
Is xxxHOLiC Worth Reading? Review & Where to Read
Moody, gorgeous, and steeped in folklore — CLAMP at their most atmospheric, as long as the elongated art and the Tsubasa ties don't bug you.
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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.

Bleak, funny, and uncomfortably honest about depression — not a fun read, but a real one.

Some of the best-drawn movement in any manga, wrapped around a classic sports underdog story — just know it's stuck on hiatus.

If Kaiji left you wanting something bigger, nastier, and even more ingenious, Usogui is the genre's heavyweight.

Quiet, sad, and quietly hopeful — a story about reaching for space that earns every tear.

Closer to Arthur C. Clarke in comic form than to most manga — cold, gorgeous, and full of wonder.

Three Kingdoms stories usually make Cao Cao the villain; this one makes him a magnetic hero, and it's a richer epic for it.

One of the great running stories — it asks for patience early, then floors you by the finish.

From the creator of Fullmetal Alchemist, a smart, character-driven war epic where battles are won with brains — slow to update, but worth following.

Mochizuki draws one of the most beautiful manga on the shelf, and the vampire mystery underneath is nearly as good — just be ready for dense lore and a slow drip of chapters.