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.

The story is about a man who is a medicine seller. He hunts mononoke (demons) and kills them by using a sword. However, before unsheathing his sword he first needs to learn of the form (katachi), the truth behind the human tragedies (makoto) and the reason behind the evils (kotowari) that gave birth to it before killing the demon.
  • Published – 2007-08-17 2008-08-01
  • Written / Illustrated by – NINAGAWA Yaeko
  • Genre – Drama, Supernatural, Historical, Mystery, Seinen, Horror, Tragedy
The class is changing seats and Momoka got stuck sitting by Narumi, the weird kid in the class. He has long hair that covers his eyes, he doesn't talk much and when he does he is kind off scary, and a circle of rumors follows him everywhere he goes. But is Narumi really a weird boy? Or is he just misunderstood? what kind of pure love could result from this...?
  • Published – 2009-08-05 2012-02-04
  • Written / Illustrated by – MINASE Ai
  • Genre – Comedy, Drama, Romance, School Life, Shoujo, Slice Of Life
Momo, with no ambitions, is the ultimate bitch, scum, good-for-nothing guy. Yata-chan, is a chill, caring, and naive youth. During their meeting in a public bathroom when he was in the middle of "cleaning up," Momo takes advantage of the goodness of Yata-chan, and comes rolling into his home. While spending time with him, little by little, the good-for-nothing Momo changes... At that moment, Momo's former partron—

Erotic comedy! And yet it touches your heart and brings tears.

(Source: Blissful Sin)
  • Published – 2013-12-24 2014-06-24
  • Written / Illustrated by – Harada
  • Genre – Comedy, Drama, Slice Of Life, Mature
A high school senior without self-esteem thinks she's an iguana. Her mother claims that whenever she sees Rika, she sees an iguana instead of a real human. Because of this, Rika has never received or was shown any love by her mother. Rika's younger sister Mami has been getting all of the love and attention by the mother. (Source: M-U)
  • Published – 1991-11-01
  • Written / Illustrated by – HAGIO Moto
  • Genre – Drama, Psychological, Josei

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Andou Sora felt his limit to his talent, and quit the soccer after middle school graduation. However, encounter with representative of Japan's national womans team. Wakamiya Shiki, she moved something that slept in deep inside of Sora's heart.
(Source: Jcafe24)
  • Published – 2010-05-19 2014-06-04
  • Written / Illustrated by – NAKAMURA Takatoshi
  • Genre – Shounen, Sports, Tragedy
In Shinjuku Kabuki-Cho, the biggest sin town in Japan, there are two crazy guys. Ichi is a coward and a wimp, but once he breaks into tears, he turns into a human weapon. With great martial arts skill and a blade hidden in his boots, he butchers a bunch of enemies into mincemeat in the blink of an eye. His arch enemy is Kakihara, a yakuza boss who's tired of everything, including himself. Only when he pierces, cuts, and burns his own and other people's bodies does he feel that he is alive.
  • Published – 1998-05-01 2001-01-01
  • Written / Illustrated by – YAMAMOTO Hideo
  • Genre – Action, Psychological, Seinen
One day, Shima, a student council officer, felt himself being stared at, and found out it was the yankee Ryuunosuke who was the culprit. He felt the danger around the delinquent yet found himself being drawn to him. Is this yankee who touches a cat gently, has a sweet tooth and a cute smile actually really dangerous?

Included one-shot:
Volume 1: Omoide Dragon (The Dragon of Memories)
  • Published – 2012-06-07 2014-01-25
  • Written / Illustrated by – YUKUE Moegi
  • Genre – Yaoi
When you succeed at everything you try, you have no choice but to seek challenges elsewhere, like in a game. By using the trash jobs that no one pays any attention to, with the right attitude you're bound to accomplish your goals! even succeeding at the most impossible of quests, the main character bets everything he has. "With my skills I'll beat this game!"

(Source: MangaDex)
  • Published – 2019-08-12
  • Written / Illustrated by – Author Bot
  • Genre – Action, Fantasy, Webtoons
Chapters 1-3 are the events that occurred between the end of A's and the start of StrikerS.
Chapters 4-12 are side stories about the characters.
Chapters 13 & 14 are the events that occurred after the end of StrikerS.
Chapter 15 is a special from Megami September 2009 (also events after the end of StrikerS).
  • Published – 2006-09-30 2007-12-27
  • Written / Illustrated by – TSUZUKI Maki
  • Genre – Fantasy
An unexpected love starting from an unplanned kiss. Fukami-kun is a smart, good-looking guy who's popular with the girls. But in actuality, he's a disappointingly stubborn boy who refuses to accommodate anyone else's schedule, leading him to be rejected even after being confessed to. One day, a strange girl, Higurashi Akio, is looking for her cat around the school grounds, and the two of them somehow end up kissing by accident. Unlike Fukami-kun, Akio doesn't seem to care about the accident at all. At first, Fukami-kun is irked by her attitude, but gradually comes to hold an interest in the capricious Akio. A youthful love story between a disappointing boy and a strange girl begins.

(Source: Houbunsha, translated)
  • Published – 2017-08-17 2020-04-02
  • Written / Illustrated by – HINO Natsumi
  • Genre – Comedy, Romance, School Life
The "girls comedy" series follows a protagonist named Daisuke who cannot decide on a club to join because he does not have anything he particularly wants to do. He has an encounter that changes his school life.

(Source: ANN)
  • Published – 2016-09-29
  • Written / Illustrated by – ANBE Masahiro
  • Genre – Comedy, School Life, Ecchi, Harem, Slice Of Life
Urayama Minoru is a care free boy who has no interest in the idol group AKB48. On the other hand, he does worry about Yoshinaga, his fellow classmate. She wants to become a member of the group and auditions for a spot, so Minoru goes undercover as a female in order to help Yoshinaga with her stage fright. Words of encouragement can only go so far however, and the web Minoru finds himself in is getting bigger.
(Source: MangaHelpers)
  • Published – 2010-08-25 2016-01-20
  • Written / Illustrated by – Motoazabu Factory
  • Genre – Comedy, Drama, Romance, Ecchi, Music, Gender Bender
Kasane is your average kendo-obsessed girl, when a brush with a mysterious sword sends her back in time to the Sengoku Era. Stuck in an unfamiliar time and place, Kasane also has the poor luck of winding up right in the middle of the turmoil that surrounded Oda Nobunaga's rise to power! (Source: Storm in Heaven)
  • Published – 2008-01-01 2014-10-22
  • Written / Illustrated by – NANAMI Shingo
  • Genre – Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Shounen, Historical
The greatest labyrinth of the 20th century, a drama for working men and women in a town called a Kowloon walled city. Daily adult romance in a gentle dystopia, a new life gently.

(Source: MU)
  • Published – 2019-11-07
  • Written / Illustrated by – MAYUZUKI Jun
  • Genre – Drama, Romance, Slice Of Life
A sweet love story that will melt your heart!
A gathering of the sweetest boyfriends.
“No matter where you are or the time of day, I will protect you.”
Contains 6 One Shots from 6 different Mangaka.
Source: Midnight Scans
  • Published – 2009-07-13
  • Written / Illustrated by – HIGUCHI, Megumi, HIGURASHI, Kinoko, etc
  • Genre – Drama, Romance, School Life, Shoujo, Tragedy
As a child, Elijah became a count's famous footman, a master of his work... But "his" work is secretly more like "her" work, as Elijah is in fact a woman. So, every day, she wakes up at 6 AM, conceals her chest with bandages, and carries on her duty. And she will continue to do until, "On my 18th birthday, I will quit my life as a footman and live as a woman!"
Yet, a sudden proposal comes: "Elijah, you should dress up for the ball and become my partner." A perfect dress, never-before-seen makeup... and the gentle Count Albert as her escort. How will destiny unfold for Elijah?

(Source: MU)
  • Published – 2018-12-11 2020-11-11
  • Written / Illustrated by – Isia
  • Genre – Comedy, Romance, Historical, Gender Bender, Webtoons
Reno has a new roommate, his name is Roje, and there seem to be a lot of nasty rumors about him in this boys' school. They call him "Casanova", he sells his body to almost anyone willing to pay for it. Reno is surprised to find that, for Roje, this is only business; transaction is over when people get the wrong idea about something that's just sex. Reno just wonders how is that such a nice person can be so cold at times, why is it that he can do those things as if it means nothing? and why he can't get close enough even when they are friends...naturally, curiosity becomes a heavy load.
Will Reno be able to suppress these feelings? Especially when Roje seems to be interested in nothing but money... (Source: Queen2408)
  • Published – 2006-01-01 2014-08-16
  • Written / Illustrated by – NEKOTA Yonezou
  • Genre – Drama, School Life, Doujinshi
This manga is about the job of cleaning up scenes of death, and discusses the meaning of life and death. Through interactions between the deceased's family and friends with the death sweepers, we understand the meaning of death. No matter is it is a peaceful death at the ends of one's life, murder, suicide, death from illnesses, when death comes, who would be able to predict it, or prevent it? That is why we have to try our best to live on.
(Source: MU)
  • Published – 2007-03-01 2009-01-01
  • Written / Illustrated by – KITAGAWA Shou
  • Genre – Drama, Supernatural, Psychological, Seinen, Horror, Mature, Tragedy