Summary
One Pieceis well known for being one of the greatest manga and anime franchises of all time. It is also known asone of the longest manga series of all time, with (to date) 110 volumes, and 1,135 mainline chapters (1,143 if one counts the extras). For many,One Pieceis the longest story they have ever read.
However,One Pieceis not even close to being one of the longest manga series ever. Manga as a medium has existed for decades, and many series have managed to stay published for just as long, if not longer. Here are some manga that are longer thanOne Piece.
Updated June 16, 2025 by David Heath:Few manga get to reach 100 chapters, let alone over 1,000. Most aspiring creators will likely end up with a few projects that get cut short before one catches on. Even then, their creative juices can only last so long. Akira Toriyama found himself running dry after Dragon Ball Z’s Cell Saga, and Buronson was happy to end Fist of the North Star with its leads riding into the sunset until the editors told him to keep going.
So, One Piece is one of the few standouts to maintain its momentum for as long as it has, and it’s since managed to beat some of the old entries on this list, like Abu-san. But there are still a few strips that exceed Luffy’s pirate adventures in either volumes, chapters, or both, from big names to runs largely exclusive to Japan. So, this update includes these lengthy strips, and how they’ve exceeded One Piece’s length.
24Asari-chan
102 Volumes, 1,738 Chapters
One PiecehasAsari-chanbeat in volumes, but not in chapters. It still needs 600+ more to overcome it there. Though then again,Asari-chan’s tales weren’t epic tales of heroism on the high seas. Created by sisters Marumi and Mariko Muroyama (jointly credited under the elder sister’s name), they were simple gag strips about the different scrapes the titular character would get into at school, with her family, and more.
In other words, it wasCrayon Shin-chanbeforeCrayon Shin-chan, and it soon became one of the best-selling shojo manga strips of all time. It lasted a while too, ending regular publication in 2014. But it continued to get the odd volume up to 2023, likeAsari-chan in Paris, where the sports-loving young girl would introduce her own brand of trouble to the French capital.
23Super Radical Gag Family
103+ Volumes, 1,451+ Chapters
LikeAsari-chan,Super Radical Gag FamilyhasOne Piecebeaten in chapters, albeit only by a few hundred installments. Even then, that includes all of its different sequel series. The story is essentially the same across all of them, as Kotetsu, his family, and friends get into surreal, wacky adventures in their hometown of Urayasu, often with gross-out humor (Kotetsu kindly offers up some Chupa-Chups to his friends, who are unaware that he was storing them in his underpants).
Nonetheless, if readers wanted to keep track of the stories in order, they’d have to start withSuper Radical Gag Family, which ended in 2001. Then, they move toGanso! Super Radical Gag Family(ended in 2010), thenMaido! Super Radical Gag Family(2018), before getting up to date withAppare! Super Radical Gag Family. It seems so long as there’s a rude joke or an adjective out there, there will always be a place for the manga series to go.
22Detective Conan/Case Closed
106+ Volumes, 1,136+ Chapters
Detective Conan, akaCase Closedin the West, is an episodic detective mystery series about Shinichi Kudo, a teen detective turned into a child by the mysterious criminal organization he was investigating. Taking on the alias Conan Edogawa, he continues his sleuthing in a bid to track the organization down again and restore his body.Detective Conanis a massive franchise, with ananime series that is just as longas the manga and a movie franchise that releases a new entry annually.
Detective Conanis an interesting entry here as it has fewer volumes thanOne Piecedoes (106to 110). However, it has run for longer, having been serialized inWeekly Shōnen Sundaysince 1994 (predatingOne Pieceby three years), and beat Luffy to the 1,000th chapter mark back in 2017, 3–4 years beforeOne Piece. However, the two series now have the same number of chapters, withOne Piecebeing longer if readers count its extra segments. The child detective offers a dense read, but Luffy’s adventures are beginning to offer more.
21Shizukanaru Don-Yakuza Side Story
108 Volumes, 1,175 Chapters
Shizukanaru Don-Yakuza Side Storywas originally on this list and then taken off becauseOne Pieceoutpaced its chapters. Which proved to be short-sighted as it still has more chapters than Eiichiro Oda’s magnum opus. Even then, creator Tatsuo Nitta came back to the story of the silent mob boss in 2023 via its sequel,Shizukanaru Don-Another Last Chapter, which is currently 3 volumes and 28 chapters into its run. Put the two together, and it’s 111 volumes, 1,203 chapters.
Both are about Shizuya Kondo, the son of a yakuza patriarch who chose to follow a legitimate career instead of following in his father’s footsteps. But when his father is assassinated, Shizuya is left as the sole inheritor to his “family.” By this point, he had already become a fashion designer for women’s lingerie. So now he has to do his best to keep his ‘second job’ a secret from his coworkers.
20Captain Tsubasa
110 Volumes, 1,026 Chapters
WithoutCaptain Tsubasa, fans wouldn’t haveBlue Lock,Ao Ashi,DaysorBe Bluestoday. It even got some famous soccer players into the sport, like Lionel Messi and Zinedine Zidane. Even so, it makes for beefy reading, as Tsubasa Ozora’s journey from a football hopeful to an Olympic athlete covers 9 parts.
From the simply titledCaptain TsubasatoCaptain Tsubasa: Rising Sun-The Final, they form a total of 110 volumes, which is only one volume more thanOne Piece. Since Tsubasa’s journey finally came to an end after 43 years of publication, it won’t take long for the still-runningOne Pieceto overcome it. It already has more chapters, but both comics had the same number of volumes at the time of this writing.
19Nijitte Monogatari
111 Volumes, 1,276 Chapters
Kazuo Koike is one of the most iconic names in manga, writing famous strips likeLone Wolf & Cub,Lady Snowblood,Crying Freeman, andMad Bull 34. However, none of them ran for as long asNijitte Monogatari. It’s not particularly well-known, with its MAL and Anime Planet pages lacking a proper synopsis for either its inaugural strip or its two sequels.
It saw Fujikake Iigo and his assistant Yuzo solve cases for Tadasuke Oka, a real-life magistrate famous in Japan for being an effective judge and establishing the country’s first fire brigade. The bulk of its run was between 1978 and 2003, making up 1,254 chapters, with its sequels,Shin Nijitte MonogatariandShin Nijitte Monogatari: Tsurujirou,beefing it up to 1,276 chapters across 111 volumes.One Pieceis close to it in volume numbers but needs 141 more installments to beat its chapter count.
18Oishinbo
111 Volumes, 1,039 Chapters
To commemorate his newspaper’s 100th anniversary, journalist Shiro Yamaoka is given the job of coming up with the ‘Ultimate Menu’. He’s known for being a blunt slacker, but he’s also a great cook with a well-defined palate and in-depth knowledge of food and drink. In other words, he’s a keen gourmet, orOishinbo. So, with his partner Yuko Kurita, the two set about to discern which dishes go on the menu.
Oishinbodebuted inBig Comic Spiritsand ran for 31 years, where it was put on indefinite hiatus in 2014. Its last storyline, ‘The Truth of Fukushima’, linked a spate of nosebleeds in the city with radiation from the Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. While refugees from the area had suffered nosebleeds, health officials found no connection between them and radiation sickness. Kariya stood by his research, saying “I can only write the truth”, but he hasn’t been able to updateOishinbosince, leaving it at 111 volumes, just 1 more thanOne Pieceas of this writing.
17Haguregumo
112 Volumes, 1,039 Chapters
Haguregumois a historical comedythat follows the life of Kumo, his wife Kame, and their two children. The family is known for being slackers, with Kumo standing out as an incorrigible womanizer. The manga chronicles their many misadventures and hijinks against the backdrop of feudal-era Edo. It’s a surprisingly light affair compared to Akiyama’s other historical strip,Asura, which scandalized readers at the time with its depictions of murder and cannibalism. It’s like finding out the guy behindHouse of 1,000 Corpsesmade aMunstersmovie.
The series ran inBig Comic Originalfor 44 years, where its chapter count was exceeded by its volume count, reaching 112 volumes before its end in 2017. The series was popular during its time, receiving an anime in 1978, and a movie in 1982. But its fame has largely been limited to Japan, with few people outside the country being all that familiar with it.
16Tsuribaka Nisshi
114+ Volumes, 1,079+ Chapters
Running inBig Comic Originalsince 1979,Tsuribaka Nisshi(‘Diary of a Fishing Nut’) is another simple slice-of-life comedy that hit big in Japan but didn’t catch on internationally. It’s about Densuke ‘Hama-chan’ Hamasaki, an unambitious salaryman who doesn’t care about rocketing up the career ladder. He’d rather relax, preferably by going fishing, as there’s more to life than money and plans.
It doesn’t do much to impress his wife, Michiko, or his supervisor, Kazuo. But he cements his place at Suzuki Construction when he befriends Ichinosuke ‘Su-San’ Suzuki, the CEO of his workplace and a keen fisherman himself. It’s a humble comic that’s managed to produce over 114 volumes and is still running today.One Pieceis likely to catch up, but as it’s winding down,Tsuribaka Nisshicould outlive it by taking life at its own pace, as Hama-chan does.
15Mahjong Hiryu Densetsu: Tenpai
116 Volumes, 1,142 Chapters
Mahjong Hiryu Densetsu: Tenpai, or justTenpaifor short, follows the story of Shun Okimoto, who dreams of being a professional mahjong player. As he wanders through Shinjuku looking for new places to play, he meets a variety of mahjong players who challenge his ability and skill at the game. The series ran inWeekly Manga Gorakufor 25 years, concluding with 116 volumes in 2022.
Mahjong manga and anime don’t tend to be too popular outside Asia, and someYakuza/Like a Dragonplayers, but they are quite lucrative within the continent. AlongsideTenpai, some big names in the subgenre includeAkagi,by the same creator asKaiji: Ultimate Survivor, andThe Legend of Koizumi, where the (then-) Prime Minister of Japan challenges world leaders past and present to the tile-based game.
