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Horror is the most consistent genre for social commentary. This Manga Stack aims to highlight series that focus on the darker side of womanhood, either angled from that of power and gendered dynamics, and mutual abuse of them; eventual self destruction surrounding relationships, lust or sexuality; or the aestheticism of beauty and the pursuit of the freedom it gives. This one is quite similar to my "Psychosexual Girl's of Manga" stack however do note there are some distinctions to be made, especially regarding introspection of the female mind here.

"I think that writing about women goes hand in hand with horror writing. The female body is a nexus of pain almost by design, but it is also potentially monstrous—an object traditionally subjugated, both for its presumed weakness and its perceived threat."

A list primarily inspired by Angelica Jade Bastién on Letterboxd.

**some of these are rough placements and I will need to reread.



Not on MAL (some are NSFW):
- https://anilist.co/manga/181275/Haru-no-Yokihi-ni/

When questioned with "what are the best manga?" many readers would opt to suggest a series that has been in serialisation for years with dozens of volumes in total, but what about the shorter manga? I find humour in the irony of "it's getting dragged out" as a criticism when there are so many fantastic short manga -- even one's with a single chapter being on par (or even better) than long running manga. Despite this, a rhetoric of 'longer=better' remains...

A one shot manga is a manga released as a standalone chapter. Typically, these are only released in the magazine itself, however are often found to later be released into a collection of stories as a tankoubon release-either by the same author or as an anthology relevant to an overarching theme. For volume releases here, I suggest reading all of them as they either fight the criteria or were later merged on the MyAnimeList database.

- Weebookey