{"id":1279,"date":"2026-07-31T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmanga.kodansha.com\/blog\/?p=1279"},"modified":"2026-09-10T16:04:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T07:04:45","slug":"k-manga-staff-picks-july-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmanga.kodansha.com\/blog\/article\/k-manga-staff-picks-july-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"K MANGA Staff Picks July 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here&#8217;s what K MANGA staff have been reading this month!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-lutwiyo-line-heading wp-block-heading c-blog-article__heading\">FAIRY TAIL RE:FANTASIA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full c-blog-article__image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s.kmanga.kodansha.com\/ldg?t=10107&amp;e=367207\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"406\" src=\"https:\/\/kmanga.kodansha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/HOUr7sWasAAfMGo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kmanga.kodansha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/HOUr7sWasAAfMGo.png 720w, https:\/\/kmanga.kodansha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/HOUr7sWasAAfMGo-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/kmanga.kodansha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/HOUr7sWasAAfMGo-356x202.png 356w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n    <aside class=\"c-blog-article__kmanga-parts\">\n        <a class=\"c-blog-kmanga-card c-blog-kmanga-card--has-media\" href=\"https:\/\/kmanga.kodansha.com\/title\/10107\/episode\/308531\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-analytics-component-type=\"work_card\">\n                            <span class=\"c-blog-kmanga-card__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.kmanga.kodansha.com\/static\/titles\/10107\/title_grid_wide_20230411154105b89d39a4c981fd4132fb53e336a090bc.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span>\n                        <span class=\"c-blog-kmanga-card__body\">\n                <span class=\"c-blog-kmanga-card__title\">Fairy Tail<\/span>\n                                    <span class=\"c-blog-kmanga-card__creator\">Hiro Mashima<\/span>\n                                                    <span class=\"c-blog-kmanga-card__description\">Cute girl wizard Lucy wants to join the Fairy Tail, a club for the most powerful wizards. But instead her ambitions land her in the clutches of a gang of unsavory pirates&hellip;<\/span>\n                                <span class=\"c-blog-kmanga-card__domain\"><span class=\"c-blog-kmanga-card__favicon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">K<\/span>kmanga.kodansha.com<\/span>\n            <\/span>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/aside>\n    \n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Can you believe it&#8217;s been 20 years since the first chapter of Fairy Tail?! I&#8217;m so excited that we get a special mini-series to celebrate! Will be reading this every week until it&#8217;s over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-lutwiyo-line-heading wp-block-heading c-blog-article__heading\">Tower Dungeon<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full c-blog-article__image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s.kmanga.kodansha.com\/ldg?t=10604\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"368\" src=\"https:\/\/kmanga.kodansha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/tower-dungeon-thumb.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kmanga.kodansha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/tower-dungeon-thumb.png 640w, https:\/\/kmanga.kodansha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/tower-dungeon-thumb-300x173.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n    <aside class=\"c-blog-article__kmanga-parts\">\n        <a class=\"c-blog-kmanga-card c-blog-kmanga-card--has-media\" href=\"https:\/\/kmanga.kodansha.com\/title\/10604\/episode\/353121\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-analytics-component-type=\"work_card\">\n                            <span class=\"c-blog-kmanga-card__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.kmanga.kodansha.com\/static\/titles\/10604\/title_grid_wide_20240718140732ce8b0006d45dc30229c36aac4857c564.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span>\n                        <span class=\"c-blog-kmanga-card__body\">\n                <span class=\"c-blog-kmanga-card__title\">Tower Dungeon<\/span>\n                                    <span class=\"c-blog-kmanga-card__creator\">Tsutomu Nihei<\/span>\n                                                    <span class=\"c-blog-kmanga-card__description\">The king is slain, and the princess has been whisked away to an enormous structure that descended from the sky\u2014the Dragon Tower! The Royal Warband ascends the tower in order to save&hellip;<\/span>\n                                <span class=\"c-blog-kmanga-card__domain\"><span class=\"c-blog-kmanga-card__favicon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">K<\/span>kmanga.kodansha.com<\/span>\n            <\/span>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/aside>\n    \n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I really love the monster design in Tower Dungeon&#8230; The story has also been pulling me deeper, just like a dungeon recently. If you&#8217;re not reading it, why not!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-lutwiyo-line-heading wp-block-heading c-blog-article__heading\">Glasses with a Chance of Delinquent<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full c-blog-article__image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s.kmanga.kodansha.com\/ldg?t=10580\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"368\" src=\"https:\/\/kmanga.kodansha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/glasses-with-a-chance-of-delinquent-thumb.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kmanga.kodansha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/glasses-with-a-chance-of-delinquent-thumb.png 640w, https:\/\/kmanga.kodansha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/glasses-with-a-chance-of-delinquent-thumb-300x173.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n    <aside class=\"c-blog-article__kmanga-parts\">\n        <a class=\"c-blog-kmanga-card c-blog-kmanga-card--has-media\" href=\"https:\/\/kmanga.kodansha.com\/title\/10580\/episode\/351700\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-analytics-component-type=\"work_card\">\n                            <span class=\"c-blog-kmanga-card__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.kmanga.kodansha.com\/static\/titles\/10580\/title_grid_wide_202404261702333e42757fb23799dc1518ad3bf7b4ccda.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span>\n                        <span class=\"c-blog-kmanga-card__body\">\n                <span class=\"c-blog-kmanga-card__title\">Glasses with a Chance of Delinquent<\/span>\n                                    <span class=\"c-blog-kmanga-card__creator\">Naruki<\/span>\n                                                    <span class=\"c-blog-kmanga-card__description\">Delinquent-hating Momose dreams of leading a peaceful high school life. So, what is she doing, falling in love with a former delinquent who masquerades as the perfect, straight-A student?! The former delinquent&hellip;<\/span>\n                                <span class=\"c-blog-kmanga-card__domain\"><span class=\"c-blog-kmanga-card__favicon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">K<\/span>kmanga.kodansha.com<\/span>\n            <\/span>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/aside>\n    \n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ever since the anime adaptation was announced, I&#8217;ve been reading and rereading and waiting with bated breath for the new updates! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-lutwiyo-line-heading wp-block-heading c-blog-article__heading\">Grand Blue Dreaming<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full c-blog-article__image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s.kmanga.kodansha.com\/ldg?t=10058\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"368\" src=\"https:\/\/kmanga.kodansha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/grand-blue-thumb.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-862\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kmanga.kodansha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/grand-blue-thumb.png 640w, https:\/\/kmanga.kodansha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/grand-blue-thumb-300x173.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n    <aside class=\"c-blog-article__kmanga-parts\">\n        <a class=\"c-blog-kmanga-card c-blog-kmanga-card--has-media\" href=\"https:\/\/kmanga.kodansha.com\/title\/10058\/episode\/318585\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-analytics-component-type=\"work_card\">\n                            <span class=\"c-blog-kmanga-card__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.kmanga.kodansha.com\/static\/titles\/10058\/title_grid_wide_202304111101308d98fb95f8db0c285480c211dade1356.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span>\n                        <span class=\"c-blog-kmanga-card__body\">\n                <span class=\"c-blog-kmanga-card__title\">Grand Blue Dreaming<\/span>\n                                    <span class=\"c-blog-kmanga-card__creator\">Manga by Kimitake Yoshioka \/ Story by Kenji Inoue<\/span>\n                                                    <span class=\"c-blog-kmanga-card__description\">The hit comedy manga is now in print by popular demand! Swimsuits! Ramen! Dumb jokes! Beer! Uncomfortable nudity!par par After moving out on his own to a seaside town, Iori Kitahara makes&hellip;<\/span>\n                                <span class=\"c-blog-kmanga-card__domain\"><span class=\"c-blog-kmanga-card__favicon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">K<\/span>kmanga.kodansha.com<\/span>\n            <\/span>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/aside>\n    \n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s summertime so I am summermaxxing with Grand Blue. Ahh, I just want to go sit on the beach with a drink and soak up the sun&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-lutwiyo-line-heading wp-block-heading c-blog-article__heading\">Hitting Rewind With You<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full c-blog-article__image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s.kmanga.kodansha.com\/ldg?t=10730\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"368\" src=\"https:\/\/kmanga.kodansha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/hitting-rewind-with-you-thumb.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kmanga.kodansha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/hitting-rewind-with-you-thumb.png 640w, https:\/\/kmanga.kodansha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/hitting-rewind-with-you-thumb-300x173.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n    <aside class=\"c-blog-article__kmanga-parts\">\n        <a class=\"c-blog-kmanga-card c-blog-kmanga-card--has-media\" href=\"https:\/\/kmanga.kodansha.com\/title\/10730\/episode\/366735\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-analytics-component-type=\"work_card\">\n                            <span class=\"c-blog-kmanga-card__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.kmanga.kodansha.com\/static\/titles\/10730\/title_grid_wide_20260717165005428c662e30038fca749254617ece6233.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span>\n                        <span class=\"c-blog-kmanga-card__body\">\n                <span class=\"c-blog-kmanga-card__title\">Hitting Rewind With You<\/span>\n                                    <span class=\"c-blog-kmanga-card__creator\">Hanamaru Kira<\/span>\n                                                    <span class=\"c-blog-kmanga-card__description\">Two college students desperate to live out the high school glory days they never had fall for each other in this silly and sweet romcom manga! This fun and escapist (non-)age gap&hellip;<\/span>\n                                <span class=\"c-blog-kmanga-card__domain\"><span class=\"c-blog-kmanga-card__favicon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">K<\/span>kmanga.kodansha.com<\/span>\n            <\/span>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/aside>\n    \n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I can&#8217;t believe how cute this manga is! All the lovey-dovey stereotypes are enough to make me kick my feet and giggle like a little girl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What have you been into lately?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s what K MANGA staff have been reading this month! Can you believe it&#8217;s been 20 years since the first chapter of Fairy Tail?! I&#8217;m so excited that we get a special mini-series to celebrate! Will be reading this every week until it&#8217;s over. 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