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Tomoshibi no Otr

Also known as Otr of the Flame.

Status: Finished
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!



Note: Includes one extra chapter.

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

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.
Includes one extra chapter.

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

CLAYMORE

Also known as Claymore.

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

In a world where monsters called Yoma prey on humans and live among them in disguise, humanity’s only hope is a new breed of warrior known as Claymores. Half-human, half-monster, these silver-eyed slayers possess supernatural strength but are condemned to fight their savage impulses—or lose their humanity completely.



Note: Includes four extra chapters.

Tags: Demons , Primarily Female Cast , Super Power , Female Protagonist , Monster Girl , Swordplay , Gore , Revenge , Dystopian , Tragedy , Youkai , Shapeshifting , Body Horror , Ensemble Cast , Orphan , Conspiracy , Time Skip , Adoption , Medieval , Twins , Nudity , Shounen , Anti-Hero , Espionage , Cannibalism , Amnesia , Tomboy , Gods , Fugitive , Nun , Desert

BURN THE WITCH

Also known as Burn the Witch.

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

Historically, 72% of all the deaths in London are related to dragons, fantastical beings invisible to the majority of the people. While unknown to most, some people have been standing up to these dragons.

Only inhabitants of Reverse London who live in the hidden "reverse" side of London can see the dragons. Even then, only a selected few become qualified enough as witches or wizards to make direct contact with them.

The protagonists of the story are witch duo Noel Niihashi and Ninny Spangcole. They are protection agents for Wing Bind (WB), an organization for dragon conservation and management. Their mission is to protect and manage the dragons within London on behalf of the people.



Note: Chapter count includes the one-shot, labeled as “Chapter 0.8”.

Tags: Dragons , Magic , Foreign , Shounen , Witch , Female Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Fairy Tale , Heterosexual , Work , Yuri

Centuria

Also known as Centuria .

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

Sold into slavery by his own mother, Julian has known nothing but pain and brutality. All that changes when, aboard a slave ship, he experiences the kindness and the tender touch of a loving person for the first time. But fate has plans for Julian in the blood awakening of an ancient god who strikes a cruel bargain: an innocent life in exchange for extraordinary powers—ones he must use to protect a helpless baby in a cruel and violent world!



Tags: Found Family , Tragedy , Fugitive , Super Power , Male Protagonist , Adoption , Royal Affairs , Medieval , Gods , Shounen , Slavery , Necromancy , Time Skip , Gore , Anthropomorphism , Yuri , Villainess

Soul Eater

Also known as Soul Eater.

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

Maka is a scythe meister, working to perfect one particular scythe until it is good enough to become Death's Weapon -- the weapon used by Shinigami-sama, the spirit of Death himself. As if that wasn't unusual enough, her scythe is a demon scythe called Soul Eater, which can change form from a scythe to a human-looking boy. In order to make Soul Eater powerful enough to be Death's Weapon, he must eat the souls of 99 humans and 1 witch. Along the way, the two of them face many different challenges, including a cat witch named Blair (who happens to have a thing for Soul) and a teacher who's been turned into a zombie (and wants him to join her!). Her fellow students, like the shadow ninja weapon meister named Black Star who always needs to be the center of attention, aren't much help, either. It'll be a miracle if Maka even survives, let alone manages to make Soul Eater into the Death Scythe.



Note: Includes four extra chapters.

Tags: Ensemble Cast , Magic , Shounen , Henshin , Super Power , Female Protagonist , Gods , Guns , Witch , Shapeshifting , School , Swordplay , Male Protagonist , Twins , Foreign , War , Agender , Nudity , Travel , Urban Fantasy , Philosophy , Coming of Age , Human Experimentation , Alternate Universe , Assassins , Tragedy , Zombie , Werewolf , Body Horror , Urban , Gender Bending , Kemonomimi , Nekomimi , Tanned Skin , Unrequited Love , Space , Martial Arts , Heterosexual

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 , Found Family , Shounen , Demons , Anachronism , Matriarchy , Primarily Female Cast , Anthropomorphism , Henshin , Tanned Skin , Cosmic Horror , Pregnancy

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

Undead Unluck

Also known as Undead Unluck.

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

What happens when an unlucky girl meets an undead guy? Pure chaos!

All Fuuko wants is a passionate romance like the one in her favorite shojo manga. Unfortunately, her Unluck ability makes that impossible. But just as Fuuko hits rock bottom, Andy sweeps her off her feet—literally! Now she’s become Andy’s unwilling test subject as he works to find a way to trigger a stroke of Unluck big enough to kill him for good. However, when the pair discovers a secret organization is hunting them, it puts Andy’s burial plans on hold.



Notes:
Winner of the 6th Next Manga Award in the Print Manga Category in 2020.
Includes five extra chapters.

Tags: Super Power , Shounen , Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Urban Fantasy , Time Manipulation , Kaiju , Heterosexual , Dissociative Identities , Male Protagonist , Gore , Time Skip , Martial Arts , Ensemble Cast , Zombie , Cosmic Horror , Nudity , Memory Manipulation , Post-Apocalyptic , War , Time Loop , Found Family , Meta , Aliens , Body Horror , Real Robot , Swordplay , Idol , Curses , Boxing

Oumagadoki Doubutsuen

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Fantasy

Aoi Hana is a normal female high school student, though she is extremely clumsy and thus tagged as good-for-nothing. But Hana wants to change herself and decides that finding a part time job would be taking the first step in that direction. Being an animal lover, Hana's job of dreams is encountering animals day-to-day and taking care of them - the zoo sounds like the perfect place for that. So when she happens to see a job offer from a local animal park it's settled she'll attend a job interview.

When Hana arrives at the zoo everything seems just fine. The "Oumagadoki Zoo" might be going south but altogether it's your regular animal park. Just a very normal zoo, one might think. But that is only until Hana gets to meet the zoo director...

Note: Chapter count includes 3 extras.

Tags: Animals , Shounen , Henshin , Work , Female Protagonist , Primarily Animal Cast , Anthropomorphism , Shapeshifting , Curses , Circus