Maou Kyoudai
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Collecting manga can be really hard on wallets and the average right-to-left reader. So whether or not you want some short reads or something for your collection that will be easy on your bank account, here is a selection of underappreciated short series to explore your horizons with!

This will contain mostly one and two volume stories, but maximum English volume length will be three to four volumes. Official and COMPLETE English physicals must be available, so this stack will not have partially translated manga like many of TokyoPop's releases, nor digital-only releases like THE COMIQ (please still read that one though!). Most of these should be standalone titles and should be readily available even on the secondhand market.


WORK IN PROGRESS: I will add descriptions later.


Disclaimer: I am a big fan of the fantasy genre and the shoujo demographic. I will try to put all series of all kinds of tags, demographics, and topics here, but it should be expected to see my bias. I apologize in advance.



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This stack contains licensed titles that have been OUT OF PRINT and series that apply will be indicated as such. This means it is near impossible to find these new without destroying your wallet, but there is still a chance in the ever-growing secondhand market! To find these older, hard-to-find series, I recommend the following sites:
https://www.abebooks.com/
https://www.alibris.com/
https://www.biblio.com/

BookFinder is also a huge help with searching for listings with bargain prices! To get the best results, look up the ISBN for English prints of series and copy-paste them into the search.
https://www.bookfinder.com/

manga all about the trials of raising a kid when demons are involved!

the demonic figure can be the parent or the child or both, but someone in this equation MUST be carrying some demonic blood for the title to qualify. there must be several thematic references to parenting (demonic baby jokes optional) and non-demon monsters, like vampires or kaiju, will not be included unless they fulfil the criteria in other ways; the 'demons' that i'm looking for here are creatures with horns, maybe a tail or wings, some reference towards magical abilities, a penchant for evil/mischief, and sharp teeth. adopted children are of course included, as well as 'temporary' children, whose parental figure is babysitting them long-term. reincarnated demons may be considered, provided they retain traits, memories, or demonic mannerisms.

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not on MAL:
Daily Life of a Demon by Naho & Jin
'Will, the sole survivor of a demonic race, meets Elly, a lonely girl who has nowhere to go. This odd match ends up becoming the most precious family bond.'

The Human-Hating Demon Lord Has No Mercy for Little Girls by Ayame Gonta
'"The demon king hates humans and will kill anyone, even a child..." A heartwarming short comedy about the interactions between unique demons and humans.'

How to Raise a Demon King's Child by Choi Nuri (최누리) & Lee Eowon (이어원)
'This is a story of a "jack of all trades millionaire who hates a baby to death" & a "only good at babysitting woman" happen to meet each other and raise a baby together… But wait, it turns out that the baby is actually a demon's child that will destroy the world?!'