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1. Great Teacher Onizuka --> hands down the best shounen title I've read.
2. Monster --> just really really good. Hard to stop reading
3. 20th Century Boys --> Just Urusawa Naoki doing his thing, which is making awesome manga series.
4. Mushishi -->I'm mainly basing this off the anime, which seems to be a really good adaptation from what I've read so far.
5. Vagabond --> about the greatest samurai who ever lived. 'nuff said.
Honorable mentions: Pluto, Honey and Clover, Solanin, Shin Angyo Onshi, Planetes, Hoshi no Koe
2. Monster --> just really really good. Hard to stop reading
3. 20th Century Boys --> Just Urusawa Naoki doing his thing, which is making awesome manga series.
4. Mushishi -->I'm mainly basing this off the anime, which seems to be a really good adaptation from what I've read so far.
5. Vagabond --> about the greatest samurai who ever lived. 'nuff said.
Honorable mentions: Pluto, Honey and Clover, Solanin, Shin Angyo Onshi, Planetes, Hoshi no Koe
Since its been 2 and 1/2 years since I posted this, I might as well update this list:
1. GTO: Every time I read and reread it, it still brings a big smile to my face.
2. Full Metal Alchemist: without a doubt has the best ending to any series I've come across, including GTO.
3. Mushishi: My only beef with this series is that it doesn't have a proper ending, but honestly it's so good anyways that it still makes my top 5.
4. 20th Century Boys: Awesome good guys + awesome bad guys + awesome story = win.
5. Honey and Clover: Honestly don't know why it belongs in my top 5, but it just feels wrong to leave it out.
I've limited my list to completed series since any ongoing series can take a turn for the worst, but honorable mentions: One Piece (easily the best ongoing series that I'm currently following), Urusawa Naoki's other works like Monster and Pluto, Solanin, Black and White (aka Tekkon Kinkreet, which trumphs even FMA on the concept of brotherhood) and Yotsubato! (my go-to choice when I need a good laugh).
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