Mangas that deserve Popularity?

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Hey!
Have you heard of Sakamoto days?
I remember when it used to be an underrated manga, where the manga isn't quite known. Or what you call a Hidden Gem, I've read some mangas that aren't that popular but are super good. Examples are:

  • Usogui
  • Historic
  • Jin
  • Kokou no hito
You should give these mangas a try! You don't know if you like it without trying it.
 
How has Dr Slump never been adapted

NVM, 1981 anime. My source came to me in a dream
 
Man, I forgot about Usogui, that's a great one. I'm not sure who knows which, so I'm just gonna rattle off a few

Crows/Worst (also QP since it's the same universe)
Sanctuary
Blue Spring
Himizu
Ciguatera
See You at the Food Court Tomorrow
A Story About Smoking Behind the Supermarket
5 Minutes With You at a Convenience Store
 
Opus by Satoshi kon.
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I feel like people remember more of Satoshi kon the director than as a mangaka and that's a shame.

Kine-san no Hitori de Kinema
I love cinema, I am lonely.
A manga about an office lady that loves movies. I would love for this to get an Anime.
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Man, I forgot about Opus too and I own a copy. I have one called Tropic of the Sea as well but don't recall much about either.
 
I recommend...

My Master Has No Tail.

Her Mountain, Her Ocean.

Happy Meals With Aikagi-kun.
 
I got three fine ones, though one of them is a manhwa but I love it enough to the point where I'll recommend it to everyone.

Shonan Junai Gumi by Tooru Fujisawa
If you've read or watched it's more popular sequel Great Teacher Onizuka, this is what came before it.
It follows the infamous biker gang delinquent duo called the Oni Baku, Ekichi Onizuka and Ryuji Danma.
The manga focuses a lot on Japan's Bozosoku (aka Motorcycle Gangs) subculture
It has tons of comedy (early chapters feel more like a gag manga just like OG Dragon Ball did), it has tons of fights (heap load of "You're 100 years too early to face me!" dialog) and it has really memorable and intriguing arcs that have stayed with me till this day.
Genuinely, one of my favorite manga's of all time. While GTO is just as fantastic in it's own right, it's value just increases that much more if you've read SJG first.
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Her Summon by Park Jin-Joon
This is the Manhwa I mentioned.
I gotta be honest, this was probably the most shocking manga I ever read.
Not because it has extremely graphic content but because the plot makes it sounds like some absolute dogshit manga or anime I've already seen before. But I was completely shocked when quite the opposite happened.

The plot is about a socially isolated shut-in who gets summoned into a fantasy world by a young female summoner. Now from that description alone I expected to read some absolute doo-doo feces harem bullshit where the main guy gets all the bitches and he's like the strongest motherfucker in the world because fuck the real world, but it isn't. It's so far, far away from being that.
This story is about growth, growth as a human being. For how immature the main protagonist may appear, the story itself takes it seriously. As the protagonist spends more time in this fantasy world where he can be his ideal hero self, he takes that courage and tries to apply it into the real world. Attempting to battle his social anxiety and social phobias so that he may one day become normal again, all the while supporting someone who doesn't even exist in his world.

If there was ever a story I wanted for someone to know about, it would be this one. I cannot recommend it enough.
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Nick to Lever by Miyata Kyougorou
The funniest Seinen around, follows the lives of two men as they live their day to day lives with absolutely wacky shenanigans.
Each chapter is extremely short (with the exception of the first chapter), each chapter consists of 6-1 pages. Yes, you read that right. There are 1 page chapters in this manga and they're just as hilarious as all the other ones.
The art is also surprisingly detailed for how simple and short it is, every page feels like you're looking at traced over photographs.
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While I can't think of any off the top of my head, I think relative obscurity be a good thing, as the more visible something gets, there's a much greater chance of the author's vision being sacrificed to the altar of marketability.
 
Shonan Junai Gumi by Tooru Fujisawa
🔥🔥SHONAN MENTIONED 🔥🔥

Here's my contribution:
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I don't know if it's still any good as I haven't read in a long while, but I thought it was really good when I found it.

Here's the synopsis from some site:
"17-year-old Iguchi Tatsuya has just been released from juvenile detention and is on probation. He's been relocated to a new area, away from the bad influence of his old friends, and is under the care of his aunt. He is determined not to be sent back to lockup, and he works hard in his aunt's restaurant. However, he still has the same personality, the same tendency to violence, and still falls in with the same sort of people. It's going to be difficult for him to stay out of trouble."
 
I also remember Out as being very good, but it's been awhile. I wonder if it finished?
 
There's a couple that have I've been re-reading lately that I feel like aren't that popular or maybe not popular any more:
- Shiori Experience
- Liar Game
- Golden Kamuy
- GANTZ
- Rose of Versailles
 
Hi Score Girl

One of the mangas that actually about video games,not just living in the AR or something
 
Keep On Vibrating by Jiro Matsumoto (the author of Freesia).

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It is only a one volume anthology manga, but my god the stories here are really good. Surreal, dark, and shocking but also entertaining and thought provoking. The final story about a sniper and his relationship with a woman whose apartment he crashes, is suprisingly wholesome by the end. Like it is one of my favorite anthology mangas of all time, and I believe it deserves more recognition.
 
Vagabond is one of those mangas that is talked about and given the same level of status and prestige as Berserk and Vinland Saga, but its not "Mainstream". I wish it had an anime adaption like Vinland Saga did to make it more than just a hidden gem for manga readers.
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The yuri manga Maki Maki i think deserves more love and attention, it’s a pretty simple manga abt two girls that love and care for each other and explore each other, and still remaining friends
 

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