What is this genre all about? Kemono, "beast", is a genre of Japanese art and character design that prominently features anthropomorphic animal characters. It is used widely in visual arts, especially drawing and painting, and can be found in many manga, anime, and video game. Anthropomorphic animal characters in the kemono genre are frequently called juujin, "therianthrope"; the kanji for juujin are also sometimes pronounced kemonobito, "beast-human". While their design differs from artist to artist, they generally employ animal traits considered cute and endearing; most kemono characters retain a fundamentally human personality, however, seldom behaving as the actual animals from which they have been anthropomorphized, and as such they are typically depicted living as humans do.
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Top 20 Juujin manga you should read right now. [2026 List]
- 20. Chainsaw Man
- 19. Yani Neko
- 18. Mato Seihei no Slave
- 17. Ogami Tsumiki to Ki Nichijou.
- 16. What Happens Inside the Dungeon
- 15. Dungeon Meshi
- 14. Isekai Meikyuu de Harem wo
- 13. Inaka no Home Center Otoko no Jiyuu na Isekai Seikatsu
- 12. He Might Bite!
- 11. My Gently Raised Beast
- 10. Yuusha Party wo Tsuihou Sareta Beast Tamer, Saikyoushu no Nekomimi Shoujo to Deau
- 9. Starting From Today I'll Work As A City Lord
- 8. Maou-sama no Machizukuri! Saikyou no Dungeon wa Kindai Toshi
- 7. Koko wa Ore ni Makasete Saki ni Ike to Itte kara 10 Nen ga Tattara Densetsu ni Natteita.
- 6. Kajiya de Hajimeru Isekai Slow Life
- 5. Shuumatsu no Harem: Fantasia
- 4. Ishuzoku Reviewers
- 3. Isekai de Slow Life wo (Ganbou)
- 2. Kamigami no Kago de Seisan Kakumei: Isekai no Katasumi de Mattari Slow Life shitetara, Naze ka Tasai na Jinzai ga Atsumatte Saikyou Kokka ga Dekitemashita
- 1. Kitsune no Oyome-chan
20. Chainsaw Man
The name says it all! Denji's life of poverty is changed forever when he merges with his pet chainsaw dog, Pochita! Now he's living in the big city and an official Devil Hunter. But he's got a lot to learn about his new job and chainsaw powers!
Notes:
- Nominated for the 2020 Manga Taisho Award.
- Winner of the 2021 Kono Manga ga Sugoi Award.
- Winner of the 66th Shogakukan Manga Award in the shounen category.
- Winner of the 2021 and 2022 Harvey Award for Best Manga.
Chainsaw Man has finished publishing and it has 97 Chapters. It is also Known as: チェンソーマン, Chainsawman, Chensoo Man, CSM, Людина-бензопила, Человек-бензопила, رجل المنشار, مرد اره ای, មនុស្សរណា, チェンソーマン, チェンソーマン 第二部, 电锯人, 鏈鋸人, 電鋸人, 체인쏘맨, Chainsaw Man: Public Safety Saga
19. Yani Neko
A chain-smoking cat girl struggling with her cigarette addiction.
Yani Neko is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: ヤニねこ, Tar Cat
18. Mato Seihei no Slave
When entrances to a different dimension known as the "Mato" emerge all over Japan, a new resource known as "Peaches" are discovered which give unique abilities only to women. However, dangerous monsters called "Yomotsu Shuuki" also roam throughout the Mato and have been responsible for various disasters ever since. To combat the Yomotsu Shuuki, the government formed the Anti-demon Corps, an elite group of women who have received power from the Peaches.
One day, a high school student named Yuuki Wakura was walking home from school when he suddenly gets lost in a Mato entrance. When he calls for help, he is immediately rescued by Kyouka Uzen, the chief of the Seventh Unit of the Anti-demon Corps. Recognizing his potential while also needing him to make her Peach power more effective, she ask that Yuuki join the Anti-demon Corps by becoming her slave, a position he might find more enjoyable than he initially would have thought..
Chained Soldier is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 魔都精兵のスレイブ, Slave of the Hell Soldiers, Matoseihei no Slave
17. Ogami Tsumiki to Ki Nichijou.
Today, we live in an age of diversity. The phrase "non-humans" is a thing of the past. "Genjin" live their lives interacting with human beings. One human boy, Yutaka Shinsou, is troubled. He is so used to being in tune with his surroundings that he no longer understands his own feelings. At Keiki High School, where many "Genjin" attend, he meets Tsumiki Ogami, a werewolf. She is cute, powerful, a little out of the ordinary, and kind... When he spends time with her, Yutaka's heart is somehow noisier than usual. Spinning an "unusual" everyday life with Tsumiki the werewolf. The new normal graph of youth is about to begin.
Tsumiki Ogami & the Strange Everyday Life. is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 尾守つみきと奇日常。, Ogami Tsumiki to Kinichijou.
16. What Happens Inside the Dungeon
The revered Swordmaster Hoss sets out to defeat the formidable Shell Dragon! But when people find his cold dead body amidst the remains of a fierce battle, they make a shocking new discovery. Now, with monster hunters discovering new ways to utilize their spoils for more private (?) pleasures, a bizarre sexual hype sweeps through the lands - and Cheong, as innocent as she is, must make her way through this mess. Join Cheong as she embarks on her raunchy new adventure!
Main story: 110 chapters 2019-06-26 to 2022-07-31
Side story: Ongoing
What Happens Inside the Dungeon has finished publishing and it has 141 Chapters. It is also Known as: What Happens Inside the Dungeon
15. Dungeon Meshi
When young adventurer Laios and his company are attacked and soundly thrashed by a dragon deep in a dungeon, the party loses all its money and provisions...and a member! They're eager to go back and save her, but there is just one problem: If they set out with no food or coin to speak of, they're sure to starve on the way! But Laios comes up with a brilliant idea: "Let's eat the monsters!" Slimes, basilisks, and even dragons...none are safe from the appetites of these dungeon-crawling gourmands!
Delicious in Dungeon has finished publishing and it has 97 Chapters. It is also Known as: ダンジョン飯, Dungeon Food, 迷宫饭
14. Isekai Meikyuu de Harem wo
A man was about to commit suicide and decides to search for a way to die in the internet, but then he found an odd site that asked a lot of questions and had a point based system that allows you to create skills and abilities for a character. He took interest in it and when he finished setting his character he was asked "You will now be transported to a world with the settings you choose, coming back is not possible, do you still accept." Then, without thinking much of it, he pressed "Yes," and he found himself in another world with the skills and abilities he choose to have...
Isekai Meikyuu de Harem wo is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 異世界迷宮でハーレムを, A Harem in the Fantasy World Dungeon, Isekai Meikyuu de Harem o, Slave Harem in the Labyrinth of the Other World, Başka Dünyada ki Bir Labirentte Harem Kurmak, 在异世界迷宫开后宫, 异世界迷宫里的后宫生活, Fantazi Dünyası Zindanında Bir Harem, Getting a Harem in an Otherworldly Labyrinth
13. Inaka no Home Center Otoko no Jiyuu na Isekai Seikatsu
Masaru is an ordinary middle-aged guy who does construction work on convenience stores and home centers.
Reincarnated in a young body, bunch of low-quality skills but are good for his own profession, decides to do construction again, girls with rabbit ears, slow life.
Inaka no Home Center Otoko no Jiyuu na Isekai Seikatsu is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 田舎のホームセンター男の自由な異世界生活, The Home Improvement Store Employee Building An Agricultural Village In Another World
12. He Might Bite!
Black panther Pyo Yoontae returns to So Jeongseo’s small town with one objective: to find his first love who had fur as white as snow. Being the school outcast, Jeongseo decides to help Yoontae in the hopes of finally making a friend. Besides, Yoontae’s first love surely can’t be Jeongseo himself, since he’s a weasel with brown fur. But something about Yoontae feels awfully similar to a forgotten childhood playmate, and there is one secret Jeongseo is keeping from him. Every winter, Jeongseo actually sheds his fur and turns snow-white!
He Might Bite! is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Wild Beast Warning, Maengsu Ju-eui-bo
11. My Gently Raised Beast
Blondina, a princess who had commoner’s blood, lived quietly in a separate palace. Due to her mixed blood, she was treated with contempt. One day, she happened upon a wounded black cat and decided to treat it. But, the lovely cat she assumed it to be was actually…
“If you run away like that, of course, I’d want to hunt you.”
Amon’s lips gently wandered down her skin.
“You’re the one who picked me up. You’re the one who kept me by your side.”
Amon whispered, as his feverish breath made her skin crawl.
“So you have to take responsibility for me till the end, Bridey.”
Once the lovely cat was all grown up, she realized... she thought she raised him well, but she's going to be eaten up as well.
(Naver, translated)
My Gently Raised Beast has finished publishing and it has 106 Chapters. It is also Known as: I Raised a Beast, Зверь, I Raised the Beast, 我的野蛮萌友, 我的野蠻萌友, Не подозревая, я вырастила дикого зверя, Я взрастила зверя, Я воспитала хорошего зверя, Я хорошо вырастила зверя, I Raised the Beast Well
10. Yuusha Party wo Tsuihou Sareta Beast Tamer, Saikyoushu no Nekomimi Shoujo to Deau
Because Rein was a weak and simple beast tamer, he was expelled from the hero's group but that didn't stop his desire to be an adventurer. By taking simple quests afterwards he has a destined encounter with a strong cat girl.
The Beast Tamer Exiled from the the Hero's Party and the Cat Eared Girl from the Strongest Race Meet is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 勇者パーティーを追放されたビーストテイマー、最強種の猫耳少女と出会う, The Beast Tamer Who Got Kicked out From His Party Meets a Cat Girl From the Superior Race, 被勇者队伍开除的驭兽使、邂逅了最强种的猫耳少女, Yuusha Party wo Tsuihou Sareta Beast Tamer, Saikyou Shu Nekomimi Shojo to Deau, 용사 파티에서 추방당한 비스트 테이머, 최강종인 고양이귀 소녀와 만나다
9. Starting From Today I'll Work As A City Lord
When a gaming otaku gains the power to cross over to other worlds, he will obviously have to figure out what to do with it! But what is this?! A powerful cat-woman elder sister, a loli fox-woman, a cuddly rabbit-woman younger sister... This isn't a zoo! Welcome to a world where the strong prey on the weak. Then again, it's all so wonderful! An authentic strategy game, a huge conspiracy crisis, this other world's hegemony is now loading, all waiting for thou scum...
Starting From Today I'll Work As A City Lord is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Become the Castellan in Another World, The Castellan King
8. Maou-sama no Machizukuri! Saikyou no Dungeon wa Kindai Toshi
Beings that create and control monsters and demons, beings that build and reign over malicious labyrinths, the chosen individuals to possess overwhelming Unique Skills. They are the Demon Lords.
Demon Lords entice people to come to the labyrinth they have built and eat the people´s despair as their nourishment.
However, Creation Demon Lord Procell has decided that he will obtain people´s hopes and not their despair as nourishment, and built a happy town instead of a malicious labyrinth to collect human beings.
Maou-sama no Machizukuri! Saikyou no Dungeon wa Kindai Toshi has finished publishing and it has 85 Chapters. It is also Known as: 魔王様の街づくり！～最強のダンジョンは近代都市～, The devil is making city, Demon King's Town Planning!, The Strongest Dungeon is a Modern City, Maou-sama no Machizukuri! ~Saikyou no Danjon wa Kindai Toshi~, Demon King's Town Planning! The Strongest Dungeon is a Modern City
7. Koko wa Ore ni Makasete Saki ni Ike to Itte kara 10 Nen ga Tattara Densetsu ni Natteita.
The Hero’s party was attacked by a large group of powerful devils. The party will no doubt be annihilated if this were to go on.
One member of the party, the strongest mage, Rakku, decided to stop the enemies in their tracks.
Koko wa Ore ni Makasete Saki ni Ike to Itte kara 10 Nen ga Tattara Densetsu ni Natteita. is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: ここは俺に任せて先に行けと言ってから10年がたったら伝説になっていた。, I Became a Legend a Decade Later After Telling my Comrades to Leave Everything to Me and Retreat First, Koko ha ore ni makasete saki ni ike to ittekara jyunen ga tattara densetsu ni natteita., Leave Me and Go., 여기는 나한테 맡기고 먼저 가라고 말하고 10년이 지나 전설이 되었다
6. Kajiya de Hajimeru Isekai Slow Life
Eizo is a middle-aged, overworked software engineer who loves cats. One night after working late, he saves an injured cat from a speeding truck. The cat survives, but Eizo does not... Luckily, that cat turns out to be a god-like being who offers him a second chance in another world! Eizo decides that he wants a slower life, one where he can live off the things he creates with his own hands. So, why not become a blacksmith? He does have one other stipulation: a cat companion for his quiet life. These requests are granted, and Eizo is whisked away to a new world and imbued with blacksmithing knowledge. He soon finds out that his abilities are above average—in fact, his new skills are so overpowered that they’re like cheats. On top of that, his cat companion turns out to be a half-tiger girl! Eizo’s blades soon garner attention, and he realizes that he can turn the tides of battle with his forge and hammer. With so much commotion in store, will Eizo truly be able to enjoy a quiet life?
My Quiet Blacksmith Life in Another World is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 鍛冶屋ではじめる異世界スローライフ, Different World Slow Life Begun at the Smith
5. Shuumatsu no Harem: Fantasia
From LINK, the writer of Ghost Ship’s science fiction bestseller World’s End Harem, comes an all-new tale in a world of swords and sorcery. Arc, heir to the throne of Nargala, and his harem of beautiful women may be the only thing standing against the end of everything. The world has been corroded by darkness and debauchery, but the mysterious and sensual Dark Elf Lati offers Arc the power he has long yearned for to change his fate.
World's End Harem: Fantasia has finished publishing and it has 100 Chapters. It is also Known as: 終末のハーレム ファンタジア, Shuumatsu no Harem: Fantasia
4. Ishuzoku Reviewers
In our world, the human race constantly debates about several important issues, such as: which girl is the best girl? How good is something as fapping material? Which fetish is the sexiest?
Accompany these great warriors as they present us with different girls, different opinions, different boners, and show us that the fantasy world may not be all that different from ours.
Ishuzoku Reviewers is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 異種族レビュアーズ, Ishuzoku Reviewers
3. Isekai de Slow Life wo (Ganbou)
All Itsuki wants is an easy isekai life to take him far, far away from the stress of his salaryman slog. When a beautiful goddess sends him to a fantasy world and gives him the opportunity to choose his own ability, he makes certain he won’t ever have to work again. If only his new life were that simple… Turns out his new “pocket change” skill won’t do him much good when it comes to fighting giant bugs and winning arguments at the guild. Will Itsuki ever get the chance to live the lazy life of his dreams?
Slow Life In Another World (I Wish!) is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 異世界でスローライフを(願望), I Have A Slow Life In A Different World (I Wish)
2. Kamigami no Kago de Seisan Kakumei: Isekai no Katasumi de Mattari Slow Life shitetara, Naze ka Tasai na Jinzai ga Atsumatte Saikyou Kokka ga Dekitemashita
During the reincarnation of the Japanese company slave, Tadashi, he impressed God by choosing the agricultural blessing that no one else had ever chosen, and received unprecedented generous blessings. Thus he has a dream slow life in a different world: it should have landed all-you-can-eat, a huge peninsula called Miasma Limbo!
Tadashi struggled, but with his serious personality and blessings from God, he will increase the scale of agriculture with Gungun. Former queens of persecuted elves, heroes of beastmen, and master craftsmen of dwarves gathered in search of supplies made by Tadashi.
Agriculture, the founding of a country, a slow life! A heartwarming different world agricultural fantasy, turned into a manga!
Revolution in production with the blessings of the gods - While living a leisurely, slow life in a corner of another world, somehow a diverse group of people gathered to form the strongest nation... is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 神々の加護で生産革命～異世界の片隅でまったりスローライフしてたら、なぜか多彩な人材が集まって最強国家ができてました～, Kamigami no Kago de Seisan Kakumei: Isekai no Katasumi de Mattari Slow Life shitetara, Naze ka Tasai na Jinzai ga Atsumatte Saikyou Kokka ga Dekitemashita
1. Kitsune no Oyome-chan
Days of a man and his kitsune wife.
The Fox Girl's is My Wife has finished publishing and it has 55 Chapters. It is also Known as: 狐のお嫁ちゃん, Kitsune no Oyomecyan, Kitsune No Yomechan
