[Discussion] Best Manga you've ever read

Jul 5, 2014 5:27 PM

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I decided to create the "best manga" topic but with a condition, you have to have read it. I know it sounds stupid, but I think sometimes we decide just for the artwork or simply because we like this or that mangaka. Also, i won't include unfinished mangas since we don't know if it's going to be screw up at the end.

So, what is the best manga you ever read? Why do you think it's the best one?

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Jul 7, 2014 6:09 AM

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Well, my favorite manga is ''Bleach'', but I don't think it's the best manga I've ever read and it's still publishing, so we will not consider it. Actually I cannot decide which manga would be.

I could say ''Full Metal Alchemist'', Hiromu Arakawa's work, the style of the art is not exatly exceptional, but it improves along the story; a world ruled by alchemy, has a great approach and the events run into an incredible and absolutely unexpected way.

I could choose ''Bakuman'' as well, I'm a great fan of Takeshi Obata and this work was the one which made me decide to become profesional mangaka, if anybody wants to be considered someone in the world of manga should read and pay attention to all that work says.

Finally I would say ''All You Need Is Kill'', the last work of Takeshi Obata;
Obata has definintely exceeded himself in terms of art, and the story even if it was exaggeratedly short, was amazing and I didn't expect such a sad end.

Jul 7, 2014 6:23 AM

Meromaru

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the best manga i've ever read, by far, is Akira, by Katsuhiro Otomo.
the story is amazing, with an adult point of view even being scifi, is realistic and you can even relate with nowadays problems. besides Otomo's artwork is detailed, clean, almost perfect. wheni draw i always think about Otomo's works because for me he's the top mangaka.

i just started to read the Legend of Kamui, i won't count it because i haven't finished, but Shirato Sanpei artwork is really awesome.

i also have read a lot of amazing stories and i've seen some great artworks, but nothing like that.

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Jul 8, 2014 6:43 AM

PurpleOwl

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My favorite manga is Fullmetal alchemist too (I think Hiromu's style is good) and Homunculus (realistic style, the best)

Now I read 20th century boys and Tokyo ghoul too, it's fantastic and very diferent.

Jul 8, 2014 10:58 AM

Meromaru

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PurpleOwl said:

Now I read 20th century boys and Tokyo ghoul too, it's fantastic and very diferent.

I haven't read 20th Century Boys, but it seems really good, I want to read it sometime.

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Jul 10, 2014 1:46 PM

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Actually, my favorite manga is 'Pandora Hearts' by Jun Mochizuki.
I really like the story, Mochizuki is a troll XD I like the victorian ambientation of the story too.
But, for me, the best is the art style of the manga. I really, really like Mochizuki's art style. I think is soft and very elaborated, without being overloaded. Simply, I love.

Also, I like a lot 'Ao no exorcist', 'Naruto', and 'Noragami'. I'm a shonen manga obsessed (?)

Jul 18, 2014 1:36 PM

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miriammguzman said:
Actually, my favorite manga is 'Pandora Hearts' by Jun Mochizuki.
I really like the story, Mochizuki is a troll XD I like the victorian ambientation of the story too.
But, for me, the best is the art style of the manga. I really, really like Mochizuki's art style. I think is soft and very elaborated, without being overloaded. Simply, I love.

Also, I like a lot 'Ao no exorcist', 'Naruto', and 'Noragami'. I'm a shonen manga obsessed (?)

Have you even read Kuroshitsuji? It's one of my favorites manga and the manga have victorian ambientation too. I prefer the manga than the anime, kuroshitsuji's anime is really bad.

Jul 19, 2014 3:01 PM

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Let me see, I think the best Manga I've ever read is xxxHolic by CLAMP. I love the story and the style of the whole manga, is drawn to perfection. For this work they used a style based on shadows and details. It's kind of a Gothic and Victorian type mixed with typical Japanese scenarios. I just loved it.

Also, I like Bleach by Tite Kubo, and Gantz by Hiroya Oku. I could say that those three are my favorites.

Other Manga I also recommend a lot is Bakuman & Death Note by Takeshi Obata/Tsugumi Ohba. :D

Jul 21, 2014 7:48 PM

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The best manga ever read are vampire knight,Hana to akuma,Naruto,Bleach,kitchen princess,devil love song,beauty pop,

Jul 22, 2014 8:16 PM

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All the ones I've read are all still continuing series, but I love them all so much idk how to pick a favorite. I love their artwork, their story, their characters, all of it. So I'm just gonna name almost all of them.
Karneval
Bleach
Fairy Tail
Kuroko no Basuke
Kamisama Hajimemashita
Naruto

I would say D. Gray Man but the artwork is harder for me to comprehend what's happening.

"I am a supporting actor, a shadow. But a shadow will become darker if the light is stronger and it will make the white of the light stand out. As the shadow of the main actor, I will make you, the light, number one..." - the Phantom, Kuroko Testsuya

Aug 7, 2014 6:42 PM

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Personally the best Manga have ever read is actually one that I thought I wouldn't enjoy. The art isn't exactly spectacular and the over all story is VERY perverted.

A friend recommended it to me, so I picked it up. And even though it's a very basic plot, it's comedic ways always brought me running back even after finishing the short series and made me wish it had more. It always found new ways to keep me interested.

And that series is: Pretty Face

Other notable mentions I like are:

Dn Angel: The art of the manga changes drastically from book 1 to 13, and it was good to begin with. However, its new style now is gorgeous to me! It's elegant and simple for a love story with minor action scenes. Even though the series is still unfinished, I love what I have read so far.

Tail of the Moon: Again, it is another simple plot that had me laughing a lot during the series. I was sad to see this series end, even if it was a little long, but it had so much going on and at times, it was silly. I liked it anyways. The art is pretty simple and gets the point across, but I suppose most comedy romances need to have a simple style that fits. At least that's how I've seen most comedy romances (they all looked similar to me. Even Guru Guru Pon-chan).

But these are a small list of my favorite mangas that I've read. I personally think they're some of the best, but tastes differ .^^;

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Aug 17, 2014 11:56 PM

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Well I do read Shounen but mostly read shoujo. My favorite though is Koe no Katachi, it really covers up a social topic. The artwork is good and the plot has lots of emotional moment. It reveals the injustice faced by the disabled people and how they are ostracised from society. Though the topic is quite different, it is certainly well-developed and that makes it the best manga I have read.

Aug 24, 2014 11:13 AM

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I rarely read manga since I have a busy schedule. I usually watch anime. So far, I'm almost done with "Kimi ni Todoke" and "Kaichou-wa Maid-sama". I've been reading those two for almost a year... Gosh, I'm such a slowpoke. There's so little titles listed in my Manga List.

So far, I'm loving both "Kimi ni Todoke" and "Kaichou-wa Maid-sama".

Few of the mangas I would like to read are: FMA, Rurouni Kenshin, etc.

Any more suggestions? So that I could add them in my to-read-list. I prefer light novels.

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Aug 24, 2014 3:33 PM

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Hmmm... I'm an indecisive person so I can't simply decide on the "best" since I don't believe there IS a "best." But there are a few really good ones I enjoy. One I'm enjoying now is Soul Catcher(s). I don't think many people know of it yet.

"Shota Kamine is a boy who could "see? other people's hearts. With this power, he tries to use it for the good of people, but nothing ever goes right. Not being able to sought out the meaning behind the power of his eyes, he becomes discouraged and loses all hope.

While then, on the school rooftop he meets a boy, Hibiki Tokisaka, and gets his own heart grasped by the sound of his saxophone!! Kamine who became interested with Hibiki, goes and visits the brass band's concert. There, Kamine witnesses Hibiki's performance shaking up and gripping the people's hearts.

Hibiki, who had overcome what Kamine thought could never happen and not possible for him to even do, Kamine approaches him to talk about it, but to find out Hibiki too carry a dark past he cannot tell others. Kamine finds out his secret and he..." -- from MAL description

I'm also really into sports manga, although I can't find as many as I'd like.

Tetsugaku Letra is a good one, and so is Ballroom e Yookoso. They both focus on dancing.

Tetsugaku Letra:
"In middle school, Ichinose Kimitaka taught his friends how to play basketball. Despite his experience with the sport, his friends quickly outmatched him in skill. After an incident brought on by his frustration and jealousy, he was crushed to overhear those same 'friends' discussing how they wished he'd just kill himself.

On his way to toss out his special basketball shoes, he met a girl who was just as frustrated, throwing her own dancing shoes away. She was so tall, and her hands and feet are so large, that she had been rejected from her chosen hobby of Spanish dancing. He urged her to give basketball a try, and the two exchanged their shoes instead of throwing them away.

As he enters high school, Kimitaka learns that meeting him changed that girl's life for the better, and she is now a happy, social basketball player. Will Kimitaka be able to find the courage to make new friends and pursue his own talents?"

Ballroom e Yookoso:
"An ordinary middle school student, Fujita Tatara couldn't find any objective in life and spent his days idly. One day, a group of delinquents picks a fight with him and he is saved by a mysterious man. After that, the man surprisingly takes him to a ballroom dancing class! While being inspired by a girl dancer who goes to that school, Hanaoka Shizuku, and her partner, a genius dancer, Hyoudou Kiyoharu, Tatara starts dedicating his youth to dancesport!!"

These are all still publishing by the way.

Aug 24, 2014 8:59 PM

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http://myanimelist.net/manga/28361/Hideout

Aug 25, 2014 7:02 AM

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Welp, looks like not a lot of people here are onto shoujo manga; so here I am,

One of the best manga I've ever read is Takano Ichigo's Orange and Yumemiru Taiyou both are on going manga but the flow of the story are really cute~ As for Orange, it has a drama blend and it made me cry for real (maybe because I was fangirling over Kakeru that time) Another one is Sakisaka's Ao Haru Ride, the story is simple compared to the two above but it's still nice for me, just for me, imo imo imo imo.

Aug 25, 2014 9:06 PM

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I.. don't really read a lot of manga (which I guess mean it's really strange I want to draw them..) but I think the best manga I read that's finished is +Anima. I really love the art style and the story is interesting and cute, as well as the characters.
I love other manga too, but most - if not all - is still on-going.

Sep 14, 2014 2:18 AM

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My favorite is Onani Master Kurosawa by Ise Katsura. I like the main protagonists character development and the twist in the story. It starts out as a comedic one but later on scales to a dark and serious story. The art is decent too. I also like Horimiya by HERO.

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Oct 19, 2014 6:29 PM

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Best manga for me has got to be Blood Lad.

Nov 21, 2014 5:47 AM

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chiyari said:
My favorite is Onani Master Kurosawa by Ise Katsura. I like the main protagonists character development and the twist in the story. It starts out as a comedic one but later on scales to a dark and serious story. The art is decent too. I also like Horimiya by HERO.

i read this one last week, i wasn't expecting such a great story with that premise. very good one indeed. the main character development is awesome.

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Nov 21, 2014 6:32 PM

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Meromaru said:

i read this one last week, i wasn't expecting such a great story with that premise. very good one indeed. the main character development is awesome.

It's good to know that. :) I'm glad that you kept on reading the manga even tho the start can be "offensive" to women.

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Feb 27, 2015 6:44 AM

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Like I said in my introduction, I love Fullmetal Alchemist/Hagane no Renkinjutsushi.
I love Arakawa's drawing, mainly the realistic proportions and level of details; that she uses fanservice TWICE (once for plot reasons), like just to show that she can, and in fact she does more fan disservice; the story and thematics, the pace, the twists, and that she has absolute control over them; that she avoids a lot of cliches, while embracing others on purpose and methodically; the balance between some slice of life, the ship-tease, the tension, the mystery, the fights and the comedy; and chiefly it's humor, the best I know without a doubt.
I'm playing lazy to read her other works, but I read only two chapters of Gin no Saji and loved it too. Stray Dog is not so god, but since it's her VERY FIRST, it's worth some credit. Juushin Enbu is a pain, but since the story isn't hers... Arslan I didn't read yet.

The only other authors I know that can compete with her (and maybe are even better but don't draw much action, sadly) are Naoki Urasawa and Yellow Tanabe. Monster and Kekkaishi are awesome. I do believe 20th Century Boys can be a hard match for FMA/Hagaren (I'll be reading it real soon), and Birdman can be, too (I read the first 9 chapters I could find and liked them a lot).

I love Kaori Yuki's works too, Angel Sanctuary/Tenshi Kinryouku lead them.
Her drawing is really beautiful (after some volumes, at least); she gives you an overdose of characters, conflicts, thoughts and feelings, sometimes it's hard to keep track of so many things (which is never a bad thing, IMO); she embraces controversial themes with no fear at all, and do it well; her plot twists are more like mood-swap megaton punches, a real emotions' teaser; and I love Heaven and Hell, angels and demons, megalomaniac/evil God thematics; I don't like Shonen-Ai (nor Shoujo-Ai, Yaoi or Yuri), and people seem to flee from TK because of it (those who don't like it, of course), but I can say it doesn't botter me at all in her works, it's not ABOUT it and not really important plot-wise.

I love Monster, like I said, but since I last watched it some time ago and never read the manga (I just started it), I won't say much. What I can say is that Urasawa is like Arakawa with more cartoonish drawings (and still a cast of snowflakes) and less action.

Oh, and I'm crazy about Digimon Adventure, the original, but it's not manga. XD
To mention other awesome mangas: Death Note (of course); Shaman King; Hyper Future Vision GUNNM (read five volumes of Last Order but didn't like it much) and Gintama's author oneshot "13" (I only watched two seasons of Gintama, but I'll finish it, and read the manga too, I hope it's more like 13 than Bankara which I hated).

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