Total: 100 manga suggestions
(+1 anime and +1 novella (addendum reviews aren’t counted, also))
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Favorite manga:
Award-winning manga:
Yuri manga:
Comfy manga:
Unique / Weird manga:
Everything I’ve reviewed:
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Key:
✩ marks a favorite title. || * marks a title that is only in that list.
Manga I highly recommend:
✩ Katsuwo – Hitoribocchi no OO Seikatsu — Addendum
✩ Chimoguri Ringo to Kingyobachi Otoko
✩ Helck
✩ Anko-san of the Deep Sea Fish
✩ The End of Goldfish Kingdom
✩ Jigokuren – Love in Hell
Amagakure Gido – Amaama to Inazuma
Dowman Sayman – Nickelodeon
✩ Dowman Sayman – The Voynich Hotel
Dowman Sayman – Oddman 11
Youkai Shoujo – Monsuga
✩ World Trigger
✩ Amagakure Gido – I’ll Send Her Home on the Last Train
✩ Amari Mawari
✩ Alyosha!
✩ Teppu
✩ Dr. Hitomi’s Infirmary
Jyoshikausei (Joshi Kausei)
✩ Hinamatsuri
Sekine-kun no Koi
✩ Taiyou no Ie
✩ 1/11
✩ Dungeon Meshi
✩ INERTIA 67%
✩ Touhou Suzunaan ~ Forbidden Scrollery.
✩ Touhou Sangetsusei – Three Fairies
✩ Touhou Ibarakasen ~ Wild and Horned Hermit.
✩ Shinryaku! Ika Musume
Hoshi no Ponko to Toufuya Reiko
✩ Spirit Circle
✩ Sen to Man
✩ Watashiya Kaworu – Joou-sama no Eshi
✩ Tsugumomo
✩ Watashiya Kaworu – Kodomo no Jikan
✩ Katsuwo – Mitsuboshi Colors
✩ Criminale!
✩ Birdmen
✩ Honto no Kanojo
✩ Sora ga Haiiro Dakara
✩ Bakuon!!
✩ Kamisama ga Uso o Tsuku.
✩ High Score Girl
✩ Takuan and Batsu’s Daily Demon Diary
✩ Akasaka Aka – Kaguya Wants to be Confessed To
✩ Golden Kamuy
✩ Akasaka Aka – ib – instant bullet –
✩ Chio-chan no Tsuugakuro
✩ Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou (YKK)
✩ Out of the Blue! / i love you yori aisiteru
✩ Is My Hobby Weird?
✩ Watarai Keiji – O/A
✩ Tsurezure Children
✩ Grand Blue
✩ Danberu nan kiro moteru?
✩ Sesuji wo Pin! to
✩ Gakkou Gurashi!
✩ Unsounded
✩ 4 Cut Hero
Murenase! Shiiton Gakuen
✩ Daidai wa, Hantoumei ni Nidone Suru
✩ Komi-san wa Komyushou Desu.
✩ MURCIÉLAGO
✩ Kemono Friends
✩ Yuzumori-san
✩ Kimetsu no Yaiba
✩ Maou-jou de Oyasumi
✩ Shimanami Tasogare
March comes in like a lion
✩ To You, The Immortal
✩ BEASTARS
✩ IT HURTS!!
✩ Zannen Onna-Kanbu Black General-san
✩ Akebi-chan’s Sailor Uniform
✩ Yurucamp △
✩ Witch Hat Atelier
✩ Vector Spectacle
✩ Kenrantaru Grande Scène
✩ WataMote
✩ Shakunetsu no Takkyuu Musume — Addendum
✩ Berserk
✩ Tonari no Seki-kun
Favorite manga:
citrus
Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun
Keijo!!!!!!!!
Himitsu no Akuma-chan
Wizard’s Soul ~Holy War of Love~
Denki-gai no Honya-san
Yuusha ga Shinda!
Ookami Shounen wa Kyou mo Uso o Kasaneru
Blue Friend (2nd Season)
Award-winning manga:
Taiyou no Ie
Dungeon Meshi
Golden Kamuy
Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou (YKK)
Sesuji wo Pin! to
March comes in like a lion
Berserk
Tonari no Seki-kun
Yuri manga:
Anko-san of the Deep Sea Fish
citrus
Dowman Sayman – Oddman 11
Amagakure Gido – I’ll Send Her Home on the Last Train
Keijo!!!!!!!!
Sasameki Koto
Watashiya Kaworu – Joou-sama no Eshi
Honto no Kanojo
Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou (YKK)
Out of the Blue! / i love you yori aisiteru
Is My Hobby Weird?
A Room For Two
Blue Friend (2nd Season)
Daidai wa, Hantoumei ni Nidone Suru
Nanashi no Asterism
MURCIÉLAGO
Yuzumori-san
Shimanami Tasogare
Akebi-chan’s Sailor Uniform
Vector Spectacle
WataMote
Shakunetsu no Takkyuu Musume — Addendum
Comfy manga:
Helck
Anko-san of the Deep Sea Fish
Amagakure Gido – Amaama to Inazuma
Amari Mawari
Jyoshikausei (Joshi Kausei)
INERTIA 67%
Touhou Sangetsusei – Three Fairies
Touhou Ibarakasen ~ Wild and Horned Hermit.
Shinryaku! Ika Musume
Sen to Man
Katsuwo – Mitsuboshi Colors
Honto no Kanojo
Neko Musume Michikusa Nikki
Bakuon!!
High Score Girl
Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou (YKK)
A Room For Two
Ookami Shounen wa Kyou mo Uso o Kasaneru
Tsurezure Children
Grand Blue
Danberu nan kiro moteru?
Sesuji wo Pin! to
Kemono Friends
Kimetsu no Yaiba
Maou-jou de Oyasumi
Shimanami Tasogare
Yuuyake Rocket Pencil
Akebi-chan’s Sailor Uniform
Yurucamp △
Touhou Bougetsushou ~ Inaba of the Moon and Inaba of the Earth
Vector Spectacle
Unique Weird manga:
Chimoguri Ringo to Kingyobachi Otoko
The End of Goldfish Kingdom
Jigokuren – Love in Hell
Dowman Sayman – Nickelodeon
Dowman Sayman – The Voynich Hotel
Dowman Sayman – Oddman 11
Keijo!!!!!!!!
Dr. Hitomi’s Infirmary
Hinamatsuri
Watarai Keiji – Boku ni Koisuru Mechanical
Dungeon Meshi
INERTIA 67%
Hoshi no Ponko to Toufuya Reiko
Spirit Circle
Watashiya Kaworu – Joou-sama no Eshi
Tsugumomo
Watashiya Kaworu – Kodomo no Jikan
Katsuwo – Mitsuboshi Colors
Criminale!
Birdmen
Honto no Kanojo
Himitsu no Akuma-chan
Sora ga Haiiro Dakara
Neko Musume Michikusa Nikki
Bakuon!!
High Score Girl
Takuan and Batsu’s Daily Demon Diary
Akasaka Aka – Kaguya Wants to be Confessed To
Golden Kamuy
Wizard’s Soul ~Holy War of Love~
Denki-gai no Honya-san
Akasaka Aka – ib – instant bullet –
Chio-chan no Tsuugakuro
Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou (YKK)
Is My Hobby Weird?
Yuusha ga Shinda!
A Room For Two
Watarai Keiji – O/A
Ookami Shounen wa Kyou mo Uso o Kasaneru
Tsurezure Children
Grand Blue
Danberu nan kiro moteru?
Blue Friend (2nd Season)
Sesuji wo Pin! to
Gakkou Gurashi!
Unsounded
4 Cut Hero
Murenase! Shiiton Gakuen
Daidai wa, Hantoumei ni Nidone Suru
Nanashi no Asterism
Komi-san wa Komyushou Desu.
MURCIÉLAGO
Kemono Friends
Yuzumori-san
Kimetsu no Yaiba
Maou-jou de Oyasumi
Shimanami Tasogare
March comes in like a lion
Yuuyake Rocket Pencil
Kine-san no 1-ri de Cinema
To You, The Immortal
BEASTARS
IT HURTS!!
Zannen Onna-Kanbu Black General-san
Akebi-chan’s Sailor Uniform
Yurucamp △
Witch Hat Atelier
Touhou Bougetsushou ~ Silent Sinner in Blue.
Touhou Bougetsushou ~ Cage in Lunatic Runagate.
Vector Spectacle
Kenrantaru Grande Scène
WataMote
Shakunetsu no Takkyuu Musume — Addendum
Tonari no Seki-kun
Everything I’ve reviewed:
Katsuwo – Hitoribocchi no OO Seikatsu — Addendum
Chimoguri Ringo to Kingyobachi Otoko
Helck
Anko-san of the Deep Sea Fish
citrus
The End of Goldfish Kingdom
Jigokuren – Love in Hell
Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun
Amagakure Gido – Amaama to Inazuma
Dowman Sayman – Nickelodeon
Dowman Sayman – The Voynich Hotel
Dowman Sayman – Oddman 11
* Miman Renai
Youkai Shoujo – Monsuga
World Trigger
Amagakure Gido – I’ll Send Her Home on the Last Train
Amari Mawari
Alyosha!
Keijo!!!!!!!!
Teppu
Sasameki Koto
Dr. Hitomi’s Infirmary
Jyoshikausei (Joshi Kausei)
Hinamatsuri
Sekine-kun no Koi
Taiyou no Ie
Watarai Keiji – Boku ni Koisuru Mechanical
1/11
Dungeon Meshi
INERTIA 67%
Touhou Suzunaan ~ Forbidden Scrollery.
Touhou Sangetsusei – Three Fairies
Touhou Ibarakasen ~ Wild and Horned Hermit.
Shinryaku! Ika Musume
Hoshi no Ponko to Toufuya Reiko
Spirit Circle
Sen to Man
Watashiya Kaworu – Joou-sama no Eshi
Tsugumomo
Watashiya Kaworu – Kodomo no Jikan
Katsuwo – Mitsuboshi Colors
Criminale!
Birdmen
Honto no Kanojo
Himitsu no Akuma-chan
Sora ga Haiiro Dakara
Neko Musume Michikusa Nikki
Bakuon!!
Kamisama ga Uso o Tsuku.
High Score Girl
Takuan and Batsu’s Daily Demon Diary
Akasaka Aka – Kaguya Wants to be Confessed To
Golden Kamuy
Wizard’s Soul ~Holy War of Love~
Denki-gai no Honya-san
Akasaka Aka – ib – instant bullet –
Chio-chan no Tsuugakuro
Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou (YKK)
Out of the Blue! / i love you yori aisiteru
Is My Hobby Weird?
Yuusha ga Shinda!
A Room For Two
Watarai Keiji – O/A
Ookami Shounen wa Kyou mo Uso o Kasaneru
Tsurezure Children
Grand Blue
Danberu nan kiro moteru?
Blue Friend (2nd Season)
Sesuji wo Pin! to
Gakkou Gurashi!
Unsounded
4 Cut Hero
Murenase! Shiiton Gakuen
Daidai wa, Hantoumei ni Nidone Suru
Nanashi no Asterism
Komi-san wa Komyushou Desu.
MURCIÉLAGO
Kemono Friends
Yuzumori-san
Kimetsu no Yaiba
Maou-jou de Oyasumi
Shimanami Tasogare
March comes in like a lion
Yuuyake Rocket Pencil
Kine-san no 1-ri de Cinema
To You, The Immortal
BEASTARS
IT HURTS!!
Zannen Onna-Kanbu Black General-san
Akebi-chan’s Sailor Uniform
Yurucamp △
Witch Hat Atelier
* Aishiteruze Baby
Touhou Bougetsushou ~ Silent Sinner in Blue.
Touhou Bougetsushou ~ Cage in Lunatic Runagate.
Touhou Bougetsushou ~ Inaba of the Moon and Inaba of the Earth
Vector Spectacle
Kenrantaru Grande Scène
WataMote
Shakunetsu no Takkyuu Musume — Addendum
Berserk
Tonari no Seki-kun
Actually posted:
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It might be too short for you, but you may like Cirque Arachne (or any other Saida Nika works). Very warm-hearted yuri.
I’ll check it out. I have no problem with shorter works. Honestly, in some ways I prefer them.
Not sure if you’ll ever read this BUT: I read Cirque Arachne. It’s definitely something of the size I’d review, but unfortunately I didn’t really like it.
To explain: I felt like what development was there was too fast and what subtle things aside from the present goings-on (that is to say, matters of the past) were TOO subtle. I could somewhat tell what happened with Lotte and Teti’s past was obvious, but since Lotte is the real focal point of the series and her troubles with her past are a big concern, that I couldn’t completely get what actually happened meant I couldn’t completely get what her problem was. I ultimately did not feel a connection to the story, and thus I didn’t feel satisfied when, let’s say, the deal was sealed between the two main characters.
I feel like I may have liked it more had the series been longer, and thus had more time to make me believe an attraction was fostered. It doesn’t need to be long to hook you, however I think this series might’ve used it well. If not that, well, we don’t really see the two of them performing together, we don’t get too much of why they might like one another, and then they’re together. I think it’s a definite missed opportunity to not have them perform together at all, we only see glimpses of their practice. Given ultimately they’re all about how when they work together it’s wonderful, not seeing them work together is a big no-no in my book. The basic “show don’t tell”.
And for a personal thing, I am really not into circuses. I don’t know if that was a bias that had me against Cirque Arachne but yeah, I am against circuses. Probably would’ve been more interested with more setup, since I could’ve seen what the main characters REALLY like about their craft.
I’ll probably still look into the author, Saida Nika, though. No reason to disavow simply because I wasn’t really a fan of one work.
>Not a review
>Write 340 words for a reason why they don’t review
You’ve got talent mate…
Well, I ought to be thorough!
:O
Keep up the good work then…
I’d love to hear if you have any words on any of Mizukami Satoshi’s works. Particularly since they all seem to be wrapping up soon.
He’s good and unique.
Maybe one day I’ll review something of his, but the only thing I’ve read from him so far has been Biscuit Hammer. I’ll need to read his other two prominent series eventually before I talk about him, or if I review Biscuit Hammer I’ll need to prepare for it over time since it’s a bit lengthier than most of the things I review/it’s been a while since I read it the first time.
Dunno if this is the appropriate place to ask but do you know of any other bloggers who does manga reviews? I enjoy reading your blog + I think it’s a fantastic place to get recs (I go to your blog whenever I wanna read something new), so I’m just wondering if there’s more writers like you.
Btw you should read Konobi if you haven’t already, it seems like you’d enjoy it.
Thanks :3
I don’t read many other review things, actually. That said, I like the writings of Hox posted here: http://hoxtranslations.blogspot.com/
And I didn’t know what you meant by Konobi, but then realized that’s shorthand for Kono Bijutsubu ni wa Mondai ga aru, which is actually in my backlog. Will read it eventually.
Oh, damn, and I forgot Weekly Manga Recap. It’s a podcast, they review manga by request on it. All kinds.
Try Bokura no Kiseki. A very good reverse reincarnation Isekai from the time before the isekai boom.
It’s a very good mystery series that is pretty underrated in this side.
I’m intrigued… but damn, 20 volumes on a mystery premise? I’ll probably give it a shot but I’m feeling a bit cautious
It’s one of those slowly unravelling mystery series. Hope you will like it.
Yeah, it’s pretty long. I believe there is even an official guidebook now. It got things like chronological order of events (both lives), information about countries, magic and characters profiles, etc.
Based taste, that’ll help my backlog
Cheers!