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Ah! My Goddess manga has run from september 1988 to june 2014, and that is 25
years, 9 months.

Of the manga series that have already ended by this posting (before september
2016), what is the longest-running one?

Is it Ah! My Goddess? Or is there an even longer one?

I'm more interested in the time between the first and the last chapter, but if
you can **in addition to** make a point for the one with more chapters, that
is also acceptable


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What is the longest-running manga series that has already ended before september 2016?


The series mentioned by senshin in the comments are hard to beat. But here is
a new record:

Chiisana Koi no Monogatari (小さな恋のものがたり) ran for **52 years** , from 1962 to
2014.

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/VbHmQ.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/VbHmQ.jpg)[![enter
image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/knabM.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/knabM.jpg)

It was created by Chikako Mitsuhashi and published by Manga Time. A total of
43 were published.

Sources:
[wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_manga_series_by_volume_count)
and
[myanimelist](https://myanimelist.net/manga/75265/Chiisana_Koi_no_Monogatari).

According to the same wikipedia article, the record to most chapters seem to
go to Sazae-san, with **6477** , and the one for more volumes published to
Nijitte Monogatari with **111**.


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