Recs if you like Gantz/1...

Manga isn't just for kids! These are titles intended for more mature audiences, including my personal recs and influential, well-known and bestselling titles that are available in English. Whether it's frank discussions of mental illness, abuse, LGBTQIA+ issues, violence, sexuality, horror or dark fantasy, these are manga that either originally ran in seinen (young adult men) or josei (young adult women) magazines, or I've otherwise broadly categorized through research as "not for for kids."

Manga (and novels) that had disappointing anime adaptations (according to me). Series that only had piecemeal "greatest hits" OVAs will also be included. Series that fell off after a promising debut are also included. Series with one good adaptation but some bad ones are also included.

Delicious bone-chilling or depressing works from ingenious Japanese Mangaka featuring me trying not to fill this list with my king, Junji Ito 🫦

A continuation of my previous list!

Update Mar 25 2026: currently adding up to year 2010

manga with darker themes. only included the first volume of each series.

Sommeren 2025, så kom ulike medlemmer av spillanmelderredaksjonen Level Up Norge med sine topp 10-lister for tidenes beste bøker.

Her er bokserier i hovedsak markert med den første i serien.