Dark Fantasy

The dark medieval fantasy of the swordsman Guts, his revenge and his causality. Ferocious detail and a weighty story make it the summit of dark fantasy.

A chaotic world where sorcerers and the residents of the Hole cross paths. Detailed, deformed world-building and black comedy have earned it devoted fans.

Ichigo Kurosaki fights after gaining the power of a Soul Reaper. Refined page composition and character design made it a flagship of 2000s Jump.

Two brothers who lost their bodies to alchemy, on the road. The theme of equivalent exchange and tightly repaid foreshadowing make it one of the most complete works a monthly boys' magazine has produced.

Exorcists fighting the demons called AKUMA. Gothic, detailed world-building and a beloved cast won it its readers.

A hopeless war between the humans inside the walls and the titans outside. A story of foreshadowing and structure that changed the landscape of 2010s manga.

The torment of Kaneki, a young man who becomes a ghoul, a species that eats people. The space between human and monster, drawn with an aesthete's line.

A shocking work that inverts the magical girl's wish and despair. Cruelty behind a sweet drawing style rewrote what a magical girl could be.

The adventures of the legendary knights called the Seven Deadly Sins. A mainline fantasy battle manga, and a worldwide hit.

The struggle around the ajin, a new kind of human that cannot die. Cold-blooded battles of wits and action made it a seinen hit.

The story of Tanjiro, whose family was killed by demons. Taisho design, Japanese motifs and the uncanny, multiplied by the anime, produced a historic boom.

Children use their wits against the truth hidden inside an orphanage that calls itself a farm. A much-discussed work fusing battles of wits with a dark world.

Time-leaping into the past to save his girlfriend and his best friend, through gang warfare. Delinquents plus time travel made it a phenomenon.

Denji, a boy fused with the chainsaw devil. Cinematic quotation and an amoral momentum keep pushing at what Jump is supposed to be.

Sorcerers fighting curses to the death. Cursed spirits born of negative feeling, plus a contemporary sense of staging, made it the defining Jump hit of the Reiwa years.

Frieren, a long-lived elf mage, living in the world after the demon king has fallen. A quiet story of death, time and understanding other people — the story of what comes after the adventure.

A middle-aged man who gains the power of a kaiju fights in the defence force. A new-generation hit, popular at home and abroad at once, from a web serial.

A youth battle manga where the occult and aliens collide. Overwhelming drawing and pace made it a much-discussed web-born hit.