The Best-Selling Manga Ever

It's impossible to discuss manga without mentioning Dragon Ball, one of the most renown, best-selling manga. Once you get started, you will be delighted to know you have more Dragon Ball adventures to embark on.

The new series, Dragon Ball Super, premiered in 2015, much to the joy of anime fans the world over. Once you start on these epics, you'll want to know how to be a super manga reader!

Few and far between are those who have not heard of this work;, it is the best-selling manga of all time. It's been a Weekly Shonen Jump staple since 1992. Many contend it is the most popular manga, possibly the crown jewel of the genre.

The adventures of Monkey D. Luffy describe a young pirate whose goal is to become the king of pirates. He can do so by finding One Piece, the treasure the old king, Gold D. Roger, left behind. Luffy has a secret weapon. He is completely elastic – a handy way to battle other pirates.

This superhero manga tells the story of Saitama, who looks like a normal human being but is abnormally strong. He can knock people out with one mighty punch, but that gets boring, after a while. So, he sets of in search of new conquests, making friends along the way.

Over time, One Punch-Man has evolved to include more characters and plotlines. This flexibility is a hallmark of all popular mangas.

For sports lovers, this is the essential manga. It does something few mangas do: revolve around sports. It deserves even more praise for being the first manga about basketball.

Hanamichi Sakuragi, a rebel in search of love, comes across beautiful Haruko, a girl mad for basketball. To impress her, he takes to the court, though he knows nothing of the game. During it’s six-year run, this manga was wildly popular; it remains a fan favourite today.

Attack on Titan is a 2009 comic by that's been serialised in the magazine Bessatsu Shonen and is ever popular.

Like Berserk, It is a dark-fantasy manga. The main characters are Eren Yeager and Mikasa Ackerman. Along with the other Survey Corps members, they fight the titans and try to figure what they are doing there.

Once you start travelling in manga circles, it will be hard to meet someone who hasn’t read Death Note. As though there weren’t enough intrigue built into the story itself, even the author of the series is a mystery. Which creator hides behind that pseudonym? This manga enjoyed a relatively short run but revolutionised the otaku world.

One day, Light Yagami finds a notebook titled Death Note, wherein one could inscribe names. Everyone whose name appears in the notebook dies.

The story takes us to a world where shinigami (angels of death) chase ‘hollows’, to send them to Soul Paradise. Hollows are corrupt human spirits. Rukia is shinigami but, following a difficult battle, she transfers her powers to Ichigo. He is a human, and the story’s protagonist.

Bleach presents a frenzy of combat, as well as reflections of justice and dark ambience. To appreciate what this manga offers, you must understand manga as an art form. Let Superprof help you learn everything you need to know about reading manga!

Here again, a shining example of decades-long book publication in Shonen Jump and as volumes in their own right. And still, this author writes on! He caters to those who like a bit of humour with their tension and combat.

Meet Gon, a spirited young boy who wants to become a Hunter; an adventurer on sea and land. He wishes to find his father, who was one of the greatest Hunters. Submitting to the required examinations, Gon makes plenty of friends to follow him into adventure. He also incurs a frightful enemy.

The cursed fictional city of Kurouzu-cho is home to strange activity. It's up to the main characters, Kirie Goshima and her boyfriend, to explore it.

They are hunters - or slayers, of demons. Though it enjoyed a short run, this popular manga remains a fan favourite today, with 8+ stars on top manga forums.

Fist of the North Star is set in a deserted world, emptied from a nuclear war in the 1990s. Kenshiro, the main character, is the successor of an antiquated martial art of assassination called Hokuto Shinken. The story is all about him battling with villains, and surviving.

Should you be interested in exploring this world, beware! This famous manga will push you into philosophical reasoning. But then, that's typical of many manga.