Tower Dungeon

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Fujimoto himself has recommended Tower Dungeon. Both mangas are plot focusedbut have a focus on cool fights against cool well designed body horror monsters, and a similarly cast of characters with strong and wacky personalities or qualities. Fans of Power and Kobeni will be happy with Lilisen, etc. The main characters also have a similar appeal, they're both simple minded idiots with a lot of powers and importance they didn't ask for, but still accept and throw themselves into the fray. Chainsaw man is set in a modern urban setting and has more of a focus on relationships and emotions, where Tower Dungeon is a dark fantasy manga that is much more focused on purely action and plot, although every part of it from cast to humor is also solid. read more 

If you loved Berserk for its bleak, unforgiving world, nightmarish monsters, and warriors battling against impossible odds, Tower Dungeon will feel like stepping into another layer of that same dark fantasy hell. Like Guts and his companions, the story follows a group of fighters struggling through a cursed, medieval realm surrounded by similar grotesque horrors that made Berserk’s creatures so unforgettable. 

Dungeon Meshi is overall more upbeat with bouts of epic and bleak moments, where Tower Dungeon is more overall overall bleak and epic with bouts of lightheartedness and comedy. Both stories have a cast of endearingly wacky characters and parties, with a lot of banter, and both have worldbuilding as a big draw. Fights always have a lot of thought put into them and there's a sort of realistic approach to how it would be like going on dungeon dives and the ressource management involved. With its monsters, Tower Dungeon leans into body horror more while Dungeon Meshi presents an array of classic fantasy monsters with more of a focus on speculative biology. Both put a fresh spin on tired tropes, such as "if you conquer and defeat this dungeon you shall become king, prophesied one", which make it so in the end nothing is as it first seems, and the question of who to trust is perhaps the most important. Dungeon Meshi gets darker than you'd first assume while Tower Dungeon gets more lighthearted than you'd first assume. Both have plenty of awe-inspiring moments and visuals, and a story that'll get you glued to the page, don't be fooled by Dungeon Meshi's episodic facade. read more