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.

Upon entering high school, the very quiet but extremely cute Suiren becomes the immediate center of attention among the boys… but one particular boy does not look her way. The story of a quiet girl and a quiet boy. A short, refreshing love story.
(Source: Day of the River)
  • Published – 2012-02-20 2015-08-05
  • Written / Illustrated by – MORISHITA Suu
  • Genre – Comedy, Romance, School Life, Slice Of Life
In an ordinary neighborhood, a team of engineers are developing a robot they call Praha, who looks like an ordinary human high school girl. Chika, a 4-year-old girl who lives next door, meets her neighbor and learns her secret. The two girls become friends and high school classmates, and Chika teaches Hiro—as she calls Praha—about human emotions, including love.
  • Published – 2013-06-15 2014-10-16
  • Written / Illustrated by – NISHI Uko
  • Genre – Shoujo, Sci-Fi, Shoujo Ai
A human girl falls into the demon realm and can't seem to communicate with the local demon Kuro who found her. Humans are rare in the demon realm and many would love to eat a human. However, Kuro ends up falling in love with her and names her Pochi!

Kuro decides to help Pochi get back to the human world and protects her from demons that try to eat her. She ends up being able to at least understand them but still can't speak the same language. She meets a demon prince who also shows interest in her as well and their long journey back to the human world begins!

(Source: Easy Going Scans)
  • Published – 2014-09-22 2015-07-31
  • Written / Illustrated by – MATSUMOTO Naoya
  • Genre – Action, Shounen, Supernatural, Romance
Mei has been living alone since her beloved older brother, Saeki, died. Suddenly, a guy named Reon came and abducted her. Why do they have to live together? No matter how Mei hates malicious Reon, another feeling starts to appear. Then, Saeki, who was thought to be dead, returned!
(Source: Midnight Scans)
  • Published – 2009-01-01
  • Written / Illustrated by – Moro Orie
  • Genre – Drama, Romance, Shoujo
The natural daily life of a cat and his owner. This manga is a diary of country living and it's perfect for cat lovers. (Source: MangaUpdates)
  • Published – 2007-07-01
  • Written / Illustrated by – IGARASHI Daisuke
  • Genre – Slice Of Life
Kabukicho, Shinjuku—the district that burns with desire is struck by an incurable disease. In this district, a doctor, Inui Date, runs a small medical clinic. Night after night, patients with extraordinary cases come to the clinic, when one day, a troublesome patient, detective Maria Daigo, appears. Set in a Shinjuku that has been plagued by an incurable disease, the doctor and the detective become entangled in one mysterious case after another as they face the darkness in this psychological thriller. Will the two be able to save this town?

(Source: MangaBox)

Note: Manga ends at chapter 41, however Volumes 1-3 each contain an omake chapter, bringing the total to 44 chapters.
  • Published – 2014-02-28 2016-03-16
  • Written / Illustrated by – ANDO, Yuma, YASAKA, Takanori
  • Genre – Action, Adventure, Psychological, Mystery, Suspense, Tragedy
After overcoming the threat of Acnologia and Zeref, Fairy Tail has become stronger and more energetic! The 100 year quest which Natsu and company left for, and also to the members who had remained at the guild, something new is going to happen!? Although the story was supposed to have concluded, a new adventure now begins!

(Source: MU)
  • Published – 2018-07-25
  • Written / Illustrated by – MASHIMA Hiro
  • Genre – Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Ecchi
Jigokumeguri Haru is the heiress of one of the largest business empires in all of Japan. She is not only rich, but also practically a celebrity. However, partly because of her heritage and partly because of her arrogant and aloof behavior, she has always been isolated from her peers and has never been able to make friends. Thus, she has—without success so far—transferred from school to school to finally find a place where she would be accepted.

This only begins to change when she meets her new classmate Kawayanagi Tsurezure, an outcast weirdo that dresses in 20th century fashion, talks little and smiles even less. Being both somewhat socially awkward, they thus begin an unexpected friendship.

(Source: MU)
  • Published – 2012-06-18 2017-04-17
  • Written / Illustrated by – COOL Kyoushinsha
  • Genre – Comedy, Romance, School Life
(Please note this is not Yuru Yuri)
Series of yuri doujinshi by Namori bundled together in one book.
Yuri Yuri 1 (Sara and Momoka)
Yuri Yuri 2 (Senri and Aya)
Yuri Yuri 3 (Miwa and Megumi)
Yuri Yuri 4 (Asami and Kawaguchi-senpai)
Yuri Yuri 5 (Yoshino and Tsukasa)
Yuri Yuri after (The afterwards of the first four stories)
  • Published – 2008-12-30 2010-12-31
  • Written / Illustrated by – Namori
  • Genre – Comedy, Drama, School Life
Romance began for these these two when Satou Hiroshi fell into Tsumabuki's arms. Literally. From the fifth floor. However, when accidents and mishaps seem to start following Tsumabuki, can their love last, especially since it's rumored that noone who have dated Hiroshi have lasted for more than week?
(Source: Bliss)
  • Published – 2009-01-01 2011-05-21
  • Written / Illustrated by – YAMAMOTO Kotetsuko
  • Genre – Comedy, Drama, Slice Of Life, Shounen Ai
Ayu saw the boy she loves, the handsome teacher Hiromitsu, throwing away a nice girl but then Hiromitsu is treating her so hard... Ayu's real lessons will start!

(Source: Chibi Manga)

Included one-shots:
Volume 1: Hirunaka Shikkaku (Crossover one-shot between Heroine Shikkaku and Hirunaka no Ryuusei)
Volume 6: Ore-gend
Volume 7: Pocchari Matsuko
Volume 8: Heroine Shikkaku Bangai-hen, Heroine Kunshu
  • Published – 2013-07-13 2017-07-13
  • Written / Illustrated by – KOUDA Momoko
  • Genre – Romance, School Life, Shoujo
The stage is set in the prestigious Private Jyoushioka High School—or more commonly known as Joshi High. It became co-educational a few years ago, but females still heavily outnumber the males. The number of males could be easily counted. While one would think males would be pampered in such a harem school, the reality is far from being heavenly. It was the world of female domination. (Source: MU)
  • Published – 2006-12-01 2011-07-01
  • Written / Illustrated by – YUZUKI Jun
  • Genre – Comedy, Drama, Romance, School Life, Harem, Mature, Reverse Harem
Teenage Renaissance! David is about a "typical Japanese high school student" who looks exactly like Michelangelo's David statue

(Source: ANN)
  • Published – 2018-07-30
  • Written / Illustrated by – KUROKI, Yuushin, [Add]
  • Genre – Comedy, Slice Of Life
Gerun Fortress, under the command of Officer Leonard de Limbourg, is attacked by the prestigious general Jemaru Jan of the Middle Eastern Empire. With no hope of winning, Leonard offers his head in exchange for the safety of any survivors left in the fortress. But Jemaru isn't into executions, and torturing prisoners of war is much more interesting. Forced to sleep with a man that is his enemy, Leonard's feelings of shame overtake his mind, but lust overtakes his body...
(Source: 801 Media)
  • Published – 2007-03-29 2011-01-01
  • Written / Illustrated by – OGASAWARA Uki
  • Genre – Drama, Historical, Mature, Yaoi
It's about the married life between a newlywed working otaku and his pregnant wife.
  • Published – 2010-10-30
  • Written / Illustrated by – KIO Shimoku
  • Genre – Comedy, Romance, Slice Of Life
Shota Kamine is a boy who could "see? other people's hearts. With this power, he tries to use it for the good of people, but nothing ever goes right. Not being able to sought out the meaning behind the power of his eyes, he becomes discouraged and loses all hope.
While then, on the school rooftop he meets a boy, Hibiki Tokisaka, and gets his own heart grasped by the sound of his saxophone!! Kamine who became interested with Hibiki, goes and visits the brass band's concert. There, Kamine witnesses Hibiki's performance shaking up and gripping the people's hearts.
Hibiki, who had overcome what Kamine thought could never happen and not possible for him to even do, Kamine approaches him to talk about it, but to find out Hibiki too carry a dark past he cannot tell others. Kamine finds out his secret and he...
  • Published – 2013-05-13 2016-02-14
  • Written / Illustrated by – SHINKAI Hideo
  • Genre – Drama, School Life, Music
Kakushi Gotou is a single father with a secret: he's a top-selling manga artist of a raunchy series that perhaps isn't suitable reading material for his young daughter, Hime. So he does what any doting father would do—he hides it all from her, no matter the hijinks that ensue!

(Source: Kodansha Comics)

Note: Chapter count includes all Issue comics (216 in total), 4 regular chapters, and the color comics included in each volume (12 in total).
  • Published – 2015-12-05 2020-07-06
  • Written / Illustrated by – KUMETA Kouji
  • Genre – Comedy, Drama, Slice Of Life
Honjou Naru is an 18-year-old young man who study in Libre University. For his entire lifetime, he never once had a girlfriend. The reason for this is because of his abnormality, his narcissism, which only happens if he sees a reflection of himself. To prevent that, he needs to wear contacts all the time. One day his contacts fell off and was step on by the most handsome guy in the school, Takashina Mamoru! This chance encounter would change his life forever...
  • Published – 2012-07-06 2013-07-05
  • Written / Illustrated by – NEKONO Mariko
  • Genre – Comedy, Romance, School Life