TOP 10 Longest Manga by Volume

 

Here's the Summary [Personal Choice]:

10. Haguregumo

Alt Name: Wandering Clouds, Vagrant Cloud 
Authors: George Akiyama (story & art) 
Year: 1973 – 2017  Volumes: 112

Tags: Drama, Historical, Romance, Seinen  

Synopsis:

Set at the end of the Edo (Tokugawa Shoganate) era, the series depicts Kumo's family with his wife, Kame, their 11-year-old son and 8-year-old daughter. They are always ignoring work and playing and Kumo is notorious for womanizing.

9. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

Alt Name: JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken  
Authors: Hirohiko Araki (story & art) 
Year: 1986 – Present  Volumes: 128+ , ongoing

Tags: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Historical, Mature, Mystery, Seinen, Shounen, Supernatural, Tragedy  

Synopsis:

While the gold rush takes Europe by storm, a young Jonathan Joestar lives a life of luxury with his father at their estate in Liverpool, England. Jonathan, known by his peers as JoJo, spends his days playing the part of a gentleman and living a carefree life. However, those peaceful days soon came to an end when Dio Brando intrudes upon him.

Dio is young boy from London who is adopted into the Joestar family due to a debt Jonathan’s father owed to Dio’s father. While Jonathan is receptive towards having a new brother, Dio schemes against the Joestars in order to inherit the fortune. As Dio’s schemes get out of hand, Jonathan is forced to confront him once and for all.

Thus begins the story of the Joestar bloodline, as Jonathan matures with and eventually combats his adoptive brother while encountering bizarre new friends and foes.

8. Hajime no Ippo

Alt Name: The Fighting!, Fighting Spirit, The Fighting! Ippo, Hajime no Ippo Gaiden: Naniwa Tiger  
Authors: George Morikawa (story & art) 
Year: 1989 – Present  Volumes: 128+, ongoing

Tags: Action, Comedy, Drama, Shounen, Slice of Life, Sports  

Synopsis:

Makunouchi Ippo is a 16-year-old high school student who helps his mother run the family business. His hefty workload impedes on his social life, making him an easy target for bullies. One day, while being beaten up by a group of high school students, Ippo is saved by a boxer named Mamoru Takamura, and is brought to the Kamogawa Boxing Gym.

This afterschool bullying session turns his life around for the better as Ippo discovers his latent talent for boxing and decides to practice the sport professionally. However, Mamoru doubts Ippo's determination and assigns him a task deemed impossible to complete, but the resolute Ippo trains tirelessly to fulfill his mission. Along the way, he finds out what it means to attain true strength while making new friends and fighting formidable foes.

7. Ginga Densetsu Series

Authors: Yoshihiro Takahashi (story & art) 
Year: 1983 – Present  Volumes: 135+, ongoing

Tags: -  

Synopsis:

Ginga (jap. 銀牙, eng. Silver Fang) is the common term for most of Yoshihiro Takahashi's dogmanga. Today, it's often described as Ginga Densetsu (jap. 銀牙伝説, eng. Silver Fang Legend). In 2014 Ginga celebrated 30 years!

In the Ginga-series the dogs talk, unlike as in Shiroi Senshi Yamato. There are repeated themes of justice, sacrifice and courage. The series typically involves a lot of battles and violence as well.

The series mainly consists of dogs known as the Ōu soldiers, and the main character is usually a member of the bearhound family.

Ginga series:

• Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin
• Ginga Densetsu Weed
• Ginga Densetsu Weed: Orion
• Ginga: The Last Wars
• Ginga Densetsu Noah

Extra Stories

Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin Shin Gaiden

• Chōmon No Tabi
• Kai No San Kyōdai
• Karadaki No Tomon
• Benizakura Hen
• Ganin

Ginga Densetsu Weed Gaiden

• Yumemiru Senshitachi
• Mel No Tabidachi
• Shion No Kaze

More

• Ginga Densetsu Riki
• Ginga Densetsu Anju To Jirōmaru
• Namonaki Inu No Uta
• Ginga Densetsu Akame
• Ginga: The First Wars
• Ginga Seiken Densetsu Meteor Gin
• Ginga Densetsu Weed Gengashū
• Ginga Densetsu Weed Meishōbu Retsuden

6. Grappler Baki

Alt Name: Baki the Grappler  
Authors: Keisuke Itagaki (story & art)  
Year: 1991 – Present  Volumes: 139+, ongoing

Tags: Action, Drama, Martial Arts, Mature, Shounen, Sports  

Synopsis:

The story revolves around Baki Hanma and his quest to proclaim himself as the strongest grappler in the world, thus taking the title from his father. Baki also fights to gain the trust of his overly psychotic mother.

5. Cooking Papa

Authors: Tochi Ueyama (story & art)  
Year: 1985 – Present  Volumes: 154+, ongoing

Tags: Comedy, Seinen, Slice of Life  

Synopsis:

The story revolves around a salaryman named Kazumi Araiwa who can cook well but is unwilling to let it be known within his workplace. He lets everyone in the company believe that his wife Nijiko Araiwa cooks his meals when, in truth, she could not prepare anything.

4. Minami no Teiō

Alt Name: Emperor of Minami, King of Minami 
Authors: TENNOUJI Dai (Story), GOU Rikiya (Art)  
Year: 1992 – Present  Volumes: 158+, ongoing

Tags: Action, Seinen  

Synopsis:

The manga centers around Ginjirou Manda, a loan shark business man who is affiliated with many Yakuza gangs in Osaka. He charges an interest rate called toichi — 10% more interest every 10 days, or 365% every year. Thanks to his unrelenting money-collecting tactics, he is feared as "Minami no Oni" or the "Demon" of Osaka's Minami business district. Even when his borrowers tries to scam him, he always finds a way to make them pay his money back.

3. Golgo 13

Alt Name: Golgo Thirteen, Duke Togo  
Authors: Takao Saito (story & art)  
Year: 1968 – Present  Volumes: 198+, ongoing

Tags: Action, Drama, Mature, Mystery, Seinen  

Synopsis:

For four decades, Golgo 13 has been the world's greatest assassin for hire. Sometimes to settle a private score, and sometimes to change history. His real name and nationality are unknown but his legend is everywhere. Golgo 13 never fails a job and never sees his clients again. Unless they try to betray him.

Note: Won the 21st Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga in 1976. Is the bestselling Seinen manga as of 2020 with 280 million volumes sold.

2. Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo

Alt Name: KochiKame: Tokyo Beat Cops, KochiKame   (こち亀)

Alt Name 2:In Katsushika Ward in Front of Kameari Park There is a Police Box 
Authors: Osamu Akimoto (story & art)  
Year: 1976 - 2016  Volumes: 200

Tags: Comedy, Shounen, Slice of Life  

Synopsis:

The typical Kochikame plot involves Ryou-san coming up with a money-making scheme by inventing a new gadget or capitalizing on a fad, achieving great success, calling on Nakagawa's help as things turn sour, and finally losing it all as the fad runs out of steam or out of control. While the plots are gag-driven, much of the humor comes from the juxtaposition of mundane characters with the bizarrely incongruous (Nakagawa's wealth, Maria's appeal, everyone's lack of actual police work), most of which is never explained or rationalized in the slightest.

Note: Won the Seiun Award for Best Comic in 2017.

1. Dokaben 

Authors: MIZUSHIMA Shinji (story & art)  
Year: 1972 - 2018  Volumes: 205

Tags: School Life, Shounen, Sports  

Synopsis:

Tarou "Dokaben" Yamada, who was a judoist while at junior high, enters Meikun High School and is talked into joining the baseball club. He displays his superb athletic abilities in baseball and becomes well-known as a hard hitter. He and his unique teammates establish Meikun a solid position as No.1 in the High School Baseball Championship games.

*The story of Dokaben continues in Dai Kōshien, Dokaben Pro Baseball Story, and Dokaben SuperStars Story.