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.

Vinland Saga

2005
Thorfinn is the son to one of the Viking's greatest warriors, but when his father is killed in battle by the mercenary leader Askeladd, he swears his intent to have revenge. Thorfinn joins Askeladd's group in order to challenge him to a duel and ends up caught in the middle of a war for the crown of England.

(Source: Anime News Network)
  • Published – 2005-07-15
  • Written / Illustrated by – YUKIMURA Makoto
  • Genre – Action, Adventure, Drama, Psychological, Historical, Mature
"Hanako-san, Hanako-san...are you there?" At Kamome Academy, rumors abound about the school's Seven Mysteries, one of which is Hanako-san. Said to occupy the third stall of the third floor girls' bathroom in the old school building, Hanako-san grants any wish when summoned. Nene Yashiro, an occult-loving high school girl who dreams of romance, ventures into this haunted bathroom...but the Hanako-san she meets there is nothing like she imagined! Kamome Academy's Hanako-san...is a boy!(Source: Yen Press)
  • Published – 2014-06-18
  • Written / Illustrated by – AIDA Iro
  • Genre – Comedy, Supernatural, School Life
After being killed by a passing robber, a normal 37-year-old guy finds himself reincarnated in another world as a blind slime with unique abilities. He takes up a new name and calls himself "Rimuru Tempest," which he thought of after meeting his new friend, "catastrophe-level" Storm Dragon Verudora. There, he begins his new slime-like life in another world with his increasing number of minions by his side.

(Source: Guro Translation)
  • Published – 2015-03-26
  • Written / Illustrated by – Fuse
  • Genre – Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Kiseijuu

1989
They arrive in silence and darkness. They descend from the skies. They have a hunger for human flesh. They are everywhere. They are parasites, alien creatures who must invade–and take control of–a human host to survive. And once they have infected their victims, they can assume any deadly form they choose: monsters with giant teeth, winged demons, creatures with blades for hands. But most have chosen to conceal their lethal purpose behind ordinary human faces. So no one knows their secret–except an ordinary high school student. Shin is battling for control of his own body against an alien parasite, but can he find a way to warn humanity of the horrors to come?
(Source: Del Rey)
  • Published – 1989-11-22 1995-12-23
  • Written / Illustrated by – IWAAKI Hitoshi
  • Genre – Action, Psychological, Romance, School Life, Sci-Fi, Seinen, Horror, Mature, Tragedy
Narumi Momose has had it rough: every boyfriend she’s had dumped her once they found out she was an otaku, so she’s gone to great lengths to hide it. When a chance meeting at her new job with childhood friend, fellow otaku, and now coworker Hirotaka Nifuji almost gets her secret outed at work, she comes up with a plan to make sure he never speaks up. But he comes up with a counter-proposal: why doesn’t she just date him instead? In love, there are no save points. (Source: Kodansha Comics)
  • Published – 2014-04-17 2021-07-16
  • Written / Illustrated by – Fujita
  • Genre – Comedy, Romance, Slice Of Life

Kimi ni Todoke

2005
Kuronuma Sawako is completely misunderstood by her classmates. Her timid and sweet demeanor is often mistaken for malicious behavior. This is due to her resemblance to the ghost girl from "The Ring", which has led her peers to give her the nickname Sadako. Longing to make friends and live a normal life, she is naturally drawn to Kazehaya Shouta, the most popular guy in class, whose "100% refreshing" personality earns him great admiration from Sawako. So when Kazehaya starts talking to her, maybe there is hope for the friendships Sawako has always longed for. Maybe...there is even a little hope for some romance in her future.

(Source: MAL)
  • Published – 2005-08-11 2017-11-13
  • Written / Illustrated by – SHIINA Karuho
  • Genre – Comedy, Drama, Romance, School Life

Dr. Stone

2017
One day Ooki Taiju builds his courage to confesses to Yuzuriha, the girl he loves, when the sky is filled with a strange light. Everyone touched by that light is turned to stone. After thousands of years trapped in stone, he breaks out of his shell and starts to explore the world until he finds his old friend Senku, who was freed from his stone state half a year ago.

Taiju and Senku decide to team up and bring back the now lost human civilization, starting by investigating the true nature of the light that turned them all to stone thousands of years ago and how to fix the situation.

(Source: MU)
  • Published – 2017-03-06
  • Written / Illustrated by – INAGAKI Riichiro
  • Genre – Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sci Fi
It's Shouko Komi's first day at the prestigious Itan Private High School, and she has already risen to the status of the school's Madonna. With long black hair and a tall, graceful appearance, she captures the attention of anyone who comes across her. There's just one problem though—despite her popularity, Shouko is terrible at communicating with others.

Hitohito Tadano is your average high school boy. With his life motto of "read the situation and make sure to stay away from trouble," he quickly finds that sitting next to Shouko has made him the enemy of everyone in his class! One day, knocked out by accident, Hitohito later wakes up to the sound of Shouko's "meow." He lies that he heard nothing, causing Shouko to run away. But before she can escape, Hitohito surmises that Shouko is not able to talk to others easily—in fact, she has never been able to make a single friend. Hitohito resolves to help Shouko with her goal of making one hundred friends so that she can overcome her communication disorder.

(Source: MyAnimeList)
  • Published – 2016-05-18
  • Written / Illustrated by – ODA Tomohito
  • Genre – Comedy, Romance, School Life
Ryuu Yamada is a second-year student at Suzaku High. Ryuu is always late for school, naps in class and gets abysmal grades. His life is a dead bore. The beautiful Urara Shiraishi, on the other hand, is Suzaku High's brightest student. One day, without explanation, their bodies are swapped! Ryuu ends up in Urara's body, and Urara in Ryuu's.

(Source: MU)

Includes the side stories Muramura and Sobasshi no Ryouri Yacchimauzo★
  • Published – 2012-02-22 2017-02-22
  • Written / Illustrated by – YOSHIKAWA Miki
  • Genre – Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, School Life, Mystery, Ecchi, Harem, Gender Bender

Gantz

2000
Thought your life was bad? Sometimes, death is worse. There is no salvation, peace, nor god waiting to receive you into their care. But wait, a god? Maybe you are talking about that big black ball stuck in the room with you. Now you are thrown into a game, fighting green aliens and robot monsters for the chance to survive.

When Kei Kurono is killed, he thus finds himself caught in such a game; a test of his skills, morals and will to survive. His life is not his own, his death spat and trampled upon over and over again. What happens if he does not listen? God knows.

A word of warning: Gantz is not for the faint-hearted, but neither is it as simple as it looks. Gore, rape and violence is rampant, as are portrayals of greed, violence, and all the ugliness that one sees in society today.

(Source: MAL Rewrite)
  • Published – 2000-07-13 2013-06-20
  • Written / Illustrated by – OKU Hiroya
  • Genre – Action, Drama, Supernatural, Romance, Sci-Fi, Seinen, Horror, Mature