I'm looking for a manga that kinda follows the main character through his life. But it has to focus on the bad sides of life, like abuse, drugs, alcohol, violence, bad friends, maybe death of important people, and other drama/tragedy stuff. I'm in the mood to read some dark stuff

I don't care about genre, so it can be everything. But it has to be a male main character. I hope there is something like this. Thanks!

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Freesia
Himizu
Normal City
And I second the ones the person above me rec, they're awesome

kami no kodomo
a bit short, but i think its your cup of tea.

edit. accidentally recommended kodomo no jikan.

Last edited by jcl27 at 5:22 pm, May 13 2012

Berserk is exactly what you're looking for.

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Well, if you read shounen ai/yaoi, you might like Acid town.

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I'd suggest looking for some 90s mangas for that. May be just me but well, that's the impression I get.

But anyways:
Cantarella
God Child
Vassalord
Akusaga
Corsair
Pet Shop of Horrors
Wild Adapter and maybe some of Minekura-sensei's other works.
The Ravages of Time maybe... can be considered somewhat dark seeing as it lacks the bright points mangas usually have. Probably cause they didn't alter history. IDK since I have no idea about the original anyways.

BEWARE OF YAOI! lol well... yea.

Thank you all! I think I've read two of the manga's you mentioned, but haven't read the other.
And shounen-ai/yaoi doesn't bother me at all. I think I like almost all genres. If there are more manga's, tell me. So, thanks again!

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Rainbow (saw it in your list, but anyway...)
Banana Fish
Doctor Du Ming
Sakura-Gari
Goth

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Goth is dark. It's not incredibly dark though.
Shiiku Gakari Rika
Double Mints dark. Opinion depends on how dark though.
Black Lagoon I thought it was dark.

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Not Simple - One of the best series I've ever read, and fits just about everything you mentioned.

Nijigahara Holograph - This has multiple protagonists (the nominal protagonist is male), and it's fairly dark throughout.

I second berserk and shamo

ichi the killer

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Last edited by animefan22 at 7:07 pm, Jul 16 2020

I don't know of any aside the ones mentioned above.
You may want to try a genre search including seinin and something like tragedy or drama

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