What readers are picking up right now, from Kitsu's trending data on 15 November 2026. Korean webtoons (manhwa) rule this week: regression stories, martial arts sects and game-system fantasy take most of the top ten. The live list, plus the newest series of 2026, is on our trending page.
1. Pick Me Up!
Korean manhwa (webtoon), started 2022, still publishing. Genres: action, adventure, fantasy. A top-ranked player of a gacha mobile game finds himself inside it as a weak one-star hero, and has to climb the game's tower without dying.
2. The Devil Butler
Chinese manhua, started 2019, still publishing. Genres: adventure, action, fantasy.
3. Martial Peak
Chinese manhua, started 2017, still publishing. Genres: adventure, action, harem. A lowly sweeper at a martial arts sect finds a mysterious black book and begins a very long climb to the peak of the martial world.
4. One Piece
Japanese manga, started 1997, still publishing. Genres: comedy, super power, fantasy. Luffy and the Straw Hat crew's hunt for the One Piece, now deep into its final saga. It has an anime adaptation.
5. Nano Machine
Korean manhwa (webtoon), started 2020, still publishing. Genres: action, martial arts, science fiction. An outcast son of the Demonic Cult's leader is visited by a descendant from the future, who injects him with nanomachines.
6. Star-Embracing Swordmaster
Korean manhwa (webtoon), started 2023, still publishing. Genres: action, drama, fantasy.
7. SSS-Class Revival Hunter
Korean manhwa (webtoon), started 2020, still publishing. Genres: action, adventure, fantasy. A failed hunter's only skill lets him come back to life after death and copy the power of whoever killed him. It has an anime adaptation.
8. The Youngest Son of a Master Swordsman
Korean manhwa (webtoon), started 2022, still publishing. Genres: action, martial arts, adventure. The youngest, least talented son of a legendary swordsman family gets a second chance at life after dying, and returns as a child with his memories.
9. Return of the Blossoming Blade
Korean manhwa (webtoon), started 2021, still publishing. Genres: action, adventure, fantasy. The greatest swordsman of the fallen Mount Hua Sect wakes up 100 years later in a boy's body and sets out to rebuild his sect.
10. One-Punch Man
Japanese manga, started 2012, still publishing. Genres: comedy, science fiction, super power. Saitama can beat anyone with one punch, and is bored out of his mind. The manga keeps going after the anime's seasons. It has an anime adaptation.
Why manhwa are everywhere
Webtoons are published one vertical-scroll chapter a week on phones, so readers follow dozens at a time and the most-followed lists move fast. Return of the Blossoming Blade, Nano Machine and The Youngest Son of a Master Swordsman all share a favourite formula: a master who gets a second life, with all of his skill and memories intact.
Read legally
Kitanime doesn't host manga. Each title page lists official places to read it, such as WEBTOON, MANGA Plus and BOOK☆WALKER, and Amazon links for print volumes. Looking for something new? See new manga of 2026.
