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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.

Manga that explore a character or characters and how the characters interact with and learn about the world.

More slice of life or philosophy based.

Short manga that pack quite a punch. All are under 8 volumes.

While these works deal with mature themes and, or aimed at an adult audience, they are told from the perspective of a child.

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:
koganeiro (Takuma Yokota)


Next set: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/34673
Previous Set: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/34671

if you like manga/manhwa that affects the audience's emotions such as sadness, annoyance, hatred, heart-wrenching tragic, you can read this
Don't forget your tissue :)

Notes: I have definitely watched/read the anime/manga that I give a rating
I will not give a rating below 5, Rating 5 for me = 1, >8 = recommended
if it's not good for me, the status "Dropped" and no rating

Manga (and some novels) with easy vocab, great for immersionists whose Japanese level is N4 or a little higher.

Sources:
- Natively (learnnatively.com)
- Japanese Media Recommendations spreadsheet (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1w42HEKEu2AzZg9K7PI0ma9ICmr2qYEKQ9IF4XxFSnQU)

Useful learning resources:

- TheMoeWay Guide (https://learnjapanese.moe/routine/)
- Cure Dolly Japanese grammar course (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg9uYxuZf8x_A-vcqqyOFZu06WlhnypWj)
- Core 2.3k Anki Deck (url=https://anacreondjt.gitlab.io/docs/coredeck/)

Trial reedings for most of these manga available at the Japanese BookWalker.

A mixed-genre collection of manga with no official English print or digital releases as of 5/2024.

8/2024: Removed Usuzumi no Hate; licensed by Yen Press. Thank you to Synrax for letting me know.
9/2024: Removed Kokou no Hito; licensed by VIZ. Thank you to Freegrapesinmu for letting me know.

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

Removed Entry From This List:
-Vigilante: Boku no Hero Academia Illegals (Spring 2025)