swap_horiz Bakuman Alternatives

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Haikyuu!!

A popular sports manga by Haruichi Furudate about high school volleyball, serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump from 2012 to...

Jump Shonen Volleyball Sports

9.1 Excellent

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Dungeon Meshi

A fantasy adventure manga by Ryoko Kui serialized since 2014, about adventurers cooking and eating monsters while explor...

Fantasy Adventure Shonen Cooking

9.1 Excellent

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Slam Dunk

Hanamichi Sakuragi's got no game with girls--none at all! It doesn't help that he's known for throwing down at a moment'...

Action Classic Drama Sport

9.0 Excellent

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Ping Pong

Coming-of-age table tennis manga by Taiyo Matsumoto (1996–1997), acclaimed for its dynamic art and psychologically compl...

Drama Seinen Table Tennis Sports

8.9 Great

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Hajime no Ippo: Fighting Spirit!

Makunouchi Ippo has been bullied his entire life. Constantly running errands and being beaten up by his classmates, Ippo...

Action Drama Sport Boxing

8.7 Great

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Yu Yu Hakusho

A supernatural action manga by Yoshihiro Togashi serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump from 1990 to 1994, following a teenage...

Action Classic Supernatural Shonen

8.6 Great

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Ranma 1/2

A martial arts romantic comedy manga by Rumiko Takahashi serialized from 1987 to 1996, about a boy cursed to become a gi...

Classic Comedy Shonen Martial Arts

8.5 Great

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Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica

Dark magical girl series created by Magica Quartet in 2011, notable for subverting the genre with psychological horror a...

Drama Dark Shojo Magical Girl

8.5 Great

9

Major

Baseball manga by Takuya Mitsuda (1994–2010) spanning a pitcher's journey from childhood to professional baseball in the...

Classic Baseball Shonen Sports

8.3 Great

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Ao Ashi

Japanese soccer manga by Masaki Tsukamoto and Yūgo Kobayashi, serialized since 2015, following a young player's rise thr...

Drama Soccer Shonen Sports

8.3 Great

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Kuroko no Basket

A basketball manga by Tadatoshi Fujimaki serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump from 2008 to 2014, about a phantom sixth man j...

Jump Shonen Basketball Sports

8.2 Great

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Katekyo Hitman Reborn!

A shonen manga by Akira Amano serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump from 2004 to 2012, about a timid boy trained to become a...

Action Comedy Jump Shonen

8.2 Great

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Hitman Reborn

The widely used English title for Akira Amano's Reborn!, a shonen battle manga serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump from 200...

Action Jump Shonen Mafia

8.2 Great

14

Kimi ni Todoke

A shojo romance manga by Karuho Shiina serialized in Bessatsu Margaret from 2005 to 2017, about a misunderstood girl bef...

Drama Romance School Shojo

8.0 Great

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Saint Seiya

Mythological battle manga by Masami Kurumada (1986–1990) about warriors called Saints who fight using constellation-base...

Action Classic Mythology Shonen

8.0 Great

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Psyren

Japanese sci-fi action manga by Toshiaki Iwashiro, serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 2007 to 2010, involving time tr...

Action Sci Fi Jump Shonen

7.5 Good

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Medaka Box

A manga by Nisio Isin and Akira Akasaka serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump from 2009 to 2013, blending student council com...

Action Comedy Jump Shonen

7.3 Good

18

Domestic Girlfriend

Japanese romance manga by Kei Sasuga, serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine from 2014 to 2020, following a complex love t...

Drama Romance Dark Shonen

6.9 Fair

19

Mx0

Japanese supernatural school manga by Yasuhiro Kanō, serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 2006 to 2008, set at a magic...

Comedy Jump Magic Shonen

6.9 Fair

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Cage of Eden

Japanese survival adventure manga by Yoshinobu Yamada, serialized from 2008 to 2013, about students stranded on a myster...

Adventure Drama Survival Shonen

6.4 Fair