# Top 15 Short Manga Series of All Time

> Tight, complete, and unforgettable, these series prove you don't need a hundred volumes to leave a mark, swinging from cosmic horror to gut-wrenching drama. Cast your vote!

*By YPB Team · Published June 22, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/top-15-short-manga-series-of-all-time*

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## Current results (3 votes)

1. **Death Note** — 33.33% (1 votes · score 1000/1000)
   Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata's 12-volume cat-and-mouse thriller about a student with a death-dealing notebook.
2. **Monster** — 33.33% (1 votes · score 1000/1000)
   Naoki Urasawa's 18-volume psychological thriller chasing a charismatic serial killer across Europe.
3. **Erased** — 33.33% (1 votes · score 877/1000)
   Kei Sanbe's 9-volume time-travel thriller about a man sent back to prevent childhood murders.
4. **Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind** — 0% (0 votes · score 692/1000)
   Hayao Miyazaki's 7-volume post-apocalyptic epic that inspired the Studio Ghibli film.
5. **Goodnight Punpun** — 0% (0 votes · score 692/1000)
   Inio Asano's 13-volume coming-of-age drama following a boy drawn as a tiny bird through a bleak life.
6. **20th Century Boys** — 0% (0 votes · score 600/1000)
   Naoki Urasawa's sprawling-yet-tight mystery about a doomsday cult tied to childhood friends.
7. **Hellsing** — 0% (0 votes · score 600/1000)
   Kouta Hirano's 10-volume gothic action manga starring the vampire Alucard.
8. **The Promised Neverland** — 0% (0 votes · score 491/1000)
   Kaiu Shirai and Posuka Demizu's 20-volume thriller about orphans escaping a sinister farm.
9. **Uzumaki** — 0% (0 votes · score 491/1000)
   Junji Ito's 3-volume horror masterpiece about a town cursed by spirals.
10. **Pluto** — 0% (0 votes · score 360/1000)
   Naoki Urasawa's 8-volume sci-fi retelling of Astro Boy's 'Greatest Robot on Earth' arc, a murder mystery among robots.
11. **Akira** — 0% (0 votes · score 360/1000)
   Katsuhiro Otomo's 6-volume cyberpunk epic set in a dystopian Neo-Tokyo.
12. **Chainsaw Man** — 0% (0 votes · score 360/1000)
   Tatsuki Fujimoto's frenetic Part 1, an 11-volume devil-hunting shonen full of chaos and heart.
13. **Mob Psycho 100** — 0% (0 votes · score 360/1000)
   ONE's 16-volume supernatural comedy about a repressed psychic middle-schooler.
14. **Battle Angel Alita** — 0% (0 votes · score 360/1000)
   Yukito Kishiro's 9-volume cyberpunk saga of a reborn cyborg warrior in the Scrapyard.
15. **A Silent Voice** — 0% (0 votes · score 200/1000)
   Yoshitoki Oima's 7-volume drama about bullying, deafness, and redemption.

Tags: animation, japan, manga