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.

Little bites of whimsical lives:
"Once Upon a Time"
See You Next Time
Imp in the Night
Sakura Antique Store
White Clouds
A beautiful and touching story about life, death and the heartening belief that we all will arrive at the same place when our time has come.
Molehill
The Land of Dreams
Grape Harvest
Let's Go Home
The Story of a Flower
The Road Where Flowers Bloom
Egg Water
Hoppie's Bear
One day, office worker Kurata encounters a strange girl in the city. The girl, who wears a bear “head mask” all the time, moonlights at her dad’s restaurant. Thus begins an unusual friendship between the lovelorn man and the mature girl…
"To a Certain Place"
(Source: Storm in Heaven & Kotonoha)Note: See this large list of short stories? It means White Clouds is only one chapter of many. Stop submitting chapter changes to only 1 chapter.
  • Published – 2004-01-01 2004-11-30
  • Written / Illustrated by – IWAOKA Hisae
  • Genre – Drama, Seinen, Slice Of Life
Riku experienced a lot of pain and tragedy in his early life. After his father's death, a former-boxer Yakuza man taught him how to do a basic punch, and that punch saved his life when he had to defend himself from his mom's drug dealer. He ended up taking the drug dealer's life, marking him as a killer. Criminals continued to come after him, leading to more tragedy for the people who attempted to care for him. All of this drove him to ask that same former boxer to teach him to become stronger, which led him to a rundown gym, his door to the world of pro boxing!

(Source: MangaHelpers)
  • Published – 2014-04-17 2019-05-23
  • Written / Illustrated by – MATSUBARA Toshimitsu
  • Genre – Action, Sports, Mature, Tragedy
By the author of "Working!!," this 4-koma features the staff of the health and welfare section of the ward office of a certain city. Newcomers Hasebe Yutaka, Yamagami, Miyoshi Saya, and their supervisor Ichimiya Taishi go through the everyday quirks of working at their office.
(Source: MangaHelpers)
  • Published – 2007-06-29 2014-06-25
  • Written / Illustrated by – TAKATSU Karino
  • Genre – Comedy, Slice Of Life, 4 Koma
I was bored and read a TL (teen's love) novel with lots of sexual scenes and ended up reincarnating into it as a maid that gets executed, and quickly at that! My goal, of course, is survival... but the situation keeps getting twisted."I have no intention of sharing something I like with my brother."I was so surprised that I harshly bit my lip."Don't become the Duchess. The rumors that my younger brother has fallen for a rabbit have reached even my ears.""Your Majesty! No, that's..."He rubbed my bleeding lips. Then he nonchalantly licked the bloodied finger. It was just his finger that touched me, but I somehow felt nervous.Your Majesty, please save me. I don't want to be executed.Note: Teen’s Love is a mature-rated genre aimed at women, with the stories centered around a heterosexual couple and the sex and romance between them.(Source: MU)
  • Published – 2020-05-26
  • Written / Illustrated by – Jeongdam
  • Genre – Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Webtoons
Honey Bitter meets Kodomo no Omocha. Shuri is a private detective with a special ability to read minds. She usually handles all sorts of cases, but this time she is faced with a rather unusual request. The famous actress Kurata Sana is going to play in a new film as a detective. She wants to be able to impersonate her character as best as possible so she asks Shuri if she can stick around to learn a few things that real detectives do and how they act. Despite this childish request, Shuri also recieves a more intimate request from Sana's manager, Sagami Rei, who wants to find out the reason why Sana and her husband, Hayama Akito, have decided to live separate one from another.
(Source: Evil Flowers)
  • Published – 2010-09-01
  • Written / Illustrated by – OBANA Miho
  • Genre – Drama, Romance, Mystery
The new manga will tell "after stories" about the characters, including Masamune, Aki, and Yoshino, among others.

(Source: ANN)
  • Published – 2018-09-27 2019-01-26
  • Written / Illustrated by – Takeoka Hazuki
  • Genre –
Smash! is about two childhood friends (Shouta and Miwa) who share a common love for Badminton. Miwa, who's in love with Shouta, tries to persuade Shouta to apply to the same badminton school as her but the latter being of a carefree, easy-going and dense nature, brushes her away and states that he only plays badminton for fun.
However, Shouta's perspective of badminton quickly changes after a fateful encounter with Yuuhi (a mute girl). In his search for his badminton goddess Yuuhi, Shouta met Anan and thereafter, decides that he's going to pursue badminton more seriously...
(Source: Bado-Scans)
  • Published – 2006-01-01 2010-01-01
  • Written / Illustrated by – SAKI Kaori
  • Genre – Shounen, Romance, School Life, Sports
Under the guise of a "study trip," a group of students from Shiroiwa Junior High School in the fictional town of Shiroiwa (Kagawa Prefecture) are gassed on a bus. They awaken in the Okishima Island School on Okishima, an isolated, evacuated island. They learn that they have been placed in an event called the Program.

According to the rules, every year since 1947, 42 third-year high school students are isolated, and each student is required to fight to the death until one student remains. Their movements are tracked by metal collars around their necks, which contain tracking and listening devices; if any student should attempt to escape the Program, or enter declared forbidden zones, a bomb will be detonated in the collar, killing the wearer. If no one dies in a 24 hour time period, there will be no winner and all collars will be detonated simultaneously.

(Source: Wikipedia)
  • Published – 2000-11-01 2006-01-01
  • Written / Illustrated by – TAKAMI Koushun
  • Genre – Action, Psychological, Romance, Horror, Mature, Tragedy
Darren Shan's an ordinary schoolboy, until he and his best friend Steve get tickets to the Cirque Du Freak, a bizarre freak show featuring such arcane performers. In the midst of the ghoulish excitement, true terror raises its head when Steve recognizes that one of the performers -- Mr Crepsley -- is in fact a vampire! That's when the hands of fate changes the lives of them forever!
(Source: Aku-Tenshi)
  • Published – 2006-11-17 2009-04-17
  • Written / Illustrated by – Darren Shan
  • Genre – Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Supernatural, Horror, Tragedy
Female high-schooler Kako met Kota at a party for adults. Although she hits it off with him, she finds out he's actually a policeman.

(Source: ANN)
  • Published – 2012-12-13
  • Written / Illustrated by – MIYOSHI Maki
  • Genre – Comedy, Drama, Romance, School Life, Shoujo, Slice Of Life
She was adopted by the devil-like count. Before dying, Hailynn lived her whole life being confined in a hut. When she opened her eyes she was 8 years old. She returned back in time right before she was to be adopted by the count. Hailynn wanted to ask God... What was it that she had done wrong?!?! She cursed God and threw herself out of the carriage that was en route to the count's estate. On that path, she met the Duke Kalisto, the representation of the sacred Vincent Kalisto. But... "She is of noble blood." She thought she was an orphan but in actuality, she is actually the first daughter, in a thousand years, of the ducal household of Kalisto. "Am I really... the daughter?" However, Vincent has never approved of any woman and lived his life in abstinence. He swore he did not commit any act that may produce a child, thus he denies that he's the father... "...A monster?" What is the secret behind Hailynn's birth and the abrupt movement from the empire and the holy country?! This is the first-time father, Vincent, and first-time daughter, Hailynn's clumsy yet lovely story. (Source: MU)
  • Published – 2020-11-01
  • Written / Illustrated by – Plow
  • Genre – Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Webtoons
Spin-off of Kakegurui focusing on Midari Ikishima and her past.
  • Published – 2017-02-21 2020-05-19
  • Written / Illustrated by – KAWAMOTO Homura
  • Genre – Drama, Psychological, School Life, Mystery
The pitiful Heartless crave for hearts. The rage of the Keyblade unleashes those hearts. Hearts gather in the darkness, and eventually create Kingdom Hearts; to create the sanctuary for those lost hearts, those are Kingdom Hearts. Roxas, without any memory regarding his past, has been accepted into the Organization XIII. The privilege of becoming a member of the Organization XIII comes the responsibility that each member upholds. However a question arises: "Why am I in the organization?" On top of the clock tower with the sunset in the horizon, the 14th member, a young girl, makes this question. Who is this young girl, and how does she fit into the plot? This is the revitalization of Kingdom Hearts; the new prequel that connects the puzzle pieces of the mysteries that still float about. This is Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days!
(Source: mangahelpers)
  • Published – 2009-05-30 2012-08-11
  • Written / Illustrated by – NOMURA Tetsuya
  • Genre – Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Shounen, Mystery, Tragedy
Once it starts up, the dungeon goes through a process called “Reset the Next User”. Why doesn’t this reset process apply to me ?!I am the only one left from that endless reset of this dungeon. With simple skills and an overwhelming weapon, Jung-down game starts inside the dungeon

(Source: MangaDex)
  • Published – 2020-03-03
  • Written / Illustrated by – Ant, Studio, Daul
  • Genre – Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Webtoons
Okazaki Tomoya is a delinquent who finds life dull and believes he'll never amount to anything. Along with his friend Sunohara, he skips school and plans to waste his high school days away.
One day while walking to school, Tomoya passes a young girl muttering quietly to herself. Without warning she exclaims "Anpan!" (a popular Japanese food) which catches Tomoya's attention. He soon discovers the girl's name is Furukawa Nagisa and that she exclaims things she likes in order to motivate herself. Nagisa claims they are now friends, but Tomoya walks away passing the encounter off as nothing.
However, Tomoya finds he is noticing Nagisa more and more around school. Eventually he concedes and befriends her. Tomoya learns Nagisa has been held back a year due to a severe illness and that her dream is to revive the school's drama club. Claiming he has nothing better to do, he decides to help her achieve this goal along with the help of four other girls.
As Tomoya spends more time with the girls, he learns more about them and their problems. As he attempts to help each girl overcome her respective obstacle, he begins to realise life isn't as dull as he once thought.
[Written by MAL Rewrite]
  • Published – 2005-05-07 2009-04-01
  • Written / Illustrated by – Key
  • Genre – Drama, Fantasy, Romance, School Life, Shoujo, Slice Of Life
The future, romance, everything is "undecided," yet the remaining days of high school seem as if they'll be over in the blink of an eye. Mikako Ichimura, 17 years old. Midorikawa, the strange guy who now sits next to her after a seating change and oddly prefers red pencils. At first, Mikako didn't think much of it, but after learning that they both love the same band, their relationship begins to change bit by bit...

The day to day life of a 17 year girl woven together in a soft literary style.

(Source: MU)
  • Published – 2009-01-29 2013-10-10
  • Written / Illustrated by – KYOU Machiko
  • Genre – Romance, School Life, Slice Of Life
Born a humble peasant, Kihara Mei has lived simply day by day as a merchant in the capitol, and never assumed things would change. But, one fateful day would change the course of her life, when faced with a deadly challenge against dangerous royal assassins. Now, with the eyes of the dreaded Blood King upon her, her life of simplicity would now become a tangled web of secrecy, deceit, and desire.
  • Published – 2017-03-12
  • Written / Illustrated by – Lifelight
  • Genre – Romance
Ashitaka’s an out and proud gay man, trawling for booty calls at his favorite gay bar—but only bottoms need apply, because Ashitaka only tops! His first attempt at gay sex three years ago ended painfully and embarrassingly, and he vowed to never yield his ass to another man again—but fate has decided to throw the very man responsible for his ‘bottom trauma’ back into his life, and the guy’s looking for a fresh start.
(Source: MU)
  • Published – 2011-11-30 2012-06-30
  • Written / Illustrated by – KANDA Neko
  • Genre – Comedy, Drama, Romance, Slice Of Life