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Top 19 Present manga you should read right now. [2026 List]
- 19. Koe no Katachi
- 18. Hige wo Soru. Soshite Joshikousei wo Hirou.
- 17. Shokugeki no Souma
- 16. Isshou Senkin
- 15. Kou iu no ga ii
- 14. Class no Daikirai na Joshi to Kekkon Suru Koto ni Natta
- 13. Kuroko no Basket
- 12. Koe no Katachi
- 11. Nana
- 10. Maou ga Inaka ni Totsuidara
- 9. Pervert Club
- 8. Fruits Basket
- 7. Kieta Hatsukoi
- 6. Fechippuru: Bokura no Junsui na Koi
- 5. Gal-sen
- 4. Kuroi Sailor Fuku
- 3. Suenagaku Yoroshiku Onegaishimasu
- 2. Yamikin Ushijima-kun
- 1. Wo Shi Han Sanqian
19. Koe no Katachi
Shoya is a bully. When Shoko, a girl who can't hear, enters his elementary school class, she becomes their favorite target, and Shoya and his friends goad each other into devising new tortures for her. But the children's cruelty goes too far. Shoko is forced to leave the school, and Shoya ends up shouldering all the blame. Six years later, the two meet again. Can Shoya make up for his past mistakes, or is it too late?
A Silent Voice has finished publishing and it has 64 Chapters. It is also Known as: 聲の形, The Shape of Voice
18. Hige wo Soru. Soshite Joshikousei wo Hirou.
Yoshida is just your average salaryman, drowning his tears in booze. On his way home one night, he finds a runaway high school girl sitting on the street. She offers to sleep with him in exchange for a place to stay―and Yoshida lets her off the hook and offers her work instead. A rom-com between the most unbalanced couple you'll ever find!
Note: Includes 1 extra chapter.
Higehiro: After Being Rejected, I Shaved and Took In a High School Runaway has finished publishing and it has 67 Chapters. It is also Known as: ひげを剃る。そして女子高生を拾う。, I Shaved. Then I Brought a High School Girl Home., โกนหนวดไปทำงาน แล้วกลับบ้านมาพบเธอ, Higehiro. Me rechazaron. Me afeité. Una chica más joven se vino a casa conmigo., 刮掉鬍子的我與撿到的女高中生
17. Shokugeki no Souma
Soma Yukihira's old man runs a small family restaurant in the less savory end of town. Aiming to one day surpass his father's culinary prowess, Soma hones his skills day in and day out until one day, out of the blue, his father decides to enroll Soma in a classy culinary school!
Can Soma really cut it in a place that prides itself on a 10 percent graduation rate? And can he convince the beautiful, domineering heiress to the school that he belongs there at all?!
Note: The 3 chapter Le dessert epilogue is counted as chapters 316-318
Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma has finished publishing and it has 318 Chapters. It is also Known as: 食戟のソーマ, Shokugeki no Souma
16. Isshou Senkin
After retiring from public fighting and getting fired from underground fighting, 27 year old Tenma Nozomi's zest for life is gradually dwindling away. It's hard to be at the bottom with nowhere to go, and that's exactly where she and her two friends are. However, Nozomi hits upon an idea that may just solve all of their problems: they could make their own underground fighting circuit for women, and tap into an underexplored market. As good as that sounds, her insistence on including the unknown quantity Hongou Hina may prove to be more than she bargained for...
ST✰R: Strike it Rich is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 一勝千金, ISSK, The Priceless Victory, Isshō Senkin, Issho Senkin, STAR: Strike it Rich
15. Kou iu no ga ii
Motoki Murata and Tomoka Eguchi are two adults frustrated at their past relationships, more specifically of the demands and expectations that they bring. After playing the same online game together, they decide to meet and discuss their experiences... Only to end up in a love hotel.
This is the story and daily life of friends with benefits coming to terms on how to label what they have together.
This entry is for the serialized version of the story.
This is good. is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: こういうのがいい, Partners 2.0
14. Class no Daikirai na Joshi to Kekkon Suru Koto ni Natta
High school student Saito Houjo has married his classmate, Akane Sakuramori, the girl who is his biggest rival at school. The two can't seem to get along with each other, but their heart-pounding newlywed life is about to begin!
I'm Getting Married to a Girl I Hate in My Class is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: クラスの大嫌いな女子と結婚することになった, Kurasu no Daikiraina Joshi to Kekkon Suru Koto ni Natta
13. Kuroko no Basket
Teikou Middle School basketball club: an incredibly strong team with over one hundred members and three consecutive championship wins. Amongst their brilliant record, was a generation of five prodigies known as the "Generation of Miracles." However, there was a strange rumour concerning the Generation of Miracles about one more player recognized by the five prodigies... a Phantom Sixth Player.
When Kagami Taiga joins Seirin High School's basketball team, he meets Kuroko Tetsuya, a horrendously bad player. Kagami is shocked to find out that Kuroko is the rumored sixth man of the Generation of Miracles. Not only is Kuroko terrible at everything from dribbling to shooting, he lacks so much presence on the court that at times people even forget he's playing. But during games Kuroko uses that lack of presence to his advantage, specializing in passing the ball to stronger players. In order to become the best player in Japan, Kagami agrees to team up with Kuroko to defeat the other members of the Generation of Miracles.
Note: Chapter count includes Chapter 62.5 "Tip Off."
Kuroko's Basketball has finished publishing and it has 276 Chapters. It is also Known as: 黒子のバスケ, Kuroko no Basuke, The Basketball Which Kuroko Plays
12. Koe no Katachi
Nishimiya Shouko is a student with hearing impairment. During elementary school, after moving to a new school, Shouko becomes a target of bullying and soon has to transfer. What she did not expect is that some years later, Ishida Shouya, one of the bullies who both did suffer last arise again in your life with a new purpose.
A Silent Voice has finished publishing and it has 1 Chapters. It is also Known as: 聲の形, The Shape of Voice
11. Nana
Nana Komatsu is a young woman who's endured an unending string of boyfriend problems. Moving to Tokyo, she's hoping to take control of her life and put all those messy misadventures behind her. She's looking for love and she's hoping to find it in the big city.
Nana Osaki, on the other hand, is cool, confident and focused. She swaggers into town and proceeds to kick down the doors to Tokyo's underground punk scene. She's got a dream and won't give up until she becomes Japan's No. 1 rock'n'roll superstar.
This is the story of two 20-year-old women who share the same name. Even though they come from completely different backgrounds, they somehow meet and become best friends. The world of Nana is a world exploding with sex, music, fashion, gossip and all-night parties.
Nana has finished publishing and it has 84 Chapters. It is also Known as: NANA, Nana
10. Maou ga Inaka ni Totsuidara
A girl who calls herself the Demon Lord falls onto an elementary school teacher living in the countryside, and they decide to get married!
A romantic comedy about a cute couple's life in the countryside, that happens to include the Demon Lord!
If a Demon Lord Were to Get Married in the Countryside has finished publishing and it has 37 Chapters. It is also Known as: 魔王が田舎に嫁いだら, Maou ga Inaka ni Totsuidara
9. Pervert Club
A thrilling yet flirtatious relationship between the perverted girl Lee-ni, who gets excited from the wicked stares of men, and Du-jun, who is insensitive to sexual stimulus due to his father, who is an AV director, has begun! While showing off her cleavage and exposing her underwear, Lee-Ni’s pride is hurt when Du-jun isn’t aroused even after seeing her bare form. The end result becomes an approach through all sorts of perverted acts in an effort to encapsulate him… What will the seduction of a pervert end up tasting like?
Note: Cancelled with 36 chapters
Pervert Club has finished publishing and it has 36 Chapters. It is also Known as: Pervert Club
8. Fruits Basket
Tohru Honda is a high school freshman who is having a serious bout of misfortune. Not only was she recently orphaned with the tragedy of her mother's death, but she also has no where to live and is currently residing in a tent! However, when her luck to seems to be at its worse, she meets the Sohma family - and is invited to stay with them in exchange for taking care of the household chores.
But it isn't long before Tohru discovers the Sohmas have deep a secret. The family is cursed by the spirits of the Chinese Zodiac, and some of the children born into the Sohma family are possessed by these spirits. When possessed, they cannot be "huggled" by the opposite sex, or they transform into their respective Zodiac animal!
However, this doesn't phase Tohru, who promises to keep their secret. She continues living with them, and her grave humbleness and thankfulness never wanes. As a result, they come to be very important people in her life, and the Sohmas begin to realize how very lucky they are to have her.
Fruits Basket has finished publishing and it has 136 Chapters. It is also Known as: フルーツバスケット, Furuba
7. Kieta Hatsukoi
“Aoki... I didn’t know you thought about me that way...”
Aoki has a crush on Hashimoto-san who sits next to him. However, when he borrowed her eraser, he discovered the name of his classmate, Ida, written on it... (sobs). Moreover, Ida saw him using the eraser... Don’t tell me he misunderstood?! It’s a little silly, but so begins the story of them working their hardest for their first love.
My Love Mix-Up! has finished publishing and it has 36 Chapters. It is also Known as: 消えた初恋, Kieta Hatsu Koi, Vanishing My First Love, Faded First Love
6. Fechippuru: Bokura no Junsui na Koi
I love long hair! Tatsu Yunoki, our MC who deeply loves beautiful long female hair, heard a voice scream his name. It was Kotoka Hatsushima, and, under the impulse of alcohol, both he and she decided to date each other. All they know is that they love each other's hair and back?! It’s not necessary to know anything else! They clash fetish against fetish and come together in a fun and romantic comedy. What is your fetish?
(Source. MU)
What I Love About You has finished publishing and it has 147 Chapters. It is also Known as: フェチップル～僕らの純粋な恋～, Fechippuru: Our Innocent Love, Fetiple
5. Gal-sen
When Sora enters high school, his homeroom teacher is a sexy gal with huge breasts and she's none other than the changed version of Suzune, the innocent girl next door who was his first love! As the teacher's "educational guidance" escalates day by day, Sora is awakened to pleasures he's never known before...!
Gal-sen has finished publishing and it has 81 Chapters. It is also Known as: ギャルせん, Gal Sen, Gyaru Sensei, Gyaru Sen, Gyaru-sen
4. Kuroi Sailor Fuku
The main character, Tooru Kokonose, is a school girl who cannot find her real self at home or at school. It is only when she is touched by a man that she can feel "alive." A dangerous relationship with a strange man who is lost in the night city begins but how will it end?
Sailor suit is dyed in black... has finished publishing and it has 16 Chapters. It is also Known as: 黒いセーラー服, Kuroi Sera Fuku, Black Sailor Suit, Sailor Suit is Dyed in Black
3. Suenagaku Yoroshiku Onegaishimasu
After her father has suddenly passed away, Takatsukasa Hikaru was adopted by her cousin, Kuzukiri Kiyomizu. Hikaru expresses that she is madly in love with Kiyomizu, but he is having none of it.
Together Forever has finished publishing and it has 70 Chapters. It is also Known as: 末永くよろしくお願いします, I Look Forward to Our Long-Lasting Relationship, I Look Forward to Our Many Years to Come, I Want You in My Life Forever, Suenagaku Yoroshiku Onegai Shimasu, Together Forever (IKE Junko)
2. Yamikin Ushijima-kun
Visit part of the sleazy underworld of humanity, the loan shark. Just what does it take to be part of this dog eat dog life style? Why would someone choose to take on this kind of life? Yamikin Ushijima-kun explores many themes of the dark side of humanity. (MAL)
Ushijima the Loan Shark has finished publishing and it has 493 Chapters. It is also Known as: 闇金ウシジマくん, Ushijima the Loan Shark
1. Wo Shi Han Sanqian
Han Sanqian has been married into the Su clan for three years, but he was called a trash son-in-law and treated like a doormat by the other relatives. In order to protect his wife Su Yingxia from further humiliation, Han Sanqian worked secretly to become a super son-in-law in preparation for some payback.
Counterattack of the Superrich House Husband has finished publishing and it has 120 Chapters. It is also Known as: I Am Han Sanqian
