Damian45
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Holyland, by Mori Kouji.
Straight up one of the best 'loser at the end of his rope becomes a badass fighter" manga I've ever read. The fights are ground-level brawls with no supernatural elements whatsoever, all the main cast are likeable (a requirement for me nowadays), and there are no asspulls anywhere.
The only potential turnoff is the art style, which occasionally takes a turn for the weird, but it really grows on you, especially since it works in tandem with how well fighting techniques are explored and demonstrated.
Sun-Ken Rock was also pretty good...up until it's final arc, which is one of the worst final arcs I've ever read. It leaves a bad taste in my mouth with how bullshit it was. Until that point though, it was top tier.
Helck.
What seems to be a generic overpowered protagonist in a generic fantasy world turns into one of the most gripping and compelling emotional rollercoasters I've been on. Shit get real relatively early on and just keeps topping itself.
Claymore.
I literally cannot recommend this one enough. The art is amazing, the fights are brutal, fast, and explosively bloody, and the pacing is fast enough that you never want to stop reading. And the characters are compelling as fuck, with their own motives and reasons and thats part of what drive the story. Fuck, I just want to reread it.
Pandemonium: Majutsushi no Mura
A short but excellent manga about a cat (the cast are animals) going a to a secret village to have his wish granted. Has a unique art style that does an exceptional job of conveying the emotions of the cast. Combine that with the multiple driving questions that last until the end, and it's something special. Short, but satisfying.
Straight up one of the best 'loser at the end of his rope becomes a badass fighter" manga I've ever read. The fights are ground-level brawls with no supernatural elements whatsoever, all the main cast are likeable (a requirement for me nowadays), and there are no asspulls anywhere.
The only potential turnoff is the art style, which occasionally takes a turn for the weird, but it really grows on you, especially since it works in tandem with how well fighting techniques are explored and demonstrated.
Sun-Ken Rock was also pretty good...up until it's final arc, which is one of the worst final arcs I've ever read. It leaves a bad taste in my mouth with how bullshit it was. Until that point though, it was top tier.
Helck.
What seems to be a generic overpowered protagonist in a generic fantasy world turns into one of the most gripping and compelling emotional rollercoasters I've been on. Shit get real relatively early on and just keeps topping itself.
Claymore.
I literally cannot recommend this one enough. The art is amazing, the fights are brutal, fast, and explosively bloody, and the pacing is fast enough that you never want to stop reading. And the characters are compelling as fuck, with their own motives and reasons and thats part of what drive the story. Fuck, I just want to reread it.
Pandemonium: Majutsushi no Mura
A short but excellent manga about a cat (the cast are animals) going a to a secret village to have his wish granted. Has a unique art style that does an exceptional job of conveying the emotions of the cast. Combine that with the multiple driving questions that last until the end, and it's something special. Short, but satisfying.