Guts, a lone mercenary known as the Black Swordsman, travels a brutal medieval fantasy world seeking vengeance against his former commander and friend, Griffith, who betrayed him for demonic power.

High school student Yuji Itadori swallows a cursed finger to save his friends, becoming the host of Ryomen Sukuna, the undisputed King of Curses.

Before you watch the anime (which is great until a certain point), read the manga. The premise is a trap: A genius high-schooler finds a notebook that kills anyone whose name he writes in it. He decides to become the god of a new world. A legendary detective hunts him. It is a cat-and-mouse game of pure intellectual chess. The manga’s art is sharper and the second half is far superior to the anime adaptation.

Not every anime needs fighting. The most popular romance series often outsell action manga in Japan.

Gege Akutami’s manga subverts traditional shonen tropes with a darker tone, complex power systems, and morally grey characters. The anime adaptation delivers stellar animation and some of the most creative fight sequences in modern television. Chainsaw Man