Top Augmented Reality Manga Recommendations

Yakusoku no Neverland

Also known as The Promised Neverland.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Thriller

Emma, Norman and Ray are the brightest kids at the Grace Field House orphanage. And under the care of the woman they refer to as “Mom,” all the kids have enjoyed a comfortable life. Good food, clean clothes and the perfect environment to learn—what more could an orphan ask for? One day, though, Emma and Norman uncover the dark truth of the outside world they are forbidden from seeing.



Note: Nominated to the 22nd, 23rd, and 25th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.

Tags: Survival , Body Horror , Primarily Child Cast , Demons , Dystopian , War , Found Family , Guns , Female Protagonist , Shounen , Politics , Coming of Age , Alternate Universe , Travel , Ensemble Cast , Conspiracy , Anti-Hero , Time Skip , Gore , Philosophy , Male Protagonist , Amnesia , Rural , Heterosexual , Augmented Reality , Suicide

Blue Lock

Also known as Blue Lock.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Drama , Sports

After a disastrous defeat at the 2018 World Cup, Japan's team struggles to regroup. But what's missing? An absolute Ace Striker, who can guide them to the win. The Japan Football Union is hell-bent on creating a striker who hungers for goals and thirsts for victory, and who can be the decisive instrument in turning around a losing match...and to do so, they've gathered 300 of Japan's best and brightest youth players. Who will emerge to lead the team...and will they be able to out-muscle and out-ego everyone who stands in their way?



Note: Winner of the 45th Kodansha Manga Award in the Shounen Category in 2021.

Tags: Football , Male Protagonist , Battle Royale , Primarily Male Cast , Athletics , Primarily Teen Cast , Ensemble Cast , Shounen , Fitness , Foreign , Super Power , Augmented Reality , Language Barrier , Tragedy , Suicide

20 Seiki Shounen

Also known as 20th Century Boys.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Psychological , Sci-Fi , Thriller

Humanity, having faced extinction at the end of the 20th century, would not have entered the new millennium if it weren't for them. In 1969, during their youth, they created a symbol. In 1997, as the coming disaster slowly starts to unfold, that symbol returns. This is the story of a group of boys who try to save the world.

For Kenji, a simple convenience store manager who once dreamed of becoming a rock 'n' roll musician, a host of memories from his past come rushing back when one of his childhood friends mysteriously commits suicide. Could this new death be related to the rise of a bizarre new cult that's been implicated in several other murders and disappearances? Determined to dig deeper, Kenji reunites with some of his old buddies in the hope of learning the truth behind it all.



Tags: Politics , Coming of Age , Ensemble Cast , Seinen , Fugitive , Achronological Order , Dystopian , Conspiracy , Cult , Pandemic , Time Skip , Post-Apocalyptic , Terrorism , Found Family , Male Protagonist , Detective , Musical Theater , Philosophy , Cosmic Horror , Female Protagonist , Historical , Tragedy , Dissociative Identities , Augmented Reality , Police , Robots , Transgender , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Nudity , Foreign , Time Manipulation , Homeless , Twins , Crossdressing

21 Seiki Shounen

Also known as 21st Century Boys.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Psychological , Sci-Fi

War is over. The Friend is dead. Mankind no longer faces the threat of extinction. Peace has finally come to Tokyo... Or has it? The mystery still remains. Nobody knows who the Friend was and where he came from. The only clue is hidden deep within the memories—the memories of the hero Kenji. It is time to open Pandora’s Box to discover what is left at the bottom.



Tags: Conspiracy , Seinen , Cult , Ghost , Tragedy , Military , Virtual World , Augmented Reality , Robots , Male Protagonist , Nudity

World Trigger

Also known as World Trigger.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Sci-Fi

A gate to another dimension has burst open, and from it emerge gigantic invincible creatures that threaten all of humanity. Earth's only defense is a mysterious group of warriors who have co-opted the alien technology in order to fight back!



Tags: Shounen , Aliens , Super Power , Ensemble Cast , War , Male Protagonist , Augmented Reality , Military , Battle Royale , Politics , Primarily Male Cast , Space , Primarily Teen Cast , Video Games , Swordplay , Guns , Tragedy , Isekai

Shimeji Simulation

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Psychological , Slice of Life

A girl who shut herself in a closet for the last 2 years of middle school realizes she has to go to high school. When she exits her closet for the first time in two years and looks at herself in the mirror, she notices that she grew shimeji mushrooms out of her head.

Tags: Meta , Surreal Comedy , Philosophy , Augmented Reality , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Denpa , LGBTQ+ Themes , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , 4-koma , Post-Apocalyptic , Hikikomori , Yuri , School , Episodic , Suicide , Gods , School Club , Tragedy , Religion , Trains , Cohabitation , Seinen

Wan Zha Chao Huang

Also known as Cheating Men Must Die.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy , Romance , Sci-Fi

It's thrilling to torture the bad guys. If you keep torturing them, you'll get more fun. A story in which the herorine Su Lüxia and the supporting female character travel through tens of thousands of small worlds together to show countless bastards and bitches who are overwhelmed in various ways.



Tags: Female Protagonist , Revenge , Acting , Isekai , Full Color , Artificial Intelligence , Body Swapping , Ghost , Alternate Universe , Augmented Reality , Historical , Vampire , Cultivation , Anti-Hero , School , Writing , Adoption , Gender Bending

Apollo no Uta

Also known as Apollo's Song.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Psychological

Apollo’s Song follows the tragic journey of Shogo, a young man whose abusive childhood has instilled in him a loathing for love so profound he finds himself compelled to acts of violence when he is witness to any act of intimacy or affection whether by human or beast. His hate is such that the gods intervene, cursing Shogo to experience love throughout the ages ultimately to have it ripped from his heart every time. From the Nazi atrocities of World War II to a dystopian future of human cloning, Shogo loses his heart, in so doing, healing the psychological scars of his childhood hatred.



Note: The Japanese version of this manga includes the one-shot "Garakuta no Uta", however the English release does not contain this story.

Tags: Dystopian , Tragedy , Rehabilitation , Augmented Reality , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Cosmic Horror , Reincarnation , Suicide , Curses

Hugugongnyak

Also known as Concubine Walkthrough.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Mystery , Romance

At first, Yona gave some major side-eye to the popular game "Concubine Walkthrough" until she got sucked into it—literally! Now stuck as the villain, she has her hands full facing the infamously cruel king, shaking off scheming concubines, and befriending NPCs. There’s only one way the Game Master will let her out and that’s to become the Queen! Will she be able to stay true to her honest and straightforward self despite the palace’s intrigues? One extra problem: she’s got competition...



Tags: Video Games , Royal Affairs , Virtual World , Isekai , Historical , Female Protagonist , Memory Manipulation , Full Color , Time Loop , Yandere , Villainess , Anti-Hero , Politics , Disability , Love Triangle , Foreign , Revenge , Augmented Reality , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Female Cast , Conspiracy , Crime , Swordplay , Artificial Intelligence , Heterosexual , Long Strip , Gender Bending , Tragedy

Yeonghwaneun Real-ida

Status: Hiatus
Genres: Action , Drama , Supernatural

While working as a small supporting actor in a movie, Ki Man-Seong has nothing else going for him. However, that was when, through mysterious circumstances, the movie set had become reality during filming. With the sound of the director’s cut, during that short take, he’s not an actor but actually thrown into the events occurring, showing the pain and emotions he faces at that moment. He can only come back if he creates that perfect take…! Can he grow to become the greatest actor?



Tags: Acting , Male Protagonist , Augmented Reality , Memory Manipulation , Full Color , Crime , Time Manipulation , Urban , Foreign , Language Barrier , Musical Theater , Drawing , Love Triangle

Summer Wars

Also known as Summer Wars.

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

Kenji Koiso is a high school student with a crush on a kendo club beauty, Natsuki Shinohara, and a knack for mathematics. His aptitude with numbers earns him a part-time working maintenance on the global virtual reality world, OZ.

One day, right before summer vacation, Natsuki asks Kenji to do her a favor -accompany her to her great-grandmother's 90th birthday celebration deep in the Japanese countryside. As Kenji tries to find his footing amongst the boisterous and tightly-knit Jinnouchi clan, receives a mysterious email with a long code and the message: "Solve me." Little does Kenji know what solving that code could lead to...



Tags: Seinen , Video Games , Artificial Intelligence , Augmented Reality , Male Protagonist

Free Life Fantasy Online: Immortal Princess, Hajimemashita

Also known as Free Life Fantasy Online: Immortal Princess.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Ecchi , Fantasy , Sci-Fi

Tsukishiro Kotone doesn’t consider herself much of a gamer. That is, until she’s introduced to the virtual reality game “Free Life Fantasy Online,” also known as FLFO, by her game-savvy sister. In FLFO, Kotone decides to become a Zombie, one of the game’s inhuman races–a race that’s said to be quite difficult to master, even for experienced players. Why not, right? When Kotone embarks on her first quest in the darkness of the catacombs, controlling a fascinating undead body, little does she know that this game is about to become a huge part of her real life. Join the virtual adventure in this gaming tale about an online world like no other!



Tags: Zombie , Female Protagonist , Video Games , Virtual World , Augmented Reality , Necromancy , Dungeon , Skeleton , Ghost , Dullahan , Magic , Food

Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita

Also known as Humanity has Declined.

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

It's been several centuries since human beings declined due to the steep drop in birthrates. The most prosperous species on the Earth are "Fairies", 10 cm tall creatures with high intelligence. I became a UN arbitrator between the humans and the fairies and returned to my hometown to help my grandfather. I thought my job would not be a tough one and visited one of the fairies' habitats to say hello to them but...

Tags: Episodic , Satire , Artificial Intelligence , Seinen , Philosophy , Post-Apocalyptic , Lost Civilization , Surreal Comedy , Female Protagonist , Augmented Reality , Robots , Fairy

Osananajimi wo Erabenai!

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Supernatural

I fell in love with my childhood friend, but we ended up separated. Now, after 10 years, I'm finally reunited with her! However, just as I started looking forward to an amazing school life with her, I found out that there was... someone else...?

Tags: Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Female Harem , Shounen , Gyaru , Ojou-sama , Polyamorous , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Clone , Augmented Reality , Slapstick , Idol

Rebuild World

Also known as Rebuild World.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy , Mecha , Mystery , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

The pinnacle of human civilization has come and gone, leaving only ruins in its wake. Society and science now struggle to rebuild, rediscovering scraps of knowledge from powerful ancient artifacts that defy comprehension. These relics of the “Old World” can make the fortunes of those who find them—if ancient security systems and rogue bioweapons don’t kill the relic hunters first. Akira, a young street orphan, sets out to become one such hunter to escape his brutal life in the slums. Untrained, malnourished, and poorly armed, Akira would be lucky to make it back from the ruins alive—until an encounter with Alpha, a mysterious, ghostly woman, changes his fate forever. Alpha needs a hunter, and she’s willing to train Akira to get one. Will her support be enough to help a penniless kid from the slums climb to the top of a crushing and merciless world?



Tags: Post-Apocalyptic , Artificial Intelligence , Male Protagonist , Cyborg , Kaiju , Homeless , Guns , Gangs , Dystopian , Augmented Reality

Cylcia = Code

Status: Finished
Genres: Ecchi , Fantasy , Sci-Fi

Kanata and his friends must find a way to return to their original bodies after they're trapped in the real world as their game avatars.

Note: Includes 2 extra chapters.

Tags: Shounen , Virtual World , Gender Bending , Magic , Male Protagonist , Augmented Reality , Yuri

in THE ROOM

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Supernatural

Kippei Yuuki is the #1 ranked player in the MMORPG "The Room", and he has the ego to prove it. Real life is boring, and he'd rather be the protagonist of a video game. But soon, Kippei's skills are put on the line when he, and a group of others, awaken in a prison cell. There are monsters nearby, and the environment seems eerily similar to The Room. How did they get here, and who will survive?

Tags: Death Game , Gore , Seinen , Ensemble Cast , Augmented Reality

Only Sense Online

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy , Sci-Fi

Utilizing a system called "Sense," each player aims to create their unique character in the VRMMORPG "Only Sense Online." Joining this realm is Yun, an absolute beginner in the world of gaming, equipped with some of the worst customized "Sense" ever. While his two sisters, both veterans in this world, criticize his choices of equipment, he continues to delve into the skill sets he has acquired. Along his way, he meets the art of "production" and people that have mastered this art. Watch as a total novice creates a revolution in the gaming world and create the "ultimate" support class.

Tags: Gender Bending , Video Games , Virtual World , Male Protagonist , Augmented Reality , Archery , Shounen

Worldend: Debugger

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Supernatural

Miharu is smart, attractive and talented. One could say he's been playing life in "easy mode." That is until a teddy bear steals his wallet and a strange man comes out of an arcade game and demands Miharu play a game; the D-game! What's worse, the man even claims to be from the future. What will happen when Miharu must play to survive?

Tags: Artificial Intelligence , Clone , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Software Development , Virtual World , Josei , Death Game , Boys' Love , Ensemble Cast , Work , Yandere , Age Gap , Battle Royale , Memory Manipulation , Augmented Reality , Urban Fantasy

Free Life Fantasy Online: Immortal Princess, Hajimemashita

Also known as Free Life Fantasy Online: Immortal Princess.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Fantasy , Sci-Fi

Tsukishiro Kotone doesn’t consider herself much of a gamer. That is, until she’s introduced to the virtual reality game “Free Life Fantasy Online,” also known as FLFO, by her game-savvy sister. In FLFO, Kotone decides to become a Zombie, one of the game’s inhuman races–a race that’s said to be quite difficult to master, even for experienced players. Why not, right? When Kotone embarks on her first quest in the darkness of the catacombs, controlling a fascinating undead body, little does she know that this game is about to become a huge part of her real life. Join the virtual adventure in this gaming tale about an online world like no other!



Tags: Augmented Reality , Gods , Afterlife , Necromancy , Mythology , Video Games , Female Protagonist , Zombie , Virtual World , Skeleton , Ghost , Dungeon , Dullahan , Magic , Food