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Dark fantasy series that have a "gritty" feel to them. No urban fantasy.

Rules are the same: there is no anime adaptation, manga must be good plus it should be pretty underrated.

Vol I: stacks/4593
My favourite one-shots: stacks/5034

Manga that Fujimoto Tatsuki (Chainsaw Man author) mentioned in the Magazine Switch. Could be taken as recommendations.

Source:
https://twitter.com/D_Kumii/status/1558092439843323905?s=20&t=u-wRqduf0CCoqLYCvUPH5Q

*edit 14/10/2023
+ Chaos Game (source: https://twitter.com/D_Kumii/status/1594721901129105408)
+ Ichinose-ke no Taizai (source: https://x.com/chainsawmannews/status/1592556512043765760?s=20)
+ School Back (source: https://twitter.com/Wsstalkback/status/1653273099800915968)
+ Spunk (https://x.com/nagayama_koharu/status/1715663209762541976?s=20)
(06/10/24)
+ Centuria (https://x.com/MangaMoguraRE/status/1841856268861919497)
+ Tower Dungeon (https://x.com/MangaMoguraRE/status/1768964164238598151)
+ The Hundred Ghost Stories that led to my Death (https://x.com/nagayama_koharu/status/1678817508898512896)



Shoutout to PomPomPossum's stack, you might want to check it out if you're a fan of Fujimoto!
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/19547

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

Manga with tactical fights/strategic battles that are not determined by strength or numbers but how they use what they have available to them, using their knowledge/cunning to outsmart their opponent, exploiting weakness, planning beforehand or quick thinking in the heat of battle and using what's in their immediate surroundings to their advantage.

Not all included manga are at the same level when it comes to tactical fights/strategic battles and while the majority of fights are tactical and the battles strategic there are some that are not.

1 title per series

Part 1: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/19547
Part 3: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/53585

To have an easier view on the manga relations of the club, here's the fifth stack of manga, from T to Z.

The four other stacks are:
1-E: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/344
F-Ko: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/349
Ku-N: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/357
O-S: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/11584

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Recent removals:
-Weak Hero (popularity >30k): Jan 2026

Collecting interesting fantasy manga

underrated fantasy manga I keep coming back to whenever I feel the need to escape mundane reality, isekai is also included


please check out part 1:
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/26781

Full list of manga titles that I try to keep up with. I add new series that I start and remove ones that finish or go on hiatus. Just below are titles that I always look out for.

Long Hiatus / On Break:
-Vagabond
-Hunter x Hunter

Thinking of dropping:
-Maison and the Man-Eating Apartment
-Ghost Fixers

Not updating or releasing infrequently:
-Amemiya-san
-D.Gray-man
-Hannari Girori no Yoriko-san
-Nichijou
-Orenchi ni Kita Onna Kishi to Inakagurashi suru Koto ni Natta Ken
-Veil
-The Witch and the Beast (Majo to Yajuu)
-Yotsuba to!

Please feel free to add me or give new recommendations. I hope this list helps!

Collecting manga exploring dungeons

Here is a list of mangas that should appeal to old farts like me, who are too old to find fun in shonen characters getting stronger, cliché fantasy or in vanilla school romance tropes.
The main drive is that the manga should have some personality, with decent and properly written characters, laid-back humor, an interesting context and / or a subtle story. Good art and page layout are also appreciated. No violence porn or excessive fan service either, I like authors to focus on something else than these simple devices, although I'm not against them at very small doses when they serve the story. The manga may have been adapted in anime or not, I only address the mangas here.
There are probably some spoilers in my comments so skip them if you're worried about that.
EDIT : Since I reached the MAL 50 limit, I'm going to create a Take 2 of this Interest Stack. Check it out if you liked this one.

[English]
*Finished list*
List with my bets, of the manga releases in 2023.

Proposal and list criteria:
-Disclose mangas that debut in 2023, with the goal of helping readers who like to read relatively recent stuff to find works of different types.
-The criteria I use is the quality, and I judge that based on how well a series has done working on what it has proposed according to the demographic, genre and theme it fits into.
-The list will be in modifications until April 2024, representing the final bets of the mangas that debuted in 2023.
-The list will be in a betting format, because I think it becomes untenable to update this kind of list, for more than 1 year, using quality criteria.
-I set this date because it allowed me to evaluate a more relevant amount of chapters for manga that debuted in October/November/December.
-Even so, the number of chapters used as criteria can vary. It could range from just the first chapter to the potential 50-60 that come out in a year.
-In the case of any series being on the final list, and being judged with only 3 chapters, I will leave a small comment in the manga, to inform of that situation, signaling that the series may have a greater variation in quality over the next few chapters. I can also leave a small comment signaling why I think it is fair that the series has appeared.
-After 2 years the list will become a non-list, because it will have lost its purpose, of giving the discovery of recent manga, avoiding this way more unnecessary spam

Series watched to date (with some manhwa included):390

Mangas that are not in MAL:
-Missing
-Mahoi Rekusu no Hentai Karute

[Português]
*Lista finalizada*
Lista com as minhas apostas, das estreias de mangas em 2023.

Proposta e critérios da lista:
-Divulgar mangas que estrearam em 2023, com o objetivo de ajudar leitores que gostam de ler coisas relativamente recentes a encontrar obras dos mais diversos tipos.
-Tenho como critério a qualidade, e julgo isso com base no quão bem uma serie se saiu a trabalhar naquilo que a que propôs segundo a demografia, género e temática em que se encaixa.
-A lista vai estar em modificações até Abril de 2024, representando as apostas finais dos mangas que estrearam em 2023.
-A lista será num formato de apostas, pois acho que fica insustentável atualizar este tipo de lista, de novidades, por mais de 1 ano, usando critérios de qualidade.
-Deixo fixada essa data pois permiti-me avaliar uma quantidade mais relevante de capítulos para mangas que estraram em Outubro/Novembro/Dezembro.
-Ainda assim a quantidade de capítulos utilizados como critério podem variar. Podendo variar, de só o primeiro capítulo, até aos potenciais 50-60 que saem num ano.
-No caso de alguma serie estar na lista final, e ter sido julgada com apena 3 capítulos, deixarei um pequeno comentário no manga, para informar de tal situação, sinalizando que a serie pode ter uma maior variação na qualidade aos longos dos próximos capítulos. Também posso deixar um comentário pequeno comentário a sinalizar o porque achar justo a serie ter aparecido.
-Passados 2 anos a lista irá ficar como não listada, pois nessa altura já terá perdido o seu propósito, de dar a descobrir mangas recentes, evitando assim também spam desnecessário.

Series vistas até ao momento (com alguns manhwa incluidos):390

Mangas que não estão no MAL:
-Missing
-Mahoi Rekusu no Hentai Karute

Mangá² podcast recommendations (#325-#___)

Mostly obscure manga that are probably worth checking out. (condensed PTR of sorts)

A compilation of all the Tsutomu NIHEI manga available on this site, ordered by their release date.

my personal favorite titles about the magical, fantastical, supernatural and the likes, no isekai, overpowered bs.