Manga Like One Piece: 5 Series to Read Next
The best manga like One Piece is Naruto. Both follow a young troublemaker with one huge dream. This list ranks five Japanese series on how much they share with One Piece: a big goal, a long road, and a hero who starts with nothing.
Some keep the dream, one keeps the journey, and each reason says what carries over. This site lists only series whose facts it has confirmed on two official sources, so some well-known picks are left out until their records pass. For more picks in the same vein, see manga like Naruto.
1Naruto
- Japanese manga
- Completed
Naruto Uzumaki wants to become Hokage, the same kind of huge dream as Luffy's. Both are long Shueisha series about a troublemaker with a huge dream. Naruto stays closer to home, in a ninja village rather than out at sea.
Read on VIZ2Kingdom
- Japanese manga
- Ongoing
Kingdom is the pick if you liked the long road to the top. Xin, a war orphan from a poor village, wants to become a great general, and his road runs up through the ranks of the army in ancient China. It is a war story, with warnings for war violence.
Read on VIZ3Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End
- Japanese manga
- Ongoing
Frieren is a journey story like One Piece, but it starts after the big adventure is over. An elf mage who helped defeat the Demon King sets out on a new journey to learn about people. Its goal is to understand people, not to win a prize.
Read on VIZ4My Hero Academia
- Japanese manga
- Completed
Izuku Midoriya dreams of becoming a hero in a world where nearly everyone has a superpower. Like Luffy, he looks up to the people he wants to become. It is set in a world of superheroes, not on the open sea.
Read on VIZ5Bleach
- Japanese manga
- Completed
Bleach is another long Shueisha action series. Ichigo Kurosaki, a high school student who can see ghosts, becomes a Soul Reaper who guards the afterlife. It ran from 2001 to 2016, so it is a long read that has an ending.
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Questions people ask
What is the best manga like One Piece?
Naruto is the best manga like One Piece on this list. Both are long Shueisha series about a young troublemaker with one huge dream. Luffy wants to become King of the Pirates, and Naruto wants to become Hokage. Naruto stays in a ninja village rather than sailing the seas.
Is there an adventure manga like One Piece?
Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End is the adventure manga like One Piece on this list, with a twist. It begins after the big quest is over. Frieren, an elf mage who helped defeat the Demon King, sets out on a new journey to understand people. It is built around travel and what she learns about people.
Is there a finished manga like One Piece?
Naruto, My Hero Academia and Bleach are marked completed in this site’s records, checked November 3, 2026. Kingdom and Frieren are still running, like One Piece. If you want a long story that has already ended, Naruto or Bleach is the safest pick here.
Is there a manga like One Piece about rising from nothing?
Kingdom is the manga like One Piece about rising from nothing. Xin is a war orphan from a poor village in ancient China who dreams of becoming a great general. His road runs up through the ranks of the army, toward a goal no one has reached before: uniting China.
Where can I read manga like One Piece legally?
Every manga on this list has an official English page on VIZ. The button on each card goes straight to that page. This site does not list unofficial reading sites. You can browse every checked series in the manga directory.
How this was checked
Checked November 3, 2026. Every pick’s facts come from its title record, checked that day against the official platform or publisher pages and Wikidata. The status, length and reading button on each card come from that record, not from this text. Picks were chosen from titles whose official pages share One Piece’s core: a big goal, a long road, and a hero who starts with nothing. Ranked on how close that match is.
What this page does not claim. This page does not claim any pick is as long as One Piece, because chapter counts for these manga are not confirmed in the records. No pick is ranked on popularity, and no reason here goes past the setup of the story.
What would change this page. A new series passing this site’s checks, or a platform dropping a series. If a card here no longer matches the platform, the platform is right and this page is stale.