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.

  • Published – 2013-10-24
  • Written / Illustrated by – TAMURA Kotoyu
  • Genre – Romance, Shoujo
A young noblewoman once dreamed of becoming a magic user like in the old tales, but her time in magic school has dimmed her passion. One day, a mysterious man comes to her rescue in the forest, using magic like in the old stories. Despite the fact that he is clearly skilled in magic, he is thrilled by the idea of learning new techniques. Since the only way to do that in this day and age is in magic school, he alters his appearance to school-age and decides to accompany her back to school!

(Source: MangaHelpers)
  • Published – 2014-06-30
  • Written / Illustrated by – TANAKA Nijusan
  • Genre – Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance, School Life
In order to realize her dream of a romance with her sempai, Meiko uses black magic. Unexpectedly, she summons the demon king Lucifer, who also ends up as her homeroom teacher!
As part of their contract, Meiko is forced onto the path of a witch, but in reality, she's just Lucifer's slave! And now that she has magical powers, she activates her super strength whenever she eats Anpan. What will become of Meiko and the great demon king Lucifer?
(Source: KakerA Translations)
  • Published – 2010-05-01 2011-07-01
  • Written / Illustrated by – SHIMOTSUKI Kayoko
  • Genre – Comedy, Supernatural, Romance, School Life
Shirasaki is incredibly bored by his unchanging daily school life and he ends up falling in with his weird classmate Kamimura Yuuka, who rants about changing the world to his uninterested classmates. However, when she reveals the truth about the nature of their world to him, everything will quickly become stranger than he would ever have expected!
(Source: MangaHelpers)
  • Published – 2011-07-21 2013-11-21
  • Written / Illustrated by – SAKURAI Tsutsushi
  • Genre – Shounen, Psychological, Romance, School Life, Mystery, Ecchi, Sci-Fi
Heavenly Emperor, back in the middle school era, he was surprised to find that he had more than one dragon. When you are very weak, in the face of intimidation, would you fiercely fight or obey? In his last life, he obeyed, but in this world he is the ruler of the city, overturning the city, covering the clouds, there is only one thing in his heart: I am the king!

(Source: MU)
  • Published – 2019-01-01
  • Written / Illustrated by – 岛上Project
  • Genre – Martial Arts, Supernatural, School Life, Webtoons
Nao is seen by her classmates as the "Cool Queen", however, she is just extremely shy. How will she deal with suddenly becoming the basketball's temporary manager?!
(Source: Intercross & Chibi Manga)
  • Published – 2012-02-03
  • Written / Illustrated by – ICHIKAWA Shou
  • Genre – Comedy, Romance, School Life, Shoujo, One Shot
Saeki Kanji, 32 years old and still single, is living in the Japanese countryside, which is in decline. After graduating from university with a degree in economics he took a job as a salary man in a leading company in Tokyo, but retired when he inherited the family farm in Miyama village when his parents passed on. He soon took to the life of a simple farmer.

One day a beautiful woman wearing full body armor came to his door begging to stay the night. She claimed to be royalty from another world and is unable to return there. She ends up living with Kanji and helping out the local agriculture situation.

(Source: MU)
  • Published – 2018-10-01
  • Written / Illustrated by – Sakuta
  • Genre – Fantasy, Romance, Ecchi, Slice Of Life
It's his long-awaited wedding day, and the Fox Spirit of the Silver Order, Ginrei, is making his marital vows towards his long-time fiancee Menou, the Fox Princess of the Agate.
Enter Handa Shin; 23, jobless, homeless, and currently taking shelter from an unexpected summer shower in Ginrei's shrine. Catching sight of the food that has been placed there as offering, he devours it, nonchalantly remarking that he'd "agree to become the bride of the fox spirit" if it meant he would get to eat such delicious meals everyday...
(Source: MU)
  • Published – 2010-01-01 2012-02-28
  • Written / Illustrated by – MASAYA Miryu
  • Genre – Fantasy, Supernatural, Shoujo, Shounen Ai
Rika is known to be a cheerful girl, but is that her real self?
  • Published – 2010-02-05
  • Written / Illustrated by – MAMURA Mio
  • Genre – Romance, School Life, Shoujo, One Shot
The Private Aichi Symbiosis Academy was originally a high school for high-class girls, when it became co-ed, the girls, out of fear, asked to be permitted to bring weapons to school. When that was enforced, a five-member vigilante corps-like organization called the "Supreme Five Swords" was also formed.

After many generations, the five swords eventually became a group which corrected problematic students and such the academy started proactively accepting such students in order to correct them.

Nomura Fudou was sent to that school after being part of a huge brawl, what will he do when the only options he has after enrolling are being expelled from that school too or being corrected the way the rest of the male students there were...by being forced to dress and act like girls!

(Source: Batoto)
  • Published – 2014-03-25
  • Written / Illustrated by – KUROKAMI Yuuya
  • Genre – Action, Comedy, Martial Arts, Romance, School Life
In the land of Gion, the capital of Japan, a mysterious "divine power" has brought about great prosperity. It is a power that only brings about changes in girls in the form of turning them half-animal, a sign that they are servants to a god, as well as granting them great power. Some that are strong enough become "Onmyou" and fight evil. Others whose power have gone berserk become Orochi fated to bring death and destruction to man. It was once thought that those who became Orochi had to be slain with no hope of saving the helpless victim... Until a mysterious young man named Gion appeared to save one such girl. Will he be strong enough to fight the Orochi and bring an end to their terror?!

(Source: MU)
  • Published – 2015-03-27 2016-11-27
  • Written / Illustrated by – Thomasz
  • Genre – Action, Comedy, Supernatural, Romance, Ecchi, Harem
In the middle of an escape, Lilith, the head of a group of thieves, is injured. She is rescued by the young aristocrat Jean Rhode, but in exchange for being nursed back to health, he demands that she pay him with kisses!
Also contains the oneshot Nil no Koi☆Mahoujin
(Source: MU)
  • Published – 2009-01-01 2010-01-01
  • Written / Illustrated by – IKEMI Runa
  • Genre – Adventure, Fantasy, Romance, Shoujo
Kill Me Baby is a 4-panel style manga that follows the comedic life of a typical school girl Yasuna and her assassin classmate Sonya. Sonya’s attempt to fit in often fails when her natural assassin instincts kick in and Yasuna’s attempt to be more friendly with Sonya often gets her hurt or intimidated. Kill Me Baby’s cute sense of humor will keep you wanting more.
(Source: Amazon)
  • Published – 2008-07-27
  • Written / Illustrated by – Kazuho
  • Genre – Comedy, Martial Arts, School Life
A boy who can see music... A man rescues an instrument from a museum... And a boy hears the first rhythm...

These stories and more are included in this collection of music-related one-shots from the mangaka of Oh, My Sweet Alien! and Why Not Be My Dog.

(Source: Antisense Scanslations)
  • Published – 2008-04-12 2008-11-12
  • Written / Illustrated by – Miyata Kouji
  • Genre – Supernatural, Music
This volume is a collection of the .hack// 4 panel manga (aka Yonkoma) serialized in the .hack//The World magazine.
  • Published – 2007-03-26
  • Written / Illustrated by – SUMIMARU Koichi
  • Genre – Comedy, Fantasy, Sci Fi, 4 Koma
"I wish I can be stronger instead to protect you rather than the other way round..." Nagisa wants to be strong and cool in front of Misaki, but all he managed to do was getting protected instead by Misaki. What can a guy do to win the girl he loves?!

(Source: Paperdolls Project)
  • Published – 2014-07-24
  • Written / Illustrated by – Mitsui Haruka
  • Genre – Comedy, Romance, Shoujo, One Shot
Since their mother's death, sisters Tomoe and Mikage have been mostly raising each other. The older sister, Tomoe, is determined to get good grades and work her way into a good college. However, she's disturbed by the trouble Mikage sometimes gives her. For instance, at the beginning of the manga, Mikage sneakily locks a collar around her older sister's neck, forcing her to go through the day wearing it. Mikage wants Tomoe to think only of her, and her affection may be beyond sisterly love. However, at school, Mikage has made a new female 'friend' that has a serious crush on her. The two sisters have their separate lives at their respective schools, but their life together and their relationship may be most important of all.

(Source: MangaHelpers)
  • Published – 2011-04-12 2013-05-22
  • Written / Illustrated by – OGAWA Maiko
  • Genre – Drama, School Life, Yuri
Adele was just another maltreated slave girl being sold at the country market. She was sold one day to become an addition to the harem of the country’s King of Cruelty. Rumor has it that the once the King takes a slave girl for the night, he then executes her in the morning. Once in the harem, she sees that all girls who are called into the King’s chamber really do not return. To fight against this fate, Adele resolves to volunteer to be called to the King’s chamber and find out the truth. But things are not what they seem…
(Source: Aerandria)
  • Published – 2009-10-10
  • Written / Illustrated by – ONDA Shizuru
  • Genre – Romance, Historical, One Shot