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Attack on Titan (2012)Published Jan 1, 2012For the big, decade-spanning mystery, start behind the walls with Eren and his friends. The setup looks like a siege story about humans and giants, but the most gripping question is what the people inside those walls have been told about the world.0 - 2
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (2018)Published Jan 1, 2018Tanjiro's search for a way to restore his sister Nezuko gives a sprawling demon hunt one simple purpose. If you know the anime, read the manga for the quick transitions between the siblings' quiet moments and fights, and for the way each new demon tests Tanjiro's empathy.0 - 3
My Hero Academia (2015)Published Jan 1, 2015A school for superheroes gave this decade a new way to talk about inherited power. Midoriya starts as one of the few people without a Quirk, and his education stays interesting because knowing how to use power well is a separate skill from having it.0 - 4
Haikyu!! (2016)Published Jan 1, 2016Short on height and long on spring, Hinata makes you see the volleyball court in terms of timing and positioning. Read it for the feeling of learning a team game a rally at a time. The contest for the next point is usually interesting even before you understand the whole rotation.0 - 5
Tokyo Ghoul (2015)Published Jan 1, 2015College student Ken Kaneki becomes part ghoul and has to learn the rules of the society he used to fear. Read it for the discomfort of seeing both sides of the same city through somebody who has a reason to hide from both.0 - 6
One-Punch Man (2015)Published Jan 1, 2015Start with ONE and Yusuke Murata's manga version. Saitama can finish almost any fight immediately, so the joke becomes whether he can find a reason to care about winning. It's a good companion to My Hero Academia if you want to see the decade's appetite for superheroes turn into satire.0 - 7
The Promised Neverland (2017)Published Jan 1, 2017The children at Grace Field House have to plan an escape while maintaining the appearance that everything is fine. The opening volumes are an especially good choice for readers who like suspense built from watching who trusts whom.0 - 8
Golden Kamuy (2017)Published Jan 1, 2017A coded map, a cache of gold, and Ainu guide Asirpa send a Japanese war veteran into Hokkaido. The hunt makes room for comedy and practical details about how people eat and travel there. Try it when you want an adventure whose setting dictates what the characters can do.0 - 9
Land of the Lustrous (2017)Published Jan 1, 2017Phosphophyllite lives among gems fighting the Lunarians. Give the spare black-and-white pages time. The sense that a body can be broken and remade makes the action an unusually good way into a story about what survives when a person changes.0 - 10
Witch Hat Atelier (2019)Published Jan 1, 2019Coco learns that magic is drawn, which makes each spell a small piece of design you can look at and try to understand. Pick this up for the way the drawings let you share in her discovery, and for the sharper question of who gets to learn a craft that powerful.0
