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Looking for recommendations! My personal pick would be Blooming Love (MangaPlus) for being a very wholesome and somewhat realistic romance manga featuring actual adults.

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[–] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I always dig Franken Fran. It's dark and edgy and seems to have been cut off before it's proper conclusion.

[–] Weebdeluxe@ani.social 2 points 2 months ago

I LOVED Franken Fran!

[–] wjs018@ani.social 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I don't really have a great sense of if something is underrated or not, but here are some great series that I don't see mentioned a lot here:

  • Sweat and Soap - This might not qualify as underrated, but it is a fantastic love story between adults
  • Love After World Domination - This one was cancelled after the anime didn't drive sales, but I absolutely loved this series and would revive it if I could
  • Love's In Sight - A fantastic story about two outcasts from normal society falling for each other.
  • A Story About a Droid - This one was dropped by the author (it was a Twitter series), but I really enjoyed what exists.
  • Ubunchu - An old series that was published in the Ubuntu magazine in Japan. I find it hilarious, but you probably need to fit my exact demographic profile and linux experience for it to hit as hard.
  • Slime 300 - I am not fully up to date on this series, but it is a great, slow-life isekai. There are never any stakes and is just a comfy time. Season 2 of the anime is coming this fall iirc.
[–] Yareckt@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Just read Ubunchu. Had a good time with it! Thx for the rec

[–] wjs018@ani.social 1 points 2 months ago

Glad you enjoyed it!

[–] Endmaker@ani.social 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

A Story About a Droid - This one was dropped by the author

it's all over

This is one of my 10s😭


Ubunchu

no comments

Picking this one up.

[–] Endmaker@ani.social 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Top 3 entries from some of my MangaDex 10 / 10 lists (based on difference between my rating of 10 and the actual rating), with shitty descriptions:

Completed

A Complicated Sibling Relationship 4-Koma

  • rating: 7.79 (difference: 2.21)
  • greatest trainwreck I have read

I Guess I Became the Mother of the Great Demon King's 10 Children in Another World

  • rating: 8.16 (difference: 1.84)
  • MC pops babies out like nobody's business to save the world; the kids are cute though

I Decided to Fake a Marriage with My Junior to Shut My Parents Up

  • rating: 8.20 (difference: 1.80)
  • MC turn lesbian to stay with her roommate

Ongoing

Crossdressing Quest

  • rating: 8.12 (difference: 1.88)
  • MC awakens to something on his way to save the world

The Magical Girl ♡ In Her 30s

  • rating: 8.37 (difference: 1.63)
  • title describes itself

The Gals Who Always Say Insane Things: My Daily Life at a Private Paranormal High School

  • rating: 8.44 (difference: 1.56)
  • gals use superpowers for random BS

Kinda NSFW

Don't Call Me a Naked Hero in Another World

  • rating: 7.09 (difference: 2.91)
  • MC gets isekai-ed with only her bath towel

Rosen Garten Saga

  • rating: 8.84 (difference: 1.28)
  • most sexually deviant manga I've read

no third entry due to a lack of 10s

[–] speckledlemon@urusai.social 0 points 2 months ago

@Weebdeluxe

I'll take this to mean both underrated (I gave it a rating decently higher than mean/median) and also ones that are not popular.

- Champagne If you've ever thought of reading Bartender but want to try something shorter, this is a good introduction. The ending, while a reasonably common trope, still kind of surprised me.
- Kako and the False Detective Another short read that sticks the landing. I don't know much about mystery/supernatural manga, even including body horror, which this isn't, but it was enjoyable. I liked Kako's character and design, and the plot is good.
- Sleepy Barmaid (ongoing) One of my true favorites. MC lives to the beat of her own drum.