Many of the world’s most popular manga fits into the fantasy genre. No matter what your tastes are, there are the Best Fantasy Manga To Read 2020 waiting for you. Help guide your fellow fans by voting up your favorites.
Sailor Moon
This anime was part of my childhood and is the best fantasy manga completed. Middle school student Usagi finds out she’s a chosen warrior of justice, who rallies her friends to fight evil. Also, she hates death and dying, but matures so as to cope with it and accept her new responsibilities. While the original anime is fun and never lost sight of how Usagi was a kid, the manga takes a more somber approach to how Usagi has to mature and become the warrior queen that will one day make evil tremble.
Yona of the Dawn
I wish Game of Thrones had taken this direction for coups, tragedy, and loss. Princess Yona loses her status and sense of security when her crush and cousin murder her father. Yona’s bodyguard Hak escapes with her, and she decides to build a new life protecting him and the people she loves. There are dragon reincarnations involved, politics, and moral ambiguity.
Fullmetal Alchemist
What is life? Why can we not revive the dead or find immortality? Because we may lose our limbs or our siblings. The Elric brothers find themselves without an arm, a leg, and a body when they try to resurrect their mother. To regain their original bodies, they join the military as alchemists and get drawn into a centuries-long conspiracy.
Full Moon o Sagashite
Be prepared to cry for this one. Mitsuki has throat cancer, and a desire to sing on stage the way her parents did. For this reason, she refuses to have an operation that could save her life, because it may also take her voice away. Two death gods appear, and tell Mitsuki even with the operation she’ll die in a year. As a last request, they change her into an older teenager so she can sing on stage before they need to reap her soul. While the gods try to figure out who will prevent Mitsuki’s death, she navigates her personal and family tragedies.
Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, xxxHolic
What is a good fantasy manga to read? I think the best answer is these two manga. These are CLAMP works that exist in tandem and take the idea of parallel universes under their thumb. We see Sakura and Syaoran, who travel worlds to recover Sakura’s memories, and a strangely gifted student named Watanuki who starts working at a magic shop to get rid of his powers. Watanuki spends his time cooking, cleaning, and running errands for the shop owner Yuko; despite himself, he becomes fond of her and his friends who join in on the ride. The two stories have a remarkable connection, if wonky time travel paradoxes, and have a bittersweet compliment.
Yugioh
I have memories. The original manga series—not the spinoff with Duel Monsters—is an amazing read. A student named Yugi completes a puzzle that allows him to host the spirit of an avid gamer, called the Other Yugi. Because Yugi is tiny and easy pickings for many bullies, Other Yugi comes out and doles vengeance, via games of his choosing. You do not want to mess with him. Meanwhile, Yugi is concerned about how he becomes a trouble magnet.
Death Note
This manga isn’t perfect, and it’s not kind to its women, but it has to go on the list for its sheer audacity. A high school ace student finds a notebook that can kill anyone. He decides to use the power to create a new utopia without crime. The police disagree because they rightly believe that one human can’t play God. An American detective who goes by the moniker L decides to engage the killer in an international hunt.
Revolutionary Girl Utena
Sometimes the girl wants to learn how to rescue herself from pain and sadness. Utena wants to find the mysterious prince who saved her when she was a child and become a prince in turn. To do so, she transfers to a school with a mysterious dueling club and a student who seems to need protection, Anthy. The more Utena tries to solve the mystery and find her prince, the more she realizes that Anthy may need more than a typical rescue.
Liselotte & Witch’s Forest
This story takes a darker look at rebuilding a life and making friends with your enemy. Liselotte is a lady in exile, who is startled when she sees a man who looks like her childhood friend but has none of his memories. She soon wants to befriend the witches in the local woods and make a new home. At first, the witches would rather curse Liselotte and her servants so that they would leave, only Liselotte had nowhere else to go.
Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle
A demon king has taken Princess Syalis hostage. Because of the hostage situation, he can’t harm her, only annoy her. Syalis for her part just wants a good night’s sleep, because her bedsheets are rough and her limbs are stiff. So she starts borrowing items to improve her nights. So relatable and written for our generation.
Above is our coverage of the best fantasy manga to read 2020. Did we miss out on something? If so, please comment on the section below.
