13 Fantasy Manga You Should Read (Now That They Are Complete)

Highlights

• Don’t worry about forgetting important plot points in ongoing manga. Check out these fantasy series now that they’ve concluded.
• Explore sequels to classic manga like Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card and Noragami for new adventures with familiar characters.
• Step into unique fantasy worlds with manga like Witchcraft Works and Children of the Whales for a fresh take on the genre.

Keeping up with a serialized manga can be difficult. Important plot points can be forgotten easily in a week, and the gaps between chapters can make even shorter stories feel like a drag. It’s not surprising that many manga readers will drop off ongoing series only to come back once the series has concluded.

However, unlike anime series, manga does not have a set stopping point and can run for as long as the series is popular. This can make it hard for lapsed readers to figure out the best point to jump back in, and can often end up with some series being forgotten. Here are some fantasy manga series to check out now that they’ve recently concluded.

Updated March 12, 2024 by Danny Guan: Every month, new manga start and end in a whole variety of magazines and publications. While manga readers do their best to keep up with their favorites, an occasional slip of the mind is all it takes to forget about an ongoing manga.

Even the biggest fans can forget about ongoing manga if there’s too much time between updates. Here are some more fantasy manga to check out now that their publications have finished.

1 Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card

The Sequel To A Magical Girl Classic

• Written & Illustrated by CLAMP
• Published in Nakayoshi
• 16 volumes

Sakura Kinomoto, the new master of the Clow Cards, is about to start junior high school. However, her normal life is disrupted yet again by the mysterious forces of magic. With her cards rendered completely powerless, Sakura and her friends must work together to investigate these new magical occurrences, gaining new powers in the process.

Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card is a sequel to the classic magical girl manga Cardcaptor Sakura, more than ten years after its conclusion. Fans of the original manga should definitely check this new series out for adventures with their favorite characters.

2 Noragami

An Outcast God Finding Friendship

• Written & Illustrated by Adachitoka
• Published in Monthly Shonen Magazine
• 27 volumes

After getting involved in an accident, Hiyori Iki is endowed with a strange power that allows her to detach her soul from her body. While exploring the world of souls, she meets the shrineless god, Yato. Yato accepts any wish for a mere 5 yen, as he wants to make a name for himself as a god. Together with Yato’s Shinki Yukine, Hiyori starts getting involved with many of the spirit world’s dramas through her relationship with Yato.

Noragami is an urban fantasy series centered around Japanese folklore and mythology. This series is a good pick for anyone who’s a fan of shonen battles or stories heavy in interpersonal drama.

3 Delicious In Dungeon

An Adventure Of Combat And Cuisine

• Written & Illustrated by Ryoko Kui
• Published in Harta
• 14 volumes

While adventuring in a mysterious dungeon full of monsters and magic, Laios loses his sister Falin when his party is wiped out by a Red Dragon. Insistent on retrieving and reviving Falin, Laios and his comrades Marcille and Chilchuck brave the dungeon yet again. Their plan is to use the monsters they fight and eat them instead of having to purchase supplies.

Delicious in Dungeon is a fantasy manga that combines a spelunking, dungeon-crawling adventure with gourmet-level cooking. The manga received an anime adaptation earlier this year, so fans of the anime should check out the manga as well.

4 Plus-Sized Elf

Otherworldly Girls Losing Weight In Another World

• Written & Illustrated by Synecdoche
• Published in Comic Gum
• 8 volumes

Tomoatsu Naoe is a massage therapist who one day receives a bizarre customer at his workplace. While working with her, he soon discovers that she is an elf from another world. The elf wants to go back home, but there’s one small problem: she’s gained too much weight after coming to the human world!

Plus-Sized Elf is a slice-of-life comedy series that focuses on healthy lifestyles and exercise. While the subject of the series is rather mundane, the addition of fantasy elements in the variety of characters that make their way to the human world keeps things interesting.

5 Plunderer

Numeric Abilities And A World-Spanning Adventure

• Written & Illustrated by Suu Minazuki
• Published in Monthly Shonen Ace
• 21 volumes

In the world of Alcia, all human beings have a Count on their bodies measuring some aspect of their life and will fall to the abyss if that Count somehow reaches 0. Even since her mother was dragged into the abyss, Hina Farrow travels the world looking for the Legendary Ace.

Plunderer is a fantasy adventure series from the same mangaka behind the incredibly popular Heaven’s Lost Property. However, Plunderer is quite a different series, being much more action and adventure-focused.

6 Hinowa Ga Crush!

An Assassin’s Adventures In Another Land

• Written by Takahiro & Illustrated by Strelka
• Published in Monthly Big Gangan
• 8 volumes

In the faraway land of Wakoku, an endless civil war rages across the land. Every citizen of Wakoku, from fishermen to even children, can join the army and make their names known on the battlefield. As the citizens of Wakoku battle against each other, a black-haired girl washes ashore…

Hinowa ga Crush! is a sequel to the incredibly popular action seriesAkame ga Kill!, featuring the continuing adventures of the main character Akame in a new land. Fans of Akame ga Kill! should check this new series out, especially since it has finally concluded.

7 Interviews With Monster Girls

The Mechanics Of Monster Girls In A Modern World

• Written & Illustrated by Petos
• Published in Young Magazine the 3rd
• 11 volumes

Tetsuo Takahashi is a high school teacher who is fascinated with demi-humans, colloquially known as “demis.” Despite this, he has never come into contact with a demi until his new class includes three demi girls, giving him a chance to learn more about their ways of life.

Interviews with Monster Girls is another slice-of-life series with a side of fantasy to keep things interesting. The series takes the usual concepts of monster girls and takes them to interesting places, so it’s worth a read even for those who might be exhausted with the usual tropes.

8 UQ Holder!

An Immortal’s Adventure In A Futuristic Fantasy World

• Written & Illustrated by Ken Akamatsu
• Published in Weekly Shonen Magazine & Bessatsu Shonen Magazine
• 28 volumes

Tota Konoe has lived his entire life dreaming of going to the city but is stuck in a rural village with his teacher and guardian, Yukihime. When he is killed by a rampaging bounty hunter, Tota learns that his guardian Yukihime is actually a vampire named Evangeline A.K. McDowell, the master of his grandfather Negi Springfield. Brought back by Yukihime as a vampire, Tota joins Yukihime’s secret organization of immortals: UQ Holder.

UQ Holder! is a sequel to Ken Akamatsu’s previous series Negima! Magister Negi Magi. Unlike its predecessor, UQ Holder! jumps right into the action straight out of the gate, though it does keep certain rom-com tropes alive as well.

9 Children Of The Whales

Wandering A Submerged World On A Mud Whale

• Written & Illustrated by Abi Umeda
• Published in Monthly Mystery Bonita
• 23 volumes

Chakuro has spent his entire life living on the Mud Whale, a great vessel that floats endlessly on a sea of sand. Despite having never seen the outside world, Chakuro and his friends dream of one day seeing it. On an expedition one day, Chakuro discovers a young girl alone on an island, kicking off a chain of events that will change his fate forever.

Children of the Whales is a dramatic fantasy story taking place in an incredibly imaginative world that is quite different from the usual fantasy fare. Fans who are tired of the usual swords and magic fare should check this series out.

10 Witchcraft Works

A Witch In Shining Armor

• Written & Illustrated by Ryu Mizunagi
• Published in Good! Afternoon
• 17 volumes

Honoka Takamiya is just a normal high school student, especially when compared to his classmate Ayaka Kagari, the school idol. Honoka believes he has no reason to be interacting with Ayaka in any way, but soon learns that Ayaka is a witch meant to protect him from any harm.

Witchcraft Works is a fantasy action series with plenty of rom-com shenanigans. The series is as funny as it is action-packed, and fans of action and comedy will get their money’s worth reading this.

11 Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku

Prisoners Hunting For An Elixir Of Immortality

• Written & Illustrated by Yuji Kaku
• Published in Shonen Jump+
• 13 volumes

Gabimaru is a ninja scheduled for execution – were it not for the fact that he has so far proven himself to be unkillable. Seeing his resilience and skill, his executioner Sagiri offers him a chance: if he goes to the mysterious island of Shinsenkyo and retrieves the elixir of life that grants immortality, he will be pardoned.

Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku is a series with historical, supernatural, and fantasy elements. It had an anime adaptation earlier this year, so those unwilling to wait for the rest of the series to be adapted can head to the manga to read the story’s conclusion.

12 Mashle

A World Of Magic, And A Young Man Without It

• Written & Illustrated by Hajime Komoto
• Published in Weekly Shonen Jump
• 18 volumes

In a world where magic reigns supreme and nearly every person is capable of casting spells, Mash Burnedead is unable to use magic. To compensate, Mash trains his muscles relentlessly until they are capable of superhuman feats. When Mash’s secret is discovered, he is given an ultimatum: become a divine visionary at Easton Magic Academy or be exposed.

Mashle is a fantasy comedy series that clearly parodies well-known fantasy franchises like Harry Potter. The series’ humor is largely thanks to Mash’s ridiculous antics and incredible feats.

13 The Girl From The Other Side

A Connection Between Two That Must Not Meet

• Written & Illustrated by Nagabe
• Published in Monthly Comic Garden
• 11 volumes

A battle between gods results in the world being split into an Inside, where humans can reside peacefully, and an Outside, where demons roam and curse any who wander in to become just like them. A young girl named Shiva is lost in the Outside, where she is discovered by a kindly demon known only as Teacher.

The Girl From The Other Side is a dark fantasy story with art that draws influence from Western fairy tales. The story is bleak and dramatic, perfect for fans of grimmer, darker stories.