The Case Study of Vanitas

r/manga · Help out a millennial that isn't into the new shounens these days - Recs please

I've have similar opinions on the newer battle/action shounen, just can't get into them anymore.  You like Tezuka works, have you looked into <Legend of Dororo and Hyakimaru> yet? It's another adaptation of Dororo, with a similar tone and style as the 2019 anime. I've really been enjoying more slower monthly series like <Moriarty the Patriot> and <Case study of Vanitas>. Though with Vanitas, I'm a fan of the author so there is some bais. They are both what I like to call "BL lite", aka BL subtext, but no outright romance. I've also recently got back into <D. Gray-man> again, the artwork is a

r/mangarecommendations · Any good mangas anyone is reading.

Second this one, also Case study of Vanitas 

r/manga · Recommendations

"Case study of Vanitas" is a personal favorite of mine. It's the author's third published work. It's a msytery series set a steampunk style magic au where an incidence in the 1600s created Vampires who can use magic by altering the framework of reality. I am bad with summaries so I'll add a link with one. The art work is very beautiful and the author generally does a good job with foreshadowing. Another one that got my focus again recently is "D. Gray-man". It a series that started around the same time of Naruto and the other big three and was up there in popularity but has since dropped a lo

r/manga · We need more unhinged "shonen "

There is a fair amount of shounen like that, it's common in more monthly series I find as there is more time to focus on the story compared to the faster past of weekly manga. I'll admit I'm not as well versed with modern shounen or what I'm assuming you mean "modern battle/action shounen", so I can't really provide much in examples there. Pandora Hearts and Case study of Vanitas are personal favorites of mine. Premises don't automatically seem wild but when the villains or character backstories start coming out, its on the darker side. D. Gray-man as well, the premises does seem rather stan