If you liked Rurouni Kenshin
12 manga like Rurouni Kenshin
Picked for the same feel: the genres they share with Rurouni Kenshin (romance, adventure, action), the same creators, and what readers keep together. Each opens where it is read legally.
Manga like Rurouni Kenshin
Readers also like it1. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
by Koyoharu Gotouge
- Action (shared)
- Adventure (shared)
- Drama (shared)
- Fantasy
Taisho-era Japan. Tanjiro Kamado comes home from selling charcoal to find his family slaughtered by a demon, and his little sister Nezuko turned into one. She still knows him, and she refuses to eat people. Tanjiro trains to become a demon slayer, hoping to find a way to make her human again — a fierce, sorrowful and very kind story about family.
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Readers also like it2. The Elusive Samurai
by Yusei Matsui
- Action (shared)
- Comedy
- Drama (shared)
Japan, 1333. When the Kamakura shogunate falls, young Tokiyuki Hojo, heir to the ruling family, loses everything in a single day. His one talent is running away. With the help of an eccentric priest, he turns fleeing into a way to fight back — a lively historical adventure based on a real figure.
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Readers also like it3. Hunter × Hunter
by Yoshihiro Togashi
- Action (shared)
- Adventure (shared)
- Fantasy
Gon Freecss sets out to become a Hunter, one of the elite licensed to explore the world's wonders, to find the father who left to be one. The exam alone nearly kills him — and gives him a best friend, Killua, the runaway heir of a family of assassins. An adventure that keeps reinventing itself, from monster hunts to heists to wars of strategy.
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Readers also like it4. Bleach
by Tite Kubo
- Action (shared)
- Adventure (shared)
- Comedy
- Supernatural
Ichigo Kurosaki has always been able to see ghosts. When a Soul Reaper named Rukia is wounded protecting his family from a monstrous Hollow, she lends him her power — and Ichigo ends up doing her job. Stylish sword fights between the living world and the Soul Society, with a cast that keeps growing more striking.
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Readers also like it5. One Piece
by Eiichiro Oda
- Action (shared)
- Adventure (shared)
- Comedy
- Drama (shared)
Monkey D. Luffy ate a cursed fruit as a boy, and now his body stretches like rubber — and he can never swim again. That does not stop him setting out to sea. He means to find the legendary treasure called the One Piece and become King of the Pirates, gathering a crew of misfits one island at a time. A vast adventure of friendship, freedom and very large fights, and one of the best-selling comics ever made.
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Readers also like it6. Sakamoto Days
by Yuto Suzuki
- Action (shared)
- Comedy
- Crime
Taro Sakamoto was the greatest hitman alive — until he fell in love, retired, married and settled down to run a neighbourhood shop, a little heavier than he used to be. When a bounty lands on his head, every killer in town comes calling, and Sakamoto has to fight them off without breaking his promise to his wife: no killing. Inventive action comedy.
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Readers also like it7. Kagurabachi
by Takeru Hokazono
- Action (shared)
- Drama (shared)
- Supernatural
Chihiro Rokuhira grew up in the workshop of his father, the swordsmith who forged the legendary enchanted blades. When his father is murdered and the swords are stolen, Chihiro takes up a blade of his own. A stylish revenge story of sorcerers, yakuza and razor-sharp sword fights.
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Readers also like it8. Noragami: Stray God
by Adachitoka
- Action (shared)
- Comedy
- Drama (shared)
- Supernatural
Yato is a minor god with no shrine and no worshippers, who takes any job for five yen. Hiyori pushes him out of the path of a bus — and her soul starts slipping out of her body. A funny, moving story about gods who only exist while someone remembers them.
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Readers also like it9. My Happy Marriage
by Agitogi Akumi, Kousaka Rito
- Drama (shared)
- Romance (shared)
Born without the gift her family is known for, Miyo Saimori is treated as a servant by her father, her stepmother and her gifted half-sister. Then she is sent away as a bride candidate to Kiyoka Kudou, a soldier rumoured to be so cold that every candidate before her has fled. A slow, gentle romance with a supernatural edge, set in an alternate Meiji-era Japan.
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Readers also like it10. Mao
by Rumiko Takahashi
- Action (shared)
- Mystery
- Supernatural
Nanoka steps through a passage that carries her from modern Japan into the Taisho era. There she meets Mao, an exorcist burdened by a curse that may connect to her own past. Their investigation brings them into contact with dangerous spirits and mysteries crossing generations.
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Readers also like it11. Boruto: Two Blue Vortex
by Masashi Kishimoto, Mikio Ikemoto
- Action (shared)
- Adventure (shared)
- Fantasy
Boruto Uzumaki, son of Naruto, returns to the Hidden Leaf a fugitive — branded a traitor after the world's memories were rewritten. Older and stronger, he fights to protect the village that hunts him: the next generation's story, written by Naruto's creator.
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Historical · Martial Arts12. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 2: Battle Tendency
by Hirohiko Araki
- Action (shared)
- Adventure (shared)
- Comedy
- Supernatural
New York, 1938. Joseph Joestar — Jonathan's grandson, a brash trickster who predicts his opponents' next line — learns that ancient beings older than vampires are waking up. He has to master the breathing technique of Hamon to stop them, cheating and bluffing his way through the funniest part of the saga.
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