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Jan 6, 2022 5:56 AM

Manga recs - extended edition

Anime Relations: Hajime no Ippo, Death Note, Tokyo Ghoul, Kiseijuu: Sei no Kakuritsu, Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken, Yakusoku no Neverland, Yuukoku no Moriarty

Recommendations for similar stories: (read one => read more)
I will make the manga names into links to their main pages, click on the manga name to be sent there. If there's a *, then most of the times it'll be to anilist.
No manga rated 4 or below by me will be added (so most manga have a chance),
✅ means that block is finished until more manga are added.
First row of pics ; Second row of pics, darkblue when linked (but still bold)!

Solo Leveling + Omniscient Reader + The Legend of The Northern Blade + Mercenary Enrollment* + I grow stronger by eating!* + Nano Machine* + Overgeared* + Peerless dad* (Shounen, action, flashy art, hype) 01.
Boku no Hero Academia + Kaijuu 8-gou + Black Clover + One Punch Man + Mashle + Monster Hunter Orage (energetic MC, Shounen) 02.
One-Punch Man is Seinen but it doesn't feel like it's for adults only.
One Punch Man + Peerless dad* + Mashle (OP MC "trying to hide his power" combined with comedy and hype) 03.
Kiseijuu + Jagaaaaaan + Tokyo Ghoul + Kirihito Sanka° + Mars Red (MC becomes a 'monster' but has deep thoughts about wanting to stay human) (°few fights compared to the rest) 04.
Bastard + Chi no Wadachi + Shinai naru Boku e Satsui wo Komete + Loose Senki: Old Boy + Yakusoku no Neverland + Lucifer no Migite + Life Is Money + Bokutachi ga Yarimashita (Cliffhangers, psychological aspect, murder, shunned by the society) ✅ 05.
All are Seinen, except Bastard, Yakusoku no Neverland and Life Is Money.
Jisatsutou + Dr. Frost + Annarasumanara + The Horizon + Chi no Wadachi + Kokou no Hito + Battle Royale + Juujika no Rokunin + Imawa no Kuni no Alice + Lucifer no Migite (deep psychological) 06.
Death Note + Yuukoku no Moriarty + Akumetsu + Terror Man*° (antiheroes wanting to cleanse the world by becoming a criminal) 07.
°Terror Man: MC did not do it purely from his own choices, so it's a little different
Liar Game + Tomodachi Game + Darwin's Game + Battle Royale + Imawa no Kuni no Alice + Tobaku Mokushiroku Kaiji + Life Is Money (survival and/or debt aspect) 08.
Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken + Overlord + Re:Monster + Shokei sareta Kenja wa Lich ni Tensei shite Shinryaku Sensou wo Hajimeru (isekai with MC being a villain (4th one isn't isekai but still very similar)) 09.
The Beginning After The End* + Mushoku Tensei: Isekai Ittara Honki dasu + The Dark Magician transmigrates after 66666 years* (reincarnation into a younger person but in the same world) 10.
Weak Hero + Lookism + Angel Densetsu + Katekyo Hitman Reborn! + Hajime no Ippo + Kongou Banchou + Kamen Teacher + Transfer Student Storm Bringer (delinquents, fights, school related, comedy involved) 11.
Hajime no Ippo + Gosam Mussang* + The Constellation that returned from hell* + 1 (if you've read Koroshiya 1) + Nano Machine* + Hokuto no Ken + Kentou Ankokuden Cestvs + The Boxer + Holyland + Viral Hit (martial arts) 12.
Hunter x Hunter + One Piece + Golden Kamuy + The strongest Florist* + Ride-On King (adventure with friends, mostly sticking together) 13.
All of them are Shounen, except Golden Kamuy (Seinen).
Sora yori Takaku + Detroit Metal City + Grand Blue + Ino-Head Gargoyle (dirty humor) 14.
Trace + Zetman (+ Kaijuu 8-gou + Birdmen + Mars Red; similar but also different) + Terra Formars (MC(s) is/are of a sole 'species' that can take on monsters) 15.
Liar Game + Chi no Wadachi + Battle Royale + Imawa no Kuni no Alice + Golden Kamuy + Tobaku Mokushiroku Kaiji + Kokou no Hito + Bokutachi ga Yarimashita (Trust issues!! Betrayal) 16.
Dr. Stone + Isekai Yakkyoku + Hataraku Saibou + Super Doctor K + Asklepios + Terra Formars + Kusuriya no Hitorigoto (learning science easily) 17.
Dr. Stone: about how certain things are made, Hataraku Saibou: Cells inside one's body, Super Doctor K and Asklepios: Doctor as MC, Isekai Yakkyoku and Kusuriya no Hitorigoto: Pharmacist as MC, Terra Formars: Biology of insects.
Vagabond + Shigurui + Blade of the Immortal + Harakiri Gomen (raw Samurai stories) 18.
Vinland Saga + Golden Kamuy + Historie + Sousei no Taiga + Kentou Ankokuden Cestvs + Arte + Thermae Romae (great historical stories) 19.
Emperor to Issho + Pochi Kuro + Ride-On King + Thermae Romae + Sanda + The Dragon Next Door + Mamono-tachi wa Katazukerarenai (Random funny comedy manga) 20.
The Boxer + Kuraki Kyuuden no Shisha no Ou (MC gets manipulated by a psychotic trainer/coach) 21.
Kokou no Hito + Glaucos (Adventure to the ends of earth) 22.
Wo Zhen Bushi Xie Shen Zougou* (IRNDGL) + The Celestial Returned from Hell* + Adventures of an undead who became paladin* (Funny plot armor) ✅ 23.
Henkyou no Roukishi Bard Loen + The Fable + Sousou no Frieren + Storm Inn* + Gokushufudou (Strong people who just want to live a nice and quiet life, retired from their old profession) ✅ 24.
Berserk + Shadows of Spawn + Omniscient Reader° (MC has been cursed and has to survive hordes of enemies) ✅ 25.
°The other MC, Yoo, Joonghyuk
Real Account + Shinai naru Boku e Satsui wo Komete + Detroit Metal City + Ino-Head Gargoyle + Rinjin 13-gou + Koroshiya 1 + Kamen Teacher + Lookism (MC has two personalities) ✅ 26.
(All of them are Seinen, except Real Account and Lookism.)
1 Second + Terror Man* (MCs can predict upcoming danger thus help others but try not to make it public) 27.
Hokuto no Ken + Souten no Ken + Kongou Banchou + Oyaji + Ride-On King + Sora yori Takaku + Mosquito War + Super Doctor K (Manly series (with muscular MC)) 28. (First row: very strong emphasis on brave heroes, Second row: Not as much emphasis as the first row but still existent.)
Hisakata no Oto + Kabocha no Bouken + Emperor to Issho (Calm SOL, Iyashikei) 29.
Gorae Byul: The Gyeongseong Mermaid + Song of the Long March + Kusuriya no Hitorigoto (Strong willed female lead) ✅ 30.
All 3 are Historical manga (with drama).
Wo Zhen Bushi Xie Shen Zougou* (I'm really not the demon god's lackey) + Toshokan no Daimajutsushi (Magus of the Library) (Manga focused on books and libraries) ✅ 31.
Wo Zhen Bushi Xie Shen Zougou is rather dark-sided, Magus of the Library rather bright-sided. Both could be classified as Seinen I guess? The two of them also have excellent comedy.

Manga with MC who completes tasks with such style and flamboyance that it stuns others and leaves them amazed:
Sakamoto desu ga, Aoyama-kun

Cold hard suicide
Shinai naru Boku e Satsui wo Komete, Jisatsutou, Imawa no Kuni no Alice

No mercy, cruelty
Tokyo Kettou Kanjousen, Vagabond, Btooom!, Eden: It's an Endless World!, Golden Kamuy, Hokuto no Ken, Jagaaaaaan, Juujika no Rokunin, Kamen Teacher, Kingdom, Lucifer no Migite, Shinai naru Boku e Satsui wo Komete, Akumetsu, Terra Formars, Tobaku Mokushiroku Kaiji