What is this genre all about? Parallel universe/world or alternative reality is a self-contained separate reality coexisting with our own. Because "alternative reality" sometimes implies that the reality is a variant of our own, like for example a mirror world, we'll use the term "Parallel Universe" which is more general, without any connotations implying a relationship (or lack thereof) with our own universe (meaning a fantasy world can just as well have an alternative reality, doesn't need to be our reality). To put it more simply, this category is to show if more than 1 universe/reality/world is present in the anime.
We present you the list of Parallel Universe manga you should read right now.
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Top 19 Parallel Universe manga you should read right now. [2024 List]
- 19. Danjohi 1:39 no Heikou Sekai wa Omoi no Hoka Futsuu
- 18. NEET dakedo Hello Work ni Ittara Isekai ni Tsuretekareta
- 17. Sekkaku Cheat wo Moratte Isekai ni Teni shita n dakara, Suki na You ni Ikitemitai
- 16. Isekai Nihon
- 15. Kami-tachi ni Hirowareta Otoko
- 14. Dead Mount Death Play
- 13. How to Reject My Obsessive Ex-Husband
- 12. Urasekai Picnic
- 11. Rougo ni Sonaete Isekai de 8-manmai no Kinka wo Tamemasu
- 10. Unnamed Memory
- 9. Manuke na FPS Player ga Isekai e Ochita Baai
- 8. Lord of the Mysteries
- 7. Heroine wa Zetsubou Shimashita.
- 6. Mahou Shoujo of the End
- 5. Lord of the Mysteries
- 4. Pathfinder
- 3. Isekai Death Game ni Tensousarete Tsurai
- 2. Succubus ja nai mon!
- 1. Inai Boku wa Hotarumachi ni Iru
19. Danjohi 1:39 no Heikou Sekai wa Omoi no Hoka Futsuu
Satou Sou is accidentally swapped with himself in a parallel world with a male/female ratio of 1:39. He finds a kind family and lovely women at the place where he was switched. Seeing the outside of these women, he's relieved to see that the number of men and women has changed, but not much else. However, their inner lives are filled with conflicts and troubles.
A Parallel World With a 1:39 Male to Female Ratio Is Unexpectedly Normal is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 男女比1：39の平行世界は思いのほか普通, Danjohi 1:39 no Heikou Sekai wa Omoi no Hoka Futsuu
18. NEET dakedo Hello Work ni Ittara Isekai ni Tsuretekareta
The NEET Yamano Masaru (23 y/o) went to Hello Work and finds an interesting job offer. [A test play of the Miniature Garden "Razgrad World." Extended period of time, preferred to be able to live on site. Monthly salary of 250,000 + commission.] Immediately goes to the interview and signs a contract. However, the place of employment is another world. Because of the contract he's taken there, to survive Masaru received a cheat, but he is told the shocking truth. "This world will be destroyed in 20 years." Can a simple NEET prevent the destruction of the world?!
I'm a NEET but when I went to Hello Work I got taken to another world is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: ニートだけどハロワにいったら異世界につれてかれた, NEET dakedo Hello Work ni Ittara Isekai ni Tsuretekareta
17. Sekkaku Cheat wo Moratte Isekai ni Teni shita n dakara, Suki na You ni Ikitemitai
A manga adaptation to a novel of this same name. The protagonist gets transported to another world after dying and god grants him the power of healing any wound, sickness or poison and uses that ability to make potions to sell and enjoy the highest class brothel in the city but he will soon be involved with issues that need his healing abilities aside from just selling pots.
Might as Well Cheat: I Got Transported to Another World Where I Can Live My Wildest Dreams! is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: せっかくチートを貰って異世界に転移したんだから、好きなように生きてみたい, Sekkaku Cheat, Since I received a cheat and was transported to another world, I'm going to live as I want
16. Isekai Nihon
As two worlds collide into one, a fateful counter between the "killer hero" and the "elf princess from another world" has led to a great adventure to defeat the even greater evil!
Another World in Japan is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 異世界日本, Isekai Nihon - Ansatsu Ikka no Sannan wa Ikaika shita Nihon de Musou suru, 異世界日本～暗殺一家の三男は異界化した日本で無双する～
15. Kami-tachi ni Hirowareta Otoko
Under the protection of the gods, a relaxed life with slimes in another world begins! One day, the life of middle-aged Japanese businessman Ryoma Takebayashi came to a rather sudden and disappointing end. Ryoma had never had a blessed life, but after his death, three great gods sought his cooperation and reincarnated him as a child in another world with swords and magic! Receiving a most cordial and divine welcome from the gods, Ryoma decides to live leisurely on his own in the forest for the time being. Working diligently at magic and hunting, Ryoma’s greatest passion comes to be researching his tamed slimes?! Training a variety of slimes (some newly discovered), the curtain rises on this easygoing life fantasy celebrating a second life with kind people in another world!
By the Grace of the Gods is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 神達に拾われた男, The Man Picked up by the Gods, Kamitachi ni Hirowareta Otoko
14. Dead Mount Death Play
A Necromancer called The Corpse God is fighting against the Church, that is trying to subjugate him. Using his last ounce of power against the Calamity Crusher, he gets defeated, but his reincarnation magic activates.
Suddenly, he got transported in a world of modern society and in a body of kid Polka Shinoyama. What is gonna happen to him in this world? What will he do?
Dead Mount Death Play is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: デッドマウント・デスプレイ, Dead Mount Death Play
13. How to Reject My Obsessive Ex-Husband
When Yu Seohyeon sacrificed her life to save her first love, Ciel de Leopart, she never expected to wake up as Irene de Closhe in a world straight out of a book. Amidst this bizarre twist, she reunites with Ciel, who has now become a supporting male lead destined to betray the crown prince. As her unique guide abilities resurface, Seohyeon is haunted by Ciel's intense, madness-filled gaze, a stark contrast to the man she once knew. Tangled in a web of past love and new identities, Seohyeon must navigate a treacherous path where past and present collide.
How to Reject My Obsessive Ex-Husband is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Methods in Refusing an Ex-husband's Obsession, Refusing Your Ex-husband's Obsession: A Guide, Ways to Refuse Your Ex-husband's Obsession
12. Urasekai Picnic
The original novel is set in the modern world, but there exist doors that can take people to the "other side," where strange urban legends and internet stories prove to be true. College student Sorawo Kamikoshi finds herself exploring one of these doors, and almost dies on the other side, when she is rescued by another girl named Toriko Nishina. Toriko is mysterious but skilled with a gun, and she seems to be searching for someone else on the other side. Together, both girls explore these doors to the other side.
Otherside Picnic is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 裏世界ピクニック, Ura Sekai Picnic
11. Rougo ni Sonaete Isekai de 8-manmai no Kinka wo Tamemasu
One day, Mitsuha falls off a cliff and is transported to a medieval Europe–type world! After a near-death encounter with a pack of wolves, she then realizes that she’s able to transport between two worlds—this one and her own. Taking advantage of this ability, Mitsuha decides to live in both worlds and calculates that she’ll need 80,000 gold coins to be able to retire! Mitsuha now has to come up with different ways to collect her gold coins!
Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for My Retirement is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 老後に備えて異世界で８万枚の金貨を貯めます, Rougo ni Sonaete Isekai de 8-manmai no Kinka wo Tamemasu
10. Unnamed Memory
Love can bloom in the strangest places...and people! A cursed king and the world's strongest witch are about to cross paths, forever changing their future and the fate of the world!
Unnamed Memory has finished publishing and it has 63 Chapters. It is also Known as: Unnamed Memory: The Witch of the Azure Moon and the Cursed Prince
9. Manuke na FPS Player ga Isekai e Ochita Baai
The protagonist is a player of a VRMMOFPS game who ends up falling off the map while playing in PvE mode, and ends up being transported to a fantasy world with his FPS system.
When a Stupid FPS Player Falls to Another World is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: マヌケなFPSプレイヤーが異世界へ落ちた場合, The Case of a Stupid FPS Player Fall Into Another World, When a Stupid FPS Player Falls to Another World
8. 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
7. Heroine wa Zetsubou Shimashita.
A high school girl gets transported to a virtual reality where she gets killed by monsters and returns to the real world, again and again.
Heroine wa Zetsubou Shimashita. has finished publishing and it has 104 Chapters. It is also Known as: ヒロインは絶望しました。, The Heroine Has Despaired
6. Mahou Shoujo of the End
One day, ordinary high school student Kogami Kii finds himself caught up in a strange kind of zombie apocalypse, involving 'magic girls.' While idly looking out of the school window, Kii sees what looks like a little girl hitting a teacher, causing his head to explode violently. Convinced he's dreaming, he goes to the restroom to get his act together.
Unfortunately, its not a dream, and he arrives to find the creepy little girl repeatedly saying "magical" as she slaughters his friends and classmates. Soon, Kii and his childhood friend—a quiet, often-bullied girl called Tsukune—are witness to the resurrection of their friends' corpses into a zombie-like murderous mob crying the single word "magical." Now Kii and Tsukune must try to endure with the other survivors, and try to find out what has happened to their world.
Magical Girl Apocalypse has finished publishing and it has 64 Chapters. It is also Known as: 魔法少女・オブ・ジ・エンド, Mahou Shoujo OTE, Magical Girl of the End
5. 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
4. Pathfinder
Tomorrow is Garam’s 25th birthday and not only have her parents forgotten, but she still hasn’t found a full-time job. As she lay in bed wishing for another life, the clock strikes midnight and a strange window opens up before her. She steps through and discovers that she’s a pathfinder, or a traveler of worlds. But somehow stepping into this other world has caused her family and everything she knew back on earth to disappear. To rejoin her family and set things back to normal, Garam will have to learn all that she can about being a pathfinder.
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Pathfinder is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Pathfinder
3. Isekai Death Game ni Tensousarete Tsurai
Himi is an office worker who has a habit of saying "I want to die" whenever he feels stressed. One fateful moment his wish was granted and now finds himself in an arena along with a group of people. They were summoned by the Death God Mei to play the Death Game. Only the last one standing can go back.
Isekai Death Game ni Tensousarete Tsurai has finished publishing and it has 18 Chapters. It is also Known as: 異世界デスゲームに転送されてつらい, 이세계 데스게임에 전송당해서 괴로워, Тяжело быть перенесенным в смертельную игру в другом мире, Other World Death Games
2. Succubus ja nai mon!
Adjusting to a new school is always rough, and that goes double for Sakura, a shy girl attending a monster girl academy! Her new classmates include a kiss-curious harpy, a sarcastic lamia, a cyclops with an eye for Sakura, and a plain-spoken centaur. Eager to blend in, Sakura declares herself a succubus! But can she keep up the ruse while fending off the touchy hands, claws and scaled coils of her new friends? It's going to be a long, hot school year!
I am not a Succubus! is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: サキュバスじゃないもん！, Sakyubasu ja nai mon, Я не суккуб!, サキュバスじゃないモン!, 才不是魅魔呢!, 서큐버스가 아니라고!
1. Inai Boku wa Hotarumachi ni Iru
Despondent over the death of his best friend, Takeru wishes on a shooting star to meet Takuya one last time. A glimmer of light leads him to an ancient tree stump with a giant hole in it; a hole that impossibly leads to an entire city. It's the same city as his—the same people and places—but, with a key difference: the Takuya in that world is alive and well...while Takeru is not.
I Don't Exist in This Firefly City has finished publishing and it has 10 Chapters. It is also Known as: いないボクは蛍町にいる, I Don't Exist in This Firefly City
