Hello, its my first post here and I'm quite new to manga (if you dont count Berserk wchich I'm following for few years now) and light novel stuff. Recently I found out huge part of stories I enjoyed the most were mangas with some bloody stuff/action and some romance in it. I made my research, asked uncle google for help and read some similar topics here, tried some recomendations also, but most of titles recomended were more on comedy side wchich I rly hate or the posts were really old.
What I'm looking for is manga/novel with: - action (I rly dont mind the genre, can be sci-fiction, fantasy or set in totaly ordinary world), - romance/side romance, - MC that is NOT freaking pacifist like almost 90% of MC's in manga, - but on the oder hand I don't want completly psycho character as MC since recently I've read some books from evil POV and have simply enough of that stuff, - preferably not comedy genre, I'm looking for something more mature, - strong MC, preferably male but first of all I'm looking for something good so its not so important, - I don't mind blood and gore stuff, as well like drama and some tragedy (but would love to have some happy ending), - I would like to read some finished work (you know as Berserk fan I really dont want another title that I have to wait for months for another chapter to be released) but if its long already i might give it a try.
Some titles I enjoyed: Spirit Circle Utsuro no Hako to Zero no Maria, Re: Zero, Kiseijuu, Mushoku Tensei (long parts), Tokyo Ghoul (some parts were awesome), Akame ga kill, Tsukihime,
Maybe Deadman Wonderland... TBH I can't remember whether it had a happy ending for the couple or not. The romance was also a bit founded-on-nothing. But the art was gorgeous and the premise was interesting.
I think Higanjima would be right up your alley. The MC turns from a pacifist at the beginning to a cold killing machine who doesn't hesitate to kill his friends when necessary.
