This entry includes the first season of the Monogatari series:
Vol. 1-2: Bakemonogatari
Vol. 3: Kizumonogatari
Vol. 4-5: Nisemonogatari
Vol. 6: Nekomonogatari: Kuro
Monogatari Series: First Season has finished publishing and it has 107 Chapters. It is also Known as: 〈物語〉シリーズ ファーストシーズン, Bakemonogatari, Kizumonogatari, Nisemonogatari, Nekomonogatari: Kuro, Monster Tale, Kizumonogatari: Wound Tale, Fake Tale, Black
Genres: Vampire , Romance , Action , Contemporary Fantasy , Mystery
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Top 10 Light Novel Like Monogatari Series: First Season [2024 List]
10. Utsuro no Hako to Zero no Maria
Utsuro no Hako to Zero no Maria, or The Empty Box and The Zeroth Maria, tells the sinister story of Kazuki Hoshino, who is almost madly attached to his everyday life, and his antagonist Aya Otonashi, who suddenly transfers into his class—for the 13,118th time. She majestically announces to “break” him, without paying heed to anyone else around them.
This is but the start of a dark roller coaster ride that turns the two against themselves, the people around them and the one who may be god. Read on as their relationship slowly changes and they go against their most basic values in their struggle against the world itself.
The Empty Box and Zeroth Maria has finished publishing and it has 40 Chapters. It is also Known as: 空ろの箱と零のマリア, HakoMari
9. Toaru Majutsu no Index
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.
A Certain Magical Index has finished publishing and it has 133 Chapters. It is also Known as: とある魔術の禁書目録, To Aru Majutsu no Kinsho Mokuroku
8. Katanagatari
Long ago the masterful swordsmith Shikizaki Kiki crafted 1000 blades, though his twelve final works, the legendary deviant blades were prime among the rest. All with uniquely defined traits, these swords are among the greatest in Japan.
Leap forward many decades and arrive at an isolated island, where Yasuri Shichika and his older sister Nanami reside.
Togame: A woman with long, white hair and the talent as a strategist begins a quest with Shichika in order to collect the twelve blades. They must face the blade wielders in intense battles while they learn more about themselves and their real goals and wishes.
Shichika has yet to realize what he really inherits as a Kyoutoryuu sword...
Katanagatari has finished publishing and it has 55 Chapters. It is also Known as: 刀語, Sword Story
7. 3x3 Eyes
Through a strange series of events, a young man named Yakumo Fuuji becomes the immortal slave of the last of a race of 3 Eyed immortals. The immortal, Pai, absorbs his soul to save his life, making him immortal in the process. Now, he begins a journey with the female immortal in an attempt to find a way of becoming human. Of course, there are many complications along the way, not the least of which being that the immortal is a female with a split personality, one achingly cute and the other being no-nonsense destructive power, and romances that develop between.
3x3 Eyes has finished publishing and it has 576 Chapters. It is also Known as: 3×3 EYES, Sazan Eyes
6. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 8: JoJolion
Following the Great East Japan earthquake, Morioh has been stricken by vast earthen protrusions known by the locals as Wall Eyes. Despite investigation, professional estimations are left empty. Meanwhile, the young girl Yasuho Hirose discovers a man buried within the ground, he possesses a distinctive star-shaped birthmark together with deeply penetrating bite marks. The man, who has contracted a staple case of amnesia is taken in by a local family and given the name Jousuke Higashikata, however mysterious events cannot stop from piling one upon the other and soon that enigma known as stand emerges to compliment the great cloud of confusion.
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 8: JoJolion has finished publishing and it has 110 Chapters. It is also Known as: JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 8: JoJolion, ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 Part8 ジョジョリオン, Jojorion, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 8: Jojolion
5. Kani ni Sasowarete
If you are ever fortunate enough to see a crab strolling through your neighborhood, please follow its lead. By slowing down to a crab's pace and looking around and about in this world, you too may discover life's many mysteries that are hidden in plain sight.
An Invitation by a Crab has finished publishing and it has 18 Chapters. It is also Known as: 蟹に誘われて, Kani ni Sasowarete
4. Koten-bu Series
Oreki Houtarou is a self-proclaimed "energy-saver" - that is, he will not actively waste energy doing things that aren't necessary. Though he had no interest whatsoever in joining any clubs upon entering Kamiyama High School, he was commanded by his older sister Tomoka to enter the school's Classics Club, which was in danger of getting abolished as all previous members have graduated. Together with his old friends Fukube Satoshi and Ibara Mayaka, as well as the elegantly ladylike and curiously inquisitive Chitanda Eru, the newly reformed Classics Club find themselves involved in all sorts of mystery-solving escapades. Houtarou soon finds out that the Classics Club, as Tomoka has promised, is actually "quite interesting".
Koten-bu Series is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 〈古典部〉シリーズ, Hyouka
3. Kagerou Daze
A light novel series adapting the Vocaloid song series written by Jin (Shizen no Teki-P) and illustrated by Sidu. The series tells the story of the Mekakushi Dan, a group of teenagers with unusual powers, called "Eye Abilities."
has finished publishing and it has Chapters. It is also Known as: カゲロウデイズ, Kagerou Days, Heat-Haze Days
2. Seishun Buta Yarou Series
"Hey, shall we kiss?"
She who was teasing me with these seductive words temporarily disappeared before my eyes.
There could not be a bunny girl inhabiting a library. Azusagawa Sakuta faced a scene that toppled common sense—he encountered a bunny girl, and she is nowhere a normal bunny girl. She is Sakurajima Mai-senpai, a student studying at the same school as Sakuta and a retired yet renowned actress. It was said that starting from a few days ago, those around her could no longer see her anymore, and she came to the library just to confirm this. Is this related to the hit topic on the internet, the unimaginable phenomenon known as "the puberty syndrome"? Sakuta, wanting to know the reasons behind and get closer to Mai, decided to solve the puzzle. However, the situation then developed in an unexpected way—?
In the city surrounded by the skies and the seas, the romance story of I and she began. The brand new romantic comedy presented by the Sakurasou combo.
Seishun Buta Yarou Series is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 青春ブタ野郎シリーズ, Seishun Buta Yarou Series
1. Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru.
Hachiman Hikigaya, a student in Soubu High School, is a cynical loner due to his traumatic past experiences in his social life. This eventually led to him developing a set of "dead fish eyes" and a twisted personality similar to that of a petty criminal. Believing that the concept of youth is a lie made up by youngsters who face their failures in denial, he turns in an essay that criticizes this exact mentality of youths. Irritated by the submission, his homeroom teacher, Shizuka Hiratsuka forces him to join the Volunteer Service Club—a club that assists students to solve their problems in life, hoping that helping other people would change his personality.
However, Yukino Yukinoshita, the most beautiful girl in school, is surprisingly the sole member of the club and a loner, albeit colder and smarter than Hikigaya. Their club soon expands when Yui Yuigahama joins them after being helped with her plight, and they begin to accept more requests.
With his status quo as a recluse, Hikigaya attempts to solve problems in his own way, but his methods may prove to be a double-edged sword.
Note: Includes volumes 6.5, 7.5, 10.5 and 14.5.
My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected has finished publishing and it has 168 Chapters. It is also Known as: やはり俺の青春ラブコメはまちがっている。, Oregairu, My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU
