But let’s not fool ourselves into thinking that we read stories because we want to know how they end. No tale can last forever, which is a good thing in some ways. When you reach the end of a long journey, you feel a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction that you’ve accomplished your goal and completed an adventure. It’s difficult to read a partially completed story and hope it will eventually reach its natural conclusion. It feels like a considerable risk, given that an unfinished account feels almost as unsatisfying as not reading the series. Unfortunately, this happens occasionally with animated film adaptations of famous manga series.
Haikyuu:
Unfortunately, the Karasuno Crows’ adventures in the manga have already come to an end. It would be a negative aspect to say how far the manga departs from the events of season four, but there is a conclusion to their story. The most recent chapter is already more than a year old, released in July 2020. However, for fans who can’t bear the story’s conclusion, a spin-off series called Haikyubu has released a few chapters. Still, it’s refreshing to see a sports anime end things, as their editors constantly tell both it and the Shonen Action genre to keep the story going indefinitely.
Rakudai Ninja Rantaro:
Rakudai Ninja Rantaro is the Japanese equivalent of The Simpsons. It’s one of several long-running anime shows compared to this Western hit. The total number of volumes collected was 65. The anime began a few years later, in 1993, and has aired over two thousand episodes. Because there is no ongoing official translation, it is a very obscure anime and manga for Western fans. That could be because it’s a comedy ninja anime with very current and specific jokes about Japan. It would be difficult to translate. Fans are assisting, but whether or not one can read Japanese, the fact remains that this is a completed manga.
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba
Kimetsu, no Yaiba’s manga run, was the shortest on this list. The manga began in 2016 and ended in 2020, with a total of twenty-three volumes collected. The anime began in 2019, had one season, just premiered its film in Japan in 2020, and the second season of the anime has just started airing this Fall 2021 season. In any case, it’s unusual for a shounen series to conclude so quickly, especially since Demon Slayer was giving One Piece a run for its money in terms of sales. That will not prevent a flood of Demon Slayer-related media from flooding the market in the coming years. But, if they’re all of comparable quality to the Hinokami Chronicles game, it’ll be a welcome influx.
Bleach:
Bleach’s manga series debuted in 2001. The manga lasted fifteen years and consisted of seventy-four volumes. The anime began in 2004 and ended in 2012, eight years later. The odd thing about this is that the anime never finished the manga’s final arc. It got so close and then just stopped. Tite Kubo began work on his following sequence, Burn the Witch, a few years later. For whatever reason, the anime did not return until nearly a decade later. Theoretically, the above anime is still ongoing or will be once the season begins, assumedly during one of the anime seasons in 2021.
Chainsaw Man:
Technically, this is a cheat because the Chainsaw Man anime isn’t yet available, but it’s getting close. And, with a trusted studio like Mappa at the helm, this is bound to be a smash hit like all the others. Chainsaw Man was created by Tatsuki Fujimoto, an eccentric who wrote and illustrated a Fire Punch series. Those who have read Fire Punch or Chainsaw Man know that this upcoming anime will be out of this world in terms of notion, blood and guts, and harvested dark humor. And, because the manga is already “complete,” there’s a lot of material for the anime to cover.
Anime, Anime, Anime! There seems to be a lot of manga to peruse. English options have never been more plentiful or diverse than they are now. However, if you’re new to manga, you might not want to begin with an epic, unfinished saga. Perhaps you’ve read a few standalone, single-volume manga and want to try a little longer. What are the most well-finished manga series? If you’re new to manga and haven’t seen this list of the best manga, it begins with a selection of completed series. I recommend starting with those titles. But, if you’re not new to manga and have already read some, you’re probably looking for some better-built recap episode. That’s all right!
