring excuse for a superhero (or Choujin)... who just happens to be the prince of an alien planet. But despite his pathetic appearance, he is very honorable and can become quite powerful when he needs to be. With his sidekick Meat-kun and fellow Choujins Terryman and Ramenman there to help him, Suguru quests to become the greatest Choujin on the planet. Whether with a combination of tremendous heart and stamina (The Burning Inner Strength) or the "Power of Friendship", Kinnikuman frequently defeats villians 10 times more powerful than him and often causes his enemies to have a change of heart and join him. Though he seems destined to be an idiot forever, slowly but surely Kinnikuman becomes worthy of the title "Hero".

Notes:
Between volumes 36 and 37 publication there's 22 years gap. From volume 38 onwards starts restarted in 2011 version.
Kinnikuman won the 30th Shogakukan Manga Award for best children's manga in 1984.

Tags: Wrestling , Martial Arts , Shounen , Super Power , Aliens , Primarily Adult Cast , Kaiju , Slapstick , Surreal Comedy , Meta , Primarily Male Cast , Parody , Gods , Travel , Space , Disability , Superhero

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Dragon Ball

Also known as Dragon Ball.

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

Dragon Ball follows the adventures of Son Goku from his childhood through adulthood as he trains in martial arts and explores the world in search of the seven mystical orbs known as the Dragon Balls, which can summon a wish-granting dragon when gathered. Along his journey, Goku makes several friends and battles a wide variety of villains, many of whom also seek the Dragon Balls for their own desires. Along the way becoming the strongest warrior in the universe.

Part II of Dragon Ball is also known as "Dragon Ball Z" in North America.

Note: Chapter count includes 519 regular chapters and 1 extra. (Volume 33's "Trunks: The Story").

Tags: Martial Arts , Shounen , Travel , Super Power , Male Protagonist , Cultivation , Aliens , Full Color , Time Skip , Henshin , Coming of Age , Cyborg , Afterlife , Anachronism , Tragedy , Magic , Gods , Shapeshifting , Nudity , Military , Adoption , Robots , Rural , Dragons , Dissociative Identities

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Kinnikuman II Sei

Also known as Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Sports

Kid Muscle, the son of legendary wrestler King Muscle, rockets to Earth and finds an evil wrestling gang called the DMP tearing the place apart. The punks on the DMP are the weirdest, nastiest, most outlandishly powerful musclebound freaks the galaxy has ever known. Kid Muscle's only hope: form a team that's even wilder. The only possible result is earthshaking, bodyslamming, ultimate-powered action that sends our entire planet sailing over the top rope!

Tags: Wrestling , Seinen , Super Power

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Hokuto no Ken

Also known as Fist of the North Star.

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

One day, a wanderer appears out of the wasteland to bring justice to the guilty and hope to the people—a warrior named Ken, a man who bears seven scars upon his chest and holds the secret of a mysterious martial art known as Hokuto Shinken, the Divine Fist of the North Star!

Tags: Male Protagonist , Post-Apocalyptic , Martial Arts , Tragedy , Shounen , Gore , Gangs , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Magic , Time Skip , Disability , Philosophy

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JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Phantom Blood

Also known as JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 1: Phantom Blood.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Supernatural

Young Jonathan Joestar’s life is forever changed when he meets his new adopted brother, Dio. For some reason, Dio has a smoldering grudge against him and derives pleasure from seeing him suffer. But every man has his limits, as Dio finds out. This is the beginning of a long and hateful relationship!

Tags: Shounen , Vampire , Primarily Male Cast , Cultivation , Super Power , Tragedy , Historical , Male Protagonist , Gore , Time Skip , Foreign , Body Horror , Bullying , Heterosexual , Bisexual , Rugby

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Sakigake!! Otokojuku

Also known as Charge!! Men's School.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy

Otokojuku is the kind of school that seems like it's up to no good. For most of their students, this is the only place that will take them despite or even because of their violence issues. Headmaster Heihachi Edajima believes that giving young men a military education will provide them with brighter futures, but how much is wishful thinking?

Tags: School , Shounen , Delinquents , Martial Arts , Primarily Male Cast , Ensemble Cast , Language Barrier , Yakuza , Foreign , Gangs , Cultivation , Wrestling

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Toriko

Also known as Toriko.

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

This is the great era of gourmet food! And only Toriko can hunt down the ferocious ingredients that supply the world's best restaurants. As a Gourmet Hunter, Toriko tracks and defeats the tastiest and most dangerous animals with his bare hands. But has he met his match with an eight-legged alligator the size of a tank?

Tags: Super Power , Food , Primarily Adult Cast , Animals , Shounen , Cultivation , Male Protagonist , Dinosaurs , Martial Arts , Cosmic Horror , Demons , Henshin , Gore , Alternate Universe , Dragons , Ghost , Time Skip , Survival , Robots , Afterlife , Aliens , Body Swapping , Time Manipulation , Yakuza , Economics , Gender Bending , Centaur , Samurai

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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 , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Meta , Slapstick , Ensemble Cast , Seinen , Cosmic Horror , Gods , Philosophy , Cyborg , Martial Arts , Swordplay , Urban , Gore , Aliens , Time Manipulation , Nudity

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Tonari no Young Jump

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Boku no Hero Academia

Also known as My Hero Academia.

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

Middle school student Izuku Midoriya wants to be a hero more than anything, but he hasn’t got an ounce of power in him. With no chance of ever getting into the prestigious U.A. High School for budding heroes, his life is looking more and more like a dead end. Then an encounter with All Might, the greatest hero of them all, gives him a chance to change his destiny…

Note:
Winner of the 1st Next Manga Award in the Print Category in 2015.
Nominated for the 8th Manga Taisho Award in 2015.
Nominated for the 40th Kodansha Manga Award in the Shounen Category in 2016.
Chapter count includes a bonus chapter included in volume 10 “Tsuyu-chan no Kerokero Nikki“.

Tags: Superhero , Super Power , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Ensemble Cast , Terrorism , School , Cultivation , Crime , Anti-Hero , Coming of Age , War , Boarding School , Urban Fantasy , Urban , Primarily Male Cast , Revenge , Criminal Organization , Tragedy , Politics , Gore , Drugs , Age Regression , Fugitive , Heterosexual , Tomboy , Guns , Body Horror , Animals , Bisexual , Yakuza , Robots , Nudity , Memory Manipulation , Yandere

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Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo

Also known as Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo.

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Sci-Fi

Yoshio Sawai pushes the bounds of satire and the medium of manga itself with Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo. Irreverent, silly and unpredictable--Bo-bobo is pure comic genius.

In the year 300X, a cruel dictator has mandated the hunting of all hair in the Maruhage Empire. But a single man rises to the occasion and takes a stand against this violation of human hair rights. Bo-bobo, master of Fist of the Nose Hair, uses the prehensile hairs of his shnoz to most lethal ends. Follow the nonsensical adventures of Bo-bobo and his sentient sidekick snacks as they lead their hilarious rebellion against the Empire.

Tags: Surreal Comedy , Shounen , Parody , Super Power

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Saint Seiya

Also known as Knights of the Zodiac.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure

In Greek mythology, Athena, the daughter of Zeus, was born in full armor. By birthright the goddess of battle, she did not believe in conquest, and only fought defensive wars. Her battles with bloodthirsty gods and giants shook the very earth and seemed to last forever. On the battlefield, there were a group of youths that always surrounded and protected the goddess: the Knights of Athena! Flash forward to modern-day Greece: two Japanese tourists are shocked to see a mansized meteorite crash to the earth before them. It turns out to be young Seiya. Seiya must train harder than ever if he is to survive his match with the brutal Cassios! Whoever wins will receive the greatest prize known to man: the incredibly powerful Pegasus Cloth!

Note: The chapter count includes 247 regular chapters and 2 extra chapters ("SHAKA" and “The Cygnus Story - Natassia of the Land of Ice”), other editions merge chapters into a total of 110 chapters.

Tags: Shounen , Foreign , Gods , Cultivation , Mythology , Primarily Male Cast , Super Power , Adoption , LGBTQ+ Themes

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