Top 18 Henshin manga you should read right now. [2026 List]

18. Saint Seiya

Ages ago, the goddess Athena was served by fighters called Saints who channeled the power of the Cosmos within them. Now a youth named Seiya has trained to become a Saint himself by earning the mystical Cloth of Pegasus. He is joined by other Saints with Cloths of their own to fight for Athena.

Note: Chapter count includes an omake story "The Swan's Tale: Natassja of the Lands of Ice."

Knights of the Zodiac has finished publishing and it has 110 Chapters. It is also Known as: 聖闘士星矢, Zodiac Knights

17. Sentai Taboo

"In the face of justice, there are no taboos that should not be violated."

In the near future, humanity is in the depths of fear due to the onslaught of monsters. To protect world peace, the united Cross Rangers will enforce justice today! ...Or so it was supposed to be.

Cross Red, also known as Akama Retsuo, is a man who is passionate about justice. With an overflowing sense of justice, he commits a taboo one night with Cross Pink. And so begins the days of muddy, terrifying, immoral and ruinous...!

A suspenseful story of justice and immorality!

Sentai Taboo is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 戦隊タブー, Sentai Taboo

16. Suicide Girl

A story where a girl of light fights against the darkness of the world.

Suicide Girl has finished publishing and it has 40 Chapters. It is also Known as: スーサイドガール, Suicide Girl

15. Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon

Tsukino Usagi is 14 years old and in her second year of middle school. She's a bit of a crybaby and klutzy. However, she can transform into a warrior of justice, Sailormoon! An eternal classic that should be read by all.

Sailor Moon has finished publishing and it has 61 Chapters. It is also Known as: 美少女戦士セーラームーン, Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon, Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon

14. Sentai Red Isekai de Boukensha ni Naru

Asagaki Togo was the Red Ranger in a heroic Ranger squad. During their final battle against the ultimate evil organization, he suffers a crushing defeat and resigns himself to death... That is, until he finds himself reborn in an entirely different world! Embracing his new role as an adventurer, he transforms into Kizuna Red and continues his pursuit of justice, helping those in need. Enjoy this heroic tale of a Ranger becoming the protector of another world!

The Red Ranger Becomes an Adventurer in Another World is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 戦隊レッド 異世界で冒険者になる, Sentai Red Isekai de Boukensha ni Naru

13. Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas - Meiou Shinwa

This manga tells the story of the previous Holy war of the universe of Saint Seiya, taking place in the XVIII century, 250 years before the original manga. The story centers on the relation between Tenma, the Pegasus Saint and his beloved friend, Alone, who would eventually become his greatest enemy, Hades.

Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas - Meiou Shinwa has finished publishing and it has 223 Chapters. It is also Known as: 聖闘士星矢 THE LOST CANVAS 冥王神話, Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas - Meiou Shinwa

12. Tai Sekaiyou Mahou Shoujo Tsubame

The world is in danger! Who will rise to protect it? Introducing Tsubame, an ordinary high school student who dreams of becoming a magical girl. But if she has to choose between the world and her friends... A new adventure from Mapollo 3, the creator of PPPPPP! Buckle up for some passion, magical girls, and a dash of madness!

Magical Girl Tsubame: I Will (Not) Save The World has finished publishing and it has 42 Chapters. It is also Known as: 対世界用魔法少女つばめ, ! Anti-World Magical Girl Tsubame

11. Bokura wa Mahou Shounen

Rambunctious Kaito Odagiri, who longs to be a hero, is suddenly invited by mysterious transfer student Makoto Kaibara to take up the mantle of a hero who protects their town. But contrary to his expectations, he suddenly finds himself with the gaudy appearance of a kind of hero known as a "Magical Boy"! And though at first Kaito cries "why did it have to be something as embarrassing as this?! I won't do it!" with a tear-stained face, before long he finds himself enchanted by his own unbelievable cuteness...!

Boys are cute – and strong! The curtain rises on this tale of super righteous magical boys!

We Are Magical Boys has finished publishing and it has 42 Chapters. It is also Known as: ボクらは魔法少年, Bokura wa Mahou Shounen

10. Mahou Shoujo♡Misoji

This is a story about a 35-year old office lady that turns into a magical girl one day.

Mahou Shoujo♡Misoji is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 魔法少女♡三十路, Mahou Shoujo Misoji

9. Toujima Tanzaburou wa Kamen Rider ni Naritai

An older man aims to become a Kamen Rider.

Tojima Tanzaburo Wants To Be A Masked Rider is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 東島丹三郎は仮面ライダーになりたい, Tanzaburo Tojima Wants To Be Kamen Rider, Tōjima Tanzaburō wa Kamen Raidā ni Naritai

8. Gekikou Kamen

Moonlight Mask is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 劇光仮面, Gekikou Kamen

7. Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas - Meiou Shinwa Gaiden

New series of Saint Seiya focusing on the Gold Saints.

Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas - Meiou Shinwa Gaiden has finished publishing and it has 90 Chapters. It is also Known as: 聖闘士星矢 THE LOST CANVAS 冥王神話 外伝, Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas - Meiou Shinwa Gaiden

6. Gunbured x Sisters

In a decaying gothic city, warrior nun Dorothy is tasked with hunting down and slaughtering supernatural creatures. A member of the elite Crimson Sisters, she seeks to rid the city of the vampire population that plagues it. One fateful night, she encounters a wounded woman, Maria, only to discover that she has fangs and a strange parentage. Dorothy offers the half-vampire her best and only chance at survival: become my pet. Together, Dorothy and Maria will dive into the secrets at the heart of the vampire scourge that threatens to overwhelm their home.



Note: Includes 1 extra chapter.

GUNBURED × SISTERS has finished publishing and it has 21 Chapters. It is also Known as: ガンバレッド×シスターズ, Ganbared Sisters, Ganbareddo Shisutaazu

5. Saint Seiya: Saintia Shou

In the wake of a space-wide civil war instigated by Saga–the Gemini Gold Saint–a new team of Saints comes together with the goal of protecting their goddess Athena. This first all-woman team of armored warriors, powered by the Zodiac, will use their cunning, strength, and compassion to defend their worlds and oppose their very destinies. Mangaka Chimaki Kuori is also known for working on manga for Gundam Seed and the Persona series.

Saint Seiya: Saintia Shou has finished publishing and it has 86 Chapters. It is also Known as: 聖闘士星矢 セインティア翔, Saint Seiya - Saintia Shou

4. Date A Live

Shidou Itsuka has a problem. The world has been racked by massive quakes of an unknown source for years now, though life goes on. Then one day, Shidou's calm life ends forever when in the middle of a quake in his city, he meets a girl who's apparently a spirit-and the cause of all the destruction! When a team arrives to eliminate the threat, Shidou becomes embroiled in a war to protect these spirits-by making them fall in love with him?!

Date A Live has finished publishing and it has 146 Chapters. It is also Known as: デート・ア・ライブ, Date A Live

3. Saint Seiya: Next Dimension - Meiou Shinwa

In 1990 (previously 1986), in Elysion; the five Bronze Saints Seiya, Hyōga, Shun, Shiryū and Ikki, having wreaked havoc in the Underworld's army and succeeding in resurrecting the God Cloths, engage the god Hades in a final duel to the death.
During the battle, Hades remembers that he has seen Seiya's face before and comes to the conclusion that he faced him before. He thus starts reminiscing about his previous host body, and the story starts 247 years prior, in the 18th century.
The protagonist, the Pegasus Saint of this era, is an orphan who is best friends with a boy named Alone, the host of Hades. Former Bronze Saints Dohko and Sion, two prominent characters in Kurumada's original manga as the sole survivors of the holy war of that century, have just been promoted to Gold Saints and eventually the two duos meet.

Note: The chapter count includes 118 regular chapters, 2 special chapters included in volume 10, and a prologue.

Saint Seiya: Next Dimension - Meiou Shinwa has finished publishing and it has 121 Chapters. It is also Known as: 聖闘士星矢 NEXT DIMENSION 冥王神話, Saint Seiya: Next Dimension - The Myth of Hades

2. Shin Kamen Raidā

As Takeshi Hongo trains for a motorcycle race, he is suddenly swallowed by a fissure in the ground. He barely escapes danger by transforming into Kamen Rider, but he is attacked by the Shocker kaijin Worm Man, who created the fissure. Rider is tormented by Worm Man's attacks until he corners him with the Rider Jump and Undercut... Published in 1972, Mitsuru Sugaya's version of "Kamen Rider", which built the golden age of Bouken-Oh magazine, is fully released in e-book format!

New Kamen Rider has finished publishing and it has 10 Chapters. It is also Known as: 新 仮面ライダー, Shin Kamen Raidā

1. Parallel Sailor Moon

The story takes place in an alternate reality from the rest of the Sailor Moon series, so it does not fit to the main storyline or canon. One of the main reasons it does not fit into the main storyline is because it is stated in the main series that Usagi Tsukino will only have one child (Chibiusa). However, the lead character created especially for this story is Usagi's second child, Kousagi Tsukino. The daughters of the other four Guardian Senshi (all in grade 3 with Kousagi) also are in the story, who look exactly like (and are named after) their mothers (though the Japanese spelling of the names are different).

Parallel Sailor Moon has finished publishing and it has 1 Chapters. It is also Known as: ぱられる せぇらぁむ〜ん, Parallel Sailormoon