Manga about MC who starts off alone or lonely but grows his friend group or companions. It can be a manga/Manhwa/Manhua I don't really care. It can be Fantasy, Urban fantasy, school-life, superheroes. Any setting that has the MC collecting friends/Companions/Subordinates along the way. In fact, MC doesn't have to keep collecting but should have a group that continues to be important to the story. No love interests. Or Romance. It doesn't have to be lighthearted. examples: Re:Zero Omniscient Reader One Piece Gintama Saiki K Yamada-kun and the 7 witches(it has harem but it's not really a harem, only one love interest.) Trash of the Count's Family How to Fight Tower of God How to Become a Dragon The biking Manhwa Eleceed The God of High School Trump Boyfriend of the Dead The Gamer Gosu Kubera(she ends up alone when she leaves her village) One day, Suddenly, Seoul is... Blue Lock Iruma-Kun Villain Initialization Tokyo Revengers Sweet Home Bungou Stray Dogs Katekyo Hitman Reborn Bleach Mashle Mission: Yozakura Family(I'll give exception to the romance in this) Chainsaw Man To your Eternity SSS-class Suicide Hunter Kimetsu No Yaiba Toorigakari ni one point advice shiteiku type no yankee Oresama Teacher Bokura No Kiseki All the ones I can remember. Thanks.
I also like reading story with companionship with no Romance Spoiler: S Rank That I raised MC being F-Rank with multiple high rank for supporting skill so he will be surrounded by high rank friends and beasts Spoiler: Clever Cleaning Life Of The Returned Genius Hunter MC is skilled hunter with super bad personality... he die and re-incarnated. His superb skill all being locked and to unlock it he need to work as Dungeon Cleaner. He still has bad personality but all his action will result in good outcome so people misunderstood him being a good person and start to surround him. Spoiler: The greatest estate designer MC is architecture in his previous life then woke up in the body of trash of the baron family. (Similar right haha...) He will recalled it is the novel and the OG!Protagonist is his family's knight. This MC does not collect many friends... only OG!Protagonist and his summon beast, but the banter between them is super fun. The relationship start off bad but it will become good later on. Spoiler: Doctor's Rebirth MC is 40years old surgeon and reincarnate into Murrim World as 10-12years orphan kid. He will use his doctor skill together with the new technique in Murrim World to cure people. He will also gain new family and friends along the way. Spoiler: Debut or Die MC originally had no friend/family and will wake up in the body of 20years old suicidal male with no friend/family too. (Both life had no friend) The only way to survive is to debut as idol.. he will solve the mysterious along the way of the road to Idol... Also his members are his new found family. Spoiler: The Legend of Sun Knight Been a long time that I read this so my memory is not 100% correct. MC is the leader of the knights and he being Sun Knight must be beautiful, righteousness and always shining as Sun Knight's stereotype. This MC Sun Knight has the same appearance with rotten personality... but he still acts well. He will not start alone as he will be surround by multiple knights but he isn't really close with most of them but they will become closer along the story. - Study Group - Weak Hero - Elqueeness
> My school life pretending to be a worthless person > you've probably read this but black clover > Dr. Stone > Assassination classroom??? dunno if this counts > sk8 the infinity > Regressors instruction manual > worthless regression > kemono Jihen > villain to kill > The lone necromancer > Limit breaker > murim login > Resurrection of the Catastrophic Hero?? i think this counts > Return of the frozen player? this should also count > Level up by eating > Sleeping ranker > Trapped in a Webnovel as a good for nothing I hope I didn't mention smth already mentioned