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We use the whole 1–10 scale and judge each title against the best version of what it is trying to be — a comedy on how funny it is, a thriller on its tension — not against some other genre. As a rough guide: 9+ is all-time great, 8 excellent, 7 a solid recommendation with caveats, 5–6 mixed or average. A 7 is a genuine yes, not a knock. The “Community score” in each review is the crowd rating from AniList, MAL, and MangaUpdates, shown next to ours for comparison.
When it's on, few action manga look this good — a cast of literary weirdos, knockout art, and fights with real stakes. You just have to roll with the wild tonal swings and an ever-growing roster.
Few manga capture the thrill of beating an impossible boss like this one does. It buries you in game mechanics at times, but the fights and the hero's sheer gamer energy make it worth it.
Picture a ruthless salaryman's brain in the body of a sweet little girl, fighting a magical World War I, and you've got the appeal. It leans heavy on exposition, but the premise and the antihero carry it.
One of the best gag manga ever made, and almost nobody in the West has read it — the dirty-fighting lead alone is worth the price of admission.
It's a huge, ridiculous, deeply moving saga about killer puppets and the people who won't stop fighting them — held back mainly by the fact that there's still no official English release.
It takes a while to get going and the early art is rough, but stick with it and it turns into one of the most heartfelt battle series of its era — and it actually sticks the ending.
Peak murim comfort food — a legendary swordsman reborn into a broke, washed-up sect, and it's as funny as it is cool.
The floor grind gets repetitive and the tone never lightens — and it's still the smartest thing anyone's done with a gacha premise.
Anyone who's wished John Wick would get a day job belongs here — come for the silences as much as the gunfights.
Kojima's paneling changed how action gets drawn in comics, and Koike never once softens Ogami into a conventional hero -- this is a slow, brutal masterpiece, not a quick genre fix.
The premise alone -- bug-men on Mars, humans grafted with insect DNA to fight them -- is worth the price of admission; whether the execution holds up over 20-plus volumes and two long hiatuses is a much shakier bet.
