My Anime List - You Should Read This Manga 2025 Nominations

Have you ever wanted to share manga recommendations with your friends but didn’t know where to start? My Anime List has just the solution!

If you didn’t know, every year My Anime List puts together a manga recommendations’ list based on fans’ suggestions. This discovery list is incredibly extensive, covering romance, horror, fantasy, and everything under the sun, making it perfect to share with seasoned veterans and beginners alike!

Want to have a say on what titles go on this list? Then vote! Better yet why not pick one of our suggestions? While we would love you to nominate all our Yen Press titles, you can only select up to ten and they need to rank lower than #50 on MAL, so choose wisely!

The nomination deadline is February 27, 7:00pm PST, so make sure to head to My Anime List and vote! Don’t have a MAL account? No worries! You can still vote by filling out this form!

And now, drum rolls, please! 

OUR 2025 SUGGESTED NOMINATIONS 

The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn’t a Guy at All 

By Sumiko Arai 

Fashionable and upbeat high schooler Aya loves listening to rock, but no one else seems to share her interest…until she meets a cool, stylish employee at a CD shop. Dressed in black from head to toe, he has this air of mystery about him, and his taste in music is impeccable. Aya falls hard for him—not knowing her crush is actually her female classmate Mitsuki! For her part, Mitsuki generally keeps to herself and avoids standing out at school. But given that she sits right next to Aya, Mitsuki’s all too aware of the other girl’s feelings, and she’s afraid to reveal the truth. So why does she find herself talking with Aya more and more…? 

The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn't a Guy at All, Vols. 1-2 Available Now! 

The Summer Hikaru Died

By Mokumokuren 

It has Hikaru’s face. It has Hikaru’s voice. It even has Hikaru’s memories. But whatever came down from the mountains six months ago isn’t Yoshiki’s best friend. Whatever it is, it’s dangerous. Carrying on at school and hanging out as if nothing has changed—as if Hikaru isn’t gone—would be crazy...but when it looks so very like Hikaru...and acts so very like Hikaru... 

The Summer Hikaru Died, Vols. 1-5 Available Now! 

This Monster Wants to Eat Me

By Sai Naekawa 

Hinako, a high school student with a dark past, lives alone in a town by the sea. Haunted by a constant sensation of drowning, she can barely go through the motions of her tedious life…until the day a monster tries to eat her! After passing out in the struggle, she awakens to find she’s been rescued by a beautiful mermaid. However, salvation comes at a cost—the mermaid’s protection will last only until Hinako has matured into the perfect meal! Hinako’s first instinct isn’t to run or scream, though, and an unlikely relationship between monster and prey unfolds… “I’ve come to devour you."

This Monster Wants to Eat Me, Vols. 1-3 Available Now!

Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun

By AidaIro

“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, Hanako-san grants any wish when summoned. Nene Yashiro, an occult-loving high school girl who dreams of romance, ventures into this haunted bathroom...but the Hanako-san she meets there is nothing like she imagined! Kamome Academy’s Hanako-san...is a boy!

Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun, Vols. 1-21 Available Now!

Bungo Stray Dogs

By Kafka Asagiri, (Art) Sango Harukawa

Having 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 a detective agency staffed by individuals whose supernatural powers take on a literary bent!

Bungo Stray Dogs, Vols. 1-24 Available Now!

CLAMP Premium Collection Tokyo Babylon

By CLAMP

Tokyo—a beautiful yet cold city, full of life and twinkling lights. There resides Subaru Sumeragi, the thirteenth head of his clan and a powerful onmyouji. Aided by his glamorous twin sister, Hokuto, and the veterinarian who claims to love him, Seishirou Sakurazuka, he solves the supernatural troubles that plague the citizens of Tokyo—both living and deceased!

CLAMP Premium Collection Tokyo Babylon, Vols. 1-6 Available Now!

And those are just a few of the titles that we have up for nominations this year! For more candidates, just browse our 2024 calendar.

Need an extra incentive to vote and comment for your favorite manga? Well, you might find a surprise message by your favorite author once the 2025 list gets published!

And if you are curious about what Yen Press titles were featured on last year’s list, just head to My Anime List’s You Should Read This Manga 2024!