
Is Shiki Worth Reading? Review & Where to Read
Fujisaki's art turns a quiet rural outbreak into something deeply unsettling — patient horror that pays off if you let it build.
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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.
Tezuka tells the Buddha's life as a huge human drama, goofy gags and all — uneven, deeply felt, and unlike any other version of the story.

Two kids, one running gag — she teases, he loses — stretched over twenty volumes of wholesome fluff, and somehow it stays sweet the whole way.

Funny one page and quietly devastating the next — the rare college romance that's really about not knowing what to do with your life.

The rare sports manga told from the bench — it cares more about the manager's mind games and team chemistry than the star striker, and that's what makes it special.

One joke — a terrifying ex-yakuza doing chores with total deadly seriousness — done about as well as one joke can be; how long it stays funny is up to you.

The mystery and the dread are excellent; whether the escalating death scenes read as scary or goofy is the coin-flip that decides if you love it.

Gorgeous, funny, and ultra-violent, released at a crawl — if you can live with the wait, almost nothing reads like it.

Episodic, melodramatic, often medically impossible — and still one of the most humane things in comics, because the doctor who drew it meant every word.

Tezuka spent thirty years swinging at life, death, and the whole universe across twelve stories — and he connects far more often than anyone had a right to.

The webtoon that basically launched the 'reincarnated princess melts her terrifying emperor dad' craze — rougher than its successors, but still charming.