favorite mangas

i have never read something that told such a poignant and moving story. the artwork deftly portrays a turbulent storm within a lonely and orphaned boy, who rejects himself. this is a story of which someone who feels so empty he’s nearly translucent, becomes human through the people who found him.
about playing shogi

two brothers orphaned get taken in by an old chair woman of a school who lost her son in the same accident as their parents. he joins the babysitting club to pay her back. full of love and life. excellent characters and cute artwork.

set in 1800s France, a vampire meets a “doctor”, determined to save vampires from becoming monsters. very deep and had layers hidden throughout and they all become interconnected. a human learns about appreciating life from a vampire.
fantastic characters.

a young woman marries a man much older than her, with the eldest child only being 2 years younger than her. hated by the kids, and widowed, MC is forced to become a sort of place holder until the eldest is of age.
once she finally becomes free on the day of the eldest’s wedding, she is killed in a carriage accident and sent back to the past. she decides to change her relationship with the kids and learn the secrets of her former life… fantastic storytelling

one of the first manga i’ve read. this is a story of the determination to live. to right wrongs, to move on, to accept the past. a princess and her guard are chased out of the castle, betrayed by someone they trusted most. they find people of legend to accompany them on their journey to fix the corrupted land, and for the MC to find a greater purpose.
best character development i’ve ever seen. not a single character is the same from when you first meet them. 10/10

teenager from japan gets saved from a winter storm by two old finnish men who run a hotel. they practically take him in as their own. i really love finding out the backstory of the MC as it unfolds chapter after chapter. this manga really feels like a fireplace glowing with warmth amidst a snowy storm.

normal boy ends up getting traded to a demon by his stupid parents, but the demon ends up adopting him as a grandson and whisks him away to the demon world. he’s forced to join demon school and tries his best to avoid others learning that he’s human so he doesn’t get eaten! I quite like the friendship built between the entire class. Super great story!

this manga lifts my spirits within the first page. extremely funny, great visual gags, and a whole classroom of likable characters. MC is a wimpy teacher teaching at a school for youkai. he pretty much gets bossed around by everyone, even his students. it has a pretty amazing subplot and you get to learn more about characters that y out never would’ve guessed before.

A first year makes a wish to Hanako san of the toilet to finally fall in love. turns out the legend is real and a ghost boy! MC ends up binding her soul to Hanako kun, and they begin a bunch of crazy antics around the school trying to disband the 7 legends of the school. it’s much deeper than it appears, and it’s almost like star-crossed lovers

i wanna see this in color so bad. i’m so curious!!
a beautiful story about a teen who always loved to play the violin, but couldn’t betray his best friend. he breaks his only violin and is finally persuaded to enter a contest to win a deceased genius’s violin. i feel like i can hear the music from the artwork alone.