Nande Ikiteru ka Wakaranai Hito Izumi Sumi 25-sai
She doesn't know why she lives.

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Hidden gems and "out of the radar" manga and manhwa that you probably haven´t heard of if you are new to the medium. Overlooked works. Good for the ones who want to get deeper and already tried the classics, or simply want to scratch the bottom of the barrel.

Criteria:

1. Underexposed and/or underrated works ranked below #2000 in terms of popularity.
2. Only one work per artist. Authors can be repeated, though.
3. No one-shots.
4. Complete scanlations (english)
5. Award-winning works included.
6. Manga from the 100 best-selling are not elegible.

Enjoy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COvaLT8xuWI

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

Mangas featuring adult female leads
No smut (ง ื▿ ื)ว


Part 1: ↓↓↓
Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/21316
Part 3: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/37901

Manga focusing on adult characters in their twenties, thirties etc who are working in the workplace or maybe unemployed.
Slice of Life, Drama or Romance. Some are like "adult coming-of-age".

The girls aren't alright
link to the the anime version of this list- https://myanimelist.net/stacks/21856

find solace in the ultimate slice of life series

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:
Shitsurakuen (Daijirou Morohoshi)
Bibliomania
Tetsu to Ken
Mission-chan no Daiboku

Next set: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/34663

Recommended Manga/Manhwa that hasn't been adapted yet into anime Part 7

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 6:https://myanimelist.net/stacks/55030
Part 8:https://myanimelist.net/stacks/60035
Part 9:https://myanimelist.net/stacks/60034
Part 10:https://myanimelist.net/stacks/60044
Part 11:https://myanimelist.net/stacks/60043

Removed entry from this list:
Majutsushi Kunon wa Mieteiru (???)

Manga that are underrated and/or underread. A lot of these are much better than they are credited for, some due to being uncomfortable. Or they might just not be that well known despite being absolutely amazing.

Just to explain, these are just manga that will hit you differently when you are going through loneliness, depression, etc. These are NOT manga that will make you feel better, just manga that will feel real and make you think more. These manga don’t necessarily need to be about loneliness, depression or any form of mental health, just the vibes will do.