Ranking EVERY Manga I've Read Tierlist

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[@bizarreindividual4026]

What a fun video! Also thank you for so many recommendations.

[@ptown7205]

No problem! I'm so glad you enoyed.

[@anti5551]

great vid, loved your commentary

[@ptown7205]

I seriously appreciate it!

[@mackmenezes4912]

The fast paced in chainsawman is what I liked about it in the first place And if you actually think about some of the character progressions in the story ,it's actually pretty subtle and deep

[@ptown7205]

i agree that it's fast pace was one of it's biggest strengths. just a bit too quick

[@aburakuma4600]

interesting tier list!

[@ptown7205]

much thanks for stopping by!

[@classykevin3718]

This content is gold, you should do it more.

[@ptown7205]

Your kind words mean so much! I was actually planning on making my 2022 list soon.. not sure if I should do another tierlist ( i dropped/disliked a decent number of manga this year, plus the "dropped" tier didn't get the best reaction, lesson learned) and instead just list my top 5. If you're interested, stick around, whatever I decide to do will be out within a few weeks to a month and I'd be happy to have you back!

[@Thugganificent]

Some VERY hot takes in this one 🤣

[@ptown7205]

They’re gonna beat my ass for vagabond 😭😭

[@averagedostkayaogluenjoyer7279]

cool vid man

[@ptown7205]

much thanks for stopping by!

[@nuggets2116]

Pick Pluto back up

[@ptown7205]

considered, thanks!

[@user-xt7fp2xm3e]

Really cool tierlist! I'm also a huge fan of bastard, I wish it could get an English physical release...

[@ptown7205]

Appreciate your support! Bastard is easily my top 2 series including manga AND manwha, if it gets a physical someday, I'm collecting alllll of it.

[@plat5k]

I feel the exact same way you do about hell’s paradise. Very underrated and slept on but it is a GEM

[@ptown7205]

Glad you're also pushing the agenda as well as we sit patiently for the anime.

[@plat5k]

@@ptown7205 heck Yeah! We’re supposedly getting a second trailer at Jump Festa in December so fingers crossed for a release Date (and good voice actors)🤞

[@markvillareal9111]

Oyasumi no punpun, Sakamoto days, and Yotsubato! If you want you can check this out too this is easily A to S tier manga!

[@ptown7205]

punpun is on my plan to read list, but i know i have to prepare myself for that one. sakamoto days ive heard nothing but great things but since i usually like reading completed series i won't get to it soon, but eventually. ill give yotsubato a check. thanks so much for stopping by ur a real one!!

[@kondo8344]

I stopped reading punpun after 52 chapters, it was boring to me! Every time it had me hooked it did something to ruin it

[@batfacedliar8922]

@@kondo8344 it is very slow, that is why people like it but i can see how someone might be put off by it

[@williampressley1162]

Definitely your tier list is actually pretty interesting half of these I've never even have the chance to read like Pluto and I would say slam dunk and some of them I've actually read. For instance blade of the immortal I've really enjoyed I'm surprised you didn't like that one particularly. But at the same time it is your list and you know there's certain things that basically you know it doesn't catch your eye or something like that I mean I understand Yeah I've been on this manga journey for the last four or five months that I've been taking a break from the American side of comics and just being jumping on to the Japanese manga so far I've hardly have found a bad one in the bunch except for the one that I just read I read it like halfway through I don't think you've read it yet it's Black clover I read the first volume and had to drop it I still have it I haven't finished it yet but it's just for me so bad that I didn't want to pick it up again but I'm probably going to pick it up just to finish it in like in a month or two because I got to finish it but definitely a really good list man

[@ptown7205]

for me blade of the immortal started very strong but consistently declined and never recoered. Appreciate you stopping by, and i hope you got some good recs out of this!

[@g0dgary]

I can't wait for the day that D grey-man gets an ending. I don't know why the mangaka doesn't want to keep making more chapters after a long Hiatus and I think that she recovered from a health problem, I would take some help from assistants and trying to finish the story faster, so a berserk thing doesn't happen again :( . Sorry for my English I'm from Argentina, and I'm waiting for more videos like this one :)

[@ptown7205]

After everything that went down with the likes of miura and togashi, these health problems can be very significant. i believe in koshino's case it was also induced by heavy work, so getting back into it full swing may cause problems again. She has been dropping chapters quarterly, but i do too hope d gray man sees an ending. Also, thanks for stopping by, there may be more soon!

[@bleubleubleu]

Cool video! I know this is a bit late, but I thoroughly enjoyed your list! I just started getting into manga, so thanks for all of the indirect suggestions! As for Berserk, I totally get what you mean with the sexual violence :(. It's in the story SO MUCH that you start to become numb to it, and that's not something you should strive towards when writing a dark story. It's typically used to illustrate when an antagonist is a REALLY bad person, but if every antagonist uses this sexual violence, why even include it at all? Regardless, great list!

[@ptown7205]

I don't think i ever got used to the sexual violence ahaha. I'm sure miura was trying to illustrate a very dark world, and he accomplished that. Thanks so much for stopping by!!

[@Csgreaterulifetrash]

@@ptown7205 An unfortunately realistic world...

[@ptown7205]

@@Csgreaterulifetrash sadly

[@eliascarlson8113]

As someone who doesn't read manga almost at all, this video was quite fun to watch.

[@ptown7205]

Thanks so much for tuning in! Feel free to try out any of the manga i reccomended.

[@MrKynzer]

I swear manga recomendation vids are like food videos, just watching someone enjoying what you enjoy is dope

[@Zetsubou0]

Would recommend kingdom, innocent, innocent rogue, kokou no hito, I am a hero, the ravages of time, ruler of the land, feng shen ji and kubera.

[@ptown7205]

Kingdom and i am a hero are definitely in my future, and kokou no hito wasn't for me. Because of that, i'm not sure if i'll enjoy the innocenr series. But as for the other recs, much thanks!

[@UltraBlue164]

Great vid. Don’t wanna be tbks guy but next year, the goats of manga are waiting for you, one piece and Jojos…

[@ptown7205]

ive watched op up to dressrosa and enjoyed it (although dressrosa burnt me out) and have considered picking up the manga but deciding whether to start over to get the better experience or just continue where i left off. as for jojos, i didn't make it past part 3 in the anime. i think it's got a lot of personality but not my thing. but if you decide to stop by for another video, huge thanks!

[@ptown7205]

WOW. 1000 views!! Thanks SO MUCH for the support and stopping by. I wasn't sure if my spitball commentary would garner any traction, but this was WAY more than I expected! If you can, leaving a like, a comment, or subscribing would continue to mean the WORLD to me!!

[@williampressley1162]

Yeah berserk definitely I've been reading that one particularly faithfully the last 2 months I'm up to volume 19 now and the story has been f****** amazing sorry for the language but it's it's really amazing

[@ptown7205]

hey no worries bout language... we've both read berserk so we are fairly jaded to some profanity!

[@thraftnoskill1008]

awesome list found some new interesting mangas. and oh boy how different tastes are sun ken rock is my fav manga. (not bcause of fan service.. maybe a bit haha. just love this ganster mafia war thing and the awesome art work from boichi)

[@ptown7205]

yea, the artwork is top tier! fan service doesn't justify a series being bad, it just made me lose my personal interest. I only read about half of it so I'm sure there was some great things that happened later!

[@lxpersona]

I randomly got this reccommend and strangley I have read everything on your list, strange how we both share the same opinion on Bastard and Sweet Home. while this video is 2 Years old if you haven't read Pigpen.

[@ptown7205]

thanks so much fam!! bastard and sweet home are still amazing i reread them sometime last year and they’re still some of my favorite stories. i’ll likely add pigpen to the list!

[@kimjongun9311]

I actually really disliked Jigokuraku for its ending. It just felt like “hey basically all of the main cast survived like every shonen series!”. How did you feel about the ending? I recommend Innocent and Innocent Rouge if you enjoy historical fiction (there’s definitely some creative liberties but the art was amazing)

[@ptown7205]

(JIGO SPOILERS!!!!) i was fine with it in the sense that I was really attacthed to everyone and we got a really sweet panel at the end with the survivors. I wasn't too happy with the yzuriha death fake out but if the fake out part was otherwise left out and it was made more clear that most of the cast was surviving I would be very much ok with it. Also, thaks for the recc, but i did try climber this year and didn't really enjoy it so chances are i may not enjoy their other works as well, including innocent and innocent rouge.

[@Reepsy]

Dude check out Legend of the Northern Blade, that manhwa reads like a movie

[@ptown7205]

Legend of the Northern Blade is actually on my planned to read list! I don't tend to read ongoing series, but i'll give it stronger consideration now. thanks!

[@mackmenezes4912]

You should read Chi no wadachi(blood on the tracks)

[@ptown7205]

thanks for the rec! i think ive had it on my list too.

[@hoooptie]

Couldnt trust this list after dropping Pluto. But well done

[@ptown7205]

Probably shouldn't trust me with most well regarded seinen. Putting series like Jigo over Vagabond. Thanks for watching!

[@VincentBones44]

@@ptown7205what’s interesting about your list, is that it seems like you enjoy being entertained more than substance. At least that’s how I’d wrap my head around someone preferring Jigo more than Berserk or Vagabond lol

[@ptown7205]

@@VincentBones44 yea i def emphasized that point when not enjoying series like sun ken rock or pluto. still love berserk tho

[@williampressley1162]

Oh yeah I just got a vagabond I just finished that that was dope that was very dope I won't let my friend read it because he's never read it before but I really enjoyed that one it's a pretty good

[@jaredmacintyre6970]

I've been resisting starting spy family but so many people recommend it so I'm gonna jump in with an open mind. That said, awesome list

[@ptown7205]

appreciate the support! im excited for the anime as well

[@williampressley1162]

Have you gotten around to reading these manga like rooster fighter , no gun life, dead man wonderland, attack on Titan ,Hellsing, and a few others in the future that I'll mention. If you do like a future review on a manga you have a read yet on the channel and I probably throw out if I've read it I'll just give a like or and maybe lead you to another one that you may have not heard about or you've heard about but you haven't really gotten into it yet or you just need a person to give you that you know description to get you into it

[@ptown7205]

oh my, how is deadman wonderland not on here? i've read it. im a fan!! Would have ended up in the enjoyable tier. as for aot, im an anime only. And much thanks, I always appreciate reccomendations.

[@ptown7205]

one year later... 15k views... Thanks so much for the support on this video. I was blown away by the consistent support and traction throughout the year. It's also fun to go back and see how my opinions have altered since posting this (and it has a fair amount!). Also, thank you to anyone who continued to support for the follow up video!! If you're interested in my top manga for 2022, go check it out! kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZ_Lc6Jvr7h_l5I

[@MrKynzer]

First person I see putting jigokuraku as his favorite, for me I felt like it was more of a "this is going to be a great anime" love the horror aspect tho

[@ptown7205]

I think it'll be a challenge to recreate the artstyle for jigo. yes, mappa had a good adaptation for csm but i still preferred the manga. either way, hope the anime goes well!

[@MrKynzer]

@@ptown7205 I find it especially difficult to adapt "raw feeling" mangas like jigokuraku and chainsaw man, even tho I enjoy the anime mappa puts out I would lie if I l said I like the "clean/bland" that now seems like it's brand, it doesn't truly express the vibe, like a filter, on the other hand the animation is dope af

[@ptown7205]

@@MrKynzer I'm hoping it's good enough to get some more love for the series going! if it was to similar extent as to what MAPPA accomplished for CSM and JJK that would make me so happy.

[@happify6782]

have you given one piece manga a shot? and also a very fun video should start hell's parade manga or wait for the anime?

[@ptown7205]

i’m considering starting OP manga at some point! and as for hell’s paradise, it’s honestly up to you, i think the manga is a safe option because the anime isn’t out yet, so we can’t say for sure if it’ll be a great adaptation. i’m still hoping, ofc

[@Commandosoap777]

Blade of the immortal is a top 3 manga for me 😭

[@ptown7205]

it definitely had its moments! it's also pretty appealing stylistically

[@francescooo5736]

Ajin is so good ,one of the best antagonist

[@ptown7205]

absolutely agreed. sato ult chad.

[@aradhyamishra5590]

Plato was a masterpiece I don’t know what you are talking about

[@ptown7205]

i never said i did know! i did drop it after all

[@ved7816]

Read Flawed almighty. Its from the same author as bastard and sweet home. It might be a hot take but I am liking it better than bastard and sweet home so far

[@ptown7205]

I've added that to the read list and checking it out as soon as it's done! shotgun boy ended this year and that also had the same author so i read and really enjoyed that.

[@kyanmori9272]

While I disagree with some things, you putting Grand Blue in top tier gave me life

[@ptown7205]

nothing wrong with some disagreements. it’s what makes the art we enjoy matter. and yes, grand blue is such an escapist series. just forget your problems and have fun!

[@kyanmori9272]

@@ptown7205 Facts, Grand Blue is the funniest thing I've ever read in my life

[@SmilingBarnOwl-ow1vv]

mashle is like gigachad beating harry potter nerds lol

[@ptown7205]

he is kind of on his harry potter shit he the chosen one fr

[@thick4628]

read thermae romae 💀 good vid btw

[@ptown7205]

seems pretty interesting, i may check it out. thanks for stopping by!

[@MrKynzer]

Hot take, I would put berserk in just very enjoyable, I just read it because the amazing action and actually enjoyed the movies more lmao

[@ptown7205]

me putting it anywhere under my favorites including spy x family was already a super hot take aha. it is what it is.

[@MrKynzer]

@@ptown7205 yea, having an opinion in the internet seems ilegal these days, too many free time I would say

[@ujjwalola8287]

Reviewing Pluto - i like action not narrative based Kaiju no. 8 , jjk worth reading Grand blue spy x family the favourites 🗿

[@ptown7205]

i still read those series and caught up to most of them whereas i dropped pluto

[@suhailjavid2796]

You should try ONEPIECE manga

[@ptown7205]

def considering it. thanks!

[@seandery6959]

Sucks he didn’t read the Omniscient Reader WN, there are certainly highs. XD

[@ptown7205]

the manwha has given me plenty so far! I have gotten back into reading novels this year, but no web novels as of rn. may consider it.

[@branpower7608]

dude, how the hell do you read so much manga in a year

[@ptown7205]

the pandemic definitely was a factor!

[@1xtcy]

Great video nice explanation I agree with sun ken rock and Pluto it’s good but over rated

[@ptown7205]

appreciate you for stopping by! yeah pluto isn't quite for me yet, and as for sun ken rock, i tend to be put off by other series I've read this year that suffered the same problem so my preference has remained consistent.

[@Stanzbey69]

I strongly recommend bleach, it’s jujutsu kaisen’s inspiration

[@ptown7205]

Thanks! Feel free to heck out my follow up video for 2022! It's in that years lineup :)

[@drxbzie]

hells paradise is so good

[@ptown7205]

my fav shonen manga fr

[@drxbzie]

@@ptown7205 2nd to one piece in my list

[@ptown7205]

@@drxbzie still a high regard!

[@justaguywholikespie8221]

Holyland is really good.. i like realistic fiction- so i dont care about DBZ or Pokemon etc..

[@ptown7205]

teppu scratched that "realistic-fighting" itch for me more than holyland.

[@pede6272]

Good video. My only problem is in Claymore and Berserk being in the same tier. The stories are somewhat comparable, but Claymore doesn't do a single thing better than Berserk. Characters, worldbuilding, artwork, plot, and even humor. It's very hard to argue that any of these things, aren't done much better in Berserk than in Claymore.

[@ptown7205]

i know exactly where you're coming from, and i knew someone would have this response. i actually liked the transformations just as much in Claymore as i did Berserk. My biggest drawback from berserk was the sexual violence, in which Claymore did not have that, thus making it an evenly enjoyable experience. So while claymore wouldn't even exist without Berserk, i still enjoyed them on a similar level, with Berserk having the edge. thanks for your input!

[@pede6272]

@@ptown7205 I might not agree, but I appreciate the honesty

[@soleil2947]

@@ptown7205 The sexual violence in a good Seinen like Berserk isn't meant to be enjoyed. It's the opposite really - the Griffith/Casca Eclipse scene is meant to undercut your admiration of Griffith, bring out sympathy for Casca's tragic situation, and deepen your connection to Guts' motivations. (Among other things.) In fact, this is likely why you got plenty folks harrassing you about "bad taste": they don't understand that your list is more about your taste in manga-as-entertainment, or manga-as-distraction, or manga-as-aesthetically-pleasing, and less so about your taste in manga-as-high-literature, manga-as-challenge, or manga-as-existential. And it makes total sense that someone relatively new to the medium would initially seek out generally pleasurable, even-keeled experiences - no sense in blaming you for that.

[@ptown7205]

@@soleil2947 Thanks for the input! Very well said distinguishing between "entertainment" vs "challenge". I DO understand the point of the violence that occured in Berserk, and it works in it's effectiveness. I just knew there may have been some raised eyebrows for me not putting it in my favorites vs amazing (amazing is still high tier, but that may not have satisfied some). I'm very happy for your response and I wish more Berserk fans would understand what you've said. The other day I saw a Berserk stan chastize someone else for giving it a 9/10 instead of 10/10. Like, 9/10 is still a great score and the stan still thought the other person didn't even read it? AHAHAHA

[@soleil2947]

@@ptown7205 Yeah it really doesn't make sense to chastise people for their taste over the internet. It's never going to genuinely change someone's mind about a show. And if you're a fan of something and intend to enter "the public discourse" about it, you can easily learn more about it and hype it up without bullying some arbitrary out-group who "don't get it" (which most of the time means: they did get it, but they didn't care about getting the same things *out of* the fictional work that you did). Side note: I would recommend Oyasumi Punpun since it's fucking phenomenal, and Inio Asano's easily in the top 3 mangaka of all time. But it's got a lot of what you would hate or avoid. So instead I'd highly recommend checking out Asano's lighter-tone stuff like Solanin and Dead Dead Demon's Dededede-Destruction. Both are finished, Solanin is 2 volumes and DDDDD is 12 volumes. Of the two, DDDDD is funnier and Solanin is more sentimental, but they're both super charming and tightly-written.

[@yashmehta4087]

No gintama and BLEACH my top favourite Shonen of all time

[@ptown7205]

good choices!

[@alanjhones4723]

When it comes to sexual abuse my tolerance towards it is even lower than yous since I won't even bother watching or reading. 😂

[@ptown7205]

COMEPLETELY understandable. I understand it's purpose, but it's far and away my least favorite aspect about Berserk.

[@buggyyuji851]

6.5 or 7/10 list good but not great manga taste but good videos I guess

[@Jonas-jx3kw]

lmao imagine ranking someone taste

[@ptown7205]

still appreciate you stopping by!

[@ptown7205]

i think we all give our tastes a 10

[@HeroK1ller-_-]

Nice list, except that Sun Ken Rock should be on the top aha, I agree Jujutsu Kaisen is so overrated, I don't understand why it's so popular.

[@ptown7205]

I do like jjk and im open to liking it more in the future, but i'd be lying if i said i prefered jjk over a lot of other shonen

[@kimjongun9311]

The ending for Sun Ken Rock was awful, which sucks because everything else was amazing.

[@HeroK1ller-_-]

@@kimjongun9311 it doesnt suck dude, you just didn’t understand the author attention and why he did this ended.

[@kimjongun9311]

@@HeroK1ller-_- Personal opinion, but I think the ending could’ve been better if it didn’t feel so rushed. Boichi could’ve done a few more chapters to delve deeper into character motivations but nah, he just whipped out the most nonsensical ending in a few chapters. It’s not even something he has planned out, he literally changed everything because of the Paris attack.

[@HeroK1ller-_-]

@@kimjongun9311 yea exactly, but 1 bad volume doesnt change my opinion on 24 amazing volumes.

[@ardavan8313]

read vinland saga

[@ptown7205]

possibly... however, i wasn't a fan of the anime... :(

[@ardavan8313]

@@ptown7205 anime didn't exactly capture the feelings of the manga just give it a try.

[@kenzooba9503]

read one punch man

[@ptown7205]

I've been open to reading OPM although I tend to prioritize completed series. thanks for the rec!

[@carmerr]

Chainsaw man felt so rushed to me. Heard good things about Pluto tho so def give that another try

[@ptown7205]

chainsaw man was rushed in it's 2nd half imo. stilll a fan of the new chapters. and with pluto, maybe when my shonen brain shuts down I'll finally be able to appreciate it

[@glitchcrypto]

Noob taste

[@ptown7205]

Well, everyone starts somewhere right? I did mention that was the first year I read manga for

[@g_g...]

Bad taste honestly

[@ptown7205]

jigo is better than berserk and vagabond idk what to tell u

[@g_g...]

@@ptown7205 idk mate