Top Nun 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

Riders from around the world gather in the Wild West for the race of the century! Johnny Joestar, a former jockey paralyzed from the waist down, comes to spectate, and momentarily regains the ability to walk while watching a duel fought by Gyro Zeppeli. Desperate to learn more about this power, Johnny joins the race alongside Gyro and embarks on the most epic and bizarre race to ever cross the American frontier!



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

Enen no Shouboutai

Also known as Fire Force.

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

Terror has paralyzed the clockwork metropolis of Tokyo! Possessed by demons, people have begun to burst into flame, leading to the establishment of a special firefighting team: the Fire Force, ready to roll on a moment's notice to fight spontaneous combustion anywhere it might break out. The team is about to get a very unique addition: Shinra, a boy who possesses the unique power to run at the speed of a rocket, leaving behind the famous "devil's footprints" (and destroying his shoes in the process). Can the Fire Force discover the source of this strange phenomenon and put a stop to it? Or will the city burn to ashes first?



Note: Includes three extra chapters.

Tags: Cosmic Horror , Super Power , Religion , Gods , Shounen , Post-Apocalyptic , Firefighters , Conspiracy , Tragedy , Meta , Cult , Male Protagonist , Demons , Urban Fantasy , Alternate Universe , Military , Dragons , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Ensemble Cast , Rescue , Nun , Crossover , Swordplay , Female Harem

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

Na Honja Mallep Newbie

Also known as I’m the Max-Level Newbie.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Fantasy

Kang Jin-Hyeok, a gaming streamer, and content creator is the only person who has cleared the game, [Tower of Trials]. However, as the game’s popularity declines, it becomes increasingly difficult for him to continue making a living as a content creator. Jinhyeok prepares to end his 11-year-long relationship with the game and say goodbye to his humble group of subscribers. But on that very day, the Tower of Trials appears in reality with a message saying that humanity will perish unless all players clear each floor within 90 days. Jin-Hyeok, who knows the game better than anyone, decides to use his knowledge to his advantage and dominate the tower. It’s time to show everyone what a hardcore gamer can do!



Tags: Full Color , Male Protagonist , Dungeon , Magic , Urban Fantasy , Anti-Hero , Video Games , Demons , Vampire , Primarily Adult Cast , Gods , Heterosexual , Long Strip , Dragons , Nun , Time Skip

Goblin Slayer

Also known as Goblin Slayer.

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

A young priestess joins her first adventuring party but almost immediately encounters the most unspeakable horrors. Rescued by an enigmatic warrior called Goblin Slayer, she partners with her savior on his mission to exterminate all goblins-by any means necessary. When rumors of Goblin Slayer's feats begin circulating, there's no telling who might come calling next...

Tags: Seinen , Revenge , Goblin , Gore , Male Protagonist , Anti-Hero , Love Triangle , Swordplay , Female Harem , Magic , Nudity , Nun , Medieval , Elf , Witch

Watashitachi no Shiawase na Jikan

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music , Psychological , Romance , Slice of Life

"I have something I don't want to lose"

"So much so that these terrible feelings have grown."

A pianist who attempted suicide 3 times, Juri, is taken to help her aunt at a prison where murderers who killed indiscriminately are sentenced to death. There, she meets a man named Yuu who took the lives of 3 people. A mother's antagonism--a brother's death... Together they embrace the violent rebellion in their hearts caused by the large, deep scars they carry. However, before long, they both embrace an earnest hope in their hearts. "I want to live"...

An adaptation of novel by South Korea's most popular female novelist, Gong Ji-Young.

Tags: Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Seinen , Rehabilitation , Philosophy , Primarily Adult Cast , Heterosexual , Prison , Suicide , Nun , Religion , Classical Music

HELLSING

Also known as HELLSING.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Horror , Supernatural

Hellsing, a secret organization of the British government, have long been battling supernatural threats to keep the people safe from creatures of the night. The current leader, Integra Wingates Hellsing controls her own personal army to eliminate the undead beings, but even her highly trained soldiers pale in comparison to her most trusted vampire exterminator, a man by the name of Alucard, who is actually a powerful vampire himself. Along with Integra's mysterious butler and Alucard's new vampire minion, Seras Victoria, The Hellsing Organization must face not only regular ghouls and vampires, but a rivaling secret organization from the Vatican, and Millennium, an enigmatic group of madmen spawned by a certain war over 50 years ago...

A bloody battle between monsters is about to begin, The dead are dancing, and all hell is singing...

Note: The chapter count includes a three-chapter side-story, "Crossfire".

Tags: Vampire , Seinen , Gore , Guns , Anti-Hero , Religion , Body Horror , Foreign , Primarily Adult Cast , Police , Terrorism , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Shapeshifting , Butler , Historical , Cannibalism , War , Nun , Swordplay , Urban Fantasy , Drugs , Tragedy , Werewolf , Nekomimi , Super Power , Heterosexual

BLACK LAGOON

Also known as Black Lagoon.

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

Rokurō Okajima is just an average Japanese salaryman, living an average life. But when he's taken hostage by the crew of the Black Lagoon, Rokurō finds himself thrown headfirst into a deadly world of outlawed heroes, brutal villains, and blazing gunfights. Where he ends up is anyone's guess, but one thing is for certain—he's in for a wild ride!



Tags: Guns , Seinen , Gangs , Military , Male Protagonist , Crime , Ships , Mafia , Triads , Primarily Adult Cast , Female Protagonist , Assassins , Yakuza , Foreign , Pirates , Ensemble Cast , Gore , Heterosexual , Tragedy , Nun

Saihate no Paladin

Also known as The Faraway Paladin.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

A man dies alone after living a stagnant and fruitless life—but that's not where his story ends, as a boy named William is born into a land of fantasy and magic. Raised in a city of the dead by his new family—a mummy, a skeleton, and a ghost—he can remember glimpses of his past life, enough to know his time on Earth was wasted, and he vows not to let that happen again. Schooled in magic and combat, Will sets out on a journey to see the world. Along the way, he'll meet beings of all shapes and sizes. Each of these people has a story to tell and a lesson to teach Will about how to live his life to the fullest.



Tags: Magic , Male Protagonist , Philosophy , Tragedy , Coming of Age , Gods , Mythology , Reincarnation , Isekai , Ghost , Skeleton , Demons , Elf , Nun , Afterlife , Medieval

Mahou Sensei Negima!

Also known as Negima! Magister Negi Magi.

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

After graduated from a magic academy, 10-year-old genius boy Negi Springfield was assigned to a huge Japanese school as an English teacher for practical training. To his surprise, the 8th grade class assigned for him is all-girl. In addition to teaching (and being teased by) those 31 pretty girls while trying to keep his magic capability in secret, he's also looking for clues about his father, who was once known as "Thousand Master" but mysteriously disappeared years ago.



Tags: Super Power , Female Harem , Magic , Shounen , School , Male Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Teacher , Slapstick , Urban Fantasy , Martial Arts , Tomboy , Nudity , Coming of Age , Kuudere , Yandere , Robots , Age Gap , Isekai , Vampire , Ninja , Swordplay , Love Triangle , Tsundere , Memory Manipulation , Kemonomimi , Ghost , Time Manipulation , Guns , Ojou-sama , Foreign , Nun , Tanned Skin , Space Opera , Yuri , Demons

Temple

Also known as TenPuru -No One Can Live on Loneliness-.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Ecchi , Romance , Slice of Life

Akemitsu Akegami was always told by his father that "no one can live alone"... but he's sure determined to do just that! After all, his father sure wasn't saying it with the best intentions, and Akemitsu has no desire to become like that creep. But when a chance encounter with a young woman leaves him with thoughts that are all too impure, he decides to do what he must - become a Buddhist monk and renounce his worldly ways. But the temple he decides to devote himself to...is full of women? And that same young woman is there, too?? What's a guy to do?



Tags: Surreal Comedy , Female Harem , Slapstick , Nun , Primarily Female Cast , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Shrine Maiden , Inn , Tsundere , Nudity , Kuudere , Maids , Religion

Exorcist wo Otosenai

Also known as Make the Exorcist Fall in Love.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Romance , Supernatural

A boy was chosen by god to become the world's strongest exorcist and to face deadly demons in battle. Burdened with the fate of humanity, all he really wants to do is quietly bake sweets, when one day a certain girl enters his life… A story of love and hope blooming during a bloody holy war!



Tags: Religion , Demons , Witch , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Psychosexual , Magic , Tragedy , Exorcism , Succubus , Shounen , Gore , Gods , Philosophy , Bisexual , LGBTQ+ Themes , Nun , Urban Fantasy , Boys' Love , Cannibalism , Yuri , Crossdressing

Shingetsutan Tsukihime

Also known as Lunar Legend Tsukihime.

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

Shiki Tohno sustained a life threatening injury as a child, and due to that incident he was sent away from the Tohno household and was given to a relative to be raised. Years later, when Shiki is in high school, the head of the Tohno household--his father--dies, and he is ordered to move back in by his sister Akiha, who is the new head of the household. However, Shiki holds a huge secret. Ever since that injury, he has been seeing lines on objects, and only with a special pair of glasses is he able to stop seeing them. Also he is unable to remember anything well from the time before his accident. The day he moves back to the Tohno household is the day he stumbles upon a woman named Arcueid Brunstud and decapitates her with one stab of his knife in a temporary fit of insanity. When she suddenly showed up beside him later alive and well, and ask him to be her bodyguard, Shiki's journey to unravel the mysteries of his past begins.



Tags: Urban Fantasy , Seinen , Vampire , Reincarnation , Male Protagonist , Super Power , Urban , Amnesia , Nun , Religion , Kuudere , School , Ojou-sama , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Gore , Memory Manipulation , Twins , Dissociative Identities , Adoption , Nudity , Tsundere , Maids

Toaru Majutsu no Index

Also known as A Certain Magical Index.

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

Set in a city of not only scientifically advanced superhuman students, but in a world where magic is also real. Kamijyo Touma's right hand, the Imagine Breaker, will negate all magic, psychic, or divine powers, as well as his own luck. One day he finds a young girl hanging on his balcony railing. She turns out to be a nun from the Church of England, and her mind has been implanted with the Index Librorum Prohibitorum—all the magical texts the Church has removed from circulation.



Note: Includes 16 prologues, 18 epilogues, and 6 extras.

Tags: Magic , Amnesia , Super Power , Male Protagonist , Conspiracy , War , Urban Fantasy , Ensemble Cast , Urban , Otaku Culture , School , Anti-Hero , Religion , Foreign , Clone , Battle Royale , Nun , Drugs , Gods

High School DxD

Also known as High School DxD.

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

Hyodo Issei is a (perverted) high school boy. When he goes out on a date with his first girlfriend Asano Yuma, he is killed by her. Her true identity is Reinare, a fallen angel sent by a secret society Grigori to eliminate dangerous divine weapons. Issei is reincarnated as a devil by his senpai Rias Gremory, a Duke of Hell. Issei serves as Rias's low rank devil and fights against the fallen angels.

Tags: Super Power , Demons , Female Harem , Nudity , Dragons , Primarily Teen Cast , Gods , Urban Fantasy , Polyamorous , Found Family , Male Protagonist , School , Angels , Kuudere , Henshin , Crossdressing , Nun , Nekomimi

Qing Qifu Wo Ba, Eyi Xiaojie!

Also known as Please Bully Me, Miss Villainess!.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Romance

Yifang found herself transported into the body of a villainess in an otome game. As the villainess Yvonne, she was supposed to be hated by the readers, as she bullies the FMC and helps the main characters come together. But there seems to be something wrong with this game's main character Elsa! "Hey, I told you not to come so close!" "Oh Yvonne… so how would you like to bully me today..."



Tags: Yuri , Villainess , LGBTQ+ Themes , Female Protagonist , Bullying , Full Color , Cohabitation , Long Strip , Magic , Time Manipulation , Medieval , Age Regression , Primarily Female Cast , Isekai , School , Memory Manipulation , Boarding School , Demons , Virtual World , Class Struggle , Foreign , Maids , Nun , Nudity , Slavery

High School DxD

Also known as High School DxD.

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

When unpopular high schooler Issei Hyoudou has a less than romantic encounter with his first-ever girlfriend, the consequences are fatal! As he lies dying, who should come to his rescue but the prettiest girl in school, Rias Gremory! And the shocking truth she shares leaves Issei reeling... "You've been reborn a devil. Now you work for me!" Issei's uproarious life as a devil's minion begins here!



Note: Includes two extra chapters.

Tags: Female Harem , Nudity , Group Sex , Shounen , School , Demons , Large Breasts , Dragons , Crossdressing , Vampire , Magic , Male Protagonist , Super Power , Nakadashi , Love Triangle , Heterosexual , Primarily Female Cast , Kemonomimi , Swordplay , Nun , Age Gap , Gods

Hayate no Gotoku!

Also known as Hayate The Combat Butler.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Hardworking Hayate has a plan to pay back the yakuza—who are now the legal owners of his body parts: he’ll kidnap someone and ransom them for a mountain of money! But things get tricky when his would-be kidnappee—who as luck would have it is the daughter of a mind-bogglingly wealthy family—mistakes Hayate’s actions for a confession of love, and subsequently hires him to be her personal servant. At least his employment future is secure, or so he thinks…



Tags: Butler , Female Harem , Parody , Shounen , Maids , School , Tsundere , Ojou-sama , Meta , Hikikomori , Crossdressing , Animals , Ghost , Robots , Exorcism , Mythology , Foreign , Nun , Swordplay , Cohabitation , Otaku Culture , Idol

Suicide Girl

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Mahou Shoujo , Psychological , Supernatural

A story where a girl of light fights against the darkness of the world.

Tags: Suicide , Seinen , Female Protagonist , Magic , Demons , Time Manipulation , Ghost , Tragedy , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Body Horror , Bullying , Restaurant , Urban , Urban Fantasy , Swordplay , LGBTQ+ Themes , Religion , Guns , Dissociative Identities , Trains , Cars , School , Yandere , Reincarnation , Angels , Henshin , Nun , Maids , Gore , Idol , Heterosexual , Transgender , Foreign , Yuri , Age Gap , Love Triangle

Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai

Also known as Haganai: I Don't Have Many Friends.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Recent high school transfer student Hasegawa Kodaka is pathetically inept at making friends. Kodaka is an outcast, with his natural blonde hair which he inherited from his deceased English mother, and his unpleasant, fierce gaze. When he comes across the brash loner Mikazuki Yozora, who typically chats with her imaginary friend, the two outsiders become the unlikeliest of allies.

Realizing that they have no hope of a normal social life, the two rejects decide to form a group called “The Neighbors Club” in order to make friends and maybe even learn a thing or two about social skills. As luck would have it, five new members join the club who are more socially awkward than they are. Will these quirky misfits ever make normal friends, or are they all doomed to social failure?



Note: Chapter count includes 11 extras.

Tags: School , Chuunibyou , Female Harem , School Club , Seinen , Crossdressing , Nun , Tragedy