MAL Reveals 77 Manga Titles Users Should Read In 2025
MyAnimeList released the official list for its third annual You Should Read This Manga 2025 initiative on March 31, 2025, highlighting 77 manga series across four discovery categories.
The selections were curated from 766 titles nominated by users globally, aiming to promote newer and lesser-known manga to an international audience.
The final list of 77 selected manga were divided into four categories.
You Should Read This Manga 2025: These are manga titles you would recommend to a friend. A generic yearly discovery list. Check out the titles in this category below:
- Kagurabachi
- The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn’t A Guy At All
- Gachiakuta
- Magus of the Library
- Ichi the Witch
- Sensou Kyoushitsu
- Hirayasumi
- Touge Oni
- Bug Ego
- Don’t Call it Mystery
- Ryuu to Chameleon
- Witch Hat Atelier
- Onna no Sono no Hoshi
- Mayonaka Heart Tune
- The Summer Hikaru Died
- Spacewalking With You
- The Invisible Man and His Soon-to-Be Wife
- The Isekai Doctor
- Choking on Love
- Tokyo These Days
Should Be Anime: Manga not adapted into anime within the last five years, but fans feel these should be getting an adaptation soon.
- Kagurabachi
- Gokurakugai
- Akane-banashi
- Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You
- Isshou Senkin
- Kindergarten Wars
- How I Met My Soulmate
- Centuria
- Firefly Wedding
- Make The Exorcist Fall In Love
- Destroy All Humans. They Can’t Be Regenerated.
Best for Beginners: Accessible series suitable for readers who are new to the medium of manga in general. Check out titles in this category below.
- Dandadan
- Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You
- Gokurakugai
- Ruri Dragon
- Telework Yotabanashi
- Zom 100
- Love, That’s an Understatement
Unique Art/Story: Works recognized for originality in narrative or artwork. A list for seasoned readers who are looking for something different from their everyday reads.
- Veil
- Tower Dungeon
Analysis of the 2025 list revealed several trends. Half of the selected titles originated from shounen or seinen magazines, yet one in four of these received more votes from female readers.
Twenty-five percent of the chosen manga came from web-based platforms like Shonen Jump+ and Manga Up. Over half of the “Should Be Anime” selections were shounen titles.
The “Unique Art/Story” category saw a majority of votes from female users. Breakout titles included the girls love manga The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn’t a Guy at All, which garnered nominations nearly equal to all combined girls love titles from the previous year, and the action manga Kagurabachi
As part of the campaign, MyAnimeList users who read two volumes from any title on the 2025 list can earn a time-limited profile badge. Thealso includes additional recommendation sections created with manga publishers and booksellers.
The project seeks to identify exceptional manga recently published internationally and connect creators, publishers, and readers across more than 240 countries and territories, according to the announcement.
Titles eligible for nomination required an overseas release in 2024 and needed both a Score and Popularity ranking below #50 on the MyAnimeList platform. Fans submitted nominations for up to 10 titles, providing reasoning for each choice.
MyAnimeList is an online anime and manga community and database resource with a reported 19.5 million registered users worldwide.
Source: Press Release