Manga like Pocket Monsters SPECIAL

Yu☆Gi☆Oh!

Also known as Yu-Gi-Oh!.

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

10th grader Yugi spent most of his time alone playing games--until he solved the Millennium Puzzle, a mysterious Egyptian artifact! Possessed by the puzzle, Yugi becomes Yu-Gi-Oh, the King of Games, and challenges evil-doers to the Shadow Games--weird games with high stakes and high risks! These graphic novels contain new stories not seen in the anime, including the origin of Yugi and his friends!



Notes:
The VIZ Media release split the series into three parts with separate chapter/volume counts. "Yu-Gi-Oh!" includes volumes 1-7, "Yu-Gi-Oh!: Duelist" includes volumes 8-31, and "Yu-Gi-Oh!: Millennium World" includes volumes 32-38.
The final chapter of VIZ Media's "Yu-Gi-Oh!" was moved from its final volume to the first volume of "Yu-Gi-Oh!: Duelist."

Tags: Dissociative Identities , Card Battle , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Mythology , Primarily Teen Cast , Dragons , Gambling , Death Game , Urban Fantasy , Primarily Child Cast , Magic , Gods , School , Reincarnation , Bullying , Amnesia , War , School Club , Torture , Desert , Adoption , Gore , Body Horror

Digimon Adventure V-Tamer 01

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy

In this universe, Taichi is involved in a V-Pet tournament, where he is told he cannot play because the Digimon in his V-Pet isn't recognized as being a real Digimon. However, after the tournament is over, Taichi plays the winner of the tournament, a boy named Neo Saiba, and their battle ends in a tie - something that is supposed to be impossible. Later, Taichi is summoned to the Digital World by a digimon called Lord HolyAngemon, and there he meets the mysterious Digimon in his V-Pet, Zeromaru the Veedramon.

Note:
Includes the one-shot "C'mon Digimon" (C'mon デジモン)
Includes the one-shot "Double Tamer!! Choujikuu Taisen!!" (ダブルテイマー!! 超時空大戦!!)
Includes the one-shot "Frontier Generation" (フロンティア ジェネレーション)
Includes the one-shot "Nekketsu!! Kirakira Taisen" (熱血!! キラキラ大戦!!!)
Includes two extra chapters.

Tags: Virtual World , Shounen , Animals , Isekai , Male Protagonist , Alternate Universe , Artificial Intelligence

Pocket Monsters: Satoshi to Gou no Monogatari!

Also known as Pokémon Journeys: The Series.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy

A new Pocket Monsters manga based on the 2019 Pocket Monsters anime.

Tags: Travel , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Animals , Proxy Battle

HUNTER×HUNTER

Also known as Hunter x Hunter.

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

Gon might be a country boy, but he has high aspirations. Despite his Aunt Mito's protests, Gon decides to follow in his father's footsteps and become a legendary Hunter. The Hunter hopefuls begin their journey by storm-tossed ship, where Gon meets Leorio and Kurapika, the only other applicants who aren't devastated by bouts of seasickness.

Having survived the terrors of the high seas, Gon and his companions now have to prove their worth in a variety of tests in order to find the elusive Exam Hall. And once they get there, will they ever leave alive...?



Tags: Shounen , Super Power , Cultivation , Ensemble Cast , Travel , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Tragedy , Assassins , Politics , Urban Fantasy , Revenge , Chimera , War , Battle Royale , Death Game , Philosophy , Anti-Hero , Crime , Coming of Age , Gangs , Martial Arts , Gore , Conspiracy , Lost Civilization , Video Games , Ships , Card Battle , Mafia , Animals , LGBTQ+ Themes , Time Manipulation , Demons , Amnesia , Cannibalism , Kemonomimi , Transgender , Virtual World , Reincarnation , Asexual

Dengeki Pikachu

Also known as Pokémon: The Electric Tale of Pikachu.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy

10-year-old Satoshi, after finding a Pikachu messing with the wiring in his house, is on a journey to become the greatest Pokémon Master and to beat out his rival, Shigeru. Along the way, he meets with many other Pokémon trainers and advisors, including water-based trainer (and gym leader) Kasumi, ground- and rock-based trainer (and gym leader) Takeshi, and others.

Tags: Animals , Episodic , Male Protagonist , Kids

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!



Notes:
Winner of the 2025 Next Manga Award in the Print Manga Category.
Ranked 11th in Da Vinci's 2025 Book of the Year ranking.
Ranked 4th in the Men's Division of Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2026 guidebook.
Ranked 10th in the 19th Manga Taisho in 2026.
Nominated for the 50th Kodansha Manga Award in the Shounen Category in 2026.

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

ONE PIECE

Also known as One Piece.

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

As a child, Monkey D. Luffy was inspired to become a pirate by listening to the tales of the buccaneer "Red-Haired" Shanks. But his life changed when Luffy accidentally ate the Gum-Gum Devil Fruit and gained the power to stretch like rubber...at the cost of never being able to swim again! Years later, still vowing to become the king of the pirates, Luffy sets out on his adventure...one guy alone in a rowboat, in search of the legendary "One Piece," said to be the greatest treasure in the world...



Tags: Pirates , Travel , Found Family , Shounen , Ensemble Cast , Super Power , Ships , Male Protagonist , Fugitive , Tragedy , Politics , Conspiracy , Crime , Military , Prophecy , Dystopian , Slapstick , Terrorism , War , Time Skip , Lost Civilization , Post-Apocalyptic , Gods , Slavery , Primarily Adult Cast , Anachronism , Primarily Male Cast , Mythology , Swordplay , Animals , Religion , Environmental , Gangs , Anti-Hero , Prison , Espionage , Anthropomorphism , Kaiju , Skeleton , Food , Samurai , Cyborg , Adoption , Henshin , Medicine , Assassins , Robots , Guns , Mermaid , Revenge , Surreal Comedy , Dragons , Drugs , Monster Girl , Meta , Amnesia , Battle Royale , Oiran , Desert , Time Manipulation , Kemonomimi , Zombie , Transgender , Memory Manipulation , Trains , Dinosaurs , Centaur , Ninja , Clone , Bar , Demons , Unrequited Love , Gender Bending , Aliens , Angels , Artificial Intelligence , Body Swapping , Arranged Marriage , Shapeshifting , Aromantic , Curses , Matriarchy

Dragon Quest: Monsters+

Also known as Dragon Quest: Monsters+.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

This story acts as a sequel to the original "Dragon Quest Monsters" game for the Gameboy.

Kurio, a child who wishes to be a hero, is thrown to a world where monsters are found all over, and is asked to become their new Monster Master hero since the great tree is withering, the monsters are going berserk, and Terry, the previous monster master, has gone missing. (manga updates)

Tags: Shounen , Magic , Isekai

Youkai Watch

Also known as YO-KAI WATCH.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Supernatural

Nate Adams is just an average kid until the mysterious Whisper gives him the Yo-kai Watch. Now he can see what others cannot: Yo-kai of all shapes and forms!



Tags: Youkai , Urban Fantasy , Kids , Primarily Child Cast , Male Protagonist , Slapstick , School

Pocket Monsters: PiPiPi★Adventure

Also known as Magical Pokémon Journey.

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

When young Hazel develops a crush on Almond, a Pokémon trainer, she goes to her Grandpa, an inept magician and Pokémon researcher, for a love potion to hook him. But the resulting potion doesn't make hearts flutter—it makes Grandpa's lab explode, because he doesn't have much practice with potions. For the promise of more and better love potion, Hazel is convinced to travel the world studying any Pokémon she finds... but always chasing Almond!



Tags: Proxy Battle , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Animals