Top 12 Disaster manga you should read right now. [2024 List]

12. Dr. Stone

One fateful day, all of humanity was petrified by a blinding flash of light. After several millennia, high schooler Taiju awakens and finds himself lost in a world of statues. However, he’s not alone! His science-loving friend Senku’s been up and running for a few months and he's got a grand plan in mind—to kickstart civilization with the power of science!

Dr. Stone has finished publishing and it has 232 Chapters. It is also Known as: ドクターストーン, Dr. Stone

11. 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

10. Ibara no Ou

Two twins, separated by fatal illness and a selective cure. Kasumi and her sister, Shizuku, were infected with the Medusa virus, which slowly turns the victim to stone. There is no cure, but of the two only Kasumi is selected to go into a sort of cryogenically frozen state along with 159 others until a cure is found. At some point in the undetermined future, Kasumi awakens to find herself and others who were in suspended animation in an unfamiliar world with violent monsters. Resolving to unlock the mysteries of her current situation and the fate of her twin sister, Kasumi struggles to survive in a treacherous world.

King of Thorn has finished publishing and it has 37 Chapters. It is also Known as: いばらの王, Ibara no Ou

9. Kekkai Sensen

A breach between Earth and the netherworlds has opened up over the city of New York, trapping New Yorkers and creatures from other dimensions in an impenetrable bubble. They've lived together for years, in a world of crazy crime sci-fi sensibilities. Now someone is threatening to sever the bubble, and a group of stylish superhumans is working to keep it from happening.

Blood Blockade Battlefront has finished publishing and it has 32 Chapters. It is also Known as: 血界戦線, Bloodline Battlefront, Kekkai Sensen: Mafuugai Kessha

8. Hiraheishi wa Kako wo Yumemiru

It details the life of a mid-rank soldier who died at the very end of the war against the Demon Race. Fortunately for him, he wakes up to find that he's a baby again, in the embrace of his real mother, years in the past. Determined to avoid the chain of tragedies that took his beloved ones away from him, he takes advantage of the advancements in swordsmanship and magic that developed during the war (as we all know, wars are when many scientific breakthroughs tend to happen), and tries his best to prepare for the demon invasion as well as strengthen himself with maximum efficiency.

Hiraheishi wa Kako wo Yumemiru has finished publishing and it has 62 Chapters. It is also Known as: 平兵士は過去を夢見る, Hiraheishi wa Kako o Yumemiru

7. 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

6. Messiah no Tettsui

2034, a time when the development of AI advanced greatly and the appearance of the humanoid "Totomo" has been widely accepted. Tamotsu, an ordinary office worker, loses both his daughter and has half his body replaced with mechanical parts due to an accident. While trying to live earnestly with his wife, his body begins to malfunction...

Messiah’s Hammer has finished publishing and it has 28 Chapters. It is also Known as: メシアの鉄鎚, Messiah no Kanazuchi, El martillo de Mesías, 弥赛亚的铁锤, 彌賽亞的鐵錘, Meshia no Tettsui

5. Melancholia

An omnibus collection of short stories.

Melancholia has finished publishing and it has 26 Chapters. It is also Known as: メランコリア, Melancholia

4. Coppelion

In 2016 a meltdown of a nuclear power plant creates a big catastrophe in Tokyo. 20 years later, the city has become a ghost town due to the high levels of radiation. From that area a distress signal is received. The Self Defence forces dispatch 3 girls from the special unit Coppelion to search for survivors. But why aren't they wearing any protection against radiation?

Coppelion has finished publishing and it has 226 Chapters. It is also Known as: COPPELION, Coppelion

3. Mura wo Yakareta Suupaa Urutora Arutimetto Kawaii Erufu no Manga

In which a village of super-ultra-ultimately cute elves burns down.

A Manga About a Village of Super-Ultra-Ultimately Cute Elves Burning Down is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 村を焼かれたスーパーウルトラアルティメット可愛いエルフの漫画, Mura wo Yakareta Suupaa Urutora Arutimetto Kawaii Erufu no Manga

2. Nora

Nora has finished publishing and it has 6 Chapters. It is also Known as: ノーラ, Nora

1. Tokyo X Day

It is predicted that there is a 70 percent possibility of an earthquake directly hitting Tokyo within the next 30 years. Are you prepared?

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has compiled a manual called “Disaster Preparedness Tokyo” (Tokyo Bousai) to help households get fully prepared for an earthquake directly hitting Tokyo and other various disasters. The manual includes a short manga, Tokyo "X" Day, to give Tokyo residents an idea of what to expect if a magnitude 7 earthquake hits.

"This original manga comic vividly describes how Tokyo would be like just before and immediately after a major earthquake. Imagine yourself in these situations and take actions to be prepared."

Tokyo X Day has finished publishing and it has 1 Chapters. It is also Known as: TOKYO "X" DAY, Tokyo X Day