Best anti-hero manga
435 manga about anti-hero, ranked by community score. Tags come from AniList voters; the percentage on each title page says how strongly the tag applies.
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4.2Chainsaw Man
Manga · 2018 · 232 ch
Chainsaw ManManga · 2018 · 232 ch4.2The name says it all! Denji's life of poverty is changed forever when he merges with his pet chainsaw dog, Pochita! Now he's living in the big city and an official Devil Hunter. But he's got a lot to learn about his new job and chainsaw…
4.2Solo Leveling
Manga · 2018 · 201 ch
Solo LevelingNa Honjaman Level UpManga · 2018 · 201 ch4.2In a world where awakened beings called “Hunters” must battle deadly monsters to protect humanity, Seong Jin-U, nicknamed “the weakest hunter of all mankind,” finds himself in a constant struggle for survival. One day, after a brutal…
4.6Berserk
Manga · 1989
BerserkManga · 19894.6His name is Guts, the Black Swordsman, a feared warrior spoken of only in whispers. Bearer of a gigantic sword, an iron hand, and the scars of countless battles and tortures, his flesh is also indelibly marked with The Brand, an unholy…
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4.2Attack on Titan
Manga · 2009 · 141 ch
Attack on TitanShingeki no KyojinManga · 2009 · 141 ch4.2In this post-apocalyptic sci-fi story, humanity has been devastated by the bizarre, giant humanoids known as the Titans. Little is known about where they came from or why they are bent on consuming mankind. Seemingly unintelligent, they…
4.4Goodnight Punpun
Manga · 2007 · 147 ch
Goodnight PunpunOyasumi PunpunManga · 2007 · 147 ch4.4Meet Punpun Punyama. He’s an average kid in an average town. He wants to win a Nobel Prize and save the world. He wants the girl he has a crush on to like him back. He wants to find some porn. That’s what he wants, but what does he get…?…
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3.9My Hero Academia
Manga · 2014 · 432 ch
My Hero AcademiaBoku no Hero AcademiaManga · 2014 · 432 ch3.9Middle school student Izuku Midoriya wants to be a hero more than anything, but he hasn’t got an ounce of power in him. With no chance of ever getting into the prestigious U.A. High School for budding heroes, his life is looking more and…
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4.0The Promised Neverland
Manga · 2016 · 181 ch
The Promised NeverlandYakusoku no NeverlandManga · 2016 · 181 ch4.0Emma, Norman and Ray are the brightest kids at the Grace Field House orphanage. And under the care of the woman they refer to as “Mom,” all the kids have enjoyed a comfortable life. Good food, clean clothes and the perfect environment to…
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4.1Blue Lock
Manga · 2018
Blue LockManga · 20184.1After a disastrous defeat at the 2018 World Cup, Japan's team struggles to regroup. But what's missing? An absolute Ace Striker, who can guide them to the win. The Japan Football Union is hell-bent on creating a striker who hungers for…
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4.4Hunter x Hunter
Manga · 1998
Hunter x HunterHUNTER×HUNTERManga · 19984.4Gon might be a country boy, but he has high aspirations. Despite his Aunt Mito's protests, Gon decides to follow in his father's footsteps and become a legendary Hunter. The Hunter hopefuls begin their journey by storm-tossed ship, where…![[Oshi no Ko]](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/manga/cover/large/bx117195-r3kf8eF0xkDJ.png)
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3.9[Oshi no Ko]
Manga · 2020 · 171 ch
[Oshi no Ko]Manga · 2020 · 171 ch3.9Gorou is a gynecologist and idol fan who’s in shock after his favorite star, Ai, announces an impromptu hiatus. Little does Gorou realize that he’s about to forge a bond with her that defies all common sense! Lies are an idol’s weapon!…
4.0Fire Punch
Manga · 2016 · 83 ch
Fire PunchManga · 2016 · 83 ch4.0Orphaned siblings Agni and Luna, like the Ice Witch who cursed their world, are two of the “blessed,” humans who hold special abilities. However, not all who are blessed are friendly, and after another of their kind attacks Agni and…
4.0Tower of God
Manga · 2010
Tower of GodSinui TapManga · 20104.0What do you desire? Money and wealth? Honor and pride? Authority and power? Revenge? Or something that transcends them all? Whatever you desire—it's here. (Source: WEBTOON)Highest rated
4.6Berserk
Manga · 1989
BerserkManga · 19894.6His name is Guts, the Black Swordsman, a feared warrior spoken of only in whispers. Bearer of a gigantic sword, an iron hand, and the scars of countless battles and tortures, his flesh is also indelibly marked with The Brand, an unholy…
4.5The Greatest Estate Developer
Manga · 2021 · 222 ch
The Greatest Estate DeveloperYeokdaegeum Yeongji SeolgyesaManga · 2021 · 222 ch4.5When civil engineering student Su-Ho Kim falls asleep reading a fantasy novel, he wakes up as a character in the book! Su-Ho is now in the body of Lloyd Frontera, a lazy noble who loves to drink, and whose family is in a mountain of debt…
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4.5Land of the Lustrous
Manga · 2012 · 120 ch
Land of the LustrousHouseki no KuniManga · 2012 · 120 ch4.5In a world inhabited by crystalline lifeforms called The Lustrous, every unique gem must fight for their way of life against the threat of lunarians who would turn them into decorations. Phosphophyllite, the most fragile and brittle of…
4.5Ashita no Joe: Fighting for Tomorrow
Manga · 1968 · 171 ch
Ashita no Joe: Fighting for TomorrowAshita no JoeManga · 1968 · 171 ch4.5A young drifter named Joe Yabuki wanders through the slums of Tokyo, but when the local ruffians try to give him a hard time he teaches them a rough lesson with his fists. The spectacle sparks a gleam in the eye of an old drunk who happens…
4.5Koimonogatari: Love Tale
Light Novel · 2011 · 39 ch
Koimonogatari: Love TaleKoimonogatariLight Novel · 2011 · 39 ch4.5Circling back to a middle school girl’s apotheosis, if we can call it that, in OTORIMONOGATARI, and the mortal threat it poses to the hero and his girl, this “Season Two” finale is narrated, for the first time in the series, by a… 4.4Goodnight Punpun
Manga · 2007 · 147 ch
Goodnight PunpunOyasumi PunpunManga · 2007 · 147 ch4.4Meet Punpun Punyama. He’s an average kid in an average town. He wants to win a Nobel Prize and save the world. He wants the girl he has a crush on to like him back. He wants to find some porn. That’s what he wants, but what does he get…?…Mature
4.4Hunter x Hunter
Manga · 1998
Hunter x HunterHUNTER×HUNTERManga · 19984.4Gon might be a country boy, but he has high aspirations. Despite his Aunt Mito's protests, Gon decides to follow in his father's footsteps and become a legendary Hunter. The Hunter hopefuls begin their journey by storm-tossed ship, where…
4.4Delicious in Dungeon
Manga · 2014 · 111 ch
Delicious in DungeonDungeon MeshiManga · 2014 · 111 ch4.4When young adventurer Laios and his company are attacked and soundly thrashed by a dragon deep in a dungeon, the party loses all its money and provisions...and a member! They're eager to go back and save her, but there is just one problem…
4.3The Climber
Manga · 2007 · 170 ch
The ClimberKokou no HitoManga · 2007 · 170 ch4.3Transfer student Buntaro Mori starts his first day at his new school already on the administration’s radar. He’s withdrawn and sullen, and the teachers are just waiting for him to explode. When his annoying classmate Miyamoto promises to…
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4.3Usogui
Manga · 2006 · 539 ch
UsoguiManga · 2006 · 539 ch4.3Driven by his desire for quick money, young Kaji gets involved with a loan shark and soon finds himself hounded by debt collectors. One day, a mysterious man named Baku Madarame appears before him. Calling himself a gambler, Baku boldly…
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4.3Heaven Official's Blessing
Manga · 2019
Heaven Official's BlessingTian Guan Ci FuManga · 20194.3800 years ago, Xie Lian was a pure-blooded and noble Crown Prince, a well-regarded child of Heaven with unlimited potential. But who knew that, after he ascended and became a god with tens of thousands of worshippers, his fate would take…
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4.3Strangulation: Kubishime Romanticist
Light Novel · 2002 · 9 ch
Strangulation: Kubishime RomanticistKubishime Romanticist: Ningen Shikkaku - Zerozaki HitoshikiLight Novel · 2002 · 9 ch4.3Now that he’s a cool college student, our anti-hero Iichan thinks his crime-solving days are behind him. Cynical, sarcastic and minimally engaged in his studies, Iichan is much more interested in his own feelings of disaffection and…
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4.3Dorohedoro
Manga · 2000 · 191 ch
DorohedoroManga · 2000 · 191 ch4.3In a city so dismal it's known only as "the Hole," a clan of Sorcerers have been plucking people off the streets to use as guinea pigs for atrocious "experiments" in the black arts. In a dark alley, Nikaido found Caiman, a man with a…
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4.3Golden Kamuy
Manga · 2014 · 314 ch
Golden KamuyManga · 2014 · 314 ch4.3In the early twentieth century, Russo-Japanese War veteran Saichi “Immortal” Sugimoto scratches out a meager existence during the postwar gold rush in the wilderness of Hokkaido. When he stumbles across a map to a fortune in hidden Ainu…
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4.3A Certain Magical Index NT
Light Novel · 2011 · 183 ch
A Certain Magical Index NTShinyaku Toaru Majutsu no IndexLight Novel · 2011 · 183 ch4.3World War III is over. Touma disappears. Accelerator spends his days with Last Order and Misaka Worst. Shiage uses the secrets he gained in Russia as a bargaining chip. But this peace doesn't last long as the Freshmen arrive... (Source…
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4.3Pluto
Manga · 2003 · 65 ch
PlutoPLUTOManga · 2003 · 65 ch4.3In an ideal world where man and robots coexist, someone or something has destroyed the powerful Swiss robot Mont Blanc. Elsewhere a key figure in a robot rights group is murdered. The two incidents appear to be unrelated...except for one…
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4.3The Legend of the Northern Blade
Manga · 2019 · 202 ch
The Legend of the Northern BladeBukgeom JeongiManga · 2019 · 202 ch4.3For decades, the brave warriors of the Northern Heavenly Sect fought to keep the world safe from the evil Silent Night. But when the fourth generation leader is accused of colluding with the enemy, he is forced to disband the sect and…
4.3Banana Fish
Manga · 1985 · 110 ch
Banana FishBANANA FISHManga · 1985 · 110 ch4.3Nature made Ash Lynx beautiful; nurture made him a cold ruthless killer. A runaway brought up as the adopted heir and sex toy of "Papa" Dino Golzine, Ash, now at the rebellious age of seventeen, forsakes the kingdom held out by the devil…
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4.3Bungo Stray Dogs Beast
Manga · 2019 · 22 ch
Bungo Stray Dogs BeastBungou Stray Dogs BEASTManga · 2019 · 22 ch4.3In a parallel universe of Bungo Stray Dogs, Ryuunosuke Akutagawa’s desperate mission to save his younger sister leads to him being recruited by the armed detective agency! (Source: Yen Press) 4.2Chainsaw Man
Manga · 2018 · 232 ch
Chainsaw ManManga · 2018 · 232 ch4.2The name says it all! Denji's life of poverty is changed forever when he merges with his pet chainsaw dog, Pochita! Now he's living in the big city and an official Devil Hunter. But he's got a lot to learn about his new job and chainsaw… 4.2Solo Leveling
Manga · 2018 · 201 ch
Solo LevelingNa Honjaman Level UpManga · 2018 · 201 ch4.2In a world where awakened beings called “Hunters” must battle deadly monsters to protect humanity, Seong Jin-U, nicknamed “the weakest hunter of all mankind,” finds himself in a constant struggle for survival. One day, after a brutal…Mature
4.2Attack on Titan
Manga · 2009 · 141 ch
Attack on TitanShingeki no KyojinManga · 2009 · 141 ch4.2In this post-apocalyptic sci-fi story, humanity has been devastated by the bizarre, giant humanoids known as the Titans. Little is known about where they came from or why they are bent on consuming mankind. Seemingly unintelligent, they…
4.2Death Note
Manga · 2003 · 108 ch
Death NoteDEATH NOTEManga · 2003 · 108 ch4.2Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects—and he’s bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies…
4.2Akira
Manga · 1982 · 120 ch
AkiraAKIRAManga · 1982 · 120 ch4.2Welcome to Neo-Tokyo, built on the ashes of a Tokyo annihilated by a blast of unknown origin that triggered World War III. The lives of two streetwise teenage friends, Tetsuo and Kaneda, change forever when paranormal abilities begin to…
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4.2Pick Me Up
Manga · 2022
Pick Me UpPick Me Up!Manga · 20224.21-Star heroes are just fodder for learning a boss' attack patterns. That was Seojin Han's philosophy when playing the notoriously difficult game Pick Me Up. But after being transported into the game as one of those 1-star heroes, he's got…
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4.2Return of the Blossoming Blade
Manga · 2021
Return of the Blossoming BladeHwasangwihwanManga · 20214.2When Cheong-Myeong of the Mount Hua Sect awakens a hundred years in the future, his last memories are of a bloody battle against the Leader of the Demonic Cult, the evil Cheon-Ma. The battle almost saw the end of the Ten Great Sects of…
4.2Classroom of the Elite
Light Novel · 2015 · 110 ch
Classroom of the EliteYoukoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu eLight Novel · 2015 · 110 ch4.2Students of the prestigious Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Nurturing High School are given remarkable freedom—if they can win, barter, or save enough points to work their way up the ranks! Ayanokoji Kiyotaka has landed at the bottom in the…
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4.2The Empty Box and Zeroth Maria
Light Novel · 2009 · 254 ch
The Empty Box and Zeroth MariaUtsuro no Hako to Zero no MariaLight Novel · 2009 · 254 ch4.2Kazuki Hoshino treasures nothing more than his ordinary life, and March 2 should have been an ordinary day. The arrival of a transfer student, the mysterious Aya Otonashi, shouldn't have shattered the world he knows. He's never seen this…
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4.2Overlord
Light Novel · 2012
OverlordLight Novel · 20124.2For twelve years, the virtual world of Yggdrasil has served as the playground and battlefield for the skeletal lord Momonga and his guild of fellow monsters, Ainz Ooal Gown. But the guild's glory days are over, and the game is shutting…
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4.2Classroom of the Elite: Year 2
Light Novel · 2020 · 130 ch
Classroom of the Elite: Year 2Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e: 2-nensei-henLight Novel · 2020 · 130 ch4.2Students of the prestigious Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Nurturing High School are given remarkable freedom–if they can win, barter, or save enough points to work their way up the ranks! Ayanokouji Kiyotaka started at the bottom in the…
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4.2Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi
Manga · 2017 · 259 ch
Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu ShiModao ZushiManga · 2017 · 259 ch4.2Feared and hated for his sinister abilities, Wei Wuxian–the grandmaster of demonic cultivation–was driven to his death when the most powerful clans united to destroy him. Thirteen years later, Wei Wuxian is reborn. Summoned by a young man…
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4.2Bastard
Manga · 2014 · 94 ch
BastardHurejasikManga · 2014 · 94 ch4.2High school life is hard enough, but it’s even harder for Seon Jin. A sickly disabled boy, Jin might as well be invisible. No one ever pays attention to him, except for the bullies who prey on him for being weak. Jin, however, keeps a very…
4.2Homunculus
Manga · 2003 · 166 ch
HomunculusManga · 2003 · 166 ch4.2Nakoshi Susumu, age 34, is living out of his car. Between spending his days with the homeless and his nights in his vehicle, he has little to his name–but not so little that he’ll agree to be the subject of a scientific experiment. An…
4.2Bungo Stray Dogs
Manga · 2012
Bungo Stray DogsBungou Stray DogsManga · 20124.2Having been kicked out of the orphanage, a despairing young man by the name of Atsushi Nakajima rescues a strange man from a suicide attempt--Osamu Dazai. Turns out that Dazai is part of an armed-detective agency staffed by individuals…
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4.2The Case Study of Vanitas
Manga · 2015
The Case Study of VanitasVanitas no CarteManga · 20154.2Rumors revolving around The Book of Vanitas, a clockwork grimoire of dubious reputation, draw Noé, a young vampire in search of a friend's salvation, to Paris. What awaits him in the City of Flowers, however, is not long hours treading the…
4.2Blade of the Immortal
Manga · 1993 · 219 ch
Blade of the ImmortalMugen no JuuninManga · 1993 · 219 ch4.2Hiroaki Samura's Blade of the Immortal will keep you on edge! Manji, a ronin warrior of feudal Japan, has been cursed with immortality. To rid himself of this curse and end his life of misery, he must slay one thousand evil men! His quest…