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The Kodansha Manga Award (講談社漫画賞, Kōdansha Manga Shō) is an annual award for serialized manga published in the previous year, the event is sponsored by the publisher Kodansha.

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Enjoy these diverse worlds and cute romances from Weekly Shonen Magazine.

Link to part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/6533

EDIT: Added "Four Knights of the Apocalypse", "Knights of the Area", "Gamaran", "GTO: The Early Years" and "Cromartie High School".

Part one: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/6924

(Copy paste from part one) Manga that're strange, confusing, ridiculous, seem surreal, are overly silly, where the abnormal is normal, are very high paced, or may simply make you go "what?". Anything ranging from gag comedy to gore, all with various levels and types of absurdity.

Maximum of one title per author (including part one).

Manga that's similar to xxxHolic

Common shared aspects:
- Episodic mystery solving
- Introspection of the immortal and non-human
- Ghost, yokai, ayakashi, magic shop
- Art nouveau, ukiyo-e, gothic art styles
- Master and servant / Age gap duo
- 2 guys adventures / BL-ish vibes
+ Pretty clothes, good food, cute mascots


Also not including but relevant: Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle and xxxHolic Rei aka sister series and sequel respectively.

Part 1 -https://myanimelist.net/stacks/6823
Part 2 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/7370
Part 3 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/7371
Part 5 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9550

Free on Book Walker - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9163
Manga on Comixology Unlimited - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9505

All of these stories center around a main character with depression.

It is revealed or majorly hinted that they have depression within the first few chapters.

Important note: Not all of these focus specifically on depression, but it is almost always a major component of the main character's development.

12/4/22: Added more

manga that are abstract and/or weird in terms of story and/or art. reminiscent of urban graffiti and scrawls of notebook sketches and diaries. list is merely just shower thoughts, there are lists better than this with more variety. for the dead minded.

Manga titles that are focused in the figure of a teacher and how he impacts or is impacted by his students. Please feel free to contact me on my profile comments about more titles I could add or if any of those that I added do not fall under the category I’m imposing.

Manga set in the present, which features characters or a prominent character who wears kimono.

Characters rarely seen without their shovel, or heavily associated with a shovel. May or may not be used as a weapon.

*This list is completely personal (idc about No Game No Life)


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Faithful adaptation of VNs Like Ciconia (when it's completed), SubaHibi, Zero Escape, Katawa Shoujo, good adaptation of Muv-Luv, The House in Fata Morgana are acceptable.

And I think games like Baroque, Drakengard, Folklore, No More Heroes, Odin Sphere, Parasite Eve and Flower, Sun and Rain with full adaptation and works like Bloodborne, Dark Souls, Sekiro, Silent Hill and Xenogears with a side-story like, or totally new stories in Anime form will be really good. but sadly, I know most of them will never happen.

Also, it's too soon to add works like Frieren and Helck, but i wish they don't become new 86.

Stories that fall under the denpa subgenre or close to it

Originally posted by anonymous people in 4archive.org nearly 10 years back.
The list is quite rare to find nowadays and hence I decided to create a stack since its really good. If you find it helpful, restack for better reach. Thank you!

The list had 10 Categories with 5 manga in each. I will create the stack in the original sequence :

1. Horror
2. Scenery Po*n
3. Minimalism
4. Realistic Characters
5. Western Influences
6. Costume Design
7. Monster Design
8. Feminine
9. Manly
10. Stylistic Action

[Note : In case a manga contains sequels, only the first one will be included in the list. However the recommendation encompasses the entire sequence of that manga including its sequels.]

Manga in my plan-to-read 300-399 chapters

best rated shounen according to mal
all series are labelled from the original
all have to be readily available to read in English
they are in order of rating
I have not read them all so this is unbiased
i do plan to read all of them though
as of 27.9.24
this is 51-100

Manga series with covers that feature recurring design and composition elements, consistent art styles, gradual changes that show intent and overall harmony of the entire collection. I'm open to suggestions, I try not to add too many “standing character” situations, but will do so if the art is striking enough.

Part 1: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/51319
Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/54221
Part 4: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/59870
Part 5: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/60816
Part 6: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/61371
Part 7: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/62115