What is Post Apocalypse manga?

An anime that takes place on future Earth (or it could be an alternative universe) after a major cataclysm has occurred. World War III, an alien invasion, plague, global warming or some other general disaster are common themes to build a post-apocalyptic world upon, where the effects were severe enough that mankind barely survived.The time frame may be immediately after the catastrophe, focusing on the travails or psychology of survivors, or considerably later, often including the theme that the existence of pre-catastrophe civilization has been forgotten (or mythologised). Post-apocalyptic stories often take place in an agrarian, non-technological future world, or a world where only scattered elements of technology remain. There is a considerable degree of blurring between post-apocalyptic fiction and that which deals with false utopias or dystopian societies.

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Omniscient Reader's Point of View

8.33

Description:

Back then, Dok-Ja had no idea. He had no idea his favorite web novel 'Three Ways to Survive the Apocalypse' was going to come to life, and that he would become the only person to know how the world was going to end. He also had no idea he would end up becoming the protagonist of this novel-turned-reality. Now, Dok-Ja will go on a journey to change the course of the story and save humankind once and for all. (Source: WEBTOONS, edited)
Type

manhwa

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

current

Started

2020-05-26

The Horizon

8.27

Description:

Two children unexpectedly meet in the midst of war. After running away from the chaos, they come across a long empty road. With no adults to rely on, the two strangers, now become friends, walk alongside each other to see what's at the end of the road. All they hope is to keep being able to move forward. Just what kind of trials and tragedy awaits them during their journey for survival? (Source: MU)
Type

manhwa

Volumes

3

Chapters

21

Status

finished

Started

2016-03-30

Shoujo Shuumatsu Ryokou

(Girls' Last Tour)

8.27

Description:

Civilization is dead, but Chito and Yuuri are still alive. So they hop aboard their beloved Kettenkrad motorbike and aimlessly wander the ruins of the world they once knew. Day after hopeless day, they look for their next meal and fuel for their ride. But as long as the two are together, even an existence as bleak as theirs has a ray or two of sunshine in it, whether they're sucking down their fill of soup or hunting for machine parts to tinker with. For two girls in a world full of nothing, the experiences and feelings the two share give them something to live for… (Source: Yen Press) Note: Each volume contains an extra chapter which was not included in the serialization.
Type

manga

Volumes

6

Chapters

48

Rating

Status

finished

Started

2014-02-21

Dr. Stone

8.22

Description:

One fateful day, all of humanity was petrified by a blinding flash of light. After several millennia, high schooler Taiju awakens and finds himself lost in a world of statues. However, he’s not alone! His science-loving friend Senku’s been up and running for a few months and he's got a grand plan in mind—to kickstart civilization with the power of science! (Source: Viz Media)
Type

manga

Volumes

26

Chapters

232

Status

finished

Started

2017-03-06

Leviathan

8.18

Description:

The world is submerged, and sea monsters rule the earth. Will Bota and his family ever make it to safety and escape this aquatic hell? And who in the world is Kana?! Note: Toomics English platform splits the original chapters in half.
Type

manhwa

Chapters

111

Status

finished

Started

2018-03-12

Imawa no Kuni no Alice

(Alice in Borderland)

8.16

Description:

Alice Ryouhei will leave high school soon, but he's trying to avoid thinking about his future. Late one night, when he's hanging out with his tough friend Karube and his silly, girl-crazy friend Chota, they see fireworks. After one blindingly bright explosion, they find themselves waking up in a different world. In this "Borderland," people are forced to either participate in potentially deadly games or simply die. Will Chota, Karube, and Ryouhei be able to survive this dangerous new world, and is there a way they can get back to their original lives? (Source: MangaHelpers)
Type

manga

Volumes

18

Chapters

87

Status

finished

Started

2010-11-25

Shuumatsu Nani Shitemasu ka? Isogashii desu ka? Sukutte Moratte Ii desu ka?

(WorldEnd: What do you do at the end of the world? Are you busy? Will you save us?)

8.15

Description:

Five hundred years have passed since humanity went extinct at the hands of the fearsome "Beasts." Even up in the sky, where the surviving races dwell on floating islands, these monstrosities constantly threaten to bring death and destruction. Only a small group of young girls, the Leprechauns, can wield the ancient weapons needed to defeat these creatures. Into the girls' unstable and fleeting lives, where a call to certain death could come at any moment, enters an unlikely character: a young man who lost everything five hundred years ago, the last living human awakened from a long, icy slumber.
Type

novel

Volumes

5

Chapters

25

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Started

2014-11-01

Kumo desu ga, Nani ka?

(So I'm a Spider, So What?)

8.11

Description:

The world where the Hero and the Demon King continue to oppose each other. The grand magic from the Hero and the Demon King cross over worlds and exploded in the classroom of a certain high school. The students who died in the explosion will be reincarnated in a different world. The protagonist, who has the lowest reputation in the class, was reincarnated into a spider. Nevertheless, she adapted quickly to the present condition with strong willpower. This is a story of she who has become a spider trying whatever she can to live. (Source: MU)
Type

novel

Volumes

16

Chapters

384

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Started

2015-12-10

Eden: It's an Endless World!

(Eden: It's an Endless World!)

8.01

Description:

In the panic surrounding a worldwide pandemic which kills 15 percent of the population and cripples many more, a secret organization, the Propater, topples the UN and seizes control of much of the world. A boy and a girl, raised in an abandoned virology research center, immune to the virus, are attacked by the Propater and escape. 20 years later the boy is the most powerful drug lord in South America. He aids his son from behind the scenes as he evades and eventually with the help of mercenaries from Nomad (some of them former Propater operatives) fights the Propater. As the plot develops focus shifts away from the main character and develops many sub-plots dedicated to terrorism, Human-improvement, the struggle of the developing countries and the power battles between the drug cartels and Propater. Based strongly on Gnostic mythology, all major characters are named after gnostic deities, and have analogous roles. Warnings: Eden contains a lot of very graphic violence and some sex scenes. (Source: MU)
Type

manga

Volumes

18

Chapters

127

Rating

Mature

Status

finished

Started

1998-09-25

Rebuild World

7.95

Description:

At the risk of his own life, a young man sets foot in the ruins of a devastated old world. His name is Akira, and in order to claw his way out of the hellhole that is his birthplace of Slumtown, the boy became a hunter. In the wastelands he happens upon a strange woman, standing perfectly still, stark naked. She is beautiful, but it seems that only he can see her. She exists incorporeal, tantalizingly beyond any touch, and she tells him her name is Alpha. Alpha won’t show even a sliver of her real intentions, but with a wide smile, she brings Akira his first commission as a hunter. Akira takes the task, if only to become a stronger hunter, and having entered a contract, their dramatic lives in the hunting profession was set to begin. From Stories of the Boy Hunter as recorded by the Eastern Hunters’ association. Written post-collapse of scientific civilization.
Type

manga

Status

current

Started

2019-05-26

Tengoku Daimakyou

(Heavenly Delusion)

7.95

Description:

Story centers on a boy named Tokio, who lives alongside other children inside a beautiful wall. One day, Tokio receives a message that says "Do you want to go outside of the outside?" In a heaven that has begun to tear itself apart, a group of boys and girls begin their adventure.
Type

manga

Status

current

Started

2018-01-25

Rojica to Rakkasei

7.89

Description:

Living on a planet, Rojica and Rakka. They dig a hole to kill time and throw a "mysterious disk" or find a "secret dungeon" in the forest and have fun every day. There are still a lot of things these two do not know about the planet.... (Source: Mangadex)
Type

manga

Volumes

3

Chapters

25

Status

finished

Started

2018-04-06

Singwa Hamkke Level Up

(Leveling Up With the Gods)

7.89

Description:

“Maybe Inner Gods can never defeat Outer Gods…” so thought Yu-Won Kim, a plucky, high-ranking warrior, after a bitter defeat. But Yu-Won is too tenacious to give up. His loss becomes the dawn of a new journey as a returnee. With renewed determination, Yu-Won starts back from where he began, smashing monster after monster and relearning his skills before taking on the Tower once again. But can he fight his way through the tutorials and level up once more, or will his conquest crumble before him? (Source: Tapas, edited)
Type

manhwa

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

current

Started

2021-08-14

Hokuto no Ken

(Fist of the North Star)

7.85

Description:

The year is 199X. The Earth has been devastated by nuclear war. The seas have dried up and the land is cracked and desolate. Most living things on the planet have become extinct apart from the human race. In this new age violence rules as civilization is lost and the strong rule the weak in a world where food and water are the only thing wth value. At this time a mysterious man named Kenshiro appears with his deadly martial art, the 2000 year old Hokuto Shinken. With his deadly style eliminating the evil is he the saviour of the new era?
Type

manga

Volumes

27

Chapters

245

Status

finished

Started

1983-09-13

Usuzumi no Hate

(The Color of the End: Mission in the Apocalypse)

7.78

Description:

Post-apocalyptic sci-fi manga series about a lonely girl roaming a world where mankind was erased.
Type

manga

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

current

Started

2022-03-15

Sekai no Owari no Pen Friend

(Pen Pal at the End of the World)

7.77

Description:

In a post-apocalyptic stationery store, a girl and a former animator exchange letters. A dystopian correspondence story. (Source: Shonen Jump Plus, translated)
Type

oneshot

Chapters

1

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Started

2021-11-22

Survival

7.76

Description:

An inexplicable catastrophe plunges Japan at the bottom of the sea. A boy survives misfortune, but he has been abandoned in a land surrounded by seas on all sides. His effort to stay alive compels him to sharpen the wit, and that nothing he learned in school is useful for staying alive.
Type

manga

Volumes

10

Chapters

119

Rating

Status

finished

Started

1976-01-01

Fire Punch

(Fire Punch)

7.72

Description:

In the not-too-distant past, the Ice Witch blanketed the world in snow, starvation and madness, leading the inhabitants to seek their salvation in fire. With that, an unusual destiny unfolds for two young orphans, Agni and Luna, blessed with the ability to regenerate. But will this ability prove to be more of a curse than a blessing?(Source: VIZ Media)
Type

manga

Volumes

8

Chapters

83

Status

finished

Started

2016-04-18

Light Again

7.69

Description:

It was an Earth that had lost its moon to a meteorite collision. In a world enveloped in darkness, people craved light. And at a facility researching the luminescent "Lumia" people, an innocent girl and young researcher meet. (Source: Shueisha, translated)
Type

oneshot

Chapters

1

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Started

2021-09-26

Sunabouzu

(Desert Punk)

7.66

Description:

In the future, Japan is a wasteland. In the Great Kantou Desert, scattered humans eke out a living in the hot sand. Among them, a short-statured man they call "Sunabouzu" makes a living as a bounty hunter. Like a demon of the sand, he seems unbeatable. Yet, like all men, he has a particular weakness for the opposite sex... (Source: ANN)
Type

manga

Volumes

22

Chapters

139

Status

finished

Started

1997-08-05

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