Top 18 Modern Manga of All Time

Genre-defining shonen blockbusters share the field with brooding dark fantasy, offbeat comedy and cult sports epics from the modern age of manga. Which will win?

1

One Piece

Eiichiro Oda's record-breaking pirate epic that has become the best-selling manga series in history.

1000pts

2

Fullmetal Alchemist

Hiromu Arakawa's tightly plotted alchemy adventure widely praised as one of the greatest shonen manga ever.

705pts

3

Vinland Saga

Makoto Yukimura's historical Viking saga charting one warrior's journey from revenge toward redemption.

671pts

4

Attack on Titan

Hajime Isayama's dark dystopian epic about humanity's war against man-eating giants behind towering walls.

671pts

5

Bleach

Tite Kubo's stylish shonen about a teenager who becomes a Soul Reaper protecting the living from spirits.

633pts

6

Vagabond

Takehiko Inoue's masterfully drawn retelling of the life of legendary swordsman Miyamoto Musashi.

633pts

7

Spy x Family

Tatsuya Endo's hit action-comedy about a spy, an assassin and a telepath posing as a fake family.

534pts

8

One-Punch Man

ONE and Yusuke Murata's superhero satire about a hero so strong he defeats any foe with a single punch.

534pts

9

Jujutsu Kaisen

Gege Akutami's dark supernatural battle manga about sorcerers fighting cursed spirits.

534pts

10

Hunter x Hunter

Yoshihiro Togashi's inventive adventure following a boy searching for his father across a dangerous world.

534pts

11

Chainsaw Man

Tatsuki Fujimoto's chaotic, genre-bending story of a devil hunter fused with a chainsaw demon.

470pts

12

Tokyo Ghoul

Sui Ishida's dark urban fantasy about a student transformed into a flesh-craving half-ghoul.

470pts

13

My Hero Academia

Kohei Horikoshi's superhero-school shonen that became a flagship franchise of the 2010s.

470pts

14

Demon Slayer

Koyoharu Gotouge's demon-hunting phenomenon that shattered sales records across the late 2010s.

470pts

15

Haikyuu!!

Haruichi Furudate's beloved volleyball sports manga celebrated for its dynamic art and ensemble cast.

470pts

16

Naruto

Masashi Kishimoto's ninja saga that grew into one of the defining global shonen franchises of the 2000s.

391pts

17

Death Note

Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata's cat-and-mouse thriller about a student wielding a lethal supernatural notebook.

391pts

18

Mob Psycho 100

ONE's coming-of-age story about a repressed psychic boy learning to control his overwhelming powers.

391pts