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rainsometimes) wrote2019-12-12 11:18 pm
rainsometimes) wrote2019-12-12 11:18 pm
My Top Ten Ongoing Manga Older Than 2010
This list is for manga I've liked/enjoyed/loved/been impressed by that started before 2010 and are still ongoing.
They're judged in their entirety, that is to say including all the volumes/chapters that came out before 2010. That's why One Piece is so high up even though that title has sunk a lot in my esteem during the course of this decade. (That being said, I can't say that my disappointment doesn't matter, either: for as much as I deeply love much of pre-timeskip One Piece, when considering the title as a whole right now it's relevant to also think of the post-timeskip state. That's why it doesn't claim the top spot or the runner-up spot.)
A lot of the list is very much comparing apples to oranges in content, genre, scope, and tone, so I'm not all that sure of my ranking choices. (Also, maybe Ooku has already ended in Japan? But it hasn't ended for me, so it gets on the list.)
Vagabond very likely belongs on this kind of list, but I have only read a few volumes of it - not enough to list it.
EDIT: How could I forget March Comes In Like A Lion? Okay, this one belongs at #1, so the rest are bumped down, and Ooku is no longer on the list but a Honourable Mention.
10. Natsume's Book of Friends
9. REAL
8. Yotsuba&
7. What Did You Eat Yesterday?
6. Saint Young Men
5. Yona of the Dawn
4. One Piece
3. Skip Beat!
2. Vinland Saga
1. March Comes In Like A Lion
They're judged in their entirety, that is to say including all the volumes/chapters that came out before 2010. That's why One Piece is so high up even though that title has sunk a lot in my esteem during the course of this decade. (That being said, I can't say that my disappointment doesn't matter, either: for as much as I deeply love much of pre-timeskip One Piece, when considering the title as a whole right now it's relevant to also think of the post-timeskip state. That's why it doesn't claim the top spot or the runner-up spot.)
A lot of the list is very much comparing apples to oranges in content, genre, scope, and tone, so I'm not all that sure of my ranking choices. (Also, maybe Ooku has already ended in Japan? But it hasn't ended for me, so it gets on the list.)
Vagabond very likely belongs on this kind of list, but I have only read a few volumes of it - not enough to list it.
EDIT: How could I forget March Comes In Like A Lion? Okay, this one belongs at #1, so the rest are bumped down, and Ooku is no longer on the list but a Honourable Mention.
10. Natsume's Book of Friends
9. REAL
8. Yotsuba&
7. What Did You Eat Yesterday?
6. Saint Young Men
5. Yona of the Dawn
4. One Piece
3. Skip Beat!
2. Vinland Saga
1. March Comes In Like A Lion