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.

Nishimi Kaoru has moved from city to city and school to school because of his father’s job. So the first day at his new school was just routine for him. Being intellectual and the new transfer student, he has always been seen as an outcast and all Kaoru had to do was bear it until the next time he moved. But things were slightly different this time. First, he started to get close to the class president, Mukae Ritsuko, and, secondly, unlikely as it seemed, grew closer to Kawabuchi Sentaro. Sentaro was infamous for getting into fights, skipping class and was an overall bad boy. Strangely enough, the three of them find common ground in music, namely jazz, and Kaoru finds himself actually enjoying the new town.(Source: MangaHelpers)
  • Published – 2007-09-28 2012-01-28
  • Written / Illustrated by – KODAMA Yuki
  • Genre – Drama, Romance, School Life, Historical, Slice Of Life, Music
Corporate secretary Shirotani suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder. One day he meets Kurose, a therapist who offers to take him through a ten-step program to cure him of his compulsion. As the two go through each of the ten steps, Shirotani 's attraction to his counselor grows.

(Source: Sublime)
  • Published – 2013-07-13 2017-11-14
  • Written / Illustrated by – TAKARAI Rihito
  • Genre – Drama, Psychological, Romance, Slice Of Life, Mature
Somei Yoshino is a high school girl, born and bred in a yakuza family, but that hasn't stopped her from living a peaceful life - that is, until meeting her fiancé, Miyama Kirishima.

(Source: MU)
  • Published – 2017-08-25
  • Written / Illustrated by – KONISHI Asuka
  • Genre – Drama, Psychological, Romance, Mature
Because of a hearing disability, Kohei is often misunderstood and has trouble integrating into life on campus, so he learns to keep his distance. That is until he meets the outspoken and cheerful Taichi. He tells Kohei that his hearing loss is not his fault. Taichi’s words cut through Kohei’s usual defense mechanisms and open his heart. More than friends, less than lovers, their relationship changes Kohei forever.

(Source: Open Peace Books)

Note: the series is composed of
Hidamari ga Kikoeru
Hidamari ga Kikoeru - Koufuku Hen
Hidamari ga Kikoeru - Limit
Hidamari ga Kikoeru - Shunkashuutou
  • Published – 2013-12-21
  • Written / Illustrated by – FUMINO Yuki
  • Genre – Drama, Romance, School Life, Slice Of Life
Kim Jihyun, who lived his life as a disreputable surgeon, gains a second chance to relive his life. He then goes back to his middle school days, and live his life to the fullest unlike before, he studies nonstop. His goal is to become a dermatologist who make lots of money instead of the poor surgeon he was from previous life!

(Source: MU)
  • Published – 2019-09-07
  • Written / Illustrated by – yuin
  • Genre – Drama, Psychological, School Life, Webtoons
Serge Battour is the son of a French viscount and a Romani prostitute, and despite his kind nature and academic talent, is shunned by his family and his peers due to the color of his skin. He begins to attend Lacombrade Academy, his father's alma mater, in the hopes that there he will find a place to belong.
Gilbert Cocteau is, like Serge, the orphaned son of a wealthy family, and is infamous at Lacombrade for his beautiful and delicate appearance, lack of dedication to schoolwork, and habit of prostituting himself to other students. He has no intention to connect with any of his classmates, instead devoting himself to his uncle Auguste.
Due to a shortage of living space, Serge and Gilbert become roommates even though Gilbert's antisocial nature has in the past made it impossible for him to room with anybody. Serge, being sociable and idealistic, is determined to be friends with Gilbert; Gilbert is only interested in either being able to manipulate Serge or push him away entirely. To the surprise of both of the boys, however, the two eventually form a deep, albeit generally dismal, bond that leads to a romantic connection.
(Source: MAL)
  • Published – 1976-02-29 1984-06-01
  • Written / Illustrated by – TAKEMIYA Keiko
  • Genre – Drama, Psychological, School Life, Shoujo, Historical, Mature, Tragedy, Shounen Ai
Kasuga Takao is a boy who loves reading books, particularly Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du Mal. A girl at his school, Saeki Nanako, is his muse and his Venus, and he admires her from a distance. One day, he forgets his copy of Les Fleurs du Mal in the classroom and runs back alone to pick it up. In the classroom, he finds not only his book, but Saeki's gym uniform. On a mad impulse, he steals it.

Now everyone knows 'some pervert' stole Saeki's uniform, and Kasuga is dying with shame and guilt. Furthermore, the weird, creepy, and friendless girl of the class, Nakamura, saw him take the uniform. Instead of revealing it was him, she recognizes his kindred deviant spirit and uses her knowledge to take control of his life. Will it be possible for Kasuga to get closer to Saeki, despite Nakamura's meddling and his dark secret? What exactly does Nakamura intend to do with him?

(Source: MangaHelpers)
  • Published – 2009-09-09 2014-05-09
  • Written / Illustrated by – Oshimi Shuzo
  • Genre – Drama, Shounen, Psychological, Romance, School Life
Serina arrives at school one day to discover her desk has been vandalized—someone's scratched the lyrics to a love song on it...and that someone turns out to be Mizukawa-senpai, a boy who's one year her senior. She wants to get to know him better, but if his frosty demeanor is any indication, she doesn't have a chance! But it seems he might be awkward—not simply mean—and before she knows it, she's asking him out...! With each passing day, her heart races a little faster!

(Source: Kodansha Comics USA)
  • Published – 2016-06-24
  • Written / Illustrated by – MASE Azusa
  • Genre –
Trepanation is the procedure of drilling a hole in the skull. It is said to increase the blood circulation and improve pressure inside the skull. It is also said to bring out a person's sixth sense, the ability to use ESP, see ghosts, move objects with one's mind. This is speculative fiction based on the concept of trepanation.
  • Published – 2003-03-17 2011-02-21
  • Written / Illustrated by – YAMAMOTO Hideo
  • Genre – Supernatural, Psychological, Seinen, Horror
Chiaki and Kazuma have been brought up like brothers, but as they get older, their relationship starts to change. One night, when Chiaki's staying over, Kazuma is woken by strange sounds coming from the futon next to him, only to find Chiaki touching himself... Kazuma offers to help him out, and his touch confuses but excites Chiaki. As they touch one another, Kazuma sees a look on Chiaki's face he's never seen before... After they come down from their high, Chiaki avoids Kazuma's gaze because he doesn't want Kazuma to see how flushed he is, and also because he's finally realized his true feelings for his friend. Following on from that day, the two of them touch each other like it's some kind of game... (Source: Renta!)
  • Published – 2017-10-10 2019-08-06
  • Written / Illustrated by – KURAHASHI Tomo
  • Genre – Drama, Romance, School Life
Having a handsome, kind and caring boyfriend like Elios means the world to Emma. Even a look at him makes her heart flutters. But little does she know about a secret lies deep in their relationship. What is the said secret?

(Source: Webtoons)
  • Published – 2019-04-23
  • Written / Illustrated by – Hanza Art
  • Genre – Drama, Psychological, Romance, Webtoons
In this deeply moving first-person story, an introverted high school boy finds his classmate’s diary—and learns her biggest secret. Yamauchi Sakura is dying from a pancreatic disease and now he is the only one person outside her family to know the truth. The last thing the boy wants is to be her friend, but Sakura’s cheerful demeanor and their shared secret draw them together in this heartrending tale of friendship and mortality.

(Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)
  • Published – 2016-08-25 2017-05-25
  • Written / Illustrated by – SUMINO Yoru
  • Genre – Drama, School Life, Slice Of Life, Tragedy
Just like how everyone adored heroes in their childhood, a certain young man adored those powers hidden in shadows. After hiding his strength and living the mediocre life of a mob character by day while undergoing frenzied training by night, he finally reincarnates into a different world and gains ultimate power. The young man who is only playing at being a power in the shadows, his misunderstanding subordinates, and a giant organization in the shadows that gets trampled….. This is the story of a young boy who had adored powers in shadows possibly eventually reigning over the world of shadows in another world.

(Source: MU)
  • Published – 2018-12-26
  • Written / Illustrated by – Aizawa Daisuke
  • Genre – Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Harem
Usa, a high-school student aspiring to begin a bachelor lifestyle, moves into a new apartment only to discover that he not only shares a room with a perverted roommate that has an obsession for underaged girls, but also that another girl, Ritsu, a love-at-first-sight, is living in the same building as well!
(Source: Kirei Cake)
  • Published – 2010-04-30 2017-12-28
  • Written / Illustrated by – MIYAHARA Ruri
  • Genre – Comedy, Romance, School Life, Slice Of Life
Miyako's living her life diligently following rules, just as her deceased father wanted her to. But one day Azuma Koutarou sees her play guitar and blackmails her to join his band. How will she face it up?
(Source: Shoujo Crusade)
  • Published – 2011-07-25
  • Written / Illustrated by – WATANABE Kana
  • Genre – Comedy, Romance, School Life, Music
An offshoot of the original Hetalia Axis Powers. Hetalia follows the strange personifications of Italy and other nations as they navigate their world.
  • Published – 2014-09-22
  • Written / Illustrated by – HIMARUYA Hidekazu
  • Genre – Comedy, Historical, Slice Of Life
Conor, a Korean-American, lives in a city where same-sex marriage has been legalized, but where racist and homophobic hate crimes are still frequent. He joins a band with the blonde hair, blue-eyed Simon and the two go on to create their own “dark heaven” in an abandoned church. Feelings develop between the pair, but light cannot dwell with dark, and their time together will soon come to an end...
  • Published – 2016-02-13 2017-10-28
  • Written / Illustrated by – Juns
  • Genre – Drama, Webtoons
The serious Itou and the child-like Nishi meet by chance during a single player “White Line Game” on the way home from school. Falling in-love, Itou gets frustrated over the fact that they only get to rendezvous on the white line and suddenly kisses Nishi.

From high school, college and then to adulthood… A deeply moving work depicting the lives of two men who are madly in love with unchanging feelings within changing realities.

  • Published – 2016-08-12 2017-01-14
  • Written / Illustrated by – TOKOKURA Miya
  • Genre – Drama, Romance, Slice Of Life