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Manga centered around a character's pursuit of a subject matter, e.g. an artform or career. Emphasis placed on works where the engagement with the subject matter is the driving force of the story.

Just as the title says, manga about food and cooking that are worth your time.

Exckudes ramen, sushi, drinking, diet, cooks/chefs, food consumption-related titles and food-related titles in fantasy settings.

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Manga which feature subject-matters that would conventionally be considered "boring". There are some distinct subsets in this list.

Stories of girls and women who pursue a passion

Manga which

[1] give off the vibe of spring, or

[2] associated with common themes:
-- arrival, fertility, life
-- rebirth, growth, freshness, opportunity
-- nature, flora, sunshine, joy
-- purity, innocence, youth, promise, romance

Manga against the patriarchy.

Manga that talk critically about environmental destruction through humans (rather than a natural catastrophe) and the climate crisis - or offer sustainable alternatives to it.

Cool comics to have fun with. All are standalone, underrated and fully translated. Visit my profile for Cool Mangos 1 and 2.

Favorite manga

Whether it be beautiful, sad, cruel or happy, these titles follow a character across multiple years of their life, observing them being slowly shaped into... something.

This "something" can be a cruel end, a fiery goal achieved, a promise fulfilled, or a love finally found - a metamorphosis of a lifetime.

I tried to add as many different flavors of a "metamorphosis" as I could - from disturbing, to sweet, to heartbreaking, to inspiring and many more.

Manga about alcohol (in a way or another).

Not on MAL :
Boku to Yome-san to Osake no Kankei

"Memories are like stones, time and distance erode them like acid."

Saudade is an emotional state of melancholic or profoundly nostalgic longing for a beloved yet absent something or someone. It derives from the Latin word for solitude. It is often associated with a repressed understanding that one might never encounter the object of longing ever again. It is a recollection of feelings, experiences, places, or events, often elusive, that cause a sense of separation from the exciting, pleasant, or joyous sensations they once caused.

A stronger form of saudade may be felt towards people and things whose whereabouts are unknown, such as old ways and sayings; a lost lover who is sadly missed; a faraway place where one was raised; loved ones who have died; feelings and stimuli one used to have; and the faded, yet golden memories of youth. Although it relates to feelings of melancholy and fond memories of things/people/days gone by, it can be a rush of sadness coupled with a paradoxical joy derived from acceptance of fate and the hope of recovering or substituting what is lost by something that will either fill in the void or provide consolation.

Saudade is a word in Portuguese and Galician that claims no direct translation in English. However, a close translation in English would be "desiderium." Despite being hard to translate in full, saudade has equivalent words in other cultures, and is often related to music styles expressing this feeling such as the Blues for African-Americans, Añoranza in Spain, Sehnsucht in German, Dor in Romania, Tizita in Ethiopia, Hiraeth in Welsh, or Assouf for the Tuareg people, Appocundria in Neapolitan, or Mall in Albanian. In Slovak, the word is Clivota or Cnenie, and in Czech, the word is Stesk. In Turkish, the word Hasret meaning longing, yearning or nostalgia has similar connotations, as does the Polish Tęsknota.

Personal comment: Realized that instead of mere noir, what I actually like is inherent melancholic longing for something deeper as shown in this list, usually as what happened in main characters' past.
Noir and Semi-Noir lists would be kept updated nevertheless.

The Bar; a place of refuge and nocturnal ambiance. part confessional, where lives intertwine briefly in the haze of a black night. These tend to focus on introspection, relationships, and life's grittier aspects, creating a contemplative and immersive aesthetic in a sorrowful or dark way.

• Not all of these are translated in English
• Some manga do not fit this genre, and are just related to Bars or Alcohol.
• Contrarily, not everything is related to Alcohol either...

My personal favorite reads :> all of them made me feels various ranges of emotions

I ordered them from shorter to longer, still publishing ones are at the end. I added few keywords as summary to help you find some that you enjoy !