Book Riot's Vernieda Vergara collected some of the most influential manga series from the 1970s through today like the birth of Akira Toriyama's genre-defining Dragon Ball, Hajime Isayama's post-apocalyptic epic tale of heroism and man-eating giants, and Naoko Takeuchi's Bishojo Senshi Sailor Moon that launched magical girls into the future. This list also runs the gamut of LGBTQ+ romance, fantasy, historical, horror, and everything in between.
#1 of 25 in Skip Beat!
2002 • 24 Readers • 184 pages • 3.9
#1 of 8 in 大奥 / Ōoku
2005 • 15 Readers • 203 pages • 3.7
2009 • 68 Readers • 388 pages • 4.6
#1 of 2 in My Brother's Husband
2015 • 47 Readers • 180 pages • 4.6
1994 • 2 Readers • 201 pages
#1 of 6 in クレイモア / Claymore
2002 • 39 Readers • 187 pages • 4
#1 of 18 in Blue Exorcist
2009 • 38 Readers • 200 pages • 4.2
#1 of 10 in I am a Hero Omnibus
2016 • 12 Readers • 464 pages • 4.7
#5-6 of 17 in Naoki Urasawa's Monster
2008 • 40 Readers • 430 pages • 4.7
#1 of 16 in バガボンド / Vagabond
1999 • 55 Readers • 248 pages • 4.4
#10 of 18 in Blade of the Immortal (US)
2000 • 22 Readers • 232 pages • 3.5
#1 of 14 in 乙嫁語り / A Bride's Story
2009 • 24 Readers • 191 pages • 4.1
#1 of 13 in 俺物語!! / Ore monogatari!!
2014 • 7 Readers • 184 pages • 4.3
#1 of 21 in 君に届け [Kimi ni Todoke]
2006 • 27 Readers • 205 pages • 3.9
#1 of 13 in Ouran High School Host Club
2003 • 59 Readers • 178 pages • 4.1
#1 of 1 in Lovely★Complex
2001 • 9 Readers • 180 pages • 4
#1 of 20 in Astro Boy
1952 • 5 Readers • 223 pages • 5
#17 of 32 in 進撃の巨人 / Attack on Titan
2014 • 37 Readers • 208 pages • 4.4
2021 • 7 Readers • 304 pages • 3.3
2015 • 2 Readers • 212 pages • 2
2015 • 477 pages
#1 of 2 in Natsume's Book of Friends
2003 • 9 Readers • 208 pages • 2.9
#2 of 3 in Vampire Knight
2005 • 48 Readers • 186 pages • 3.9
#9 of 8 in Yu Yu Hakusho
1992 • 20 Readers • 200 pages • 4.1
#1 of 44 in ハイキュー!! / Haikyū!!
2012 • 8 Readers • 192 pages • 4.5
10 Readers • 3.9
#1 of 3 in Stardust Crusaders
1989 • 5 Readers • 219 pages • 5
2012 • 570 pages
#1 of 6 in Akira: 6 Volumes
1984 • 108 Readers • 359 pages • 4.5
2 Readers • 3.5
#2 of 6 in Death Note: Black Edition
2003 • 205 Readers • 396 pages • 4.2
2006 • 2 Readers • 176 pages • 4
#10 of 31 in Dragon Ball
1987 • 24 Readers • 192 pages • 4.4