Get ready to discover your next favorite series with Volume 1s starting at $0.99
Now is your chance to jumpstart your manga collection whether your looking for gripping sci-fi stories, intense action and horror or heartwarming romance, comedy and adventures, we have you covered during the Kodansha Manga Starter Packs digital sale! Whether you’re a manga veteran or a newbie looking to dive in, there’s always a volume 1 ready to be your new favorite series.
Sale Ends Monday, July 28th, 2025!
For a limited time get volume 1s for just $0.99 and additional volumes up to 50% off for amazing manga starter stories like:
Witch Hat Atelier, a beautifully drawn fantasy adventure manga that explores a world where magic is a secret, guarded art performed by drawing intricate symbols.
Ajin: Demi-Human, A high-octane thriller centered on immortal beings with horrifying powers and the ethical conflicts surrounding their existance.
Land of the Lustrous: A visually stunning manga about gemstone-like beings struggling with identity and existence while batting constant monstrous threats.
Don’t Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: A comedy manga centered on the playful, teasing dynamic between a high school girl and her shy upperclassman.
Take advantage of these amazing discounts by purchasing on kodansha.localhost/ or by visiting any of our participating digital manga vendors:
Amazon Kindle
BookWalker
Barnes and Noble Nook
Apple Books
Kobo
Google Play
MyAnimeList
Mangamo
and more!
Want to learn more about the varied and exciting series featured in the Kodansha Manga Starter Packs digital sale Take a look below for details on five recommended series!
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Witch Hat Atelier
By Kamome Shirahama
In a world where everyone takes wonders like magic spells and dragons for granted, Coco is a girl with a simple dream: She wants to be a witch. But everybody knows magicians are born, not made, and Coco was not born with a gift for magic. Resigned to her un-magical life, Coco is about to give up on her dream to become a witch…until the day she meets Qifrey, a mysterious, traveling magician. After secretly seeing Qifrey perform magic in a way she’s never seen before, Coco soon learns what everybody “knows” might not be the truth, and discovers that her magical dream may not be as far away as it may seem…
Rated: 10+
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Nina the Starry Bride
By RIKACHI
Nina had a rough start to life, orphaned and stealing to survive, only to be abducted for her unusual lapis lazuli eyes. But to her surprise, her captor, Prince Azure, ordained that she would live the life of a princess…specifically, that of the recently deceased princess-priestess, Alisha, who had her same eyes. Despite her changing fortune, Nina won’t give up her old life without a fight. Azure might just be the one to finally match her wits, but how much can she trust him? And can she stop the feelings budding in her heart, knowing she must eventually marry another…?
Rated: 16+
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BECK
By Harold Sakuishi
Fourteen-year-old Yukio Tanaka is one heck of a boring guy. He has no hobbies, a weak taste in music, and only a small vestige of a personality. His shy and somewhat neurotic personality makes him his own worst enemy. Little does he know that his life will be forever changed when he meets rocker Ryusuke Minami, an unpredictable sixteen-year-old with a cool dog named Beck. Ryusuke has just returned to Japan from America, and when he inspires Yukio to get into music, the two begin a journey through the world of rock ‘n’ roll dreams! Lace up your Docs and head to the mosh pit—Harold Sakuishi’s highly addictive manga series that spawned the hit anime is back at last!
Rated: 16+
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Shaman King
By Hiroyuki Takei
Shamans possess mysterious powers that allow them to commune with gods, spirits, and even the dead…and Manta Oyamada’s about to learn all about them, because his class just welcomed a new transfer student: Yoh Asakura, a boy from way off in Izumo…and a shaman in training!
Rated: 16+
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Happiness
By Shuzo Oshimi
Nothing interesting is happening in Makoto Ozaki’s first year of high school. His life is a series of quiet humiliations: low-grade bullies, unreliable friends, and the constant frustration of his adolescent lust. But one night, a pale, thin girl knocks him to the ground in an alley and offers him a choice. Now everything is different. Daylight is searingly bright. Food tastes awful. And worse than anything is the terrible, consuming thirst. The tiny shames of his old life have been replaced by two towering horrors: the truth of what will slake his awful craving, and high school itself.
Rated: 16+
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See below for the full list of Kodansha Manga Starter Packs series on sale now until 7/28/25: