manga & light novel
growing up poor in the 90ās, manga was much more readily available to me in the form of both scanlations and just being able to idle in the local bookstore aisle while my parents did their shopping and reading whatever the bookstore had in stock.
however, bookstores would often only carry the first few volumes, and as a result, thereās tons of manga Iāve started but havenāt gotten around to finishingā¦
(hopefully I can start to remedy that!)
anyway, the manga & light novels I tend to enjoy the most tend to fall into the following categories:
near a title denotes series Iāve read part of but havenāt finished (or is still in publication).
as for ranking, Iāve chosen to use the same ranking system as one of my favorite mobile games, love live! school idol festival, which is now defunct. ultra rare is the highest ranking, and normal the lowest. I simply did not list things I didnāt like, so you can think of anything I assigned a ānormalā ranking to as āstuff I enjoyed, but it was kind of meh overall.ā
4koma
koma here refers to manga panels, so 4koma means 4-panel manga. most commonly used as a gag manga format, there are plenty of other genreād titles as well. easy to sit down and read for a few hours or pick up right where you left off, these types of stories usually focus primarily on a cast of loveable characters and the shenanigans they get into rather than a single overarching plot.
ultra rare
- shimeji simulation
shijima, majime, mogawa-sensei
super super rare
- a-channel
tooru, run - azumanga daioh
chiyo-chan, osaka, sakaki-san
super rare
- luckyāstar
tsukasa, miyuki - poputepipikku
rare
- shiawase kanako no koroshiya seikatsu
normal
- nyoro~n churuya-san
churuya
want to read
- gochuumon wa usagi desu ka?
- stella no mahou
- blend-s
- cafeāgriefseed e youkoso!
- slow start
- acchi kocchi
- fushigi neko no kyuu-chan
- helvetica standard
- nichijou
- potemayo
- kiniro mosaic
- sakura trick
- hoshikuzu telepath
- yuru yuri
- hidamari sketch
- aan-chan no aan
- yuyushiki
seinen
seinen manga are usually aimed at young adult men, as opposed to its partner genre, josei. whereas josei manga is aimed at young adult women and tends to focus on romance, seinen manga ranges from grimdark GAR he-man stuff all the way to cute moeblob girl stuff. guess which one I prefer? uwu
ultra rare
- hanamaru hoppe
hana - gunnm / battle angel alita
gally - another (LN)
mei - boku wa mari no naka
isao/mari, yori - amigara dansou no kai
super super rare
- shoujo shuumatsu ryokou
- mahou shoujoā”misoji
super rare
- aa! megami-sama!
skuld - chobits
sumomo, chii - rozen maiden
hina ichigo, suiseiseki
rare
- kodomo no jikan
usa mimi
normal
- chikan otoko
want to read
- tasogare-boshi no sui to neri
- non non biyori
- hanamaru youchien
- tsukuyomi
- city
- himawari-san
- tongari boushi no atelier
- xxxholic
- kobato.
- fushigi no kuni no miyuki-chan
- gunnm: last order
- gunnm: kaisei senki
- suichuu kishi
- jinrui wa suitai shimashita (LN)
- uzumaki
- chi no wadachi
- ARIA
- mahoromatic
- oyasumi punpun
shoujo
comics about girls and for girls are listed here. frequently feature themes of love, school life, and friendship. mahou shoujo (magical girls) are a common subgenre of the shoujo genre. mostly very tame and fluffy, but there are always exceptions.
ultra rare
- bishoujo senshi sailor moon
hotaru, chibi-usa, michiru, usagi - planet ladder
kaguya
super super rare
- card captor sakura
tomoyo - tenshi kinryouku
- magic knight rayearth
fuu, emeraude, mokona
super rare
- yousei hyouhon: fairy cube
- hot gimmick
hatsumi - sunadokei
an - gakuen alice
- kitchen no ohimesama
rare
- codename wa sailor v
- fushigi yuugi
- alice 19th
nyozeka - zettai kareshi
- gals!
aya - tokyo mew mew
lettuce, zakuro - scissor sisters
normal
- absolute witch
- nana
- kodomo no omocha
- peach girl
- kaitou saint tail
- majo kaitou lipās
want to read
- alichino
- champignon no majo
- gokinjo monogatari
- kamichama karin
- aqua
- clover
- seiden: rg veda
- X
- tokyo babylon
- gohou drug
- suki. dakara suki
- wish
- kyuuketsu-hime yui
- boku no chikyuu wo mamotte
- loveā”witch
- pq angels
- yumeiro pĆ¢tissiĆØre
- kamikaze kaitou jeanne
- full moon wo sagashite
- tokyo mew mew a la mode
- wedding peach
- fruits basket
- sugar sugar rune
- nurse angel ririka SOS
everything else
sometimes I read things that arenāt soft fluffy shoujo, gag manga, or aimed at young men. and sometimes those things are good!
ultra rare
- urasekai picnic (LN)
kozakura - kamisama no memochou (LN)
alice - ring series (ring, ring 2, rasen, birthday)
sadako
super super rare
- aisarete mo iinda yo
manager, cocoa - paradise kiss
miwako, isabella - sheets no sukima
- yotsubato!
yotsuba
super rare
- komi-san wa, komyushou desu.
shouko - watashi ga motenai no wa dou kangaete mo omaera ga warui!
katou, yuu, yuri - suzumiya haruhi no yuuutsu (LN)
nagato, mikuru - ichigo marshmallow
- tenchi muyou! ryououki
washuu, ayeka, sasami - urusei yatsura
lum
rare
- pupipo
- chainsaw man
- mamotte shugogetten!
normal
- hachimitsu to clover
- inu-yasha
- orange marmalade
- ore no imouto ga konna ni kawaii wake ga nai (LN)
want to read
- yokohama kaidashi kikou
- angel/dust
- miyakawa-ke no kuufuku
- monogatari series (LN)
- majo no tabitabi (LN)
- asumi-chan wa les fuuzoku ni kyoumi ga arimasu!
- murasakiiro no qualia
- sousou no frieren
- pitaten
- tsubasa: reservoir chronicle
- pani poni
- inu x boku ss
- to love-ru
- tomie
- himitsu no recipe
- more touhou official manga & doujin