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New Manga to Pick Up in 2022

New manga for 2022 is being announced and what’s been revealed so far has us excited for new year!

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2021 saw a ton of new manga releases, including Dai Dark, Fist of the North Star, Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead, and more. New manga for 2022 is being announced and what’s been revealed so far has us excited about what publishers, like Viz, Kodansha, Yen Press, Seven Seas, and more, have in store for us in the new year.

Check out all of the new manga as well as all of the new manga editions that are releasing in 2022 below! I’ve included them all in a release schedule, but if you are looking for more details on each, such as synopses, cover art, and preorder links, I’ve included that all on this post as well. Keep in mind that estimated arrival dates are subject to delay or change and may vary depending on where you preorder them from.

I’ve also included all of the new manhwa that are being printed in 2022, including a Solo Leveling manga box set, in this post as well. If you are interested in manhwa or are just getting into manhwa, check out my favorite places to read manhwa. Want to check out the new manga releasing in 2022 before their release? Here are the best places to read manga online legally.

If you want to see all of the continuing manga volumes that will be released in 2022 in addition to all of the new manga that’s listed on this post, check out the 2022 Continuing Manga Release Schedule. That said, here are all of the new manga you can shop in 2022.

New Manga Releasing in 2022

Upcoming Manga January 2022

Upcoming Manga February 2022

Upcoming Manga March 2022

Upcoming Manga April 2022

Upcoming Manga May 2022

Upcoming Manga June 2022

Upcoming Manga July 2022

  • The Elusive Samurai – July 5, 2022
  • Under Ninja – July 5, 2022
  • I’ll Never Be Your Crown Princess! – July 5, 2022
  • Go For It Again Nakamura!! – July 5, 2022
  • Princess Knight: New Omnibus Edition – July 12, 2022
  • Box of Light – July 12, 2022
  • Correspondence from the End of the Universe – July 12, 2022
  • Tsubaki-Chou Lonely Planet – July 19, 2022
  • A Returner’s Magic Should Be Special – July 19, 2022
  • Tales of the Kingdom – July 19, 2022
  • See You Tomorrow at the Food Court – July 19, 2022
  • Kowloon Generic Romance – July 19, 2022
  • Dungeon People – July 19, 2022
  • Tokyo Revengers Omnibus 1 – July 26, 2022
  • The Liminal Zone – July 26, 2022
  • Yuri Espoir – July 26, 2022
  • Afro Samurai – July 26, 2022
  • World End Solte – July 26, 2022
  • The Tunnel to Summer The Exit of Goodbyes Ultramarine – July 26, 2022
  • Sakurai-San Wants To Be Noticed – July 26, 2022
  • Pulse Graphic – July 26, 2022

Upcoming Manga August 2022

  • Bleach 20th Anniversary Edition 1 – August 2, 2022
  • Kemono Jihen – August 9, 2022
  • Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou Omnibus Collection 1 – August 9, 2022
  • The Iceblade Sorcerer Shall Rule the World – August 9, 2022
  • GAME Between the Suits – August 9, 2022
  • Rooster Fighter – August 16, 2022
  • Ramen Wolf and Curry Tiger – August 23, 2022
  • My [Repair] Skill Became a Versatile Cheat, So I Think I’ll Open a Weapon Shop – August 23, 2022
  • MoMo The Blood Taker – August 23, 2022
  • Spriggan Deluxe Edition 1 – August 30, 2022

Upcoming Manga September 2022

  • Shangri-La Frontier – September 6, 2022
  • Magia Record Puella Magi Madoka Magica Another Story – September 6, 2022
  • Noragami Omnibus 1 – September 13, 2022
  • Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid in Full Color: Chromatic Edition – September 13, 2022
  • My Happy Marriage – September 13, 2022
  • Ladies on Top – September 13, 2022
  • I Was Reincarnated as the 7th Prince, So I’ll Take My Time Perfecting My Magical Ability – September 13, 2022
  • Love Nest – September 13, 2022
  • No Longer Heroine – September 13, 2022
  • Look Back – September 20, 2022
  • Monotone Blue – September 20, 2022
  • As a Reincarnated Aristocrat, I’ll Use My Appraisal Skill to Rise in the World – September 20, 2022
  • Anti-Romance Special Edition – September 20, 2022
  • His Majesty the Demon King’s Housekeeper – September 20, 2022
  • The (Pet) Detective Agency – September 20, 2022
  • Josee the Tiger and the Fish Manga – September 20, 2022
  • Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe – September 27, 2022
  • Shonen Note: Boy Soprano – September 27, 2022
  • Miss Miyazen Would Love to Get Closer to You – September 27, 2022
  • Crossplay Love: Otaku x Punk – September 27, 2022
  • Dinosaur Sanctuary – September 27, 2022
  • The Infernal Devices The Complete Trilogy – September 27, 2022
  • Cats and Sugar Bowls – September 27, 2022
  • A Chinese Fantasy: The Dragon King’s Daughter – September 27, 2022
  • Lazy Dungeon Master – September 27, 2022
  • On or Off – September 27, 2022

Upcoming Manga October 2022

  • Dissolving Classroom Collector’s Edition – October 4, 2022
  • Romantic Killer – October 4, 2022
  • Thunderbolt Fantasy Omnibus 1 – October 4, 2022
  • Night of the Living Cat – October 4, 2022
  • The Summer You Were There – October 4, 2022
  • Free Life Fantasy Online: Immortal Princess – October 4, 2022
  • Unnamed Memory – October 4, 2022
  • Gahi-chan! – October 4, 2022
  • Imaginary – October 4, 2022
  • SHWD – October 4, 2022
  • Dandadan – October 11, 2022
  • The Evil Secret Society of Cats – October 11, 2022
  • Nana & Kaoru – October 11, 2022
  • ATOM The Beginning – October 11, 2022
  • Rakuda Laughs! – October 11, 2022
  • Hunting in Another World With My Elf Wife – October 11, 2022
  • Is Love the Answer? – October 11, 2022
  • Usotoki Rhetoric – October 13, 2022
  • Mission Yozakura Family – October 18, 2022
  • My Hero Academia Manga Box Set 1 – October 18, 2022
  • Candy & Cigarettes – October 18, 2022
  • Thermae Romae Manga Omnibus – October 18, 2022
  • The Executioner and Her Way of Life – October 18, 2022
  • Drip Drip – October 18, 2022
  • PTSD Radio – October 18, 2022
  • Sweat and Soap Manga Box Set 1 – October 18, 2022
  • Go, Go, Loser Ranger! – October 18, 2022
  • Sasaki and Peeps – October 18, 2022
  • She Loves to Cook and She Loves to Eat – October 18, 2022
  • Be Very Afraid of Inuki Kanako – October 18, 2022
  • I Kept Pressing the 100 Million Year Button and Came Out on Top – October 18, 2022
  • The Saint’s Magic Power is Omnipotent: The Other Saint – October 18, 2022
  • I Got Fired as a Court Wizard so Now I’m Moving to the Country to Become a Magic Teacher – October 18, 2022
  • No. 6 Omnibus 1 – October 22, 2022
  • Solo Leveling Manga Box Set 1 (Barnes & Noble Exclusive) – October 25, 2022
  • KATANAGATARI Paperback Edition – October 25, 2022
  • Black Paradox – October 25, 2022
  • Run Away With Me, Girl – October 25, 2022
  • Die Even More Valiantly – October 25, 2022
  • Yokai Cats – October 25, 2022

Upcoming Manga November 2022

  • NOiSE – November 1, 2022
  • The Ghost in the Shell Fully Compiled Edition – November 1, 2022
  • Blue Box – November 1, 2022
  • No Longer Human Complete Edition – November 1, 2022
  • Ex-Yakuza and Stray Kitten – November 1, 2022
  • Ayakashi Triangle – November 1, 2022
  • Let’s Buy the Land and Cultivate It in a Different World – November 1, 2022
  • Shuna’s Journey – November 1, 2022
  • The Witcher Ronin – November 1, 2022
  • Tokyo Aliens – November 8, 2022
  • Beyond The Promised Neverland Short Stories Collection – November 8, 2022
  • True Beauty – November 8, 2022
  • Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii – November 8, 2022
  • Avant-garde Yumeko – November 8, 2022
  • Rent-A-Girlfriend Manga Box Set 1 – November 8, 2022
  • Though I Am an Inept Villainess: Tale of the Butterfly-Rat Body Swap in the Maiden Court – November 8, 2022
  • Beast Code – November 14, 2022
  • An Older Guy’s VR First Love – November 15, 2022
  • The Solitary Gourmet Manga Omnibus – November 15, 2022
  • Futari Escape – November 15, 2022
  • Parasyte Full Color Collection 1 – November 15, 2022
  • Hirano and Kagiura – November 22, 2022
  • Coffee Moon – November 22, 2022
  • Kamen Rider Kuuga – November 22, 2022
  • So What’s Wrong with Getting Reborn as a Goblin? – November 22, 2022
  • The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy – November 22, 2022
  • The Gay Who Turned Kaiju – November 22, 2022
  • Touring After the Apocalypse – November 22, 2022
  • You Like Me Not My Daughter?! – November 22, 2022
  • The Wrong Way To Use Healing Magic – November 22, 2022
  • Fire Force Omnibus 1 – November 22, 2022
  • Sirius Twin Stars – November 22, 2022
  • Wistoria: Wand and Sword – November 29, 2022
  • I Get the Feeling That Nobukuni-San Likes Me – November 29, 2022
  • In the Clear Moonlit Dusk – November 29, 2022

Upcoming Manga December 2022

  • Rainbow Days – December 6, 2022
  • Our Torsos Align: Human x Monster Love – December 6, 2022
  • Shy – December 13, 2022
  • K-ON! The Complete Omnibus Edition – December 13, 2022
  • Puella Magi Oriko Magica – December 13, 2022
  • Les Miserables Manga Omnibus – December 13, 2022
  • The Hunters Guild Red Hood – December 13, 2022
  • Run Away with Me Girl – December 13, 2022
  • YoRHa Pearl Harbor Descent Record A NieR Automata Story – December 13, 2022
  • A Home Far Away – December 13, 2022
  • The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses – December 13, 2022
  • I’m The Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire! – December 13, 2022
  • River’s Edge – December 13, 2022
  • Captain Corinth The Galactic Navy Officer Becomes an Adventurer – December 13, 2022
  • Mermaid Scales and the Town of Sand – December 20, 2022
  • My Cute Little Kitten – December 20, 2022
  • Entangled with You the Garden of 100 Grasses – December 20, 2022
  • The Girl from the Other Side Siuil a Run [.Dear] Side Stories – December 20, 2022
  • No Longer Allowed in Another World – December 27, 2022
  • Backstabbed in a Backwater Dungeon – December 27, 2022

Where to Preorder Manga

To learn more about each of these manga sites and why I like buying from them, check out the best manga bookstores and sites!

All of the New Manga Releasing in 2022

You can learn more about all of the new manga coming in 2022 and find out what sites have them up for preorder below!

The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse Manga New Manga 2022

The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse Manga

By Nakaba Suzuki (The Seven Deadly Sins)

Publisher: Kodansha

Synopsis: Return to the magical and thrilling world of Britannia with this new adventure from the creator of The Seven Deadly Sins, the manga that inspired the No. 1 hit Netflix Original Anime! Four Knights of the Apocalypse is a new story in the world of The Seven Deadly Sins, but can be enjoyed totally on its own!

Percival has always lived with his grandfather on the idyllic, remote God’s Finger. And though Percival loves the simple life, he longs for adventure. That is, until adventure comes knocking at his door, tearing away everything he’s ever known and leaving him alone in the world. Now Percival has no choice but to go out into the world and see what it holds…after all, it’s his destiny!

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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Stories of Water and Flame Manga New Manga 2022

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Stories of Water and Flame Manga

By Ryoji Hirano (Teito Seihai Kitan: Fate/type Redline), Based on a story by Koyoharu Gotouge (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)

Publisher: Viz

Synopsis: Savage demons devour unsuspecting humans in Taisho-era Japan. The Demon Slayer Corps wields special swords to end the devastation demons spread. Giyu Tomioka—the sole Water Hashira—and Kyojuro Rengoku—a high-ranking Kinoe—travel on missions to eliminate demons and prove their mettle as two of the fiercest Demon Slayers.

Giyu heads north toward an area where hunters have been killed. He and the Insect Hashira meet Yae, the daughter of a slain hunter. Yae believes a bear killed her father, but the truth is harder to endure. Kyojuro also receives his newest assignment and hopes completing it will prove he’s worthy of becoming the Flame Hashira, the title his father abandoned. An explosive battle unfolds as Kyojuro takes on a demon of the Twelve Kizuki with a grudge against Kyojuro’s father.

Viz released a Demon Slayer Complete Box Set in the Fall of 2021.

Demon Slayer also has an anime that began releasing in 2019. The new season, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc, is releasing in the Winter 2022 anime season! In the mean time, here are some anime like Demon Slayer that are worth checking out!

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Bomba! Manga New Manga 2022

Bomba! Manga

By Osamu Tezuka (Astro Boy, Dororo)

Publisher: Vertical

Synopsis: Tetsu is a seemingly normal student, whose passionate love for his teacher turns violent in the most unexpected of ways when another suitor attempts to stand between them. Haunted by his family’s past, he must learn to navigate his desire and quell his rage if he hopes to find peace and solace in his relationships with others.

Osamu Tezuka’s masterful artwork and irrepressibly creative page layouts reach a feverish peak in depicting the manifestation of the tortured youth’s explosive angst. Thematically rich yet instinctively relatable, Bomba! deftly weaves an exploration of the complex nature of friendship and the lasting psychological ravages of war into its tale of love, jealousy, revenge, and redemption.

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Record of Ragnarok Manga New Manga 2022

Record of Ragnarok Manga

By Shinya Umemura, Takumi Fukui, and Azychika

Publisher: Viz

Synopsis: Once every millennium, the gods assemble to decide if humanity is worthy of its continued existence or if it should be destroyed! When the verdict is destruction, the final battle between the gods and mortal heroes will decide the survival or extinction of the human race—a battle known as Ragnarok!

The Valkyrie Brunhilde has convinced the gods to give humanity a chance at redemption through combat in the Valhalla arena. Seeking a quick end to the proceedings, the gods present their first fighter: Thor, the Norse god of thunder. Facing him is a warrior said to be the strongest in the history of mankind, the legendary general Lü Bu!

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Under Ninja Manga New Manga 2022

Under Ninja Manga

By Kengo Hanazawa (I Am a Hero)

Publisher: DENPA

Synopsis: A high school loner is given the part-time job of a lifetime as a modern day ninja tasked to perform international assassinations. After World War II, Allied Command in Japan developed a new agency to help manage terrorism and violence within the Pacific region.

The agency was staffed with ninja and they were initially tasked to handle domestic affairs. Eventually that program grew to its current form, managing 20,000 ninja across a range of domestic and international affairs. One of those ninja happens to be Kudo. The seventeen-year-old high school loser is now poised to be the next line of defense against a potential surge in foreign assassins invading Tokyo.

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Deadpool Samurai Manga New Manga 2022

Deadpool Samurai Manga

By Sanshiro Kasama and Hikaru Uesugi

Publisher: Viz

Synopsis: Everyone’s favorite Merc with a Mouth is back! As a member of the newly formed Samurai Squad, Deadpool moves to Tokyo, where he soon runs afoul of some familiar faces. Whether he’s teaming up with new heroes, battling gods, attending concerts, or being repeatedly dismembered, Deadpool always brings chaos and his characteristic sense of humor along with him!

Deadpool lands in Tokyo with a bang! Several bangs in a row, actually. Plus a few slashes, a thud, a fwoosh or two, and finally, a huge kaboom! What could possibly go wrong when Iron Man invites Deadpool to the Samurai Squad of the Avengers? After all, Deadpool is just in it for the money and the trip to Japan. This is fine, right?

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Came The Mirror & Other Tales Manga New Manga 2022

Came The Mirror & Other Tales Manga

By Rumiko Takahashi (Inuyasha)

Publisher: Viz

Synopsis: Five intimate magical-realist tales from manga legend Rumiko Takahashi! A supernatural mirror compels a teenager to draw out and destroy the evil lurking within others. But will his duty destroy him? A has-been manga creator acquires the power to curse his competition. Is it worth it? A pet cat plays human matchmaker—warning, side effects may include partial transmogrification.

Plus, a rare, behind-the-scenes autobiographical story about Takahashi’s lifelong love affair with manga!

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Banished From the Hero's Party, I Decided to Live a Quiet Life in the Countryside Manga New Manga 2022

Banished From the Hero’s Party, I Decided to Live a Quiet Life in the Countryside Manga

By Zappon, Masahiro Ikeno and Yasumo

Publisher: Yen Press

Synopsis: Despite being the bearer of the powerful Divine Blessing of the Guide, Red has been banished from the Hero’s party. Listless, he decides to head to the frontier and hatches a plan to spend his days working an easy apothecary job. Thus begins his new life!

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Classroom of The Elite Manga New Manga 2022

Classroom of The Elite Manga

By Syougo Kinugasa and Yuyu Ichino

Publisher: Seven Seas

Synopsis: Students of the prestigious Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Nurturing High School are given remarkable freedom—if they can win, barter, or save enough points to work their way up the ranks! Ayanokouji Kiyotaka has landed at the bottom in the scorned Class D, where he meets Horikita Suzune, who’s determined to rise up the ladder to Class A. Can they beat the system in a school where cutthroat competition is the name of the game?

In other news, Classroom of the Elite Season 2 and 3 are confirmed!

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DARLING in the FRANXX Manga Omnibus New Manga 2022

Darling in the Franxx Manga Omnibus

By Code:000 and Kentaro Yabuki (Black Cat, To Love Ru, Ayakashi Triangle)

Publisher: Ghost Ship

Synopsis: Darling in the Franxx is releasing in an omnibus format. Each omnibus collects two volumes of the series.

In a devastated post-apocalyptic future, Earth is a ruinous wasteland. Humanity’s only remaining strongholds are mobile fortress cities called Plantations. Massive beasts known as klaxosaurs, the planet’s new apex predators, have pushed mankind to the edge of extinction, and within the walls of the Plantations, things are no less dire.

Humans no longer love or reproduce–adults live on in sterile immortality while children are regarded as nothing more than parasites, artificially created to pair up and pilot the Plantations’ giant defense robots known as Franxx.

Former child whiz kid Hiro fails out of the piloting program after falling out of sync with his co-pilot, and a fateful decision to skip his group’s graduation ceremony puts him on a collision course with a horned girl known as Zero Two, whose co-pilots always end up dead. She claims Hiro as her “darling,” but what can that word even mean in such a loveless world?

Learn more about Darling in the Franxx Omnibus and why it’s one of the best new ecchi manga!

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Sailor Moon Naoko Takeuchi Collection New Manga 2022

Sailor Moon Naoko Takeuchi Collection

By Naoko Takeuchi (Sailor Moon)

Publisher: Kodansha

Synopsis: Sailor Moon Naoko Takeuchi Collection Manga Volume 1 features story and art by Naoko Takeuchi and features the updated translation and high page count of the Sailor Moon Eternal Edition in a more affordable, portable edition.

Perfect to go wherever you or the magical guardian in your life want to take it! Teenager Usagi is not the best athlete, she’s never gotten good grades, and, well, she’s a bit of a crybaby. But when she meets a talking cat, she begins a journey that will teach her she has a well of great strength just beneath the surface and the heart to inspire and stand up for her friends as Sailor Moon!

In other Sailor Moon news, Primitive released a Sailor Moon collection!

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Links Manga New Manga 2022

By Natsuki Kizu (Given)

You may already know Natsuki Kizu as the creator of Given. Given has an anime as well that ended up becoming one of our top anime of 2019. Read more on why we think Given is worth watching!

Publisher: Sublime

Synopsis: An ensemble of interconnected romance stories from one of the hottest creators of yaoi manga. A collection of intertwining stories covering four not-quite lovers as they find what links them together.

Akiba plays the piano and reminisces about Yahiko, a friend with benefits he can’t quite bring himself to call his lover, despite how freely the man cares for him.

Despite their constant bickering, Sado and Nakajo appear close enough to be lovers. But Nakajo has convinced himself he can never have Sado, which leads him to stay by his side while simultaneously looking for ways to hate him.

Shibata is an overly friendly older man who rather insistently hits on Sekiya, a socially awkward radio DJ. Even with his DJ persona, Sekiya has a hard time expressing the roil of emotions within him.

Kameda and Ogikawa get to know each other thanks to a stray cat. The two spend lazy days together, eating, drinking, and playing with their cat, all without calling it love.

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Pokémon Adventures X•Y Manga Viz Manga Spring 2022

Pokémon Adventures X•Y Manga

By Hidenori Kusaka and Satoshi Yamamoto

Publisher: Vertical

Synopsis: Awesome Pokémon adventures inspired by the best-selling Pokémon X and Y video games! X was a Pokémon Trainer child prodigy. He hated the shine of the spotlight, so he took to hiding in his room and avoiding everyone—including his best friend Y. But now a surprise attack has brought X out of hiding!

X, the champion of the Pokémon Battle Junior Tournament in the Kalar region, reluctantly ends his self-imposed exile when his hometown of Vanville is suddenly in big trouble. Can the reclusive X and the heroic Y help their friends ward off two Legendary Pokémon and the mysterious Team Flare?!

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Daily Report About My Witch Senpai Manga New Manga 2022

Daily Report About My Witch Senpai Manga

By Maka Mochida

Publisher: Seven Seas

Synopsis: Misono is an office drone with his own ups and downs at work, but thankfully, he has an ally: his senpai Shizuka, who happens to be a witch. Shizuka is always ready to lend a hand to those in need, but Misono thinks she should take better care of herself, since zipping around on a broomstick to run errands can be quite stressful.

Is Misono’s over-solicitous concern for Shizuka driven by mere respect for this flustered witch, or could it be more? Let this magical romantic comedy cast its spell on you!

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Blackguard Manga Kodansha New Manga

Blackguard Manga

By Ryo Hanada (Devils’ Line)

Publisher: Vertical

Synopsis: The world is suddenly overrun by monsters called “shojo” and anyone who is bit by one is infected with a mysterious virus, which turns them into the same being. To defeat the shojo, humans live in “aerial cities” and formed units called “guards”. Nanao Minami, also known as the Blackguard, fights but without regard for his own life. What is his motivation and why does he want to die so readily?

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Welcome Back Alice Manga Kodansha New Manga

Welcome Back, Alice Manga

By Shuzo Oshimi (Blood on the Tracks, The Flowers of Evil)

Publisher: Vertical

Synopsis: Yohei, Kei and Yui are childhood friends and things get complicated when Yohei witnesses Kei and Yui in an intimate moment. But when Kei unexpectedly moves away and returns a few years later to reunite in high school, he seems to be a bit different.

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Tezuka New Omnibus Editions – Apollo’s Song, Princess Knight, Ode to Kirihito

Ode to Kirihito Manga Omnibus

By Osamu Tezuka (Astro Boy, Dororo)

Publisher: Vertical

Synopsis: A promising young doctor, Kirihito Osanai visits a remote Japanese mountain village to investigate the source of the latest medical mystery. While he ends up traveling the world to discover what it takes to be cured of such a disease, a conspiracy back home attempts to explain away his absence. Hinging upon his fate are those of his loved ones: an unstable childhood friend and colleague trapped between factions of the medical establishment that nurtured him; a fiancée emotionally transformed by Kirihito’s mysterious disappearance; and a stranger who becomes his guardian angel, a sensual circus-act performer with volatile psychological secrets.

From plutocratic Taipei and racially divided South Africa to backwater Arabia and modern Osaka, ambition and desire beckon “normal men” to behave uglier than any beast. Riveting our attention on deformity and its acceptance like The Elephant Man by David Lynch, Ode to Kirihito examines the true worth of human beings through and beyond appearances.

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Sensei’s Pious Lie Manga Kodansha New Manga

Sensei’s Pious Lie Manga

By Akane Torikai

Publisher: Vertical

Synopsis: Misuzu Hara is a 24-year-old high school teacher. Her peaceful days of instructing her students begin to change with the advent of her friend Minako’s fiancé, Hayafuji. What happened between them?

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Ima Koi Now I’m In Love Manga Viz Manga Spring 2022

Ima Koi: Now I’m In Love Manga

By Ayuko Hatta

Publisher: Viz

Synopsis: After missing out on love and dating because she was too shy to confess her feelings, high school student Satomi blurts out how she feels the next time she gets a crush—and it’s to her impossibly handsome schoolmate Yagyu!

To her surprise, he agrees to date her. Now that Satomi’s suddenly in a relationship, what next? Even though she can hardly believe it, Satomi is dating Yagyu. Being in love as part of a couple is now Satomi’s everyday reality. With how fast everything has gone and with Satomi still clueless about how dating is supposed to work, can she actually enjoy being in love?

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Viz Manga Spring 2022 - Dragon Quest The Adventure of Dai Manga

Dragon Quest The Adventure of Dai Manga

By Riku Sanjo and Koji Inada

Publisher: Viz

Synopsis: Dai lives on Dermline Island, where he dreams of being a hero. One day, when a group of heroes visits the island, Dai finally gets a chance to prove himself! But these visitors are not what they seem, and soon Dai finds himself fighting to protect the Golden Metal Slime these so-called heroes have come to abduct.

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Alice in Borderland Manga 2022

Alice in Borderland Manga

By Haro Aso (Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead, Hyde & Closer)

Publisher: Viz

Synopsis: Eighteen-year-old Ryohei Arisu is sick of his life. School sucks, his love life is a joke, and his future weighs on him like impending doom. As he struggles to exist in a world that can’t be bothered with him, Ryohei feels like everything would be better if he were anywhere else.

When a strange fireworks show transports him and his friends to a parallel world, Ryohei thinks all his wishes have come true. But this new world isn’t an empty paradise, it’s a vicious game. And the only way to survive is to play. The first game starts with a bang, but Ryohei manages to beat the clock and save his friends. It’s a short-lived victory, however, as they discover that winning only earns them a visa worth a few days’ grace period. If they want to get home, they’re going to have to start playing a lot harder.

Alice in Borderland, which is predominantly a death game manga, also has characteristics that make it a good horror manga.

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Island in a Puddle Manga Kei Sanbe Manga

Island in a Puddle Manga

By Kei Sanbe (Erased, For the Kid I Saw in My Dreams)

Publisher: Kodansha

Synopsis: The tiny apartment where Minato lives may as well be an isolated island in the middle of the ocean. Despite still being in elementary school, it falls on his shoulders to care for his little sister Nagisa, who never stops asking when their mother will make one of her infrequent visits home.

On one of those visits, their mother takes them to an amusement park, only to give Minato some cash and leave them on a Ferris wheel but as the wheel reaches the top, lightning strikes, and, instead of his sister, Minato sees the corpse of a woman… and, reflected in the glass looking back at him, an unfamiliar and menacing face!

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Viz Manga Spring 2022 Orochi: The Perfect Edition Manga

Orochi Manga The Perfect Edition

By Kazuo Umezz (The Drifting Classroom)

Publisher: Viz

Synopsis: A deluxe edition of Orochi, featuring all nine of the classic interconnected short stories by horror master Kazuo Umezz, the creator of The Drifting Classroom! These are hardcover releases.

In these intertwined short stories by horror master Kazuo Umezz, a mysterious young woman slithers her way into the lives of unsuspecting people like the legendary multitailed serpent for which she is named—Orochi.

Umezz’s classic horror manga opens with “Sisters,” in which Orochi affects the lives of two wealthy siblings who couldn’t be more alike… or more different. Next, in “Bones,” Orochi helps a man come back to life after a terrible accident, but resurrection can be a deadly business…

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Sakamoto Days Manga - Viz Manga Spring 2022

Sakamoto Days Manga

By Yuto Suzuki

Publisher: Viz

Synopsis: Taro Sakamoto was once a legendary hit man considered the greatest of all time. Bad guys feared him! Assassins revered him! But then one day he quit, got married, and had a baby. He’s now living the quiet life as the owner of a neighborhood store, but how long can Sakamoto enjoy his days of retirement before his past catches up to him?!

Time has passed peacefully for Sakamoto since he left the underworld. He’s running a neighborhood store with his lovely wife and child and has gotten a bit out of shape. But then one day a figure from his past pays him a visit with an offer he can’t refuse: return to the assassin world or die!

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Tezuka New Omnibus Editions – Apollo’s Song, Princess Knight, Ode to Kirihito

Apollo’s Song Manga Omnibus

By Osamu Tezuka (Astro Boy, Dororo)

Publisher: Vertical

Synopsis: Apollo’s Song follows the tragic journey of Shogo, a young man whose abusive childhood has instilled in him a loathing for love so profound he finds himself compelled to acts of violence when he is witness to any act of intimacy or affection whether by human or beast. His hate is such that the gods intervene, cursing Shogo to experience love throughout the ages ultimately to have it ripped from his heart every time.

From the Nazi atrocities of World War II to a dystopian future of human cloning, Shogo loses his heart, in so doing, healing the psychological scars of his childhood hatred. Master storyteller Osamu Tezuka’s Apollo’s Song is a lyrical tour-de-force on the human spirit, the destruction of hate, and the triumph of love.

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Devil Ecstasy Manga Kodansha New Manga

Devil Ecstasy Manga

By Shuzo Oshimi (Blood on the Tracks, The Flowers of Evil)

Synopsis: Noboru Kusakabe is an 18-year-old virgin college student who developed a trauma for big breasts. Desperately wanting to lose his virginity, Noboru and his friend discover a mysterious brothel called “Devil Ecstasy”. Although he was nervous about his first experience, Noboru is thrilled by a beautiful girl with small breasts named Meruru who holds a scary secret about the brothel!

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A Galaxy Next Door Manga Gido Amagakure Manga

A Galaxy Next Door Manga

By Gido Amagakure (Sweetness & Lightning)

Publisher: Kodansha

Synopsis: Since his parents died, manga artist Ichiro has barely scraped by, forced to support his two younger siblings on just a middle school education. He doesn’t even have time to learn how to use a computer, which forces him to keep wrestling with pen and paper. When his art assistants quit to strike out on their own, on top of juggling deadlines, family, and the constant fear of losing his job, Ichiro feel close to a total breakdown.

But then a new assistant pops into Ichiro’s life, and his prospects immediately start to brighten! She’s an incredible artist, she always finishes on time, and she’s beautiful, to boot! But she also seems to know an awful lot about him, and, soon, she makes a confession that bends Ichiro’s mind beyond the confines of Earth.

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Phantom of the Idol Manga

Phantom of the Idol Manga

By Hijiki Isoflavone

Publisher: Kodansha

Synopsis: Yuuya, one half of the boy pop duo ZINGS, may be the laziest performer in the Japanese music industry. His partner is out there giving 110% every night (and, thankfully, he’s quite popular), but Yuuya’s half-assed, sloppy dancing, and his frankly hostile attitude toward the audience, has the fans hating him and his agent looking for any excuse to cut him loose. The career of a pop idol just isn’t the path of easy leisure and adulation Yuuya expected.

After a particularly lifeless concert appearance, Yuuya meets a girl backstage. She’s dressed to the nines in a colorful outfit, she’s full of vim and vigor, and all she wants from life is to perform. There’s just one problem: She’s been dead for a year. This is the ghost of Asahi Mogami, the beloved singer whose time on the stage was tragically cut short, unless… If ghosts are real, is spirit possession really that much of a stretch?

It was also confirmed that Phantom of the Idol is getting an anime adaptation at a TBD date, so you have this to look forward to as well!

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From the Red Fog Manga New Manga 2022

From the Red Fog Manga

By Mosae Nohara (Disney Twisted-Wonderland Anthology Comic)

Publisher: Yen Press

Synopsis: England at the end of the 19th century. A string of gruesome incidents all lead back to a single boy who was born into a world where chaos and order, and wealth and poverty are deeply intertwined. Guided by a deep solitude, what fate awaits him in the end?

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Assassin's Creed Dynasty Manga New Manga 2022

Assassin’s Creed Dynasty Manga

By Xu Xian Zhe

Publisher: TOKYOPOP

Synopsis: In the 14th year of the Tianbao Era (CE 755) An Lushan, a military governor with ties to the Knights Templar, leads his elite corps to rebel against the Tang Dynasty, and the ill-prepared Tang empire falters under the threat.

The two capitals Luoyang and Chang’an fall and China falls under the oppression of the cruel An Lushan. As the Tang dynasty starts to crumble, Li E, a shady Assassin trained by the Hidden Ones in the far West, teams up with Tang loyalists to turn the tide and save both the dynasty and the country from this crisis.

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Double Manga New Manga 2022

Double Manga

By Ayako Noda

Publisher: TOKYOPOP

Synopsis: Scatterbrained Takara Takarada is an undiscovered genius actor who fully embodies every character he’s cast as, delivering unforgettable performance after performance onstage. But this genius can only be brought forth by his best friend and fellow actor, Yuuji Kamojima, who cares for Takara even as he envies him for his innate talent.

When it takes the two of them together to bring a character to life, what will happen when Takara is scouted away from their small-time theater troupe and thrust into the new world of television instead? Can Takara survive without Yuuji’s guidance–and how does Yuuji respond to being left behind?

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The Case Files of Jeweler Richard Manga 2022

The Case Files of Jeweler Richard Manga

By Mika Akatsuki and Nanako Tsujimura

Publisher: Seven Seas

Synopsis: When Japanese college student Seigi Nakata rescues a handsome young jewelry appraiser from a group of drunken assailants, he gets more than he bargains for! The appraiser is Richard Ranashinha de Vulpian, a brilliant and mysterious British jewelry expert.

Seigi hires Richard to appraise a ring left to Seigi by his grandmother… and the adventures are just beginning. Together, they unlock the secret messages hidden in the hearts of jewels—and those who possess them.

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 The Liminal Zone Junji Ito Manga 2022

The Liminal Zone

By Junji Ito

Publisher: Viz

Synopsis: The Liminal Zone is a collection of four Junji Ito short stories, including a weeping woman, a forest of death, and more.

After abruptly departing from a train in a small town, a couple encounters a “weeping woman”—a professional mourner—sobbing inconsolably at a funeral. Mako changes afterward—she can’t stop crying! In another tale, having decided to die together, a couple enters Aokigahara, the infamous suicide forest. What is the shocking torrent they discover there?

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Crazy Food Truck Manga 2022

Crazy Food Truck

By Rokurou Ogaki

Publisher: Viz

Synopsis: Gordon is a gruff, middle-aged cook running a food truck in a sand-covered wasteland. When he encounters Arisa, a naked girl sleeping in the middle of nowhere, he takes on the unintended traveling companion and her unexpected appetite.

Too bad she also has unexpected baggage—an armed militia hot on her tail! Fasten your seatbelts for post-apocalyptic cooking and violent mayhem on this crazy food truck road trip!

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The Elusive Samurai Manga 2022

The Elusive Samurai

By Yūsei Matsui

Publisher: Viz

Synopsis: In war-torn medieval Japan, a young samurai lord struggles to retake his throne, but not by fighting; Hojo Tokiyuki reclaims his birthright by running away.

After the massacre of his family by the traitor Ashikaga Takauji, Tokiyuki flees with the help of a handful of loyal retainers who also survived the purge. One of them is Suwa Yorishige, an ally of the Hojo clan and the lord of Suwa Province. The slightly odd Yorishige also claims to be clairvoyant and foretells Tokiyuki’s future as the ruler of Japan. For the moment, though, escaping from enemy territory is the priority!

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Kubo Won’t Let Me Be Invisible Manga 2022

Kubo Won’t Let Me Be Invisible

By Nene Yukimori

Publisher: Viz

Synopsis: Junta Shiraishi blends into the background so much that even his classmates fail to spot him. His goal is to make the most of his high school life, but that pesky invisibility gets in the way–until Nagisa Kubo notices him! Kubo’s playful teasing kicks Shiraishi out of his comfort zone and begins a friendship-or is it something more?

When Kubo sits next to Shiraishi in their first year of high school, Shiraishi’s nonexistent social skills get a boost. Speaking up in class is only the beginning for him when Kubo forces Shiraishi to be noticed in the classroom, the bookstore, and all around town. Shiraishi’s once lackluster life isn’t so dull anymore!

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Rooster Fight Manga 2022

Rooster Fighter

By Syu Sakuratani

Publisher: Viz

Synopsis: In Rooster Fighter, giant demonic monsters wreak havoc and level Japanese cities. While the citizens flee in terror, it’s up to one brave rooster to stand his ground.

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Ghost Reaper Girl Manga 2022

Ghost Reaper Girl

By Akihisa Ikeda

Publisher: Viz

Synopsis: Ghost Reaper Girl is the latest manga from Akihisa Ikeda, the mangaka of Rosario+Vampire! The story follows Chloé, who’s trading in her dream of taking over the acting world to take down evil spirits.

Anime Collective rewrite

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Death Note Short Stories Manga 2022

Death Note Short Stories

By Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata

Publisher: Viz

Synopsis: Kira’s story is over, but the Death Note is not. This imaginative complete collection of short stories by the series’ creators explores the impact and influence of the legendary Death Note.

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Penguin & House Manga 2022

Penguin & House

By Akiho Ieda

Publisher: Kodansha

Synopsis: Pen the penguin lives with his favorite keeper in the world: Hayakawa the human! But Pen’s no ordinary penguin… He’s a neat penguin! A proper penguin! A doting penguin! Pen loves to daydream of Hayakawa’s smile as he flips pancakes, runs errands, and folds the laundry with his teeny-tiny flippers. If only his beloved Hayakawa would notice!

Unfortunately, Pen’s human keeper can’t speak penguin and is also a hopelessly lazy university student. With Pen’s comical expressions and Hayakawa’s lighthearted cluelessness, every day in their house is full of adorable mishaps and hijinks!

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SINoALICE Manga 2022

SINoALICE

By Yoko Taro, Takuto Aoki, and Himiko

Publisher: Square Enix

Synopsis: Everything about Alice—her family, her friends, her life, even her crush—is ordinary, no Wonderland to see here. But lately, her dreams have been anything but ordinary. While asleep, she finds herself interrogated by two creepy marionettes, their glass eyes peering into the darkest corners of her heart. “What is it you desire?” “What is it you wish to visit upon the world?”

Try as she might to ignore the dreams, Alice is drawn into their violent, twisted universe. As greed and desire begin to warp the ordinary reality she knows, Alice is thrust into a dark game of slaughter made for fairy-tale heroines who’ll stop at nothing to bring their creators back to life!

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Bungo Stray Dogs Woof! Manga 2022

Bungo Stray Dogs Woof!

By Kafka Asagiri, Sango Harukawa, and Neco Kanai

Publisher: Yen Press

Synopsis: From the pages of Bungo Stray Dogs comes a new series about the peaceful everyday lives of the cast. Only now the Armed Detective Agency and Mafia characters are mini-sized?! This cozy gag manga about the cute adventures of Atsushi and crew brings a different charm from the original!

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Hello, Melancholic! Manga 2022

Hello, Melancholic!

By Yayoi Ohsawa

Publisher: Seven Seas

Synopsis: Asano Minato is a tall but stooping first-year high school student. Though she’s an awesome trombone player, she does everything she can to fade into the background. Despite her best efforts, however, Minato catches the attention of her bubbly and charismatic upperclasswoman Hibiki, who wants Minato to join the band she’s forming at school and won’t take no for an answer!

Will Minato be able to let go of the past and play in a band again? Can polar opposites harmonize through music? Slow jam your way into this dulcet yuri series!

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Monologue Woven For You Manga 2022

Monologue Woven For You

By Syu Yasaka

Publisher: Seven Seas

Synopsis: Two college students with a shared dream and opposite paths collide—will their ambitions bring them together or pull them apart? Haruka has abandoned her dreams of the theater, but finds herself still haunted by memories.

Meanwhile, Nao chases her aspirations for the stage head-on, refusing to back down or let obstacles obscure her way. When the lives of these two women cross, despite their contrary feelings, they end up entangled as romance sparks between them.

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Cat + Gamer Manga 2022

Cat + Gamer

By Wataru Nadatani

Publisher: Dark Horse Manga

Synopsis: Her coworkers can’t quite figure her out—she never talks about her personal life, she never works overtime, and she never joins them for happy hour. Is she antisocial? Nope, she’s rushing home to play video games!

One day, a stray cat is found in the office parking lot, and before Riko knows it, the cat has moved in with her! Having no experience with pets, Riko uses lessons drawn from video games to guide her in cat care, while her cute companion tries to understand her behavior through a cat’s worldview.

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The Crater Manga - New Manga 2022

The Crater Manga

By Osamu Tezuka (Astro Boy, Dororo)

Publisher: DMP

Synopsis: A man from the slums faces his doppelganger from the other side of the tracks; three guests visiting a hot spring are reminded of their past sins by a magical ringing bell only they can hear; stranded on the moon, an astronaut is stuck within a crater, sustained for a century by a mysterious life-giving gaseous fume the moon crater expels.

The Crater is a collection of self-contained short stories, ranging from horror, and mystery, to science fiction. World-renowned author Osamu Tezuka introduces you to an ominous world of sin and regret—you don’t want to miss this one!

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Colorless Manga 2022

Colorless Manga

By Kent

Publisher: Seven Seas

Synopsis: A cosmic disaster changed the Earth forever, stripping away every last drop of color from the world. Mankind also changed: the familiar human face is almost forgotten in a world now populated wholly by mutants.

Against the backdrop of a moody urban landscape, a lone wolf investigator named Avidia relies on both his wits and extraordinary gun to hunt down the world’s last hidden scraps of color. He soon crosses paths with a very special girl–one who just might hold the key to bringing back what the world has lost.

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The Duke of Death and His Maid Manga 2022

The Duke of Death and His Maid Manga

By Koharu Inoue

Publisher: Seven Seas

Synopsis: When the duke was a young boy, a witch made it so that any living thing he touched died. Unable to cope with such a cursed child, his family sent him away to live in an old mansion. Now a young man, his only companions are an elderly butler and his childhood friend, a buxom, blonde maid named Alice.

Even though touching the duke means instant death, Alice is constantly teasing him, getting close and flirting mercilessly. But even though Alice loves to make the duke blush, her affection for him is the real deal. Can the two figure out a way to break the witch’s spell?

The Duke of Death and His Maid received an anime adaptation in 2021.

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Blue Lock Manga 2022

Blue Lock Manga

By Muneyuki Kaneshiro (Jagaaaaaan, Bokutachi ga Yarimashita, Billion Dogs) and Yusuke Nomura (Dolly Kill Kill)

Publisher: Kodansha

An English-translated print release of Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yusuke Nomura’s football manga Blue Lock will be released on June 21, 2022.

Synopsis: After a disastrous defeat at the 2018 World Cup, Japan’s team struggles to regroup. But what’s missing? An absolute Ace Striker, who can guide them to the win. The Japan Football Union is hell-bent on creating a striker who hungers for goals and thirsts for victory, and who can be the decisive instrument in turning around a losing match… to do so, they’ve gathered 300 of Japan’s best and brightest youth players. Who will emerge to lead the team…and will they be able to out-muscle and out-ego everyone who stands in their way?

Source: Kodansha

A Blue Lock anime adaptation is also releasing in 2022!

Be sure to check out my review of Blue Lock Volume 1 along with why it’s one of the most unique sports manga to release!

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MonsTABOO Manga 2022

MonsTABOO Manga

By Yuuya Takahashi and TALI

Publisher: Yen Press

Synopsis: Ever since a monster killed her mother, Maruka has recklessly sought them out with a death wish. But when the first monster she runs into defies her expectations, not only does Maruka end up fighting alongside him—she asks him to be her boyfriend!

Source: Yen Press

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Yashahime Princess Half-Demon Manga 2022

Yashahime Princess Half-Demon

By Takashi Shiina

Publisher: Yen Press

Synopsis: Living in the present day isn’t easy for Sesshomaru’s daughter Towa. She can’t remember where she came from, must conceal her mysterious powers, and is either worshipped or feared by girls she just wants to be friends with. But she has no way of returning to her own time until one day…a demon attacks and she is transported to feudal-era Japan.

There Towa, her twin sister Setsuma, and her cousin Moroha—Inuyasha’s daughter—have a mission bestowed upon them by the mystical Tree of Ages. With only vague memories of their past to guide them, the three young women set out to find their parents, heal a rift in time, and fulfill their royal destiny.

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Killing Stalking Manhwa Deluxe Edition 2022

Killing Stalking Deluxe Edition 1

By Koogi

Publisher: Seven Seas

Synopsis: Yoon Bum, a scrawny and quiet man, has a crush on one of the most popular and handsome guys in his college: Sangwoo. After the two cross paths again during their military training, Yoon Bum’s feelings grow in intensity until they become an obsession–and he breaks into Sangwoo’s home. But what he sees inside is not the Sangwoo of his fantasies; his dreams of this alluring man abruptly turn into a nightmare.

This wildly popular BL horror manhwa webtoon is the grand prize winner of the 2nd Lezhin Comics World Comic Contest and has been published in numerous languages since its 2016 debut, winning critical praise across the globe. Now readers can own this full-color, deluxe paperback edition in English for the first time, with a special fold-out insert included in every volume.

Check out our review of Killing Stalking for more on the series.

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Dandadan Manga 2022

Dandadan Manga

By Yukinobu Tatsu

Publisher: Viz

Synopsis: Dandadan follows Momo Ayase, who comes across a boy named Ken Takakura who’s being bullied. Because of her kind heart and her knack for jumping into situations without thinking, she ends up confronting the bullies and saving Ken. Ken then takes this opportunity to try and make a friend and attempts to connect with her by talking about one of his favorite topics, the occult. Ayase rejects his claims and says she doesn’t believe in aliens, but that she does however believe in ghosts. Funny enough though, Ken exclaims that he doesn’t believe in ghosts.

The two break out in an argument and set up a challenge to determine who’s correct; Ayase will head to a fabled local alien hot spot and Ken will head to a fabled local ghost hot spot. When they both reach their destinations though, it turns out that both of them were right. Not only do aliens exist, but ghosts do as well. Thus begins their wild journey as they attempt to navigate the supernatural and sci-fi worlds they’ve stumbled into and work together to return their lives to normal.

Anime Collective rewrite

Dandadan began releasing digitally on the Shonen Jump app in August 2021. At the time of writing this post, 44 chapters have been released on the app. Viz later confirmed in February 2022 that Dandadan is getting a print release with English translation starting on October 11, 2022.

You can read Dandadan online now on select manga apps and readers. Also, be sure to read up on why Dandadan is one of the best sci-fi manga!

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Look Back Manga 2022 - Tatsuki Fujimoto

Look Back Manga

By Tatsuki Fujimoto

Publisher: Viz

Synopsis: Look Back is a one-shot created by Tatsuki Fujimoto (Chainsaw Man, Fire Punch). It follows Ayumu Fujino, a young girl who is an incredible artist who loves to draw four-panel comics for her school’s newspaper. She is asked by her teacher to hand over her work to a fellow student named Kyomoto. But when her manga is printed alongside Kyomoto’s, which is praised for its detailed art, Fujino becomes jealous.

Frustrated by this, Fujino dedicates herself more to her work to beat Kyomoto. As time goes by though her goal slips further and further away, so she gives up on making manga. When graduation rolls around though, the two have a chance encounter that changes everything.

Anime Collective rewrite

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Mission Yozakura Family Manga 2022

Mission Yozakura Family Manga

By Hitsuji Gondaira

Publisher: Viz

Synopsis: Ever since the day he lost his family in a car crash, Taiyou Asano has become a recluse. But there is one person he can be himself around, his childhood friend, Mutsumi Yozakura. There is a catch though… She is the leader of the world’s foremost family of spies and her oldest brother, Kyouichirou Yozakura, is overprotective of her. So much so, that he’s decided to make Taiyou his next target unless he decides to marry his sister and become a spy himself.

Anime Collective rewrite

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Only the Flower Knows Manga 2022

Only the Flower Knows

By Rihito Takarai (Ten Count, Seven Days)

Publisher: Kodansha

Synopsis: One sunny afternoon, on the campus of their university… One rainy night, at the train station… Arikawa and Misaki’s paths crossed. Neither one knowing the other’s name, or anything about him… That was how everything began.

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The Idaten Deities Know Only Peace Manga 2022

The Idaten Deities Know Only Peace

By Amahara (Interspecies Reviewers) and Coolkyousinnjya (Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid)

Publisher: Seven Seas

Synopsis: It’s been eight hundred years since the powerful Idaten deities sealed away the demons who plagued humanity. To the foul-mouthed Hayato, a young deity, the story is mostly a myth. There’s just not much to do as he and his generation watch over humans in peace.

But when the seal on the demons breaks, it’s up to Hayato and his oddball compatriots to come to humanity’s rescue! Can these misfit gods who know nothing of war rise to the challenge?

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Sweat and Soap Manga Box Set 1

Sweat and Soap Manga Box Set 1

By Kintetsu Yamada

Publisher: Kodansha

Synopsis: Sweat and Soap Manga Box Set 1 comes with volumes 1-6 of the series as well as an exclusive blotting paper set.

Asako’s living her dream, working at the toiletry maker Liliadrop. But she has a secret: The reason she loves the company so much is that she’s ashamed of her body odor, and their soap is the only thing that’s ever helped her. So when the company’s lead product developer, a perfuming genius, approaches her in the lobby and wonders what “that smell” is, she’s terrified–but could it be that he likes it? That he likes her? And most surprising of all, she might just like him back.

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Tezuka New Omnibus Editions – Apollo’s Song, Princess Knight, Ode to Kirihito

Princess Knight: New Omnibus Edition

By Osamu Tezuka

Publisher: Vertical

Synopsis: A gem from the fifties when the legendary master was most deeply involved in girls’ comics, Twin Knights is more than just a sequel to the shojo manga milestone Princess Knight.

More close addressing issue of station as well as gender, this one-volume tale has all the antic innocence of the early Tezuka even as it revises the more famous works’ premise, doing away with the conceit of “boy and girl hearts” and invoking the vagaries of chance and power in their place.

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No. 6 Omnibus

No. 6 Omnibus 1

By Atsuko Asano and Hinoki Kino

Publisher: Kodansha

Synopsis: Kodansha announced a new omnibus format release of the dystopian manga, No. 6. Each omnibus collects 3 volumes of the series.

An elite student named Shion lives a seemingly perfect life in the city of No. 6, where life is carefully controlled down to the last detail. However, everything changes one fateful night when Shion offers an injured young man shelter from a storm.

Known only as Rat, this boy is a VC–a fugitive living outside the computerized tapestry of city control–and helping him throws Shion’s life into chaos and starts him down a path to discovering the appalling secrets behind the superficial perfection of No. 6.

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Miss Miyazen Would Love to Get Closer to You Manga 2022

Miss Miyazen Would Love to Get Closer to You

By Taka Aki

Publisher: Vertical

Synopsis: Sakura Miyazen and Shota Matsubayashi are two classmates that are polar opposites: Miyazen, the high-class pretty girl, and Matsubayashi, the scary-looking delinquent guy. Oblivious to each other’s feelings, they actually want to get to know each other but can’t seem to communicate properly!

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Noragami Manga Omnibus

Noragami Omnibus 1

By Adachitoka

Publisher: Kodansha

Synopsis: Kodansha announced a new omnibus format for Noragami. Each omnibus collects three volumes of the series.

Yato is a homeless god. He doesn’t even have a shrine, not to mention worshippers! So to achieve his ambitious goals, he’s set up a service to help those in need (for a small fee), hoping he’ll eventually raise enough money to build himself the lavish shrine of his dreams. Of course, he can’t afford to be picky, so Yato accepts all kinds of jobs, from finding lost kittens to helping a student overcome bullies at school.

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Shonen Note: Boy Soprano Manga 2022

Shonen Note: Boy Soprano

By Yuhki Kamatani (Our Dreams at Dusk: Shimanami Tasogare)

Publisher: Kodansha

Synopsis: Yutaka Aoi is sweet, sensitive, and loves singing so much so that he can’t help but be brought to tears whenever he listens to beautiful music. He also has a talent few boys have: he can sing soprano. So when Yutaka overhears his middle school’s choir group perform, he can’t resist joining in.

Inspired by the angelic sound of Yutaka’s voice, the choir eagerly accepts him into their ranks. But when Yutaka’s voice begins to change as he enters puberty, the journey ahead will be one of self-discovery and reflection for not only himself, but also for those around him.

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Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou Omnibus Collection 1 Manga 2022

Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou Omnibus Collection 1

By Hitoshi Ashinano

Publisher: Seven Seas

Synopsis: Seven Seas are publishing Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou for the first time with English translation in an oversized omnibus format. A total of five omnibuses are going to be released.

Set hundreds of years in the future after an environmental catastrophe, Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou (also known as Yokohama Shopping Log) centers on the simple life of Alpha, an android who runs a small coffee shop in coastal Japan. Alpha stands witness to chronicle the end of humanity’s days with coffee, a slice of watermelon, and the sound of her moon guitar backed by distant seagulls. Quiet and bittersweet, this tale is about the melancholy beauty that can be found even as the end approaches.

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The Girl From the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún Deluxe Edition Manga 2022

The Girl From the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún Deluxe Edition

By Nagabe

Publisher: Seven Seas

Synopsis: Seven Seas are publishing The Girl From the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún in a new hardcover omnibus format. Each Deluxe Edition collects three volumes of the series and they come with additional color inserts and new cover art.

In a world split between the Inside and the Outside, those living in both realms are told never to cross over to the other side, lest they be cursed. A young girl named Shiva lives on the other side, in a vacant village with a demonic guardian known only as “Teacher.” Although the two are forbidden to touch, they seem to share a bond that transcends their disparate appearances. But when Shiva leaves Teacher’s care to seek out her grandmother, the secret behind her mysterious living arrangement comes to light.

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Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe Manga 2022

Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe Manga

By Hirohiko Araki

Publisher: Viz

Synopsis: Debuting in the same deluxe hardcover format as the hit JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure manga is a standalone series featuring everyone’s favorite manga artist, Rohan Kishibe!

Rohan has freed himself of Josuke Higashikata, but that doesn’t mean his life is going to be easy! No, now the supernatural has come knocking, and Rohan must contend with an all-new level of bizarre adventure…

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Blue Box Manga 2022

Blue Box Manga

By Kouji Miura

Publisher: Viz

Synopsis: Taiki is a high school freshman on the badminton team. Chinatsu is the star of the girls’ basketball team. They both dream of becoming national champions, but that might not be the only thing they have in common.

When an unexpected turn of events brings them closer together, they’ll have more than sports on their minds. Taiki would have done anything to get closer to his crush, Chinatsu. But now that they are living under the same roof, he may have gotten more than he bargained for. How will he be able to focus on badminton when the girl of his dreams is only a room away?

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Rent-A-Girlfriend Manga Box Set

Rent-A-Girlfriend Manga Box Set 1

By Reiji Miyajima

Publisher: Kodansha

Synopsis: Rent-A-Girlfriend Manga Box Set 1 collects volumes 1-6 of the series and it comes with two double-sided posters.

You can rent a girlfriend, but can you buy love? Reeling from a bad breakup, Kazuya rents the beautiful, polite Chizuru for a date. But rock bottom might be so much lower than he thought! Chizuru is much more than the pretty face and sweet demeanor he thought he’d bargained for…

In today’s Japan, “rental” services can deliver an afternoon with a “friend,” a “parent,” or even a fake girlfriend! After a staggering betrayal by his girlfriend, hapless freshman Kazuya gets just desperate enough to give it a try. But he quickly discovers how complicated it can be to “rent” an emotional connection, and his new “girlfriend,” who’s trying to keep her side hustle secret, will panic when she finds out her real life and Kazuya’s are intertwined in surprising ways! Family, school, and life all start to go wrong, too… It’s a sweet but naïve boy meets a cute but ruthless girl in this 21st-century manga rom-com!

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Dissolving Classroom Collector’s Edition

By Junji Ito

Publisher: Vertical

Synopsis: Junji Ito’s iconic horror manga, Dissolving Classroom, was originally released in a paperback format, but Vertical is releasing the series again in a new Collector’s Edition, hardcover format.

A pair of twisted siblings-Yuuma, a young man obsessed with the devil, and Chizumi, the worst little sister in recorded history cause all sorts of tragic and terrifying things to happen wherever they go. A horror story that will shock you with a literal interpretation of the ills that plague modern society.

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The Beginning After the End Manga 2022

The Beginning After the End

By TurtleMe and Fuyuki23

Publisher: Yen Press

Yen Press are releasing The Beginning After the End manhwa for the first time with English translation in both a graphic novel and light novel format.

Want to read it before then? Learn more about our favorite manhwa sites and where you can read The Beginning After the End online!

What is The Beginning After the End about?

King Grey is unrivaled throughout the land in terms of strength, wealth, and prestige. However, underneath the glamour lies a deep solitude, so when he’s reincarnated as Arthur Leywin, he resolves to not squander this second chance at life and live every day to the fullest-but the peace of this new world hides something sinister that threatens to destroy all he’s worked for.

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Also be sure to check out all of the continuing manga volumes that are releasing in 2022!

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