Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World

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Worldbuilding - "the process of constructing a world, originally an imaginary one, sometimes associated with a fictional universe." These kinds of manga are usually set in a fantasy and/or sci-fi world, and excel at establishing & showcasing the rules/history/economy of their fictional universe. List was created through collective data from multiple websites of people's answers as to what manga are considered to have great world building.

Are you tired of the usual light novel experience full of generic tropes and unispired writing? Here are some books that are entertaining to read through and through.

Dieselpunk is a retrofuturistic subgenre of science fiction that combines the aesthetics of the diesel-based technology of the interwar period through to the 1950s with retro-futuristic technology.

We've all experienced that frustrated feeling of enjoying a manga/LN, only to find out that it has a horrible, rushed, incomplete, unsatisfying ending. Here is a list of manga/LNs with endings that are so fulfilling and complete that they will leave you with nothing but a heart full of contentment and/or bittersweetness. List was created through collective data from multiple websites of people's answers as to what shows are considered to have satisfying endings.

Manga/LNs featuring those who are always on the move or those who may be on a journey, with or without a particular destination. No isekai.

Literally a compilation of non romance series with a CANON LGBT+ character

I asked ChatGPT for the top 50 best light novels, here is what I got (couldnt write "top 50 light novel" in title as it wouldnt let me post it public)

Some non-binary/x-gender manga I've read or heard about.

Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/37987


Extra non-binary manga that's not on MAL (yet):

Onna no Karada ga Iya nano de Mune wo Torimashita
Kazuki (x-gender) (protagonist)

Then I saw RuPaul's Drag Race': coming out as X-gender in Tokyo
M. A. Joy (x-gender) (protagonist)

Kyouhaku sei Shougai desu!
Asuka Miyazaki (x-gender) (protagonist)

Kyouhaku sei Shougai Chiryou Nikki
Asuka Miyazaki (x-gender) (protagonist)

Unknown Color
Chiaki Hinaga (non-binary) (protagonist)

Quintet×Question
Mokuba Ao (x-gender) (main)

Bloody Chinatown
Kanaya (gender-free) (main)

Bara Shishaku
Gideon (genderless/gender ambiguous?) (main)

Ones that feel like they are calm and warm. As if you’re sitting in another world and appreciating the view.

Part 1 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/35026

they may be adventurous in the same world (post apocalyptic) or in others, they may be alone or accompanied, but they are always discovering new things.

Post-2010s, the phrase "light novel" has become synonymous with tired, formulaic isekai and romance plots. However, there were some excellent light novels pre-2010s that legitimately have interesting, original stories.

Retro light novels not on MAL: Garzey's Wing, Gunbuster, 08th MS Team

so deep and psychological. most often a red flag. see also the 'anime elitist starter pack' this belongs to the same category (i've either read or planned to read all of these)

Manga version for my Impermanence anime stack.

This is still very much a WIP stack, so I will be making several changes in the coming days. Please reach out if you wish to make suggestions!

Science fiction manga that feature LGBT (gay, lesbian, bisexual, binary transgender, non-binary, genderqueer, intersex, pansexual, asexual, aromantic, etc.) characters.

Anime version: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/45431

Transgender (binary trans, non-binary, and/or intersex) manga with official English (at least partial) translations. Organized roughly by release order in Japan.

(My definition of a trans manga is one that has a main trans character. Them being transgender may or may not be a big impact on the story.)


Not on MAL:

"Onna" toshite Idakaretai... Seitenkan Shite, Hatsukoi wo Mou Ichido./Hold Me, Baby, As a Lady... -First Love Again in the Body of a Woman.
Sanae Takahashi (trans woman) (protagonist)
Machiko (trans woman) (supporting)

Kamisama, Boku wo Koroshite Kudasai - Otoko no Karada de Umareta Jigoku/The Pain of Living in a Male Body
Subaru Kawase (trans girl) (protagonist)

Queer Manga published by Tokyopop.


side note: Cardcaptor Sakura is now published through Kodansha.