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,

Thanks for any help!

Akira
Gantz

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.

Also welcome!

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.

Shi ga Futari o Wakatsu Made comes to mind...

~4400 manga completed
~1700 ongoing...

Hoshi no Samidare
Sengoku Youko
Choudokyuu Shoujo 4946
Immortal Rain maybe, read this ages ago
Superior
Superior Cross

in need of romance?
uncommon, sad, sweet

Thanks for the suggestions, definitely going to try out all of them. I started reading Shi ga Futari o Wakatsu Made and its great so far.

If anyone have some more suggestions feel free to recommend them, I'm very fast reader when I have time ?

Thanks again!

Maybe, Saver ( female lead people assume is male)
Mirai nikki
Elfen lied