Final Best New Manga of 2020

[Brandish μ]

Final Round Rules

• You can vote for one (1) nominee​
• You are allowed to change your vote​
• In case of a tie, a staff vote will break it.​
• This round will last for 5 days (ends on 07.02.2021)​

Final Nominees

Post questions and comments to the Mangahelpers Awards 2021 - Rules and Info Thread.

Spoiler: Round 1 Results

Sousou no Frieren 5
Sakamoto Days 5
Monster #8 4
Magu-chan: God of Destruction 2
Taiyou to Tsuki no Hagane 2

Spoiler: Round 1 Rules

Round 1 Rules

• You can vote for three (3) nominees​
• You are allowed to change your vote​
• The three entries with the most votes will advance into the next round.​
• In case of a tie, a staff vote will break it.​
• This round will last for 5 days (ends on 31.01.2021)​

Spoiler: Nominees

Nominees

Spoiler: Nomination Rules

Only Manga that began in 2020 are eligible.

If you want to change your nominations, please quote your original nomination post and clearly state which nominations you want to change along with your new nominations.

• You are allowed up to three nominations.
• Please clearly state the competitor you are nominating as well as any further specifics (e.g. characters) if required.
• Please bold all your nominations.
• Supporting does count as nominating!
• The six entries with the most nominations per entry will proceed to the next round.
• If there will be more than 6 in this pool, the staff will break the ties that might occur.
• Please refer to Myanimelist to see if a potential nominee is eligible.

The nomination round will end Friday, January 22nd, 2021. Please choose up to 3 options.

 

[Demonspeed]

Sousou no Frieren!

 

[Erinyes]

1-Taiyou to Tsuki no Hagane -(from same author who did Kasane, it just started, but its promising so far)

Support Sousou no Frieren but still havent caught up

Not sure about Okaeri Alice, i have mixed feeling so far, so wont be nominating it but might suupport it.

 

[Marmalade]

Haven't read much manga that came out in 2020 to be honest but Sousou no Frieren is a gem!! Supporting it

 

[Riku]

Monster#8 (aka Kaiju no. 8) by Naoya Matsumoto

Sakamoto Days by Suzuki Yuuto

Magu-chan: God of Destruction by Kei Kamiki

 

[Farfalla]

Oh I guess I don't have to spam this one '-'

 

[Riku]

I bet Frieren is gonna win this with the fandom it has here. I personally weren't so impressed. It's not a bad series, but the further it goes the more it feels like another isekai for me (even if it technically isn't one). But sure, I'll return to it some day after I have more to binge read.

Went with Sakamoto Days. While I do love Monster #8 a lot, it do understand it isn't quite exceptional, atleast yet. Sakamato Days on other hand is really quirky and I've loved the direction it has been going on recently, so I ended up choosing it this time. I do have high hopes for Monster #8 this year though, as it is the point that shonens usually have that first like really big and epic arc (you know, like Alabasta or Chunin Exam).

--- Double Post Merged, Feb 3, 2021, Original Post Date: Feb 3, 2021 ---

Now that I think about it though, Sakamoto Days might be riding on wind of The Way of the Husband a little bit. Ex-gang member becoming a a retired funny family-man. But since it's Jump, it goes more to action comedy, instead of slice-of-life approach of Gokushufudou.