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These are works that quite stood out to me in how dynamics between friends were portrayed. Some of these are quite obvious, as they're within the cute-girls space, but others are more out there in less mundane contexts.

Kirara anime is well known, but what about Kirara manga? Well, here we have a stack for it.

Titles focused on painters, paintings, illustration, illustrators, and various types of drawings from various types of artists.

Manga where the stupid banter between characters is a selling point.

I'm surprised that MAL doesn't have a way to search for 4 komas, so here's a stack of them. If I'm mistaken on one of them, make sure to let me know!

Because it’s my final year at art school and I’m going to need it. I feel like these titles would be useful for anyone in a similar position, who wants to read something that will push you forewords to keep trying and trying!
They’re motivating in many different ways, from how the discuss art, how they are drawn, etc etc.

Oldish manga featuring characters that evoke the 萌え (moe) reaction as per the standards in the early-to-late 2000's, when the so-called moe phenomenon was at its peak in Japanese wota-culture. The titles I've listed here vary greatly in terms of genre, subject matter, and popularity, but they all hold the moe factor in common (in my opinion, anyways.) Some of the popular titles have resurfaced here in the Western side in recent years as part of an internet-born aesthetic known most commonly as "animecore."

*I've only listed manga here. Some of these series originate as light novels, or their light novel counterparts predate the manga (if they're based on anime or games, for example.) In the case of multiple manga adaptations, I've only included the earliest published title.

**If you're not familiar with the concept of "moe" or would like to learn more about it, I also recommend reading these great books on it:
https://archive.org/details/otakuencyclopedi0000galb
https://archive.org/details/moemanifestoinsi0000galb

Some very very long running series. These Mangakas are truly amazing