30 best finished manga you must read in 2023 (2023)

Let's face it - we read the stories we read because we want to see how a story ends at some point. No story can last forever, and in a way it's good that it does. You get a sense of accomplishment when you reach the end of a long journey and a sense of satisfaction that you have reached your goal (in most cases) and reached the end of an adventure. With these thoughts in mind, we decided to compile a list of top 30 best manga series that are done that you must read.

1.Dragon Ball

Original run:December 3, 1984–5. June 1995
Number of volumes:42

This anime tells the story of Son Goku, a little boy who is very good at martial arts and has a mysterious monkey tail. He meets a young woman named Bulma, and the two set out together in search of the Dragon Balls (seven magical crystal balls that, when united, allow the dragon Shenron to be summoned and then offer to grant the wish of whoever who pronounces a specific formula in front of him).

Along the way, they meet many opponents (most of them are competitors in search of the famous balls, often with selfish or even evil intentions), some of whom later become allies, like Yamcha or Ten Chin Han.

2.Naruto

Original run:21. September 1999–10. November 2014
Number of volumes:72

The story begins in Naruto's youth, around the age of twelve. Orphan fool and big prankster, he does all sorts of stupid things to get noticed. His dream: to become the best Hokage in order to be recognized by the residents of his village. In fact, the nine-tailed fox demon sealed within him has fueled the fear and disdain of the other villagers, who over time have become indistinguishable between Kyūbi and Naruto.

Even so, Naruto trains hard to become a genin, the first tier among ninjas. After failing the Genin exam three times, he finally manages to obtain his Konoha browguard. He is then placed in a team of three ninja apprentices, with Sakura Haruno and the talented Sasuke Uchiha, who wants to avenge those dear to him by killing his brother, Itachi Uchiha.

Original run:7. August 2001–22. August 2016
Number of volumes:74

15-year-old high school student Ichigo Kurosaki has had the ability to see ghosts since childhood. One day he meets the shinigami Rukia Kuchiki who is on the hunt for a hollow. Badly injured during the fight, she is forced to transfer her powers to Ichigo in order to defeat the hollow in her stead. Until Rukia recovers, Ichigo must now do the work of a shinigami.

Rukia enrolls in Ichigo's school and moves into his closet. Over time, the two become friends. Since Rukia Kuchiki has transcended her sojourn in the human world, Rukia will reside with her stepbrother, the commander of the 6 the Shinigami.

4.DEATH NOTICE

Original run:December 1, 2003–15. May 2006
Number of volumes:12

Light Yagami is a gifted high school student who sees the current world as criminal, lazy and corrupt. His life changes completely when he accidentally picks up a mysterious notebook titled "Death Note". The user manual states: "The person whose name is in this notebook is dying."

However, initially skeptical, Light decides to test the notebook and discovers that its performance is very real. He meets the Death Note's former owner, a death god named Ryuk. He states that he voluntarily dropped his notebook to talk. Light decides to use the Death Note to root out the criminals and build a perfect world where he will be the god.

5.Fullmetal-Alchemist

Original run:July 12, 2001–11. June 2010
Number of volumes:27

In the land of Amestris, where alchemy is being elevated to the status of a universal science, two brothers, Edward and Alphonse Elric, live with their mother, Trisha Elric, whose husband Van Hohenheim abandoned them years ago. The latter dies from an illness, the two young children try to bring her back thanks to alchemy, defying the law that formally forbids human transmutation.

Edward, the eldest, loses his left leg and his little brother loses his whole body. Ed sacrifices his right arm by sealing his little brother Alphonse's soul in armor. Edward then enlisted in the army at the age of twelve as a government alchemist, passed the exam and earned his alchemist name, the Fullmetal Alchemist.

With the perks that come with government alchemist status and their research, the two brothers risk their lives in search of the philosopher's stone that would restore their lost bodies.

6.Elfen Lied

Original run:6 June 2002–25. August 2005
Number of volumes:12

The story takes place in Kamakura, Japan. It revolves around the Diclonius, mutant beings very similar to humans but with two strange horns on their heads and equipped with very strong invisible limbs called "Vectors". Considered dangerous to normal humanity, Diclonius babies are killed at birth or imprisoned in research labs, subjected to horrific torture and extremely violent experiments.

However, one of them, Lucy, manages to escape into the sea and massacres anyone who gets in front of her. She is found on the beach by two boys in a state of amnesia and double personality caused by being shot in the head while trying to escape.

Young Diclonius finds himself with a completely different personality, and the two boys decide to call her by the only word she can pronounce, which is "Nyu". Unable to leave her alone in these conditions, you bring her home to find out about her past. But the military does not give up and stays on her trail. Every time the girl hits her head, she turns back into Lucy.

7.Doraemon

Original run:January 1970 –23. June 1996
Number of volumes:45

The robot Doraemon is sent from the 22nd century to the present. Nobita's great-grandson tries to save the clumsy Nobita from his biggest mistakes, live a carefree life and avoid getting into troubles that will affect the future. In particular, Doraemon should ensure that Nobita does not get into unnecessary trouble and marries Shizuka as planned. The stories follow predetermined patterns. Nobita comes home crying and calls loudly for Doraemon: "Doraemon, help me!".

Together they have many adventures and deal with Nobita's problems, ranging from problems at school to trouble with classmates and insecurities in dealing with girls. To help Nobita, Doraemon keeps conjuring up new imaginative gadgets from the future from his pocket. However, their efforts often get Nobita even deeper into trouble.

8.dr STONE

Original run:March 6, 2017 - 7. March 2022
Number of volumes:25

Taiju, a normal high school student, tells his best friend Senku, a science genius, that he will reveal his feelings to Yuzuriha, a girl he has been secretly in love with for several years. When the young man wants to confess his love for her, a radiant light appears in the sky and turns all of humanity into stone statues.

When Taiju finally manages to break free, he is faced with a completely different world where nature has taken over. But he's not the only one who woke up. His friend Senku, who preceded him when he awakened, tells him that 3,700 years have passed since the mysterious event. Together, they must combine the extraordinary scientific skills of one and the physical abilities of the other to save the 7 billion people still petrified and discover the origin of this catastrophe.

9.Tokyo Gul

Original run:08.09.2011–18.09.2014 / 16.10.2014–05.07.2018
Number of volumes:14 / 16

The story of Tokyo Ghoul revolves around student Ken Kaneki who falls in love with a young woman named Rize Kamishiro. After meeting them, she bites his shoulder in a secluded alley and reveals that she is a ghoul, shocking Ken.

As Rize is about to eat Ken, several large metal poles from a building's construction site fall on her. Roze dies while Ken is taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. After his recovery, he is discharged from the hospital. On the day of his release, he realizes that he is no longer human. He looks in the mirror and shivers down his spine because he now has a "red eye".

He realizes that Rize's organs were transplanted to him at the hospital. Now that he possesses Rize's organs, he is what is known as a very rare "half-ghoul".

10.Demon Hunter

Original run:15. February 2016–18. May 2020
Number of volumes:23

In Taishō-era Japan, Tanjirō Kamado is the first child of a family of charcoal merchants whose father died: to support the family he sells charcoal in the village below the mountain. Despite life's difficulties, they manage to find little happiness in their daily lives. One day, rumors of a man-eating demon lurking around after dark forces him to spend the night with a good Samaritan in the village.

But on his return, everything changes when, thanks to his keen sense of smell, he smells a strong odor of blood: he rushes home to find his family massacred.

11.Jujutsu Kaisen 0

Original run:28 April 2017–28. July 2017
Number of volumes:1

Yuta Okkutsu is haunted by the spirit of Rika, his childhood friend who died 6 years earlier and is now cursed because they both vowed to get married when they grew up. He meets Satoru Gojo, a magician under whose guidance he joins the Tokyo Institute of the Occult Arts so he can learn to control Rika while fighting evil beings.

12.InuYasha

Original run:13. November 1996–18. June 2008
Number of volumes:56

During the Sengoku period, a half-demon (hanyō) named InuYasha steals the Shikon Bead (Shikon is not in the original; Jewel of the 4 Souls or the Sphere of the Four Spirits in the Castilian anime adaptation) with the aim of using it to become one become a full demon (yōukai).

However, her plan is thwarted by a priestess named Kikyō, who, on the brink of death, shoots a sacred arrow at him with her last strength from a very severe wound and nails him to the sacred tree (Goshinboku). left him paralyzed and asleep for 50 years. Minutes later, before dying, the priestess requests that his body be cremated along with the jewel.

13.HELLSING

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The Royal Knights of Protestant Order are a noble house in London led by Abraham Van Helsing. For generations, he has fought creatures that most ordinary people are unfamiliar with, such as vampires, ghouls, and all non-human beings commonly referred to as "monsters".

The Order operates in top secret and has long been a paramilitary organization in Her Majesty's service. At the head of the organization is Sir Integra Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing, a direct descendant of the first Lord Hellsing. While still a teenager, she is forced to take control of the Order.

Her father Arthur, ill and near death, orders his daughter, if she feels threatened, to go to the mansion's basement, where there is something that can protect her.

14. 🢒M⊙NS†ER🢐

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The story begins in Germany in 1986 at the Eisler Memorial Hospital in Düsseldorf. Kenzô Tenma, the main character, is a young Japanese neurosurgeon with exceptional skills. He is engaged to Eva Heineman, the hospital director's daughter, and has a bright career ahead of him. However, one day he refuses to give priority to the city's mayor, preferring to operate on a boy who was injured by a bullet in the head and got to the hospital before the mayor.

15.Mirai Nikki

Original run:Jan 26, 2006–25 December 2010
Number of volumes:12

Yukiteru Amano is a lonely little boy who takes refuge in his imagination to escape the social emptiness that characterizes his daily life. Thinking that he can avoid any trouble by looking at the world from the outside, he records everything that happens around him in the form of a diary, which he keeps on his mobile phone.

One day, one of the imaginary beings who serve as his playmates, Deus ex Machina, god of time and space, and Mumur, Deus' assistant, offers him to take part in a game. Yukiteru realizes that the phone he recorded his observations on has entries about the future around him. Initially he uses this power excessively and is happy to possess it until his diary predicts his own death and a girl from his class, Yuno Gasai, who also has a diary from the future, follows him; he then ignores that she wants to save him.

16.Fairy tale

Original run:2 August 2006–26. July 2017
Number of volumes:63

The story mainly focuses on the missions carried out by one of the Fairy Tail guild teams consisting of Natsu Dragneel (fire dragon hunter), Lucy Heartfilia (constellationist) and Happy (an Exceed, a blue cat that can appear with wings). ). , fly and talk) who will soon be joined by Erza Scarlett (Knight Mage) and Gray Fullbuster (Ice Mage, later Ice Demon Hunter), two other members of the famous guild. During the adventure, they are joined by Carla (a white Exceed cat, like Happy), Wendy (a celestial dragon slayer) and many others.

17.Assassination Classroom

Original run:July 2, 2012 - 25. March 2016
Number of volumes:21

The story takes place at the renowned Kunugigaoka Middle School. Koro-sensei is a strange creature that claims to have suddenly destroyed 70% of the moon. He then plans to destroy Earth next March for unknown reasons. He then introduces himself to the Japanese government and announces that he wants to become the homeroom teacher of Kunugigaoka Middle School's Class 3-E so he can train them as assassins and eliminate a very specific target: himself, their own teacher.

The students of this class therefore aim to assassinate their teacher in order to save the earth, with the reward being 10 billion yen. However, a problem arises: Koro-sensei moves at Mach 20, has tentacles with infinite functions, and is also an excellent teacher! The government will agree so they can keep an eye on it, on condition that Koro-sensei doesn't harm the students; But will the students complete their mission before the set date?

18.Colored pencil Shin-chan

Original run:August 1990–2. February 2010
Number of volumes:58

The series follows the adventures of a five-year-old boy named Shinnosuke Nohara (nickname Shin-chan) and his family, neighbors, friends and entourage in Kasukabe, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. Shinnosuke's family originally consists of four members, including Shinnosuke, Misae Nohara (the mother), Hiroshi Nohara (the father), and Shiro (the dog).

With the arrival of the last, Shinnosuke's younger sister, Himawari Nohara, the family members grow to five. Also on the family side, his cantankerous and often overbearing grandfather, Yoshiji, is the opposite of his other grandfather, Ginnosuké, nicknamed "Ginny", who is a prankster and also a pervert.

Original run:25.May 2006–13. October 2017
Number of volumes:30

High school student Sawako Kuronuma is loathed by her classmates after various rumors spread around the school that she can see ghosts and curse people. The reason for this is the resemblance of her name to Sadako, a character from theRing.

Many students fear their presence and avoid them as much as possible. Only the new and very popular student Shōta Kazehaya treats her like any other girl. One day they get the chance to talk to each other, which turns their whole lives upside down.

With his help, like any other schoolgirl, she tries to make new friends and talk to strangers. She is almost overly grateful for his support and slowly a close relationship develops between the two, which has to overcome many hurdles.

20.The Promised Neverland

Original run:1 August 2016–15. June 2020
Number of volumes:20

Emma and her siblings, all orphans, were placed in a special facility when they were young. Although their freedom is restricted and the rules are sometimes a little strict, the children live happily ever after at Grace Field House and are cared for by the woman they call "Mom" (real name Isabella). and offers them all the love a mother could offer her children.

But one evening, after the departure of one of their own, Emma and Norman discover that the children of this orphanage are being delivered to demons with "Mama's" consent. In order to survive, they must be resourceful and try to escape.

21.SLAM-DUNK

Original run:October 1, 1990–17. June 1996
Number of volumes:31

Hanamichi Sakuragi, an immature and unpopular young man, is determined to put an end to romantic disappointments when he enters Shohoku High School. He then meets Haruko Akagi, a girl he falls in love with. On her advice and to please her, he decides to play basketball and join the high school club. During an altercation with the basketball team's captain, Hanamichi is forced to challenge him to a basketball duel.

In the end, Sakuragi wins and learns that the captain is none other than Haruko's older brother: Takenori Akagi. Despite some reluctance, he eventually joins the basketball team. Unfortunately for Hanamichi, the boy Haruko is in love with, Kaede Rukawa, every girl's idol and the most talented freshman player in the department, is there too.

22. CLAYMORE

Original run:June 6, 2001–4 October 2014
Number of volumes:27

Claymores are half-human, half-demonic warriors summoned by villagers to protect themselves from monsters such as demons. Feared and feared, they are distinguished by their silver eyes and the gigantic sword they carry on their backs, hence their names from humans "silver-eyed witches" or "claymore" (the name of the type of sword they use). Claire is one of them.

Summoned to a village to eliminate the demons attacking and devouring the populace, she kills the penultimate member of an already decimated family turned monster. The last survivor, Raki, finds himself alone and decides to follow her on her bloodthirsty adventures as a cook. He will gradually uncover the mysteries and tragic fate of these unique women.

23.Fist of the North Star

Original run:13. September 1983–8. August 1988
Number of volumes:27

The story takes place in the 1990s (still relatively near future at that time) in a country devastated by a nuclear war that has resulted in the evaporation of most seas and oceans and the destruction of much of the vegetation.

The introduction to the series' plot reads "199X," meaning an indefinite year at the end of the 20th century. In this post-apocalyptic universe, the survivors are either humble villagers trying to survive or vicious bandits grouped into gangs who plunder and stalk the villagers.

Original run:Apr. 3, 1952-12. March 1968
Number of volumes:23

Astro Boyis a science fiction series set in a futuristic world where robots and humans coexist. It is based on the adventures of Astro Boy (often and referred to simply as "Astro"), a powerful robot created in 2003 (in the original manga) by the head of the Science Ministry, Doctor Tenma, to replace his son Tobio. who died in a car accident.

dr Tenma builds Astro in Tobio's likeness and raises him for love as he would have his real son Tobio. But he soon realizes that the robot cannot fill the void left by his son, as Astro cannot express human traits or age like a human. In the original 1960 edition, Tenma rejects Astro and sells him to a cruel circus manager, Hamegg.

25.soul eater

Original run:12. May 2004–12. August 2013
Number of volumes:25

Several young students from the Shibusen school are learning to become masters. This school was founded by Master Shinigami (the god of death) with the aim, on the one hand, of training young masters to mow down souls with their demonic weapons that can take human form; on the other hand, to prevent the Great Devourer that nearly devoured the world in despair and madness from being reborn.

The goal of the masters is to swallow 99 corrupted human souls and one witch soul into their weapons in order to gain access to the Death Scythe rank. Unfortunately, achieving this goal is not so easy, and the protagonists will face many obstacles.

26.The seven deadly sins

Original run:October 10, 2012–25. March 2020
Number of volumes:41

Liones, Kingdom of Britannia. The grand master of the Holy Knights of Zaratra was brutally murdered, and the culprits are said to be an order of seven legendary knights in the service of the king who wanted to overthrow the throne.

Ten years later, a young girl named Elizabeth Liones embarks on a quest to track down these mysterious knights who were once the pride of Liones: the Seven Deadly Sins, a group that brings together seven master criminals hand-picked by the king himself to master one of them Conspiracy to thwart Holy Knights against Kings. Then she ended up at the Boar Hat, a tavern owned by a young boy who is accompanied by his pig, Hawk.

But what was her surprise when she discovered that the child at the head of the tavern is none other than Sin of the Dragon of Wrath, leader of the Seven Deadly Sins, Meliodas. Then their adventures begin in search of the other six deadly sins to save Liones.

27.Maid Sama!

Original run:December 24, 2005–24. September 2013
Number of volumes:18

Seika High School was once a boys-only school, but over time it opened up to girls as well. The isolation has created a harsh climate in the classes, making it very difficult for the girls to gain a foothold and repeatedly suffering from the humiliations of the boys.

Nevertheless, the girl Misaki Ayuzawa succeeds in asserting herself against her classmates and becoming the first student representative. Due to her behavior, she is soon considered a man hater, but is respected or feared. But behind this facade she also fights against various other problems.

Among other things, her family, consisting of her mother and her little sister, was abandoned by her father and is now sitting on a huge mountain of debt. To keep her own apartment from collapsing and to help her overworked mother, Misaki looks for a job at a maid cafe. Since she mainly has to serve male customers there, she tries to keep her job a secret from her classmates.

28.attack on Titan

Original run:9. September 2009–9. April 2021
Number of volumes:34

The plot of Attack on Titan revolves around the young Eren Jäger, his adoptive sister Mikasa Ackermann and his best friend Armin Arlert, who live together with the rest of humanity in cities protected by huge walls from the attacks of the so-called gigantic titans - humanoids Creatures that devour people for no apparent reason.

The walls that promised peace have stood for 107 years. But one day the titans break through the outermost wall of Maria and the humans are pushed further back. Eren's mother dies and he and many other people flee behind the second wall, Wall Rose. Eren swears that if his mother dies, he will wipe out the Titans.

Original run:December 3, 1990–25. July 1994
Number of volumes:19

14-year-old Yusuke Urameshi is the perfect thug: thug and rebel. However, one day he dies saving a little boy from an accident, but this child would have miraculously survived even if Yusuke hadn't intervened. Unplanned by the authorities of the realm of the dead, his sacrifice poses a problem.

Therefore, he is offered to return to life after successfully proving himself worthy. He then unknowingly becomes the detective of the spirit world and is endowed with powers that will aid him in his various quests in both the human and spirit worlds.

Aided by Botan, the "ferryman of souls" who settled her case at the time of her "death", her friend Kuwabara, and led by Enma junior, the Dark One's son in charge of examining souls, Er has the task of finding three demons (Goki, Hiei and Kurama) who stole three relics from the world of darkness: the sword of darkness, a mirror and the orb of Gaki.

30.Akira

Original run:December 20, 1982 – June 25, 1990
Number of volumes:6

Tokyo was devastated by a mysterious explosion on December 6, 1982, sparking World War III in which many cities were destroyed by nuclear weapons. In 2019, Neo-Tokyo is a corrupt megalopolis run by gangs of lazy and drug-addicted young bikers. One night, one of them, Tetsuo, has a motorcycle accident trying to avoid a strange boy standing in his way.

Wounded, Tetsuo is captured by the Japanese army. He is the subject of numerous tests as part of a top-secret military project aimed at identifying and training beings with predispositions to psychic powers (telepathy, teleportation, telekinesis, etc.).

Tetsuo's friends, including their leader Kaneda, want to know what happened to him because when he escapes and finds himself free, he is never the same. Tetsuo tests his new powers and wants to establish himself as a leader among the junkies, which doesn't sit well with everyone, especially Kaneda.