What is this genre all about? Stories about those who kill for money.
We present you the list of Assassin manga you should read right now.
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Top 19 Assassin manga you should read right now. [2026 List]
- 19. Eternally Regressing Knight
- 18. Gachiakuta
- 17. SPY×FAMILY
- 16. Marriagetoxin
- 15. Saikyou Ansatsusha, Class Ten'i de Isekai e
- 14. Youchien WARS
- 13. Game Master
- 12. Bouncer
- 11. Nezumi no Hatsukoi
- 10. Hotaru no Yomeiri
- 9. Revenge of Young Master Peng
- 8. Sensei! Bokutachi ga Sekai wo Horoboshimasu.
- 7. Mekkoku no Kangan
- 6. Lord of the Mysteries
- 5. Crimson Karma
- 4. Kimi wa Meido-sama.
- 3. The Fable
- 2. Shanliang de Sishen
- 1. GGG
19. Eternally Regressing Knight
"You're a genius." Those words he heard as a child were poison.
Encrid dreamed of becoming a knight, but he soon realized it was futile.
"You want to live by the sword with that level of skill?" Some laughed at him.
"Just give up." Some advised him against it.
Despite that, his dream remained steadfast. He slept less, ran more, and trained harder.
One day, he died, having been stabbed in the neck. Encrid opened his eyes again to "today's" morning.
Eternally Regressing Knight is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: The Knight Only Lives Today
18. Gachiakuta
A boy lives in a floating town, where the poor scrape by and the rich live a sumptuous life, simply casting their garbage off the side, into the abyss. When he's falsely accused of murder, though, his wrongful conviction leads to an unimaginable punishment—exile off the edge, with the rest of the trash. Down on the surface, the cast-off waste of humanity has bred vicious monsters, and to travel the path to vengeance against those who cast him into Hell, a boy will have to become a warrior…
Gachiakuta is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: ガチアクタ, Gachi Akuta
17. SPY×FAMILY
The master spy codenamed has spent his days on undercover missions, all for the dream of a better world. But one day, he receives a particularly difficult new order from command. For his mission, he must form a temporary family and start a new life?! A Spy/Action/Comedy about a one-of-a-kind family!
Note: Nominated for the 12th Manga Taishou Award in 2019, also nominated for the 24th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize and the Best Shounen Manga of the 44th Kodansha Manga Awards in 2020.
SPY x FAMILY is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: SxF, 스파이 패밀리, SPY×FAMILY: WJ Special Extra Mission!!, 间谍过家家, CASUS×AİLE, Spy Family, SZPIEG X RODZINA, ŠNIPO ŠEIMA, ŠNIPO׊EIMA, Špión x Rodina, Семья шпиона, Сім'я × шпигуна, Сім'я шпигуна, ТАГНУУЛУ × ГЭР БҮЛ, جاسوس × خانواده, जासूस X परिवार, जासूस×परिवार, スパイファミリー, 間諜家家酒, 間諜過家家, 间谍过家家
16. Marriagetoxin
A hitman and a marriage swindler set out on the world’s most grueling battle for marriage! Gero is a young man from a clan of hitmen, which has been in existence for hundreds of years. As someone who’s never gone to school and lived his life dealing in the dark side of the business, he considers himself to have “no prospects with women” and marriage as “something not for him.” However, one day, in fear that their lineage would dissolve, his clan warns Gero that if he doesn’t marry and produce an heir, they would have no choice but to…force his little sister into doing “that.” Driven to his wits’ end, Gero asks the target of his work, a marriage swindler, to…
MARRIAGETOXIN is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: マリッジトキシン, Marriage Toxin, マリッジトキシン
15. Saikyou Ansatsusha, Class Ten'i de Isekai e
High school student by day, by night an underworld company assassin. He has a taciturn personality and an eerie vibe, and his classmates hate him.
One day, without warning, Araki and his entire class are transported to another World. A world of sword and sorcery.
During their confusion, a woman by the name of Leonora arrives and tells them, "You are Hero Candidates summoned to defeat the Dark Lord. Please help us."
Leonora bestows each of them with special abilities. Amidst powerful blessings like telekinesis and explosion, the blessing granted to Araki is Appraisal. It allows him to view the specs of his target, but, partially because he was already ostracized by his classmates, they mock him for having a skill that's useless in combat.
However, as a skilled assassin with the ability to calmly assess the situation, he begins to move behind the scenes in the other world too.
The Strongest Assassin Gets Transferred to Another World With His Whole Class is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 最強暗殺者、クラス転移で異世界へ, The Strongest Assassin Gets Transported to Another World With His Class, 最強暗殺者クラス転移で異世界へ
14. Youchien WARS
This is Black Kindergarten, where the world's most important children attend. Teacher Rita is looking for a boyfriend, but she hasn't met anyone at all. One day, a hitman shows up who targets the kids, and he's super-hot! An action x romantic comedy unfolds in the world's "safest" kindergarten!
Kindergarten Wars is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 幼稚園WARS, GUERRA EN EL JARDIN DE INFANTES, 幼稚園WARS, 幼稚園ＷＡＲＳ, 유치원 WARS
13. Game Master
Amid a repetitive and boring everyday life, a game appeared as if it were fate - "Heroes Destiny". After spending ten years playing it, I finally completed the game, but all that remained was the emptiness of having to return to an ordinary life. At that moment, a message appeared on the screen:
"Do you desire a new adventure?"
[Yes/No]
Little did I know that I would wake up in an unfamiliar body and an unknown place.
"Remember, I am now Calix Shaekin."
And thus…
"I will become the protagonist of this world!"
Game Master is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Mestre do Jogo, Mob na Ore no Gyakuten Jinsei, The Reversal of My Life as a Mob Character, The Reversal of My Life as a Side Character, Моя жизнь в толпе в обратном направлении, モブな俺の逆転人生, 게임 마스터
12. Bouncer
The manga centers on Jouichirou Shishido, a 19-year-old man whose frank honesty has cost him 26 part time jobs. One night, he runs into a group of muscular bodyguards who protect the streets at night, members of a private security firm known as "Tokyo Fist," which ends up changing his life.
Bouncer is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: バウンサー, Bouncer
11. Nezumi no Hatsukoi
Nezumi is a girl who was raised as a hitman by the yakuza and grew up not knowing human love. An ordinary young man, Ao, knows nothing. They fall in love and start to live together, but the evil hand is close... This is a story of first love, so cruel and so sad.
Nezumi no Hatsukoi is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: ねずみの初恋, Nezumi's First Love
10. Hotaru no Yomeiri
It is the Meiji era. Satoko is born of a prestigious family and blessed with great beauty, but she is sickly and is said to have a limited life expectancy, so her only dream is… a convenient marriage to benefit her family. But suddenly, she is targeted by a mysterious assassin...!? Trying to survive, Satoko makes a desperate "proposal" to the killer...!?
A high-class lady and an assassin... A suspenseful love story about a contract marriage between two people who never should've met!
Firefly Wedding has finished publishing and it has 79 Chapters. It is also Known as: ホタルの嫁入り, Hotaru no Yomeiri
9. Revenge of Young Master Peng
Ha-Buk Paeng Family’s best strength, Ji-Hyuk Paeng heads to the Nakho Region to save his family that fell into destruction due to the attack of the Demon Sect, but everything was a trap. At the moment of death, he felt the wrath of being the only one left from his beloved family.
"Again…if you give me a chance…!”
Paeng Ji-Hyuk, who thought he was dead, woke up in the body of Young Master Sa, of the Paeng Family.
Revenge of Young Master Peng is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: The Youngest Son of Habukpanga, Ha Buk Paeng's Youngest Son, Habuk Paenga's Youngest Son, Младший сын семьи Пэн из Хэбэя, 彭家四公子, Venganza del Maestro Peng
8. Sensei! Bokutachi ga Sekai wo Horoboshimasu.
"Teacher," a sacred job of protecting and guiding students. In this world where magic users and non-magic users coexist, Solo the sorcerer lives alone. He is also known as the skilled assassin "No.0," who always carries out any request he receives. As part of a certain mission, he is assigned to teach at a magic school. However the class he's assigned to is Class D, a class that consists of dropouts. While desperately playing the role of a teacher in order to complete his mission, a transfer student arrives and things take an unexpected turn...
A school fantasy unfolding between the strongest assassin as a fake teacher, and the evilest of students who serve as his "targets"!
Teacher, We Will Destroy the World! is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 先生！僕たちが世界を滅ぼします。, Sensei! Bokutachi ga Sekai wo Horoboshimasu.
7. Mekkoku no Kangan
Eunuchs, the only men allowed to serve in the secret garden known as the harem. When a young eunuch named Jafar encounters three beautiful sisters there, their meeting shakes the country to its foundations! Brought to you by the tag-team of Kotaro Shono, the artist of World's End Harem, and Kei Saikawa, the creator of Hero Organization, a tale of suspense in a beautiful, otherworldly country unfolds!
Eunuch of Empire has finished publishing and it has 24 Chapters. It is also Known as: 滅国の宦官, El eunuco del Imperio, Евнух уничтоженной страны
6. Lord of the Mysteries
With the rising tide of steam power and machinery, who can come close to being a Beyonder? Shrouded in the fog of history and darkness, who or what is the lurking evil that murmurs into our ears?
Waking up to be faced with a string of mysteries, Zhou Mingrui finds himself reincarnated as Klein Moretti in an alternate Victorian era world where he sees a world filled with machinery, cannons, dreadnoughts, airships, difference machines, as well as Potions, Divination, Hexes, Tarot Cards, Sealed Artifacts…
The Light continues to shine but mystery has never gone far. Follow Klein as he finds himself entangled with the Churches of the world—both orthodox and unorthodox—while he slowly develops newfound powers thanks to the Beyonder potions.
Like the corresponding tarot card, The Fool, which is numbered 0—a number of unlimited potential—this is the legend of “The Fool”.
Lord of the Mysteries has finished publishing and it has 1430 Chapters. It is also Known as: LotM, 诡秘之主
5. Crimson Karma
Kasiya Del Roman is a soldier crafted to become an assassin. She lost her human emotions long ago and lived her life as a simple tool, just to be thrown away in her final moments. She couldn’t even die a proper death as she opened her eyes to a battlefield of a different world. Will she live the same life she did in her original world
Crimson Karma has finished publishing and it has 118 Chapters. It is also Known as: 红莲之罪：转生成为女骑士, سرنوشت خونین, کریمزن کارما, Karma Carmesi
4. Kimi wa Meido-sama.
A girl in a maid uniform came to Hitoyoshi's house looking for a job. Her previous job was an assassin, and she is skilled in all the deadly arts, but she's a complete beginner at housework. Hitoyoshi was confused by the strange request and sent her away. But then she saved Hitoyoshi from a deadly accident, and he thought maybe they can make this work? This is a story about a maid who was a cold-hearted killer learning about new emotions. A maid who lived a lonely life in the underworld finally finding family. The start of an enjoyable daily life.
You Are Ms. Servant is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 君は冥土様。, Kimi wa Maid sama.
3. The Fable
A fabled genius at killing resides somewhere hidden in Osaka. Taught since childhood to obey the orders of his boss, he is ordered to live in Osaka as a normal person for one year in order for the boss to lay low.
The Fable has finished publishing and it has 240 Chapters. It is also Known as: ザ・ファブル, The Fable
2. Shanliang de Sishen
The pure of heart Ah Dai was born into a live of thievery. One day, he was taken away by Gliss, a powerful alchemist to make a god instrument. His new fate leads him to save the life of the country's top assassin “King of Hell”. To repay him, Ah Dai is taken away by the assassin to receive intensive training. What will become of Ah Dai?
Shanliang de Sishen is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Good Reaper, The Kind Death God
1. GGG
Dentor works at a nursing home where a man of legend is rumored to be. But it turns out he's actually a promising young talent making waves in the mafia. Dentor's assignment is to infiltrate the nursing home where the legendary assassin Omega is in hiding, and snatch the 100 million dollar bounty...!
G.G.G. has finished publishing and it has 30 Chapters. It is also Known as: GGG-ジージージー-, ジージージー
