Best survival manga
270 manga about survival, 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…
4.6Berserk
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…
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4.3Tokyo Ghoul
Manga · 2011 · 144 ch
Tokyo GhoulManga · 2011 · 144 ch4.3Shy Ken Kaneki is thrilled to go on a date with the beautiful Rize. But it turns out that she’s only interested in his body—eating it, that is. When a morally questionable rescue transforms him into the first half-human half-Ghoul hybrid…
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4.5Vagabond
Manga · 1998
VagabondManga · 19984.5At seventeen years of age, Miyamoto Musashi--still known by his childhood name, Shinmen Takezo--was a wild young brute just setting out along the way of the sword. In the aftermath of the epic Battle of Sekigahara, Takezo finds himself a…
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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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4.3Omniscient Reader
Manga · 2020
Omniscient ReaderJeonjijeok Dokja SijeomManga · 20204.3Back then, Dok-Ja had no idea. He had no idea his favorite web novel 'Three Ways to Survive the Apocalypse' was going to come to life, and that he would become the only person to know how the world was going to end. He also had no idea he…
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3.8Kaiju No.8
Manga · 2020 · 129 ch
Kaiju No.8Kaijuu 8-gouManga · 2020 · 129 ch3.8A man working a job far removed from his childhood dreams gets wrapped up in an unexpected situation…! Becoming a monster, he aims once again to fulfill his lifelong dream…! (Source: MANGA Plus) Note: - Nominated for the 14th Manga Taisho…
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…
4.0Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku
Manga · 2018 · 127 ch
Hell’s Paradise: JigokurakuJigokurakuManga · 2018 · 127 ch4.0Gabimaru the Hollow is one of the most vicious assassins ever to come out of the ninja village of Iwagakure. He’s ruthlessly efficient, but a betrayal results in him being handed a death sentence. He has only one hope—in order to earn his…
4.0Dr. STONE
Manga · 2017 · 236 ch
Dr. STONEManga · 2017 · 236 ch4.0One fateful day, all of humanity was petrified by a blinding flash of light. After several millennia, high schooler Taiju awakens and finds himself lost in a world of statues. However, he’s not alone! His science-loving friend Senku’s been…
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4.0Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror
Manga · 1998 · 20 ch
Uzumaki: Spiral into HorrorUzumakiManga · 1998 · 20 ch4.0Kurozu-cho, a small fogbound town on the coast of Japan, is cursed. According to Shuichi Saito, the withdrawn boyfriend of teenager Kirie Goshima, their town is haunted not by a person or being but by a pattern: uzumaki, the spiral, the…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…Mature
4.5Vagabond
Manga · 1998
VagabondManga · 19984.5At seventeen years of age, Miyamoto Musashi--still known by his childhood name, Shinmen Takezo--was a wild young brute just setting out along the way of the sword. In the aftermath of the epic Battle of Sekigahara, Takezo finds himself a…
4.486―EIGHTY-SIX
Light Novel · 2017
86―EIGHTY-SIX86: Eighty SixLight Novel · 20174.4A War Without Casualties: The Republic of San Magnolia has long been under attack from the neighboring Giadian Empire's army of unmanned drones known as the Legion. After years of painstaking research, the Republic finally developed…
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…
4.3Yona of the Dawn
Manga · 2009 · 295 ch
Yona of the DawnAkatsuki no YonaManga · 2009 · 295 ch4.3A red-haired princess loses her family and her kingdom—now she must rise and fight for her throne! Princess Yona lives an ideal life as the only princess of her kingdom. Doted on by her father, the king, and protected by her faithful guard…Mature
4.3Omniscient Reader
Manga · 2020
Omniscient ReaderJeonjijeok Dokja SijeomManga · 20204.3Back then, Dok-Ja had no idea. He had no idea his favorite web novel 'Three Ways to Survive the Apocalypse' was going to come to life, and that he would become the only person to know how the world was going to end. He also had no idea he…
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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…
4.3Girls' Last Tour
Manga · 2014 · 47 ch
Girls' Last TourShoujo Shuumatsu RyokouManga · 2014 · 47 ch4.3Civilization is dead, but Chito and Yuuri are still alive. So they hop aboard their beloved Kettenkrad motorbike and aimlessly wander the ruins of the world they once knew. Day after hopeless day, they look for their next meal and fuel for…
4.3Tobaku Datenroku Kaiji: One Poker-hen
Manga · 2013 · 155 ch
Tobaku Datenroku Kaiji: One Poker-henManga · 2013 · 155 ch4.3Kaiji and Kazuya face off against each other in a high-stakes game of "One Poker," a modified version of standard poker. Kazuya sets forth a gamble of 2,000,000,000 yen! How will Kaiji survive?! Chapter count for this arc is 101-254 in the…
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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…Mature
4.3Tokyo Ghoul
Manga · 2011 · 144 ch
Tokyo GhoulManga · 2011 · 144 ch4.3Shy Ken Kaneki is thrilled to go on a date with the beautiful Rize. But it turns out that she’s only interested in his body—eating it, that is. When a morally questionable rescue transforms him into the first half-human half-Ghoul hybrid…
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4.3The Horizon
Manga · 2016 · 21 ch
The HorizonSupyeongseonManga · 2016 · 21 ch4.3A world where everything has been lost. A boy and a girl alone together. A spark of hope kindled between them. All they can do is move forward. But against broken adults and devastating despair, how long will they be able to keep going...?…
4.3Made in Abyss
Manga · 2012
Made in AbyssManga · 20124.3In an age when the corners of the world have been scoured for their secrets, only one place remains unexplored–a massive cave system known as the Abyss. Those who traverse its endless pits and labyrinth-like tunnels are known as Cave…
4.3Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation
Light Novel · 2014 · 334 ch
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless ReincarnationMushoku Tensei: Isekai Ittara Honki DasuLight Novel · 2014 · 334 ch4.3Kicked out by his family and wandering the streets, an unemployed 34-year-old shut-in thinks he’s hit rock-bottom—just as he’s hit and killed by a speeding truck! Awakening to find himself reborn as an infant in a world of swords and…
4.3Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Manga · 1982 · 59 ch
Nausicaä of the Valley of the WindKaze no Tani no NausicaäManga · 1982 · 59 ch4.3Humanity, in its hubris, has precipitated a devastating environmental disaster. Flourishing industrial civilizations have been swallowed up by the Sea of Corruption, an enormous forest of fungi releases a miasma of poisonous spores into…
4.3Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 1
Light Novel · 2015 · 85 ch
Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 1Honzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen Dai 1-bu - Heishi no MusumeLight Novel · 2015 · 85 ch4.3Part 1 of Honzuki no Gekokujou . A certain college girl who's loved books ever since she was a little girl dies in an accident and is reborn in another world she knows nothing about. She is now Myne, the sickly five-year-old daughter of a… 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…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…
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4.2Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun
Manga · 2014
Toilet-Bound Hanako-kunJibaku Shounen Hanako-kunManga · 20144.2"Hanako-san, Hanako-san... are you there?" At Kamome Academy, rumors abound about the school's Seven Mysteries, one of which is Hanako-san. Said to occupy the third stall of the third floor girls' bathroom in the old school building…
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…
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…
4.2The Fable
Manga · 2014 · 240 ch
The FableManga · 2014 · 240 ch4.2When you're the infamous prodigy hitman known only as “Fable,” many things come easy. Being a normal person, however, isn't one of them. In fact, being told that he can't kill anyone for a while may just be the hardest job Fable’s ever…
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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…
4.2Who Made Me a Princess
Manga · 2017 · 135 ch
Who Made Me a PrincessEoneu Nal Gongjuga DoeeobeoryeotdaManga · 2017 · 135 ch4.2The story of Athanasia, forsaken princess of the Obelian Empire, ends with her execution at the hands of her own father—or does it? Her tragic tale is the plot of the novel The Lovely Princess. But now, a modern woman who read the book has…
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4.2Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji
Manga · 1996 · 158 ch
Gambling Apocalypse KaijiTobaku Mokushiroku KaijiManga · 1996 · 158 ch4.2Ne'er-do-well Kaiji Itou's shiftless existence is suddenly rattled by a visit from the yakuza. Burdened by debt and resentment, Kaiji is coerced into gambling for his worthless life. As the stakes grow higher and the rules become…
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4.2Goedame Tteoreojyeodo Chulgeuneul Haeya Haneunguna
Manga · 2026
Goedame Tteoreojyeodo Chulgeuneul Haeya HaneungunaManga · 20264.2I sacrificed my precious vacation to attend a pop-up event of a certain modern fantasy I loved so much. And on that very day, I got transported into that fantasy world. As none other than a newly hired employee at a renowned major…
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4.2Tobaku Hakairoku Kaiji
Manga · 2000 · 134 ch
Tobaku Hakairoku KaijiManga · 2000 · 134 ch4.2After Kaiji's showdown with Chairman Hyoudou at the Starside Hotel, he's forced into labour at an underground mine. With his meagre daily wage, he'll be working for decades to repay his debt unless he does something about his miserable…
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4.1Sweet Home
Manga · 2017 · 141 ch
Sweet HomeManga · 2017 · 141 ch4.1After an unexpected family tragedy, a reclusive high school student is forced to leave his home -- only to face something much scarier: a reality where monsters are trying to wipe out humanity. Now he must fight alongside a handful of…
4.1The Girl From the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún
Manga · 2015 · 53 ch
The Girl From the Other Side: Siúil, a RúnTotsukuni no ShoujoManga · 2015 · 53 ch4.1In a world split between the Inside and the Outside, those living in both realms are told never to cross over to the other side, lest they be cursed. A young girl named Shiva lives on the other side, in a vacant village with a demonic…
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4.1Alice in Borderland
Manga · 2010 · 87 ch
Alice in BorderlandImawa no Kuni no AliceManga · 2010 · 87 ch4.1Eighteen-year-old Ryohei Arisu is sick of his life. School sucks, his love life is a joke, and his future feels like impending doom. As he struggles to exist in a world that can’t be bothered with him, Ryohei feels like everything would be…
4.1The Extra’s Academy Survival Guide
Manga · 2023
The Extra’s Academy Survival GuideAcademy-eseo SaranamgiManga · 20234.1Ed Rothstaylor is a third-rate villain in a game, disowned by his family and kicked out of the dormitory for his misdeeds. One day, our main character wakes up as this very Ed, and realizes he must earn a scholarship so he can graduate and…
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4.1Leviathan
Manga · 2018 · 115 ch
LeviathanSimhaesuManga · 2018 · 115 ch4.1The world is submerged, and sea monsters rule the earth. Will Bota and his family ever make it to safety and escape this aquatic hell? And who in the world is Kana?! (Source: Toomics) Notes: - Includes six extra chapters. - Originally…
4.1Zatch Bell!
Manga · 2001 · 324 ch
Zatch Bell!Konjiki no Gash!!Manga · 2001 · 324 ch4.1Kiyo is a brilliant junior high student whose inflated ego (and tendency to blow the grading curve) has made him a major target for teasing at school. So his father sends him a bizarre birthday present – a strange little boy named Zatch…
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4.17SEEDS
Manga · 2001 · 178 ch
7SEEDSManga · 2001 · 178 ch4.1Scientists had predicted this disaster, and in response, the leaders of every country met to develop a plan for human survival before the meteor hit. The Seven Seeds project was developed out of this meeting. Each country froze a number of…
4.1Lullaby of the Dawn
Manga · 2020
Lullaby of the DawnYoake no UtaManga · 20204.1Night after night, Elva steps forth into the black sea, sword in hand, to drive back the creatures that surge from the waves. Elva is one of the "kannagi," warrior priests chosen by the divine to protect the island. With his snow-white…