Most Popular Manga Of All Time (Best Selling)

While many of these popular mangas have been converted into anime versions, the fun and excitement of reading manga can never be replaced by the anime versions. It has turned out into a popular digital media for people of all ages. These mangas range from the genres of action, thriller, science fiction, and authentic Japanese topics. With this collection, we bring the best selling manga series of all times with the intention of providing users with the best and most compelling mangas released so far.

Ousai Academy was originally an all-girls high school. Due to the declining birth rates in recent years, it was converted into a co-ed school. The first year male students would find themselves surrounded by girls and unfortunately, Tsuda Takatoshi is one of them. What's worse, he gets scolded on his first day by the student council president Shino Amakusa, which did not give a good first impression of him. Tsuda also meets the other student council members while getting scolded, and in the end, he gets late for class. As an apology for ruining his morning, Shino lets him join the student council for various of "reasons" and he accepts it, or rather, he's forced to accept. Thus begins his days as Tsuda soon realizes that he's the only normal student in Ousai Academy...
  • Published – 2007-05-19
  • Written / Illustrated by – UJIIE Tozen
  • Genre – Comedy, Romance, School Life, Ecchi, Harem, Mature, 4 Koma
In public, Umaru Doma appears to be the perfect high school student: hard-working, refined, and totally responsible. But the minute she gets home to her older brother Taihei–and dons her famous hamster hoodie–she devolves into the ultimate bratty little sister! She’s happy to roll around all day in an otaku cloud of games and junk food while her exhausted older brother takes care of everything in the house. In this hilarious comedy about family, friendship, and the nonsense we put up with (from the people we love), Umaru and Taihei will find a way to make it work!

(Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)
  • Published – 2013-03-14 2017-11-09
  • Written / Illustrated by – Sankaku Head
  • Genre – Comedy, School Life, Slice Of Life
Since the graduation of the senior members of the club, Takezou ends up being the sole member of the "Koto" (traditional Japanese string instrument) club. Now that the new school year has begun, Takezou will have to seek out new members into the club, or the club will become terminated. Out of nowhere, a new member barges into the near-abandoned club room, demanding to join the club. How will Takezou be able to keep his club alive and deal with this rascal of a new member?
(Source: MangaHelpers)
  • Published – 2012-08-04
  • Written / Illustrated by – Amyuu
  • Genre – Action, Drama, School Life, Music
By night, junior high student Yoshimori Sumimura is a "kekkaishi"--a demon-hunter who specializes in creating magical barriers around his prey. By day, Yoshimori's got some other demons to battle: an addiction to sweets and a seriously crotchety grandfather! Yoshimori's pretty 16-year-old neighbor and childhood friend, Tokine Yukimura, is also a kekkaishi, but their families are feuding over who is the true practitioner of the art.
(Source: Viz)
  • Published – 2004-02-18 2011-04-06
  • Written / Illustrated by – TANABE Yellow
  • Genre – Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Shounen, Supernatural, School Life
In the whole world there lays twelve paths to climb Tower of God, and in legends these twelve pathways leads toward legendary road of immortality. However these paths in the Tower of God, are far too long, without end. In ancient times there once were many types of martial arts, sadly the world underwent terrible changes, and only three were left: Flame, Dragon and Star Martial Arts. Generations of experts of those three martial arts are searching for the road of immortality.A Star Martial Arts practitioner on his journey of lifetime, plans to become the Highest God.(Source: MU)
  • Published – 2016-11-15
  • Written / Illustrated by – Mad Snail
  • Genre – Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Martial Arts
When a stray black cat named Kuro crosses Mahiru Shirota’s path, the high school freshman’s life will never be the same again. Kuro is, in fact, no ordinary feline, but a servamp: a servant vampire. While Mahiru’s personal philosophy is one of non-intervention, he soon becomes embroiled in an ancient, altogether surreal conflict between vampires and humans.

(Source: Seven Seas)
  • Published – 2011-06-15
  • Written / Illustrated by – TANAKA Strike
  • Genre – Action, Comedy, Drama, Supernatural, Mystery
Ishidou Natsuo is a gifted girl who can achieve anything she wants in sports. Because of this she is permanently bored, as there aren’t any real challenges to her abilites to make her feel alive. One day she receives an invitation of a merry girl to join her martial arts club. Irritated by her happy expression, Natsuo decides to accept the invitation just as a pretext to beat her up, but she receives a shocking surprise.

(Source: Animexis)

Note: Volume 6 contains the side story "Nekketsu Kouha Natsuo-chan Dodgeball-bu"
  • Published – 2008-11-07 2015-07-07
  • Written / Illustrated by – Futada Moare
  • Genre – Action, Comedy, Martial Arts, School Life, Sports, Seinen
Shikada Kokonotsu's father owns a rural sweets shop, and his plan is for Kokonotsu to take it over one day. However, Kokonotsu wants to be a manga author instead! One day in summer, the cute but weird girl Shidare Hotaru, from the famous sweets company, comes to pay a visit. Apparently, Kokonotsu's father is famous and she wants him to join her family's company. However, he will only agree if she can convince Kokonotsu to take over the family business!

(Source: MangaHelpers)
  • Published – 2014-06-25 2018-04-11
  • Written / Illustrated by – Kotoyama
  • Genre – Comedy, Romance, Slice Of Life
Koharu, tired of all the men in her life being lying, married philanderers, decides to move back home, away from the city. Once there she finds her family saddled with a huge debt and no way out, until a handsome but creepy stranger offers to pay the debt, at the same time asking her to marry him. But, as if things weren't crazy enough, he already has two wives! (Source: Japanzai)
  • Published – 2014-06-23 2019-06-17
  • Written / Illustrated by – NON
  • Genre – Comedy, Drama, Romance, Ecchi, Harem, Slice Of Life, Mature
According to Ryuu Yashiro, Tarou Kurume's childhood friend, he is not interested in love. But one day, the ball hit by his classmate, Mei Ebino, directly hit his head rendering him unconscious.

When Tarou wakes up, there's a girl "above" him...
  • Published – 2015-10-14 2019-03-27
  • Written / Illustrated by – MINENAMI Ryou
  • Genre – Comedy, Romance, School Life, Ecchi, Gender Bender
Land of the Blindfolded is the story of high school student Outsuka Kanade who can sometimes see a person's future with a touch, and transfer student Naitou Arou, whose ESP is limited to past events. When Kanade glimpses an unfortunate incident coming, can she change it? She soon befriends Arou, who's no novice — he can turn his ability on or off at will, even using it to see an object's "memories." Are these teenaged seers of the past and future made for each other? And who's right: Arou with his "hands off" policy about meddling in people's lives, or Kanade whose more proactive stance has already had unhappy consequences?
(Source: CMX)
  • Published – 1996-04-10 2004-01-24
  • Written / Illustrated by – TSUKUBA Sakura
  • Genre – Drama, Supernatural, Romance, School Life, Shoujo
Ryoma Echizen just joined the Seishun Academy's tennis team, which is known for being one of the most competitive teams in Japan. Its members are incredibly talented, gifted, and athletic. With rigorous and extremely intense practices, the upperclassmen of the team expect the very best from themselves and they expect even more from the new members of the team. While most of the freshmen are on pins and needles hoping they won't get cut from the team, Ryoma Echizen is confident, cool, and collected. Some might even say he's cocky, but at least he's got the skills to back up his attitude. With his virtually unreturnable "twist serve," Ryoma is sure to make the starting team. Join Ryoma and the other first years, as they train hard, make friends, and try to find a place for themselves on the team. And meet Ryoma's cute but chronically shy classmate Sakuno Ryuzaki. She's got a big crush on Ryoma, but will he ever notice her? Ryoma Echizen is the Prince of Tennis. He may be ready for the Seishun Academy tennis team, but are THEY ready for HIM?
(Source: Viz)Note: The total chapter count includes 379 chapters for the original manga and 1 chapter entitled "Chapter 0." This totals 380. Please do not change the chapter count.
  • Published – 1999-07-06 2008-03-03
  • Written / Illustrated by – KONOMI Takeshi
  • Genre – Action, Comedy, Drama, School Life, Sports
A refreshing, unique villainess who's been dropped in the world of a novel, only to overthrow it all! The reason why? She couldn't just stand by and watch the female lead be manipulated by all four shitty male leads. The story of a villainess, who intends to throw out all the jackasses, and a wolf that only yearns for her!

(Source: MangaDex)
  • Published – 2020-04-13
  • Written / Illustrated by – 뽕따맛스크
  • Genre – Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Webtoons

Helck

2014
Soon after the last Demon King was defeated, the Demon Empire started a contest to choose the next Demon King.

But the favourite contestant to win the tournament was no other than a human, The Hero Helck, whose motive to become the Demon King was to defeat his own race.

What are Helck's true motives to participate in the contest and defeat the human kingdom? It's up to one of the Four Heavenly Kings of the Empire, Red Vamirio, to discover and unfold Helck's true intentions.
  • Published – 2014-05-05 2017-12-18
  • Written / Illustrated by – NANAO Nanaki
  • Genre – Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
"Boys are creatures whose sight will follow the girl they like wherever she is. And if there it comes the chance that the boy realizes that the girl is in danger, if he is able to save her they will feel the ultimate bliss in life" is something that Harisugawa Tetsu has pointed out, and true enough he has always been following with his eyes the girl named Satomi Mao.
Thanks to certain details in their childhood, Satomi has always been friendly with Harisugawa and she has a friendly budding relationship, completely unaware of Tetsu's feelings for her. Tetsu for his part preferred to play the friend part and keeps his feelings hidden for the sake of not endangering the closeness that they already have, ever since he was young Tetsu had believed that if he can build little by little a good relationship with Mao, he will get to the point where he can confidently confess to Mao and not get rejected, Tetsu has always been waiting for his one true chance without getting too close to Mao by accident.
At first it seems that this "stalemate" will never be broken; however, one day Mao sees a strange mirror in an thrift store and for some reason she feels that she must have that mirror. Mao buys the mirror without thinking twice about it.... But she is completely unaware that the mirror will change forever Tetsu's life as well as her own.
(Source: MU)
  • Published – 2011-07-09 2012-02-19
  • Written / Illustrated by – KANO Yasuhiro
  • Genre – Comedy, Shounen, Supernatural, Romance
Ruled by the cruel ranking system, the school is a swirl pool of jealousy, envy and lust. Azusa for a long time was the King but some day he falls to the very bottom. What now?

(Source: M-U)
  • Published – 2014-03-07
  • Written / Illustrated by – OGAWA Chise
  • Genre – Drama, Psychological, School Life, Mature
The many different stories between two lovers -- a normal young man and a outgoing, passionate friend-come-lover.

(Source: MU)
  • Published – 2017-06-09 2019-05-09
  • Written / Illustrated by – Iori
  • Genre – Comedy, Romance, Slice Of Life, 4 Koma
The unemployed Shibata Michiko is betting everything she has on her romance with a younger man—literally. In order to keep him happy, she deprives herself of the things she wants and buys him expensive clothing and accessories. Since she's flat out broke, she needs to find a job before she starves to death and loses her young love interest. However, Michiko discovers that the boy was never interested in her romantically. Depressed at being dumped and after a series of unsuccessful interviews, she bumps into Kurosawa—an intimidating former boss she used to dislike.

(Source: Dazzling Scans)
  • Published – 2013-04-15 2016-08-12
  • Written / Illustrated by – NAKAHARA Aya
  • Genre – Comedy, Romance, Slice Of Life