Any Tamer/Summoner/Creature Collector Manga Recommendations?

[wandere]

I'm not sure if there's any I've missed, but here goes: I am looking for manga that have an emphasis on utilizing a summoned, tamed, or otherwise captured being. I have tried to search for them, but especially due to the criteria of manga it's kind of hard. It doesn't necessarily need to involve the protagonist having multiple of these summons/monsters/etc., but there should be some degree of relationship between the protag and whatever they've tamed. One that is currently being translated on this site is this one, as an example. Note that each main "summon" has their own personalities and are centric to the story and in large part the protagonist's skillset. I'm not looking for manhua or manhwa because they are kind of time consuming to read and often have different vibes from what I'm looking for.
I feel like this has wide range but maybe is uncommon depending on definition; I would be cool with a Shaman King where there is only one spirit partner per character for the most part but I wouldn't be cool with something where the only character who can "summon" is the protagonist (i.e Solo Leveling). It's kind of hard to explain, really: you could have just a single guy have the summon or tame ability and sometimes it doesn't feel right and sometimes it does. I would say it has to do with how "disposable" they feel; do they have personality? How much time are they on page? Are they in large part just sandbags to throw at the enemy? I'll just leave a series of links of ones I have seen in more recent times that fit my criteria:
Geist X Revenant
I've Been Kicked Out of an S-Rank Guild. But Only I Can Communicate With Dragons. Before I Knew It, I Became the Greatest Dragon Knight
The Story of an Exploration Hero Who has Worked His Way up From Common People
Rise of the Outlaw Tamer and His S-Rank Wild Cat Girl
Yuusha Party o Tsuihou Sareta Beast Tamer, Saikyou Shu Nekomimi Shoujo to Deau
You may notice that a lot of these are the sort of "6-7 star ln adaptation" type manga: I would especially be interested in original works (as in non-adapation manga). I don't care about the "safety level" of the content either so feel free to recommend anything that fits.
Your help is much appreciated!

 

[undeed]

pokemon?

Gacha isekai ?
another Gacha isekai?
or another Gacha isekai?
or Gacha fantasy?
none are exceptionally good, tho I kinda liked the first gacha isekai
does Lazy Dungeon Master counts as "summon"?
there's also this tamer

 

[wandere]

pokemon?

Gacha isekai ?
another Gacha isekai?
or another Gacha isekai?
or Gacha fantasy?
none are exceptionally good, tho I kinda liked the first gacha isekai
does Lazy Dungeon Master counts as "summon"?
there's also this tamer

I think I recall reading some of and/or seeing some of these. I'm just going to read 3 chapters each as a sample. The important factors are The protagonist both a. Has the majority of their power centered around summoning/taming and b. Summons are treated as characters with feelings and not tools.
1. Counts but I wish it was a little different because I wanted more monster and less girl.
2. This one counts; although I had to read more chapters to confirm it because it dragged on. The protag's cheat skill is taming and specifically taming.
3. Based on what I read I could see there being some summoning aspects later on but that's not the primary focus.
4. I didn't realize this had as many chapters as it does; this definitely counts. The summons are themselves characters and the primary source of power for the protagonist.
5. This does involve the ability to summon things, but outside of just not liking the vibes the summoned monsters feel more like tools which makes it a no.
6. I recall reading this one some time ago up to a point; it seems like all the chapters were removed sadly. From what I remember I would say this one counts but I can't be sure.

 

[Reiru]

Maybe this?
Zoo isekai
Dragon tamer

 

[wandere]

Maybe this?
Zoo isekai
Dragon tamer

Ah, I haven't seen that second one, and I think when I saw the third one it was only a few chapters in. Will have to check them out.

 

[gooberthefish]

Summoning manga is a untackled gold mine if executed well but most of the one on the site are decent at least

 

[wandere]

Summoning manga is a untackled gold mine if executed well but most of the one on the site are decent at least

I have had complaints about how summoners are depicted in anime/manga and rpgs since I was a teen watching Fairytail. I think the biggest issue is that it oftentimes is either all in or not at all when it comes to giving your summoning system depth and nuance. For example in Fairytail, the only summons that are actually usable in battle to my understanding are the Zodiacs, of which there are like...twelve. In the entire world. Otherwise if you want to be a adventurer who uses summons you're out of luck, and even then all the summons are jobbers. In most rpgs, summons are simply another spell that can be cast; maybe they do a fancy animation, maybe they are literally just another unit with heavily limited capacity in comparison to an actual story character. As much as I love HunterXHunter, conjuration for the most part does not make beings with any personality moreso than it provides characterization for the user. For the most part these are not characters, they are objects, and oftentimes lower on the power scale of the series. So you either get that or you get something focused entirely or almost entirely on the summons, or things you can tame, bond with, etc. which would be something like Shaman King, Pokemon, Shin Megami Tensei, the game Overlord if you've ever heard of it (old fantasy action game for the Xbox 360). The essence of this sort of story is, and maybe this is disputable, the relationship between the summoner and their summons, and the problem with that might be that doing it correctly requires good writing.
For example, I got around to reading this one recently after having fell off on it a long while ago:
Master of Monsters
This is a good example of what I want; the relationship between the protagonist and his monsters is a major focus and part of his character development. They all are characters as opposed to tools used in battle, which I think is vital to the spirit of the concept. Otherwise, I find that you often end up with one of those "dungeon master" or "demon lord" stories where these aren't really characters for the most part, they're nameless minions.

 

[gooberthefish]

I have had complaints about how summoners are depicted in anime/manga and rpgs since I was a teen watching Fairytail. I think the biggest issue is that it oftentimes is either all in or not at all when it comes to giving your summoning system depth and nuance. For example in Fairytail, the only summons that are actually usable in battle to my understanding are the Zodiacs, of which there are like...twelve. In the entire world. Otherwise if you want to be a adventurer who uses summons you're out of luck, and even then all the summons are jobbers. In most rpgs, summons are simply another spell that can be cast; maybe they do a fancy animation, maybe they are literally just another unit with heavily limited capacity in comparison to an actual story character. As much as I love HunterXHunter, conjuration for the most part does not make beings with any personality moreso than it provides characterization for the user. For the most part these are not characters, they are objects, and oftentimes lower on the power scale of the series. So you either get that or you get something focused entirely or almost entirely on the summons, or things you can tame, bond with, etc. which would be something like Shaman King, Pokemon, Shin Megami Tensei, the game Overlord if you've ever heard of it (old fantasy action game for the Xbox 360). The essence of this sort of story is, and maybe this is disputable, the relationship between the summoner and their summons, and the problem with that might be that doing it correctly requires good writing.
For example, I got around to reading this one recently after having fell off on it a long while ago:
Master of Monsters
This is a good example of what I want; the relationship between the protagonist and his monsters is a major focus and part of his character development. They all are characters as opposed to tools used in battle, which I think is vital to the spirit of the concept. Otherwise, I find that you often end up with one of those "dungeon master" or "demon lord" stories where these aren't really characters for the most part, they're nameless minions.

Searching “summon” in the advance search is probably the only way to find any summoner manga tbh. Most of them are decent but making summoning magic as a whole appealing to buyers(japenese people) without making the summons turn into hot women and a tons of fan service is practically impossible

 

[wandere]

Searching “summon” in the advance search is probably the only way to find any summoner manga tbh. Most of them are decent but making summoning magic as a whole appealing to buyers(japenese people) without making the summons turn into hot women and a tons of fan service is practically impossible

There are some that don't use the word "summoner" or "tamer" that I would still categorize as such, generally stuff that isn't well...wn/ln adaptations. Perhaps someday I will be able to make a list of all of them