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Manga with dark fantasy world building. Stories set in a fantasy setting

Dark fantasy series that have a "gritty" feel to them.

Also sometimes labelled as a splatter, the main focus of the manga is well the blood, guts and dismembered body parts. Shock is a key element of this genre. Movies such as the SAW series are famous for the difficult-to-watch torture sequences, but what a bout the manga? This list is compiled of some of the most gory manga I have seen that aren't pornographic.

- Weebookey

- No Fully Gag or iyashikei Manga, so No NNB, Barakamon or Aria
- I Will Allow Witch Watch and a few others Since there is dramatic scenes in them even if its sparse.
- There can be male protagonists in the series, but at least 75% of the manga has to revolve around the Female Lead.
- I Will also not include SOME harem/romance manga, but only some, a bit abitary but again dont wanna conflate the list
- I May count genderbent manga

For part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/19694
For sequel series: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/2415

This is only the series with over 100 chapters, there are many more titles available with less than 100 chapters which are also great series worth reading, this is only for those who might want some longer series.

It only says website in the title, but there’s also an app, however not every series is available on the app.

No sequel series were added to the list (Tokyo ghoul, Jojo’s), because they’re in the sequel series interest stack (and there’s no room anyway).

You can read all of the series with every chapter for $2.

The only series without every chapter available for free are:
Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai (Chapters are added as the volumes are released) NOT LIKELY TO GET ANY MORE VOLUMES.

These are the series only available on the website:
Golden Kamuy
Jigokuraku (Hell’s Paradise)

Noteworthy shounen that released during the Era of the "Big 3"

If fantasy is your jam, here is a stack of manga with good stories, superb art and mature themes.


More will be added once discovered.

Worldbuilding - "the process of constructing a world, originally an imaginary one, sometimes associated with a fictional universe." These kinds of manga are usually set in a fantasy and/or sci-fi world, and excel at establishing & showcasing the rules/history/economy of their fictional universe. List was created through collective data from multiple websites of people's answers as to what manga are considered to have great world building.

"Hand over money if you want me to fight for you!"
(except Teenage Mercenary)

As the title says, this stack Includes mangas with great art and detailing

aka "don't let your kid read this alone" manga, or "why the F is this Shounen?" manga.
If you can't stand gore or dangerous/extreme mental body of thought, don't try these.

I have a stack with the opposite: Seinen with little gore:
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/2036

The Masked Man is an American YouTuber who makes videos primarily about manga, but also anime, and very occasionally video games. He does in-depth analysis on the subjects he talks about. Here is his top 50 manga.

NOTE:-
"Fata Morgana no Yakata: Anata no Hitomi wo Tozasu Monogatari" is not manga, its a Visual Novel.(https://vndb.org/v12402)
Consider this list from Beserk to OPM to be the actual manga list.

For part 2
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/7241

Must Haves:
1. Strong-- meaning badass, witty, professional, etc.
2. Loving-- having a kind, funny, inspirational, or complex personality. Not just a generic strong superwoman.
3. Female-- objectively female in the universe of the manga.
4. Lead-- being the center character of the manga or sharing the same amount of screen time as a male lead.
5. Be good

Scamboli Reviews is an anime and gaming YouTuber. Scamboli reviews anime, manga and answers common questions about popular anime with his own perspective.
His channel https://www.youtube.com/c/ScamboliReviews

A revenge. A vengeance. A vendetta. A retribution...
What sweet words to discribe justice...

I absolutely love to follow the journey of a shattered (wo)man with an iron will to avenge something (s)he loved, but lost.

A revenge is an old (but gold) trope, and i felt like doing a stack of it.
So here is one with Mangas that i've personally read, and contains a plot with a predominence of justice made by (wo)man.

Anime side : https://myanimelist.net/stacks/5666

some completed manga i think are worth reading.
the list is updated regularly.