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Phoenix (Hi no Tori)

Osamu Tezuka’s Phoenix (Hi no Tori) is a sprawling epic manga series beginning in 1954. It centers around a group of ind...

Epic Manga Reincarnation Osamu Tezuka

9.3 Excellent

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Lone Wolf and Cub

Lone Wolf and Cub is a celebrated Japanese graphic novel series exploring themes of violence, family, and redemption wit...

Classic Manga Samurai Dark Horse

9.2 Excellent

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Dungeon Meshi (Delicious in Dungeon)

Dungeon Meshi is a graphic novel series created by Ryoko Kui. It centers on a group of adventurers who prepare and consu...

Food Fantasy Manga Ryoko Kui

9.0 Excellent

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Ode to Kirihito

Osamu Tezuka’s *Ode to Kirihito* is a haunting manga exploring themes of medical ethics and human transformation. The st...

Vertical Horror Manga Medical

8.9 Great

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Adolf

Adolf is a graphic novel created by Osamu Tezuka that examines World War II through the narratives of three distinct ind...

Drama Manga World War Ii Osamu Tezuka

8.9 Great

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Ooku: The Inner Chambers

Ooku: The Inner Chambers is a graphic novel exploring an alternate historical Japan in the 17th century. A mysterious il...

Manga Alternate History Gender Viz Media

8.9 Great

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Ping Pong (Taiyo Matsumoto)

Ping Pong is a graphic novel by Taiyo Matsumoto exploring themes of competition, friendship, and identity through the in...

Manga Coming Of Age Sports Viz Media

8.9 Great

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Uzumaki

Uzumaki is a graphic novel by Junji Ito exploring themes of obsessive fixation and inescapable horror. The narrative dep...

Horror Manga Junji Ito Viz Media

8.7 Great

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Uzumaki (Junji Ito)

Uzumaki is a graphic novel by Junji Ito exploring themes of obsession and decay. The story centers on Kuroneko village’s...

Horror Manga Junji Ito Viz Media

8.7 Great

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East of West

Created by Jonathan Hickman, this sci-fi Western comic portrays an alternate-history United States where the Four Horsem...

Sci Fi Epic Alternate History Image Comics

8.5 Great

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Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction

Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction is a sci-fi manga by Inio Asano that began in 2014, depicting ordinary teenage li...

Sci Fi Manga Teen Viz Media

8.5 Great

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MW (Osamu Tezuka)

A psychological thriller manga by Osamu Tezuka about a priest and a sociopathic killer linked by a cover-up involving ch...

Vertical Psychological Manga Crime

8.5 Great

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Solanin

Solanin is a 2005 coming-of-age manga by Inio Asano that portrays the aimlessness and struggles of recent college gradua...

Music Manga Slice Of Life Viz Media

8.4 Great

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Nijigahara Holograph

A surreal horror manga by Inio Asano that weaves together a nonlinear narrative of childhood trauma, collective guilt, a...

Manga Dark Surreal Fantagraphics

8.4 Great

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Billy Bat

A mystery thriller manga by Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki that spans multiple decades, investigating a comic bat sy...

Mystery Manga Conspiracy Naoki Urasawa

8.4 Great

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Prophet (Brandon Graham revival)

Published by Image Comics in 2012, this sci-fi series by Brandon Graham reimagines Rob Liefeld's 1990s superhero into a...

Sci Fi Epic Image Comics Brandon Graham

8.3 Great

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JLA

JLA is a DC Comics series relaunched by Grant Morrison in 1997, featuring the publisher's flagship superheroes tackling...

Epic Team Superhero DC Comics

8.2 Great

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Tomie

Tomie is a 1987 Japanese horror manga series by Junji Ito featuring a beautiful, immortal high school girl whose presenc...

Supernatural Horror Manga Junji Ito

8.1 Great

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I Am a Hero

I Am a Hero is a Japanese psychological horror manga by Kengo Hanazawa that began in 2009, depicting a struggling manga...

Horror Manga Zombie Dark Horse

8.1 Great

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No Longer Human (manga adaptation)

A manga adaptation of Osamu Dazai's 1948 novel by horror artist Junji Ito, depicting a man's alienation from society and...

Vertical Psychological Manga Literary

8.1 Great