Fumetsu no Anata e

The Kodansha Manga Award (講談社漫画賞, Kōdansha Manga Shō) is an annual award for serialized manga published in the previous year, the event is sponsored by the publisher Kodansha.

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Mangaby nerbegg

are you sick of high school plot lines? me too

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Down the spiral — promising manga that took every opportunity to become worse

Mangaby moozooh

There are some manga that immediately hook you at the beginning, and make you ecstatic and hopeful that they will at least keep it up. But over time you notice how the things that made you interested at first give way to stale tropes, lazy character development, nonsensical plot decisions, well-telegraphed "mystery" reveals and other forms of writing impotence.

Notable plotlines remain unresolved, characters that should've stayed dead are being resurrected, difficult dilemmas are being resolved through talk-no-jutsu and plot armor, antagonists that do bad things aren't held properly accountable, lack of protagonist's ability is circumvented by sudden power-ups, lack of agency circumvented by deus ex machinae... surely you know a series or two that have fallen victim to one or more of these, perhaps as a result of either poor planning or editorial department's insistence on stalling overall plot progression so that more volumes could be sold—until it wears itself too thin to continue at all. As a result, those of you who keep following the story witness its slow, agonizing descent into the abyss by author's own hand, pleading to end its misery.

This list mainly includes manga that at least at some point—usually their first few volumes—were good enough to warrant a recommendation before everyone realized where it was going. Aside from that, I also decided on a whim to include Solo Leveling and Grashros (both of which were never worth recommending as far as I'm concerned) simply because their continuous decline in writing is remarkable on its own. It's a bit of a so-bad-it's-good situation, so you can still enjoy them ironically.

This list constitutes my personal views and stances. If something isn't on it, it likely means I haven't read it or I think it was never that good to begin with. Feel free to shoot me suggestions via DMs, but make sure you have a convincing argument if it's not something that's already on my main manga/anime list. I don't promise it'll end up here, but I will consider all suggestions.

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Weekly Shounen Magazine (Current Line-up)

Mangaby Kuroneko

List of series currently running in Kodansha's Weekly Shounen Magazine.

Missing from database.

Kiraboshi Ojou-sama no Kyukon
Yowayowa-sensei

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Pure Fantasy of Melancholy, Tranquility and/or Sorrow

Mangaby Extra97

Tranquil atmosphere with a sense of melancholy underpinned by tragedy.

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Mind-Blown (Mostly short stories on abstract concepts like eternity, reality, immortality, etc)

Mangaby Extra97

- A mix of philosophical, mystery and action stories

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Sufferents Manga Guide

Mangaby Iris-69

Sufferents Manga Guide https://youtu.be/mrPYIfxqAho

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Battle Shonen to Read (2010-2019)

Mangaby elvishawk

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Unique Dark Supernatural/Fantasy - Mangas and Light Novels That You Should Be Reading (Constantly updated!)

Mangaby thebluedash

Ones that I think stand out among the rest and do something different. There are many supernatural mangas that I love, however, these are the ones that not only do I love, I consider them truly unique whether that be referring to the world setting, story concept, or characters.

The level of "darkness" for each series varies. But most of these are not your typical wholesome fantasy series.

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Kodansha - Weekly Shonen Magazine Checklist (Part 1)

Mangaby bossiiing

Enjoy these diverse worlds and cute romances from Weekly Shonen Magazine.

Link to part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/6533

EDIT: Added "Four Knights of the Apocalypse", "Knights of the Area", "Gamaran", "GTO: The Early Years" and "Cromartie High School".

35 Entries · Nov 7, 2024 5:15 AM

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"Scamboli Reviews" Manga Guide

Mangaby Deylin

Scamboli Reviews is an anime and gaming YouTuber. Scamboli reviews anime, manga and answers common questions about popular anime with his own perspective.
His channel https://www.youtube.com/c/ScamboliReviews

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Manga on Kindle Unlimited (Part 2)

Mangaby SherlyCat25

Part 1 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/6823
Part 3 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/7371
Part 4 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9506

Part 5 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9550

Free on Book Walker - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9163
Manga on Comixology Unlimited - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9505

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MANGA THAT CAN CHANGE YOUR PERSPECTIVE !! (Part-2)

Mangaby Deylin

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Has a Yandere in it

Mangaby ReonLynne

For manga/manhwa/etc with a Yandere in it. Only those I'd seen.

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Thought-provoking manga

Mangaby weraaa

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Manga That Will Break You

Mangaby Deylin

Manga that will break you. Sad comics with terrible endings have their own appeal, and fans adore them.

By the way, by the word “break”, I don’t mean they’re going to beat you. It suggests they will make you exceedingly sad or heartbroken.

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Manga That Will Make You Cry

Mangaby Allyxandra

These are some sad and emotional manga that have moved me and was able to make me cry. Some of these manga might be completely bleak, some of them have an uplifting tone to them. Hopefully it can strike a chord with you as well.

I will mark the ones I personally highly loved and recommend if you want a good cry with a “🖤”.

(If you have any more recommendations, you can comment on my profile and I might give it a read and put it on this list)

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Immortal Protagonist

Mangaby Ribasu

Offer some interesting perspectives on immortal characters.

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Humble Bundle Manga: Spring 2021 Anime Season by Kodansha

Mangaby HydrangeaZ

Manga eBook bundle available on Humblebundle.com from April 8th 2021 to April 29th 2022 raising money for Stop AAPI Hate, a national coalition addressing anti-Asian racism across the U.S.

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