Updated November 6, 2022 by Ernie
To get into the manga medium, are you guys reading the “right manga” especially if you’re a beginner? If not, then that’s exactly where we’ve got you covered! With the release of so many interesting manga one gets confused to find the “right one”. Isn’t that right?
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So, if you’re a beginner who wants to have a taste of some of the best manga for beginners, we’ve got recommendations for you! Here’s a list of the BEST Manga For Beginners!
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BEGINNER-FRIENDLY MANGA!
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27. Yotsuba&!
| Title | Yotsuba&! |
| Genre | Comedy, Slice of Life |
| Status | Unknown |
| Author | Azuma, Kiyohiko |
| Publisher | Shueisha |
| Chapters | ASCII Media Works |
Yotsuba is the type of manga that attracts many non-manga readers with its simple story. It simply tells us about the everyday life of an energetic five years old girl named Yotsuba. In this manga, we get to see her extraordinary routine. Although the main character is a child, people of any age can enjoy reading this manga! There is no news for an anime adaptation for Yotsuba, yet, so the only way that you can enjoy this story is by reading the manga! This is a beginner friendly manga because of its simple story, so do check it out!
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26. School Rumble
| Title | School Rumble |
| Genre | Comedy, Romance |
| Status | Unknown |
| Author | Kobayashi, Jin |
| Publisher | Kodansha |
| Chapters | 345 |
This is the story of a second year high schooler with a single question in her mind. The question is nothing more than whether a boy would like her or notice her? Our main character has a massive crush on a juvenile delinquent who suddenly realizes that he has a massive crush on her too. So, this full of life-changing, ups and downs, and refreshing stories of high school students is pretty good of a story for beginners!
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25. Ao Haru Ride
| Title | Ao Haru Ride |
| Genre | Comedy, Drama, Romance, Slice of Life |
| Status | Finished |
| Author | Sakisaka, Io |
| Publisher | Shueisha |
| Chapters | 53 |
This manga is easier to comprehend as the story can be related to some parts of our everyday life. So, it’s going to be easier for everyone to understand!
Ao Haru Ride tells us the story of a peculiar girl named Futaba. While many girls crave boys’ attention, Futaba wants exactly the opposite! Since she’s super cute, many boys in middle school gave her a lot of attention. So, the girls in her class started hating her and shunned her as well. This resulted in Futaba having little to no friends.
But little did she know that her life would take a massive turn as her first love Kou returns after disappearing for a long time. However, Kou hadn’t been the same boy he was yet Futaba still felt the same for him and wished to go back to the good old days!
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24. Lovely Complex
| Title | Lovely Complex |
| Genre | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Status | Finished |
| Author | Nakahara, Aya |
| Publisher | Shueisha |
| Chapters | 176 |
This is the story of two nemesis named Risa Kozumi and Atsushi Ootani. Risa comes to know that Atsushi Ootani is interested in her friend and wants to team up with him. Just like that, Risa is also interested in her friend and wants to win her crush The two decide to pair up. However, all in vain. Their crushes fall for each other instead, leaving them baffled.
After that incident, they decide to cheer each other up and find out they have a lot similarities. Could love exist between both of them? To find out, watch Lovely Complex!
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23. Blue Flag
| Title | Blue Flag |
| Genre | Romance |
| Status | Finished |
| Author | KAITO |
| Publisher | Shueisha |
| Chapters | 54 |
Good old romance manga will surely get you in the manga medium. So, let’s talk about Blue Flag’s story! It tells us the story of Taichi Ichinose who shares a class with one of his popular childhood friends named Touma Mita. Taichi has a shy and clumsy classfellow in whom he sees a glimpse of himself. She’s Futaba Kuze.
One day, Taichi encounters her at the library and that’s when Taichi finds out that he actually likes Touma. He decided to help her at the library. Now, if you want to find out whether our boy confesses his love to Futaba, read Blue Flag! A romance manga can never go wrong for beginners!
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22. Yu Yu Hakusho
| Title | Yu Yu Hakusho |
| Genre | Action, Comedy, Drama, Supernatural |
| Status | Finished |
| Author | Togashi, Yoshihiro |
| Publisher | Shueisha |
| Chapters | 176 |
Action-packed manga, Yu Yu Hakusho tells us the story of a teenage delinquent known as Yusuke Urameshi. One strange day, he gets struck by a car while trying to save a child from getting run over. In the afterlife, he becomes a Spirit Detective. Now, he’s a detective who has to investigate several cases that mostly revolve around demons and other spirits. Imagine being a delinquent and then turning into a detective as soon as you get into an accident. The plot sounds amusing, right? So, if you’re a beginner who has never read any manga, Yu Yu Hakusho might not be a bad pick!
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21. The Disastrous Life of Saiki K
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| Title | The Disastrous Life of Saiki K |
| Genre | Comedy, Supernatural |
| Status | Finished |
| Author | Asou, Shuuichi |
| Publisher | Shueisha |
| Chapters | 290 |
The Disastrous Life of Saiki K has a clean and comedic story that can be easy to comprehend. So, the story revolves around a not-so-average high schooler named Saiki K who has psychic powers. He wears green glasses and there are pink antenna-like structures on his head that make him stand out from the rest of the characters.
All Saiki wants is some peace. However, his class fellows are unable to give him peace. They keep on creating troubles for him that force Saiki to use his supernatural psychic powers!
Related: Saiki K Watch Order!
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20. Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku
| Title | Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku |
| Genre | Action |
| Status | Finished |
| Author | Kaku, Yuuji |
| Publisher | Shueisha |
| Chapters | 128 |
This manga revolves around a former assassin named Gabimaru who is a hollow being sentenced to death for committing any crimes that brought him to the executioner. As he accepted the reality of being executed, he prepared to meet the afterlife!
However, he met Yamada Asaemon Sagiri who’s going to a life-threatening island that holds the Elixir of Life. After he knew about it, he decided to fight in order to stay alive! So many other people are after this Elixir. So, Gabimaru has to stay with his guard up all the time!
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19. Spy X Family
| Title | Spy X Family |
| Genre | Action, Comedy |
| Status | Unknown |
| Author | Endou, Tatsuya |
| Publisher | Shueisha |
| Chapters | Unknown |
What’s more entertaining than your own family when your father is a spy and your mother is an assassin? Well, it could possibly be you with the telepathic abilities only if you were Anya! Yep! Spy X Family tells us the story about a unique family with a lot of heroes in it.
For instance, Loid Forger is an undercover spy who comes across a hidden assassin aka Yor Forger. Together, they raise a girl named Anya who has telepathic abilities! Spy X Family is truly an interesting story that gets you engaged in it. So, if you want to become a compulsory manga reader, try Spy X Family!
Related: Spy X Family READ+WATCH Order!
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18. Orange
| Title | Orange |
| Genre | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi |
| Status | Finished |
| Author | Takeno, Ichigo |
| Publisher | Seven Seas Entertainment |
| Chapters | 38 |
Orange tells us about a second year high schooler named Naho Takamiya and her confusion regarding receiving letters from her future self. Her future self mostly warns her to not take a wrong step and to prevent her from regretting anything!
Imagine you get a letter from your future self, telling you everything that’s going to happen! Wouldn’t that be so cool? Anyways, Naho gets warned about a transfer student named Kakeru Naruse and how she is instructed to do things to help him.
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17. Akira
| Title | Akira |
| Genre | Action, Sci-Fi |
| Status | Finished |
| Author | Otomo, Katsuhiro |
| Publisher | Kodansha |
| Chapters | 120 |
Are you guys into post-apocalyptic stories? If yes then Akira manga is surely your pick! Akira tells us about post-apocalyptic and futuristic “Neo-Tokyo” and a biker gang leader known as Shotaro Kaneda along with other legends including a trio of espers and military leaders!
Kaneda’s childhood friend is an unbalanced person who wants to awaken a suspicious yet mysterious entity with horrifying abilities. This entity is called Akira! This action-packed and sci-fi story is going to blow your mind since it has a lot of cyberpunk aspects too!
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16. Assassination Classroom
| Title | Assassination Classroom |
| Genre | Action, Comedy |
| Status | Finished |
| Author | Matsu, Yuusei |
| Publisher | Shueisha |
| Chapters | 187 |
Imagine having a manipulative teacher who literally threatens to destroy the whole planet after your school year is over! What will you do? Kill the teacher or wait for your death?
Just like that, in Assassination Classroom, the students of Class-Emust kill an octopus-like alienwho claims to be their teacher in order to save the Earth and all the people at their school! Doesn’t the story intrigue you? Well, if you really want to get into the manga medium, try Assassination Classroom as well! I’m sure you’re going to love it!
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15. Way of the Househusband
| Title | The Way of the Househusband |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Status | Unknown |
| Author | Oono, Kousuke |
| Publisher | Shinchosha |
| Chapters | Unknown |
Our main character is known as “Immortal Tetsu” who can easily defeated a whole gang with his single hand! This overpowered MC can make police officers strike in fear! However, there was a sudden change in his profession that made him a househusband!
He was just getting used to doing household chores when he found out that there are a lot of challenges for him on his way to the supermarket and whatnot! If you want to see the life of an “average house husband who was a delinquent”, check out this manga!
This manga is good for beginners and the story is portrayed in a simple yet fun way! So, we can never go wrong with manga like the Way of the Househusband!
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14. O-Parts Hunter
| Title | O-Parts Hunter |
| Genre | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy |
| Status | Finished |
| Author | Kishimoto, Masashi |
| Publisher | Square Enix |
| Chapters | 78 |
This is the story of a teenager named Jio who wants to follow the footsteps of his father and become a treasure hunter! He comes across the treasure hunter Ruby and learns about powerful weapons like O-Parts and also those people who could use this weapon!
Since Jio faced a lot of hardships and hold a dark past, money is everything for him. However, he starts his journey of finding the treasure and Ruby becomes his bodyguard! But after a whie, Ruby stops working as a bodyguard and gets kidnapped by Satan. Now, Jio has to rescue her finding out that he himself is a O.P.T.S.
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13. Death Note
| Title | Death Note |
| Genre | Supernatural, Suspense |
| Status | Finished |
| Author | Obata, Takeshi |
| Publisher | Shueisha |
| Chapters | 181 |
Death Note tells us the story of Light Yagami who comes across a suspicious notebook known as the Death Note. When he wrote someone’s name on the notebook, that person died! So, Light Yagami started to use it for the betterment of the world.
Our Boy Light decided to eradicate the criminals by writing their names into the notebook and making them die of a heart attack. When the high level detectives saw the crime rate going down and the deathrate going up, they got suspicious and decided to work on this case. Thus, a war between Light Yagami and the detectives broke out!
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12. Angel Densetsu
| Title | Angel Densetsu |
| Genre | Action, Comedy, Romance |
| Status | Finished |
| Author | Yagi, Norihiro |
| Publisher | Shueisha |
| Chapters | 89 |
Angel Densetsu is a story about a naive and kind boy named Seiichirou Kitano. He has the heart of an angel but looks like a devil. Have you guys ever come across such a person who looks like a devil but has a kind heart?
Well, if you haven’t then I’m sure you might be pretty curious to find out about Seiichirou Kitano. You might as well try to read Angel Densetsu and learn about the misunderstandings that Seiichiro comes across.
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11. Cowa!
| Title | Cowa! |
| Genre | Comedy, Horror, Supernatural |
| Status | Finished |
| Author | Toriyama, Akira |
| Publisher | Shueisha |
| Chapters | 14 |
Cowa tells us about weird monsters named Paifu. There’s an outbreak of this terminal disease in their town.This manga tells us about the journey of different characters finding the solution of his terminal disease that can be rather fatal for the people living in the town!
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10. GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka
| Title | Great Teacher Onizuka |
| Genre | Action, Comedy, Drama |
| Status | Finished |
| Author | Fujisawa, Tooru |
| Publisher | Kodansha |
| Chapters | 208 |
GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka tells us about the ex-biker gang’s leader named Eikichi Onizuka who aims to become one of the BEST teachers in Japan. However, this passion is not teaching but it’s about coming across a loving teenage wife for him when he’s old. The story is quite amusing and is set in high school, so it’s quite easy to understand! Make sure you give GTO a go!
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9. Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer
| Title | Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer |
| Genre | Action, Supernatural, Suspense |
| Status | Finished |
| Author | Young King, OURs GH |
| Publisher | Shonen Gahosha |
| Chapters | 65 |
Yuuhi Amamiya’s life takes a turn when Sir Noi Crezant who’s a talking lizard claims to be a knight of justice. He explains that the world is in danger by mage Amius who wishes to destroy it with his Biscuit Hammer. It’s a giant structure suspended in Earth’s orbit. Now, Yuuhi must fight with Biscuit Hammer to save the planet and destroy the Knight!
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8. Rent A Girlfriend
| Title | Rent A Girlfriend |
| Genre | Comedy, Romance |
| Status | Unknown |
| Author | Miyajima, Reiji |
| Publisher | Kodansha |
| Chapters | Unknown |
Rom-com stories are always easy to comprehend, right? Thus, we gotanother amazing recommendation for you guys if you’re a beginner! Rent A Girlfriend has a really sweet and comedic story. It tells us about a college student named Kazuya who got dumped by his girlfriend.
However, one day, he comes across a mobile app where you can just rent a girlfriend for yourself! That’s when he comes across a girl named Chizuru Mizuhara who starts to fill the void inside her heart and gets rented out as his girlfriend!
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7. Demon Slayer
| Title | Demon Slayer |
| Genre | Action, Fantasy |
| Status | Finished |
| Author | Gotouge, Koyoharu |
| Publisher | Shueisha |
| Chapters | 207 |
Demon Slayer revolves around Tanjiro Kamado, a boy who saw the murderof his family right before his own eyes. Some demons were sent to kill his family. Witnessing such an event, he decided to become a Demon Slayer and joined the Corps after training himself and by passing the test!
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6. Kaguya Sama: Love is War
| Title | Kaguya Sama: Love is War |
| Genre | Comedy, Romance |
| Status | Unknown |
| Author | Akasaka, Aka |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
| Chapters | Unknown |
Love is war indeed! In this story, two smart students come up with clever schemes to make one another confess their love for them. Our main characters are Kaguya and Miyuki. Yes, they are in love but they want the other person to confess their love first! So, it’s quite an interesting manga, even for beginners! So, how about you give Kaguya Sama: Love is War a try?
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5. Reincarnated As A Slime
| Title | Reincarnated As A Slime |
| Genre | Action, Adventure, Fantasy |
| Status | Unknown |
| Author | Kawakami, Taiki, Fuse |
| Publisher | Kodansha |
| Chapters | Unknown |
Who hasn’t heard of this banger manga? Reincarnated As A Slime is the story of Satoru Mikami who’s a corporate slave. One day, he got murdered and as a result, he got reincarnated as a slime into the world of goblins and other monsters. This manga tells us about the adventures of Satoru Mikami into a completely different world.
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4. Chainsaw Man Part 1
| Title | Chainsaw Man |
| Genre | Action, Supernatural |
| Status | Unknown |
| Author | Fujimoto, Tatsuki |
| Publisher | Viz Media |
| Chapters | Unknown |
I feel like Chainsaw Man is going to be one of the BEST manga/anime of all time. It tells us about Denji was a broke boy who got betrayed by his boss.His life turned upside down as he came across Makima!
Denji is a young man who makes a contract with a dog-like devil named Pochita that gives him the superpower of transforming his body parts into chainsaws! After witnessing such amusing power, Makima who’s working for Public Safety Devil Hunter decides to hire Denji and use him to eradicate other devils!
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3. Jujutsu Kaisen
| Title | Jujutsu Kaisen |
| Genre | Action, Fantasy |
| Status | Unknown |
| Author | Akutami, Gege |
| Publisher | Shueisha |
| Chapters | Unknown |
Jujutsu Kaisen is also one of the BEST picks here if you’re a beginner. This manga tells us about the story of Yuuji Itadori who’s facing the consequences of his own actions. By that, I mean that he swallowed a cursed finger which made him a host to the evil spirit called Sukuna. Now, he has to fight other evil creatures alongside interacting with Sukuna.
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2. Komi Can’t Communicate
| Title | Komi Can’t Communicate |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Status | Unknown |
| Author | Oda, Tomohito |
| Publisher | Viz Media |
| Chapters | Unknown |
Komi Can’t Communicate starts off with Shouko Komi’s first day at a prestigious school. She’s already popular at her school for her looks and intimidating gaze. Although she’s quite popular yet there’s a problem! She is very bad at communicating with people. But her newly made friend Tadano kun has her back! He promised her that he will make Komi have 100 friends! It’s a really simple and cute story that is best for beginners!
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1. Attack On Titan
| Title | Attack On Titan |
| Genre | Action, Drama |
| Status | Finished |
| Author | Isayama, Hajime |
| Publisher | Kodansha |
| Chapters | 141 |
Attack On Titan is definitely one of the most interesting manga of all time! If you’ve never read it, you’re blessed but also unlucky since you’re missing out on a lot. However, if you want to get into the manga medium, you should definitely try reading Attack On Titan.
It follows the story of Eren Jaeger and his adventures following Titans destroying his hometown. In fact, he lost his mother at such a young age right before his eyes! So, if you want to find out more about him, read AOT!
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Conclusion
That concludes our list of BEST Manga for Beginners! I really hope you guys enjoyed the list and found the perfect recommendation for you! Do let us know which manga will be your first ever manga in the comments down below! All of these manga have something special about them but you wouldn’t know unless you give them a try!
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