What is this genre all about? Japanese for "transformation" (metamorphosis or disguise).A "henshin anime" is any anime, where the characters or their costumes transform, such as Sailor Moon. The henshin switches on the character's special powers, and is frequently accompanied by a costume change. Often the change of clothing is the only outward indicator that the character has changed and yet nobody seems to notice the hero's true self.Most henshin heroes have a special item which they use to change into their heroic form. These items are usually activated by a command phrase (which is often in Engrish, for some reason), triggering a transformation sequence.
We present you the list of Henshin manga you should read right now.
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Top 19 Henshin manga you should read right now. [2025 List]
- 19. Sentai Red Isekai de Boukensha ni Naru
- 18. Mushijo
- 17. Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon
- 16. Saihate no Solte
- 15. Sentai Taboo
- 14. Suicide Girl
- 13. Saint Seiya
- 12. Kibou no Shima
- 11. Mahou Shoujo♡Misoji
- 10. Kill la Kill
- 9. Super Dragon Ball Heroes: Dark Demon Realm Mission!
- 8. Shugo Chara! Jewel Joker
- 7. Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas - Meiou Shinwa
- 6. Saint Seiya: Next Dimension - Meiou Shinwa
- 5. Gunbured x Sisters
- 4. Majo Kaitou LIP☆S
- 3. Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas - Meiou Shinwa Gaiden
- 2. Bokura wa Mahou Shounen
- 1. Date A Live: Tooka Dead End
19. 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
18. Mushijo
The main character, Hinako Momotsuki, is a high school girl who loves the anime "Puri Puri" and devotes all her energy into otaku activities. However, in actuality, when she unites with a mysterious "Maji" centipede life form, she becomes a distorted hero who saves people. Now she fights both to save the town assailed by "Maji" and to protect her unrequited crush, Himoru-senpai.
Mushijo is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: ムシジョ, Mushijo
17. 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
16. Saihate no Solte
As a result of a large war, the world was eroded by a magical infection that distorted the time and space around it. Though magic has been outlawed since then, the effects of that war still remain. To uncover all the secrets of the world, "Lucky Solte," begins her adventure.
Solte the Traveler is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 最果てのソルテ, Solte of the Far Reaches, World End Solte
15. 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
14. 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
13. 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
12. Kibou no Shima
A group of teenage boys travels to an island where it is rumoured that only women live. They are all eager to lose their virginity but will the legends surrounding the island be true or something more sinister is happening there?
An Island Named Desire has finished publishing and it has 20 Chapters. It is also Known as: キボウノシマ, Kibou no Shima
11. 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
10. Kill la Kill
The story centers around two fiercely fighting schoolgirls, Ryuuko Matoi and Satsuki Kiryuuin. On a campus ruled by force, a transfer student wielding a Basami sword brings about upheaval.
KILL la KILL has finished publishing and it has 17 Chapters. It is also Known as: キルラキル, KLK
9. Super Dragon Ball Heroes: Dark Demon Realm Mission!
The story follows Future Trunks soon after the defeat of Cell in his own timeline, becoming a Time Patroller and assisting the Supreme Kai of Time in confronting the Time Breakers, later known as the Dark Empire Forces from the Demon Realm.
Super Dragon Ball Heroes: Dark Demon Realm Mission! has finished publishing and it has 17 Chapters. It is also Known as: スーパードラゴンボールヒーロズ暗黒魔界ミッション！, Super Dragon Ball Heroes: Dark Demon Realm Mission!
8. Shugo Chara! Jewel Joker
After graduating from Seiya Elementary School, Amu is ready to start junior high school. Amu is glad to be with her dear friends, but then she is asked to undertake a "secret mission" and has to transfer to a new school…? A new adventure of Amu and Shugo Chara is about to begin!
Shugo Chara! Jewel Joker is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: しゅごキャラ！ジュエルジョーカー, Shugo Chara! Jewel Joker
7. 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
6. 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
5. 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
4. Majo Kaitou LIP☆S
Miku Hoshino is a just a regular girl who thinks of nothing but her favorite idol, Rei, from the totally popular group M.A.G. When her school duties make her miss the concert she was desperately hoping to go for, she does what any girl would do—takes the help of a witch! But when the witch turns Miku into a witch, too, her life becomes anything from ordinary...and a certain keen-eyed detective seems determined to keep it that way!
Note: chapter count includes 2 bonus chapters
Stellar Witch LIP☆S has finished publishing and it has 22 Chapters. It is also Known as: 魔女怪盗LIP☆S, Majo Kaitou LIPS
3. 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
2. 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 is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: ボクらは魔法少年, Bokura wa Mahou Shounen
1. Date A Live: Tooka Dead End
April 10th. Yesterday was the last day of spring vacation, so starting this morning it was a school day. After being woken up by his cute little sister, Itsuka Shidou believed that it would be the start of another normal day. As for predicting the chance meeting with the girl who called herself a spirit...
Along with a sudden shockwave, the townscape vanished without a trace. In a corner of the street which had now become a crater, the girl was there.
"—You, have you come to kill me too?"
She is the disaster that will destroy humanity, a monster of unknown origin, and a being rejected by the world. There are only two ways to stop this girl: annihilation, and conversation. His little sister Kotori, wrapped in a military uniform, thus said to Shidou: "Since it's like this, just go date her, and make the spirit fall for you!" "Wh.. whaaaaaaaat!?" Enter a new age of boy meets girl!!
has finished publishing and it has 11 Chapters. It is also Known as: デート・ア・ライブ 十香デッドエンド, Date A Live: Tooka Dead End
