my favs

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My taste in manga tends to be either weird, intense and/or cerebral (Fire Punch, Chainsaw Man, Dorohedoro, Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu, Girls Last Tour) or shoujo/josei classics (Rose of Versailles, Oniisama E..., Nana). I like my fair share of newer popular series too, whether very good (Dungeon Meshi, Witch Hat Atelier) or the best kind of mid (JoJo, Tokyo Ghoul), but if I had to narrow it down my favourite mangakas are Ikeda Riyoko, Yamagishi Ryouko, Mori Kaoru, and Tatsuki Fujimoto.
If you couldn't tell, I'm unfortunately very Fujimoto-pilled. I have many criticisms for his... everything, but Chainsaw Man, Fire Punch, Goodbye Eri and Look Back have legitimately changed my life and my taste in art. In terms of weird intensity, his work is just unmatched for me (even if CSM's been kind of hit or miss for the last hundred chapters).
I also read a lot of yuri. Like, a whole lot. I kind of mostly read yuri romances. Which is why it has its own page.

Finally, here's some recommendations of manga I find pretty underrated:
✩ Usotsuki Satsuki wa Shi ga Mieru by Ryouko: a reverse-murder mystery serial, a debate about ethics, and a high school drama rolled into one.
✩ Stigmata by Takahashi Hidebu: some good BL with a highly unique premise and really clean, retro-style art.
✩ Tsubame Tip off! by Watanuki Hiroya: finally, sports manga for girls. everything you could want in a high school basketball drama.
✩ Qualia the Purple by Ueo Hisamitsu & Tsunashima Shirou: potentially the most dialogue-dense graphic work ever, this one's literally about the reality-bending implications of quantum mechanics taken to the extreme.