The rankings for the first half of 2026 for the digital comic service "LINE Manga" were announced on July 17th. In the serialization rankings, "Tears for Withered Flowers," an original webtoon from "LINE Manga," was selected as number one. The same work also won first place in "LINE Manga's" annual rankings for 2025, and in May of this year, the first pop-up shop in Japan opened for it.
"Tears for Withered Flowers" tells the story of Juri, who, after being cheated on by her husband, burdened with enormous debt, and losing her child, finds her heart stirred by a mysterious younger man who appears and asks her to "teach me about adult love."
In the manga volume (comics) rankings, "Kingdom" took first place. The series also topped the annual rankings for 2024 and 2025, and the latest live-action film, "Kingdom: The Soulful Battle," which was released on July 17th, has also been generating buzz.
◇LINE Manga 2026 First Half Ranking (Serialized) (Titles omitted)
1st: Tears for a Withered Flower (Gae/LINE Manga) 2nd: Teenage Mercenary(Original: YC, Art: rakhyun/LINE Manga) 3rd: Childhood Friend Complex (EUNHI/LINE Manga) 4th: Problematic Prince (Original: Solche, Manga: CACTUS/LINE Manga) 5th: Under the Oak Tree (Adaptation: Seomal/namu, Art: P, Original: Kim Suji/RIDI) 6th: A True Man (Original: Lucas, Art: Dogado, Script: Ha Neulso/LINE Manga) 7th: Only I Am Level MAX Beginner (Adaptation: WAN.Z (redice studio), Original: Maslow, Art: swingbat/LINE Manga) 8th: Reincarnated as a Barbarian (Art: MIDNIGHT STUDIO, Adaptation: Team the JICK, Original: Jung Yoon-kang/LINE Manga) 9th 10th: Nano Demon (Illustration: GGBG, Adaptation: Great H, Original: HANJUNG WOLYA/LINE Manga) 11th: The Academy's Genius Swordsman (Text & Illustration: CH, Original: SeoGwando/LINE Manga) 12th: The Star Sword's Sword Master (Illustration: juno, Adaptation: Hong Dae Ui, Original: Q10/LINE Manga) 13th: Try Crying, You Can Beg (Manga: VAN JI, Original: Solche/LINE Manga) 14th: The Savior of Divine Blood ~Drawing the 0.00000001% and Becoming the Strongest~ (Original: Eto Shunji, Line Art: Hayate, Background: 3rd Ie, Coloring & Production: Studio No.9/Studio No.9) 15th: It Seems I'm Called to Be a Grand Duchess (Adaptation: LICO, Illustration: CHYAMI, Original: LECHIMONA/LINE Manga) 16. I'm Too Powerful After Reincarnation, So I'll Play a Background Character (Original: HHAANN, Art: LIMYE / LINE Manga) 17. A Relationship I Can't Leave Alone (Original: FLADA, Adaptation: VODAUVEU, Art: Kwon Kwon / LINE Manga) 18. The Engineer Sitting Next to Me Seems to Want to Change Jobs (Original: Woo Si-mok, Art: Lee Ha-an / LINE Manga) 19. The Greatest Territory Designer in History (Original: BK_Moon, Art: Kim Hyunsoo, Adaptation: Lee hyunmin / LINE Manga) 20. A Girl Who Looks Like You (Manga: PATNOC, Original: FLADA / LINE Manga) 20. The Duchess of War Spoils (Art: Candlebambi, Storyboard/Adaptation: Saedle, Original: Lemon Frog / LINE Manga)
