Top 14 Alternative Present manga you should read right now. [2024 List]

14. Freesia

Freesia is set in an alternative Japanese society that is at war, and has passed a law legalizing retaliatory killings. If somebody kills your loved one, you are legally sanctioned to kill, or hire someone to kill, the victimizer. The manga is set around a character who works for a firm that specializes in these retaliatory killings.

Freesia has finished publishing and it has 84 Chapters. It is also Known as: フリージア, Freesia

13. Saki

Miyanaga Saki is a high-school freshman who doesn’t like mahjong. Ever since she was a child, she would lose her New Year’s gift money during her family mahjong game. If she won, her parents would be upset, and if she lost, well, she lost.

As a result, she’s learned to play in such a way that her score always remains plus/minus zero: not good enough to win, but not bad enough to lose. When we meet her, she’s being dragged to her school’s mahjong club by an old friend. How will a girl who hates mahjong, yet has become adept at the game as a result of her upbringing, survive in this environment?

Saki is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 咲-Saki-, Saki

12. Busou Shoujo Machiavellianism

The Private Aichi Symbiosis Academy was originally a high school for high-class girls, when it became co-ed, the girls, out of fear, asked to be permitted to bring weapons to school. When that was enforced, a five-member vigilante corps-like organization called the "Supreme Five Swords" was also formed.

After many generations, the five swords eventually became a group which corrected problematic students and such the academy started proactively accepting such students in order to correct them.

Nomura Fudou was sent to that school after being part of a huge brawl, what will he do when the only options he has after enrolling are being expelled from that school too or being corrected the way the rest of the male students there were...by being forced to dress and act like girls!

Armed Girl's Machiavellism has finished publishing and it has 86 Chapters. It is also Known as: 武装少女マキャヴェリズム, Busou Shoujo Machiavellianism

11. Death Note: Tokubetsu Yomikiri

Several years after the Kira incident, Ryuk wants more apples and decides to give the Death Note to a new human. However, this human is not interested in killing anyone. He decides that the best course of action is to sell the Death Note, but who would want to buy a Death Note?

Death Note: Tokubetsu Yomikiri has finished publishing and it has 1 Chapters. It is also Known as: DEATH NOTE 特別読切, Death Note: Tokubetsu Yomikiri

10. Watashi Igai Jinrui Zenin Yuri

This world somehow changed and isn't normal anymore... There's no boys to be found, and all the girls have become...

Watashi Igai Jinrui Zenin Yuri has finished publishing and it has 11 Chapters. It is also Known as: 私以外人類全員百合, Watashi Igai Jinrui Zen'in Yuri

9. Succubus ja nai mon!

Adjusting to a new school is always rough, and that goes double for Sakura, a shy girl attending a monster girl academy! Her new classmates include a kiss-curious harpy, a sarcastic lamia, a cyclops with an eye for Sakura, and a plain-spoken centaur. Eager to blend in, Sakura declares herself a succubus! But can she keep up the ruse while fending off the touchy hands, claws and scaled coils of her new friends? It's going to be a long, hot school year!

I am not a Succubus! is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: サキュバスじゃないもん！, Sakyubasu ja nai mon, Я не суккуб!, サキュバスじゃないモン!, 才不是魅魔呢!, 서큐버스가 아니라고!

8. Mosquito War

After a genetic mutation, mosquitoes have become the strongest predator on the planet. Will mankind be able to fight back?


Note: chapter count includes 1 bonus chapter available in the printed version of the story.

Mosquito War has finished publishing and it has 49 Chapters. It is also Known as: War of Mosquito, Mogijeonjaeng

7. Live with Yourself!

An explosive time-space accident leaves happy-go-lucky 20-something Todd living with himself, himself, and himself. You get to watch the struggle.

Live with Yourself! has finished publishing and it has 542 Chapters. It is also Known as: Live with Yourself!

6. The Prince wants to retire

Emperor who died young at the age of 31.
The stigma of being the worst emperor in the history of the empire is the price of keeping the empire by rolling like a dog.
I thought I was barely going to rest after all the hard work.
This time, he was deceived by a fraudulent god and returned.
Since I'm here, I'm planning to enjoy YOLO life in this life.
Prince's retirement plan.
Will I be able to succeed?

The Prince wants to retire is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: The Prince wants to retire

5. ShootAround

When a zombie apocalypse hits during the practice of a high school basketball team, it's a whole new life for the coach, Jeff. The world's turned upside down and the girls seem to be handling the changes way better than Jeff, who has troubles adjusting. A close-knit group of friends, the girls are eager to tackle this new world with its challenges!

ShootAround has finished publishing and it has 136 Chapters. It is also Known as: ShootAround

4. Manga Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Shakespeare's enduring characters are set adrift in present-day Athens, but a present with a massive difference - an alternative history. Rigid class systems and `god given' monarchies of the past have not been lost. Modern technologies meet ancient tradition; and the citizens of Athens are frustrated by continuing restrictions and hierarchies. Only the forest, home to the fairies and fey spirits can offer the illicit lovers what they seek.

Manga Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream has finished publishing and it has Chapters. It is also Known as: Manga Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream

3. Suginami-ku Isekai Dungeon Kouryaku-ka

Suginami District Another World Dungeon Clearing Division has finished publishing and it has 1 Chapters. It is also Known as: 杉並区異世界ダンジョン攻略課, Suginami District Another World Dungeon Clearing Division, The Suginami Ward Alternate World Dungeon Capture Department

2. Wo Zhen Shi Da Ming Xing

Zhang Ye was originally a mundane college graduate with aspiring dreams to become a star, but unfortunately has below average looks and height. However one day, he woke up and suddenly found himself in a parallel world!

It’s like the same world, but wait a minute…many brands, celebrities and even famous works from his world changed and are gone in this new world!

Armed with the profound literary knowledge of his previous world and a heaven-defying Game Ring that gives him magical items, stats and skills, Zhang Ye embarks on a journey to pursue his life-long dream of becoming famous!

Follow Zhang Ye as he takes the new world by storm, one plagiarized piece at a time, to hilarious reactions!

I’m Really a Superstar is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: IRAS

1. Tsukumo no Reimei

In an age where mapmaking is a lost art, Unen hides her skill from the world at large. But when she accepts a local landlord’s request to survey the boundary between his land and that of a neighboring lord’s, her maps accidentally give away her existence to a master swordsman and a cunning mage—a duo who have been hunting down the man who taught her the forbidden knowledge of mapmaking. As one of the rare few capable of creating maps with bird’s eye precision, Unen’s fate hangs precariously in the balance as she endeavors to survive in a world of people who want to own her or see her dead.

Dawn of the Mapmaker has finished publishing and it has 92 Chapters. It is also Known as: 九十九の黎明, Dawn of the Mapmaker: The Surveyor Girl and the Forbidden Knowledge, 九十九の黎明　－測量少女と禁じられた知識