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As series are axed they shall be cycled out of the list and replaced by new entries.

[Português]
Critérios para se categorizar como autor de sucesso:
-autor com uma obra que ganhou anime nos ultimos 20 anos
-dito anime deve ter mais de 25k de membros no MAL e pelo menos o equivalente a 1 cour
Critérios para as obras:
-Em publicação
-sem anime (a obra só será retirada da lista quando a exibição do anime começar)
Notas:
-Em caso de autores com multiplas obras (sobretudo de autores de LN), para evitar spam, cita-se apenas a obra com melhor nota no MAL, citando-se postriormente as restante obras
-Em caso de artistas, será esclarecido, tanto na obra atual como nas obras anteriores

[English]
Criteria to be categorized as a successful author:
-author with a work that has won anime in the last 20 years
-that anime has over 25k members in MAL and at least the equivalent of 1 cour
Criteria for works:
-In publishing
-No anime (the work only will be removed from the list when the anime exhibition starts)
Notes:
-In the case of authors with multiple works (especially LN authors), to avoid spam, only the work with the best MAL score will be placed, and the other works will be listed subsequently
-In the case of artists, it will be clarified, both in the current and previous works

Link to part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/5980
Link to part 3: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/28270

Spreadsheet with all works removed from both parts: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1PK8HWN41P9DVGg-Z_BTA-8NtOmpecRkHwwAL1qOSr9I/edit?usp=sharing

Chill out like it's Sunday with the best of the best.

EDIT: Replaced "Arms" with "Mikadono Sanshimai wa Angai, Choroi".

Every manga covered by the Mangasplaining podcast in Season 2. Episode 37 covered Moto Hagio's A Drunken Dream and Other Stories, a compilation volume of one-shots. Episode 48 covered The Blood Red Boy by Minami Q-ta.

I may not finish this list but I just wanted to make it. It would be interesting to see who has read all or most of Takahashi work.

Sousou no Frieren is on hiatus.

Will update with new additions and/or dropped titles. Always looking for new recommendations!


The Fable: The Second Contact (finished)
Heart Gear (finished)
That's My Atypical Girl (finished)
Dr. Stone (finished)
Golden Kamuy (finished)
Insomniacs After School (finished)
Shimeji Simulation (finished)
Summertime Rendering (finished)
Colorless (finished)
Dungeon Meshi (finished)

Frieren (giving it another shot after liking the anime)

Hannari Girori no Yoriko-san (semi-dropped / can't find updates)
High Score Girl Dash (semi-dropped / can't find updates)

"The line between good and evil is thinner than a razor’s edge."

Noir is characterized by such elements as cynical heroes, stark lighting effects, frequent use of flashbacks, intricate plots, and an underlying existentialist philosophy.

The isolation from society of the typical noir hero was underscored by the use of stark high-contrast lighting. Classic images of noir included rain-soaked streets in the early morning hours; street lamps with shimmering halos; flashing neon signs on seedy taverns, diners, and apartment buildings; and endless streams of cigarette smoke wafting in and out of shadows.

The inherent subjectivity of Expressionism is also evident in noir’s use of narration and flashback. An omniscient, metaphor-spouting narrator frequently clarifies a characteristically labyrinthine noir plot or offers a subjective, jaded point of view. Tension and suspense are increased by the use of all-knowing narrators and flashbacks, in that the audience is always cognizant of impending doom.

The heroes of noir generally share certain qualities, such as moral ambiguity, a fatalistic outlook, and alienation from society. They also exhibit an existential acceptance of random, arbitrary occurrences as being the determining factors in life. Such compassionless pragmatism is found in the most noble, as well as the most tarnished, of noir heroes. The weakest of such characters exhibit an abundance of tragic flaws.

Noir villains are often characterized as homme fatales or “spiders”; in the words of one critic, they are “comfortable in the world of cheap dives, shadowy doorways, and mysterious settings.” They cunningly and ruthlessly manipulate their counterparts to gain power or wealth.

Nevertheless, the noir villains often evoke sympathy, as they are frequently victims of emotional or physical abuse, with such victimization providing impetus for their vengeance. They are trapped in passionless or violent bonds of contract/servitude and resort to murder as a means of escape, usually destroying their conspirators in the process.

Source: Britannica - list will be kept updated

Shounen Sunday is one of 3 major Weekly Shounen Manga Magazines *Jump, Magazine and Sunday*. This magazine always delivers solid manga series.

If something like Kamisama Kiss is 100% focused on romance, and something like One Piece is 0% focused on romance, these would be in the 20–45% range. Some general points to keep in mind:

• Most shounen manga with "romantic subtext" don't qualify. Rurouni Kenshin would be maybe 20% romance; I am treating that as my cutoff.

• I'm not interested in unrequited love or tragic love stories; those will mostly not be on the list.

• This list heavily leans shoujo, but none of the shoujo items are traditional love stories.

• I'm a big fan of mystery stories; those are probably overrepresented here.

"Memories are like stones, time and distance erode them like acid."

Saudade is an emotional state of melancholic or profoundly nostalgic longing for a beloved yet absent something or someone. It derives from the Latin word for solitude. It is often associated with a repressed understanding that one might never encounter the object of longing ever again. It is a recollection of feelings, experiences, places, or events, often elusive, that cause a sense of separation from the exciting, pleasant, or joyous sensations they once caused.

A stronger form of saudade may be felt towards people and things whose whereabouts are unknown, such as old ways and sayings; a lost lover who is sadly missed; a faraway place where one was raised; loved ones who have died; feelings and stimuli one used to have; and the faded, yet golden memories of youth. Although it relates to feelings of melancholy and fond memories of things/people/days gone by, it can be a rush of sadness coupled with a paradoxical joy derived from acceptance of fate and the hope of recovering or substituting what is lost by something that will either fill in the void or provide consolation.

Saudade is a word in Portuguese and Galician that claims no direct translation in English. However, a close translation in English would be "desiderium." Despite being hard to translate in full, saudade has equivalent words in other cultures, and is often related to music styles expressing this feeling such as the Blues for African-Americans, Añoranza in Spain, Sehnsucht in German, Dor in Romania, Tizita in Ethiopia, Hiraeth in Welsh, or Assouf for the Tuareg people, Appocundria in Neapolitan, or Mall in Albanian. In Slovak, the word is Clivota or Cnenie, and in Czech, the word is Stesk. In Turkish, the word Hasret meaning longing, yearning or nostalgia has similar connotations, as does the Polish Tęsknota.

Personal comment: Realized that instead of mere noir, what I actually like is inherent melancholic longing for something deeper as shown in this list, usually as what happened in main characters' past.
Noir and Semi-Noir lists would be kept updated nevertheless.

❣︎ this manga stack does not include shoujo/josei manga.
❣︎ some of these are by afab mangakas that now identify as nonbinary.