Get recommendations on new manga to binge during the Like this? Try That! sale with Volume 1s starting at $0.99

Looking for your next binge-worthy read? Now’s the perfect chance to explore series that capture the same vibes, themes, and thrills of beloved series enjoyed by fans around the world during our Like this? Try that! manga sale. 

Sale Ends Monday, October 6th, 2025! 

For a limited time, get volume 1s for just $0.99 and additional volumes up to 50% off. Dive into these favorites and recommendations:

IF YOU LIKE: Land of the Lustrous: A visually stunning and deeply philosophical manga that blends action, beauty, and fragility. Where humanity’s distant descendants live on in a small group of sexless crystalline beings who must fight off an invasion from the Moon.

THEN YOU SHOULD TRY: 

• Apple Children of Aeon
• BAKEMONOGATARI (Manga)
• Drifting Dragons

IF YOU LIKE: Sweat and Soap: A refreshingly sweet and grown-up romance that blends humor, vulnerability, and a touch of spice. With its quirky premise and heartfelt character dynamics, it celebrates love, trust, and intimacy in the most unexpected of places

THEN YOU SHOULD TRY: 

• Don’t Tempt Me, VP!
• Matcha Made in Heaven
• A Serenade for Pretend Lovers
• The Untouchable Midori-kun

IF YOU LIKE: Witch Hat Atelier: a breathtakingly illustrated fantasy that captures the wonder of magic and the dangers that come with it. With its intricate worldbuilding and fairytale-like charm, it tells a spellbinding story of curiosity, creativity, and discovery.

THEN YOU SHOULD TRY: 

• Witch Hat Atelier Kitchen
• Flying Witch
• Mushishi

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Take advantage of these amazing discounts by purchasing on kodansha.localhost/ or by visiting any of our participating digital manga vendors: 

Amazon Kindle
BookWalker
Barnes and Noble Nook
Apple Books
Kobo
Google Play
MyAnimeList
Mangamo
and more! 

Curious to learn more about manga currently on sale during the Like this? Try that! digital manga sale? Take a look below for details on some of the recommended series to try:

Liked Land of the Lustrious? Try:

Apple Children of Aeon
By Kengo Matsumoto

Yukinojo doesn’t know his past, but he knows his future—a marriage to Asahi, heir to an apple farm in Aomori. But what should have been a quiet, pastoral life is interrupted one snowy day…and what should have laid dormant was awoken by his naïve hands…

Rated: 13+

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 Liked Sweat and Soap? Try:

Matcha Made in Heaven
By Umebachi Yamanaka

Chako Hananoki thought she’d found happiness in a handsome fiancé, but when she realized a marriage to him would mean a total erasure of herself, she broke it off and moved back into her childhood home in the country—only to find a strange man and young woman living there? She finds a way to coexist with them, but when her stalker fiancé follows her home, she declares to him (and accidentally to the whole village as well) that this new man in her life is her husband?! A dramatic fake-marriage, found-family story for the ages, by the illustrator of the Ossan’s Love manga adaptation!

Rated: 16+

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Liked Witch Hat Atelier? Try:

Mushishi
By Yuki Urushibara

Some live in the deep darkness behind your eyelids. Some eat silence. Some thoughtlessly kill. Some simply drive men mad. They are known as mushi—creatures that came into being shortly after life emerged from the primordial ooze. They still exist parallel to our own lives and can only be seen by a select few. As a mushishi, Ginko is one of the few who are aware of their existence, and this young man with a sardonic smile roams from place to place with the knowledge and skill to aid those unwittingly affected by mushi.

Rated: 16+

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See below for the full list of Kodansha Manga Starter Packs series on sale now until 10/6/25: 

• Land of the Lustrous

• Apple Children of Aeon

• Bakemonogatari (manga)

• Drifting Dragons

• Sweat and Soap

• Don’t Tempt Me, VP!

• Matcha Made in Heaven

• A Serenade for Pretend Lovers

• The Untouchable Midori-kun

• Witch Hat Atelier

• Witch Hat Atelier Kitchen

• Flying Witch

• Mushishi

For a limited time, get up to 50% off series featuring warring factions and brutal battles like Ajin: Demi-Human, No. 6, Battle Angel Alita: Last Order & more!

Prepare for epic conflicts and intense rivalries as we spotlight (and discount) manga that perfectly chronicle the heat of battle during our Worlds at War digital manga sale. 

For a limited time, get up to 50% off hard hitting action, sci-fi and survival manga like:

Ajin: Demi-Human: A dark, supernatural thriller following a high school student named Kei, who learns he is an “Ajin”—an immortal being who regenerates instantly after death.

No. 6: A suspenseful dystopian sci-fi manga that follows Shion, a privileged resident of the seemingly utopian city-state No. 6. who meets and harbors a fugutive on the run.

Battle Angel Alita: Last Order: A thrilling cyberpunk action sequel to the iconic Battle Angel Alita, following the cyborg warrior Alita after her consciousness is revived in a new body.

Go! Go! Loser Ranger!: A dark action-comedy that deconstructs the superhero genre. A low-level villainous foot soldier named “D” gets tired of staging his team’s weekly defeat and decides to secretly infiltrate the heroes’ ranks to expose the corruption behind their phony heroics.

The Darwin Incident, A powerful sci-fi thriller centered on Charlie, a brilliant human-chimpanzee hybrid. His existence becomes a global debate, forcing him to confront a world that isn’t ready for him while becoming a target for extremist groups.

Sale Ends Monday, September 29th, 2025! 

Take advantage of these amazing discounts by purchasing on kodansha.localhost/ or by visiting any of our participating digital manga vendors: 

Amazon Kindle
Barnes and Noble Nook
Bookwalker
Google Play
MyAnimeList
Mangamo
and more! 

Curious to learn more about which series are discounted during the Worlds at War digital manga sale? Take a look below for details on five recommended series!

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Ajin: Demi-Human
Story by Tsuina Miura, Art by Gamon Sakurai

High school student Kei Nagai is struck dead in a grizzly traffic accident, but immediately revives to learn that he may not be like every other human. Instead, he may be a mysterious, almost immortal being granted not only the powers of rejuvenation but also the ability to see supernatural beings. Scared, he runs away and is aided in his escape from society by his friend. Unfortunately for Kei, the manhunt is on, and he will soon be caught in a conflict between mankind and others like him as they prepare to fight a new war based on terror.

Rated: 16+

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No. 6
By Hinoki Kino and Atsuko Asano

For Shion, an elite student in the technologically sophisticated city No. 6, life is carefully choreographed. School, study, and the occasional visit with his friend and classmate, Safu. One fateful day, however, he takes a misstep, sheltering an injured boy his age from a typhoon. Known only as Rat, this boy is a VC, a fugitive living outside the computerized tapestry of city control, and helping him will throw Shion’s life into chaos and start him down a path to discovering the appalling secrets behind the superficial perfection of No. 6.

Rated: 13+

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Inuyashiki
By Hiroya Oku

Ichiro Inuyashiki is down on his luck. While only 58 years old, his geriatric looks often have him written off as a pathetic old man by the world around him and he’s constantly ignored and disrespected by his family despite all that he’s done to support them. On top of everything else, his doctor has revealed that he has cancer, and it appears that he has little time left in this world. But just when it seems things couldn’t get any worse, a blinding light in the night sky strikes the earth where Ichiro stands. He later wakes up to find himself unscathed, but he soon starts to notice that there’s something…different about himself. However, it turns out that these strange, new changes are just what Ichiro needs to take a new lease on life, and now it seems like there’s nothing to stop him from being a hero worthy of the respect that he never had before…unless, that is, there was someone else out there with these same “changes”…

Rated: 16+ 

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Knights of Sidonia
By Tsutomu Nihei

Outer space, the far future. A lone seed ship, the Sidonia, plies the void, ten centuries since the obliteration of the solar system. The massive, nearly indestructible, yet barely sentient alien life forms that destroyed humanity’s home world continue to pose an existential threat. Nagate Tanikaze has only known life in the vessel’s bowels deep below the sparkling strata where humans have achieved photosynthesis and new genders. Not long after he emerges from the Underground, however, the youth is bequeathed a treasured legacy by the spaceship’s coolheaded female captain.

Rated: 13+

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Tokyo Revengers
By Ken Wakui

Watching the news, Takemichi Hanagaki learns that his girlfriend from way back in middle school, Hinata Tachibana, has died. The only girlfriend he ever had was just killed by a villainous group known as the Tokyo Manji Gang. He lives in a crappy apartment with thin walls, and his six-year-younger boss treats him like an idiot. Plus, he’s a complete and total virgin… At the height of his rock-bottom life, he suddenly time-leaps 12 years back to his middle school days!! To save Hinata, and change the life he spent running away, hopeless part-timer Takemichi must aim for the top of Kanto’s most sinister delinquent gang!!

Rated: 16+

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See below for the full list of Worlds at War series on sale now until 9/29/25: 

• Ajin: Demi-Human 

• ALIVE 

• Battle Angel Alita: Last Order 

• Battle Angel Alita: Last Order Omnibus

• Clockwork Planet 

• COPPELION 

• Devils’ Line 

• EDENS ZERO 

• Go! Go! Loser Ranger! 

• Inuyashiki 

• Knights of Sidonia 

• No. 6 

• The Darwin Incident 

• Tokyo Revengers

 

For a limited time, get 50% off digital volumes of thougtful, charming, and exciting series like Blue Period, Medaka Kuroiwa is Impervious to My Charms, Wandance & more!

Ready to hit the books? Kodansha is offering the perfect opportunity to stock your digital library and add some fun reading for the new school year. Whether you’re looking for a new series to obsess over, or are aleady done with classes forever but want to return to the days of school-themed drama, now you can during our Back to School digital manga sale! 

For a limited time, get 50% off digital volumes of series like:

Blue Period: A powerful coming-of-age drama centered on Yatora Yaguchi, a high school student who feels hollow and unfulfilled despite his academic success, until he discovers his true passion, art!

Medaka Kuroiwa is Impervious to My Charms: A hilarious romantic comedy centered on Mona Kawaii, a popular high school girl whose charms work on everyone—except for one boy: Medaka Kuroiwa.

Blade Girl: A powerful and inspiring sports drama centered on Rin Nanami, a high school runner whose dreams are shattered after a tragic accident changes her forever.

Genshiken Omnibus: A charming and insightful slice-of-life comedy that offers a grounded look into the world of otaku culture through the eyes of a group of college students. 

Sayonara, Football, a compelling and emotional sports drama, chronicles Nozomi Onda’s passionate final year of middle school as she strives to overcome the limitations of her body and her gender, proving her talent on the field.

Sale Ends Monday, September 15th, 2025! 

Take advantage of these amazing discounts by purchasing on kodansha.localhost/ or by visiting any of our participating digital manga vendors: 

Amazon Kindle
Barnes and Noble Nook
Bookwalker
Google Play
MyAnimeList
Mangamo
and more! 

Curious to learn more about which series are discounted during the Back to School digital manga sale? Take a look below for details on five recommended series!

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Blue Period
By Tsubasa Yamaguchi

Yatora is the perfect high school student, with good grades and lots of friends. It’s an effortless performance, and, ultimately…a dull one. But he wanders into the art room one day, and a lone painting captures his eye, awakening him to a kind of beauty he never knew. Compelled and consumed, he dives in headfirst — and he’s about to learn how savage and unforgiving art can be!

Rated: 16+

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Medaka Kuroiwa is Impervious to My Charms
By Ran Kuze

Mona is the cutest girl in school, and she knows it. In fact, she has everyone wrapped around her pretty little finger—everyone, that is, except Medaka Kuroiwa, a recent transfer student. Determined to win him over and solidify her reign as unchallenged queen bee, Mona rolls out the red carpet for her newest would-be subject, only for the stone-cold stoic to glare her down at every turn! Just how far will she go to prove her charms are truly irresistible and win over the last unclaimed heart in school? And why is it that her chest keeps getting tighter the harder he proves to conquer?

Rated: 16+

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Aho-Girl: A Clueless Girl
By Hiroyuki

Equal parts cute, silly, and subversive, the four-panel comedy manga Ahogaru was a surprise hit in Japan. Fans of anarchic slice-of-life gag manga like Azumanga Daioh – these are the new laughs you’ve been waiting for! Yoshiko is a hopefully clueless high school girl. Her rock-paper-scissors strategy is “rock.” She somehow gets zeroes on multiple-choice tests. And she has an often-nearly-fatal weakness for bananas. Her devoted friends have no choice but to hang around and make sure nobody takes advantage of her. (Of course, the entertainment value might have something to do with it, too.) Cute characters, weird gags, and lots and lots of bananas!

Rated: 13+ 

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Wandance
By Coffee

A SHY TEENAGER HAPPENS ON A CLASSMATE DANCING ALONE, AND HER JOY TURNS A KEY, UNLOCKING SOMETHING IN HIS HEART… Kaboku Kotani is starting high school, and he plans to do what he’s always done: go along with his friends, keep quiet, and not draw too much attention to himself. After all, it’s hard enough to get by with a stutter like his— why make things worse by standing out from the crowd? But then he sees another first-year, Hikari Wanda, dancing like no one is watching—or like she doesn’t care who sees her. It makes Kaboku wonder: Could he reach that same freedom? To find his way to Wanda, he does something he never thought he could: He joins the dance club. After all, every routine begins with a single step, right? Join Kaboku and Wanda as they freestyle their way to life and love!

Rated: 13+

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Ran the Peerless Beauty
By Ammitsu

Ran is beautiful and stylish, with leading scores in her class. No boy on Earth would have the gall to try their hand with her, and no one would think that she’s so entirely innocent…except Akira. Join us in this innocent love story about Rin the “mountaintop flower” and Akira, whose parents own a floweshop. This pure love blooms in volume 1 of Ran the Peerless Beauty.

Rated: 16+

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See below for the full list of Back to School series on sale now until 9/15/25:

• Abe-kun’s Got Me Now!

• Aho-Girl: A Clueless Girl

• Blade Girl

• Blue Period

• Defying Kurosaki-kun

• Farewell, My Dear Cramer

• Gazing at the Star Next Door

• Genshiken Omnibus

• Genshiken: Second Season

• In the Clear Moonlit Dusk

• Medaka Kuroiwa is Impervious to My Charms

• Ran the Peerless Beauty

• Sayonara, Football

• Wandance

• Welcome Back, Alice

• Yamaguchi-kun Isn’t So Bad

• You Got Me, Sempai!