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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.
Sweet rural friendship keeps curdling into paranoia and murder — Higurashi is a fiendishly clever horror-mystery, even if the manga's arc-by-arc art is hit or miss.
Pure stylish carnage — a gleefully overpowered vampire mowing down Nazis with a grin — that's all spectacle and swagger, not plot or polish.
Almost nothing happens, and it's quietly devastating — two girls finding tiny joys in a dead world, and one of the most beautiful, meditative manga out there.
It starts cute and silly, then quietly becomes one of the most emotionally devastating, healing stories in shojo — a slow burn that earns every tear.
The blueprint for decades of macho action manga — gloriously over-the-top, weirdly moving, and built on the immortal line 'you are already dead.'
From the future One-Punch Man artist — a hype, hilarious American-football manga that turns a timid errand boy into a superstar, drawn better than it has any right to be.
One of the most quietly terrifying manga ever — no monsters, just a mother's love turned suffocating, drawn out with almost unbearable tension.
Stunningly drawn and viciously violent — a samurai revenge epic that doubles as a meditation on killing, with art unlike anything else in manga.
Gorgeous gothic style and a deliciously sharp demon-butler-and-master double act carry it, even as the arc-by-arc plot wanders across 30-plus volumes.
The blueprint for modern manga and anime — a charming kids' robot adventure that keeps sneaking in real questions about prejudice and what makes us human.
One of the most influential manga ever made, and still a gut-punch — a boxing tragedy that burns brighter than almost anything since, dated art and all.
The thinking person's soccer manga — it's less about wonder-goals than about why a player stands where he stands, and it makes that genuinely thrilling.