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Could you please recommend me some manga

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WiggyWiggyImGettingJiggy · 18/11/2025 12:26

Dd loves Junji Ito, and Promised Neverland is her favourite anime/manga.

Any recommendations for others that she might like?

She does have a fair amount of the usuals - demon slayer, claymore, blackbird, deathnote and a few others, and I have bought her The Summer <forgot the name> Died, for her Christmas. But I would love to get her another one that she would love.

I don't really read manga at all, so if you have any recommendations for ones similar to Junji Itos work or Promised Neverland I would be very grateful.

TIA

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BloodandGlitter · 18/11/2025 12:39

Chainsaw Man, Apothecary Diaries, Kaiju no8 and DanDaDan are all very popular right now and amazing mangas too.

Mumski45 · 18/11/2025 12:58

I have no idea about manga but my DS2 (18) loves it.
His favourites at the moment are
Violet Evergarden
Land of the Lustrous
Fullmetal Alchemist

Locutus2000 · 18/11/2025 14:46

There are a few 'dark magical girl' series which border on horror - Magical Girl Site springs to mind at the darker end. There is a short anime season but the manga is far better.

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Locutus2000 · 18/11/2025 14:49

Someone above said Full Metal Alchemist for an epic yarn and I'd add Attack on Titan. Both have full anime adaptations.

WeepingAngelInTheTardis · 18/11/2025 14:52

Fruit baskets. Attack on Titan. jujutsu Kaisen.

WiggyWiggyImGettingJiggy · 18/11/2025 15:25

Perfect thank you, I'll have a look at these.

There's so many I didn't know where to start.

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happysunr1se · 18/11/2025 15:38

How old is your daughter?

Some manga are pretty hardcore and a picture can get stuck in your head more than a moving image sometimes. I'd say promised Neverland, attack on titan and deathnote have very dark plots, they would be horror category if they were Hollywood films.

Non horror ones I rate for teenagers;
great teacher onizuka
asobi asobase
boys over flowers
Ranking of kings
World trigger
Nodame cantabile
Hunter x hunter

If she liked blackbird she will like red river and a manwha called bride of the water god. They r sexy romances though...just saying. Like mills and boon, a bit explicit with male domination themes

WeepingAngelInTheTardis · 18/11/2025 16:05

Ohh another Spy X family.

spiderlight · 18/11/2025 16:31

My DS enjoyed 'Assassination Classroom' during his Manga phase - there seem to be hundreds of them. Also One Piece.

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