a combination of all-time classics, new popular releases, and my personal favourites, all with links to Barnes & Noble to buy the first volume (or box set!) yourself! all sorts of different genres and demographics included, listed alphabetically and updated regularly
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first volumes
box set
first volumes
the first volume of each of my recs
a group of kids must learn to be assassins in order to kill their new teacher, an unkillable octopus alien who just blew up the moon. unfortunately, he's also the best teacher they've ever had.
(PERSONAL FAVE)
Assassination Classroom
a boy aims to become the best soccer striker in all of Japan, or else he won't be able to play soccer ever again?!
Blue Lock
an improvised boy makes a contract with a devil to become Chainsaw Man, and joins a government agency to help fight and kill other devils to protect Japan
Chainsaw Man
two definitely-straight boys, both crossdressing as girls to date the other, and neither of them realize that the other is a crossdressing boy.
(PERSONAL FAVE)
Crossplay Love: Otaku x Punk
a girl who believes in ghosts, not aliens meets a boy believes in aliens, not ghosts. turns out, they're both correct
Dandadan
a genius boy gets hold of the Death Note, a mysterious book that allows you to kill anyone whose name you write on its pages, and decides to play God to save humanity
Death Note
a wallflower who thinks she's a side character in her own life, and a popular boy who just wants her to love herself a bit more
Diary of a Female Lead: Shujinkou Nikki
the manga adaptation of the hit mobile game Twisted Wonderland, about a school where every character is “twisted” from a certain Disney villain!
Disney Twisted-Wonderland: The Manga Anthology
in a world with magic and all sorts of fantastic creatures, a girl joins a wizard's guild and unknowingly sets forth on a journey to defeat the evil wizard, Zeref.
Fairy Tail
two “perfect” people bond over their shared secret of having hidden “dark” sides
Fall In Love, You False Angels
in order to save herself from being killed, a beautiful but sickly woman offers to marry her attempted assassin, who ends up becoming completely obsessed with her
Firefly Wedding
a girl who hates delinquents, and a boy who's secretly an ex-delinquent.
Glasses with a Chance of Delinquent
a boy aims to become a star volleyball player. He may be short, but he can JUMP!
(PERSONAL FAVOURITE)
Haikyu!!
a girl who's obsessed with pretty faces helps to keep a very pretty boy from getting expelled by making him an influencer for the school.
It Takes More Than a Pretty Face to Fall in Love
a girl impulsively confesses her feelings to a classmate, and he… actually likes her back? What's she going to do now?
Ima Koi: Now I'm in Love
a boy joins a secret organization of sorcerers in order to defeat a powerful Curse… that he becomes the host to
Jujutsu Kaisen
a police officer and a member of the Yakuza have to fake date in order to solve a big case that they're both connected to.
(PERSONAL FAVOURITE)
Kei X Yaku: Bound By Law
a girl tries to ask out the hunk in her class, but ends up as his… assistant? he's a shoujo manga author?!
Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun
a vampire girl becomes a total anime otaku and moves to Japan and meets a boy who looks exactly like her favourite character, only with a totally different personality.
Otaku Vampire's Love Bite
a girl discovers that her prickly, mean classmates actually works as a “knight” at a knight-and-princess-themed cafe, and must keep his secret.
Pink & Habanero
a boy gets caught in a love triangle between his drab fashion school classmate, and the model who inspired him to go to fashion school in the first place (who are secretly the same person).
PUNKS TRIANGLE
in a supernatural world where certain people can turn into weapons, others known as “meisters” must learn how to wield these demon weapons so they become Death Scythes and protect the world from monsters
Soul Eater
the spin-off to Soul Eater, following a different group of characters
Soul Eater NOT!
a master spy must infiltrate a private academy with the help of a fake wife and fake child… who he didn't realize were an assassin and a telepath
Spy x Family
a mega fangirl becomes the housekeeper for her favourite idol, and slowly discovers that every member of his group is secretly a total loser in their own way.
(PERSONAL FAVOURITE)
Tamon's B-Side
when a man is saved from the cold by his intimidating but kind new neighbor, they begin to share regular meals together, and he also begins to develop feelings that he's not ready for…
The Metalhead Next Door
two boys live together in a village, until one of them dies… and then comes back… but he's definitely not the same boy as before
The Summer Hikaru Died
a girl summons a ghost from the toilet, and they go on wacky supernatural adventures together.
Toilet-bound Hanako-kun
the comedic spin-off to Toilet-bound Hanako-kun
After-School Hanako-kun
a boy who wants nothing more than to get into fights aims to get to the top of his new school with just his fists, and accidentally makes a bunch of friends along the way
WIND BREAKER
a woman discovers that her coworker is a secret otaku, just like herself, and he proposes that they start a relationship of convenience…
Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku
an otaku boy accidentally becomes a star cyclist through the power of friendship and magical girl anime
(PERSONAL FAVOURITE)
Yowamushi Pedal
box set
the box set, if you want the full collection! (if a box set is available)
Assassination Classroom's box set
Assassination Classroom (Box Set)
Blue Lock's first box set
Blue Lock (Box Set)
Chainsaw Man's first box set
Chainsaw Man (Box Set)
Death Note's box set
Death Note (Box Set)
Disney Twisted Wonderland: The Manga Anthology's first box set
Disney Twisted-Wonderland: Book of Heartslabyul (Box Set)
Fairy Tail's first box set
Fairy Tail (Box Set)
Jujutsu Kaisen's first box set
Jujutsu Kaisen Box Set Vols. 1-4 (B&N Exclusive Edition)|BN Exclusive
