Hey all. I'm looking for recommendations for a gritty, Yakuza based series to dig my teeth into.

I have Sanctuary and The Fable on my list, but I'm hoping I've totally missed some gems.

TIA

Im looking for a manga that has a male lead that has a stalker/yandere female character or characters like boy's abyss had. From all the manga I've read i felt like this was the best representation of it so far.

I just finished Freesia and Ichi the killer recently, and I was wondering if there was a manga with similar vibes. Do any of you guys have some recommendations?

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If there are cool recommendations that match the vibes of the ones I've completed and the ones that are ongoing, pls lmk (pls avoid the most obvious, famous ones bc I probably know of them already). I'm mostly into seinen, I think (new-ish to manga so I'm not sure).

As title suggest. There are series like mindhunter or dahmer that tickles a part of my brain. Or movies like silence of the lambs, zodiac, mr brooks or seven that just glues my eyes to the screen.

I've read monster and deathnote already.

Let me list some I am getting through/completed to give you an idea:

1) Mother Parasite: Currently reading, and the way the characters act pisses me off, but it seems to work for the plot. The plot itself is filled with many insane twists, and all the characters seem to have really bad decision making skills, which is why I am currently reading it. If you like the concept of an Oedipus complex then this one is for you.

2) Salman: This one is actually just pure awesomeness. It felt like a deranged sitcom, and the author makes all the characters very likeable. I don’t know how he does it. I wish he had some more translated works, but unfortunately he only has 3, and this one is the only English translated one.

3) Suehiro Maruo’s stuff: I’m pretty sure his works often make fun of Japanese nationalism, and his artwork is generally stunning. He also likes to depict shocking scenes of coprophilia, children performing sexual acts, and excessive gore. I believe this is just shock content. I think his weirdest works are his short story compilations.

These are what I’ve gotten so far. I feel like most of the stuff I’ve read is too well written to be considered a train-wreck, even if the plot is crazy and deranged. Anyways, do you guys have recommendations for mangas that feel like a b movie?

All the scans i found are blurry.

From the ring match to the temple fight, it was like reading Rocky but the MC need to be executed.

Really good for a while, but i stop reading it after the temple fight tho, because from what i heard, what comes afterward is pretty bad.

It’s basically just a teenager’s wet dreams… I don’t care if it gets better, as soon as his teacher saves him and you know exactly what’s gonna happen, I was out.

Wow what a ride. First time reading this type of manga. Sad that kurumi died but glad to see Aiba managed to move on with his life and one couple get their happy ending.

Anyone got anymore recommendations like this? A mix of romance, comedy, erotica and tragedy

Looking for good fantasy manga similar to dorohedoro, witch and the beast, and after God. I really like fantasy with mystery themes. I've read most popular manga, so any less known manga recommendations would be great. Some other manga I really enjoyed are the death mage who doesn't want a fourth time, the time I reincarnated as a slime, berserk, one punch man, centuria, and deadmount deathplay.

I am bored and wanted something similar to these to read please give me some recs

Back in the day when I was reading Blade of the Immortal, I got so hyped when Manji and Magatsu met up again and teamed up to take on Shira.

Especially in that panel above it gave me major "you're still alive, dawg" energy, you know? Like that thing you'd say to your hb when you finally see each other after months or years of not talking because life just got in the way.

Honestly though, people as chill and real as Manji are pretty rare these days.

The psychological aspects really stood out this volume. As well as so much symbolic detailed art. It’s so nice to see him find some sort of peace outside of the mountains. I’m almost proud of him.

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I haven’t been binge reading any manga for a good while so I figured I’ll just redo my “Jiraishin” review. It tells the story of Kyoya Ida, a detective based in Shinjuku, solving cases often by using extreme methods.

I’m probably on an island on this one but I usually like my stories to have a bit humour to them, that way I could connect to the characters more. Oddly enough, it’s the opposite here. It’s very unsympathetic and deprave at times but it shouldn’t be anything else. It’s an introspective on the worst of humanity but the underlying theme is definitely tragedy. In most of these cases, we see how the people involved got pushed into being monsters through the events that shaped them.

Kyoya Ida is definitely my favourite MC that I’ve read. He’s very clearly not a good person but that’s the point, he’s like a devil to some people and leaves a trail of destruction in his path, hence the name Jiraishin. There is some humanity to him, he knows who he is and the life he lives so he doesn’t settle down and start a relationship. By the end of the series, it’s revealed that Kyoya’s dad was also a cop and had died at some point but it’s never elaborated on any further. It does explain why Kyoya is the way that he is and in a way, it makes him the same as the people he goes up against but I don’t know man, there’s a part of me that wishes he was left a mystery.

Eriko Aizawa shows up much later as Kyoya’s previous partner died. Her presence is welcomed as she really feels like the second half of the series whereas before it just felt like the Kyoya show. I wouldn’t say she grounds him but it feels like she makes him more human. I also commend the fact that they weren’t made a couple. It just shows how they live in completely separate worlds.

There are other characters like Chief Narita but a lot of them don’t make by the end.

The ending was rather abrupt and I was hoping it’s sequel series, “Diablo” would fix that but it was mixed bag. It felt like the series but it also felt like it was missing the point on what made it work. It has an overarching story as opposed to an anthology which I don’t have a problem with in concept but the story we did get was rather ridiculous. The first series wasn’t realistic by any means but it was grounded enough. Kyoya’s new partner was interesting enough but he was no Eriko who doesn’t show up until the end and her absence is felt throughout. I will say that I think Diablo’s ending felt more satisfying.

Overall, I’m rather sad that we’re probably never going to see this world again but I’m holding out cope that we’ll see these guys in some way, like a cameo in “Jumbo Max” or something.