Countless new manga are born everyday and some superior titles start to be serialized on manga magazines and online publishing websites. On the other hand, the quite popular long-running series come to in every season.
Many manga fans all over the world have been surprised at the fact that the smash-hit manga are suddenly completed while they reach the peak of their popularity.
Today, I’d like to introduce best completed manga series that you should binge-read now. This list mainly focuses on the manga that were completed in the recent past since it would be much longer if it covers classic legends (For Best Manga List of All Time, check this article below).
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Let’s review the renowned modern complete manga! The links of each manga on Amazon.com are listed below, so that you can read them in English right now.
Teasing Master Takagi-san
Teasing Master Takagi-san (からかい上手の高木さん) is a modern romantic-comedy and slice-of-life manga series, written by Soichiro Yamamoto. It began to be serialized from 2013 and the cute days of Taakagi-san and Nishikata just ended in October 2023, consisting of 20 volumes. There are three seasons of an anime adaptation and an anime movie released between 2018 and 2022.
Teasing Master Takagi-san focuses on everyday of two middle school students Takagi-san and Nishikata. The heroine Takagi-san teases the protagonist Nishikata wittily and adorably while he attempts to get his revenge with shallow plans.
Manga Artist: Soichiro Yamamoto
Volumes: 20
Serialized on Monthly Shonen Sunday Mini (2013-2016)/Monthly Shonen Sunday (from 2016)
Published: 2013-2023
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Bakemonogatari
Bakemonogatari (化物語) is a renowned light novel and anime series, adapted into the manga series since 2018. The paranormal manga, created by Oh! Great and based on the original novel written by Nisio Isin, just concluded with 22 volumes in 2023. Bakemonogatari is the title of first part of Monogatari Series, but is also the title of the whole part of the manga adaptation.
Bakemonogatari depicts a variety of incidents caused by apparitions called Kaii since a high school boy Koyomi Araragi is transformed into a half-human, half-vampire by the king of apparitions. Koyomi tackles the problems occurring around several heroines and himself.
Manga Artist: Written by Nisio Isin/Illustrated by Oh! great
Volumes: 22
Serialized on Weekly Shonen Magazine
Published: 2018-2023
Kubo Won’t Let Me Be Invisible
Kubo Won’t Let Me Be Invisible (久保さんは僕を許さない), one of the finest slice-of-life and romance manga series these days, ended its three-and-a-half-year serialization in March, 2023. Written by Nene Yukimori, it started on Weekly Young Jump from 2019 and on Shonen Jump+ from 2020. Due to its popularity, its animated series was made available by Pine Jam in 2023.
Junta Shiraishi is what is called a “mob character” who is very much overshadowed by his classmates and teachers. However, the heroine, Nagisa Kubo, is able to recognize him in a normal way. As she becomes interested in him and gets involved with him, the distance between the two gradually shrinks. This romantic comedy depicts the daily life of two people who should have no contact with each other, but who become friends because of her interest and start to spend time together in their school and private lives.
Manga Artist: Nene Yukimori
Volumes: 12
Serialized on Weekly Young Jump
Published: 2019-2023
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Kaguya-sama: Love Is War
Categorized as romance and comedy, Kaguya-sama: Love Is War (かぐや様は告らせたい〜天才たちの恋愛頭脳戦〜) has been globally welcomed by lots of modern manga fans since its serialization began in 2015. The serialization by Aka Akasaka on Weekly Young Jump just finished in November 2022. The popular rom-com manga series has been adapted into anime series by A-1 Pictures since 2019.
Set in a prestigious high school Shuchiin Academy, Kaguya-sama: Love Is War tells the story of the student council president Miyuki Shirogane and the vice president Kaguya Shinomiya. They like each other but they have too much pride to tell their feelings. The peaceful manga comically presents how they attempt to encourage each other to express their loves any way possible.
Manga Artist: Aka Akasaka
Volumes: 28
Serialized on Miracle Jump (2015-2016)/Weekly Young Jump (2016-2022)
Published: 2015-2022
The popular romantic comedy anime series focuses on an indirect relationship between Kaguya and Miyuki, and the nail-bit[…]
Chihayafuru
The popular romance series Chihayafuru (ちはやふる), starting its serialization on a Japanese Shojo manga magazine Be Love in 2007, came to the end in August, 2022. The manga series, written by Yuki Suetsugu, finished with the 50th and final volume after running for about 15 years. There are also three seasons of its anime adaptation so far, which have not been completed yet. It’s also famous for its live-action movies that Chihayafuru experiences more commercial success with.
The romance manga, mixed with the theme of sports and Japanese traditions, tells the grand story of the heroine Chihaya Ayase from elementary school to high school. She is enthralled by karuta (traditional Japanese playing cards), inspired by her new classmate Arata Wataya, who fully expresses his talent for karuta from a young age. The teenage main characters grow up through a bunch of encounters and competitions with rivals.
Manga Artist: Koharu Inoue
Volumes: 50
Serialized on Be Love
Published: 2007-2022
The Duke of Death and His Maid
The completion of The Duke of Death and His Maid (死神坊ちゃんと黒メイド) has brought both joy and sorrow to its fans since the 223rd and final episode was released on Sunday Webry in May, 2022. The romantic comedy manga series, written by Koharu Inoue, was serialized for about five years. It was made into the first season of its anime adaptation by J.C.Staff in 2021, followed by the expected second season in 2023.
The Duke of Death and His Maid tells the story of the young boy known as the Duke of Death and his beloved maid Alice Lendrott, set in a mansion located away from the main building. He has lived in the isolated mansion with Alice and his old butler Rob since he was cursed by a witch when he was five years old. Due to the dangerous curse, no one can touch him since it kills everything and everyone he touches. Only Alice and Rob treat him kindly without fear of the curse while others hate him like poison.
Manga Artist: Koharu Inoue
Volumes: 16
Serialized on Sunday Webry
Published: 2017-2022
Golden Kamuy
The historical adventure series Golden Kamuy (ゴールデンカムイ) was concluded on April 28, 2022, and the 31st and final volume released in July, 2022. As a popular historical manga series among especially adults, it was serialized on Weekly Young Jump from 2014, written by Satoru Noda. There are three seasons of its anime adaptation released so far in 2018 and 2020.
Golden Kamuy is set in an alternative history of the end of the Meiji period, which is just after the end of the Russo-Japanese War. The adventure story concentrates on a veteran Saichi Sugimoto who meets a teenage girl of the Ainu. They explore a pile of gold that had been hidden by the Ainu people before they were robbed of it by a villain.
Manga artist: Satoru Noda
Volumes: 31
Serialized on Weekly Young Jump
Published: 2014-2022
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Takopi’s Original Sin
The impressive newcomer on the popular manga website Shonen Jump Plus started its serialization from December, 2021, which is titled Takopi’s Original Sin (タコピーの原罪). It is the first manga series serialized by a manga artist Taizan 5. After just about three months and a half, the emotional drama manga came to the end in the spring of 2022.
Takopi’s Original Sin casts a spotlight on a poor fourth-grade elementary school girl Shizuka, who is severely bullied at school since his mother conducts an affair with her classmate’s father while her father abandoned his family. One day, an octopus-looking alien Takopi comes to her from the Happy Planet to make people happier. Various mysterious Happy Tools by Takopi results in unintended effects on her and people around her.
Takopi’s Original Sin was just published in Japanese in March and April, 2022, so it’s expected its English edition to be released in the near future. You can read it in English on the official manga website Manga Plus by Shueisha earlier than the tankobon published for free!
Manga artist: Taizan 5
Volumes: 2
Serialized on Shonen Jump Plus
Published: 2021-2022
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Dr. Stone
Dr. Stone is one of the most popular sci-fi adventure manga, written by Riichiro Inagaki and illustrates by Boichi. Its serialization on Weekly Shonen Jump began in 2017, which was finally completed with the 232nd episode on it in March, 2022. It was made into the first season of an anime adaptation in 2019, followed by the second season in 2021 and the third season in 2023.
Dr. Stone is set in a post-apocalyptic world where around 3700 year have passed since all mankind were petrified for any reason. The story starts when a enthusiastic scientist Senku Ishigami gets free from the petrifaction and embarks on an exciting venture in the Stone World.
Manga Artist: Written by Riichiro Inagaki/Illustrated by Boichi
Volumes: 27
Serialized on Weekly Shonen Jump
Published: 2017-2022
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Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction
Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction (デッドデッドデーモンズデデデデデストラクション), sometimes abbreviated to Dededede, is a notable completed manga that just brought the curtain down with the 100th episode in February, 2022. It was serialized on a weekly Japanese Seinen manga magazine Big Comic Spirits between 2014 and 2022, written by Inio Asano, who is well-known for other coming-of-age manga series Solanin (2005-2006) and Goodnight Punpun (2007-2013).
Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction is set in an alternate modern Tokyo, which the aliens suddenly invaded with a gigantic disk-shaped spaceship called the Mother Ship three years ago. The deadly attack killed many people, which was stopped by U.S. forces. The story tells the story of two high school girls Kadode Koyama and Ouran Nakagawa, who enjoys their youth while the world and humankind are situated at a moment of crisis.
Manga Artist: Inio Asano
Volumes: 10
Serialized on Big Comic Spirits
Published: 2014-2022
Fire Force
The popular action, dark-fantasy manga Fire Force (炎炎ノ消防隊) finally finished with the 304th episode in February, 2022 after being serialized on Weekly Shonen Magazine for about six years and a half. Written by Atsushi Okubo, the manga has made a lot of fans with the theme of fire fighters. It was also adapted into the first season of an anime series in 2019 and the second season in 2020.
Fire Force is set in a fictional Tokyo centering on a 17-year-old boy Shinra Kusakabe, who becomes a member of Special Fire Force Company 8. He saves people from spontaneous human combustion fighting against Infernals with his ability to ignite his feet.
Manga Artist: Atsushi Okubo
Volumes: 34
Serialized on Weekly Shonen Magazine
Published: 2015-2022
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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (鬼滅の刃) has got more and more popular since it was released in 2016 and is now one of the most famous completed manga of all time. The dark-fantasy adventure manga series came to the end in 2020 while its story and popularity climaxed with fans all over the world. The best modern manga has been adapted into the popular anime series since 2019 and the 2020’s anime movie Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train is now known as the highest-grossing movie in Japanese movie history.
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba depicts a grand battle between vicious demons and swordsmen trained to defeat them. A young boy Tanjiro Kamado decides to become a powerful demon slayer after his family is attacked by the demons and his only surviving little sister Nezuko is transformed into a demon. Tanjiro sets out on an adventure with Nezuko meeting various swordsmen and friends and fighting against the opposite characters.
Without a doubt, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba is the best manga to read all the way through now if you haven’t reached the end of the story. You cannot wait until the anime series is completed in the distant future, can you?
Manga Artist: Koyoharu Gotouge
Volumes: 23
Serialized on Weekly Shonen Jump
Published: 2016-2020
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Attack on Titan
Attack on Titan (進撃の巨人), which is looked on as the best modern manga series by many manga fans, started its serialization in 2009 and was just completed in April, 2021. The dark-fantasy action manga was first greeted with fear and surprise by Japanese and foreign readers for its symbolic Titans, and they were fascinated with the mysterious story and intense battle scenes from start to finish. The popular anime series has been adapted from the manga by Wit Studio and Mappa since 2013.
Attack on Titan is set in an old European world, where humanity is threatened by the presence of Titans. People have managed their own lives for about a hundred years inside the triple high walls. To eliminate the Titans, the protagonist Eren Yeager and other Survey Corps members investigate and fight against the giant creatures.
Attack on Titan, the best manga series for many manga fans in the past few decades, is highly recommended to binge-read now.
Manga Artist: Hajime Isayama
Volumes: 34
Serialized on Bessatsu Shonen Magazine
Published: 2009-2021
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Jojolion
Jojolion (ジョジョリオン), the latest part of the famous manga series JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, just came to the end in August, 2021. It started its serialization on Ultra Jump as the eighth title of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure in 2011 and continued for about a decade, which is the longest JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure series.
Jojolion tells the story of the future of the previous seventh series Steel Ball Run, set in S-City, M-Prefecture, which is also the setting of the fourth part Diamond Is Unbreakable. Jojolion revolves around a mysterious amnesiac protagonist Josuke Higashikata, who is found being buried under the ground deformed by the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami.
Manga Artist: Hirohiko Araki
Volumes: 27
Serialized on Ultra Jump
Published: 2011-2021
Chainsaw Man
A stunning modern manga was released in 2018 and just completed its story in 2020, which is titled Chainsaw Man (チェンソーマン). The hottest manga, which is categorized as dark-fantasy, action and horror, will be adapted into an anime series produced by the splendid anime studio Mappa and followed by the second part of the manga series published on Shonen Jump Plus.
Chainsaw Man centers on a poor teenage boy named Denji, who gets the ability to transform into the Chainsaw Man by merging with his pet dog Chainsaw Devil. He is urged to become a member of Public Safety Division 4 by Makima, the head of the division. They have a goal of defeating the Gun Devil with other characters including a Public Safety Devil Hunter named Aki Hayakawa and a Blood Fiend named Power.
Chainsaw Man consists of 11 volumes, so you can read all the way through easily.
Manga Artist: Tatsuki Fujimoto
Volumes: 11
Serialized on Weekly Shonen Jump
Published: 2018-2020
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The Promised Neverland
The Promised Neverland (約束のネバーランド) is a popular completed dark-fantasy and thriller manga series, which was serialized as a front manga of Weekly Shonen Jump from 2016 to 2020. There are two seasons of an anime adaptation broadcasted in 2019 and 2021.
The setting of The Promised Neverland is a fantasy world in 2045, following 11-year-old orphans Emma, Norman and Ray. They are raised in Grace Field House with other orphans and discover the truth behind the reason why they are cared at the house. The dark-fantasy story depicts how they survive the dangerous and cruel world.
Manga Artist: Written by Kaiu Shirai/Illustrated by Posuka Demizu
Volumes: 20
Serialized on Weekly Shonen Jump
Published: 2016-2020
Haikyu!!
Haikyu!! (ハイキュー!!), one of the most popular sports manga series, is a recommended completed manga to binge-read now. The coming-of-age manga with the theme of volleyball began its serialization in 2012 and came to the end in 2020 under the watch of many fans. The whole story has been made into an anime adaptation since the first season of the anime series was released in 2014.
Haikyu!! revolves around a middle schooler Shoyo Hinata, who is small for a volleyball player but attends Karasuno High School, which is famous for a competitive volleyball club. He strives to go to the national high school championship with a talented setter Tobio Kageyama and other teammates.
Manga Artist: Haruichi Furudate
Volumes: 45
Serialized on Weekly Shonen Jump
Published: 2012-2020
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The Seven Deadly Sins
The Seven Deadly Sins (七つの大罪) is a popular complete fantasy adventure manga series written by Nakaba Suzuki. There are 41 volumes published between 2012 and 2020 in the manga series, which have been adapted into the anime series and anime movies since 2014.
The Seven Deadly Sins is set in the land of Britannia focuses on a legendary knight Meliodas, who is the leader of the Seven Deadly Sins. With a goal of exposing a conspiracy against his home country, the Liones Kingdom, he sets out on an adventure in search of other members of the Seven Deadly Sins as the sinner of Wrath.
Manga Artist: Nakaba Suzuki
Volumes: 41
Serialized on Weekly Shonen Magazine
Published: 2012-2020
The Quintessential Quintuplets
The Quintessential Quintuplets (五等分の花嫁) is a recently completed romantic comedy manga series, serialized on Weekly Shonen Magazine from 2017 to 2020. The first season of an anime adaptation was aired in 2019, followed by the second season in 2021 for its popularity.
The Quintessential Quintuplets focuses on a high school boy Futaro Uesugi and quintuplet sisters. Futaro, who is a student with a high scholastic ability but lives in poverty, is hired as a private tutor by the rich Nakano family for the quintuplet sisters. The harem manga depicts the relationships between Futaro and each unique girl.
Manga Artist: Negi Haruba
Volumes: 14
Serialized on Weekly Shonen Magazine
Published: 2017-2020
Gintama
Gintama (銀魂) is a famous long-running comedy manga series serialized on Weekly Shonen Jump for 14 years since its publication started in 2004. Its anime adaptation had been made since 2006 and the anime series was completed with the anime movie Gintama: The Final in 2021.
The sci-fi comedy manga is set in the fictional late Edo period, where the earth is attacked by aliens called Amanto, featuring humorous characters inspired by the traditional Japanese Samurai. Gintama revolves around a twenty-something Samurai named Gintoki Sakata with his past story and background presenting both comedy and serious scenes.
Manga Artist: Hideaki Sorachi
Volumes: 77
Serialized on Weekly Shonen Jump
Published: 2004-2018
Dorohedoro
Dorohedoro (ドロヘドロ) is a completed action dark-fantasy especially recommended for a manga freak. It was serialized on four manga magazined published by Shogakukan between 2000 and 2018 and was adapted into an anime series produced by Mappa in 2020.
Dorohedoro centers on a mid-20s man named Caiman wearing a gas mask. He loses his memory and his head is transformed into a reptile by a sorcerer. He fights against sorcerers to get back his original head and lost memory with his friend Nikaido.
Manga Artist: Q Hayashida
Volumes: 23
Serialized on Spirits Zokan Ikki (2000-2003)/Monthly Ikki (2003-2014)/Hibana (2015-2017)/Monthly Shonen Sunday (2017-2018)
Published: 2000-2018
Tokyo Revengers
Tokyo Revengers (東京卍リベンジャーズ), which has been one of the hottest topics for a bunch of manga fans since its serialization began in 2017, finally came to the end in November, 2022. The action and sci-fi manga was first adapted into its 24-episode anime series in 2021 and the following season in 2023, which has sparked a boom.
Tokyo Revengers presents Japanese Yanki (delinquent youth), set in Tokyo in modern days. A 26-year-old part-time jobber Takemichi Hanagaki suddenly knows the truth that his ex-girlfriend in his middle school days was killed due to the internal struggle of the Tokyo Manji Gang. To change the history, he goes back in time to the past and contacts the Tokyo Manji Gang in its early stage.
Manga Artist: Ken Wakui
Volumes: 31
Serialized on Weekly Shonen Magazine
Published: 2017-2022
Tokyo Revengers is undoubtedly one of the hit franchises in recent years. It uniquely fuses the science fiction genre of[…]
Asobi Asobase
Written by Rin Suzukawa, Asobi Asobase (あそびあそばせ) came to the end in November, 2022, and the final volumes 14 and 15 were published in the same month. 132 chapters are collected in the 15 Tankobon volumes. Asobi Asobase is a school-themed surreal comedy manga series, which was made into an anime adaptation consisting of 12 episodes by Lerche in 2018.
Asobi Asobase depicts a funny story of these three junior high schoolers: Hanako Honda, who is good at both studies and sports but doesn’t have any friend at school; Olivia, who is an American transfer student but can’t speak English at all; Kasumi Nomura, who is a good scholar but is terrible at English. They establish a Pastimers Club to make their school life enjoyable.
Manga Artist: Rin Suzukawa
Volumes: 15
Serialized on Young Animal Densi (2015–2022)/Young Animal (2016–2022)
Published: 2015-2022
Interviews with Monster Girls
After nine years since its serialization began in 2014, Interviews with Monster Girls (亜人ちゃんは語りたい) was just concluded in the end of 2022. The comedy manga series mixed with fantasy and slice of life, written by Petos, was serialized on Young Magazine the 3rd and Monthly Young Magazine. The final and 11th Tankobon volume published in february, 2023. Interviews with Monster Girls has become more popular since its anime adaptation made by A-1 Pictures aired in 2017. A spin-off series titled Occult-chan wa Katarenai (オカルトちゃんは語れない) has been serialized by a writer Kae Hoshimoto and an illustrator Hajime Honda since 2019.
Interviews with Monster Girls is set in a modern Japan, where demi-humans (a.k.a. demis) are being integrated into human society. It features a high school biology teacher Tetsuo Takahashi and several demi-human students and teacher including a cheerful vampire Hikari Takanashi, an inhibited dullahan Kyoko Machi, a snow woman Yuki Kusakabe, a succubus math teacher Sakie Sato. They hold their own personal problems as demi-humans.
Manga Artist: Petos
Volumes: 11
Serialized on Young Magazine the 3rd (2014–2021)/Monthly Young Magazine (2021–2022)
Published: 2014-2022
Some manga fans can’t wait until the latest episode of ongoing manga series is released, so it’s highly recommended to binge-read those completed manga all the way through. The selected manga series above have been top-rated worldwide and will be hot topics even after ending the story. This best completed manga list is being updated as further renowned manga series come to the end.
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