Leave no manga behind
Brunch|November 25, 2023
Big eyes, spiky hair, crazy plots and characters that refuse to die. Get a start into great manga books here
Arshia Dhar
Leave no manga behind

1 My Hero Academia: One for fans of Encanto and The Boys. Izuku 'Deku' Midoriya is the only Quirkless kid in a world awash in superheroes. He enrols in a superhero academy anyway to learn what it truly takes to be a hero. But All Might, a legendary hero, decides to pass on his power of reserving and transferring energy, to Deku, and life gets a lot more interesting.

2 Tokyo Ghoul: Humans and ghouls inhabit an alternate Tokyo. The ghouls look like humans, but survive on human flesh and are harder to kill. So what's Ken Kaneki, a half-ghoul, half-human, to do? The show takes on horror, death and betrayal, but also presents how humans perceive anyone not their own.- And how quickly power is won and lost.

3 Bakuman: It doesn't get more meta than this for manga lovers. Middle-school boys, Moritaka Mashiro and Akito Takagi, both aspiring manga artists, hold on to their dreams amid homework, rivals, romantic complications, last-minute chapter changes, editors, boycotts and eventually the dreariness of a full-time job. It's a funny look at a hard life.

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