I'm having a difficult time enjoying manga now that i'm in college. So many of them are made for kids and the ones that aren't are so perverted. I'm not interested in seeing bimbo girl bodies or lolis who are supposedly 18yo. I'm also tired of the 13/14/15yo hero who manages to save the world he's in.

I have a bias for comedy and shonen/seinen

Help me out please! Thing's i've finished reading that kinda follow these guidelines are:

Molester Man
Death Note (light is in college by the second half)
GTO (Onizuka is an adult even tho the story is still geared towards the kids)

Help would be appreciated! On the other hand maybe it's me and I'm just growing out of liking manga
...not that that would stop me from watching one piece until I die


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In response to one comment, I guess the guidelines were a bit vague, basically:

About people who are 20 and older
A lot less ecchi material
Good story that's seinen/shounen and comedy



Last edited by AncientKing at 7:30 am, Jan 17 2014

Baka to Gogh - the central characters are about to graduate high school. The story is about how they struggle to make a living.
Ohikkoshi - an episodic romantic comedy which focuses on a group of college students, their friendships and breakups.

Deadman Wonderland - not really full of Ecchi and the plot gets you so focused you woulodn't mind it cause they put a little fan-service in every now and then and dont out it in during serious moments
Apocalypse no toride- Umm you see one girl in the whole manga and its not Shounen Ai or Yaoi
not really in the Romance genre

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the guidelines is kinda vague. But for me, after ecchi overload, changing to shoujo/josei genre works most of the time (most likely reverse harem or slice of life), Kaichou wa Maid-sama!.

If you're not interested in their arts (shoujo style), then go for something like Bitter Virgin or Onani Master Kurosawa (both are plot intense, & life changing reading material for me) . For lighter class, i recommend Girls of the Wild's and Tokyo Ravens

I not big fan of tragedy works (most of it left me traumatized, forced me to drop 'em before ending), and i'm keeping distance from sad ending type so i don't have any recommendation either.

Gangsta a little etch
Bonnouji saccharine sweet
Chocolat (KUBONOUCHI Eisaku)
Moteki
Denkigai no Honya-san hilarious
Hoshi no Samidare
Boku to Watashi no Henai Jijou
Orange Yane no Chiisana Ie

Oh comedy, ignore me.

Thanks for the good options! I knew there were still gems out there.

I also never thought of reading josei before, but maybe I'll try looking through some. I hear the story lines are really girly but I bet it isn't all of them that are like that.

Kimi no Knife
Black Lagoon
Yokokuhan
Umineko

good filter there

also seconded Ohikkoshi and its author works

There are plenty of josei stories stories about grown-ups and some also have a male protagonist. Unfortunately, most of those titles are not particularly comedic when I think about it.

I'd recommend Hagoromo Mishin (a personal favourite) and Udon no Onna. Both are short and uplifting in mood.

I graduated from university long ago so I understand your dilemma ^^ Here's a few that even at my age I really like:

Noblesse... starts off in a high school setting, but the main character is not in that age group; the second half especially spends very little time in that setting. The protagonist is unlike any other I've seen in manga.

Tower of God, Korean webtoon. idk what the ages are, but they certainly don't act like teenagers lol

Ability, same authors as Noblesse

TAL, webtoon, main character is in high school, but all his friends are not.. he hasn't done anything either lol. Doesn't take place in high school setting

Gintama lol, that's a hit or miss... gag manga/anime BUT has really good action and emotional arcs. Main character is ~27, his two proteges are teenage age, however

Cheese in the Trap in its entirety takes place in college. It is a romance, however, but it's not like a shoujo at all. Korean webtoon

I hope some of these work ^^







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Ashita Dorobou and if you'll like the series then Ruka to Ita Natsu might be also worth a try (even though the characters are teens).

Edit: Oh wait, neither is a comedy...

Edit: Try Yome ga Kore na Monde. and Dageki Joi Saori. Both are short comedy series with characters who are adults. The first one is slightly ecchi, but it's a great manga none the less.

Last edited by jahu at 8:59 am, Jan 19 2014

Saint Oniisan fits, its an awesome manga about Jesus and Buddha and how they live in modern day Japan, pretty funny.

Lol, I think I confused a lot of people but I'm new so forgive me. The Yome ga Kore one looks really good!