Fairy Tail

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The Kodansha Manga Award (講談社漫画賞, Kōdansha Manga Shō) is an annual award for serialized manga published in the previous year, the event is sponsored by the publisher Kodansha.

(Source: Wikipedia)

The list of manga that are considered the most recognizable in Shonen genre, including the Big 3 of Shonen Jump. Can be used as a reference sheet for newcomers to the manga industry.

Top 50 best selling manga (according to current reported numbers), in order from highest to lowest

Noteworthy shounen that released during the Era of the "Big 3"

Number of sales and date that number was acquired from in notes for each. Some of them I have personally estimated a higher figure than the date says.

No. 55 is Somubu Somuka Yamaguchi Roppeita by Norio Hayashi & Yamaguchi Roppeita, which started in 1986 and ended in 2016 with 81 volumes & 731 chapters in Big Comic

No. 64 is Marugoshi Deka by Ken Kitashiba & Michio Watanabe, which started in 1986 with 75 volumes & 395 in Weekly Manga Sunday Jiysugyo no Nihon Sha.

No. 80 is Jingi by Ayumi Tachihara, but it doesn't have the amount of volumes or release date it says in Young Champion Akita Shoten.

No. 81 is Direful Industrial Volleyboys is Hiroyuki Murada, which started in 1989 with 67 volumes & 711 chapters in Weekly Young Magazine Kodansha.

Enjoy these diverse worlds and cute romances from Weekly Shonen Magazine.

Link to part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/6533

EDIT: Added "Four Knights of the Apocalypse", "Knights of the Area", "Gamaran", "GTO: The Early Years" and "Cromartie High School".

Part 1 -https://myanimelist.net/stacks/6823
Part 2- https://myanimelist.net/stacks/7370
Part 4 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9506
Part 5 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9550

Free on Book Walker - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9163
Manga on Comixology Unlimited - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9505

These are all some pretty good shounen manga! Some of these are pretty popular while others are pretty niche but I decided that as long as it’s shounen, I’ve read the manga and liked it, I added it to the list. That means there are fantasy series, delinquent series, isekai, sports manga, and etc. I hope you find something interesting to read in here! Have a blast!

Fairy Tail Reading Order (Release Order):
(1 Prequel, 1 Sequel, 4 Side Stories, 6 Spin-Offs, 5 Other)
0. Mashima-en (Aug 1998 to Oct 29, 2003) | 2 Volumes 8 Chapters - Other
Rave (Jul 7, 1999 to Jul 27, 2005) | 35 Volumes 298 Chapters - Other
Rave: Plue no Inu Nikki (2002) | 3 Volumes ? Chapters - Other
*1. Fairy Tail (Aug 2, 2006 to Jul 26, 2017) | 63 Volumes 549 Chapters- Parent Story / Sequel
2. Fairy Tail S (Nov 14, 2007 to Jun 20, 2016) | 2 Volumes 18 Chapters - Side Story
3. Fairy Tail+ (May 17, 2010) | ? Volume 3 Chapters - Side Story
4. Pray for Japan (May 5, 2011) | Doujinshi | 1 Volume ? Chapter - Other
5. Fairy Tail Light Novel (May 2, 2012 to Mar 17, 2016) | 3 Volumes 29 Chapters - Side Story
6. Fairy Tail: Houou no Miko - Hajimari no Asa (Aug 18, 2012) | 1 Volume 1 Chapter - Side Story
7. Fairy Tail x Nanatsu no Taizai Christmas Special (Dec 25, 2013) | 1 Volume 1 Chapter - Other / Crossover
*8.Fairy Tail Zerø (Jul 16, 2014 to Jul 17, 2015) | 1 Volume 13 Chapters - Prequel
9. Tale of Fairy Tail: Ice Trail (Jul 16, 2014 to Jul 17, 2015) | 2 Volumes 15 Chapters - Spin-Off
10. Fairy Tail: Blue Mistral (Aug 2, 2014 to Dec 1, 2015) | 4 Volumes 17 Chapters - Spin-Off
11. Fairy Girls (Nov 20, 2014 to Aug 20, 2016) | 4 Volumes 21 Chapters - Spin-Off
12. Magazine Ohanami!! (Apr 1, 2015) | 1 Volume 1 Chapter - Other / Crossover
13. Fairy Tail Gaiden (Jul 30, 2015 to Sep 14, 2016) | 3 Volumes 52 Chapters - Spin-Off
14. Edens Zero (Jun 27, 2018 to ?) | ? Volumes ? Chapters - Other
*15. Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest (Jul 25, 2018 to ?) | ? Volumes ? Chapters - Sequel
16. Fairy Tail: Happy no Daibouken (Jul 26, 2018 to Apr 2, 202) | 8 Volumes 80 Chapters - Spin-Off
17. Fairy Tail: City Hero (Oct 26, 2018 to Nov 22, 2019) | 4 Volumes 46 Chapters - Spin-Off
18. Mashima Hero's (Oct 16, 2019 to Dec 25, 2019) | 1 Volume 10 Chapters - Other / Crossover

Fairy Tail > Fairy Tail Zerø > Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest

Note: Those with asterisks (*) are the main stories.

Other manga by Mashima-sensei with related characters (from Rave and Eden's Zero) are included in this list as 'Other'. NOT NECESSARY for complete reading of Fairy Tail but will give you more of an idea about Mashima's manga universe as characters from those series crossover from time to time.

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Also found in my blog Fairy Tail Watching & Reading Guides: https://myanimelist.net/blog.php?eid=871618

Fairy Tail Watch Guide: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/52518

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I also made a Fairy Tail Official Music Listening Guide:
Part 1: Openings and Endings Compilations (Series, OVAs, Movies), Character Song Collections - https://myanimelist.net/blog.php?eid=872065
Part 2: Series OSTs - https://myanimelist.net/blog.php?eid=872066
Part 3: Movie OSTs - https://myanimelist.net/blog.php?eid=872068

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Note:
*Links to OFFICIAL reading sites (INKR Comics, Azuki, BOOK☆WALKER, Crunchyroll, MangaPlaza) with English translation are included per manga entry. More will be added when I encounter them.

For watch order, I recommend the interest stack [AEGC] Fairy Tail Guide watch order: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/5001

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Mangaka: Mashima, Hiro https://myanimelist.net/people/1882/Hiro_Mashima
Genres: Action, Adventure, Award Winning, Comedy, Ecchi, Fantasy
Demographic: Shounen
Serialization: Shounen Magazine (Weekly)

Club: Fairy Tail https://myanimelist.net/clubs.php?cid=13852 (Semi-active)

Tags: Dragon, Guild, Mage, Magic, S-Class, Wizard

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Shonen where the story takes place in a fantasy world.

No Isekai
No High School secret life
No historical setting
No "alternative Japan"
No thousands years in the future

Manga that involve the use of magic excluding isekai.
Only includes one title from each series as some have a ridiculous amount of titles.

Manga that are heavily influenced by Dragon Ball / classic Shounen Jump battle manga. Kind of super specific, but hopefully looking at the list you'll see what I mean.

This list is derived from The Anime Man's "The OFFICIAL Top 100 Manga Of All Time (According To The Internet) Is Actually Surprising..." video. The video goes over the results of an online poll that he created in which people could vote for their favorite manga series.

The poll, taken in 2018, garnered over 160,000 votes from the international anime community. This is a complete list of the results along with the total vote count for each series. The list is in descending order, meaning the manga with the most votes come first.

Some entries are omitted because they don't have a MAL page. This is usually because they're web comics or made outside of Japan. Those omitted entries are listed here:
#22: I Love Yoo (1,338 Votes)
#46: unOrdinary (717 Votes)

Note: In the video, Joey accidentally counts all votes for Seven Deadly Sins and THE Seven Deadly Sins separately, meaning that there are technically 99 manga in this list. In the true list, Seven Deadly Sins would've been #13 with 1,795 votes. However, I've kept it in it's original position for the sake of being consistent with the video. THE Seven Deadly Sins garnered 271 votes, tying it with #89 (Aku no Hana), hence why there is no #90 on this list.

Original Video: https://youtu.be/9pb9BpD4oL8
Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/15456

List of manga that licensed and published in Turkiye. With publishers, names and volume counts.
Part 1 https://myanimelist.net/stacks/17812
Part 3 https://myanimelist.net/stacks/18660

Many manga were published in Brazil, i chose a few for this list.

Manga on Crunchyroll
Part 2 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/19736

Manga on Kindle Unlimited
Part 1 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/6823
Part 2 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/7370
Part 3 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/7371
Part 4 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9506
Part 5 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9550

LGBTQ+ Manga on Kindle Unlimited - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/8144

Free on Book Walker - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9163

Manga on Comixology Unlimited - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9505

I only count the editorials that stills publishing to this day: IVREA, Panini Manga, Ovnipress, Kemuri, Utopia, Distrito Manga and Pop Fiction.

PART I: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/21070
PART II: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/21071
PART III: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/21075
PART IV: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/21100
PART V: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/21116
PART VI: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/21149
PART VII: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/21150
PART VIII: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/21152

In many manga, the protagonist is an interesting character, but next to him or her is a group of uninteresting characters (friends, lovers, relatives, servants, pets, colleagues, teachers, clients, etc.), who almost do not differ from each other and easily disappear from readers' memory, and they are needed in the plot only to regularly emphasize the level of attractiveness of the protagonist in the eyes of the readers.

This list contains some manga where the protagonist is initially surrounded by a group of interesting characters or they gradually appear in his or her life as the story develops.

This is not a list of psychological or philosophical manga intended for psychologists or philosophers, this is a list of comedy shounens, romantic comedies and other entertaining manga intended for a general reader.

The characters in these manga can be simple and superficial, but many readers remember them well and don't usually confuse them with characters from other manga.