The digital manga service LINE Manga has announced its 2025 annual rankings. Ranking the most popular works from January 1 to October 31, 2025, the "Serial Ranking" saw Gae's original webtoon "Tears for Withered Flowers," take the top spot. The series began serialization in March of this year and also debuted at number one in the "LINE Manga 2025 First Half Rankings." Following on from last year, Yasuhisa Hara's "Kingdom" (Shueisha) took the top spot in the "Book Ranking."
LINE Manga will be holding a campaign called "LINE Manga UTAGE 2025 WINTER" from December 5th to 25th. In the weekly quest event, you can enjoy app features such as "Read with a ¥0 Pass" and "Use a Gacha Ticket" by completing quests that allow you to get items such as Gacha Tickets and coupons. If you complete all of the weekly quests within a one-week period, you will receive 50 Manga Coins. There will also be a free campaign for popular and trending titles.
◇ "LINE Manga 2025 Annual Ranking (Serial)" (titles omitted)
1st place "Tears for Withered Flowers" (Gae/LINE Manga) 2nd place "I Thought It Was Just a Typical Young Lady's Reincarnation" (Original Story: lemonfrog, Adaptation: DOYOSAY, Illustration: A-Jin/LINE Manga) 3rd place "Teenage Mercenary" (Original Story: YC, Illustration: rakhyun/LINE Manga) 4th place "Solo Leveling" (Manga: DUBU (REDICE STUDIO), Original Story: Chugong, Adaptation: h-goon/D&C MEDIA) 5th place "Nano Genie" (Art: GGBG, Adaptation: Great H, Original Story: HANJUNG WOLYA/LINE Manga) 6th place "Divine Blood Savior ~Winning the 0.00000001% Chance to Become the Strongest~" (Original Story: Eto Shunji, Line Art: Shiro, Background: 3rd Ie, Coloring and Production: Studio No.9/Studio No.9) 7th place "The Academy's Genius Swordsman" (Text and Illustration: CH Original work: Seo Gwando/LINE Manga) 8th place "I'm the Only Level Max Beginner" (Adaptation: WAN.Z (redice studio) Original work: Maslow Art: swingbat/LINE Manga) 9th place "The Problematic Prince" (Original work: Solche Manga: CACTUS/LINE Manga) 10th place "I Request Approval for Remarriage" (Alphatart, SUMPUL, HereLee/LINE Manga) 11th place "Codename: Bad Low" (Story: Kim Jeong Hyun Art: Lim Lina/LINE Manga) 12th place "I Reincarnated as a Barbarian" (Art: MIDNIGHT STUDIO Adaptation: Team the JICK Original work: Jung Yoon-kang/LINE Manga) 13th place "I Thought I Had Only a Short Time Left to Live! (Manga: Essie Adaptation: hyeyong Original work: Ari Choi/LINE Manga) 14th place "Cry, You Can Beg" (Manga: VAN JI Original work: Solche/LINE Manga) 15th place "Sword Master of the Star Sword" (Art: juno, Adaptation: Hong Dae Ui, Original work: Q10/LINE Manga) 16th place "Manager K" (Adaptation: Man's story, Art: jongteak Jung, Production: PTJ COMICS/LINE Manga) 17th place "My Beloved Oppressor" (Adaptation and Art: LICO, Original work: Cersei/LINE Manga) 18th place "A Relationship I Can't Leave Alone" (Original work: FLADA, Adaptation: VODAUVEU, Art: Kwon Kwon/LINE Manga) 19th place "The Age of Pride" (Adaptation: SOY MEDIA, Art: Hansol, Original work: Lemonfrog/LINE Manga) 20th place "I'm the Only Strongest Transcendent - Recognized by the World's Cheat Masters" (Original work: Eto Shunji, Storyboard: Fuwai, Line Art: Tsuchida Kenta, Background: 3rd Ie, Coloring: maruco, Production: Studio No.9/Studio No.9)
◇ "LINE Manga 2025 Annual Ranking (Book)" (titles omitted)
1st place: "Kingdom" (Hara Yasuhisa/Shueisha) 2nd place: "Aoashi" (Kobayashi Yugo/Shogakukan) 3rd place: "The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity" (Mikami Saka/Kodansha) 4th place: "That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime" (Fuse, Kawakami Taiki, Mitz Vah/Kodansha) 5th place: "Blue Lock" (Muneyuki Kaneshiro Muneyuki, Yusuke Nomura/Kodansha) 6th place: "Medalist" (Tsuruma Ikada/Kodansha) 7th place: "Shangri-La Frontier" (Kyoto Rina, Fuji Ryosuke/Kodansha) 8th place: "I was Backstabbed in a Backwater Dungeon'" (Ohmae Takashi, Meikyou Shisui, tef/Kodansha) 9th place: "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba" (Koyoharu Gotouge/Shueisha) 10th place: "The Apothecary Diaries" (original story: Natsu Hyuga, art: Neko Kurage, story: Nanao Ikki, character design: Touko Shino/Square Enix) 11th place "My Dress-up Darling" (Fukuda Shinichi/Square Enix) 12th place "SAKAMOTO DAYS" (Suzuki Yuto/Shueisha) 13th place "Kaiju No. 8" (Naoya Matsumoto/Shueisha) 14th place "ONE PIECE" monochrome version (Eiichiro Oda/Shueisha) 15th place "A Calm Sea and Beautiful Days with You" (Nishi Kahachi/Kodansha) 16th place "Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun" (Nishi Osamu/Akita Shoten) 17th place "SLAM DUNK" (Takehiko Inoue/Shueisha) 18th place "Dandadan" (Yukinobu Tatsu/Shueisha) 19th place "Chainsaw Man" (Tatsuki Fujimoto/Shueisha) 20th place "Until the Chore-Giving Master Realizes His Own Strength" (Arakawa Shin, Tokura Hajime / Futabasha)
