Highest Rated Manga

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Rin is tomboyish 14-year-old who lives with her grandpa in a small village out in the countryside. After her grandpa's death, Rin is obligated to leave her village to live with her mother in Tokyo. When she arrives, she discovers an amazing secret: her mother is not an office lady, but a famous model called Myu Suzuki! After one night of reunion, Rin's mother left the next morning following some guy to some foreign country without any notice other than a letter. Without any money to survive on (her mom did not know grandpa died), and the contract between Myu's and the model company, what is Rin is to do?
  • Published – 2002-01-01 2004-07-06
  • Written / Illustrated by – KIKUCHI Kumiko
  • Genre – Comedy, Romance, Shoujo
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  • Published – 2010-01-23 2013-06-24
  • Written / Illustrated by – SHIMA Tokio
  • Genre – Comedy, Romance, School Life, Music
The series features chibi versions of Black Rock Shooter and Dead Master, respectively named Rock-chan and De-chan.
  • Published – 2011-03-09 2012-02-09
  • Written / Illustrated by – huke
  • Genre – Comedy
Aizawa Katori goes to a school with an unusual rule. The nearby, separate school building is full of elite male students, and the school wants to prevent any of the female students from getting involved with them. For this reason, all the girl students are required to wear masks! Katori wears a horse-head mask, but she hasn't given up on getting through to her long-ago childhood friend and crush, Shinra. Shinra also has a crush on Katori from when they were children, but he does not recognize her as the strange horse-headed girl who speaks to him!

(Source: MangaHelpers)
  • Published – 2013-08-01 2015-08-06
  • Written / Illustrated by – MIKI Maki
  • Genre – Comedy, Romance, School Life, 4 Koma
Once upon a time, this world was ruled by beasts. Humanity no longer sat atop the foodchain, they are the monsters' prey. However, those who would stand up against the monsters gathered together and they continued to battle against the monsters in order to survive against their rule. Since then, hundreds of years have passed... and now the "fight" against the monsters has become the "hunt" for the monsters.
  • Published – 2014-04-16 2015-07-25
  • Written / Illustrated by – TOBITA Nikiichi
  • Genre – Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Shounen
One day, a mysterious rabbit-eared man named Peter suddenly appears in Alice’s garden and kidnaps her, whisking her off to a dangerous world where every resident brandishes a weapon. Trapped in this land in the midst of a three-way power struggle, Alice accepts an offer to stay at the Hatter’s mansion. At the mansion, Alice meets the Hatter’s right-hand man, Elliot March, who is likable and charming and…also sports a pair of bunny ears! And yet, Alice cannot get over the fact that Elliot is actually a Mafia hitman, willing to kill people without hesitation…In this popular Wonderland manga, the March Hare has finally arrived!!
(Source: Yen Press)
  • Published – 2009-01-01 2011-01-01
  • Written / Illustrated by – QuinRose
  • Genre – Fantasy, Shoujo
Horror manga author Mr. J moves into his new house with his fiancée A-ko. Much to his chagrin, she brings two guests with her.

(Source: MU)
  • Published – 2007-11-26 2008-12-26
  • Written / Illustrated by – ITOU Junji
  • Genre – Seinen, Slice Of Life, Horror
The woman Tsutomu encounters in college was older and smaller than he is, and for some reason, looks like the same girl in his dreams. The heart-pounding love affair between him and the "older woman" begins.
(Source: Animewaves)
  • Published – 2004-07-29 2007-10-29
  • Written / Illustrated by – AMAZUME Ryuta
  • Genre – Comedy, Drama, Romance, Ecchi, Mature
A society where people have forgotten about ethical taboos and enjoy a life with clones, robots, body rental and drugs.
(Source: MU)
  • Published – 2008-01-02 2010-01-02
  • Written / Illustrated by – TODA Seiji
  • Genre – Sci-Fi, Seinen, Slice Of Life
A collection of short stories:
1. Tsumi Koi
Yashiro witnessed Maki, a classmate who is popular with the girls, with another girl who wasn't his girlfriend. Tired of her uninspiring days, she decides to become Maki's "lover," but she gradually becomes charmed by him and she can't stop herself from falling in love with him! (Source: MangaUpdates)
2. Koi ni Ochiru Made
3. Yume de Aimashou
4. Kingyou no Namida
5. Koi no Jyumon
6. Tsumi Koi Bangaihen
Bonus chapter for the first story.
  • Published – 2009-01-01 2009-02-26
  • Written / Illustrated by – YOSHINAGA Yuu
  • Genre – Romance, School Life, Shoujo
When Ao was in kindergarten, she smiled ear-to-ear as she told her classmates how her father, a bestselling erotic author, chose her name: "A as in apple and O as in orgy!" That day still haunts her ten years later as she studies with a single goal in mind: to get into an elite university and achieve independence from her father once and for all. She has no youth to misspend and no time to think about boys...until her classmate, "King Normie" Kijima, approaches her with a shocking confession of love. She tries to lose Kijima, but he just can't take a hint...and as her mind runs wild with dirty thoughts, she realizes her father has totally influenced her!

(Source: Kodansha Comics)
  • Published – 2015-10-17 2018-12-17
  • Written / Illustrated by – KAWAHARA Ren
  • Genre – Comedy, Romance, School Life, Ecchi
We are in year 2035 on the Tinos planet, colonized 300 years before by some earthlings. With only half of Earth's oxygen concentration and with cold arctic conditions over most of Tinos, the human beings are forced to wear a life support apparatus that supplies the oxygen necessary for survival. The black market in such apparatuses is a flourishing business in the criminal world of Junk City.
Blue, the protagonist, is in desperate need of a life suport system after being mugged, but an unscrupulous bunch of criminals cheat him of his money and leave him with an outdated model with an old AI. He is tricked by the head of the police, Weiser, into a committing murder, and is then killed himself. The AI, called Fatso, decides to save his life, and gives him a new artificial body filled with extraordinary strength and the cumulative knowledge of their combined three hundred and seventeen years. The resurrected Blue decides to get revenge and protect all those suffering under the tyranny of Weiser.
  • Published – 1988-01-01 1989-01-01
  • Written / Illustrated by – BOB, Mitsui, Ryuichi
  • Genre – Action, Adventure, Shounen
After a fairly futile attempt at capturing the heart of Jinnai, Kijima finds himself dealt with a lucky hand once again.
One day, dazzled by the pattern of a beautiful kimono, he suddenly finds himself enchanted by the talent behind its simple genius. Just how far will he go for such a lovely masterpiece?
(Source: MU)
  • Published – 2011-07-30 2013-11-30
  • Written / Illustrated by – TAKANAGA Hinako
  • Genre – Drama, Romance, Yaoi
Kazuna's late grandfather was a writer, and his unpublished novel depicting his private life was found among the articles left by him. He had written down his affection to his lover, while he was a devoted husband. Kazuna felt perplexed, and went to see his grandfather's lover. Hinako Ashihara depicts sweet, painful love in this collection of her long-piece love stories.
(Source: Shogakukan)
  • Published – 2007-01-01
  • Written / Illustrated by – ASHIHARA Hinako
  • Genre – Drama, Romance, Shoujo, Slice Of Life, Gender Bender
1. A Passing Story
A school doctor recounts a romance from her own school days.
2. Pink
A love triangle. It's set in the same school as "A Passing Story."
3. Romance
A couple from the same school as "A Passing Story" and "Pink."
4. Lover
Continues "A Passing Story" story in the present.
5. Himitsu. (Secret Love)
A girl deals with heartbreak.
6. Toiki (Sigh)
Shiratori, now in college, despairs of ever finding love.
(Source: Lililicious)
  • Published – 2017-11-13
  • Written / Illustrated by – SHIMIZU Reiko
  • Genre – Drama, Psychological, Mystery, Suspense, Mature
High school student Toudou, a handsome, womanizer who always gets the girl he aims for, ended up making a bet with his bad-boy friends about getting Miura, the school nurse, who’s a good-looking man who might be gay. Toudou will make up any excuse to shorten the distance between him and the one in the school infirmary. When Toudou finally tried to lay a seductive kiss, Miura’s usually quiet and gentle expression changed completely, and the nurse changed the kiss to a bold and deep one!?
(Source: MU)
  • Published – 2009-10-09 2010-10-09
  • Written / Illustrated by – MARITA Yuzu
  • Genre – Comedy, Drama, Romance, School Life, One Shot, Yaoi
A series of seven stories revolving around lives where fantasy intertwines with our known worlds. In historical and modern landscapes, there are unique circumstances brought about by dragons, mermaids, spirits, and so on. Nominated for the 2013 Manga Taisho Awards.

(Source: MangaDex)
  • Published – 2011-05-01 2012-09-15
  • Written / Illustrated by – KUI Ryoko
  • Genre – Comedy, Fantasy, Seinen, Slice Of Life
This is a wonderful tale set in historical times that deals with amazing legends... A strong and active young boy named Duo Xi and a gentle young girl named Xiao Que live in a village at the base of a mountain which, legend has it, is home to female fox demons. Among the foxes is the very special Cai Sheng--a little girl fox with the power to one day become what only the most powerful foxes can become: a man, able to sire celestial fox children. Lonely, with no one her age to play with, the child fox Cai Sheng descends to the village and plays with Duo Xi and Xiao Que, and when the little fox child is attacked by a dog, it's the two human children who save her! Now the humans are marked, and will remain so--even in their lives to come--until Cai Sheng repays her debt to them... Two hundred years later, Cai Sheng is more powerful and has mastered the art of becoming a man...and she still owes a debt to the reincarnated children!
(Source: ShoujoMagic)
  • Published – 2003-01-01
  • Written / Illustrated by – Yi Huan
  • Genre – Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Shoujo, Historical, Tragedy, Gender Bender