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There are some manga that immediately hook you at the beginning, and make you ecstatic and hopeful that they will at least keep it up. But over time you notice how the things that made you interested at first give way to stale tropes, lazy character development, nonsensical plot decisions, well-telegraphed "mystery" reveals and other forms of writing impotence.

Notable plotlines remain unresolved, characters that should've stayed dead are being resurrected, difficult dilemmas are being resolved through talk-no-jutsu and plot armor, antagonists that do bad things aren't held properly accountable, lack of protagonist's ability is circumvented by sudden power-ups, lack of agency circumvented by deus ex machinae... surely you know a series or two that have fallen victim to one or more of these, perhaps as a result of either poor planning or editorial department's insistence on stalling overall plot progression so that more volumes could be sold—until it wears itself too thin to continue at all. As a result, those of you who keep following the story witness its slow, agonizing descent into the abyss by author's own hand, pleading to end its misery.

This list mainly includes manga that at least at some point—usually their first few volumes—were good enough to warrant a recommendation before everyone realized where it was going. Aside from that, I also decided on a whim to include Solo Leveling and Grashros (both of which were never worth recommending as far as I'm concerned) simply because their continuous decline in writing is remarkable on its own. It's a bit of a so-bad-it's-good situation, so you can still enjoy them ironically.

This list constitutes my personal views and stances. If something isn't on it, it likely means I haven't read it or I think it was never that good to begin with. Feel free to shoot me suggestions via DMs, but make sure you have a convincing argument if it's not something that's already on my main manga/anime list. I don't promise it'll end up here, but I will consider all suggestions.

The best productions technically.

My journey to find the weirdest manga on this site

After reading/watching personal opinion of worthwhile lessons will be added, the lessons and takeaways I got from reading the manga or watching their adaptations.
This is mostly personal opinion or what I’ve heard has good lessons and meaning.
You may learn or feel other things when watching or reading.