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.

Spin-off of Fairy Tail following Gajeel.
  • Published – 2015-11-18 2016-03-30
  • Written / Illustrated by – MASHIMA Hiro
  • Genre –
In the year 2015, the Angels, huge, tremendously powerful, alien war machines, appear in Tokyo for the second time. The only hope for Mankind's survival lies in the Evangelion, a humanoid fighting machine developed by NERV, a special United Nations agency. Capable of withstanding anything the Angels can dish out, the Evangelion's one drawback lies in the limited number of people able to pilot them. Only a handful of teenagers, all born fourteen years ago, nine months after the Angels first appeared, are able to interface with the Evangelion. One such teenager is Shinji Ikari, whose father heads the NERV team that developed and maintains the Evangelion. Thrust into a maelstrom of battle and events that he does not understand, Shinji is forced to plumb the depths of his own inner resources for the courage and strength to not only fight, but to survive, or risk losing everything.

(Source: AniDB)
  • Published – 1994-12-26 2013-06-04
  • Written / Illustrated by – GAINAX, SADAMOTO, Yoshiyuki
  • Genre – Action, Drama, Fantasy, Shounen, Psychological, Romance, School Life, Mystery, Ecchi, Sci-Fi, Mecha
The enormous cave system, known as the Abyss, is the only unexplored place in the world. Nobody knows how deep down goes this titanic pit, inhabited by strange and wondrous creatures and full of mysterious ancient relics which purpose in unknown to modern man. Generations of bold adventurers have been drawn by the cryptic depths of the Abyss. In course of time those bold enough to explore the dangerous pit came to be known as "Cave Raiders."

In Oosu, the town at the edge of the Abyss, there lives a little orphan named Rico, who dreams of becoming as great a cave raider as her mother was and solving the great mystery of the pit. One day exploring the murky depths she stumbles upon a little boy, who turns out to be a robot...
  • Published – 2012-10-20
  • Written / Illustrated by – TUKUSHI Akihito
  • Genre – Adventure, Fantasy
"I have something I don't want to lose"
"So much so that these terrible feelings have grown."
A pianist who attempted suicide 3 times, Juri, is taken to help her aunt at a prison where murderers who killed indiscriminately are sentenced to death. There, she meets a man named Yuu who took the lives of 3 people. A mother's antagonism--a brother's death... Together they embrace the violent rebellion in their hearts caused by the large, deep scars they carry. However, before long, they both embrace an earnest hope in their hearts. "I want to live"...
An adaptation of novel by South Korea's most popular female novelist, Gong Ji-Young.
(Source: Psycho Pandas)
  • Published – 2008-03-28 2008-08-22
  • Written / Illustrated by – GONG, Ji-young, SAHARA, Mizu
  • Genre – Drama, Psychological, Romance, Slice Of Life, Tragedy, Music
Yoshioka Futaba has a few reasons why she wants to "reset" her image and life as a new high-school student. Because she's cute, she was ostracized by her female friends in junior high, and because of a misunderstanding, she couldn't get her feeling across to the one boy she has always liked, Tanaka-kun.

Now in high school, she is determined to be as unladylike as possible so that her friends won't be jealous of her. While living her life this way contentedly, she meets Tanaka-kun again, but he now goes under the name of Mabuchi Kou. He tells her that he felt the same way as she did when they were younger, but now things can never be the same again. Will Futaba be able to continue her love that never even started from three years ago?
  • Published – 2011-12-27 2015-06-02
  • Written / Illustrated by – SAKISAKA Io
  • Genre – Comedy, Drama, Romance, School Life, Shoujo, Slice Of Life
Florentia was reincarnated as the illegitimate child of the richest family in the empire.

She had thought that everything would go well in the future. But her father had passed away, her relatives left her at the doorsteps, and the honourable family she was so proud of was completely ruined… But is this real?

She drank a little (a lot) and was hit by a carriage and when she opened her eyes again, she was seven years old? Moreover, the Second Prince, who was the enemy of her family in her previous life is following her around like a dog!

Alright, both the Second Prince and the family are mine! In this life, I’ll become the Overlord.

(Source: Kakao, translated)
  • Published – 2021-02-28
  • Written / Illustrated by – Ant Studio, Kim Roah
  • Genre – Drama, Fantasy, Historical, Shoujo
The story follows Kaizaki Arata, a 27-year-old jobless man, who fails at every job interview he had after quitting his last company. His life changes after he met Yoake Ryou of the ReLife Research Institute, who offered him a drug that can change his appearance to 17-years-old and to become a subject in an experiment for one year. Thus, he begins his life as a high school student once more. (Source: MU)
  • Published – 2013-10-12 2018-03-16
  • Written / Illustrated by – YAYOI Sou
  • Genre – Comedy, Romance, School Life, Slice Of Life, Webtoons

Nana

2000
Nana Komatsu is a young woman who's endured an unending string of boyfriend problems. Moving to Tokyo, she's hoping to take control of her life and put all those messy misadventures behind her. She's looking for love and she's hoping to find it in the big city.
Nana Osaki, on the other hand, is cool, confident and focused. She swaggers into town and proceeds to kick down the doors to Tokyo's underground punk scene. She's got a dream and won't give up until she becomes Japan's No. 1 rock'n'roll superstar.
This is the story of two 20-year-old women who share the same name. Even though they come from completely different backgrounds, they somehow meet and become best friends. The world of Nana is a world exploding with sex, music, fashion, gossip and all-night parties.
(Source: Viz Media)
  • Published – 2000-05-26 2009-05-26
  • Written / Illustrated by – YAZAWA Ai
  • Genre – Comedy, Drama, Romance, Slice Of Life, Tragedy, Music
She loved a teacher. But that kind of love is forbidden! Still she kept love him, and didn't care about it. One day, she met a boy in white clothes in the greenhouse of the school. She saw his kind eyes and she smelled the scent of wood coming from him. For the first time, Tsugumi felt her heart beating for someone. But after that encounter she understood that this guy was her teacher...!!
(Source: Chibi Manga)
  • Published – 2011-05-13 2012-01-13
  • Written / Illustrated by – MITSUKI Kako
  • Genre – Romance, School Life, Shoujo
Continuation of Kiss, Zekkou, Kiss, a shoujo manga following the relationship between Sakisaka and Hatori—the ups and downs, misunderstandings, the tears and the laughter.
A unique thing about this series is that each story/situation is told twice—once from the girl's perspective, and once from the guy's perspective! The reader ends up learning what each side was thinking.
(Source: MU)
  • Published – 2001-01-01 2005-01-01
  • Written / Illustrated by – FUJIWARA Yoshiko
  • Genre – Drama, Romance, School Life, Shoujo
Shio loves to write lyrics, and it's her secret dream to become a singer. However, THAT GUY found out about the dream that she can't tell anyone else about?!! (Source: Intercross)
  • Published – 2008-10-16 2009-01-01
  • Written / Illustrated by – CHIBA Kozue
  • Genre – Drama, Romance, School Life, Shoujo
In the distant future, a new immortal and genderless life form called Gems populate the Earth. The 28 Gems must fight against the Moon Dwellers, who attack them regularly to abduct them and to turn them into decorations.

Being only 300 years old, Phosphophyllite is the youngest of the Gems and has no assignment yet. They wants to help to fight the Moon Dwellers, but is too weak and brittle for battle. They find their calling when the master of Gems assigns they the task of creating a natural history encyclopedia.
  • Published – 2012-10-25
  • Written / Illustrated by – ICHIKAWA Haruko
  • Genre – Fantasy
Navier was the perfect empress, however, the Emperor wanted a wife, not a colleague. And so, the Emperor abandoned Empress Navier and placed a slave girl beside him. That was fine, until Navier heard the Emperor promise the slave girl the Empress’ position. After much agonizing, Navier decided she would remarry the emperor of the neighboring country.

(Source: NovelUpdates)
  • Published – 2019-10-24
  • Written / Illustrated by – Alpha Tart
  • Genre –
Koudo Ikusei Senior High School is a leading prestigious school with state-of-the-art facilities where nearly 100% of students go on to university or find employment. The students there have the freedom to wear any hairstyle and bring any personal effects they desire. Koudo Ikusei is a paradise-like school, but the truth is that only the most superior of students receive favorable treatment.Ayanokouji Kiyotaka is a student of D-class, which is where the school dumps its “inferior” students in order to ridicule them. For a certain reason, Kiyotaka was careless on his entrance examination, and was put in D-class. After meeting Horikita Suzune and Kushida Kikyou, two other students in his class, Kiyotaka’s situation begins to change.(Source: ANN)
  • Published – 2015-05-25 2019-09-25
  • Written / Illustrated by – Kinugasa Shougo
  • Genre – Comedy, Drama, Psychological, Romance, Slice Of Life
11-year old Niina is special. This is because she has the memories of her past life as a girl named Chitose still intact. Among these memories is a promise with Chitose's boyfriend which Niina then decides to try and fulfill. But can she really?
(Source: Shoujo-Crusade)
Volume 1 contains the one-shot Koi Baka.
  • Published – 2010-09-18 2012-10-20
  • Written / Illustrated by – MINAMORI Koyomi
  • Genre – Drama, Supernatural, Romance, Shoujo, Slice Of Life
Story 1: Yuma is having trouble warding off perverts every morning on her way to school. Her classmate Suwa starts going to school with her, in order to protect her, and the two become a couple. However, Yuma is also interested in her biology teacher who rides the same train as her every morning…
Story 2: Kana-chan, Asami-chan, Haruta-kun, and Maya-kun are best friends. Kana and Haruta have been childhood friends forever, and Haruta cares for Kana. However, Kana finds herself falling for Maya-kun. When tragedy strikes, can things ever return to the way they were?
  • Published – 2004-01-01
  • Written / Illustrated by – IKUEMI Ryou
  • Genre – Drama, Romance, School Life, Shoujo, Slice Of Life, Tragedy
Though Rihito’s always been a loner, lately he’s grown close to his classmate, Hikaru. The two of them have even fallen in love and tentatively started dating. But when Rihito’s mother ends up in the hospital, the stress of it all becomes too much for him. Hikaru wants to be there for Rihito, but can Rihito learn to open his heart and rely on another person? (Source: Seven Seas)
  • Published – 2007-10-01 2009-08-01
  • Written / Illustrated by – NAKAMURA Asumiko
  • Genre – Drama, School Life, Shounen Ai
Some live in the deep darkness behind your eyelids. Some eat silence. Some thoughtlessly kill. Some simply drive men mad. They are known as mushi—creatures that came into being shortly after life emerged from the primordial ooze. They still exist parallel to our own lives and can only be seen by a select few. As a mushishi, Ginko is one of the few who are aware of their existense, and this young man with a sardonic smile roams from place to place with the knowledge and skill to aid those unwittingly affected by mushi.

(Source: Kodansha Comics)
  • Published – 1999-01-01 2008-08-01
  • Written / Illustrated by – URUSHIBARA Yuki
  • Genre – Drama, Fantasy, Supernatural, Psychological, Historical, Seinen, Slice Of Life, Tragedy