Top Triads Manga Recommendations

Black Clover

Also known as Black Clover.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Comedy , Fantasy

Young Asta was born with no magic ability in a world where magic is everything. In order to prove his strength and keep a promise with his friend, Asta dreams of becoming the greatest mage in the land, the Wizard King!



Tags: Magic , Shounen , Super Power , Demons , Male Protagonist , Dissociative Identities , Lost Civilization , Elf , Cultivation , Time Skip , Time Manipulation , Heterosexual , Triads , Tragedy , Tsundere , Age Regression , Royal Affairs , Class Struggle , Female Harem , Dungeon , Medieval

SAKAMOTO DAYS

Also known as Sakamoto Days.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Comedy

Taro Sakamoto was the ultimate assassin, feared by villains and admired by hitmen. But one day...he fell in love! Retirement, marriage, fatherhood and then... Sakamoto gained weight! The chubby guy who runs the neighborhood store is actually a former legendary hitman! Can he protect his family from danger? Get ready to experience a new kind of action comedy series!



Tags: Assassins , Family Life , Crime , Found Family , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Male Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Gangs , Konbini , Guns , Shounen , Espionage , Conspiracy , Gore , Dissociative Identities , Heterosexual , Triads , Mafia , Acting , Slapstick , Urban , Super Power , Survival , Motorcycles , Gambling , Crossdressing , Prison , Tragedy

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 , Crime , Ships , Mafia , Male Protagonist , Triads , Primarily Adult Cast , Female Protagonist , Assassins , Yakuza , Foreign , Pirates , Ensemble Cast , Gore , Heterosexual , Tragedy , Nun

Shamo

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Psychological , Sports

At the age of sixteen Ryo Narushima was a genius and looked to have no trouble of getting into Tokyo University and joining the elite of society. However, that summer something cracked inside Ryo's head. With a small knife he brutally murdered both of his parents only leaving his sister alive and cowering in a corner. It is at this grotesque incident that our story begins.

Note: At volume 20, the series changed publishers, which created a restart of the chapter numbers. Starting from chapter 61 in volume 26, the first chapter from when the series returned from a long hiatus, the series has been completely written & drawn by Tanaka Akio. While Hashimoto Izou did write the series in the beginning, he had been doing less and less work starting from volume 4. Tanaka and Hashimoto reached a settlement and Shamo continued.

Tags: Martial Arts , Male Protagonist , Anti-Hero , Rehabilitation , Seinen , Tragedy , Survival , Gore , Boxing , Triads , Drugs , Nudity , Yakuza , Delinquents , Gangs , Swordplay , Coming of Age , Prison , Bullying

Rosario to Vampire: Season II

Also known as Rosario+Vampire: Season II.

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

Average human teenage boy Tsukune accidentally enrolls at a boarding school for monsters--no, not jocks and popular kids, but bona fide werewolves, witches, and unnameables out of his wildest nightmares!

On the plus side, all the girls have a monster crush on him. On the negative side, all the boys are so jealous they want to kill him! And so do the girls he spurns because he only has eyes for one of them--the far-from-average vampire Moka.

On the plus side, Moka only has glowing red eyes for Tsukune. On the O-negative side, she also has a burning, unquenchable thirst for his blood...



Tags: Vampire , Shounen , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Terrorism , Clone , Estranged Family , Monster Girl , Demons , Youkai , Mythology , Magic , Female Harem , Succubus , Dissociative Identities , School , Urban Fantasy , Boarding School , Triads , Martial Arts , Tanned Skin , Monster Boy , School Club , Bullying , Bisexual , Dungeon , Age Regression

Sanctuary

Also known as Sanctuary.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Thriller

Two young men vow to transform the destiny of Japan, by any means. As children, they survived the horrors of the Cambodian killing fields together. Now, can they topple the leaders of both the Japanese Parliament and the yakuza crime syndicate?

Although cold and calculating when need be, Hojo and Asami exemplify the traits their colleagues lack: loyalty to friends, compassion for the downtrodden...and an irresistible way with women.

Deputy Police Chief Ishihara sets out to expose their ingenious machinations, but instead falls helplessly in love with Hojo...

Tags: Yakuza , Politics , Seinen , Crime , Primarily Adult Cast , Urban , Noir , Nudity , Police , Tragedy , Triads , Gore

Goukaku no Tame no! Yasashii Sankaku Kankei Nyuumon

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

In pursuit of Akira, the senpai she admires and loves, Mayuki Yukishita does her best to pass her exams and get into the same school as her, only to end up dead last on a mock test. To help her out, her mom gets her a private tutor, Rin Mochizuki, a polyamorous girl from the same school as her senpai who ends up taking Mayuki's first kiss, and who is closer to Akira than Mayuki knows...

Tags: Yuri , Love Triangle , Primarily Female Cast , School , Female Protagonist , Polyamorous , LGBTQ+ Themes , Primarily Teen Cast , Basketball , Shounen , Urban , Nudity , Achronological Order , Triads

Seraphim: 2-Oku 6661-Man 3336 no Tsubasa

Also known as Seraphim: 266613336 Wings.

Status: Cancelled
Genres: Fantasy , Sci-Fi

Seraphim is the story of a future earth devastated by the “Angel Plague,” a pandemic that induces apocalyptic visions in the afflicted, even as it ossifies their bodies into dead, seraphic forms.

Two of the most acclaimed anime directors of all time, Ghost in the Shell’s Mamoru Oshii and Perfect Blue’s Satoshi Kon, came together to create a manga: Seraphim: 266613336 Wings. Seraphim is from Animage, the magazine that originally serialized Hayao Miyazaki’s Nausicaä manga.



Note: Includes chapter 0

Tags: Post-Apocalyptic , Pandemic , Dystopian , Seinen , Philosophy , Primarily Adult Cast , Politics , Triads , Angels , Drugs

Crying Freeman

Also known as Crying Freeman.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Ecchi , Romance

He is You Himomura, deadly assassin for the 108 Dragons, the Chinese Mafia. But to the criminal underworld who fear him, he is known as Crying Freeman, the killer who sheds tears at the fate of his victims. Young, handsome, sensitive, an artist, You has been hypnotically programmed by his Dragon masters to kill on command: he cannot resist his masters' commands to kill, his masters cannot stop his tears of remorse.



Tags: Triads , Seinen , Assassins , Nudity , Yakuza , Primarily Adult Cast , Police , Martial Arts

DARKER THAN BLACK: Kuro no Keiyakusha

Also known as Darker than Black.

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

Ten years ago, the mysterious Hell’s Gate suddenly materialized in the middle of Tokyo, and the stars of the night sky were obscured in darkness. In their place, new stars emerged, each corresponding to an individual endowed with supernatural abilities. Devoid of emotion and conscience, these powerful killers have come to be known as Contractors.

But most people know nothing of the Contractors in their midst, and high-schooler Kana Shinoh is no exception. Still struggling to pick up the pieces after her father’s death last year, Kana has never troubled herself with the rumors about Hell’s Gate. That is, until she spots her father in the street one day. Determined to prove her father is still alive, Kana begins her search, but her mission is attracting some rather dangerous attention. Fortunately, she is rescued from the clutches of death by Hei, the most wanted Contractor in Tokyo. Though he is unsympathetic to her situation, Hei agrees to protect her as she searches for her father. But just how much should she trust the Contractor known as the Black Reaper?



Tags: Super Power , Tragedy , Triads , Yakuza , Assassins , Shoujo

Tesla Note

Also known as Tesla Note.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Sci-Fi , Thriller

Mission T is a secret operation to save the world from destruction. Trained as a ninja from a young age, Botan Negoro, raised to become the ultimate spy, teams up with another excellent spy, Kuruma. Their aim is to recover the legacy of the genius inventor Nikola Tesla, the "Shards of Tesla." Can the two outwit the agents of other countries who are also pursuing these fragments? A super-original spy thriller begins.

Tags: Conspiracy , Shounen , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Tomboy , Urban , Foreign , Urban Fantasy , Espionage , Bullying , Body Horror , Crime , Aviation , Super Power , Triads , Mafia

Zhiming Zhanyou

Also known as Fatal Possession.

Status: Finished
Genres: Mystery , Psychological , Romance , Thriller

Shen Fan is determined to understand the inner world of the one she has secretly admired for three years. Her desperation draws her like a moth to a flame, even as she knows that her love may kill her. And what does the latter think? "This girl is very interesting, I suppose I could play with her a little."

Tags: Crime , Female Protagonist , Yuri , Primarily Adult Cast , Work , Revenge , Triads , Full Color

Jiulong Chengzhai

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure

Everyone in his Triad gang looked up to him. He was the boss’s favorite pupil, but then in a single night, after he had won so many territorial fights for his gang, he lost everything! Why?

Tags: Full Color , Urban , Gangs , Triads

Outlaw Star

Status: Hiatus
Genres: Action , Adventure , Ecchi , Romance , Sci-Fi

Gene Starwind and his partner Jim Hawking run a small business on the backwater planet of Centinel 3. But all that changes the day that Hilda hires them for a bodyguard job. Now, thrust into a mystery they don't fully understand, they're on the run from the cops, the pirates, an angry alien, and a mysterious assassin. But they've got one thing going in their favor - they have the galaxy's most advanced ship, the Outlaw Star.
Gene Starwind dreams of life as an Outlaw, and fate smiles on him as he seems to suddenly wind up with a great job. But as things go awry, and he finds himself the new owner of the fastest, most technologically advanced space ship in the galaxy. Unfortunately, it's stolen and the owners want it back... Along with his partner Jim and the lovely Melfina, Gene must fight his way across the galaxy battling pirates, aliens, and assassins as he attempts to discover the secrets of the Outlaw Star.

[Summary of Outlaw Star TV series, taken from ANN; there are significant differences between the anime and manga plots.]

Note: Chapters 18-21 were never released in volume form, and only through magazine serialization. As of January 1999 the manga has been on an indefinite hiatus with no update on when it will be continued.

Tags: Nudity , Space , Male Protagonist , Pirates , Triads , Guns , Artificial Intelligence , Shounen

Zai Heian Zhong

Also known as Body of Crime.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mystery , Psychological

After years undercover it can be hard to regain your real identity... Lanshan’s a cop who just emerged from his work infiltrating the Golden Triangle’s big boss for years. Integrating back into regular life as a cop is disorienting, and Lanshan can’t shake loose these strange memories of murder and pain. And now there’s a handsome forensic artist he’s forced to work with... just who is this guy who seems irresistibly intertwined with his life? If he can’t trust his mind, can he trust his body?



Note: Includes the prologue chapter.

Tags: Police , Boys' Love , Crime , Triads , Gangs , Detective , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Drawing , Male Protagonist , Urban , Full Color

SHAMAN KING: Red Crimson

Also known as Shaman King: Red Crimson.

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

Tao Jun and Li Pairon are back in an all-new Shaman King adventure, but this time, they're the stars! Join them and their battle against the Red Crimson!



Tags: Shounen , Ghost , Triads , Revenge

Oboreru Triangle

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

Nao, a university student who lives with his childhood otaku friend, Subaru. Upon receiving rejections of hanging out with his female friends, Nao decided to pick up girls instead. Charmed by her smile, he succeeded. Only exception was that the girl he dated for a day, Azusa, turned out to be a guy. Their relationship progressed smoothly until Subaru stepped in. How will their relationship continue?

Tags: Boys' Love , Love Triangle , Male Protagonist , Triads

Gendai Majo Zukan

Also known as Generation Witch.

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life , Supernatural

In the world of Generation Witch, 1% of the population are witches. Most non-magical people look up to these witches and envy their power, but as witches already know, sometimes these abilities can be more of a curse than a blessing. When growing up already requires all the luck and effort a teenager can muster, what happens when you throw spirits, spell circles, and broomsticks into the mix?



Tags: Witch , Magic , Ensemble Cast , Urban Fantasy , Female Protagonist , Family Life , Shounen , Ghost , War , Demons , School Club , Triads

Gunmania

Status: Finished
Genres: Action

Bandou Eiji is a hitman (though he hates to be called as such...) with more than a few screws loose. This 3 chapter mini-series from the creator of Hellsing follows the escapades of the demented Bandou as he picks off one target after another whilst simultaneously confusing the hell out of onlookers with his unhinged mental disposition!

Tags: Assassins , Seinen , Guns , Yakuza , Triads , Gore , Anti-Hero

BLACK LAGOON: Soujiya Sawyer Kaitai! Gore Gore Musume

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Comedy

The manga will focus on Sawyer, a freelance cleaner in Roanapur's underworld who disposes of bodies using her chainsaw.



Tags: Seinen , Gangs , Guns , Triads , Female Protagonist , Mafia , Foreign