Top Cowboys Manga Recommendations

JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Steel Ball Run

Also known as JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Part 7–Steel Ball Run.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Mystery , Supernatural

Originally presented as an unrelated story, this series was later officially declared a part of the JoJo storyline. The series stars Gyro Zeppeli, who uses a set of steel balls that spin incredibly fast, and Johnny Joestar (Jonathan Joestar), a former hot-shot jockey who was crippled by an ambusher and lost his fame and fortune. They race, along with others, in a mad-dash across America for 50 million dollars, reminiscent of The Cannonball Run.



Tags: Travel , Cowboys , Male Protagonist , Super Power , Seinen , Conspiracy , Primarily Adult Cast , Disability , Foreign , Tragedy , Alternate Universe , Environmental , Philosophy , Ensemble Cast , Historical , Terrorism , Nun , Primarily Male Cast , Gore , Outdoor , Crossdressing , Guns , Coming of Age , Desert , Body Horror , Espionage , Trains , Acting , Dinosaurs , Time Manipulation , Delinquents , Gambling , Nudity

GREEN BLOOD

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Psychological , Thriller

The end of the civil war signaled the start of the industrial revolution in the United States and immigrants from all over the world traveled to find their American dream. But what awaited the majority of them was poverty, discrimination, and hopelessness. Manhattan, New York was full of immigrants flooding through the ports and the 6th district, Five Points, was considered at the time, the world’s worst slum. The mobsters corrupted the entire area, including the police by paying them off; Five Points was the mob’s territory and they were the law.

But even in Five Points, where there seemed to be nothing but robbery, prostitution, and murder, showed some signs of hope. Luke Burns was an honest and righteous teenager who realized that the mob was the cause of the harsh lifestyle and that joining the mobsters would not bring him the American dream. But his older brother, Brad Burns, had become the assassin to the biggest mob group of Five Points, the Grave Diggers, a secret he kept from Luke for his own protection. Brad was known as the Grim Reaper and his reputation preceded him as a ruthless and skilled killer.

Tags: Historical , Seinen , Guns , Primarily Male Cast , Mafia , Gangs , Revenge , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Assassins , Anti-Hero , Cowboys , Foreign , Nudity , Tragedy , Police , Time Skip

JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Crazy Diamond no Akuryouteki Shitsuren

Also known as JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Shining Diamond’s Demonic Heartbreak.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Supernatural

Set between the events of *Stardust Crusaders* and *Diamond is Unbreakable*, ten years after DIO's demise, the story follows Hol Horse, who has since returned to his job as a mercenary. After accepting a job from the mother of Pet Shop's owner - tracking down a parrot who was raised alongside the falcon - and teaming up with a reluctant Boingo for one more gig, he arrives in Morioh, where he is faced not only with Josuke, who at this point is still learning the ins and outs of his Stand, but Kakyoin's mourning cousin, Ryoko. Haunted by visions of DIO's overwhelming presence and pursued by a mysterious foe, the four have to join forces to get to the bottom of this mystery, its ties to The World's user deeper than any of them thought they could be.

Tags: Male Protagonist , Super Power , Guns , Urban Fantasy , Seinen , Crossover , Foreign , Cowboys

WANTED! Oda Eiichiro Tanpenshuu

Also known as Wanted! Eiichiro Oda Before One Piece .

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy

A collection of short stories drawn by Oda Eiichiro before One Piece became a major hit. Includes:

Wanted! (1992)
God's Gift for the Future (1993)
Ikki Yakou (1993)
Monsters (1994)
Romance Dawn (Version 2, 1996)

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the One Piece TV anime, Romance Dawn version 2 was adapted into a TV special. (Episode 907)

Tags: Pirates , Shounen , Dragons , Ghost , Swordplay , Guns , Anthology , Gods , Cowboys

Katsute Kami Datta Kemono-tachi e

Also known as To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy

During a protacted civil war that pitted the North against the South, the outnumbered Northerners used dark magic to create monstrous super-soldiers called Incarnates. Now that the war has ended, those Sacred Beasts must learn to make their way in a peaceful society, or face death at the hands of a Beast Hunter. Nancy Schaal Bancroft, the daughter of an Incarnate, turns to hunting the hunter herself. But once she catches up with her quarry, she discovers hard truths about the lives of these Sacred Beasts.



Tags: War , Monster Boy , Monster Girl , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Adoption , Body Horror , Gore , Philosophy , Primarily Adult Cast , Rural , Travel , Vampire , Military , Shounen , Werewolf , Guns , Foreign , Historical , Swordplay , Centaur , Class Struggle , Dragons , Estranged Family , Fugitive , Politics , Urban , Archery , Cowboys , Religion , Snowscape , Spearplay , Urban Fantasy

Hoankan Evans no Uso: Dead or Love

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Romance

The story follows lawman Elmore Evans, who despite being one of the most amazing gunslingers in the West can't get rid of his bad luck in his romantic life.

Tags: Historical , Shounen , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Foreign , Police , Crime , Episodic , Guns , Cowboys

Red

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama

Set in nineteenth-century America, Red is the last living survivor of a Native American tribe that was slaughtered by white men. On a long journey in search of revenge, he travels with Iero Ito, a samurai who ran away to America after being defeated in the Seinan civil war, and Ann, a mysterious prostitute. The bonds of friendship between the three are touching. Although it is all fiction, the story seems very real as it is based on actual battles between US troops, Apaches and other tribes.

Tags: Historical , Foreign , Seinen , Revenge , Anti-Hero , Tragedy , Male Protagonist , Fugitive , Primarily Adult Cast , Samurai , Nudity , Time Skip , Guns , Cowboys

Blaster Knuckle

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

Take yourself back to the 1880s where the KKK is thriving and the African American community lives in fear. The African Americans don't fear the KKK simply because they beat, rape, and kill them. No. They fear the KKK because the KKK eats them. They are the aptly named man-eaters, a kind of mix between werewolves and vampires. They consume human flesh, can shapeshift into various forms, and are practically immortal. Only one man, an ex-heavyweight boxer named Victor Freeman, dares to stand up to them. Equipped with a small arsenal and a set of modified brass knuckles, can our hero defend his people and avenge his past?

Tags: Foreign , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Guns , Historical , Gore , Boxing , Vampire , Urban Fantasy , Zombie , Nudity , Cowboys

Yiska

Also known as Yiska.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Psychological

Set in a rural area of South America, a lone young boy decides to accompany an old man to the Mexican border in exchange for money, while also learning about each other on the journey.

Tags: Foreign , Male Protagonist , Guns , Crime , Historical , Primarily Male Cast , Josei , Cowboys

Harenchi Gakuen

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi

This is the legendary Go Nagai's breakthrough work. Harenchi Gakuen is an elementary school whose teachers and students are all perverts. Boys peep girls changing. Girls pull up their skirts and show off their panties. Actually, it's not as evil as you imagine. They're like cubs playing together. It's only pre-school eroticism, nothing sexual. In spite of that, Harenchi Gakuen became a sensation. Parents, teachers, and politicians hysterically attacked the comic's immorality.

Tags: School , Shounen , Episodic , Gore , Nudity , Teacher , Heterosexual , War , Swordplay , Crime , Slapstick , Cannibalism , Crossdressing , Time Skip , Transgender , Cowboys , Marriage , Delinquents , Meta , Guns

Kuuki no Soko

Also known as Under the Air.

Status: Finished
Genres: Mystery , Romance , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

From science fiction, historical fiction, to contemporary drama, Under the Air includes a variety of tales that depict the duality of man—good and evil; loving and violent.

An injured white-supremacist struggles with the fact that he was brought back to life by a black organ donor; a young man in the wild west seeks revenge for his father’s murder; an escaped convict holds a family hostage in a cave that causes hallucinations; the only two survivors of a nuclear apocalypse dare to explore the outside world—Tezuka’s characters are put to the test when the delicate balance of their minds are disrupted, discovering something dark hidden deep within themselves. Don’t miss this uncommon, unheard, unusual, out-of-the-ordinary collection of short stories by the late, great Osamu Tezuka.



Tags: Seinen , Anthology , Post-Apocalyptic , Nudity , Incest , War , Robots , Cowboys , Revenge

Kouya no Tenshidomo

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Miriam is an energetic girl who lives on a farm with a woman named Grace. Miriam enlists a trio of young men named Douglas, Joel and Card to help out on Grace's farm. However, they have no interest in helping Miriam and ignore her. Despite their best efforts however, they find themselves helping out after all and together end up fighting against Mister Harnbag and the corrupt Sheriff.



Tags: Shoujo , Guns , Historical , Cowboys

Buffalo 5-nin Musume

Also known as Buffalo 5 Girls.

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Romance

The girls are sold as prostitutes in the towns that dot the arid desert. Each of them is forced to receive the lusts of men for their own reasons, and each of them fall in love. They have men they are in love with, but prostitutes aren't free to choose who they love. "Love or life, which is more important to you?" "I pick love." "But you can't be in love if you're dead." Is there a way for these women to survive in a world filled with lust and violence? One day, Candy and Susie run from the brothel, seeking the freedom they can never hand. "We are stronger creatures!" Obey your instincts— the voice from within!



Tags: Fugitive , Foreign , Josei , Female Protagonist , Nudity , Primarily Female Cast , Full Color , Primarily Adult Cast , Super Power , Prostitution , Guns , Heterosexual , Tragedy , Homeless , Orphan , Cowboys , Ghost , LGBTQ+ Themes

Ten no Taka

Also known as Sky Hawk.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama

Exiled from Japan during the Boshin War in 1868 as the new Meiji government took hold, two defeated samurai, Hikosaburô and Manzô, eventually settle in Crow territory in North America.

One day out hunting, Hikosaburô encounters a young native female who has just given birth hidden in the scrub. Called Running Deer, she tells of how she escaped from white traders who had ‘bought’ her. They soon come looking for their possession!

Saved from the murderous deceit of the traders by the chief of the Oglalas, Crazy Horse, they soon form a profound friendship and respect for each other’s cultures to the extent of Hikosaburô and Manzô being renamed ‘Sky Hawk’ and ‘Winds Wolf’ and fighting alongside their new brothers in their struggle against the invaders.

Taniguchi gives an accurate portrayal of the Indian Wars of the period culminating in the infamous Little Bighorn encounter.



Tags: Seinen , Historical , Foreign , War , Cowboys

Gun Blaze West

Also known as Gun Blaze West.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy

In the Old West only the strong survive. Viu Bannes is a boy on a mission to be the best gunfighter in the West. When Viu meets a vagabond gunslinger named Marcus Homer, his desire to be the best becomes even stronger. He knows it's his destiny to travel to the legendary land known as Gun Blaze West--where only the toughest gunmen dare set foot!



Tags: Shounen , Guns , Foreign , Cowboys

Outlaw Man

Status: Finished
Genres: Action

Set in America during the pioneering era, "Outlaw Man" is pursued by the Pinkerton National Detective Agency after he is given a bounty.



Tags: Shounen , Cowboys , Guns , Historical , Foreign

Kenjuu Tenshi

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure

"Angel Gunfighter" is a thrilling Western Manga filled with love stories and gunfights. The setting for the story is a small town in the American Wild West.

In a small town of the border region between New Mexico and Arizona, a rogue cop called Ham Egg is conspiring with the mayor to dominate the town. But Ham Egg has an obstacle to his plot. It is "Monster," an Indian youngster. Monster stands up to save the town from corruption and bring it back to normal, fighting against the Ham Egg group together with a boy named Jim and a female gun expert, Anna.



Tags: Shounen , Historical , Foreign , Guns , Cowboys

Stranger

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

As the town's sheriff, Fran was on an errand for his people. Alas, on his journey back, his horse died. Stranded in the middle of a desert with his only transport to civilisation dead to the world, Fran had to endure scorching heat to reach his town. Wandering for days, his weakened body betrayed him, only to be saved by a Native American...

Tags: Historical , Boys' Love , Cowboys

BLACK TIGER

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama

The "intense gun action" story is set in the United States in the aftermath of the American Civil War. In the chaotic atmosphere of the postwar period, the northern government issues "Licenses to Kill" to bounty hunters in order for them to take out the South's remaining soldiers and outlaws. One of those bounty hunters, a female gunslinger known as "Black Tiger," faces off against dark enemies who carry fiendish weapons.



Tags: Female Protagonist , Guns , Foreign , Historical , Seinen , Cowboys

Seibu Ichi no Hanayome

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Romance

Monica promised her childhood friend Leon that she would marry him if he became the best gunfighter in the West. Their marriage goes off without a hitch, but on their wedding night, when they were supposed to be at the height of their happiness, Leon tells her he wants a divorce. What is the cause of the complication and what will happen to them in this lighthearted romantic comedy?

Tags: Female Protagonist , Guns , Male Protagonist , Foreign , Police , Shounen , Cowboys