Toumei Ningen no Hone

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Stories that evoke strong emotions and convey one/multiple "moral of the story".

Range from light-hearted cheerful slice-of-life to dark psychological tragedy.

Some are highly philosophical and can shift your perception of life, happiness, morality, humanity, etc.

I tried putting the ones that you can try finish in a sitting.

Please do check out Part 2 if you want more! https://myanimelist.net/stacks/14189

(Ignore my ratings, you should dictate the enjoyment yourself)

What definitely makes manga great would be that it goes over a broad range of themes/topics. Manga isn't afraid of addressing taboo topics, nor does it avoid concepts that most other entertainment mediums WOULDN'T DARE to touch. They also provide an imaginative exploration of how the Japanese perceive these topics. We rarely get cultural perspectives on certain topics.
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Includes topics that are rare in animanga compared to other mediums.

Psychological Manga Collection Part (1)

https://myanimelist.net/stacks/7732

All of these stories center around a main character with depression.

It is revealed or majorly hinted that they have depression within the first few chapters.

Important note: Not all of these focus specifically on depression, but it is almost always a major component of the main character's development.

12/4/22: Added more

Manga about protagonists that's lives changed for the better due to a change in how they see the world, themselves and those around them, though there are some that must go through hardships before they are able to change.

The change in these protagonists aren't instant and some of the included protagonists take a long time to change or just have a more natural gradual change that is more apparent once you have gotten further into the story.

Manga with less than 6 volumes. Not based on a certain genre, contains anthologies.

Slice-of-life Mangas that completely turned about my philosophies and induced me to appreciating the wonders of the little things in life.

Manga which

[1] give off the vibe of winter, or

[2] associated with common themes:
-- cold, darkness, heartbreak
-- sickness, dormancy, survival, death
-- sadness, despair, loneliness
-- fear, personal struggle, introspection
-- family, holiday, escape

Gathering Jump+ series that are finished, fully translated into English, and are not on either the Manga Plus or Shonen Jump apps.

[Note: List is still incomplete]

No matter if you're a regular yuri reader or not, maybe you'd like to try somewhat more niche titles which don't fit in the "yuri is the purest form of love" stereotype that was created by the public? I'm not saying all of those are unsung masterpieces, but I think at least few are worth checking out, depending on your preferences.

Note: arranged in the order of release. Some of the titles are NSFW.

Denpa, drug abuse, psychological abuse, schizophrenia, depression, loneliness, anxiety, suicidal, manipulative characters, all kinds of mental issues and problems. You find them here
can consist a little bit of romance, horror, mystery, and thriller

ASANO INIO, OSHIMI SHUUZUO, SUGARU MIAKI...
Excluded, if you don't know them, go read them ffs why are you even here
focusing on "non-mainstream" mangas or mangakas

btw loving a depressed mc doesn't make you one

Yo besties, I've been having a challenge of reading short manga.
so I thought of creating interest stacks for this challenge.
Some of the manga I've listed in the challenge aren't in MAL so I will list them in the description.
Each set (currently there are 15, and it continues) has 49 entries, and the manga vary in genres and popularity.
All of the manga are 1-5 volumes long, and I would love to see other people participating in this challenge!
(All of these should be scanlated, except for a few)

Manga in this set not listed in MAL:
Kono Monogatari de Neko ni Kigai wa Issai Kuwaete Orimasen
Yamako to Ookami
Yotsuya Kaidan

Next set: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/34669
Previous Set: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/34663

Here is a list of mangas that should appeal to old farts like me, who are too old to find fun in shonen characters getting stronger, cliché fantasy or in vanilla school romance tropes.
The main drive is that the manga should have some personality, with decent and properly written characters, laid-back humor, an interesting context and / or a subtle story. Good art and page layout are also appreciated. No violence porn or excessive fan service either, I like authors to focus on something else than these simple devices, although I'm not against them at very small doses when they serve the story. The manga may have been adapted in anime or not, I only address the mangas here.
There are probably some spoilers in my comments so skip them if you're worried about that.

Recommended Manga/Manhwa that hasn't been adapted yet into anime Part 6

Part 1:https://myanimelist.net/stacks/5329
Part 2:https://myanimelist.net/stacks/6746
Part 3:https://myanimelist.net/stacks/6748
Part 4:https://myanimelist.net/stacks/55028
Part 5:https://myanimelist.net/stacks/55029
Part 7:https://myanimelist.net/stacks/55031