There's a lot of manga out there but a majority of titles are hidden behind the popularity of series such as Naruto and Bleach. I'm interested to find out what manga titles out there people would recommend but not many people have read. To be objective about this, just check the number of people have a certain title on their reading list or complete list at the time of the post. If it's under 200 and you recommend it, just list it here.

To start off with a few recommendations:
Solanin
Jiraishin
Planetes --> Don't understand why considering it has a popular anime series
Mushishi --> Same as Planetes


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Parasyte

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Sanctuary

After School Nightmare <=== so good it could be considered het, BL and GL at the same time. XD

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Vampire Juuji Kai No one is translating this one though =/
Ai-Ren
Witch Hunter
Saishuu Heiki Kanojo

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Yeah, Solanin is really awesome, as are all the rest of Inio Asano's works.

Here are a few:
Blood Alone - Vampire,Supernatural,Slice of Life, Romance
Historie - Seinen, Historical
Dogs - Seinen, Action (Superb art/style)
Dogs Bullets & Carnage - Seinen, Action
Ga-Rei - Shounen, Action
Usagi Drop - Josei, Adult caring for child
Angel Densetsu - Comedy (Really funny)
Bitter Virgin - Romance, Seinen, Josei
Chocolat - Comedy, Romance, Seinen
Yotsubato! - Comedy, Slice of Life (One of the funniest ever)
Hourou Musuko - Seinen, Slice of Life
Homunculus - Seinen, Action, Mature
Ciguatera - Seinen, Comedy, Mature
My Balls - Comedy, Mature

Most, of the stuff the others have recommended is also pretty good. Eg. Ai-Ren

I'm sure there are many more.

Oh Yeah, I forgot to mention that I didn't check to see if the stuff I recommended above has less than 200 votes. I'm sure they're not 'mainstream', that's all.

Cheerz.

Last edited by lambchopsil at 5:52 pm, Jan 29 2008

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Agharta
Ai-Ren
Akumetsu
Arigatou
BioMega
Blaster Knuckle
Blizzard Axel
Bokurano
Bolt and Lantern
Bowling King
Break Shot
CAT
Chaosic Rune
Cherry
Chunchu
Ciguatera
Dangu
Dance! Subaru
Dogs Bullets & Carnage
Gorio
Historie
Homunculus
HotMan
Hourou Musuko
Houshin Engi
Honeymoon Salad
Jackals
Jormungand
Kurosagi
Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service
Kurozakuro
Le Chevalier D'Eon
Liar Game
Living Game
Mercenary Pierre
My Lovely Ghost KANA
Overman King Gainer
Parasite
PlanetES
Project ARMS
Saikano
Sanctuary
SWWEEET
The Hating Girl
The Story of Beijing Opera
The World is Mine
TISTA
Togari
Tokko
Verdant Lord
Vulgar Ghost Daydream
Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou
Zippy Ziggy



IWAHARA Yuji 's Works
Chikyu Misaki
King of Thorns
Koudelka
Nekoten
Ookami no Dou
TOUME Kei's Works
Acony
Fuguruma Memories
Genei Hakurankai
Kurogane
Lament of the Lamb
Sing Yesterday for Me
The Hour of the Mice
TAKAHASHI Tsutomu's Works
Bakuon Rettou
Blue Heaven
Jiraishin
Skyhigh
Skyhigh Karma
Skyhigh Shinshou
Sidooh
Tetsuwan Girl

btw, Takahashi is my 3rd favorite mangaka, now Sidooh is popular in Japan.

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Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-fi:
.hack//GU+

Action, Comedy, Drama, Mature, Mystery:
Angel Heart

Romance, Shoujo:
Angel Love Song

Historical, Shounen:
Asklepios

Action, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Seinen, Supernatural:
Blood+

Seinen:
Brigit's Supper

Action, Shoujo:
C-Blossom - Case 729

Drama, Seinen:
Dead Flowers

Action, Seinen:
Duds Hunt

Action, Adventure, Seinen:
Emerald

Action, Mecha, Romance, Shounen:
Eureka Seven

Drama, Shoujo:
Forever Honey

Romance, Shoujo:
Gokuaku Drop

Action, Drama, Shounen, Tragedy:
Hello Baby

Action, Horror, Seinen:
Island

Action, Adventure, Shounen, Supernatural:
Jyuki Ningen Jumbor

Shounen, Sports:
K.O. Sen

Mystery, Romance, Shounen, Supernatural:
Koorihime Kitan (Mystery of the Ice Princess)

Drama, Mystery, Sci-fi, Supernatural:
Kuro no Keiyakusha (Darker Than Black)

Adventure, Fantasy, Shounen:
Letter Bee

Fantasy, Martial Arts:
Valkyrie Profile

Horror, Shoujo:
Yami e Hakobu Elevator

Comedy, School Life:
Yanki-kun to Megane-chan

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Is it really that good? i got to like volume 2 and thought it was really dry and dull, does it get better as it gets going?

I think so, but I guess everyone has different tastes...

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Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro <--Awesome....just awesome....
Chikyuu Kanri-nin <--A great shoujo manga. (And I don't say that often.)
Dazzle
Gakuen Sousei Nekoten! <--Has anyone besides me read this and liked it as much as I did?

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BioMeat: Nectar - Awesome. Just completely awesome. (Action/Horror)

Parasyte - Best horror manga EVER.

Historie - Quite good.

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I just added like 20 mangas to my wishlist.

Damn you guys!

I am very picky in reading mangas so it turns out pretty main stream but some rare ones are:-

- Perfect Twin= surprisingly good art for a shounen, its a sci-fi but was discontinued..

-Kurosagi = brainy mangas always win out, here we have an unusual genre, we r in the business world...

- Selected Pandemonium = so I have a weak spot for supernatural/paranormal but the low key of this manga is so drawing, its almost as good as Mushishi

..........though this might be famous but I am so surprised how less hyped ES is compared to MARS which is good but the former is good enough to become an anime...

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