Mouse2010 wrote:As I mentioned in the anime thread, I am currently suffering [i/Noragami] withdrawal. I will get the next volume of the manga next week, but I anticipate galloping through that and then wanting more. Any recommendations?
Here are my specifications:
1) I would prefer something completed, not an ongoing manga. I am currently following too many ongoing manga, and the wait for the next volume drives me crazy!
2) It can be an action or drama, and may or may not be supernatural, but . . .
3) It *has* to have romance, and I much prefer a happy ending.
4) I have a high tolerance for problematic content, provided the manga itself is good.
5) It has to be available legally in the US. It does not need to be free, though. I will spend money for something good.
Alrighty!
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Not sure what you have or have not read before, so I'm just going to list a few in alphabetical order and hope it helps, LOL!
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Dengeki Daisy - (Drama + Romance, completed) - Has a strong heroine along with one of the best couples I've seen in shoujo, plus the humor and situations completely turn the usual tropes on their ear. Happy ending. Legally available in print via the publisher VIZ.
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Fruits Basket - (Drama + Romance, completed) - At first funny, then serious later on, this beautiful series about love + breaking curses + redemption is still my all-time #1 favorite manga. Happy ending. Legally available in either its old out-of-print translation via library, or the just-licensed new print edition via the publisher Yen Press.
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Lucifer And Biscuit Hammer - (Action + Drama + Romance, completed) - Not what it might sound like, LOL
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-- it's basically an excellent seinen inversion of shounen themes, complete with a rather unusual main couple. Happy ending. Legally available
on Crunchyroll in digital form or in print via the publisher Seven Seas Entertainment.
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My Little Monster - (Romance {with a little bit of drama and rather more humor}, completed) - Atypical shoujo with an equally atypical couple. Happy ending. Legally available in print via the publisher Kodansha Comics USA.
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Orange - (Drama + Romance, completed) - Another beautiful series involving time travel (of the parallel universe variety) and saving someone from
SPOILER: Highlight text to read: suicidal depression. Happy ending. Legally available
on Crunchyroll in digital form or in print via the publisher Seven Seas Entertainment.
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Ouran High School Host Club - (Parody + Drama + Romance, completed) - Yeah, it's a (hilarious) shoujo parody, but it gets a tiny bit more serious later on, and the romance is sweet. Happy ending. Legally available in print via the publisher VIZ.
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Tenken - (Drama + Romance, completed) - This is a more unusual recommendation-- it's a short, one-volume tale loosely based on an old Japanese legend of an evil supernatural snake that eats people who are 'offered' to it-- but a great one all the same. And yes, it has both romance and a happy ending.
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Legally available in print via the publisher One Peace Books.
(And there are a few more that I would absolutely recommend as well, however they are either/both ongoing or are not legally available here yet.
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