New to Manga? 5 Manga Genres to Choose From

Kyouko Hori is a popular high school girl who appears flashy but does well in school. She is caring and acts as a parent to her little brother since their workaholic parents are rarely home. With responsibilities like taking care of her brother and housework, she has no time for a typical teenage social life. One day, she meets her quiet classmate, Izumi Miyamura, who also hides his true self at school.

Futaba Yoshioka aims to distance herself from popularity and boys after being shunned by her female classmates in middle school. In high school, she adopts an unfeminine persona to make friends, unaware that her first love, Kou Mabuchi, will return after years. Although she cherishes their past memories, she discovers that Kou has become cold and pessimistic, and he warns her that they cannot return to their previous relationship because everything has changed.

Haruhi Fujioka is a diligent girl who just started at Ouran Academy. One day, she searches for a quiet place to study and finds an unused music room. Inside, she meets the members of the Host Club, where attractive boys entertain girls from the school. When Tamaki Suou, the club’s president, surprises her, she accidentally breaks an expensive vase. Since she can’t afford to pay for it, the club suggests that she work for them and become a Host herself. Mistaken for a boy, Haruhi must entertain female students while dealing with her fellow Hosts’ flamboyant personalities.

Ritsu Onodera dreams of editing bestselling novels but is assigned to the shoujo manga department, at Emerald, instead. There, he faces a demanding boss, Masamune Takano, who unexpectedly kisses him to assist a manga artist. As Onodera adjusts to his new environment, memories of his first love resurface, particularly as he learns that Takano is the jerk who broke his heart, while Takano believes Onodera left him without explanation.

Despite a rough beginning, second-year high school students Mao Tsuchiya and Hisashi Ootomo have learned to live together in their dorm for another year. They agree on three promises: Mao won’t reveal that Ootomo is gay and dating someone; Ootomo won’t fall for Mao; and they will respect each other’s privacy when needed. However, their school’s film club’s new project threatens to disrupt their arrangement.

Misaki Takahashi, preparing for university exams, clashes with his tutor, acclaimed novelist Akihiko Usami, mainly due to their connection through Misaki’s brother Takahiro. Misaki’s suspicions about Usami’s interest in Takahiro grow when he finds a boys-love novel by Usami featuring characters like them. After an intense argument, they agree to a truce, only for Misaki to feel unexpected anger when Takahiro announces his engagement, as Usami reacts calmly.

A long time ago, scary creatures that looked like humans came to life. These huge beings, called Titans, were a big threat because they hunted people to eat. Since they couldn’t fight back, humans built big walls to protect themselves. Now, life inside the walls is calm because there haven’t been any Titans for many years. Eren Yeager, Mikasa Ackerman, and Armin Arlert are three kids who want to explore the world outside the walls, inspired by stories they’ve heard. But their peaceful life changes when a giant 60-meter Titan attacks, showing them how harsh the world can be. That day, Eren promises to do everything he can to get rid of all the Titans, hoping that one day people can live outside the walls safely again.

At Grace Field House, the orphans lead a seemingly happy life under the care of a kind “Mama” and are assured adoption by age 12. However, after two top orphans, Emma and Norman, explore beyond the gates, they discover a dark secret about their existence and must collaborate to alter their fate.

1988: It is World War III. Tokyo is decimated by a mysterious black explosion, unmatched in magnitude. 2019: Fast forward 31 years. Neo-Tokyo, built on the old city’s ruins, is a vibrant mix of neon lights and modern technology, filled with biker gangs, poverty, and revolutionaries. Here live Tetsuo Shima and Shoutarou Kaneda, two bikers who are both friends and rivals in the same gang. Wanting to prove himself to Kaneda, Tetsuo accidentally triggers the rise of a mysterious force that could change Neo-Tokyo and the lives of its residents—the government secret known as Akira.

Being the eldest child of a large family, Yuki Machida had to become responsible from a young age, making sacrifices and dealing with disappointment. She becomes the basketball club manager to be closer to her crush, but when Shou Naruse joins the team, his talent and interest in her complicate things. Cold and stoic, Machida remains unfazed despite his relentless advances, which include kissing her unexpectedly and asking to grope her. Keeping her focus on basketball becomes increasingly difficult as Naruse does not hide his desires.

Nana Osaki is strong-willed and ambitious. In high school, she joins a band and falls in love with a band member. Yet, she ultimately chooses her music career over her relationship and breaks up with her boyfriend. On her 20th birthday, she takes the same train to Tokyo as her namesake, aiming to become a top vocalist. The two Nanas, despite their different dreams, end up sitting together on the train and later sharing an apartment. This creates a deep bond as they support each other through love, music, friendship, and heartbreak.

Yukari Hayasaka, a high school student, faints after two oddly dressed people surprise her. When she wakes up, she finds herself with more strange-looking people in a basement studio of Paradise Kiss, a fashion club with four students from Yazawa School for the Arts. It seems like Yukari has been kidnapped, but the older students explain they want her to model for their fashion show. Yukari, who is busy with her senior year, angrily says no. However, she accidentally leaves her student passbook behind, and the leader, George Koizumi, uses it to persuade her to think about their offer. Inspired by the team’s passion, Yukari decides to help them. Now as their model, she has to manage her new duties along with her busy life. The more time she spends with George and the others, the harder it is for her to resist the exciting world of fashion.

Takemoto, a sophomore art student in Tokyo, knows that his greatest challenges in life are mastering the art of indulging in more meat and ensuring he arrives to class on time. Yet, with friends like his, he embraces the exciting unpredictability of life wholeheartedly.

What do you get when you cross a microwave with a cell phone? A time machine, of course! Self-proclaimed mad scientist Kyoma Hououin and the brilliant members of the Future Gadget Lab now possess the incredible ability to send text messages into the past. With such extraordinary power, will they leverage it for personal gain? To revolutionize the world? Or perhaps for something delightfully more sinister…

The manga follows Major Motoko Kusanagi’s pursuit of the cyber-criminal known as The Puppeteer, who engages in “ghost hacking” to control human minds. As Public Security Section 9 investigates, they discover that The Puppeteer is an advanced autonomous AI project, Top Secret Project 2501, developed by the Treaty Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.