Happy summer (or winter)! 🙂
I'm casting a spacey net by just sharing stuff I liked to various degrees, and counting a bonus if anyone can relate! 🙂
Thanks, and Best Wishes!

(categorized from more meaningful to me, to stuff I know less about)
grounded manga/ resilient character
hajime no ippo- recovering wimp, humor, boxing
uchuu kyoudai - recovering wimp, somewhat (un)realistic, space
eyeshield 21- recovering wimp, humor, rugby
baby steps - discovers passion, tennis training
iryuu - team Medical dragon - skill & corruption, medical
cesare - historic based character [not completely believable]
historie - historic based character [not completely believable]
shana oh yoshitsune - innocent strength, adventurous
hunter x hunter - innocent strength, adventurous, sometimes contrived
bambino! - hard work, italian cuisine
rrr - hard work, fighter[can't remember?]

absurd but relatable
hanaotoko - father & son [can't remember but liked it]
arakawa under the bridge - elite goes crazy
beelzebub - kept for humor
ocha nigosu - bad reputation leaning toward innocence
angel densetsu - bad reputation leaning toward innocence
gangsta. - fighting, kept for cutesiness
20 seiki shounen - weird cult
trick ster - short, prankster

tension/mystery
yuureitou - cat & mouse, unknown character relationships
apocalypse no toride - unknown cause of zombie [violence]
shion no ou - unknown reason for murder

foolery
bartender - bar dork
otoyomegatari - some realism/some dreamy
the breaker: new waves - reckless guy

a little romantic
tetsugaku letra - trying to change
hoshi no koe - apart
watashitachi no shiawase na jikan - hopeless
orange - change future
moon - dance
kanojo o mamoru 51 no houhou - disaster
rabu yome - boredom read, short
yawarakai onna - short [mature]
bonnouji - boredom read
the friendly winter - self centered sob story

not sure if it'd lead anywhere
kami no shizuku
sommeliere
thermae romae

The monkey is reaching for the moon in the water.
Until death overtakes him, he’ll never give up.
If he’d let go the branch and disappear in the deep pool,
The whole world would shine with dazzling pureness.

RRR Wimp at first I Guess. Reminds me of uchuu kyoudai's lead.

Thanks MarvelousMind, my memory of RRR has been refreshed. I can see the similarity- they both also have puffy hair.

The monkey is reaching for the moon in the water.
Until death overtakes him, he’ll never give up.
If he’d let go the branch and disappear in the deep pool,
The whole world would shine with dazzling pureness.