What is this genre all about? Asia is Earth's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres and sharing the continental landmass of Eurasia with the continent of Europe. Asia covers an area of 44,579,000 square kilometers, about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area. The continent, which has long been home to the majority of the human population, was the site of many of the first civilizations. Asia is notable for not only its overall large size and population, but also dense and large settlements as well as vast barely populated regions within the continent of 4.4 billion people.
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We present you the list of Asia manga you should read right now.
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Top 18 Asia manga you should read right now. [2024 List]
- 18. Kim Bujang
- 17. Nana
- 16. Fruits Basket
- 15. Black and White: Tough Love at the Office
- 14. 100 Nyeon Mugeun Top Chef
- 13. A Wife's Sweet Revenge
- 12. Kuroko no Basket
- 11. Baeksusekki
- 10. The Third Ending
- 9. Naneun Amy-reul Saranghae
- 8. Shimoneta to Iu Gainen ga Sonzai shinai Taikutsu na Sekai: Manmaru-hen
- 7. Dororo to Hyakkimaru-den
- 6. Stare down
- 5. The World Where I Belong
- 4. See no Evil
- 3. Reckoning
- 2. Into The Net!
- 1. Hajimari no Joshi Kouishitsu
18. Kim Bujang
Single father, company manager, and former black-ops member, Mr. Kim lived an ordinary life until his daughter, Minji, went missing. After discovering his daughter could be dead, Mr. Kim turns merciless and sets out for information. He will rescue his daughter by any means necessary, even if it means destroying everything and everyone standing in his path.
Source: Webtoon
Manager Kim is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Manajer Kim
17. Nana
Nana Komatsu is a young woman who's endured an unending string of boyfriend problems. Moving to Tokyo, she's hoping to take control of her life and put all those messy misadventures behind her. She's looking for love and she's hoping to find it in the big city.
Nana Osaki, on the other hand, is cool, confident and focused. She swaggers into town and proceeds to kick down the doors to Tokyo's underground punk scene. She's got a dream and won't give up until she becomes Japan's No. 1 rock'n'roll superstar.
This is the story of two 20-year-old women who share the same name. Even though they come from completely different backgrounds, they somehow meet and become best friends. The world of Nana is a world exploding with sex, music, fashion, gossip and all-night parties.
Nana has finished publishing and it has 84 Chapters. It is also Known as: NANA, Nana
16. Fruits Basket
Tohru Honda is a high school freshman who is having a serious bout of misfortune. Not only was she recently orphaned with the tragedy of her mother's death, but she also has no where to live and is currently residing in a tent! However, when her luck to seems to be at its worse, she meets the Sohma family - and is invited to stay with them in exchange for taking care of the household chores.
But it isn't long before Tohru discovers the Sohmas have deep a secret. The family is cursed by the spirits of the Chinese Zodiac, and some of the children born into the Sohma family are possessed by these spirits. When possessed, they cannot be "huggled" by the opposite sex, or they transform into their respective Zodiac animal!
However, this doesn't phase Tohru, who promises to keep their secret. She continues living with them, and her grave humbleness and thankfulness never wanes. As a result, they come to be very important people in her life, and the Sohmas begin to realize how very lucky they are to have her.
Fruits Basket has finished publishing and it has 136 Chapters. It is also Known as: フルーツバスケット, Furuba
15. Black and White: Tough Love at the Office
Shirakawa Junko is an upstanding employee of a high-level bank. Her colleagues all respectfully admire her…except for Kuroda Kayo, a colleague who’s transferred to her department. Shirakawa is supposed to train Kuroda, and it does NOT go well. These women have a bizarre love-hate relationship that results in either violent office attacks or angry lesbian sex. When a sinister conspiracy seems to be afoot at their bank, can these two stop having bruised hate-sex on piles of documents and work together to investigate? This provocative LGBT+ drama is ready to rumble.
Black and White: Tough Love at the Office has finished publishing and it has 18 Chapters. It is also Known as: Shiro to Kuro: Black & White, 白と黒～Black & White～, Hiebe auf den ersten Blick
14. 100 Nyeon Mugeun Top Chef
The world’s greatest chef. First, second, third… and sixth life. The combined time I’ve spent on cooking is over 100 years.
“I can’t do this anymore.”
There is only one way to stop this endless reincarnation and regression. This time, I will definitely succeed.
100-Year-Old Top Chef is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 100 Nyeon Mugeun Top Chef
13. A Wife's Sweet Revenge
Dayoung Kim happily donated her liver to her mother-in-law, but all she got was betrayal in return. Her husband’s whole family nefariously used and abused her, kicking her out before she even fully recovered from surgery. They went on with their lives, blissfully unaware that Dayoung swore revenge. She begins to systematically destroy their lives as they did hers, but what happens when someone unexpected gets in the way of her best-laid plans? Will accomplishing her mission bring her happiness… or will it only get in the way of true love?
Source: Tapas
A Wife's Sweet Revenge is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: The Wife, 被奪走肝的妻子
12. Kuroko no Basket
Teikou Middle School basketball club: an incredibly strong team with over one hundred members and three consecutive championship wins. Amongst their brilliant record, was a generation of five prodigies known as the "Generation of Miracles." However, there was a strange rumour concerning the Generation of Miracles about one more player recognized by the five prodigies... a Phantom Sixth Player.
When Kagami Taiga joins Seirin High School's basketball team, he meets Kuroko Tetsuya, a horrendously bad player. Kagami is shocked to find out that Kuroko is the rumored sixth man of the Generation of Miracles. Not only is Kuroko terrible at everything from dribbling to shooting, he lacks so much presence on the court that at times people even forget he's playing. But during games Kuroko uses that lack of presence to his advantage, specializing in passing the ball to stronger players. In order to become the best player in Japan, Kagami agrees to team up with Kuroko to defeat the other members of the Generation of Miracles.
Note: Chapter count includes Chapter 62.5 "Tip Off."
Kuroko's Basketball has finished publishing and it has 276 Chapters. It is also Known as: 黒子のバスケ, Kuroko no Basuke, The Basketball Which Kuroko Plays
11. Baeksusekki
What’s better than a good meal? My name’s Jaeho and I love food. While some may call me a deadbEAT because I don’t have a job at the moment, I’m just your normal happy guy who loves eating and my girlfriend of 7 years… That is until I got a breakup text yesterday… Where did things go wrong? I keep trying to look back through the years, but I just can't figure it out...
Source: Webtoon
A DeadbEAT's Meal is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Jobless Three Meals, 废柴的一日三餐,, 米蟲的一日三餐
10. The Third Ending
Seo Yoon Seul, who's lived a perfect life so far, becomes a wreck when he starts having nightmares of a boy whom he coldly rejected when he was a student. The nightmares get even worse when he reunites with Kang Joon. Following his advice on becoming a good person to avoid nightmares, Yoon Seul approaches him to win his favor.
Note: from season 2 (chapter 36) this becomes Mature (R19), Season 1 is All-Age (R15) Note: Chapter count includes a 3-chapter side story and 2 episodes that were a Christmas special
The Third Ending has finished publishing and it has 72 Chapters. It is also Known as: The Third Ending
9. Naneun Amy-reul Saranghae
"Is this how it feels to have a friend?"
Bibi is obsessed with Peter, the prince of the school. When she spots Amy next to him, she starts to feel jealous. She invites Amy to her house to warn her, but instead takes a liking to the girl. They agree to be friends on the condition that Amy has to help Bibi confess.
I Love Amy is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Naneun Amy-reul Saranghae
8. Shimoneta to Iu Gainen ga Sonzai shinai Taikutsu na Sekai: Manmaru-hen
16 years after the "Law for Public Order and Morals in Healthy Child-Raising" banned coarse language in the country, Tanukichi Okuma enrolls in the country's leading elite public morals school and is soon invited into the Anti-Societal Organization (SOX) by its founder, Ayame Kajou. As a member blackmailed into joining by Ayame, Tanukichi ends up taking part in obscene acts of terrorism against the talented student council president Anna (for whom Tanukichi has a crush on).
Shimoneta to Iu Gainen ga Sonzai shinai Taikutsu na Sekai: Manmaru-hen has finished publishing and it has 23 Chapters. It is also Known as: 下ネタという概念が存在しない退屈な世界 マン●篇, A Boring World Where the Concept of Dirty Jokes Does Not Exist, ShimoSeka, A Boring World Where the Concept of "Dirty Jokes" Does Not Exist
7. Dororo to Hyakkimaru-den
During Japan’s tumultuous Sengoku period, one man sells his son to a pack of devils in exchange for the power to rule. Forty-eight devils take forty-eight pieces of young Hyakkimaru, and the boy is left for dead. But through the assistance of a sage and a series of inventive prosthetics, Hyakkimaru survives. Together with the young thief Dororo, the now-grown Hyakkimaru embarks upon a quest to slay all the demons and retrieve the stolen pieces of his body. This classic story from Osamu Tezuka, the father of modern manga, is now reimagined in this gorgeous new adaptation by Satoshi Shiki.
The Legend of Dororo and Hyakkimaru is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: どろろと百鬼丸伝, Bio of Dororo x Hyakkimaru, Сказание о Дороро и Хяккимару, 多羅羅與百鬼丸傳, 多罗罗与百鬼丸传
6. Stare down
The story of Nil, who misconstrued someone's enamoured stare, also the story of Pas, who plays along in hopes for something more.
- Webtoons
Stare down is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Stare down
5. The World Where I Belong
A high school student's attempt to end his life is interrupted by a strange girl with even stranger powers.
The World Where I Belong has finished publishing and it has 69 Chapters. It is also Known as: The World Where I Belong
4. See no Evil
Bonggang Choi has a secret. He lives a quiet life as an ordinary college student, but he was born with a special ability -- he can read minds. Preferring to keep to himself, he doesn't act on the things he learns while mind reading. But when he reads the mind of Hun Jo, another student at his school, and finds out that he may have killed someone, Bonggang soon discovers that he can’t close his eyes to evil forever.
See no Evil has finished publishing and it has 45 Chapters. It is also Known as: The Evil
3. Reckoning
The future brought many changes, people can live longer now! Yet, there's something that won't change:
"Everyone dies at some point."
Shihyun Lee finds himself with only one to two months to live, but there's hope... for the right price. He has to kill someone, and not just anyone, he has to kill his doppelgänger.
(Source:MU)
Reckoning has finished publishing and it has Chapters. It is also Known as: Reckoning
2. Into The Net!
Lu Yi Fan, a dedicated basketball player, has successfully graduated from his delinquent-filled middle school and entered high school believing that he has escaped from the terrors of delinquents. But who would have known that the basketball team in his new school was composed of juvenile delinquents?
(Source:MU)
Into The Net! is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: В кольцо!
1. Hajimari no Joshi Kouishitsu
Mio and the Class President are alone in the changing room and find out that they have a thing in common... and then they start finding more interesting things in the mean time...
Their First Time in the Girls' Changing Room has finished publishing and it has 1 Chapters. It is also Known as: 我慢できなかった委員長とピュアギャル百合マンガ, Gaman Dekinakatta Iinchou to Pure Gyaru Yuri Manga, geshutic vol.2, げしゅちくvol.2
