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Average student Moritaka Mashiro enjoys drawing for fun. When his classmate and aspiring writer Akito Takagi discovers his talent, he begs Moritaka to team up with him as a manga-creating duo. But what exactly does it take to make it in the manga-publishing world? (Source: VIZ Media)

Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You

Sawako Kuronuma is the perfect heroine...for a horror movie. With striking similarities to a haunting movie character--jet-black hair, sinister smile and silent demeanor--she's mistakenly called Sadako by those around her. But behind her scary façade is a very misunderstood teenager. Too shy to fit in, all she wants to do is make some friends. But when the most popular boy in class befriends her, she's sure to make more than just that--she's about to make some enemies too! (Source: VIZ Media) Notes: The chapter count includes four extra chapters.

Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs

Office worker Leon is reincarnated into a particularly punishing dating sim video game, where women reign supreme and only beautiful men have a seat at the table. But Leon has a secret weapon: he remembers everything from his past life, which includes a complete playthrough of the very game in which he is now trapped. Watch Leon spark a revolution to change this new world in order to fulfill his ultimate desire…of living a quiet, easy life in the countryside! (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment) Note: Includes four extra chapters.

Aria

On the planet Aqua, a world once known as Mars, Akari Mizunashi has just made her home in the town of Neo-Venezia, a futuristic imitation of the ancient city of Venice. In pursuit of her dream to become an Undine — a gondolier who leads high-end tours around the city — Akari joins as a trainee with the Aria Company, one of the three most prestigious water-guide companies in Neo-Venezia. There, she explores the beauty of the city and the world along with other trainees from Aria and rival companies, working hard for her dreams and making new friends along the way. (Source: TOKYOPOP) Note: Includes seven extra chapters.

My Hero Academia

My Hero Academia asks a simple question in a world full of superpowers: what does it take to become a hero? In a society where roughly eighty percent of people are born with a "Quirk" — a unique superpower — Izuku Midoriya is one of the powerless few, and he wants to be a hero more than anyone alive. When the world's greatest hero sees that determination and passes his own power to Izuku, he earns a spot at U.A. High, the school that trains the next generation of pros. It's a love letter to superhero comics filtered through shonen sincerity, and its secret weapon is the cast — an entire class of aspiring heroes with distinct powers, dreams, and insecurities, plus villains who force the story to ask what "heroism" really costs. The best fights aren't just about winning; they're about who these kids choose to be under pressure. The manga's story is complete and the anime is the easiest, most energetic entry point. If you grew up on superheroes, this is the series that captures why they mattered — Go Beyond, Plus Ultra, and all.

Dandadan

Dandadan is what you get when aliens and ghosts crash into the same story and neither backs down. High schooler Momo believes in ghosts but not aliens; her classmate Okarun believes in aliens but not ghosts. To settle the argument they each visit a haunted site — and both are spectacularly proven right, with Momo awakening psychic powers and Okarun getting possessed by a cursed spirit. Now they're stuck chasing UFOs and vengeful yokai together while nursing a very awkward crush. Yukinobu Tatsu draws it at a full sprint, with some of the most kinetic, imaginative art in current manga and a tone that flips from genuine horror to gross-out comedy to sweet teenage romance without missing a beat. It's chaotic on purpose, and that chaos is the point — you never know whether the next page brings a monster, a joke, or a heartfelt confession. The manga is ongoing and the anime adaptation brings its manic energy roaring to life. If you want something loud, weird, funny, and secretly tender all at once, Dandadan is one of the freshest series around.

Black Clover

Black Clover is pure, shouting shonen spirit poured into a world of magic knights. In a kingdom where everyone is born with magic and status is measured by it, Asta is born with none at all — a glaring anomaly in a land defined by power. His rival and closest friend Yuno, by contrast, is a prodigy. When each receives a grimoire, Yuno's is a mark of destiny and Asta's is a battered five-leaf clover holding anti-magic: the power to cancel magic entirely. Their shared dream is the kingdom's highest honor — to become the Wizard King. Yūki Tabata leans all the way into the genre's engine — relentless training, fierce rivalries, and Asta's sheer, hoarse-voiced refusal to ever give up. It wears its influences proudly and delivers exactly what it promises: escalating magic battles, a growing squad of Magic Knights, and an underdog whose only Quirk is that he will not quit. The manga tells a full-throated shonen story and the anime is a long, faithful adaptation. If you want the genre at its most earnest and energetic — heart over subtlety, every time — Black Clover is a crowd-pleaser built to be binged.

Komi Can't Communicate

Komi Can't Communicate finds enormous warmth in a very small goal: making friends. Shoko Komi is the most admired girl in her high school — elegant, poised, seemingly perfect — and hiding a secret. She has a crippling communication disorder that leaves her unable to speak to people, so the awe of her classmates reads, to her, as an unbreachable wall. When the unremarkable Hitohito Tadano figures out the truth, he vows to help her reach her dream of making one hundred friends. Tomohito Oda builds a rom-com of the gentlest kind, told partly through the notes Komi scribbles when words won't come and the delightfully weird classmates she slowly gathers. It's funny and sweet without ever mocking her anxiety — the humor comes from the cast, the tenderness from watching Komi inch, panel by panel, toward the connection she's terrified she can't have. The manga is ongoing and the anime is a charming, faithful adaptation. If you want something low-stakes, heartfelt, and quietly reassuring — a series about how hard and how worth-it reaching out can be — Komi is a comfort read with real heart.

Fullmetal Alchemist

Alchemy tore the Elric brothers’ bodies apart. Can their bond make them whole again? In this world, alchemists are those who study and perform the art of alchemical transmutation—the science of manipulating and transforming matter. They are bounded by the Law of Equivalent Exchange: in order to gain something, one must sacrifice something of equal value. In an alchemical ritual gone wrong, Edward Elric lost his arm and his leg, and his brother Alphonse became nothing but a soul in a suit of armor. Equipped with mechanical “auto-mail” limbs, Edward becomes a state alchemist, seeking the one thing that can restore his and his brother’s bodies...the legendary Philosopher’s Stone. (Source: VIZ Media) Note: Includes eight extra chapters.