10 Great Japanese Manga You Need to Read Before You Die

The 10 Great Japanese Manga of all time to Read

Here are The 10 Best Japanese Manga to read, we have Compiled some manga series that we can’t forget about! for the rest of our life as they are just the most successful, greatest, and amazing Japanese manga in all history.

Even though Naruto Manga Has ended, But Still it Has left its mark in all Japanese manga and anime history.

Naruto is not all we have, and here’s the list of the top 10 best Japanese manga you need to read before you die.

Just pick another one, but remember to skip the second because that might make you feel sadder.

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So Let’s start our Best Japanese Manga of all time that everyone should read!

• Slam Dunk

In this basketball manga by Takehiko Inoue, a delinquent high school student.

Hanamichi Sakuragi is advised to join the school basketball team by Haruko Akagi.

It’s a coming-of-age story that deals with the relationships between the teammates and rivals.

This manga has had a big impact on basketball programs in middle schools and high schools across Japan.

There have been rumors of a sequel but nothing has materialized yet.

So it’s one of the top 10 best Japanese manga series.

• Berserk

Berserk is a Japanese manga by Kentarou Miura. Its plot follows the violent struggles of Guts, a lone mercenary who is often portrayed as an antihero.

This Manga is an action dark fantasy manga that depicts the story of Guts, a lone mercenary who must fight to survive in a ruthless world where humans are used as slaves by demons. It has been adapted into various anime series and films.

The berserk manga has been depicted as being both admired and criticized for its portrayal of violence, character development, plot twists…

The setting is a medieval world full of massive swords, corrupt nobles, huge soldiers, and much more.

• Fairy Tail

Fairy tail is a manga series created by Hiro Mashima. It was first published in Japan in 2006 and the English version was released in 2009. Fairy tail has over 100 million copies in circulation.

To date, there are over 100 million copies of Fairy Tail manga that have been printed worldwide.

The story is mainly focused on the 4 mages Natsu, Gray, Lucy, and Erza. All kinds of (bad) things happen in this land which usually leads to some epic mage fights. The magical fights are quite awesome, combined with the music they are just epic.

• Hunter x Hunter

Here comes the best pick of the top 10 best manga you have to read.

The main character, Gon, to meet his father whom he had never seen, becomes a Hunter which is a fictitious job set in the world of this story.

A wide variety of enemies, and allies with unique special abilities. set in a vast yet detailed world has boosted the popularity of this series.

• Bleach

Bleach is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tite Kubo. It has been serialized in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine since August 2001, with more than 130 million copies in circulation.

Bleach has become one of the most popular manga series of all time, having sold over 100 million copies globally.

This story by Tite Kubo takes place in the world of the occult. It’s a world in the style of a Japanese Exorcist.

This ongoing popular series follows Ichigo Kurosaki as he gains the powers of a shinigami and fights evil. While this story deals with Asian mythology it has gained an audience in other countries as well.

• Fullmetal Alchemist

A magnificent Japanese manga that follows completely the idea of equal exchange, meaning that to get something you must give up something of equal value.

The world is run by alchemy, with wonders ways to use it to fight and gain power and influence.

The characters are loud, fun, and profound.

Its main character is trying to fix a mistake they made and get redemption for trying to beat death.

The villains are also as well developed and rick with inner-struggle. A true work of manga genius.

• Death  Note

With a stroke of a pen, you can kill anyone and how you want them to die.

You could try to extinguish all evil in the world. Unless you’re smarter than Light Yagami, a super, SUPER, SUPA genius.

This is a great story of cat and mouse with a dark and intense tone.

This manga has everything and holds you throughout the story.

The character interactions are strong and messages in everything they say.

It is a smart manga that is a detective story where you are rooting for the bad guy.

Go read this best Japanese manga, or your name might be found in a special book, and there are worse ways to die than a heart attack.

• Dragon Ball

Dragon Ball was the first taste of manga to western manga readers.

Furthermore, Dragon Ball introduced us to Manga and started the craze.

as a result, Dragon Ball had it all, a powerful youth with a mysterious past and an unquenchable appetite, a pervy teacher, and a quest for power namely the Dragon Balls.

So is there any reason that Dragon Ball is not one of the top 10 best manga? Just name one.

Dragon Ball had iconic characters and Goku’s fighting skills partnered with his pure heart make him one of the most recognized and loved manga characters of all time.

Finally, This is a mandatory read for everyone, not just manga lovers. also, I am gonna force my kids to read this best Japanese manga of all time.

• Naruto

Naruto is a martial arts manga which deals with aspiring ninjas.

It’s popular from the get-go, alongside One Piece as the current signature series.

For a story revolving around oriental subjects, it receives success in more than 30 countries around the world and its anime adaptation can be found in over 80 countries.

It was also independently made into a live-action short film which got attention worldwide.

• One Piece

One Piece comes in the first place of the top 10 Japanese manga to read because it’s the best of the best and the adventure of one piece doesn’t seem to end anytime soon.

Eiichiro Oda Creator of One Piece, makes comic book history more fruitful, by attaining a Guinness World Record title for having the Most copies in the same comic book series by a single author.

This action-adventure series follows the pirate Luffy and his crew members.

It needed something to escape the post-Dragon Ball depression.

Despite its satirizing of complex issues like territorial disputes, religion, and war, it refrains from murder or graphic death, explicit sex, and the main hero doesn’t talk about killing.

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