Top Monster Girl Manga Recommendations

Chainsaw Man

Also known as Chainsaw Man.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Horror , Supernatural

The name says it all! Denji's life of poverty is changed forever when he merges with his pet chainsaw dog, Pochita! Now he's living in the big city and an official Devil Hunter. But he's got a lot to learn about his new job and chainsaw powers!



Notes:
- Nominated for the 2020 Manga Taisho Award.
- Winner of the 2021 Kono Manga ga Sugoi Award.
- Winner of the 66th Shogakukan Manga Award in the shounen category.
- Winner of the 2021 and 2022 Harvey Award for Best Manga.
- Chapters 1-97 were released in Weekly Shounen Jump from Dec 3, 2018 to Dec 13, 2020. The series resumed from Ch. 98 in Shounen Jump+ on July 12, 2022

Tags: Demons , Tragedy , Urban Fantasy , Psychosexual , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , Dissociative Identities , Gore , Body Horror , Cosmic Horror , Henshin , Urban , Monster Boy , Survival , Found Family , Female Protagonist , Work , Memory Manipulation , Shounen , Anti-Hero , Unrequited Love , Alternate Universe , Heterosexual , Ensemble Cast , Cult , Politics , Guns , Assassins , Yandere , Monster Girl , Human Pet , Revenge , Shapeshifting , Terrorism , Femdom , Surreal Comedy , Philosophy , Slapstick , Meta , Primarily Teen Cast , Super Power , Afterlife , Nudity , School , Cannibalism , Delinquents , Angels , Necromancy , Amnesia , Time Skip , Yakuza , Mafia , Tsundere , Time Manipulation , Zombie , Chimera , Motorcycles , Vore , Denpa , Scissoring , Bisexual

Berserk

Also known as Berserk.

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

His name is Guts, the Black Swordsman, a feared warrior spoken of only in whispers. Bearer of a gigantic sword, an iron hand, and the scars of countless battles and tortures, his flesh is also indelibly marked with The Brand, an unholy symbol that draws the forces of darkness to him and dooms him as their sacrifice. But Guts won't take his fate lying down; he'll cut a crimson swath of carnage through the ranks of the damned—and anyone else foolish enough to oppose him! Accompanied by Puck the Elf, more an annoyance than a companion, Guts relentlessly follows a dark, bloodstained path that leads only to death...or vengeance.



Notes:
- Volumes 1-5 contain the 16 prequel chapters 0A - 0P.
- Chapter 83 was omitted from Volume 13 due to the author’s request.
- Volume 14 includes “Berserk: The Prototype”.
- Due to the author's passing, starting from Chapter 365, the manga is illustrated by Studio Gaga (Miura's assistants) and supervised by Kouji Mori (a close friend of Miura's).

Tags: Tragedy , Seinen , Revenge , Male Protagonist , Demons , Cosmic Horror , Gore , Philosophy , Found Family , Anti-Hero , Travel , Rehabilitation , Mythology , Swordplay , Survival , Magic , War , Body Horror , Foreign , Gods , Religion , Primarily Adult Cast , Curses , Nudity , Fairy , Military , Politics , Disability , Time Skip , Amnesia , Torture , Witch , Elf , Coming of Age , Sadism , Dystopian , Heterosexual , Ensemble Cast , Kaiju , Skeleton , Achronological Order , Cult , Age Regression , Tomboy , Medieval , Adoption , Dungeon , Super Power , Kingdom Management , Slavery , Pregnancy , Prostitution , Cannibalism , Group Sex , Dragons , Incest , Monster Girl , Ships , LGBTQ+ Themes , Vore , Monster Boy , Mermaid , Masturbation , Fellatio , Meta

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

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

Yofukashi no Uta

Also known as Call of the Night.

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

One sleepless night, Ko slips out to walk the streets. Life after dark is a revelation! When flirtatious Nazuna invites Ko to spend the night at her place in an abandoned building, he’s stoked! But then he awakens to kisses on his neck with a little too much bite to them... Is it just the delicious taste of his blood that makes her meet him night after night for late-night adventures, conversation and...naps? Or something else? Then, when a cute girl from Ko’s past shows up and competes for his attention, his budding relationship with the undead is put to the test!



Notes:
- Seventh place of Tsugimanga 2020 Award in the Manga Category and first place of Daruma 2023 Award (France) in the new manga category (released in 2022 in France).
- Includes three extra chapters.

Tags: Vampire , Urban Fantasy , Monster Girl , Tragedy , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Age Gap , Coming of Age , Suicide , Female Protagonist , Surreal Comedy , Primarily Teen Cast , Heterosexual , Hikikomori , Monster Boy , Urban , Detective , Philosophy , Outdoor Activities , Maids , Gore , Guns , LGBTQ+ Themes , Yandere , Gyaru , Iyashikei , Femboy

Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken

Also known as That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime.

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

As players of Monster Hunter and Dungeons & Dragons know, the slime is not exactly the king of the fantasy monsters. So when a 37-year-old Tokyo salaryman dies and wakes up in a world of dragons and magic, he's a little disappointed to find he's become a blind, boneless slime monster.



Tags: Reincarnation , Isekai , Kingdom Management , Politics , Medieval , War , Magic , Shounen , Economics , Monster Girl , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Demons , Dragons , Goblin , Agender , Rural , Yuri

Made in Abyss

Also known as Made in Abyss.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Horror , Sci-Fi

In an age when the corners of the world have been scoured for their secrets, only one place remains unexplored–a massive cave system known as the Abyss. Those who traverse its endless pits and labyrinth-like tunnels are known as Cave Raiders. A young orphan named Riko dreams of following in her mother’s footsteps as a Cave Raider, and when she meets a strange robot when exploring the Abyss, she’s one step closer to achieving her goal!



Notes:
- Includes the 5-chapter "How Are You? Somewhere" side story.
- Nominated for the 11th Manga Taishou Awards (2018).

Tags: Survival , Tragedy , Primarily Child Cast , Travel , Lost Civilization , Female Protagonist , Body Horror , Chibi , Wilderness , Amnesia , Gore , Philosophy , Male Protagonist , Robots , Twins , Seinen , Steampunk , Food , Monster Girl , Nudity , Curses , Adoption , LGBTQ+ Themes

Dungeon Meshi

Also known as Delicious in Dungeon.

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

When young adventurer Laios and his company are attacked and soundly thrashed by a dragon deep in a dungeon, the party loses all its money and provisions...and a member! They're eager to go back and save her, but there is just one problem: If they set out with no food or coin to speak of, they're sure to starve on the way! But Laios comes up with a brilliant idea: "Let's eat the monsters!" Slimes, basilisks, and even dragons...none are safe from the appetites of these dungeon-crawling gourmands!



Notes:
- Nominated in the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th Manga Taishou Award in 2016-2019.
- Ranked first in the 2016 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! (Male Readers Division).
- Includes 14 extra chapters.

Tags: Dungeon , Food , Environmental , Magic , Ensemble Cast , Medieval , Primarily Adult Cast , Lost Civilization , Seinen , Anti-Hero , Philosophy , Elf , Male Protagonist , Necromancy , Demons , Dragons , Body Horror , Cosmic Horror , Kemonomimi , Episodic , Chimera , Monster Girl , Iyashikei , Alternate Universe , Witch , Succubus , Mermaid , Curses , Tanned Skin

Mato Seihei no Slave

Also known as Chained Soldier.

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

Decades ago, gates to an otherworldly and dangerous dimension known as Mato—the “Demon City”—appeared across Japan. Those who partook in the “peaches” growing there gained unique abilities—but only if they’re girls. When down-in-the-dumps high school boy Yuuki Wakura finds himself caught up in a gate, he’s saved by Kyouka Uzen, the beautiful commander of the 7th squad of the Demon Defense Force, who…orders him to become her slave?!

Tags: Heterosexual , Super Power , Male Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Nudity , Slavery , Female Harem , Demons , Henshin , Shounen , Gods , Swordplay , Urban Fantasy , Love Triangle , Shapeshifting , MILF , Matriarchy , Monster Girl , Threesome , Guns , Creature Taming , Aliens , Time Manipulation , Martial Arts , Spearplay , Clone , Bisexual , Politics , Delinquents , Isekai , Bullying , Curses

Tomie

Also known as Tomie.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Horror , Supernatural , Thriller

Tomie Kawakami is a femme fatale with long black hair and a beauty mark just under her left eye. She can seduce nearly any man, and drive them to murder as well, even though the victim is often Tomie herself. While one lover seeks to keep her for himself, another grows terrified of the immortal succubus. But soon they realize that no matter how many times they kill her, the world will never be free of Tomie.



Notes:
- While a collection of mainly independent short stories, Tomie was originally published as Volumes 1 and 2 of the Ito Junji Kyofu Manga Collection. This entry is for the standalone release of Tomie first published in February 2000 with previously unreleased chapter "小指/Little Finger".
- Later collections such as the 'Complete Deluxe edition' by VIZ combines this and the sequel entry Tomie: Again for a total of 20 chapters.
- The short story “Painter” has been adapted in the first part of episode 9 of Ito Junji: Collection.

Tags: Body Horror , Monster Girl , Gore , Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Episodic , Shoujo , Male Harem , Yandere , Urban Fantasy , Demons , Suicide , Nudity , Succubus , Bullying , Cannibalism , School

Ruri Dragon

Also known as RuriDragon.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Well, a half dragon. Her mom admits Ruri inherited her draconic traits from her father, who, yes, is actually a dragon. As if dealing with curious classmates wasn’t already challenging enough, Ruri and her dragon genes literally turn up the heat in the middle of a lecture. Her ordinary life is about to be anything but!



Notes:
- Chapters 1-6 were published in Weekly Shounen Jump from June 13, 2022 until the series went on hiatus in August 2022 due to the author’s health. It resumed with five weekly chapters from March 4 to April 1, 2024, then switched on April 22, 2024 to a bi-weekly publication on the digital Weekly Shounen Jump and Shounen Jump+.
- Ranked 1st in the Nationwide Bookstore Staff Recommended Comics 2023.
- Nominated for the 2023 eBookJapan Manga Award.
- Ranked 9th in the Male Readers' division of Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2024 guidebook.
- Ranked 2nd in the Web Manga category of the 2024 Next Manga Award.
- Winner of the Setting Award at the 4th Magademy Awards in 2025.

Tags: Monster Girl , Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , Dragons , School , Iyashikei , Urban Fantasy , Shounen , Primarily Teen Cast , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Primarily Female Cast , Super Power , Family Life , Slapstick

Kumo desu ga, Nani ka?

Also known as So I'm a Spider, So What?.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

I'm gonna survive, just watch me! I was your average, everyday high-school girl, but now I've been reborn in a magical world...as a spider?! Wait--this isn't how these stories are supposed to go! Can I get a do-over? ...No? But how am I supposed to survive in this big, scary dungeon as one of the weakest monsters? It's 'every spider for herself' in here! I gotta figure out the rules to this QUICK, or I'll have to kiss my short second life goodbye...



Tags: Reincarnation , Isekai , Monster Girl , Seinen , Female Protagonist , Anti-Hero , Demons , Vampire , Elf , Ensemble Cast , Medieval , Travel , Anthropomorphism , Gods , Magic , War , Dungeon , Dragons , Dissociative Identities , Robots , Survival , Swordplay , Butler , Found Family , Video Games , Meta , Gender Bending

Wu Lian Dianfeng

Also known as Martial Peak.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Adventure , Ecchi , Fantasy , Romance , Supernatural

The peak of martial arts is solitary and lonely. It is an endless pursuit for unattainable heights as well. In order to surpass the limits of martial arts, growth and the will to survive in adverse situations is necessary. One day, Yang Kai, a disciple-on-trial (and floor sweeper) of the Lingxiao Martial Arts Sect discovered a Wordless Black Book. That marked the turn in his luck and the beginning of his martial arts journey.



Tags: Wuxia , Male Protagonist , Martial Arts , Cultivation , Full Color , Magic , Time Skip , Female Harem , Primarily Adult Cast , Dragons , Heterosexual , Alchemy , Travel , Aliens , Super Power , Aviation , Revenge , Skeleton , War , Coming of Age , Anti-Hero , Space , Assassins , Slavery , Polyamorous , Demons , Archery , Adoption , Monster Girl , Nudity , Tsundere , Battle Royale , Succubus , Body Swapping , Teacher , Twins , Amnesia , Animals

Rosario to Vampire

Also known as Rosario+Vampire.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Ecchi , Romance , Supernatural

All-around average student Tsukune can't get accepted to any high school save one...but on his first day, he finds the rest of the student body doesn't appear average in the least. Best of all, the cutest girl on campus can't wait to fling her arms around his neck! Wait a sec'--are those her teeth around his neck too...? Tsukune's going to have one heck of a hickey when he gets home from Monster High! But does he have a chance in H-E-double-hockey-sticks of raising his grades at a school where the turf war isn't between the jocks and the nerds but the vampires and the werewolves?



Tags: Vampire , Monster Girl , Magic , Female Harem , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Witch , Demons , School Club , Mythology , Primarily Female Cast , Youkai , Boarding School , Female Protagonist , Body Horror , Memory Manipulation , Unrequited Love , School , Succubus , Urban Fantasy , Dissociative Identities , Heterosexual , Mermaid , Love Triangle , Monster Boy , Delinquents , Gore , Chimera , Kemonomimi , Nekomimi , Tragedy , Bisexual , Estranged Family , Martial Arts , Zombie , Tanned Skin , Clone , Terrorism , Triads

Gleipnir

Also known as Gleipnir.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Ecchi , Mystery , Supernatural

Shuichi Kagaya is an ordinary high school kid in a boring little town. But when a beautiful classmate is caught in a warehouse fire, he discovers a mysterious power: he can transform into a furry dog with an oversized revolver and a zipper down his back. He saves the girl’s life, sharing his secret with her. But she’s searching for the sister who killed her family, and she doesn’t care how degrading it gets: she will use Shuichi to accomplish her mission …



Tags: Super Power , Shapeshifting , Monster Boy , Seinen , Anti-Hero , Heterosexual , Rural , Psychosexual , Battle Royale , Memory Manipulation , Body Horror , Aliens , Nudity , Gore , Love Triangle , Monster Girl , Yandere , Guns , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Clone , Time Manipulation , Suicide , LGBTQ+ Themes

Bakemonogatari

Also known as Bakemonogatari.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Mystery , Romance , Supernatural

One day, high-school student Koyomi Araragi catches a girl named Hitagi Senjougahara when she trips. But—much to his surprise—she doesn’t weigh anything. At all. She says an encounter with a so-called “crab” took away all her weight …

Monsters have been here since the beginning.
Always.
Everywhere.



Tags: Urban Fantasy , Youkai , Vampire , Male Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Philosophy , Heterosexual , Gods , Female Harem , Meta , Ghost , Tragedy , Denpa , Surreal Comedy , Nekomimi , Nudity , Tomboy , Love Triangle , Dissociative Identities , Gore , Shounen , Monster Girl , Body Horror , School , Age Regression

Jungle Juice

Also known as Jungle Juice.

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

Su-Chan Jang is an extraordinary college student at the top of the social food chain. But underneath the perfect facade, he hides a pair of insect wings that suddenly grew when he used a mysterious bug spray called "Jungle Juice.” Su-Chan's life crumbles when he bares his wings to the world to save someone's life. When all hope seems lost, Su-Chan stumbles upon a hidden world of insect humans where everyone is accepted for what they are. But the law of the jungle governs this secret society and all must fend for themselves in order to survive.



Tags: Full Color , Male Protagonist , Body Horror , Monster Boy , Monster Girl , Heterosexual , Terrorism , College , Primarily Adult Cast , Martial Arts , Demons , Long Strip , Cannibalism , Primarily Male Cast

Monster Musume no Iru Nichijou

Also known as Monster Musume.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Fantasy , Romance

In a modern world where beast people exist and live with other humans, they have a regular household where a student lives with a lamia named Miia. The student, Kurusu Kimihito, came to live with Miia because of the culture exchange that has been going on with humans and sub-species alike. This is their story.

Tags: Monster Girl , Female Harem , Seinen , Nudity , Large Breasts , Primarily Female Cast , Slapstick , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Centaur , Mermaid , Dullahan , Zombie , Kaiju , Demons , Tomboy , Vampire , VTuber , School , LGBTQ+ Themes

Darling in the Franxx

Also known as DARLING in the FRANXX.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Ecchi , Mecha , Romance , Sci-Fi

In a devastated post-apocalyptic future, Earth is a ruinous wasteland. Humanity’s only remaining strongholds are mobile fortress cities called Plantations. Massive beasts known as klaxosaurs, the planet’s new apex predators, have pushed mankind to the edge of extinction, and within the walls of the Plantations, things are no less dire. Humans no longer love or reproduce–adults live on in sterile immortality while children are regarded as nothing more than parasites, artificially created to pair up and pilot the Plantations’ giant defense robots known as Franxx. Former child whiz kid Hiro fails out of the piloting program after falling out of sync with his co-pilot, and a fateful decision to skip his group’s graduation ceremony puts him on a collision course with a horned girl known as Zero Two, whose co-pilots always end up dead. She claims Hiro as her “darling,” but what can that word even mean in such a loveless world?



Tags: Dystopian , Monster Girl , Super Robot , Kaiju , Male Protagonist , Memory Manipulation , Love Triangle , Robots , Nudity , Aliens , Shounen , Heterosexual , Coming of Age , Yuri

Kuchi ga Saketemo Kimi ni wa

Also known as Even If You Slit My Mouth.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Slice of Life , Supernatural

The Kuchisake-onna, Miroku-san is the bride-to-be of high schooler Kōichi Sano to regain her powers?! And for some reason, Kōichi is totally on board with the engagement… The exciting life of the Kuchisake-onna at the mercy of her high schooler fiancé starts now!



Note: Includes 10 extra chapters.

Tags: Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Male Protagonist , Monster Girl , Youkai , Shounen , Marriage , Mythology , Interspecies , Tsundere , Coming of Age , Age Gap , Monster Boy , Tragedy , Arranged Marriage , School , Disability , Meta , Time Skip , Agender