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 20 Assassin manga you should read right now. [2024 List]
- 20. SPY×FAMILY
- 19. Gachiakuta
- 18. Marriagetoxin
- 17. Youchien WARS
- 16. The Fable
- 15. The Fable: The Second Contact
- 14. Kill Ao
- 13. Kimi wa Meido-sama.
- 12. Hotaru no Yomeiri
- 11. Purple Hyacinth
- 10. Saikyou Ansatsusha, Class Ten'i de Isekai e
- 9. Moto Ansatsusha, Tensei Shite Kizoku no Reijou ni Narimashita
- 8. Revenge of Young Master Peng
- 7. Hot Mother
- 6. Ansatsu Skill de Isekai Saikyou: Renkinjutsu to Ansatsujutsu o Kiwameta Ore wa, Sekai o Kage kara Shihai suru
- 5. Penthouse XXX
- 4. Lord of the Mysteries
- 3. Danzai no Majutsu Kari
- 2. Lord of the Mysteries
- 1. Assassins Pride
20. 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
19. Gachiakuta
A slum where criminals' descendants live... People beyond the border look down and discriminate against them as "tribal people".
Ludo, an orphan boy, lives in the slum with his foster parent, Legt, and makes a living using his extraordinary physical abilities. However, one day, he is accused of a crime that he doesn't commit, and is thrown into the "abyss" that even the slum people fear.
Gachiakuta is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: ガチアクタ, Gachi Akuta
18. 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
17. 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!
Youchien WARS is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 幼稚園WARS, GUERRA EN EL JARDIN DE INFANTES, Kindergarten Wars, 幼稚園WARS, 幼稚園ＷＡＲＳ, 유치원 WARS
16. 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
15. The Fable: The Second Contact
Set about one year after the ending to The Fable. Akira and Youko are forced to abort their latest mission due to the Covid-19 pandemic and return to Osaka to continue their quiet life as regular civilians but the peace is not to last.
The Fable: The Second Contact has finished publishing and it has 86 Chapters. It is also Known as: ザ・ファブル The Second Contact, The Fable: The Second Contact
14. Kill Ao
A graduate from the school of hard knocks, hit man Ogami faces his greatest challenge yet…middle school!
Kill Blue is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: キルアオ, Kill Ao
13. 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.
12. 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 is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: ホタルの嫁入り, Hotaru no Yomeiri
11. Purple Hyacinth
Her ability to detect lies has made her an outstanding officer of the law – despite being haunted by her inability to save the ones she loved from a gruesome fate many years ago. Now, she uses her powerful gift to defend the defenseless at any cost – even if it means teaming up with a deadly assassin to fight evil in a world gone mad.
Purple Hyacinth is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Purple Hyacinth
10. 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
9. Moto Ansatsusha, Tensei Shite Kizoku no Reijou ni Narimashita
The story is about Serena, a former assassin who was reincarnated as a duke's daughter after failing her mission. She initially thought that pretending to be a noble would be easy, but she struggled with the gap in perception between herself and her mother, who had a flighty personality, and her adoptive sister, who deceived those around her in an attempt to push Serena out of the picture.
Despite skillfully dodging the harassment she faced at the tea parties full of rivalry and navigating the complex social life of a school embroiled in love and hate, Serena's cold demeanor resulted in her being ostracized and isolated. One day, she discovers that her adoptive sister is engaged to the second prince, which leads her to run away from home. However, it is at this point that the first prince, Evan, appears in front of her...
Follow Serena, a former assassin who knows nothing of love, as she charges forward into the aristocratic society of another world in this comedic, occasionally romantic tale.
A Former Assassin Was Reborn as a Noble's Daughter is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 元暗殺者、転生して貴族の令嬢になりました。, Moto Ansatsusha, Tensei Shite Kizoku no Reijou ni Narimashita
8. 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
7. Hot Mother
Although once a top-level assassin, she unexpectedly got trapped by her babysitter, raped by a stranger and was pregnant. When she want to question aunt who is the father, but aunt ran away. Her baby was kidnapped by an underworld group mistakenly after six years. She could do nothing but going undercover by pretending a driver to their boss…
Hot Mother has finished publishing and it has 133 Chapters. It is also Known as: Jípǐn là mā hǎo V5, Jipinlamahaov5
6. Ansatsu Skill de Isekai Saikyou: Renkinjutsu to Ansatsujutsu o Kiwameta Ore wa, Sekai o Kage kara Shihai suru
Late has just accepted an assassination from a strange, mysterious client. To his surprise, it was actually the goddess Mises. A goddess from another world whose existence was on the brink of destruction after her defeat in war. Mises' quest… is to assassinate Masura Dzur, another god in her world. Late, the assassin with a 99.9% success rate, was tasked to assassinate a god in another world?!
The Strongest in Another World with Assassination Skills - I, Who Has Mastered Alchemy and Assassination, Dominate the World from Behind is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 暗殺スキルで異世界最強 ~錬金術と暗殺術を極めた俺は、世界を陰から支配する~, Ansatsu Skill de Isekai Saikyou: Renkinjutsu to Ansatsujutsu o Kiwameta Ore wa, Sekai o Kage kara Shihai suru
5. Penthouse XXX
Siyeon, a contract killer, has declared a boycott on men after being screwed over by his ex. That is, until he moves into a penthouse owned by Taekyung, a rich heir with killer looks. Contrary to first impressions, there’s more to Taekyung than his party animal persona, and there’s more to Siyeon than the cool, collected facade he puts on. The two can’t quite figure each other out…and yet are instinctively drawn to each other.
Penthouse XXX has finished publishing and it has 44 Chapters. It is also Known as: Penthouse XXX
4. Lord of the Mysteries
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.
Lord of the Mysteries has finished publishing and it has 65 Chapters. It is also Known as: Lord of the Mysteries
3. Danzai no Majutsu Kari
Alice Fortune, the prodigious "Elemental Commander" of the Royal Academy of Magic, is a wizard hunter who aims to bring the magical criminals roaming the world to justice. Then she meets a bored wandering sorcerer, Shin Reisurodo. But what is his true nature?
Danzai no Majutsu Kari has finished publishing and it has 12 Chapters. It is also Known as: 断罪の魔術狩り, Danzai no Majutsugari, Hunting for the Sorcery of Absolution
2. 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
1. Assassins Pride
In the world where only the aristocrats have the power to fight the monster – mana. A youth named Kufa is dispatched as a tutor to find Mareida’s talent, a nuisance girl born in a duke’s family. If she is not talented, assassinate her. – that, is the dark side of his task…….
Assassins Pride is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: アサシンズプライド, Assassins Pride
