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These are works that quite stood out to me in how dynamics between friends were portrayed. Some of these are quite obvious, as they're within the cute-girls space, but others are more out there in less mundane contexts.

Manga in which a tall lady is either a primary or important secondary character.

No giantess(es).



Let me know of any other manga I've missed.
Or not; you decide.

Need to read some manga to skip daily 1 am dreading? You are in the right place.

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.

This is the original The Knuckleheads' Hall of Fame.

These manga have been judged by The Knuckleheads and found to be good. This taste in manga is 1000% more correct than the elitists. Legends says that if you watch and like all of these manga, you have good taste ,and your IQ is in the negatives.
Any of these manga can be voted out of the list, and if that happens, they will be removed from the stack.
Link to the knuckleheads: https://myanimelist.net/clubs.php?cid=85217
Link to 2024-2025 version: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/47083

Finished manga with less than 100 Chapters!
To be specific, these have at least 50 chapters, but under 100. I also have stacks for 10–50 chapters and under 10 chapters!
The only other criteria for these stacks is that I enjoyed this manga, haha

Suomen pääkaupunkiseudun (Helsingin, Espoon ja Vantaan) Helmet-kirjastojen kokoelmassa olevia suomenkielisiä mangoja.

Finnish capital region (Helsinki, Espoo and Vantaa) Helmet-libraries collections manga that is
available in finnish.

Manga where the stupid banter between characters is a selling point.

Editora Newpop is a Brazilian publisher founded in 2007 by Junior Fonseca and is known for launching more differentiated content. Currently, it is unquestionably the publisher that works with the largest number of genres, being practically the only one that continuously releases yaoi, yuri, hentai, light novel, gekigá, 4-koma, classics, manhwas, webtoons and Brazilian works series.

A Editora Newpop é uma editora brasileira fundada em 2007 por Junior Fonseca e é conhecida por lançar um conteúdo mais diferenciado. Atualmente é inquestionavelmente a editora que trabalha com a maior quantidade de gêneros, sendo praticamente a única que lança continuamente séries yaoi, yuri, hentai, light novel, gekigá, 4-koma, clássicos, manhwas, webtoons e obras brasileiras.

(Wikipedia, edited)

Some works that I couldn't put on the list because they are hentai: Cos-Kano

Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/33390
Part 3: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/33391
Part 4: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/33497

Personal manga collection of voice actor/youtuber SungWon Cho.

Original video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRt81fIw47Q
Posted May 5, 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-kIwtMGs3I
Posted September 7, 2023

The Girl That Can't Get a Girlfriend
https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/the-girl-that-cant-get-a-girlfriend/list?title_no=408161

Only Manga concluded as of creation.

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

This is from what I found, so I may have missed something.

Same rules like last two stacks.

Part 1: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/24969
Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/25373

A variety of manga I've enjoyed and would recommend, that are each four volumes long. Give them a try!

I'm surprised that MAL doesn't have a way to search for 4 komas, so here's a stack of them. If I'm mistaken on one of them, make sure to let me know!

From one end to another. From iyashikei, cgdct, simplistic, mundane, to the adventure, change, romance, "essence of living", conflict, to the liminal, infinite, loss, destination, desperation, the end.

All the different Slices of Life you can find across the board.

My favorite ones are the "Eddy-likes" (from "Ed, Edd & Eddy") AKA the ones that keeps pushing their luck and takes the punches because they can.

Warning: They're not all slice of life.

Manga (and some novels) with easy vocab, great for immersionists whose Japanese level is N4 or a little higher.

Sources:
- Natively (learnnatively.com)
- Japanese Media Recommendations spreadsheet (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1w42HEKEu2AzZg9K7PI0ma9ICmr2qYEKQ9IF4XxFSnQU)

Useful learning resources:

- TheMoeWay Guide (https://learnjapanese.moe/routine/)
- Cure Dolly Japanese grammar course (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg9uYxuZf8x_A-vcqqyOFZu06WlhnypWj)
- Core 2.3k Anki Deck (url=https://anacreondjt.gitlab.io/docs/coredeck/)

Trial reedings for most of these manga available at the Japanese BookWalker.