Anime and manga are both well known to bring an audience to a whole other world. Whether it be the most outlandish or the most fantastical, the stories of this community open new doors for the imagination of the audience. When it comes to the fantasy genre, both anime and manga o far and beyond in terms of imagination. With beautiful art and memorable stories, the fantasy genre bring a variety of worlds for the viewer/reader to explore. And now as summer comes in, there is a variety of new stories to explore.
In this list the latest fantasy manga will not only be ranked by their art and story but by how engaging they are even with as little as one chapter.
10.Minato Machi Neko Machi
This is a tale that involves witches and cats, but not in the way you think it does. Set in a small port town, the story centers around a legend of cats with human forms who chose ‘witches’ to live with. In truth, the ‘witches’ are lonely girls who have the ability to see the cats’ human form. Together the cat and the human connect with one another as they attempt to seek the ‘magic’ of happiness.
9.Wortenia Senki
A high schooler is summmoned to another world via a ritual and becomes a hero to save the realm they are summoned to. How many times have you heard tis formula? For this story we have a twist that comes in the factor that the main character, knows martial arts. Most often then not summoned characters either begin as helpless beings that slowly gain strenght in their journey or a gifted with a mystical power that grants them strenght. Here, there is none of that, in fact, the main character begins as a fugitive.
8.Jui-san no Oshigoto in Isekai
When it comes to regular people ending up in a fantasy realm ,the character type for the protagonists is either, the regular joe that becomes a hero, or an unconventional character that was summoned for the sake of the realm and its people. Well for this story, it presents a veterenarian as its protagonist. With a summoning ritual, he is called, not to save the people, not to kill demons, but rather to treat the mythical beasts of the realm. With a chance of mythical creature anatomy exploration and an unconventional hero taking the lead this tale brings an interesting read.
7.Tondemo skill de isekai hourou meshi
Here’s a rare concept for a little change, cooking in a fantasy realm. Most often than not, when it comes to the concept of food, it relates to a certain competion. In this story, there is a young man who finds himself in a fantasy realm with the ability to use a inventory of sorts wherin he can purchase food items from his world. While he may not be the strongest or the fastest, the protagonist makes due and even ends up in a quest that ends up inviting a large beast looking for food.
6. Gaikotsu Kishi-Sama Tadaima
In the stories of when a character is dragged into a fanrasy realm, they are human beings or people that gain grand powers to defend themselves. Well, the protagonist for this tale certainly holds a powerful sword and armor,there is jusr one problem,he is not human. Not an elf, nore a magician, not even a half-animal type of creature, out of everything, the protagonist becomes a looming animated skeleton in a suit.
5. Tensei Shi Chatta Yo
Reincarnation is no rare thing in the anime/manga community, especially when it comes to the fantasy or supernatural genre. In this story we see the rare case of the protagonist’s beginning in the fantasy realm as a baby. In his previos life, the protagonist believed himself to be hated for his looks but showed to hold moments of deep insight as rather than request for magical abilities, he asks to retain his memories of his past life. This is the story of the growth of a reincarnated boy with a natural and high class afinity for magic, simply because he can speak Japanese, which is the language of the spells.
4. Jinro E No Tensei Maou No Fukukan
Enter into a world wherein a regualr person is reborn into a werewolf within a world where relations between humans and supernatural beings are not the best. With strategies and battle plans, this is a tale where you can’t help but question on who exactly is the right and whether it willend up as a good things to trust them. while there may be only three chapters, already there is a depth of plot
3. Arifureta Shokugyou De Sekai Saikyou
Once again here comes in the familiar concept of characters from the real world being summoned to a fantasy realm to defeat monsters or fulfill a quest. For this story however, things take a dark turn for the main character. Beginning as a an outcast in amongst his peers and in fact goes as far as them betraying him to the monsters when the time comes the main character rises from the ashes a new being. This the tale of a young man betrayed by his peers, trapped in the underground and rising from the bottom in his fight for survival.
2. Isekai Yakkyoku
If it is about a character ending up in another world of fantasy, most often than not it involves fighting. In this story the character to pass and be reborn as a character in the fantastical realm is a research doctor for heavy diseases. Blessed in the field of healing magic as he awakens in the new world, this is the story f a protagonist learning to cope as a new character in a completely different world, learning new knowledge and training to take control of his abilities,epecially with how strong they are.
1. Chihou Kishi Hans no Junan
Once again we have a tale involving people from Japan finding themselves placed into a fantasy realm and are gifted with special abilities in order to survive. What makes this one different and as the number one reccomendation? First and foremost, this story is told from a resident of the fantasy realm, and a knight no less. What’s more, the people who end up in this world do not fashion themselves to be grand people who have come to “save the world”, something that has been done too many times. Here we see not only exploration of character types and abilities but also how exactly the people of this world try to handle them. While it may not be the highest in terms of excitement, it is an interesting read to check out.
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