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Best-selling Manga Series Ever Quiz

How well do you know the best-selling manga series ever? Floored turns the ranking into a building: floor 1 is the top of the list. We name a floor, you guess what's on it, and the lift rides to whatever you picked so you know to go higher or lower.

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  1. One Piece 600M copies
    Eiichiro Oda tested the idea in two earlier one-shot stories, both called Romance Dawn.
  2. Doraemon 300M copies
    Its robot cat hero is sent back from the 22nd century to help a boy named Nobita.
  3. Golgo 13 300M copies
    It kept running after creator Takao Saito died in 2021, as he had asked his staff to continue it.
  4. Detective Conan 270M copies
    Its English release was renamed Case Closed because of legal issues with the original name.
  5. Dragon Ball 260M copies
    Akira Toriyama loosely based its early chapters on the Chinese novel Journey to the West.
  6. Naruto 250M copies
    Masashi Kishimoto's twin brother, Seishi Kishimoto, is also a manga artist.
  7. Demon Slayer 220M copies
    It is set in Japan's Taisho era, when a secret Demon Slayer Corps hunts man-eating demons.
  8. Slam Dunk 185M copies
    Creator Takehiko Inoue later wrote and directed the 2022 anime film The First Slam Dunk.
  9. KochiKame 157.2M copies
    It ran in Weekly Shonen Jump without a break for 40 years, from 1976 to 2016.
  10. Jujutsu Kaisen 150M copies
    It grew out of a short prequel series called Tokyo Metropolitan Curse Technical School.
  11. Crayon Shin-chan 148M copies
    Creator Yoshito Usui died after a fall on Mount Arafune in 2009.
  12. Attack on Titan 140M copies
    Its giant Titans eat humans, who survive behind three huge concentric walls.
  13. Oishinbo 135M copies
    It follows a newspaper journalist assigned to create the Ultimate Menu of Japanese food.
  14. Bleach 130M copies
    Its teenage hero Ichigo Kurosaki has the rare ability to see spirits.
  15. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure 120M copies
    Each part of the story follows a different member of the Joestar family line.
  16. Kingdom 120M copies
    It is set in China's Warring States period and follows the wars that led to China's first emperor.
  17. Astro Boy 100M copies
    Its 1963 TV adaptation was Japan's first popular animated TV series.
  18. Baki the Grappler 100M copies
    Its teen hero trains to surpass his ruthless father, Yujiro Hanma.
  19. Fist of the North Star 100M copies
    Its hero Kenshiro fights on a post-apocalyptic Earth using a martial art that targets pressure points.
  20. Hajime no Ippo 100M copies
    Its hero Ippo Makunouchi is a bullied high school student who takes up boxing.
  21. Hunter x Hunter 100M copies
    Creator Yoshihiro Togashi is married to Naoko Takeuchi, the creator of Sailor Moon.
  22. The Kindaichi Case Files 100M copies
    Its teen detective is the grandson of Kosuke Kindaichi, a famous fictional detective from novels.
  23. My Hero Academia 100M copies
    Its world is one where about 80 percent of people are born with superpowers called Quirks.
  24. Touch 100M copies
    Mitsuru Adachi's story follows twin brothers, the girl next door and high school baseball.
  25. Captain Tsubasa 90M copies
    Footballers including Alessandro Del Piero and Fernando Torres have said it inspired them.
  26. Fullmetal Alchemist 90M copies
    Its brothers Edward and Alphonse Elric pay a terrible price for trying to bring their mother back.
  27. Sazae-san 86M copies
    Its TV anime has run since 1969 and holds the Guinness record as the longest-running animated series.
  28. Kinnikuman 85M copies
    Its rubber figures were sold in the US as the M.U.S.C.L.E. toy line.
  29. Vagabond 82M copies
    It is a fictional retelling of the life of the swordsman Miyamoto Musashi.
  30. Sangokushi 80M copies
    Mitsuteru Yokoyama's series adapts the Chinese classic Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
  31. Tokyo Revengers 80M copies
    Its hero jumps 12 years back in time and tries to stop his ex-girlfriend's death.
  32. Haikyu!! 75M copies
    Its short hero Shoyo Hinata takes up volleyball after watching a player called the Little Giant.
  33. Gintama 73M copies
    It is a comedy set in an Edo-period Japan that has been taken over by aliens.
  34. Fairy Tail 72M copies
    Hiro Mashima wanted it to be a lot of fun after his sadder previous series, Rave Master.
  35. Rurouni Kenshin 72M copies
    Its wandering swordsman carries a reverse-blade sword because he has vowed never to kill again.
  36. Berserk 70M copies
    After Kentaro Miura died in 2021, his friend Kouji Mori and Studio Gaga resumed the story.

Source: Wikipedia: List of best-selling manga · as of 2026-10

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