Imawa no Kuni no Alice
Alice in Borderland

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One of life's darkest and most reveal questions is, "What are you willing to kill for?" For some people, it's impossible to imagine a situation in which they would take another life. For others, they might be able to list a price, but without being in the situation, there's no way to be sure if they could do it. In death games, participants find their price: it's usually a large sum of money and, of course, their own life.

In death games, participants usually find themselves in the same predicament: kill or be killed. And while some participants join the games willingly, many find themselves forced to play the game. Not all death games are made the same, of course. Creators of death games constantly find more and more interesting ways to force the participants to rack up the body count in the most gruesome manner.

No Sports manga(Kuroko, RXL etc)
No Comedy turned Action series(Sakamoto Days, Yozakura Famiy)
Must be mostly grounded in reality but can have supernatural or sci fi elements
Must be a Manga written for the shounen demographic

manga that have gambling as a major element in a certain arc/in the whole story

Manga and novels that I love.

Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/6277
My Favourite One-Shots: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/5034

I've been asked pretty frequently to recommend something, so I've created this stack.
This is my personal opinion on what's "a hidden gem". I think some of these considered "mildly" popular? If you read a lot of manga, you probably know some of these. I hope you do, haha.

Everything here I've either read or reading atm. None of those have an anime adapatation (OVAs and live-actions don't count).

aka "don't let your kid read this alone" manga, or "why the F is this Shounen?" manga.
If you can't stand gore or dangerous/extreme mental body of thought, don't try these.

I have a stack with the opposite: Seinen with little gore:
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/2036

(Also thanks to ryzxgum)

The Masked Man is an American YouTuber who makes videos primarily about manga, but also anime, and very occasionally video games. He does in-depth analysis on the subjects he talks about. Here is his top 50 manga.

NOTE:-
"Fata Morgana no Yakata: Anata no Hitomi wo Tozasu Monogatari" is not manga, its a Visual Novel.(https://vndb.org/v12402)
Consider this list from Beserk to OPM to be the actual manga list.

For part 2
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/7241

Okay so my favorite niche sub-genre of manga is the ones where the cast has to kill each other or participate in some sort of sick and sadistic game. I have read most of these, but it is my favorite so I figured I should share with the world, enjoy!

Manga that I believe are highly underrated and deserve more attention.

All manga that fit the "Death Game" criteria. You can also look for the anime version.

Sometimes you encounter stories that can change your entire view on how you are living your life, what does death means and what is really important.

I don't say that it WILL happen after reading my choices. But it may.

Western comics you might find intersting on the same topic:
1) Daytripper (HIGHLY recommended)
2) Sculptor (Scott Mccloud)
3) Many deaths of Laila Starr

This stack also includes manga that are not listed as "Psychological" in mal database but they still have psychological elements in them E.g. Shoujo Fujuubun.

- I would have added all of Junji Ito's work but it would fill the entire stack so I only added a few~
- Includes a variety of: gore, blood, torture, body horror, monster, zombie, ghost/spirit, dementia, demon/devil, survival, survival games, & shock factor

All genres included, as long as it's an isekai. Most of them are slice of life, comedy, romance, or drama, though. Includes tropes like villainess/villain or overpowered MC. All manga have an overall rating of 6 or higher (from me).

Japan has had quite a fascination with Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland novels, such that allusions to the work, its characters and plot, appear in various anime & manga series time and again. This stack collects series that are quite overtly based on the work. Quite a few are based on Quinrose's Alice-inspired visual novels.

Quinrose series cut due to space:
Heart no Kuni no Alice: Wonderful Wonder World & Wonderful Twin World series,
Diamond no Kuni no Alice: Black or Sweets,
Joker no Kuni no Alice: Mayonaka ni Ochiru Yume,
Joker no Kuni no Alice: Mahiru ni Miru Yume,
Renai Otogibanashi series

While it might look like you don't really need to know all of this, you never know when it will be useful: for instance with quizzes, random questions that you wouldn't know the answer to otherwise, fun facts to tell someone else, or if there's trouble or necessity of intervention in your vicinity.

When this stack gets full, I'll make #2 with the links in both descriptions, no manga in here will be swapped out (or in).
=> Stack (2/2): https://myanimelist.net/stacks/18672

(Also thanks to stelllan, need to add Baki and Akagi later)