Highest Rated Manga

Todaymanga would like to introduce the highest rated manga of all time including classic series and recent and ongoing books. We hope this best manga lineup will help beginners to find the first manga to read and manga fans to dig the manga world deeper.

Persona 4 takes place in the same universe as Persona 3 in a rural town named Inaba. There have been mysterious murders occurring whenever there was fog after heavy rain. There were also rumors about a channel on television airing only at midnight called Mayonaka TV, during which it is said that one can see his/her "other half" when staring at the TV screen. After hearing about a recent unsolved murder which occurred during the fog, the characters—the main character, Chie, and Yōsuke—discuss how each of them had attempted to watch the mysterious TV channel and witnessed the murder victim. The protagonist later realizes that during midnight when the channel is on, his body can phase into his television set as a gateway to enter another world infested with shadows. After discovering this, they all decide to explore. When first completely entering the world, dazed and confused, the main character meets Teddie. Mayonaka TV and the town murders seem to have a connection. The murder victims may be merely victims of Mayonaka TV. Everyone decides that they will together try to solve the mysterious murders by exploring the hidden world of Mayonaka TV. After the closing events of Persona 3 on January 31, 2010, Persona 4 starts April 11, 2011, Putting the start of Persona 4 fourteen months after the end of Persona 3, this is also evident by the appearance of an older Chihiro, who is now a 3rd year student.
  • Published – 2008-09-19
  • Written / Illustrated by – SOGABE Shuji
  • Genre – Action, Adventure, Comedy, Supernatural, Psychological, School Life, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Seinen
The manga follows "another Alice," a female high school student who curses her everyday life. When by chance she loses her way on the "Borderroad," she is forced to participate in deadly survival games with other female high school students.

(Source: ANN)
  • Published – 2015-08-19 2018-02-19
  • Written / Illustrated by – ASOU Haro
  • Genre – Action, Drama, Supernatural, Psychological, Mystery, Horror
Based on the novels under the same name.
Aikawa Ayumu is a normal high school boy. One day he is killed by a serial killer and revived as a zombie by a necromancer Eucliwood Hellscythe. He starts to serve Eu as her guard but he happens to deprive a maho shojo Haruna of her magic power. Haruna orders Ayumu to fight against anti-mahou shojo system "Megalo" in her place.
(Source: Mangaupdates.com)
  • Published – 2010-01-09 2013-11-09
  • Written / Illustrated by – KIMURA Shinichi
  • Genre – Comedy, Shounen, Supernatural, Ecchi, Harem
In a world where 80 percent of the population has super powers, "Heroes" are chosen ones, celebrated and authorized to use their innate powers to serve society. But not everyone can earn or be given the title of Hero, and those who use their powers without society's approval to fight evil are known by another name—Vigilantes!

(Source: VIZ Media)
  • Published – 2016-08-20
  • Written / Illustrated by – FURUHASHI Hideyuki
  • Genre – Action, School Life, Sci Fi
This volume includes short stories of four couples.
  • Published – 2013-09-17
  • Written / Illustrated by – Owaru
  • Genre – Drama, Ecchi, Sports
Scamming all day, every day, often venturing alone. He bluffs to get the ultimate power in this cultivation world?! world traveler Xue Que doesn’t always bluff, but he needs to.

(Source:MU)
  • Published – 2020-12-26
  • Written / Illustrated by – 初樱社, 图
  • Genre – Adventure, Fantasy, Martial Arts
Three boys are desperately struggling to "make" a girlfriend in their sad, adolescent lives. They then realize that their classmate, Ghang Han-Gyul—the manly, serious, quiet person of their class—has been secretly going out with a beauty for 100 days*. This triggers the friendship between the manly, serious Han-Gyul and the three dateless losers.
*A 100 day celebration of a relationship is seen as very significant.
(Source: MU)
  • Published – 2007-01-01 2013-01-01
  • Written / Illustrated by – RUE, Byung-Min
  • Genre – Comedy, Shounen, Romance, School Life, Ecchi, Slice Of Life
Tsukumo Sayo made a promise with a demon when she was 5 years old. Now, 10 years later, that demon is tired of waiting and suddenly appears in front of Sayo to fulfil that promise!?

(Source: MU)
  • Published – 2015-09-18 2016-08-05
  • Written / Illustrated by – MINAMI Maki
  • Genre – Comedy, Supernatural, Romance, School Life
Nara Shika High School, is a seemingly normal school. However, unknown to the public is the cruel truth of what really goes on in the school's halls. Rather than studying, students are forced to struggle for their very survival. And the strong bonds of friendship may be the only difference between life and death.

(Source: Shinnen)
  • Published – 2010-05-18 2016-01-28
  • Written / Illustrated by – KUJO Karuna
  • Genre – Fantasy, Supernatural, Psychological, School Life, Horror
The story follows Kakujou Youkou, who lives in a seemingly normal world where medical technology has skyrocketed to new heights, making it possible to completely replace any human organ. Those behind this are called the Ame No Tori (Rain of Birds), but it all turns out to be a plot against humanity where the new technology can take over its host, thus turning them into a killing machine. A task force is created called the Jackalope; its goal is to annihilate these mindless murderers before they raise any more havoc. This is where Youkou's new life begins...
  • Published – 2015-08-26
  • Written / Illustrated by – KATAOKA Jinsei
  • Genre – Action, Drama, Supernatural, Mystery, Horror
Spring has arrived. Having just turned 13, the young witch Koharu has embarked on the traditional journey of independence. Now, she just needs someplace to crash.

(Source: MAL)
  • Published – 2016-10-12
  • Written / Illustrated by – Yamamoto Souichirou
  • Genre – Comedy, One Shot
'Oh Ju-Yoon' is your typical, everyday part-timer. He almost dies to a coincidental accident, but because of his kindness, he is given another chance to live in a new and different world. However, his future is neither as a hero, nor mage... but a creature at the bottom of the food chain, 'Brick Worm', meeting an atrocious crisis?! Surreal events! An unexpected level up fantasy!

(Source: MU)
  • Published – 2017-11-24
  • Written / Illustrated by – Jae-Hoo, Park
  • Genre – Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
Ten years ago, a black shape appeared in the sky and destroyed the city below. Kagerou and Momiji were children when the destruction took place, and they have grown together into teenagers beneath the mysterious structure. There is an undeniable attraction between these two friends, but Kagerou is hesitant to confess his feelings because he feels that he is too weak to protect her.

One day, the structure acts again, sending down strange balls that eat people and transform them into monsters. Kagerou and Momiji's encounter that day changes them forever. Kagerou is taken into an organization that explains to him that he is now an "ember," and Momiji is a non-human "dross," useful only as experimental material. Kagerou can't accept this, though, and is determined to do anything in his power to protect the girl he loves.

(Source: MangaHelpers)
  • Published – 2014-07-15 2016-06-25
  • Written / Illustrated by – KATOU Yuuichi
  • Genre – Action, Drama, Supernatural, Romance, School Life
Kaname lost his older brother Souta in an accident, too young to die at seventeen. They are so different from each other that the only thing common between them is a book written by Tsujiura Ryousuke. What happens when Kaname meet Tsujiura-san, the author both brothers respect and admire, after Souta’s funeral?

(Source: MangaHere)
  • Published – 2013-10-01 2013-11-01
  • Written / Illustrated by – Step Lab
  • Genre – Psychological, Horror, Mature, Tragedy, Yaoi
The "prison survival action" story is set after the sudden emergence of special powers in certain pockets of humanity. To deal with these so-called "Altered," a mysterious remote island prison named "Area D" was built.

(Source: MU)
  • Published – 2012-03-14 2016-01-20
  • Written / Illustrated by – NANATSUKI Kyouichi
  • Genre – Action, Comedy, Drama, Supernatural, Ecchi
Spin-Off of "Hataraku Maousama!" As implied by the name, it focuses on the highschool aspect of his life. The chapters are also shorter.
  • Published – 2012-01-01
  • Written / Illustrated by – WAGAHARA Satoshi
  • Genre – Comedy, Fantasy, Shounen, Supernatural, Romance, School Life
Kosaki Onodera, whose family runs a Japanese sweets shop, is transforming into a magical girl in this story.

(Source: ANN)
  • Published – 2014-12-01 2016-09-22
  • Written / Illustrated by – TSUTSUI Taishi
  • Genre – Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, School Life
High-schooler Matsuzaka Satou has a reputation for being easy, but one day her lifestyle of sleeping with one boy after another comes to an end. It happens when she meets the child Shio, for whom she is convinced she feels true love for the first time. Satou may seem sweet and innocent, but there is nothing she won't do to protect their life together, including committing murder. But from where did she acquire the little girl, and how long can their "Happy Sugar Life" together last?

(Source: MangaHelpers)

Included one-shot:
Volume 2: White Sugar Garden, Black Salt Cage (pilot)
  • Published – 2015-05-22 2019-06-22
  • Written / Illustrated by – KAGISORA Tomiyaki
  • Genre – Drama, School Life, Mystery, Horror