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Manga with little to no dialogue. Some speech may be represented through symbols, or some text may be written down, but the reader largely interprets the story of these series through the visuals.

*Many one-shots are from Comic Zenon, who has a program where people audition with silent manga. Many more of these were officially "translated" here: https://www.manga-audition.com/smac-playback/

A selection of titles from the gekiga scene, a short-lived yet influential artistic movement that flourished during the 1960s to the 1970s and maintains a prominent underground presence today. While mostly known as a pioneer of cinematic paneling and close attention to realism, it would be more accurate to consider gekiga as a counterculture. Surrealistic, autobiographical, and experimental works emerged as an alternative to the Tezuka school of aesthetics and paved the way for other artists to different modes of expression.

This is in NO WAY a comprehensive list and should be treated more as a starting point for diving into this movement. There are so many more important artists and titles in the scene that MAL unfortunately does not have entries for, and probably never will. Since I can't speak Japanese, there may also be some titles that I am unfamiliar with. The 50-title limit doesn't help either, but I hope this gets you started in this often-unexplored side of manga.

Note: Not all of these titles are available in English.
11/04/2022 Updated to include more underground artists.

If you enjoyed this interest stack and want to learn more about gekiga, feel free to check these other outlets:
The MAL Gekiga Club
Taniguchi Scanlations
Habanero Scans
Illuminati-Manga
Hox Scanlations
Stinky Scans
Ryan Holmberg's translations
Star Fruit Books
Glacier Bay Books
Koenji Shawn Reviews
The Comics Journal
Breakdown Press
Drawn and Quarterly
New York Review Comics
AX Volume 1: A Collection of Alternative Manga

Manga you've most likely never heard about but deserve to be seen more.

While not all of them might suit your taste, they have at minimum some memorably unique aspects to them.


Not sorted in any particular order.

Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/8784

This is the third part of the One Volume Manga you can read for your reading challenge.
In Germany, there is a saying, which means that short things are the best.
If you made it so far, you must like short manga just as much as I do.
I try to collect as many manga as possible that are only one volume long.
Please check the genres before reading!

- Note: I haven't read every single one of them. It's a small collection for those who love short manga.
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Part 02: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/31188
Part 04: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/32193