What's your Top 10 favorite manga?
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What are your favorite manga? I have read manga since the early 90s (my first one was Dragon Ball). Here is my top 10:
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Gambling Emperor Zero (Nobuyuki Fukumoto)
The best manga I have ever read. Nobuyuki Fukumoto is a genius. I love the smart and crazy trials, and the hero (Zero), who is both insanely smart and inherently good. -
Kodoku no Gourmet (Solitary Gourmet / Le gourmet solitaire in French) (Jirô Taniguchi and Masayuki Kusumi)
The manga I have reread the most. It's very special: action fans should avoid this one, because basically, nothing is going on and there is no plot. Kodoku no Gourmet only consists of short stories in which Goro Inogashira, a small business owner, goes out to eat alone. It's very relaxing, since eating alone while dreaming is a precious moment of freedom. Nothingness at his best! -
A Distant Neighborhood (Harukana Machi e / Quartier lointain in French) (Jirô Taniguchi)
A real masterpiece from Jirô Taniguchi I could never praise enough. A 48 years old man gets magically sent back in the past, to his childhood neightborhood. A beautiful and nostalgic story with the right amount of melancholy. -
Kaiji (Nobuyuki Fukumoto)
Kaiji is one of my favorite Anime, and I love the manga too. I will talk more about that one in another topic about anime. -
One outs (Shinobu Kaitani)
My favorite Anime. I will talk more about it in the other topic about anime too. -
Space Brothers (Uchū Kyōdai) (Chûya Koyama)
Another "smart" manga with a scientific edge. Mutta Namba is in his 30's and is not really on the right track to achieve his dream of becoming an astronaut, unlike his brother. Awesome story with a lot of humour and great characters. Highly recommended. -
Ranma 1/2 (Rumiko Takahashi)
Do I really need to describe that one? My favorite 90s manga. -
Liar Game (Shinobu Kaitani)
Another smart manga with clever tricks and trials. -
Buraiden Gai (Nobuyuki Fukumoto)
Another masterpiece from Nobuyuki Fukumoto. Did I say this man is a genius? It's a short series (5 volumes) depicting the adventures of a smart, confident, and strong teenager named Gai. He is sent to a youth detention center from hell even though he did nothing wrong. -
The Kindaichi Case Files (Fumiya Satō and Yōzaburō Kanari)
I actually prefer Death Note and Hajime no Ippo to that one, but since it's less known, I wanted to talk about it. The Kindaichi Case Files has everything Meitantei Conan is missing: detailed cases, characters (murderers) with a real personality, and interesting motives. Sometimes it is a bit morbid too. My favorite volumes are tomes 20 and 21, in which a crazy and clever murderer spread terror.
I also like Death Note, Hajime no Ippo, Angel Voice, and Whistle!. During the late 90s~early 2000s, I was also a big fan of Meitantei Conan (Case Closed / Détective Conan in French) and Hunter X Hunter, but I don't like how these series evolved.
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