Top 10 best manga products of 2023 that you should not miss

Originally published: September 21, 2022
Publisher: Kodansha
Name: Akabane Honeko no Bodyguard
Author: NIGATSU Masamitsu
Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance
 Status: In Progress
If you are looking for a manga with funny and romantic action genres that can make your heart flutter, then "Akabane Honeko No Bodyguard" is the series for you. Although relatively new, the Akabane Honeko no Bodyguard manga shows remarkable potential. Honeko Akabane is secretly the daughter of a yakuza boss. This secret leads to many assassins trying to take her life without her knowledge. 

Her childhood friend Ibuki Arakuni vowed to keep her safe until she graduated.

To assist him, both Ibuki and Honeko's class have elite assassins posing as students. Ibuki has to strike a balance between protecting Honeko and spending time hanging out with her.

Alternative Name: Boku no nakama wa i sekai saikyou andeddo ; My Companion is the Strongest Undead in Another World ; Araragi & Kiss-shot isekai version
 Author: Kizaki Uno
 Status: In Progress
 Genre: Action - Adventure - Fantasy - Horror - Manga - Seinen
After being powerfully teleported to another world, a college student named Yuuma receives the gift of immortality. Although this initially makes him nervous, nothing can prepare him for his true purpose in the new world.

A religious organization tortured him for days to use his blood to heal himself. While looking for a way out to escape from his captors, Yuuma meets a vampire named Eva. 

Yuuma promises to give her to drink her blood in exchange for her help in fleeing. As the two travel the world to hide from the religious organization, they soon form a group of the most powerful beings in the underworld.

Author: Miki Bukimi
 Status: In Progress
 Genre: Action - Drama - Fantasy - Historical - Josei - Manga - Mystery - Psychological - Romance - School Life - Sci-fi - Seinen - Shounen - Slice of Life - Supernatural - Tragedy
Shy is a superhero action manga series that revolves around a hero with the same name. In a world where each nation has a representative hero, Teru Momijiyama, or Shy, representing the country of Japan. 

As her name suggests, Teru is a shy, introverted girl who always has trouble speaking her mind. After a bystander is injured during a rescue of her, she isolates herself in shame.

However, after working alongside heroes from other countries, Shy begins to open up more to people and discovers how heavy the burden of being a hero is.

Other name: Rental Onii-chan | レンタルおにいちゃん
Author: ICHIIRO Hako
Artist: ICHIIRO Hako
Genre: Drama, Manga, Slice of Life, Tragedy
There's no denying that Rent Onii-Chan is one of the most uplifting manga ever. Once a caring and close brother to Kanami, her brother changed after their parents' deaths. 

One day, Kanami goes to a park and meets a teenager named Makoto, who proposes a transactional relationship where she pays him to play her brother. Makoto knows what it's like to be isolated and quickly bonds with Kanami. The couple sees each other as a source of strength to move forward and face their difficulties.

Author: ICHIHARA Chigusa
Status: In Progress
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Shounen, Supernatural. 
The Sukaku (Zhu He) family is a famous line of shamans who protect humanity from divine beasts. Our protagonist, Mutsuki, (Wang Yue) has a promising future while his sister Uzuki (Chu Yue) is completely incapable of using any psychic jutsu. 

Despite being born into a family of Wizards, Mutsuki wanted nothing more than to be treated fairly by his sister Uzuki. Despite being twins, Mutsuki was born with exorcism powers, while his sister was not. This resulted in Uzuki being treated harshly by society.

Similar to Tanjiro Kamado's journey to save his sister Nezuko, Mutsuki embarks on a dangerous adventure for Uzuki's sake. Along the way, he has many trials and hardships to overcome if he wants to create a world where his sister is free.