| Random manga on a site is a beautiful thing. What's a manga you've found that's something that most other people don't know of? Why do you like it? And how did you find it? For me, I discovered all of these manga through a Featured Manga post on Facebook or the front page of a site like Batoto. I recently got into Teppuu, and it's a rare sports manga that interests me. The fight scenes are phenomenal, but what really draws me is the fact we have strong female characters that are not sexualized. Given that it's female MMA, the author doesn't go the other extreme and make everyone masculine looking, although a few characters are. The main character is really interesting, and it's a unique twist on talent. Real Account is a cool psychological thriller that analyzes social media in the least pretentious way imaginable. It's exceedingly clever and takes care to examine not only the big points of social behavior, but all the minutiae. The characters are still somewhat underdeveloped, but it's still a young series, and I have faith it'll continue to be good. Ouroboros came about when I was searching for a specific type of manga - a procedural manga. I was wondering if Japan did procedurals in manga, as they are super common in the West. Ouroboros is filled with a good Japanese twist on the formula, as well as a good cast of characters and nice artwork. The good part to me is that Ouroboros doesn't try to be too gritty, which is a problem I feel with several Japanese seinen manga. What're your obscure favorites? |
| I discovered Haruka na Machi e while looking for a slice-of-life manga about a young boy around elementary or middle school. I was pleasantly surprised because of its premise and how the story progressed. I really liked the artwork because it looks really unique and well made. And the ending blew my mind because it is open to different kinds of interpretation. |
| I discovered Torikagosou no Kyou mo Nemutai Juunintachi when i had nothing to do and scanned Takarai Rihito (She's my little sister's most favourite mangaka) works on Batoto. I just finished the series this morning and overall it was pretty satisfying read. It's not super engrossing or anything, but it's got a more creativity and sophistications than the majority of shoujo manga. The characters also feel more human than your usual cardboard cutout shoujo archetypes. |
| I read blackout, it's quite interesting. I found it by searching for a genre that suits me, and it was ranked 1008th in mangafox, maybe it's obscure? Doubt(Tonogai Yoshiki) I found this when I was searching for a psychological mystery manga. And I like it. The story's cool. Bloody Monday 1, 2, last season Do you guys know this manga? Because I kinda don't believe this manga ranked 870+ in mangafox. This manga is too good to be placed 500+ (I think). This manga should've been around 200th. Or maybe I overrated this manga. And I found this while searching for a manga with genius protagonist. By the way you said Real Account, I too have read it when it was only 5 chapter(I guess?) And recently it become quite known. Most of my manga are the one I found before it was cool. It makes us feel cool knowing something before it was popular right? |
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Hiragaki said: Bloody Monday 1, 2, last season Do you guys know this manga? Because I kinda don't believe this manga ranked 870+ in mangafox. This manga is too good to be placed 500+ (I think). This manga should've been around 200th. Or maybe I overrated this manga. And I found this while searching for a manga with genius protagonist. By the way you said Real Account, I too have read it when it was only 5 chapter(I guess?) And recently it become quite known. Most of my manga are the one I found before it was cool. It makes us feel cool knowing something before it was popular right? Ooh, Bloody Monday, I read that. I felt that it fell off the rails somewhat in the third season, but it was super cool when I read it and really nicely drawn. Yeah, I'm glad Real Account is well-known now, although it's not super well-known; judging by its MAL rating, it's still kinda obscure. I mean, there have been manga I read that were super obscure and became hella popular, like The World Only God Knows and Horimiya, but Real Account hasn't reached that level (yet!). |
| +1 for Teppuu While I was randomly searching for some seinen manga, I discovered Kokuhaku. A teacher who gives AIDS to her child's murderers (who happen to be her students) is by far the best revenge story I found in a manga. This manga has only 37 members here and it's probably the most obscure I read so far. |
| I discovered Akumetsu when looking for something to read that was similar to death note/code geass. I finished all 162 chapters in around 3 days because Akumetsu was just so good. This manga has a dark and realistic art. With Comedy, Suspense, Thrill and above all graphic violence and really delves into What is good? and What is evil? |
| If you ever feel dumb just remember sometimes sloths grab their own arms thinking they are tree branches, then fall to their deaths |
| http://myanimelist.net/manga/28184/Life_Is_Money Read that shit and be amazed. Seriously though, Life Is Money was amazing, albeit with a weak ending. If given more chapters, it would've probably been better. http://myanimelist.net/manga/33429/Antimagia Absolutely gorgeous art, albeit a weak storyline. Again, lacking due to a lack of chapters. http://myanimelist.net/manga/1533/Superior Now this one, this had the chapters and it proved it could be brilliant. Second manga was shitty though. Especially compared to it's predecessor. http://myanimelist.net/manga/66811/Stealth_Symphony Shame on JUMP for axing this, but it's still fucking great. |
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| Mahou shoujo of the end, the best horror of our generation, anime when? |
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| Randomly stumbled upon Yuusen Shoujo: Plug-in Girl & Midori no Ou: Verdant Lord while browsing through sci-fi genre manga search and so far they have been a very good and obscure read (both 8/10), seriously after coming down from Parayste anime these manga have filled the void of feels. |
CosmicbeingMay 3, 2015 9:44 AM
| Shigurui- I was actually searching for some gory anime. I was supposed to watch it. but I saw how fine the art in the manga was like, so I chose to read it instead of watching it. and good gracious, only a few manga can make me gasp at their ending and this manga nailed it. plus, I posted it on social networks so that my friends could see it, and none of them knew it. so there. |
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| I can't remember if it was on Batoto or MAL, but I like to browse peoples profiles a lot and I find some interesting stuff. Anyways, I ran into Oyaji. Its artwork attracted me and I wasn't disappointed. It is a pretty touching story. At least for me, then again, I am a huge sucker for family oriented stories. |
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| Hmm, let's see... Igyoujin Oniwakamaru - stumbled upon this series because I was following a black and white manga blog from tumblr; the overall story was meh, but I love reading stories where the main character seemingly gets "revived" or "miraculously survived" in catastrophic events |
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| Wow, this thread was dead for a while then I came back and so many people responded! Really appreciate the responses. There are a couple that I know of but the vast majority I don't. Keep sharing if you guys can. This is cool. |
| Paranoia Street. i saw some of his works on a H site then i look his name up on a manga site and found it. It is kinda disturbing but very funny manga. |
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| My favorite is definitely Bloody Monday. +1 to that person who first mentioned this. +1 to the one who mentioned Life is Money too. It's a really good read, I'm so sad that they rushed the ending. Battle Royale is also great. The manga captured the essence of the novel, and the addition here and there are not that bad either. |
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| Shiori Experience. It's a wonderful manga and I found it randomly In MAL. |
| Going by MAL users count, Hikidashi ni Terrarium ( 54 ). The author, Ryoko Kui, was back to back winner in the top 10 list of Manga Taisho. I have a tendency to check out any award nominated series. That is not to say I'll like it in the end. In this case, I read Seven Sons of the Dragon first and decided that I am quite fond of his/her works. Imaginative, carefree and light-hearted little stories compilation. TakeruChan said: Shiori Experience. It's a wonderful manga and I found it randomly In MAL. This seems to be a great piece of work, I had heard good things about it. |
| I found Holyland when I was looking for something similar to the Breaker~ It's plenty more realistic, just plain street fighting, with none of the martial arts hierarchy. I really loved the character development in the mc. The story itself is pretty predictable, but I didn't even care. ^^ |
| [center][size=90]Ilegenes seems like a manga that nobody has ever heard of, but it's definitely my favorite. I was quite skeptical of it at first- from the cover and premise, it looked a lot like it would be shounen-ai with bishies running around sparkling and not doing much else, but it really ended up being none of those things. I was completely surprised by how dark and disturbing it could get at times. I would never have expected the manga to question things such as class structure, genetic manipulation, and the justification behind killing others just by looking at the cover. It's one of the first manga I ever read, so I don't recall how I found it ^^' It seems that I read a lot of obscure manga, actually... Rex Fabula was a pleasant surprise. I thought it might be about cute animals or something because there was a polar bear on the cover- yes, I'm guilty of judging this one by the cover- but turns out it's quite different from my expectations, with a good helping of fantasy and a little hint of a game-like structure. I haven't completed it, but it's fascinating so far. Even though it's not a 'scary' thriller per se, there's definitely a similar element that I can't quite place at the moment. Akuma ni Itsukushimi no Te wo...dang, okay, I don't know what I expected but I don't understand how one chapter could give me so many feels ;_; I've read it several times over again because even though it's just a few pages, somehow the story is really beautiful each time and woah, props to the story writer for being able to conjure such emotions within a short time! I was thoroughly impressed by this one. Kabe no Naka no Tenshi is kind of like a fairytale, set in a little town that seems vaguely historical and European, and it's got an equally romantic story about art that comes to life when the people of the small town aren't looking. It's a super cute and light read ^^ |
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| Sunny and Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit are pretty cool. The only reason I started reading Gunnm is because I saw it's 1st volume at a bookstore and thought it looked cool 10 years ago |
gedataJun 3, 2015 9:25 AM
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| thanks for the thread. http://myanimelist.net/manga/3291/Hanaotoko I found this manga while searching another works for the creator of Ping Pong, and I'm impressed with it to say the least. It's good, it's funny and the MC himself is unique and wacky. Hell, I even made a review to promote it. http://myanimelist.net/manga/1192/Lample I admittedly not a fan of this kind of story, but I still have some moment that I like from this manga. but I think you need to try this nonetheless since it was short. |
| I'm too weird to live but much too rare to die. |
| Glad more people are responding! Even though this isn't a recommendation thread, I'm probably gonna use this as a resource... Shout out to user Hershel_Layton for talking about Kokuhaku. Going by pure MAL user count, it is really obscure. It even is obscure on MU! But I really liked it. |
| Nana to Kaoru Even though the premise (it's about an SM relationship) seemed to be something out of a hentai at first glance (it isn't, neither it is in terms of story, nor is it on a graphical level), it is actually properly developing its characters and showing the emotions and thoughts of the chracters doing their "sessions" (or "breathers" how they call it) and not just "lust". It really fleshes out the fact that SM is not simply a "kinky thing where one person completely dominates the other", but also something that consumes a lot of time and money to prepare and that involves a lot of responsibility by the one in control. I found it by random, gave it a very, very sceptical read at first, but it turned out much better than expected. |
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| So, I have one more to add to this, and that's Himouto! Umaru-chan. I started reading it to see if it would be worth watching the anime. Then I ended up finishing it in practically one go. I have no idea why, but I find it extremely amusing. It's less popular here on MAL than I thought it would be. |
| In terms of MAL readership, two of the least-read manga on my list are U wa Uchuusen no U and 11-Nin Iru, both by Hagio Moto. The former is a collection of oneshots, manga adaptation of stories by sci-fi legend Ray Bradbury. Beautifully illustrated, and great stories, of course. My personal favourite is the title story, R is for Rocket. I read it because I found Ray Bradbury in the MAL database and was like, wtf? But it turned out to be great. And it led me to the other manga I mentioned.... The latter is a oneshot sci-fi survival/mystery story. Ten cadets are supposed to survive on an abandoned spaceship for several months - but it turns out there are 11 of them - drama, paranoia, suspicion ensues. |
PondJun 13, 2015 10:12 PM
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offmodel said: I'm going to mention another one, based on an anime I saw years ago, Stop!! Hibari-kun! - http://myanimelist.net/manga.php?id=40981 It's a Dr. Slump-esque gag manga (that was also in Shonen Jump), about a boy named Kousaku who moves in with a yakuza family, with a transgender son, and it develops into a romantic comedy. It was never finished though (I'm pretty sure Shonen Jump cancelled it based on the ending), but if you like Dr. Slump or absurd gag manga it's great. I had only seen the anime until just now and I went back to it, the manga is surprisingly more toned down compared to the anime, which dials the humor up a lot (it adds in a crucifixion scene, decapitation, some really crazy stuff). It was done by Hisashi Eguchi, who did a lot of anime/manga style commercial art after moving on from manga. There's not a ton of info on him in English, but this blog post is worth reading. His manga Susme!! Pirates is also supposed to be great, but I haven't read it, and I don't think it's been translated. Offmodel, you bring some of the literally most obscure manga ever. This is super cool. I'm gonna try it soon. |
| Dunno why I ever talked about this, but I also wanna discuss a manga I like called Himegoto: Juukyuusai no Seifuku. My friend who I'm getting to read more manga found this by clicking random manga on a manga aggregator site and recommended it to me, and it's really cool. It finished serialization in Japan, but it's still being scanlated here. Based on the subject matter, I doubt it'll ever get released in the west. What I really like about this series is that it mostly concerns itself with gender identity and sexual orientation simultaneously. There's a transgender, a tomboy who's very unsure about who she exactly is, and a girl who's a prostitute but also seems to be bisexual. All three are college students, and I think it's awesome how it can handle these topics and characters without making them erotic or, more importantly, the butt of jokes. Whenever I generally see homosexuality or transgenders in manga/anime/video games, they're the butt of jokes, and that honestly pisses me off. Like in Persona 4, it really bugs the shit out of me how homophobic Yosuke is. It's great to see a series deal with these issues in a mature and objective manner, and I wished more people read it. |
| Don't know if it is considered obscure but Onani Master Kurosawa. I discovered it (and YOKO - the artist) thanks to Boon Scanlations who was translating another YOKO manga, Molestor Man. |
| Bokura no Hentai is really interesting. It's about a transgirl and two boys that cross dress. (I know, it sounds weird) The one boy cross dresses as like fetish thing and the other does it because his sister died and his mother doesn't want to let her go because she was the favorite child so at home he has to pretend to be his sister. It's definitely out there and deals with some mature topics that you wouldn't expect it to but thus far it's been a pretty good read. (Despite it being listed as shounen-ai, it's not very romance centered tbh.) Kaze to Ki no Uta is really, really good. It is a yaoi but hear me out, it's so much more than that. It also has a lot of darker tones to it such as sexual assault, abuse, pedophilia, and the main character is biracial and gets rude comments about his skin occasionally. It started back in the mid 70s and unfortunately isn't fully translated but it's really different and I got hooked on it last summer. Though I haven't read it in its entirety, I heard what happens at the end and my god is the one character tragic. It's a very niche thing but if it sounds like it's your thing you'll probably really like it. Asagao to Kase-san and its sequels are also really good. It's probably the most popular of the three. It's another LGBT manga but unlike the past two, this one is yuri. I just... it's cute, it's really cute. Both girls are likable and go together very well and it doesn't feel like it panders too much to people who just use yuri to get off. It's not a sickening sweet romance either which is something I for one really appreciate. |
Ggiov said: Don't know if it is considered obscure but Onani Master Kurosawa. I discovered it (and YOKO - the artist) thanks to Boon Scanlations who was translating another YOKO manga, Molestor Man. Hate to break it to you, but at least on MAL, they aren't obscure. Kurosawa is like 42 in popularity and Molester Man is about 250. Got anything around the 1000 mark? |
| Imawa no Kuni no Alice - Shounen Survival Game. Apparently it has elements of Alice in Wonderland. Not bed, not bed at all, imo. http://myanimelist.net/manga.php?id=33031 Joou-sama no Eshi - Funny Ecchi about... I don't even know lol... http://myanimelist.net/manga/72581/Joou-sama_no_Eshi Kamisama no Iutoori Ni - Shounen Survival Game. Gets repetitive, but fun to read imo. http://myanimelist.net/manga.php?id=47363 Darwin's Game - Umm... another Death Game lol... http://myanimelist.net/manga/48881/Darwins_Game Bokura no Kiseki - This one knocked my socks off. I'd recommend it over everything else I've mentioned already. http://myanimelist.net/manga/16686/Bokura_no_Kiseki Yureka - The oldest (correct me if I'm wrong) manga (manhwa technically) about Virtual Reality MMORPG's. Unlike SAO, LH or AW, it delves into elementary concepts of RPG's- levels, classes, PvE & PvP and a whole boatload of stuff. http://myanimelist.net/manga/580/Yureka Taiyou no Uta - Cute, short romance. http://myanimelist.net/manga/12760/Taiyou_no_Uta Kimi no Knife - Vigilante Justice. Would you kill an 'evil' person for 5 million yen? http://myanimelist.net/manga/19154/Kimi_no_Knife Takane to Hana - Cute romance. Main couple has amazing chemistry. Chapter 1 got me hooked. Just waiting for more now ;___; http://myanimelist.net/manga/87813/Takane_to_Hana +1 Himegoto - Juukyuusai no Seifuku +1 Real Account +9000 Horimiya Edit: I just find them by randomly browsing manga sites. Kissmanga & Mangafox, in particular. If the name, cover and synopsis interest me, I'll check it out. Even if they don't, I probably still will. If I like what I see, I keep reading. I guess I'm a simple person. |
NotJustJuiceJul 15, 2015 8:34 PM
| "There's no shame in falling down... true shame is to not stand up again!" "Aah? Of course I won't miss!" "My blood tastes like Iron." "Run through the tape in life! Never give up! Run through the tape!" |
NoongaJuice said: I do the same as you and most other people do as well, no worries. My friend also has been telling me to read Bokura no Kiseki... Guess a second opinion is enough to make me stop dragging my feet and actually do it. |
| Forgot a few. Here's one: Yuusha ga Shinda! - Pure hilarity. Nice, refreshing take on Hero/Demon King setting. http://myanimelist.net/manga.php?id=85941 Please do try out Bokura no Kiseki :) |
| "There's no shame in falling down... true shame is to not stand up again!" "Aah? Of course I won't miss!" "My blood tastes like Iron." "Run through the tape in life! Never give up! Run through the tape!" |
| Refreshing this thread for another manga that I just read that captivated me, called Magi no Okurimono. I liked it a huge amount, to the extent that I found it amazing. It's a bittersweet romance that manages to weave in moments of levity as well as supernatural, telling a wonderful story in a manner of 6 chapters. As a huge bonus, the art is absolutely phenomenal and intricate. This might be one of my favorites, period. |
| Coulomb Fille: i was reading the haruhi comic anthology and i came across art i really liked. i looked up the artists and figured out it was by yoshizuki kumichi. i read the description of the other manga he'd done and i found one that sounded ridiculously awful. so i thought "hey this'll be funny probably" and decided to give it a shot. i was hooked after 5 pages and read it in an hour. it's definitely my favorite manga of all time. |
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| Since you refreshed this thread I guess i'll add more: Kamigami no Itadaki - Brilliant realistic climbing drama. Gekiga Hyouryuu - An autobiography of Yoshiro Tatsumi. Onwards toward our Noble Death - Pretty sure this is the first satire of war in manga Scientia - interesting sci-fi anthology No Longer Human - Great psychological manga Kotonoba Drive - interesting SoL by Hitoshi Ashinano Tsumi to Batsu - this is a retelling of the old Russian novel Crime and Punishment. |
| If you would include light novel...ive got some so yeah..and Im just in the level of Blush, Renai shimasen ka, and Masamune's revenge |
| InuYashiki. I discovered it when Oku Hiroya started working on it a year or so after Gantz ended. It's very ridiculous but it has this exciting plot that I can't keep away from. |
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