Updated May 12, 2024 by testing

My first taste of the world of animanga has been mostly shounen; where the meaning of badassery was intertwined with hard work, protecting those that are important to you, and high quality action!

While that kickstarted my otaku journey, I couldn’t help but be attached with newer japanese comics or even non-shounen ones that bring in the kicks and punches with a heartfelt story.

Action manga has changed my and a lot of people’s lives and opened the doors for us to explore even more different manga and anime out there; making them such timeless inspirations!

That being said, I only speak for my own tastes. So instead of forcing you to listen to how much I love action manga, I’ll just let you experience them yourself via these recommendations!

Let me share the 32 Best Action Manga to Read from the oldest one I know to the latest!

 

JAPANESE COMICS WITH ACTION

 

32. Dragon Ball

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Title	Dragon Ball
Genre	Shounen, Comedy, Martial Arts, Adventure, Sci-fi
Type	Weekly Series
Publisher	Shounen Jump
Premiered	November 20, 1984
Total Chapters	519

And what of course can be older than the father of The Big Three and of all shounen animanga itself? That’s right, the first on the list is Dragon Ball!

Originally, the story is about Son Goku; a young boy with a tail living in a mountain far from civilization whose adopted grandfather died and left him a mystical glass ball with four stars inside.

This boy meets Bulma, a techno-genius teenage girl, on her way to collect seven of the said mystical balls that can grant any one wish that the collector desires. Unable to give up the four-star ball, Goku joins her adventure in collecting the spheres known as the Dragon Balls.

Dated gags aside—this is the ’80s afterall— one can say that this series walked so the succeeding shounen manga can run! And run straight to our hearts it did, thanks Dragon Ball!

 

31. Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure

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Title	Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure
Genre	Shounen, Adventure, Historical, Horror
Type	Weekly Series
Publisher	Shounen Jump
Premiered	December 02, 1986
Total Chapters	700

Next on the list. We have a famous meme from an also famous and long-running sequel. Take note that all of the protagonists here belong to one family and are brilliantly named in a way where they’ll still have the titular nickname, Jojo.

The beginnings of this historical series is set in late 19th-century England that follows the young son of a wealthy landowner named Jonathan Joestar or, of course, Jojo.

The MC lives a carefree life with his father until one Dio Brando becomes his adoptive brother and eternal enemy—emphasizing the word “eternal” here because trust me that’s important. 

Living up to the title of “bizarre,” Dio would try everything in his power to usurp Jonathan as heir, even turning to, surprise surprise, supernatural means.

Jonathan then embarks on an adventure and meets allies, all the while training in preparation to challenge Dio once again.

 

30. Berserk

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Title	Berserk
Genre	Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Psychological, Supernatural
Type	Series
Publisher	Young Animal
Premiered	August 25, 1989
Total Chapters	367

What? You need a grittier, darker, and more tragic manga? Oh, you’re gonna love this one!

Berserk is a story of a 24-year-old man named Guts, a.k.a. the “Black Swordsman,“ who’s relentlessly followed by demonic beings and loads of bad luck while burdened with a tragic past.

The protagonist is reasonably out for revenge for himself and a loved one; searching for a “former friend” who betrayed him for selfish reasons.

Aided by his giant sword and monstrous strength, he continues his quest for blood.

 

29. One Piece

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Title	One Piece
Genre	Shounen, Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy, Super Power
Type	Weekly Series
Publisher	Shounen Jump
Premiered	July 22, 1997
Total Chapters	1,053+

With more than 1,000 chapters, Monkey D. Luffy and his pirate crew bring smiles and tears with their adventure on the great seas; remembered for the characters and amazing action that crowned it as one of The Big Three.

This tale starts with Gol D. Roger, known as the “Pirate King,” announcing before his execution that a legendary treasure called One Piece can be claimed by anybody who finds it.

Like any good pirate story, these very words instigated the Great Age of Pirates where many adventurers tried their luck and failed. And like any good shounen manga, a young man yet again challenges the impossible!

Twenty-two years later, fantasy-fruit-powered stretchy Luffy collects his boat, gathers a ragtag crew with questionable quirks and personalities, and sets out across the Grand Line to be the new Pirate King and to GET. THAT. GOLD!

 

28. Hunter x Hunter

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Title	Hunter X Hunter
Genre	Shounen, Adventure, Fantasy, Super Power
Type	Weekly Series
Publisher	Shounen Jump
Premiered	March 03, 1998
Total Chapters	380+

Another long-running shounen follows this list; but unlike One Piece, this one’s reason for being unfinished is due to its many hiatus that ranges from 9 weeks to 4 years! No jokes here, some fans actually started calling it Hiatus x Hiatus.

While the breaks were reasonable, the non-dying fandom is a testament to how amazing the story is. You know a series slaps if not even being away for years takes its fans away!

Anywho, here you’ll meet Gon Freecss who gets fascinated by why his father would rather be a full-time Hunter rather than, well, be a father.

While I, for one, think this deadbeat deserves more than a dropkick, the 12-year-old genuinely wants to find him.

Hunters in this vast fantasy world are people who have a license to and may be sponsored to fight monsters and discover mystical and unreachable places. But before all that, an individual should first pass the deadly Hunter Exams.

This is a story about Gon and the people he meets on understanding what it takes to be a Hunter in this dangerous world.

 

27. Vagabond

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Title	Vagabond
Genre	Seinen, Fantasy, Drama, Historical, Samurai
Type	Series
Publisher	Morning
Premiered	September 03, 1998
Total Chapters	327+

Going back to the historical and martial arts genre, this series creatively retells the tale of a Japanese sword saint and legendary swordsman. 

But before that, he was the violent Takezō Shinmen who was never trusted by his hometown and only had one friend, Matahachi Hon’ide, whom he enlisted in the Toyotomi army with.

These two flee as they face defeat at the Battle of Sekigahara; upon their separation right after, Takezō goes back home to inform Matahachi’s family that he’s alive.

Due to his reputation, the people are convinced that he killed Matahachi instead and is made a wanted man for it. He eventually gets caught and left to die until Takuan Soho finds him.

This monk christens him with a new name to avoid pursuit by the authorities, starting the legend of Musashi Miyamoto.

 

26. Naruto

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Title	Naruto
Genre	Shounen, Adventure, Martial Arts, Super Power
Type	Weekly Series
Publisher	Shounen Jump
Premiered	September 21, 1999
Total Chapters	700

Also from The Big Three, we have ramen-loving, loud-mouthed, gutsy ninja Naruto Uzumaki who wants nothing more but to be Hokage—the “strongest” ninja of the village— to prove himself to those who despise him.

Hated since birth due to the sealed Nine-Tailed Demon Fox inside him, and just because the villagers want to be petty to a literal child, he finds difficulty in cooperating with others and leaves a trail of pranks wherever he goes.

Getting assigned to Team 7 under Kakashi Hatake, Naruto is forced to get along with his old classmates: the intelligent Sakura Haruno and the aloof Sasuke Uchiha, top of their class and his self-proclaimed rival.

This manga features Naruto’s difficult journey on his way to the top— not to be confused with Boruto’s dad in that Boruto series, of course (please don’t check that other goat out until you’re done with Naruto, thank you).

 

25. Claymore

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Title	Claymore
Genre	Shounen, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
Type	Series
Publisher	Jump SQ
Premiered	May 06, 2001
Total Chapters	155

Next on the list is a dark fantasy story set in the middle ages on a fictional island where humanoid shape-shifting creatures feed on humans and steal human memories.

Taking advantage of the citizen’s fear, The Organization creates half-Yoma half-human female warriors called Claymores to be paid to fight against these monsters.

From these warriors’ non-human side comes the hunger of a Yoma that they try to resist, all the while Clare—the protagonist— and her allies try to unveil what lies behind the organization that created them.

 

24. Fullmetal Alchemist

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Title	Fullmetal Alchemist
Genre	Shounen, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Military
Type	Series
Publisher	Shounen Gangan
Premiered	June 12, 2001
Total Chapters	108

This series takes us to a steampunk world where alchemy, partnered with patterns called transmutation circles, is a known science that can manipulate and modify matter according to an alchemist’s will.

While creating anything you want seems like a dream come true, alchemists are bound by the Law of Equivalent Exchange where you need to give something of equal value in return for anything you want to make.

And we all know what that means! If you’re itching to make a Frankenstein monster, you’re gonna have to get the parts somewhere, preferably at least in a legal way.

Enter brothers Edward and Alphonse Elric who try to revive the mother they lost. As expected, this results in a tragedy; Edward loses his left leg and Alphonse his entire body.

Hey, don’t worry! Edward eventually sacrifices his right arm to transfer his brother’s soul in a suit of armor and they embark on a journey to find the Philosopher’s Stone to fix things. We’re all good here!

But yikes, creating another human right at the start? Makes me wonder how many people tried to create a live human in this series. Probably not a famous thought, right?

 

23. Bleach

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Title	Bleach
Genre	Shounen, Adventure, Super Power, Supernatural
Type	Weekly Series
Publisher	Shounen Jump
Premiered	August 07, 2001
Total Chapters	686

The last member of The Big Three brings us high school student Ichigo Kurosaki who can see spirits of the dead (like most of us living in this haunted house of mine; yeah, he’s really not that special).

What he may be special for, however, is getting unintentionally recruited as a Soul Reaper after a series of chaotic events brought by an intruder named Rukia Kuchiki—a Soul Reaper— and a soul-consuming evil spirit called a Hollow.

This meeting, unbeknownst to both of them, is the start of a supernatural action-filled story that will prove important to the interconnected worlds; and seeing how well-known Bleach is, in our world too!

 

22. Soul Eater

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Title	Soul Eater
Genre	Shounen, Fantasy, Supernatural
Type	Series
Publisher	Shounen Gangan
Premiered	June 24, 2003
Total Chapters	113

Have you ever wanted to go to a supernatural school that teaches you how to fight the evil forces with your own sentient scythe? I do— well, maybe not with a sentient weapon.

In this series, the grim reaper himself—cleverly named Shinigami— established the Death Weapon Meister Academy that trains Meisters and Demon Weapons to work together for a specific goal that will defeat evil.

The partners are to tag-team in collecting 99 souls of wicked humans and 1 witch. If the demon partner consumes these in that order, the Meister will be able to create a “Death Scythe” worthy of being wielded by Shinigami.

Aiming for this are partners Maka Albarn and Demon Weapon Soul Eater “Soul” Evans. With their friends, rivals, and everyone else, these two are to find out that the world and the stakes are bigger than their academy.

 

21. Gintama

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Title	Gintama
Genre	Shounen, Comedy, Historical, Parody, Sci-fi, Samurai
Type	Weekly Series
Publisher	Shounen Jump
Premiered	December 08, 2003
Total Chapters	704

If you feel like going for a full-on fun-filled parody, I totally recommend this samurai-vs-alien-ish series set in the Edo Period with a mischievous group that represents chaos itself.

Let’s make a roll call of the squad: a samurai who refuses to give up his wooden sword despite the ban, Gintoki Sakata; his self-proclaimed apprentice, Shinpachi Shimura; the alien, Kagura; and the dog, Sadaharu.

This gang tries to keep their business, Yorozuya, afloat as the conflict between the Shogunate and the aliens, Amanto, continues to make it difficult to have something to eat.

To be honest, there really isn’t a way to describe this manga at all, better to just dive in yourself. You’ll enjoy it, I promise!

 

20. Kingdom

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Title	Kingdom
Genre	Seinen, Drama, Historical, Military
Type	Series
Publisher	Young Jump
Premiered	January 26, 2006
Total Chapters	725+

In another fictional account of a historical event, now taking place during the Warring States period of ancient China; two boys once again made a promise to each other, which is to be “Great Generals under the Heavens.”

War orphans and best friends, Xin and Piao, train daily until the moment Piao was offered an opportunity at Qin’s royal palace. Sadly, his return finds him at his deathbed.

Enraged at his brother’s fate, Xin investigates and finds an almost identical-looking man named Ying Zheng, King of Qin. He finds out that Piao serves as a body double when a coup occurred and mortally wounded him.

Initially furious, Xin instead decides to take the opportunity to pursue his dream of being a great general in respect of Piao’s memory. He joins Ying Zheng in ousting his half-brother and forms an unlikely brotherhood with him.

 

19. Fairy Tail

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Title	Fairy Tail
Genre	Shounen, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Magic
Type	Weekly Series
Publisher	Shounen Jump
Premiered	August 02, 2006
Total Chapters	545

In a fantasy world where 10% of the population can use magic, a system of mage guilds exists in the Kingdom of Fiore. Each guild provides mages with jobs ranging from defeating monsters to picking up herbs.

Above all of the guilds in Fiore is the infamously raucous Fairy Tail whose members always leave destruction wherever they go. Despite this, the Celestial Wizard Lucy Heartfilia will do anything to enter this guild.

As if the stars heard her wish and after an unrelated kidnapping, the doors of Fairy Tail open for her in the form of Natsu Dragneel, a dragon slayer, and Happy the talking flying cat.

 

18. Blue Exorcist

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Title	Blue Exorcist
Genre	Shounen, Adventure, Drama, Supernatural, Fantasy
Type	Series
Publisher	Jump SQ
Premiered	April 04, 2009
Total Chapters	134+

For number 18, I introduce you to the son of Satan himself Rin Okumura!

His story starts with his foster father, Shirou Fujimoto, an actual man of the church, by the way, being aware of his parentage and adopting him and his twin brother, Yukio.

Fujimoto then gets possessed by none other than the demon lord himself as Rin becomes aware of his demonic powers and witnesses his foster father’s death.

This rage and regret guide Rin to attend True Cross Academy where his twin has already been working.

Now with the ambition to join the Knights of the True Cross and train his powers, he meets new people and problems as he pursues his goals.

 

17. Yona of the Dawn

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Title	Yona of the Dawn
Genre	Shoujo, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Type	Series
Publisher	Hakusensha
Premiered	August 05, 2009
Total Chapters	227+

The Kouka Kingdom tells a myth of the Crimson Dragon God who showed himself as a human to save his people. Four other Dragon Gods in human forms fought along his side and established themselves as legends.

2000 years later, a princess of this kingdom named Yona lives innocently, not knowing the violence that has bridled her own palace; until her very eyes see Soo-won—her cousin and the man she’s in love with— stab her father.

As he stages a coup and usurps the throne, Yona and her bodyguard and childhood friend, Son Hak, flee from the palace, away from any possible problematic romance.

As she seeks an exiled priest’s advice, she’s told one solution: find the four legendary warriors to free her people once and for all.

 

16. Attack on Titan

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Title	Attack on Titan
Genre	Shounen, Supernatural, Fantasy, Drama, Horror, Mystery
Type	Monthly Series
Publisher	Bessatsu Shounen Magazine
Premiered	September 09, 2009
Total Chapters	139

This former monthly manga features tall humanoid mindless creatures called the titans that eat humans as tenacious as I race my siblings for the last chip in the Pringles can.

Due to the threat of humanity’s extinction, mankind barricades itself with large thick walls that these titans can’t reach—or so they think.

The series introduces three friends curious about the world outside: Eren Yeager, Mikasa Ackerman, and Armin Arlert. They live inside humanity’s first wall of defense, the 50-meter Wall Maria.

Their peaceful lifestyle comes to a halt as a 60-meter titan peers its face beyond the wall and kicks a massive hole below, calling in the horrendous murderers to feast on humanity; one of which ate Eren’s mother as he flees.

Like any child of a loving mother, Eren vows to eradicate all of the titans in existence and make the outside world livable for humans again.

 

15. Noragami

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Title	Noragami
Genre	Shounen, Supernatural, Fantasy, Romance
Type	Monthly Series
Publisher	Shounen Magazine
Premiered	December 23, 2010
Total Chapters	101+

In this world, all the deities of Japan are real.

They listen to your prayers and make your problems go away as long as you visit their shrine; but for the minor deities without places of worship and offerings to be given to, it’s a different story.

No job is too small for the Delivery God Yato! He’ll clean and find anything for you for the amount of five yen with gusto; he’s the dream employee of every greedy capitalist out there! And he only ever aims to amass wealth to have his own shrine someday.

Only, he no longer has a Shinki and almost every problem can be solved with a weapon partner. In his quest to find one, he meets Hiyori Iki, a girl whose soul can slip out of her body who then asks for his help.

With a promise made on a five yen, he vows to help her find normalcy as he works for a place of his own with an eventual new Shinki in tow.

 

14. Tokyo Ghoul

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Title	Tokyo Ghoul
Genre	Seinen, Supernatural, Psychological, Drama, Horror
Type	Series
Publisher	Young Jump
Premiered	September 08, 2011
Total Chapters	143

Have you ever just read something and then it unlocks a new fear you never had? Well, Tokyo Ghoul definitely opened my eyes to the possibility of my date transforming and then turning to eat me like an actual meal.

Ghouls, shape-shifting creatures who eat humans and disguise themselves as citizens, have been sighted more frequently in Tokyo where a university freshman named Ken Kaneki survives a traumatic Ghoul date that I just described.

This incident turns him into a half-ghoul who craves human flesh and turns his life upside down. Through luck, he meets friendly Ghouls who help him cope and provide him a different kind of normalcy that isn’t actually all that bad— for now.

 

13. Mob Psycho 100

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Title	Mob Psycho 100
Genre	Shounen, Super Power, Comedy, Supernatural
Type	Series
Publisher	MangaONE
Premiered	April 18, 2012
Total Chapters	101

Diving in with a series leaning a bit on the slice-of-life and comedy is a story of an extraordinary psychic named Shigeo Kageyama or Mob.

Mob is an eighth grader, living an “ordinary” life that often starts with him unintentionally breaking spoons with his mind. Like any student, he goes to school, wishes for his crush to reciprocate his feelings, and exorcises spirits.

He’s currently working under a conman named Arataka Reigen who’s taking advantage of his unfathomable powers to help him control his abilities.

Mob is a well-mannered young man who busies himself with everyday life as he represses his emotions and keeps his stress level below 100% for the good of everybody involved.

 

12. One Punch Man

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Title	One-Punch Man
Genre	Parody, Super Power, Comedy, Supernatural, Sci-fi
Type	Series
Publisher	Tonari no Young Jump
Premiered	June 14, 2012
Total Chapters	165+

Also from the creative brain of the Mob Psycho 100 creator, the original web novel called One Punch Man was adapted as an action manga while still keeping its comedic and parody genre.

Unlike Gintama though, this series makes a balance of taking itself seriously as a fighting manga while subverting the most cliche hero tropes done in almost every superhero story!

Saitama is now at the pinnacle of strength and considers himself a hero for fun. After meeting a cyborg named Genos, they find out that there’s a Hero Association that ranks heroes, compensates their work, and treats them as celebrities. 

Right, I forgot to say that superpowers and all sorts of mutations and enhancements are normal in this world. Yep, everything here is possible, except maybe Saitama finishing the opponent with more than one punch.

 

11. Assassination Classroom

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Title	Assassination Classroom
Genre	Shounen, Comedy, School
Type	Weekly Series
Publisher	Shounen Jump
Premiered	July 02, 2012
Total Chapters	180

Let’s see, this one is a bit wild so stay with me here.

So, a yellow tentacled monster blackmails the governments of the world. He promises to destroy the Earth like he did the moon if they didn’t make him a teacher of a specific class at the prestigious Kunugigaoka Junior High School.

Now, the lowest ranked and unwanted students of the school, class 3-E, are pressured to assassinate this monster in exchange for graduating. And all of this is happening as the characters each deal with their own issues.

But what do mere teenagers know about killing? Luckily, Koro-sensei, the target of their mission, is here to not only teach but also show them the ropes of a perfect assassination!

 

10. Ajin: Demi-Human

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Title	Ajin: Demi-Human
Genre	Seinen, Horror, Mystery, Supernatural
Type	Series
Publisher	good! Afternoon
Premiered	July 06, 2012
Total Chapters	86

Ajin or demi-humans are immortals among humans in all senses of the word. Nothing you do will kill them or stop their body from regenerating. They’re true Deadpools pulled out of the comics.

And in true superpower fiction fashion, it’s rumored that suspected Ajins are taken to be experimented on. Not that apathetic and intelligent high school student Kei Nagai cares though. Not his baggage, not his problem.

Kei is studying well to be a doctor and expects himself to live as lowkey as possible… until, a traffic accident that could have killed him didn’t.

Forget about being lowkey, he’d rather not get taken no matter what. Disoriented from his resurrection, he sees all the cameras pointing his way and makes a run for it. 

Without knowing who to trust, he attempts to understand his immortality as he uses everything in his power to survive— oh right, he can. I meant to keep himself from being a lab rat.

 

9. The Seven Deadly Sins

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Title	The Seven Deadly Sins
Genre	Shounen, Adventure, Fantasy, Supernatural
Type	Weekly Series
Publisher	Shounen Magazine
Premiered	October 10, 2012
Total Chapters	370

Elizabeth Liones, the third princess of Liones Kingdom, is on a quest to look for The Seven Deadly Sins to save her people from the rule of Britannia’s Holy Knights.

No, not the princes of hell, the Seven Deadly Sins are a group of criminals formerly known as the strongest of Britannia’s Holy Knights before they were exonerated ten years prior.

Elizabeth meets Meliodas, the Dragon’s Sin of Wrath, and the former leader of the group who agrees to find the other knights as more adventures come their way.

 

8. My Hero Academia

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Title	My Hero Academia
Genre	Shounen, Comedy, School, Super Power
Type	Weekly Series
Publisher	Shounen Jump
Premiered	July 07, 2014
Total Chapters	359+

In this animated adaptation of Sky High…

*wheeze* Just kidding. This, this isn’t that at all.

But we do have a high school specifically made to produce heroes though, all the same, right? Right?!

Anyway, 80% of the population of this world has “quirks” or specialized genetic abilities. Basically making this world the opposite of X-men since yep, the mutants are the majority this time.

Most children here dream of becoming a hero; not just a superpowered vigilante who saves lives. In this Japanese comic, they want to be a professional hero. A trained and licensed one.

Enter the MC, Izuku Midoriya, who was born without a quirk and has been ridiculed, pitied, or bullied because of it since he was four. He always wanted to be a hero like All Might and enroll in a prestigious school for would-be heroes.

Through a chance meeting with his favorite hero, he’s given an opportunity for his dream and applies for UA High, the top hero training high school in the country.

 

7. Black Clover

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Title	Black Clover
Genre	Shounen, Comedy, Fantasy, Magic
Type	Weekly Series
Publisher	Shounen Jump
Premiered	February 16, 2015
Total Chapters	331+

Still, with the underdog MCs, we have an orphan named Asta who wasn’t born with magic in a world where everyone has it. Also, like Midoriya, he dreams of the impossible; to be the strongest mage in the kingdom, the title of Wizard King.

He shares this dream with his best friend and rival, Yuno, who, unlike him, has extraordinary talent in wind magic. But don’t worry, like his MC predecessors, he too shall weaponize hard work and physical training to best his rival!

As they both turn 15, they join their kingdom’s tradition of receiving a Grimoire that helps an individual master their magic. Yuno, the rival, of course, gets the legendary four-leaf one as Asta doesn’t get any.

Through the sheer power of his will in the middle of a fight after the ceremony, a Grimoire makes its way to Asta, a black one that’s never before seen: the mysterious five-leaf clover.

 

6. Fire Force

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Title	Fire Force
Genre	Shounen, Sci-fi
Type	Weekly Series
Publisher	Shounen Magazine
Premiered	September 23, 2015
Total Chapters	305

Alright now, think of our everyday heroes: the firefighters; but they fight combusting demonic fire creatures with specialized weapons or pyrokinesis instead of with a hose.

This is basically what this series is with a deep plot.

In this story, Shinra Kusakabe joins Special Fire Force Company 8, one of the forces tasked to put the demonic creatures called Infernals under control. He’s a third-generation pyrokinetic; someone who has the ability to freely control fire. 

With his trauma seeping in, partnered with some conspiracy, Shinra teams up with people he can trust, his fellow brigaders, and figure out what’s actually going on.

 

5. Demon Slayer

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Title	Demon Slayer
Genre	Shounen, Historical, Supernatural, Demon
Type	Weekly Series
Publisher	Shounen Jump
Premiered	February 15, 2016
Total Chapters	207

This manga starts on a tragic note as Tanjiro Kamado goes home one cold winter with his entire family, minus his sister Nezuko, brutally slaughtered. If that wasn’t punishment enough, she turns into a flesh-eating demon.

As you can imagine, having your sister turn into a demon in a series called Demon Slayer is at the top of the worst things to happen aside from it being the most traumatic.

So, as any good traumatized brother would do, Tanjiro stops his sister from attacking people and then brings her in his quest to get her back to normal and avenge their family the way he knows how; by being a Demon Slayer himself.

How does that work, you ask? Read the thing! You’ll see.

 

4. Goblin Slayer

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Title	Goblin Slayer
Genre	Seinen, Fantasy
Type	Series
Publisher	Big Gangan
Premiered	May 25, 2016
Total Chapters	72+

In this merciless fantasy world, overlooked goblins have murdered and violated many villagers and adventurers alike; and one person has enough of it: the titular character known only as Goblin Slayer.

Goblin Slayer spends all of his waking life killing, setting traps for, and training to kill goblins. His dedication to only taking this one kind of mission has earned him both the respect and the bewilderment of his guildmates.

At one of his missions, he saves Priestess—because yes, none of the characters here have actual names— whose new party was almost swept by the unsuspectingly strategic goblins.

Initially only doing solo missions, Goblin Slayer accepts the insistent Priestess in his succeeding goblin missions and some others, as he opens up more to the people around him.

 

3. Jujutsu Kaisen

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Title	Jujutsu Kaisen
Genre	Shounen, Fantasy, Supernatural, Demon
Type	Weekly Series
Publisher	Shounen Jump
Premiered	March 05, 2018
Total Chapters	191+

Since I’m mature enough to not crack any KFC joke, I’ll just proceed to tell you about how Curses are supernatural monsters that are bad for the world while sorcerers are the ones who exterminate them.

The protagonist here is Yuji Itadori who gets entangled with an Occult Club “activity” that frees a powerful Curse known as Ryomen Sukuna, now contained inside Yuji since this boy consumed his rotting finger.

Due to Sukuna’s nature, the sorcerers have no other choice but to exorcise the Curse along with the poor Yuji.

That’s then when Satoru Gojo, Jujutsu High School teacher, saves him some time to live as he proposes that they feed Yuji all the fingers first before they kill him instead, since his body is only good for one free-kill premium use.

Yuji agrees with this, thinking that dying to completely eradicate a malicious demon is better than just dying right now. And so, he enrolls in Tokyo Jujutsu High and faces all the challenges ahead knowing the limits of how much longer he can live.

 

2. Chainsaw Man

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Title	Chainsaw Man
Genre	Shounen, Adventure, Demon
Type	Weekly Series
Publisher	Shounen Jump
Premiered	December 03, 2018
Total Chapters	98+

This series follows Denji who wants a simple life, but because life sucks, he’s forced to kill devils by the yakuza instead. And since killing devils isn’t weird enough, he has a chainsaw puppy devil named Pochita to help with it.

The yakuza being the yakuza, contracted a devil to kill Denji who then instead merged with Pochita because to hell with them! And becomes a Chainsaw Devil Hybrid himself—I promise it’s as weird out-of-context as it is in context.

The MC finally gains the ability to transform parts of his body into chainsaws and uses it to insta-kill his enemies. As he makes new devil hunter friends, he gets a new job and a new life where he tries to live the one that he always wanted.

 

1. Spy X Family

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Title	Spy X Family
Genre	Shounen, Comedy
Type	Series
Publisher	Shounen Jump
Premiered	March 25, 2019
Total Chapters	64+

In our number one is none other than the literal found family series of a spy, an assassin, and an adorable little psychic.

Most brilliant Westalis-planted-spy known as Twilight is a hardworking individual preventing a war. Per the requirements of his latest mission, he needs to create a play family that will help him infiltrate a prestigious school.

Now operating as psychologist Loid Forger, he meets and adopts a seemingly-smart six-year-old named Anya who’s actually psychic; and then office worker Yor Briar, a government assassin known as Thorn Princess.

In a household where only Anya knows everybody’s secret, the Forgers wear the guise of a normal family as they carry out their own agendas under the table, unaware that their unit may be closer to becoming real than they realize.

 

Conclusion

There are a lot of action manga out there, especially new ones that shaped and inspired a lot of people! There’s just so much that I couldn’t stop reading!

Unfortunately, or fortunately for you maybe, all list recommendations should stop at some number lest you’d want some talkative nerd to talk forever; I’m not saying it’s me, of course, I definitely don’t talk that much.

Buuuuut on the slight chance you’ve enjoyed me chatter, stay tuned for more recommendation lists from here because there are a lot more where these came from! From best superpower anime,  revenge manga, and even martial arts manga!