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.

Ken, a young Japanese guy, is in love with a young Korean girl Yumin. He followed her in Korea and wants to become a policeman just like her. But then, he finds himself at the head of a local gang. What will happen to Ken?

Included one-shot:
Volume 12: Trigun: The Lost Plant
  • Published – 2006-04-24 2016-02-22
  • Written / Illustrated by – Boichi
  • Genre – Action, Comedy, Drama, Martial Arts, Psychological, Romance, Mature, Tragedy
Haruta gets involved in an accident with a scooter, believing he would die from his injuries but instead of that he starts to see ghosts!
  • Published – 2016-08-12 2016-12-14
  • Written / Illustrated by – OGERETSU Tanaka
  • Genre – Comedy, Drama, Romance, Slice Of Life
A 19-year-old girl with a rare growth disorder that leaves her in the body of a small child meets a boy with a mental disorder, who has the mind of a small boy in a 17-year-old's body. A Friendly Winter shares with us the endearing story of their day-to-day lives, joys and tribulations.

(Source: MU)
  • Published – 2011-10-08 2013-02-23
  • Written / Illustrated by – LEE Jun
  • Genre – Comedy, Drama, Psychological, Slice Of Life, Webtoons
Min Jung Woo has a special ability, one that lets him see whenever a path leads to an unfortunate future. Min Jung Woo uses his eyes of "Misfortune" to spot unfortunate events and tries to stop them, leading him to become a terrorist feared by the people.

(Source: MU)
  • Published – 2016-01-21 2020-04-30
  • Written / Illustrated by – Han, Dong-Woo
  • Genre – Action, Psychological, School Life, Webtoons
A short story about a boy whose name is Yutaka and sucessfully sings as a soloist in a choir with his soprano voice, but then gets into the trouble of his puberty vocal change.
A serialized version of the oneshot Octave.
(Source: MU)
  • Published – 2010-11-22 2014-05-22
  • Written / Illustrated by – KAMATANI Yuhki
  • Genre – School Life, Slice Of Life, Music
Three boys in junior-high who cross-dress because of differing reasons meet each other through a cross-dressing community website, and decide to meet up in real life. "Parou" started cross-dressing because he wanted to attract a heterosexual boy he liked. "Marika" is transgendered and identifies as female. Lastly, "Yui" is an antagonistic boy who adopted the persona of his older sister after her death. In contrast to Parou and Marika, Yui is sorely disappointed at the meeting.
(Source: MU)
  • Published – 2012-03-19 2015-12-19
  • Written / Illustrated by – FUMI Fumiko
  • Genre – Drama, Psychological, Mature, Gender Bender
The story centers on a 14-year-old girl named Ichigo Amano who wants to be a pâtissière (female pastry chef), but she is stymied by her own clumsiness. One day, she enrolls in St. Mary Academy, a culinary school for sweets, and meets a "spirit of sweets."
(Source: ANN)
  • Published – 2008-09-03 2011-06-03
  • Written / Illustrated by – MATSUMOTO Natsumi
  • Genre – Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, School Life, Harem, Reverse Harem, Cooking
Suimei and two of his best friends find themselves mysteriously summoned to another world. There’s a cute princess, magic galore, a Demon Lord that needs to be defeated, and a world that needs to be saved—the works! Too bad Suimei isn’t interested. His friends are all too ready to play the parts of heroes, but Suimei just wants to get home. He has an advantage as a magician... but he’s in for a rude awakening when he finds out what actually passes for magic in these parts.

(Source: J-Novel Club)
  • Published – 2014-04-25
  • Written / Illustrated by – HITSUJI Gamei
  • Genre – Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance, Harem
Rally Vincent and Minnie-May Hopkins are two regular American girls. Regular American girls who own a gun shop, and might have dabbled in prostituion, respectively. And who happen to be a crack shot and an explosives expert, respectively.
These might be odd skills for American girls, but these two happen to be Chicago's top bounty hunters. Rally can shoot the trigger off a gun from a good distance, and May generally wreaks havoc with explosions and cuteness. And together, with some very useful friends and associates, they make up the Gunsmith Cats.
"Burst" finds our ladies back at work, back in action, and . . . back in trouble. ( by Darkhorse Comics)
  • Published – 2004-09-01 2008-10-01
  • Written / Illustrated by – SONODA Kenichi
  • Genre – Action, Seinen
The sea in our world has been polluted. All sorts of trash were thrown into it, making it unpleasant deep down in the sea. One of the inhabitants of the sea, Ika Musume (Squid Girl) seeks to exact revenge on humanity for throwing trash into the sea. Clueless about the surface, she seeks to invade humanity alone, trying to rule over the world... only to find herself enslaved by one of the nearest beach-houses for breaking one side of the wall!

(Source: Hidoi~! Translators)
  • Published – 2007-07-26 2016-02-25
  • Written / Illustrated by – ANBE Masahiro
  • Genre – Comedy, Supernatural, Slice Of Life, Sci Fi
Yukimi is her real name but everyone calls her Bambi. She is the student discipline committee member who locks students out of the school if they're a minute late but herself sneaks cigarette breaks on the roof. Lone wolf (Dhole, Asiatic wild dog) transfer student Tetsu (everyone pronounces it Tooru) Nagasawa who hops the fence after she locks it and breaks her cigarette in half when he finds her on the roof, yet he is a super nice guy to a mother and baby on the train. Bambi already has a boyfriend but will the wolf steal her heart?
  • Published – 2013-06-24 2015-06-24
  • Written / Illustrated by – OKAUE Ai
  • Genre – Drama, Romance, School Life, Slice Of Life
A young Taiwanese assassin codenamed "Glass Heart" committed suicide by jumping off a building, and her heart was pierced by a metal fence. Miraculously, her life was saved by heart transplantation. During her recovery she began to experience strange dreams, which led her to Japan looking for the donor of her heart, who happens to be Kaori Makimura, former partner of City Hunter.
(Source: MU)
  • Published – 2001-01-01 2010-08-01
  • Written / Illustrated by – HOJO Tsukasa
  • Genre – Action, Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Seinen
Ken, a modern age chef, finds himself in back in the 16th century during the warring states period. Lacking any recollection of who he once was or how he arrived to such a time, he only has his knowledge and skills in cooking to rely on. But as he gains reputation for his incredible food, who else would come to demand his services than Oda Nobunaga himself.
  • Published – 2011-03-01
  • Written / Illustrated by – NISHIMURA Mitsuru
  • Genre – Comedy, Drama, Historical, Cooking
Saliphie, the 99th sacrifice to the terrifying demon king, learns two secrets about the king: The first, that he has been letting the sacrifices go in secret. The second, that half of his blood is that of a human. She gets to know the king's kindness and sorrow, and then it's announced that the king has taken Saliphie, who wishes to become a source of energy for the king, as his queen, and...?

(Source: MU)
  • Published – 2015-11-05
  • Written / Illustrated by – TOMOFUJI Yuu
  • Genre – Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Kagome is a modern Japanese high school girl. Never the type to believe in myths and legends, her world view dramatically changes when, one day, she's pulled out of her own time and into another! There, in Japan's ancient past, Kagome discovers more than a few of those dusty old legends are true, and that her destiny is linked to one legendary creature in particular--the dog-like half-demon called Inuyasha! That same trick of fate also ties them both to the Shikon Jewel, or "Jewel of Four Souls." But demons beware...the smallest shard of the Shikon Jewel can give the user unimaginable power.
(Source: Viz)
  • Published – 1996-11-13 2008-06-15
  • Written / Illustrated by – TAKAHASHI Rumiko
  • Genre – Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Shounen, Supernatural, Romance, Historical
Kamiyoshi Hina is a new transfer student. She was looking forward to spending her school days with peace and ease. Unfortunately, that thought flew out the window when she was appointed class representative and seated next to the school's infamous delinquent, Mikuni Satoshi. According to rumors, Mikuni Satoshi gets into fights and spends the nights working as a gigolo. Are there any truths to the rumors? What will happen when the two meet? Is there more to Kamiyoshi Hina's cheerful demeanor and Mikuni Satoshi's delinquent behavior? Read to find out!

(Source: MU)
  • Published – 1999-01-01 2000-01-01
  • Written / Illustrated by – SAITO Rin
  • Genre – Romance, School Life, Shoujo
Episodic Pet Stories
Original webcomic
  • Published – 2011-04-05 2013-01-15
  • Written / Illustrated by – Cho
  • Genre – Comedy, Slice Of Life, Webtoons
A Fate/stay Night spin-off focused on cooking.
  • Published – 2016-01-26
  • Written / Illustrated by – Type-Moon
  • Genre – Comedy, Supernatural, Slice Of Life, Cooking