Key Facts

• LINE Manga announced its 2025 First Half Rankings
• Medalist ranked No.1 in the collected volumes category
• Tears of a Withered Flower topped the serialization category
• Rankings were based on readers, likes, and purchases from Jan 1–Jun 30

LINE Manga has released its 2025 First Half Rankings, highlighting the most-read works on the platform from January 1 to June 30. Medalist secured the top spot in the collected volumes category, while Tears of a Withered Flower, a newly serialized webtoon, led the rankings in the ongoing series category. The results reflect combined metrics including reader count, likes, and purchases.

Medalist Ranks First in Collected Volumes

LINE Manga released its 2025 first-half rankings, based on multiple metrics including reader count, likes, and purchases during the period of January 1 to June 30, 2025.

In the collected volumes category, Medalist (by Ikada Tsuruma / Kodansha) ranked No.1. The title is also confirmed to receive a second season of its TV anime adaptation on the TV Asahi network.

Medalist depicts a story in which the protagonist, Inori Yukisue, develops her talent in figure skating, while Tsukasa Amahara grows into a capable coach. Together, they aim to become medalists.

The second- and third-place titles in the collected volumes category were Kingdom (by Yasuhisa Hara / Shueisha) and Ao Ashi (by Yugo Kobayashi / Shogakukan), respectively.

Tears of a Withered Flower Leads Serialized Works

In the serialization category, Tears of a Withered Flower ranked first. The work is an original webtoon that began serialization in March 2025. Despite its recent start, it earned the top position over numerous popular titles. The story has been described as an adult romance that carefully portrays complex emotions.

The second place in the serialization category went to Not Your Typical Reincarnation Story, while Teenage Mercenary, which has an anime adaptation confirmed, ranked third.

🏆 Full Rankings: Collected Volumes (Top 20)

1.Medalist (Ikada Tsuruma / Kodansha)
2.Kingdom (Yasuhisa Hara / Shueisha)
3.Ao Ashi (Yugo Kobayashi / Shogakukan)
4.That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (Fuse, Taiki Kawakami, Mitz Vah / Kodansha)
5.The Apothecary Diaries (Natsu Hyuuga, Nekokurage, Itsuki Nanao, Touko Shino / Square Enix)
6.Blue Lock (Muneyuki Kaneshiro, Yusuke Nomura / Kodansha)
7.Shangri-La Frontier (Katarina, Ryosuke Fuji / Kodansha)
8.SLAM DUNK (Takehiko Inoue / Shueisha)
9.Nami Uraraka ni, Meoto Biyori (Hachi Nishika / Kodansha)
10.The Apothecary Diaries: Maomao’s Court Mysteries (Natsu Hyuuga, Minoji Kurata, Touko Shino / Shogakukan)
11.From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman (Kazuki Sato, Shigeru Sagazaki, Tetsuhiro Nabeshima / Akita Shoten)
12.SAKAMOTO DAYS (Yuto Suzuki / Shueisha)
13.Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun (Osamu Nishi / Akita Shoten)
14.ONE PIECE (Monochrome Edition) (Eiichiro Oda / Shueisha)
15.Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End (Kanehito Yamada, Tsukasa Abe / Shogakukan)
16.Jujutsu Kaisen (Gege Akutami / Shueisha)
17.Diary of a Master's Love (Yu Yoshinaga / Shogakukan)
18.Dandadan (Yukinobu Tatsu / Shueisha)
19.Easygoing Territory Defense by the Optimistic Lord (Maro Aoiro, So Akaike, Ten / OVERLAP)
10.Under Ninja (Kengo Hanazawa / Kodansha)

🏆Full Rankings: Serialization (Top 20)

1.Tears of a Withered Flower (Gae / LINE Manga)
2.Not Your Typical Reincarnation Story (lemonfrog, DOYOSAY, A-Jin / MSTORYHUB, LINE Manga)
3.Teenage Mercenary (YC, rakhyun / LINE Manga)
4.Solo Leveling (DUBU [REDICE STUDIO], Chugong, h-goon / D&C MEDIA)
5.Savior of Divine Blood (Shunji Eto, Silou, 3rd Ie / Studio No.9)
6.Nano Mashin (GGBG, Great H, HANJUNG WOLYA / RIVERSE)
7.The Academy's Genius Swordsman (C.H, SeoGwando / BLUEPIC)
8.The Problematic Prince (Solche, CACTUS / SEOUL MEDIA COMICS)
9.I'm the Max-Level Newbie (WAN.Z [REDICE STUDIO], Maslow, swingbat / RIVERSE)
10.The Remarried Empress (Alphatart, SUMPUL, HereLee / MSTORYHUB)
11.Codename: Badlaw (Kim Jung-hyun, Lim Lina / LINE Manga)
12.I Thought I Had Little Time Left! (Essie, hyeyong, Ari Choi / LINE Manga)
13.The Age of Arrogance (lemonfrog, SOY MEDIA, Hansol / SOY MEDIA)
14.Surviving the Game as a Barbarian (MIDNIGHT STUDIO, Team the JICK, Jung Yoon-kang / C&C Revolution Inc.)
15.Cry, or Better Yet, Beg (VAN JI, Solche / LINE Manga)
16.Beloved Tyrant (LICO, Cersei / STUDIO LICO)
17.I Am the Strongest Transcendent (Shunji Eto, Fuwai, Kenta Tsuchida / Studio No.9)
18.The Stellar Swordmaster (juno, Hong Dae Ui, Q10 / LINE Manga)
19.The Reborn Young Lord is an Assassin (swingbat, CoffeeLime / REDICE STUDIO)
20.Can't Get Enough of You (FLADA, VODAUVEU, KwonKwon / LINE Manga)

Source : ORICON NEWS