# The best manga for beginners

The series booksellers and guides recommend to people who have never opened a manga: easy to follow, addictive and not all endless.

- 1 vote · 16 items
- Oct 29, 2024 · Damien Gautier
- https://even.best/en/l/3099/the-best-manga-for-beginners

## Top 16

1. **Fruits Basket** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Natsuki Takaya. The classic shōjo to start with.
2. **Death Note** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata. Twelve volumes of psychological duel you cannot put down.
3. **Demon Slayer** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Koyoharu Gotōge. 23 volumes, short for a shōnen, with a real ending.
4. **Spy x Family** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Tatsuya Endō. A spy, an assassin and a telepath play at being a family.
5. **Fullmetal Alchemist** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Hiromu Arakawa. Two alchemist brothers; the ideal complete story.
6. **One Piece** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Eiichirō Oda. The giant adventure, for those ready for the long haul.
7. **Naruto** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Masashi Kishimoto. A clear and endearing progression.
8. **The Promised Neverland** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Kaiu Shirai and Posuka Demizu. Orphans who discover a horror.
9. **My Hero Academia** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Kōhei Horikoshi. A superhero school; accessible action.
10. **Attack on Titan** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Hajime Isayama. Humanity under siege by giants.
11. **Dragon Ball** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Akira Toriyama. The classic that introduced generations to manga.
12. **Jujutsu Kaisen** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Gege Akutami. Sorcerers and curses in today's Japan.
13. **Haikyu!!** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Haruichi Furudate. Volleyball that makes you want to play sport.
14. **Yotsuba&!** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Kiyohiko Azuma. A little girl discovers the world; perfect for everyone.
15. **Assassination Classroom** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Yūsei Matsui. A class must kill its octopus teacher.
16. **Dr. Stone** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Riichirō Inagaki and Boichi. Rebuilding civilisation with science.

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