Yu Yu Hakusho Written by the same mangaka who wrote HunterxHunter And it's one of my favorites

Mob Psycho is an amazing story of a middle schooler wich also happens to be the most pwerfull psychic in the world, but only worries about becoming a better person, with which sadly his superpower doesnt really help. The growth of these characters, Mob for sure but also the poeple he meets along the way is so heartwarming and tear inducing. I recomend the anime over the manga, but im sure youd love it either way. Also, +1 for those Haikyuu recomendations

Surprised with how many people recommend Haikyuu but not Slam Dunk. It grabbed me from the first chapter with how comedy is written. And then it introduces an amazing cast of characters with an intense basketball games. Plus it’s finished and doesn’t overstay its welcome

DOROHEDORO! Gotta be one of the most underrated series ever, at least in the mainstream. One of the only series I’ve read with no bad characters at all, an extremely cool and flexible magic system, and a fantastic setting. Think post-apocalyptic meets fantasy meets sci-fi meets horror. It’s a crazy mishmash of concepts that’s super engaging with a lot of great mystery and comedy elements to top it all off. Highly recommend and would love to see your thoughts on it!

Witch Hat Atelier is amazing. One of the best things I’ve ever read. It has a cozy whimsical feeling but also has dark emotional themes. And the artwork is absolutely beautiful.

A series that’s really great is land of the lustrous. Theme heavy with gorgeous art, and has an unique mood

Look Back and Goodbye, Eri are probably the two easiest manga recommendations I could ever make.They're both short reads, coming in at about 150 and 200 pages respectively, and yet there's an enormous amount of emotion and creativity packed into that short runtime Goodbye, Eri in particular completely changed the way I look at manga as a medium - it was the first time I ever realized why panelling is so important, and Fujimoto just does such awesome, creative things with it. Cannot recommend it highly enough

I feel like you would love Natsume's book of friends (Natsume yuujinchou). Its a very bittersweet, calming series about a boy who can see yokai and the ways that this has impacted his life, both negatively but also gradually more positively as he comes to understand them more and gets more context for the things he's experienced in his life. Its a slow, character focused story with maybe the best adoptive parents I've ever read. Theres also a lot of humour in it, especially from the yokai that become friends with Natsume and love to pester him. The art at the start can be a little rough but has improved massively and is now absolutely beautiful and some of my favourite manga art

Haikyuu is not everyone's cup of tee, but it has a lot of messages about growth, struggle and life in general masquerading as a volleyball manga. It has some of the most thrilling scenes in manga as well.

I highly recommend reading Land of the Lustrous, it follows the story of these gemstone beings, each with their own personalities and struggles. Not only is the artstyle visually stunning, the narrative is really well thought out and layered, exploring themes of identity, purpose and the nature of existence. It is one of the best stories that I have ever read!!

Like many others in the comments, I would also like to humbly submit a Mob Psycho 100 recommendation. It does great work in tying its multifaceted characters back to it's central themes of self improvement and finding your place in society as well as having a fun time in the wacky version of Earth it creates. Definitely the kind of series that will make you laugh and cry in the same chapter.

I'm probably speaking on deaf ears, but Berserk's gotta come next after going through Vagabond and Vinland Saga. Gut's journey is probably just as incredible as Thorfin and Musashi's but in a totally different way. It's harrowing, pure nightmare fuel, but also surprisingly beautiful at times. The moments of hope in Berserk make me feel as though I'm somebody stranded at a desert trying to scoop whatever little water falls in the sand. It's so few and far in between and you clutch onto it with everything because this story is hopeless most of the time. I genuinely believe that Guts should be studied much like Thorfin and Musashi because of the journey and SIGNIFICANT number of layers that Guts has to him. Berserk was the first story that ever made a betrayal hurt SO deeply that I was literally sobbing over and still haven't truly recovered from. It's the FIRST time I've ever cared about a romantic relationship in any story ever and I'd go so far as to say that it's the only art that either competes with if not succeeds at outdoing the incredible spreads in Vagabond. It's REALLY dark, but how people bounce back (or don't) is the real message here. Griffith I have a deep hatred for, but I greatly admire his character and how perfect he is in the role he serves as the main antagonist. He's the first character in a while that if you literally took him out of Berserk, the entire story would fall apart. He's that vital

I would recommend Takehiko Inoue's other series, Real and Slam Dunk. Both equally as good as Vagabond in their own ways imo

You should really read Nana! Nana’s characters are so soul crushingly real, and it leads to some of the most well written drama in the medium

I highly recommend Chihayafuru. It's a sports josei manga with 50 volumes and well-developed characters. There's teamwork, friendship, competition, and some romance too.

Land of the Lustrous feels like a must read for you, personally. It’s a dystopian sci-fi set in a world where nonbinary, sentient gemstones live and are under attack by creatures from the moon but don’t know exactly why. It’s a series that’s best to leave as little information as possible in a summary and just go in blind. It’s an emotional journey for sure.

Vinland arc is shaping up good let's hope Yukimura lands it. I'm not gonna spoil but he's really challenging Thorfinn's ideals right now.

I can highly recommend Haikyu!!. It's a Volleyball (don't worry about this part too much :D) manga/anime that features some of the best character work I've ever read. It manages to stay super down-to-earth and relatable, while at the same time creating some of the most intense and inspiring moments. Would love for you to give it a go and try it out, it's such a great series :)

Yona of the Dawn is my fave of all time and it's so underrated. Glad you loved it!

Dungeon Meshi is a series that just concluded and it was a godlike journey. Great blend of goofy humor, good plot and fun characters. Like a giant D&D campaign.

I feel like Merphy would love Atelier of witch hat so much! It not only does a great job at depicting real-life issues but the art is also incredibly beautiful and the theme of found family is SOOO prevalent. It just feels like its a series made for her!

Hi Merphy! I recently read a manga series called "Skip and Loafer" It is the first romantic comedy/slice-of-life manga I ever read. It was a cozy sweet and emotional read for me. I love how they touch on some difficult themes along with being very relatable, the characters feel very human and remind of me when I was in high school. I love this manga and the anime was awesome. I hope you can read it and share your thoughts with us! (Sorry for my bad English)

Ascendance of a Bookworm is so insanely good. As someone who is currently up to date with the Light Novel prepubs at J-Novel, I'm every single weekly release has me at the edge of my seat quaking with excitement. The series is interesting in that every "Part" is almost its own brand new isekai with aspects of the previous carried forward. But the series is so incredibly wholesome and lovely, while slowly ramping up to bigger and greater issues as the story continues.

I'm so excited to see your Dragon Ball Z video. It was naturally the first anime that I was exposed to and went back read the original Dragonball manga. Which got me into reading manga in the first place.

Please check out Land of the Lustrous, its main character has one of the best arcs I've ever seen. It's also beautiful, both the manga and the anime.

I really love the fact that you enjoy DB. You understand what it is and when you don’t your fans tell you and you love it even more

I know kingdom can potentially not be your thing but if you gave a a shot The battles in Kingdom are nothing short of epic. The manga brilliantly depicts large-scale warfare, strategic maneuvers, and intense clashes between armies. You'll witness the art of war in action, with tactical planning, military formations, and the use of unique weapons and strategies. The author's attention to detail and the dynamic artwork make the battles come alive, immersing you in the chaos and intensity of war. It's a thrilling experience that keeps you on the edge of your seat! 💥🛡️

So happy to see Yona Of The Dawn receiving the love it deserves! It has become one of my favorite stories of all time, throughout all types of media, and the fact that there was never a season 2 given for the anime still haunts me.

Dandadan was a recent series I didn’t think I’d be into but tried on a whim, ended up binging it in 2 days. Ghosts, aliens, cryptids, and a weird fixation with genitals somehow had me fascinated and even on the cusp of crying

I highly recommend you read Frieren, Girl's Last Tour and Ancient Magus Bride.

Excited to see you continue Ascendance of a Bookworm! It's my favorite light novel series and it's part of what got me into reading other fantasy (your fantasy difficulty tier list was a great help there too). In my opinion, the series gets better with every Part, and I hope you continue past the manga into Part 3 and onward in the light novel, or maybe even try Part 2 in Light Novel (LN) format. I think you'll continue to be charmed by the core themes of familial love, with its emphasis on mothers and their connection to their children, even as the world around Myne seems to expand.

Hey Merphy, this is a deep cut and most people in the comments will have never heard of it, but I think The Lucifer and Biscuit Hammer is right up your alley. It's weird, it's funny, it's got deep rooted themes of found family, good action, great characters and a fun twist on genre tropes.

Goodbye Eri is a great one shot I think most people should read. I can't say much about it other than it's about a teenage boy making a movie with his phone camera, and the paneling represents that in a pretty cool way. It's by the Chainsaw Man author (and I'm certain that's been recommended), but I think it'd be great to check out Goodbye Eri first!

I know you said you weren't fully on board with Monster but I think you'd enjoy Urasawa's 20th Century Boys! It's about a group of friends coming back together when they realize someone is using their childhood stories/ideas as a basis to create a doomsday cult. The mystery is so much fun to follow, the characters are loveable and unique, and the twists and turns of the plot are rly amazing to follow! We follow the underdogs but the story has a hopeful air even when the circumstances become increasingly more dire and scary. I don't know how to properly sell JoJo's Bizarre Adventure but it's follows generations of the Joestar family, each part centers a different protagonist and they differ in genre so it never feels too repetitive. The artwork and creativity of this series is truly incredible

Natsume's book of friends (natsume yuujinchou) is a really great shoujo series. It's probably a bit out of your comfort zone and may be a bit slow paced for your taste but from the emotions you go through while reading it, it's absolutely worth it. It's sweet and sad and has a lot of found family. It's a really episodic story and each small story is just emotionally beautiful but the overarching story is really great and you just want to know more about all of it. There is a bit of adventure and action but it's more on the slice of life side of things but probably will make you cry. If sometime you are feeling up for a emotional slice of life story, that is a bit slower paced, I would definitely recommend it.

I highly recommend the light novel for Ascendance of a Bookworm! It's the original form of the series, it's way ahead, and in my opinion it's the best version. And the series only gets better as you go on.

Attack on Titan, Haikyuu and Witch Hat Atelier, please and thank you. All of these are wildly different, but some of my favorites for many reasons. They also have themes and elements you appreciate, so I hope you'll enjoy them!

I would suggest Goodbye Eri. Its a interesting short story/manga about the writers creative process. It just stuck in the back of mind like gum on the side walk.

Hunter x Hunter is easily my favorite work of fiction. Yoshihiro Togashi is a prophet, it is such an amazing writer, and artist, and he created just such a masterpiece of a story, so in depth, so realistic while being unrealistic at the same time. Man I love this series so much

I'M always so happy whenever i see someone talking about Bookworm,it makes me feels like a proud father. If you loved part 1,you should read further ahead ,it gets only get better from there on

i would def recommend march comes in like a lion. Its a moving story about this boy Rei Kiriyama and his journey with depression caused by a tough family life, this sport called shogi, and his overall life after moving out while being acquainted by this little cute family who warmly welcomes him. It is heartwarming and wholesome at times but also can be very emotional. I also very much recommends the anime because the animator has done a very good job adapting it and taking it into the next level

Assassination Classroom is DEFINITELY one you will love. It also has arguably the strongest first chapter I have ever seen, as well as one of the best endings I have ever seen. The anime is also great and it's not too long!

Can't wait until you get into the second and third arcs for Ascendance of a Bookworm. The direction it goes isn't what you would expect and the characters are so charming.

A series that not many people talk about D Gray Man i think a lot more people should try it and would recommend it. DGM has a lot of depth to it and it really pushes the feeling of never giving up.

Since you enjoyed Vinland Saga and Vegabond so much, I highly recommend you read "Kingdom" and also "Berserk" generally these four are always grouped together as the 4 greatest Seinen manga.

Oh, I got a token! I'll try and cash it in for Attack on Titan (Shingeki no Kyojin in Japanese) it's an absolute masterpiece and has a very deep focus on it's theme's throughout it's storytelling. It starts off very high octane and more action heavy but then almost catches you off guard when the story starts taking a way broader and more ambitious approach in it's depiction of character and world building developement. It's an absolute must-read for any fan of the medium, especially as the art visibly improves over time. Some of the spreads near the end will leave you both in awe aswell as contemplating their content for days.

I’ve only just gotten into manga in the last 3 months or so.. all of the options are super overwhelming but your thoughts here have helped me narrow down what I’ll dive into next!

Just finding your channel from this video. Thanks for all of your insights! For another really great battle manga with an ensemble cast I would recommend Hell's Paradise.

You should definitely read Mob Psycho. It's simply about a teenage boy going through life along with a cunning smart mentor and it teaches the best life lessons ever, with a spirity ghosty setting. It's such a different feel from other mangas and while I do think the anime is better and feels really different, it's worth checking out both.

Hi Merphy! One of my favorite manga of all time is "Blue Period". It hit especially hard for me since I am also pursuing art. The protagonist struggles to find an interest that is fulfilling, I found that very relatable, seeing him on his journey, meeting new people, and improving his skill is very motivating, and makes me want to go do something myself. I can't really describe this manga in text but I loveeeeeeee this series and i hope you can give this manga a read. (I love your video

Great Video!

I still remember when I'm just tuning to Merphy for books. Now, this channel basically represents everything that I love.

Dandadan is an absolute must read, its an absurd blend of horror, sci-fi, supernatural, comedy, action, and romance that should never work but somehow does it all amazingly. Criminal there isn't an anime adaptation yet.

Some quick recommendations: Real-By the same author of Vagabond, it's a wheelchair basketball manga with 3 main characters that more than focusing on the sport it focuses on getting back up (no pun intended) and trying to get better as a human being. Blue Period-A manga about painting and fine arts that teaches you to love and appreciate art. It exlpores motivation and the hardships in doing what you love most and also tackles different ways to see the world thanks to it's secondary characters. Billy Bat-By the same author as Monster, but it's more out there. A comic artist discovers that one of his characters (Billy Bat) is actually a ssupernatural being and he goes on a journey that surrounds many real life conspiration theories and shows the true power of stories and what it means to be a writer

was waiting so much for this

Since you love found family and also like some darker stuff, I have to recommend The Girl from the Other Side. It's fairly short, only 11 volumes if I recall, but it's so haunting and beautiful and sweet. The world is really dark and disturbing but the relationship between the two main characters is this found family father/daughter dynamic and it's so sweet. And the art is really fascinating with how simple but also complex it is. It's so good. I need more people to talk about this series. I love it so much.

Dungeon Meshi!! Its about poor adventurers that end up having to learn how to cook monsters to survive in the dungeon, I started reading it because it was such a fun read, but the world development was so good that it ended up becoming one of my favorite manga of all time, I highly recomend it!

I’m so desperate for Merphy to read Dungeon Meshi and Dorohedoro I just know she’d love them. Also it was really nice to see Yona of the Dawn in here I had no idea she read it!

Love your content and reviews so much! I apologize if I missed where you tried this manga or if you're being bombarded by it, but I think you'd love Haikuyu! It's a sports manga about HS Volleyball, but the characters and their development are the real stars of the show! Heartwarming, heartbreaking, and it'll have you cheering at parts.

For Ascendance of a Bookworm I'd suggest to read the light novel it has a lot more world building than the manga but both versions are good. Also I love how it starts small and continually expands more and more including more social stratas as it goes until you understand how every part of society works.

I would highly recommend Frieren: Beyond journey's end to you! Recently it received an anime adaptation as well and it is gorgeous. The story is both lighthearted and deals with the main character's melancholy in parts. I believe there's 11 volumes currently out.

Hi Merphy, I know a lot of people have recommended JoJo's Bizarre Adventure BUT I wanna suggest something that you might be interested in. The author of JJBA (Araki Hirohiko) has a book called "Manga in Theory and Practice" that I just finished a couple of days ago and since you are finding more and more series that you love you might wanna check what one of the most successful mangakas of all time has to add about the medium.

I don't know why, but I just loved that Merphy used One Piece as her timeline for another manga. "It was way back in Skypeia for me." That just brought a big smile to my face.

It’s great to hear that you read Part 1 of the Ascendance of a Bookworm manga. Bookworm is easily my favourite light novel series, and one of my favourite franchises. The original Ascendance of a Bookworm was the web novel (which is not available in English outside of machine translations). The web novel was compiled (with some editing) into the light novels. The light novels were then adapted into the four parts of the manga currently available. Parts 2, 3 and 4 are not available in English yet, and they are not completed. The Part 5 manga hasn’t even started yet. The light novels also received an anime adaptation. The anime is mostly good, but the animation is a little jank, and seasons 2 and 3 had to leave out a ton of information. I would definitely recommend reading the light novels, but I would warn you that the prose probably isn’t what you’re used to (especially in Part 1), but Bookworm also has some of the better prose among light novels.

Slam dunk by Inoue the same author of Vagabond is probably the pinnacle of sports manga.

Putting monster in c but promised neverland in A is a crime😢

i see that others have already recommended titles i'd have listed myself, so all i'd say is that i'm excited to see what you'll be reading next year on your manga journey. also looking at your tier list it made me smile how you /really/ seem to like battle shounen? i wouldn't say that's a complete shock but it's still such a nice surprise.

Josee, Tiger and the Fish is one of my favourite stories ever told. It is filled with so much hope that it made me sob of happiness rather than sadness. I would love to hear your take on it because your way of absorbing information is beautiful and wondefully indepth that even if you hated it I would still listen to your every word.

I really liked the approach to reading manga from someone that is still new to it and I absolutely appreciate how in this channel we look deeper into the meanings of the story while still appreciating the fun (like Dragon Ball’s absurdity). It is changing how I read manga as well and making my One Piece read very interesting. I wonder how it can impact more of my reads?

I recommend giving The Climber a try again at some point (doesn’t have to be anytime soon) as the author switch part way through pays out big at the end imo. Last arc/sequence of events may be one of my favourites in any series, visual storytelling at its best.

I’m only familiar with the anime and only a few episodes are out currently, but Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End seems like it would be right up your alley so far

If you liked Vagabond by Takehiko Inoue I highly recommend his other work REAL, it's insanely good and it's been one of my favorites for a long time. I'd also recommend Blue Giant, it's a story that truly motivates me and it's easily made a place in my top 3; one of the few manga I've gone out of my way to read more than once.

Merphy you gotta check out Akane Banashi. It is not an action series but is instead a weekly running Rakugo Performance series that runs alongside One Piece in Jump, and Oda himself really recommended it. The character writing is SUPERB.

Submitting my token for Haikyuu. As someone who doesn't consider themselves a sports fan I waited a very long time to check it out and was blown away with how good it was. As long as you love watching deeply realized characters chase their dreams anyone can love this series. Also I now know more technical knowledge about volleyball than anyone else in my life despite never playing a game lol

Thank you for the video! I’m very happy ascension of a bookworm is on your list! I use my token to recommend „Frieren: Beyond Journey's End“. It follows an elven mage who lived for a thousand years and just defeated the demon king with her hero group. But since she lives so long she realizes too late how fleeting human lives are and her friends die of old age. We follow her on a new journey where she tries to better understand humans. She does this by repeating the steps of her journey with her old group. The anime started not long ago. The trailers are all excellent so you can get an idea if it is for you or not.

I´ll just go ahead and recommend natsume´s book of friends. Though it might feel a bit repetitive and episodic at fist, it´s a really wonderful story about a broken kid making friends yokai (Japanese spirits, demon guys) and learning empathy through those really magical interactions. In my opinion this is one of the best shoujo out there.

the fruits basket part made me sad since it's my all time favourite manga series :( i promise that it's not all trauma! there are a lot of wholesome scenes and also shows how the characters work through their trauma with one and another is very beautiful, in my opinion. i really really hope you pick it back up one day, it really is a gem

The Ascendance of a bookworm manga is actually based off of a novel of the same name. I highly recommend it and i enjoyed it even more than the manga or anime.

Hey Merphy, claiming the recommendation token for Soul Eater 😄It's a really fun story with some unexpected turns, great characters that get developed more and more with every arc, and fitting for October it's world is pretty much if Halloween came to life 👻

This is a pretty sensible list if you ask me, glad to see Fullmetal Alchemist ranking high because it's such a charming enjoyable series and has so much dept I feel it gets undervalued at times. I also have a similar distaste for Naoki Urasawa's books, not bad reads but definitively have not felt as my cup of tea, the one exception being Pluto which really stands out from the rest, it keeps the good stuff, shaves the bad stuff and borrows enough World building from Osamu Tezuka to make it feel charming and intriguing. My recommendation would be: read Satoshi Mizukami, either his Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer or Spirit Circle series are charming, creative and full of great characters to follow.

Still would like you to read „Atelier of Witch hat“ and hear your take on the magic system 😊. It was the series that brought me back to reading mangas, after the oh so typical „I have to grow up“ phase. The drawings are beautiful and the story seems whimsical, but there’s a darker, hidden side that gets more and more room. And I love the magic system…

Ok, now I can recommend San Gatsu no Lion. It's my favorite series ever, also having those same S tiers, it will break your heart in multiple pieces and warm you a lot. It's my safe place, the art is amazing and It has so many messages and so many things to say about life that it is just incredible.

So, i made it to the end and i am so glad you asked for a recommendation! Yomi no Tsugai (Daemons of the shadow realm) is a manga written by the mangaka of Full Metal Alchemist , it explores the theme of duality and it follows a brother and sister with a heart warming / heart wrenching relationship, the humor is brilliant the side characters are interesting and the manga is ongoing and only has 5 volumes out!

It made me laugh when I heard Merphy Napier say "I love absurdist fiction!" Such a great character arc

I’d recommend Look Back & Goodbye Eri by Tatsuki Fujimoto, both are self contained one volume stories that are quick to read & both are excellent.

I recommend a manga called Land of the Lustrous, it’s a great story that explores the themes of finding purpose and what does it means to save someone else

You're so good with your reviews, I wish you could do it for Rurouni Kenshin

One of my favorite mangas which you could like is Psyren. I love the characters in it, their the development and interactions with each other. The exploration of the power system and the mysteries behind the game "psyren" are so interesting. It has also a pretty cool artstyle. Sadly it got axed, so the end feels a bit rushed (and it didnt got an anime :( ). But never the less its such an enjoyment to read. After the first 3 volumes you get a feeling for the story and what you re up to. Would love to see you talk about this in the future. Love your videos. Thank you for all your commitment

I'd like to recommend ERASED! It deals with heavy themes and is very plot heavy, but at all times the characters shine and surprise us. I think it has the status of a classic, but the anime ending bummed out a lot of avid watchers

I think you would LOVE Pandora Hearts. It hits on many of the themes you like. It's a psychological mystery story set in a Victorian era England. There are so many characters that I think you'd love, and the themes in the story are right up your alley. It's only 106 chapters long and the art is DIVINE especially by the second half of the series

I seriously have no idea what one piece is about, but i bought the 4 box sets this year and I will start reading next year. I know is about portaes trying to find the one piece, but i have no idea how they can make an amazing story about it. So im excited to find out soonish

if you liked vagabond i highly suggest looking into Inoue's other works, slam dunk is an incredible sports manga that takes a little to get started but when it hits its stride it is some of the most moving thrilling pieces of fiction i have ever seen. Real is the other one and I feel like it is a little overshadowed in the community, but it is just so raw and human and oh my god the amount of tears

I absolutely love Akatsuki no Yona precisely because it does the strong female protagonist trope absolutely perfectly. Yona is a terrific lead and a strong woman, and she makes sure that she grows into that strong woman. She owns that position because she works for it. So many stories get this wrong these days. Honestly Yona's arc is done basically perfectly. Also hak is just.........so cool

The top two comments already mentioned them, but let me just second the Dandadan and Witch Hat Atelier recommendations. They're two completely different types of stories, but the artwork in both is simply gorgeous. I have a strong feeling Merph will fall in love with Witch Hat Atelier instantly but it might take a little longer to vibe with the absurdist elements of Dandadan.

Ascendance of a bookworm part 1 might be the part that is hardest to sit through actually when you compare how good the rest of the series is. You should try part 2 (manga) then part 3 (LN)

I really think you should finish Fruits Basket. It's okay to take breaks between volumes when things get heavy and overwhelming. I totally understand how rough it is to get through all of the trauma but the ending is worth it, I promise. That series is about the journey through the trauma to a happy ending.

"Golden Kamuy" is the only manga other than One Piece that is able to seamlessly blend gut-busting humor and heart-wrenching sadness at the same time. I consider it a masterpiece among manga; it's a shame that it never gained much popularity in English-speaking countries.

I see a few ppl recommending Land of the Lustrous. I know you're not a big TV watcher, however if you decide to check out this series I would HIGHLY recommend watching even just a few scenes as the anime is one of the most jaw-droppingly gorgeous productions in recent years. The studio really produced something special and did the gemstone characters justice.

You should try Frieren. It's really a beautiful work of art.

I recommend Kingdom. Having follow followed you for a long time I'm sure you'd love it. Philip as well, since it's a manga based on historical events, covering the story of unification of China It's mostly a war manga, but at the heart of it are amazing characters who I'm sure you'd appreciate