Top 3 Manga Series for Beginners and Manga Fans

                                                                 

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Manga are mainly called Japanese comics. It is famous worldwide as people of all age groups can read and enjoy it. When people read manga, it gives them a different feel from that of other story books as the visualization that manga gives to the readers is just very creative.

It takes too much effort to draw and write a manga. All anime lovers love reading manga and for those who have not yet started reading one, here are some of the best manga for beginners.

One Piece

                                                     

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One piece is a shounen adventure manga written and drawn by Eiichiro Oda, serialized on Weekly Jump since 1997. The story mainly focuses on Monkey D. Luffy, a young pirate along with his crew members sets sail to find everything the world has to offer, that is, the One Piece.

One Piece is the treasure left by the former king of the pirates, D. Roger. Across the sea there are many devil fruit eaters, including Luffy. Devil Fruit is fruit found in the sea which provides different types of powers to different individuals who eat it. Luffy ate the Gum-Gum Fruit which makes him stretch like rubber. 

One piece has the record of most selling manga of all time. According to sources, One Piece manga has had a total estimated circulation of approximately 3.18 billion copies in Weekly Shonen Jump magazine.

It has been translated into foreign languages in more than 40 countries or regions. One Piece covers quite important themes such as friendships, pure dreams, histories, corruption, genocide, drug and so on. 

Number of volumes: 105  

Current Status: On-going  

Recommended for : Beginners/ Manga fans

Nana

Nana is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ai Yazawa. It was serialized in the monthly shoujo manga magazine Cookie from May 2000 to May 2009.

Nana ran in the magazine for 84 chapters, until the July 2009 issue and the series was put on hiatus in June of the same year due to Yazawa falling ill. Yazawa returned from hospital in 2010 but it was not specified when or if  would resume the manga.

The series centres on Nana Osaki and Nana Komatsu, two young ladies moving to Tokyo to pursue their dreams. Nana Osaki wants to become a singer and get famous whereas Nana Komatsu is in search of some romance in life. They both stay together as roommates and become best friends.

The emotional connection between them is just heartwarming. Everything about this manga is great. From characters to storyline, you will fall in love with all. Some might even be able to relate this manga to their personal experience.

In 2002, Nana won the 48th Shogakukan Manga Award for shoujo category. As of September 2019, the manga had over 50 million copies in circulation, making it one of the best selling manga series.

Number of Volume: 21

Genre: Drama, musical and romance

Slam Dunk

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Slam Dunk is a Japanese sports manga series written and illustrated by Takehiko Inoue. It was serialised in Shueisha’s shonen manga magazine Weekly Shonen Jump from October 1990 to June 1996.

This manga involves the story of a basketball team from Shohoku High School in the Shonan area of Japan. The main character, Hanamichi Sakuragi is a first year student at Shohoku High School.

He meets his crush Haruko Akagi, who asks him to join the basketball team. This story follows how the basketball team goes through ups and downs. You will enjoy every single match and also the characters drawn are so classy.

Slam Dunk has 170 million copies in circulation, making it the seventh best selling manga series in history.

Genre: Comedy, Sports

Number of Volume: 31 volumes

There are so many manga available according to your taste and preference. The ones mentioned above are just the best manga in different genres. It is best for beginners and must be read for all manga fans.

The craze of manga is just increasing everyday and is available online too for shopping. If you don’t feel like purchasing, you can read manga online as well. You must give these manga a try. 

Written by- Radhika Agrawal

Edited by- Aastha setia