ONE PIECE most moving manga
I must admit to being pretty much completely ignorant when it comes to manga, but I always suspect many of my visitors are avid readers, therefore I hope this pair of ranking surveys from DIMSDRIVE Research as part of their 138th Ranking Research into what manga made one cry and what manga would one recommend to others will be of interest.
Demographics
Between the 27th of March and the 3rd of April 2008 6,399 members of the DIMSDRIVE Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 52.8% of the sample was female, 1.4% in their teens, 16.5% in their twenties, 36.0% in their thirties, 28.1% in their forties, 12.6% in their fifties, and 5.4% aged sixty or older.
About the only manga I’ve read has been Darling ha Gaikokujin, which I can recommend. Note that they are explicitly referring to books here, not TV or movie adaptations or original stories.
In Q1, men chose exclusively male-targetted titles for their top ten, but women had both male and female titles.
Ranking results
Q1: What manga that you have read has made you cry? (Sample size=6,399, free answer)
Rank 日本語 Title Votes 1 ONE PIECE ONE PIECE 350 2 SLAM DUNK SLAM DUNK 185 3 タッチ Touch 181 4 あしたのジョー Tomorrow’s Joe 139 5 ベルサイユのばら Rose of Versailles 138 6 キャンディ・キャンディ Candy Candy 131 7 はだしのゲン Barefoot Gen 109 8 エースをねらえ！ Ace o Nerae! 107 9 生徒諸君！ Seito Shokun! 105 10 ドラえもん Doraemon 95 11= 天使なんかじゃない Tenshi Nanka Ja Nai 92 11= NANA NANA 92 13 北斗の拳 Fist of the North Star 85 14 赤ちゃんと僕 Akachan to boku 84 15 巨人の星 Star of the Giants 74 Q1: What manga that you have read has made you cry? (Sample size=6,399, free answer)
Rank Male N=3,020 Votes Female N=3,379 Votes 1 ONE PIECE ONE PIECE 115 ONE PIECE ONE PIECE 235 2 あしたのジョー Tomorrow’s Joe 114 ベルサイユのばら Rose of Versailles 124 3 タッチ Touch 87 キャンディ・キャンディ Candy Candy 115 4 SLAM DUNK SLAM DUNK 80 SLAM DUNK SLAM DUNK 105 5 北斗の拳 Fist of the North Star 67 タッチ Touch 94 6 巨人の星 Star of the Giants 62 天使なんかじゃない Tenshi Nanka Ja Nai 92 7 はだしのゲン Barefoot Gen 54 生徒諸君！ Seito Shokun! 89 8 ドラえもん Doraemon 47 エースをねらえ！ Ace o Nerae! 88 9 がんばれ元気 Do Your Best Genki 39 NANA NANA 84 10 火の鳥 Phoenix 27 赤ちゃんと僕 Akachan to boku 75 Q2: What manga would you recommend to others? (Sample size=6,399, free answer)
Rank 日本語 Title Votes 1 SLAM DUNK SLAM DUNK 198 2 ONE PIECE ONE PIECE 178 3 ブラックジャック Black Jack 154 4 火の鳥 Phoenix 132 5 DRAGON BALL DRAGON BALL 100 6 のだめカンゼビレ Nodame Cantabile 86 7= あさきゆめみし Asakiyumemishi 85 7= NANA NANA 85 9 ベルサイユのばら Rose of Versailles 83 10 三国志 Sangokushi 81 11= あしたのジョー Tomorrow’s Joe 78 11= 北斗の拳 Fist of the North Star 78 13= ガラスの仮面 The Glass Mask 76 13= タッチ Touch 76 15 ドラえもん Doraeman 68 Q2: What manga would you recommend to others? (Sample size=6,399, free answer)
Rank Male N=3,020 Votes Female N=3,379 Votes 1 SLAM DUNK SLAM DUNK 78 ONE PIECE ONE PIECE 129 2 火の鳥 Phoenix 76 SLAM DUNK SLAM DUNK 120 3 ブラックジャック Black Jack 75 あさきゆめみし Asakiyumemishi 82 4= あしたのジョー Tomorrow’s Joe 65 NANA NANA 82 4= 北斗の拳 Fist of the North Star 65 ブラックジャック Black Jack 79 6 三国志 Sangokushi 63 ベルサイユのばら Rose of Versailles 77 7 DRAGON BALL DRAGON BALL 57 ガラスの仮面 The Glass Mask 73 8 ONE PIECE ONE PIECE 49 のだめカンタービレ Nodame Cantabile 73 9 タッチ Touch 46 火の鳥 Phoenix 56 10 美味しんぼ Oishinbo 40 花より男子 Boys Over Flowers 50
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billywest said,
May 19, 2008 @ 03:27
Can’t say any of the manga I’ve read has made me cry, but then again, I’ve read very little.
Like the horror stuff, though.
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Tudza said,
May 19, 2008 @ 08:26
One Piece? One Piece?!! For that to come up on top I must judge that Japan is not only a foreign country, but a country peopled by an alien race.
Jerry Lewis comes to mind, but he started in America. Let’s say then that Jerry Lewis was French. Why the French find him funny, we Americans cannot say.
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Janne said,
May 19, 2008 @ 23:29
OK, I really like One Piece; it’s the only manga I’ve been able to stand. That said, a major reason I like it is because the world and the narrative reads like it’s coming straight out of a long-running role-playing campaign, and a decidedly geeky one at that. So I’m a bit surprised that it would place so highly overall, and _very_ surprised that it actually places higher among younger women than men.
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Mei said,
July 14, 2008 @ 08:51
Hell yes One Piece is the most moving manga. I’ve been trying to tell people for a while now… Don’t underestimate it!
Erica Heagerty said,
July 14, 2008 @ 10:21
The only two I’ve read on these lists are One Piece and NANA, and I have to say those are my two favorites.
I’m not surprised One Piece was rated the most moving manga in Japan; it’s deceptively complex under its simple art. I suppose the thing that gets people to cry the most is about the characters; about their dreams and what it means to be a friend.
I know it’s the best damn manga I’ve read– and I’m female, too. It’s made me cry at least 6 times. (And really makes you think about the world in general.)
It’s hard to get used to, but HIGHLY recommended. You won’t regret it.
... said,
July 20, 2008 @ 15:48
wow one piece made peeps cry read rurouni kenshin at thw part wher kouru died was horble well the author recieved hundrededs of complaintes so he had to make the death fake but
Dae-kun said,
August 19, 2008 @ 12:39
wow…great RK spoiler…I haven’t even finished reading the manga…
anyway, there’s no surprise on One Piece either. Its also one of the highest selling current manga in Japan. Mostly the characters what make this moving..its always like that and the characters tend to have great dreams, something you want to see them do and their feats in order to accomplish those dreams only strengthen it.