Manga · December 2026
7 New Manga Releases Coming in December 2026
A ball with an assassination plot, a spell drawn with parade floats, and two One Piece arcs in one box. Here’s where each December release fits.
December’s U.S. manga schedule brings six continuing volumes and a One Piece box set that picks up at Volume 91. The two books about witches face very different problems. Ichi has to get through a party where a guest wants his teammate’s place, while Coco and Agott have to draw a spell large enough to involve an entire parade.
The releases below are in date order. Each entry explains the setup without giving away how its conflict plays out. If you’re still catching up, the reading notes tell you where to start.
At a glance
What manga comes out in December 2026?
December 1 brings Dandadan, Vol. 22, Blue Exorcist, Vol. 33, and Ichi the Witch, Vol. 6. One Piece Box Set 5: Wano to Egghead, Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End, Vol. 15, and Witch Hat Atelier, Vol. 15 are due December 8. Sakamoto Days, Vol. 24 follows December 15.
01 · Paranormal action comedy
Dandadan, Vol. 22
By Yukinobu Tatsu
· US · VIZ Media
Momo believes in ghosts and Okarun believes in aliens. Their attempt to prove each other wrong leaves them dealing with both. By Volume 22, the trouble has reached their classmates. Yukishiro’s memories are tied to someone threatening students and handing out knives, and Hase attacks with extraterrestrial backup.
Okarun and Kinta have to hold their ground while that school mystery comes into focus. Dandadan can put a gag about a severed head and an alien attack in the same stretch of story. Its particular mix of comedy and action comes from treating both as immediate problems for the kids in the middle of them.
Dandadan, book 22. Read Volumes 1 to 21 first. Volume 21 sets up the search for the teacher Yukishiro can’t remember.
02 · Supernatural action
Blue Exorcist, Vol. 33
By Kazue Kato
· US · VIZ Media
Rin Okumura trains as an exorcist after learning that Satan is his father. That puts him on the side of people who fight demons while giving him a reason to fear what they might see in him. Volume 33 shifts some of the attention to Shiemi, whose powers and childhood ties to the Grigori matter in the middle of a much larger battle.
Shiemi wants to protect her friends, but she and Rin have both had trouble saying what they feel for each other. The battle makes that conversation more urgent. Where Dandadan uses the supernatural to throw teenagers into one absurd crisis after another, this installment uses a demon war to put pressure on a relationship built over many volumes.
Blue Exorcist, book 33. Volumes 1 to 32 establish Rin and Shiemi’s friendship and the conflict already in progress.
03 · Witch fantasy adventure
Ichi the Witch, Vol. 6
By Osamu Nishi (story) and Shiro Usazaki (art)
· US · VIZ Media
Ichi is a hunter in a world where witches gain their powers by overcoming magical beings called Majiks. When he acquires a Majik’s power, he upends the rule that witches are always women. In Volume 6, the Witches’ Association holds a party to introduce him as its first male witch, and Spica uses the occasion to press for her sister Kumugi’s spot on Team Descarras.
While the sisters’ dispute puts Ichi in an awkward position, someone posing as a waiter is there for the Oracle Witch Jikishirone. The party puts a hunter in a room full of people who understand its rules better than he does. The trouble here comes from what the witches want from each other, even in a series where magic is usually something to hunt.
Ichi the Witch, book 6. Volumes 1 to 5 explain how Ichi became a witch and why Kumugi’s place on Team Descarras matters.
04 · Pirate adventure · Box set
One Piece Box Set 5: Wano to Egghead
By Eiichiro Oda
· US · VIZ Media
Monkey D. Luffy and the Straw Hats are still chasing the treasure that gives the series its name. This set follows the crew through the Wano and Egghead arcs, from a country of samurai to the island of the scientist Vegapunk. That shift from sword fights to science fiction happens inside the same long-running pirate adventure.
The box collects 21 previously published volumes, 91 to 111, and comes with a double-sided color poster and a paper playmat for the One Piece Card Game. The collection ends at Volume 111. The ongoing story continues in later volumes.
Box Sets 1 to 4 cover volumes 1 to 90. Box Set 4 ends with the Reverie arc, so Set 5 is the next stretch for readers who have finished Volume 90. Start with Volume 1 if you’re new to One Piece.
05 · Fantasy adventure
Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End, Vol. 15
By Kanehito Yamada (story) and Tsukasa Abe (art)
· US · VIZ Media
Frieren is an elf mage who outlives her human companions and only gradually realizes how little she knew about them. Her travels with a new party grow out of that regret. In Volume 15, the party has a more immediate concern. The Shadow Warriors are expected to strike at the mage Serie on the night of a ball.
Frieren and the other mages know who is coming and when, but they still lack a way to guarantee Serie’s safety. A series that usually measures time in years or decades spends this volume watching the hours run down.
Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End, book 15. Read Volumes 1 to 14 first. Volume 14 sets up the threat to Serie that carries into the ball.
06 · Apprentice witch fantasy
Witch Hat Atelier, Vol. 15
By Kamome Shirahama
· US · Kodansha Comics
Coco becomes Qifrey’s apprentice after discovering that witchcraft can be learned. Spells depend on the shapes and symbols drawn in magical ink, down to how the lines fit together. In Volume 15, the witches try to arrange parade floats into a circle big enough to cast a spell, but the wind keeps spoiling the shape.
Coco and Agott take to the air to try a different approach as the festival draws near. The scene takes the precision of a spell drawn by hand and turns it into a problem of scale. In Ichi the Witch, gaining a power means overcoming a Majik. Here, knowing a spell still leaves the problem of how to draw it.
Witch Hat Atelier, book 15. Volumes 1 to 14 establish the rules Coco is working with. Volume 14 introduces the threat the witches’ circle is meant to address.
07 · Assassin action comedy
Sakamoto Days, Vol. 24
By Yuto Suzuki
· US · VIZ Media
Taro Sakamoto walked away from contract killing to raise a family and run a convenience store. His old profession keeps intruding on the quiet life he wants, a collision that gives the series both its humor and its fights. In Volume 24, weapons have been distributed to the public, and the chaos spreads across Japan.
Sakamoto’s crew tries to restore order while a member of the Order moves against him in secret, despite the alliance between the New JAA and X. The series gets a lot of mileage out of putting Sakamoto’s old skills to work in everyday places. Volume 23 put him aboard a cruise ship full of passengers. Now it’s the streets of Japan that his crew has to make safe.
Sakamoto Days, book 24. Read Volumes 1 to 23 first for Sakamoto’s history with the Order and the rivalry that makes the alliance with X so uneasy.
More December releases
The December fantasy guide covers prose novels, including new stories you can start from page one and several series finales. The monthly release hub brings the rest of the December guides together.