Manga like Kyoukoku no Recuerdo

Black Clover

Also known as Black Clover.

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

Young Asta was born with no magic ability in a world where magic is everything. In order to prove his strength and keep a promise with his friend, Asta dreams of becoming the greatest mage in the land, the Wizard King!



Tags: Magic , Shounen , Super Power , Demons , Male Protagonist , Medieval , Dissociative Identities , Lost Civilization , Elf , Cultivation , Heterosexual , Class Struggle , Time Skip , Time Manipulation , Triads , Tragedy , Royal Affairs , Tsundere , Female Harem , Age Regression , Dungeon , Found Family , Reincarnation

Konjiki no Gash!!

Also known as Zatch Bell!.

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

Kiyo is a brilliant junior high student whose inflated ego (and tendency to blow the grading curve) has made him a major target for teasing at school. So his father sends him a bizarre birthday present – a strange little boy named Zatch Bell – to help him make friends and reform his bad attitude. Zatch brings with him a mysterious red volume of spells, and Kiyo discovers that Zatch has magic powers that are unleashed by reading from the book! But there are more surprises to come, and Kiyo's destiny is about to change forever!



Note: The chapter count includes the volume-exclusive bonus chapter “The Two Queens”.

Tags: Battle Royale , Shounen , Magic , Male Protagonist , Coming of Age , Demons , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Child Cast , Super Power , Urban Fantasy , Survival , Slapstick , Foreign , Time Skip , Amnesia , Memory Manipulation , Surreal Comedy , Dragons , Kaiju , Bullying

Tongari Boushi no Atelier

Also known as Witch Hat Atelier.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

In a world where everyone takes wonders like magic spells and dragons for granted, Coco is a girl with a simple dream: she wants to be a witch. But everybody knows magicians are born, not made, and Coco was not born with a gift for magic. Resigned to her un-magical life, Coco is about to give up on her dream to become a witch … until the day she meets Qifrey, a mysterious, traveling magician. After secretly seeing Qifrey perform magic in a way she’s never seen before, Coco soon learns what everybody “knows” might not be the truth, and discovers that her magical dream may not be as far away as it may seem...



Notes:
Nominated for the 11th Manga Taishou Award in 2018.
Won the Daruma d'Or at Japan Expo in 2019.
Won Best U.S. Edition of International Material - Asia at the Eisner Awards in 2020.
Won the Best Manga Award at the Harvey Awards in 2020.

Tags: Witch , Magic , Found Family , Memory Manipulation , Female Protagonist , Drawing , Coming of Age , Teacher , Ensemble Cast , School , Revenge , Primarily Female Cast , Tragedy , Conspiracy , Medieval , Primarily Child Cast , Politics , Disability , Seinen , Philosophy , Rehabilitation , LGBTQ+ Themes , Amnesia , Foreign , Travel , Spearplay , Body Horror , Iyashikei , Dragons , Boys' Love , Twins

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 , Unrequited Love , Demons , Iyashikei , Medieval , Kuudere , Tragedy , Episodic , Spearplay , Heterosexual , Shounen , Fairy Tale , Dungeon , Food , Time Manipulation

Naneun Madowangida

Also known as I Am the Sorcerer King.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

Sung-Hoon Lee is nothing but a victim of a changing world, a powerless man in a land infested with beasts and magic. Monsters from another world invaded earth, and they brought with them a sickness that pushes Sung-Hoon’s mother into an endless sleep. To pay off her medical bills, he braved a dangerous job as bait used by powerful superhumans called Awakeners to hunt monsters. But when he found himself at death’s door, the image of his past life flashes through his mind. There, he found his truth: he is the reincarnation of the Sorcerer King!



Tags: Magic , Full Color , Alternate Universe , Artificial Intelligence , Survival , Reincarnation , Conspiracy , Dungeon , Demons , Cultivation , Male Protagonist , Isekai , Gods , Angels , Female Harem , Cult

Seulgiroun Munmyeongsaenghwal

Also known as Nebula's Civilization.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy

Seong-Un Choi is the top-ranked player in the game "Lost World," being the only player to have completed all its achievements. However, his triumph is short-lived as a mysterious message transports him to the real "Lost World," transforming him from a mere gamer to a contender for godhood. Amidst others vying for divinity, will Seong-Un be able to achieve true godhood and reign supreme in this new realm?



Tags: Gods , Male Protagonist , War , Anthropomorphism , Travel , Religion , Politics , Video Games , Philosophy , Kingdom Management , Full Color , Isekai , Desert , Time Skip

Majo no Kaigashuu

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Supernatural

An orphan named Aisya has been gifted the incredible power to make paintings that perform miracles just by using her blood. She and her best friend Loki have a wonderful time together, despite her deteriorating health. However, Loki realizes that he’s nothing more than Aisya’s drawing when he tries to save Aisya one night from an attacker. Aisya sends him on a quest to destroy her paintings and her curse, and to save the people changed by them, but can Loki look past his hatred of humans in order to carry out her wish?

Note: The chapter count includes 1 epilogue chapter.

Tags: Magic , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Time Skip

ORIENT

Also known as Orient.

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

The new shonen action manga from the creator of Magi is here! Musashi is a teenager living under demon rule. As children, he and his best friend made a promise: to become the greatest warriors in the world and overthrow the demons. But life intervenes, and five years later, he finds himself about to become a miner. Yet can Musashi truly be satisfied with a "normal" life?

Tags: Swordplay , Demons , Dystopian , Kaiju , Shounen , Lost Civilization , Male Protagonist , Gore , Ninja , Historical , Magic , Samurai , Nudity , Agriculture , Motorcycles

Magi

Also known as Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic.

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

Deep within the deserts lie the mysterious Dungeons, vast stores of riches there for the taking by anyone lucky enough to find them and brave enough to venture into the depths from where few have ever returned. Plucky young adventurer Aladdin means to find the Dungeons and their riches, but Aladdin may be just as mysterious as the treasures he seeks. Together with the djinn Ugo and his friend Alibaba, Aladdin sets out to find his fortune in the depths of the endless dunes…



Tags: Magic , Foreign , Conspiracy , War , Politics , Royal Affairs , Criminal Organization , Class Struggle , Male Protagonist , Time Manipulation , Memory Manipulation , Shounen , Time Skip , Dungeon , Philosophy , Slavery , Economics , Revenge , Gods , Ensemble Cast , Pirates , Desert , Swordplay , Dystopian , Reincarnation , Cultivation , Spearplay , Dragons , Food

Madan no Ichi

Also known as Ichi the Witch.

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

Magic is alive and well in the world, inside beings known as Majiks. By completing a Majik’s trial, a Witch can gain its power. However, only women can become Witches or use magical items. All that changes one day when a young man named Ichi turns the world on its head by defeating an infamous Majik and gaining its magical powers!



Note:
Winner of the Tsugimanga 2025 Award in the Print Manga Category.

Tags: Magic , Male Protagonist , Witch , Found Family , Shounen , Anachronism , Demons , Primarily Female Cast , Matriarchy , Anthropomorphism , Henshin , Tanned Skin , Cosmic Horror , Pregnancy