The Overpowered Protagonist

r/mangarecommendations · First Manga for a Longtime Anime Watcher

If you want one that covers both paths you described, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime is a reasonable place to land — the anime is a long way from catching up to the light novels, so you'd be picking up a story you already know and then going well past where it stops. One honest note on the "isekai slop" read, though: the reason Tensura holds up isn't the overpowered-protagonist part, which is genuinely the least interesting thing about it. The story is really about building and running a nation — diplomacy, logistics, managing factions who don't all want the same thing. That's what

r/mangarecommendations · What would be a good Manga for me?

<Faraway Paladin>, it's D&D / Tolkien inspired "isekai". I put isekai in quotes because after the first arc it rarely if ever is mentioned. No fanservice, non of the usually tropes, besides an overpowered protagonist. <Pandora Hearts> it's a fantasy mystery, with an Alice in Wonderland theme. There is some stuff that could be considered fanservice but its not egregious by any means mainly just the odd outfit, or fanservice aimed at women. It has a bit of a slow start, and is the type to answer one question while giving you 5 more.  <Case study of Vanitas> from the same mangaka as Pandora Hea