What is War manga?

War is a phenomenon of organized violent conflict, typified by extreme aggression, societal disruption and adaptation, and high mortality. The objective of warfare differs in accord with a group's role in a conflict: The goals of offensive warfare are typically the submission, assimilation or destruction of another group, while the goals of defensive warfare are simply the repulsion of the offensive force and, often, survival itself. Relative to each other, combatants in warfare are called enemies. The terms military, militant, and militarism each refer to fundamental aspects of war, i.e. the organized group, the combative individual, and the supportive ethos (respectively). Source: wiki

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Fullmetal Alchemist

(Fullmetal Alchemist)

8.4

Description:

In an alchemical ritual gone wrong, Edward Elric lost his arm and his leg, and his brother Alphonse became nothing but a soul in a suit of armor. Equipped with mechanical "auto-mail" limbs, Edward becomes a state alchemist, seeking the one thing that can restore his brother and himself... the legendary Philosopher's Stone. Won the 49th Shogakukan Manga Award in the Shounen category. Won the 15th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Award New Artist Prize. Won the Eagle Award's "Favourite Manga" in 2010/2011. Won the Seiun Award for best science fiction comic in 2011.
Type

manga

Volumes

27

Chapters

116

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Started

2001-07-12

Vinland Saga

(Vinland Saga)

8.33

Description:

Thorfinn is the son to one of the Viking's greatest warriors, but when his father is killed in battle by the mercenary leader Askeladd, he swears his intent to have revenge. Thorfinn joins Askeladd's group in order to challenge him to a duel and ends up caught in the middle of a war for the crown of England. (Source: Anime News Network)
Type

manga

Volumes

0

Status

current

Started

2005-07-15

Kingdom

()

8.26

Description:

Millions of years have passed since the times of legends, when the worlds of man and gods were still the same. In these times it was the desires of man that moved the world. It is the period of the 500 year war: the Era of Warring States. Kingdom is the story of a young boy who grew into a great general and all the trials and bloodshed that led him there. (Source: Exertus Scans)
Type

manga

Volumes

0

Status

current

Started

2006-01-26

Iphagyongbyeong

(Mercenary Enrollment)

8.19

Description:

At the age of eight, I-Jin Yu lost his parents in a plane crash and became stranded in a foreign land, forced to become a child mercenary in order to stay alive. He returns home ten years later to be reunited with his family in Korea, where food and shelter are plenty and everything seems peaceful. But I-Jin will soon learn that life as a teenager is a whole other feat of survival. With only one year of high school left, I-Jin must master new tactics to maneuver his way around the schoolhouse battleground. Can he survive a year of high school? Or rather, will the school be able to survive him? (Source: WEBTOONS)
Type

manhwa

Status

current

Started

2020-11-07

Youjo Senki

(The Saga of Tanya the Evil)

8.16

Description:

On the front line of the war, there's a little girl. Blond hair, blue eyes and porcelain white skin, she commands the army with lisping voice. Her name is Tanya Degurechaff. But in reality, she is one of Japan's most elite salarymen, reborn as a little girl after angering a mysterious being X who calls himself "God." And this little girl, who prioritize over anything else efficiency and her own career, will become the most dangerous being amongst the sorcerers of the imperial army...
Type

manga

Status

current

Started

2016-04-26

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

Youjo Senki

(The Saga of Tanya the Evil)

8.1

Description:

On the front line of the war, there's a little girl. Blond hair, blue eyes and porcelain white skin, she commands the army with lisping voice. Her name is Tanya Degurechaff. But in reality, she is one of Japan's most elite salarymen, reborn as a little girl after angering a mysterious being X who calls himself "God." And this little girl, who prioritize over anything else efficiency and her own career, will become the most dangerous being amongst the sorcerers of the imperial army...
Type

novel

Volumes

0

Status

current

Started

2013-10-31

Adolf ni Tsugu

(Message to Adolf)

7.82

Description:

This is a story about three Adolfs. Sohei Toge, a Japanese reporter for 1936 Berlin Olympics was surprised that his younger brother, an international student in Germany, was mysteriously murdered right after informing him about an important document. To add more confusion to his sadness, all information regarding his younger brother as a student in Germany have been erased systematically, as if he never existed. Meanwhile in Japan, a half-German, half-Japanese boy named Adolf Kauffmann and his best friend, a Jewish-German boy named Adolf Kamil, were accidentally involved in this incident. Their lives and fates are now inevitably interwoven around the biggest secret of the third Adolf—Adolf Hitler. (Source: ANN)
Type

manga

Volumes

5

Chapters

36

Rating

Mature

Status

finished

Started

1983-01-06

Nobunaga no Chef

7.76

Description:

Ken, a modern age chef, finds himself in back in the 16th century during the warring states period. Lacking any recollection of who he once was or how he arrived to such a time, he only has his knowledge and skills in cooking to rely on. But as he gains reputation for his incredible food, who else would come to demand his services than Oda Nobunaga himself.
Type

manga

Volumes

0

Rating

Status

current

Started

2011-03-01

Regina Rena: Yongseobatji Motan Geudaeege

(Regina Rena: To the Unforgiven)

7.75

Description:

Rena Rubel is a beautiful woman who has faced her share of hardships, as she was offered as a sacrifice by her own father, Marquis Rubel. She manages to survive and one day encounters a man named Lin, who belatedly discovers she is a powerful warrior who can hold her own. Rena gifts him with the elusive altar stone, and he promises to pay her back. They agree to meet again, and she continues to travel with her maid Yuni, seeking her father for his sins of the past. Can he be forgiven? Source: Webtoon
Type

manhwa

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

current

Started

2021-12-17

Marginal Operation

(Marginal Operation)

7.59

Description:

Our hero Ryouta Arata is an otaku who's just lost his job after the dissolution of his company. Unwilling to return to his old NEET ways, he applies online to a private military security company, thinking the benefits to be promising. After what appears to be a baffling test, he's assigned to be an "operator of operators" and begins his training in a foreign country. Little does he know, the life of a private mercenary is far more grueling than he could have ever imagined! (Source: J-Novel)
Type

manga

Volumes

16

Chapters

88

Rating

17+ (violence & profanity)

Status

finished

Started

2013-05-25

Mosquito War

(Mosquito War)

7.49

Description:

After a genetic mutation, mosquitoes have become the strongest predator on the planet. Will mankind be able to fight back? (Source: MU) Note: chapter count includes 1 bonus chapter available in the printed version of the story.
Type

manhwa

Volumes

3

Chapters

49

Status

finished

Started

2017-12-30

Groundless

7.35

Description:

Civil war continues to wage on the island nation of Alistria. The Waldrons lead a small arms shop on this island when they receive a large order of rifles from the army. However, this turns out to be a ploy by the colonel who made the order. He uses his ties to the rebel army to have them ransack the shop. Having her husband killed, her daughter taken away and her own left eye lost, Sophia decides to take the only remaining sniper rifle and sets out for revenge.
Type

manga

Status

current

Started

2010-06-06

Cocoon

7.33

Description:

San and Mayu are two schoolgirls living in Okinawa during the closing months of the Pacific War. Together with their classmates, the two friends are drafted into the war effort as nurses for wounded soldiers. When ordered to die for their country, the remaining members of the group escape only to face the harsh environment of a tropical paradise that has become a hellish battlefield.
Type

manga

Volumes

1

Chapters

15

Rating

Mature

Status

finished

Started

2008-05-01

Kuuki no Soko

(Under the Air)

7.32

Description:

"Under the Air" is a series of short stories focusing on the greed and despair of people jostling for space on the surface of a little planet called Earth. The first episode, entitled "Man Who Visits Joe," features a white male racist who has received an organ transplant from a black man without his knowledge and tries to hide it. The last episode, entitled "Couple under the Air," depicts the tragedy of a couple who have grown from babies to adults on life-sustaining machines after all other humans have become extinct. Many episodes of this series are critical of civilization. (Source: tezukaosamu.net)
Type

manga

Volumes

1

Chapters

16

Status

finished

Started

1968-09-25

Cat Shit One

(Apocalypse Meow)

7.27

Description:

Inside the jungles of Vietnam, a courageous Special Ops. Unit is fighting the most infamous war of decades past—the Vietnam War. This bold account follows the brave exploits of Sergeant “Perky” Perkins and his unit…of rabbits! Join Rats, Perky and Botaski as they fight against the cats of the Viet Cong. From the Tet Offensive to the My Canh bombing, watch these commando-style bunnies through an anthropomorphic lens as events unfold and violence erupts. on-human cast of characters notwithstanding, this compelling and painstakingly-researched work places an emphasis on factualism in order to accurately portray the events of the Vietnam War. With a fresh perspective on one of history’s greatest calamities, Apocalypse Meow is a daring new take on a conflict that won’t soon be forgotten…especially after these young rabbits are done! (Source: Manga Sketchbook)
Type

manga

Volumes

3

Chapters

18

Rating

Status

finished

Started

1998-01-01

Oukoku e Tsuzuku Michi

(Road to Kingdom)

7.23

Description:

This is the story of a young slave gladiator in an underground arena. He doesn’t know about his past or how he got to where he is, only that his name is Aegir, and that he is strong. One day he kills the boss and escapes the arena, joining a band of mercenaries as a new recruit. During one mission, they encounter the vampire, Lucy, who slaughters the band with her inhuman strength. After learning that Aegir only knows how to kill, Lucy lets him stay at her house, educating and taking care of him. Two years pass, and on the day of Aegir’s departure, they both exchange a promise that if Aegir becomes a king and owns the land of Erg forest, he can come and take her as his woman. Making this his life goal, Aegir set out on a journey to become a hero, a king, and found his own kingdom. (Source: MU)
Type

manga

Status

current

Started

2019-11-19

Shiroi Majo: Utsukushiki Sniper

(The White Witch: Beautiful Sniper)

7.01

Description:

Simo Häyhä's adventures continue after the Winter War. In June 1941 Finland launches an attack to reclaim the territories lost to the Soviet Union in what ended up being called the Continuation War. (Source: MU)
Type

manga

Volumes

2

Chapters

15

Status

finished

Started

2014-07-08

Hiraheishi wa Kako wo Yumemiru

6.91

Description:

It details the life of a mid-rank soldier who died at the very end of the war against the Demon Race. Fortunately for him, he wakes up to find that he's a baby again, in the embrace of his real mother, years in the past. Determined to avoid the chain of tragedies that took his beloved ones away from him, he takes advantage of the advancements in swordsmanship and magic that developed during the war (as we all know, wars are when many scientific breakthroughs tend to happen), and tries his best to prepare for the demon invasion as well as strengthen himself with maximum efficiency. (Source: Hot Chocolate Scans)
Type

manga

Volumes

7

Chapters

62

Status

finished

Started

2016-05-12

Shiroi Majo

(The White Witch)

6.85

Description:

Depicts the events of the Finnish Winter War from the eyes of the legendary sniper Simo Häyhä with the added bonus of him being a woman this time.
Type

manga

Volumes

1

Chapters

6

Status

finished

Started

2014-01-08

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