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[Aku-Itachi]

I was told to repost here, so here it is...
I am looking for a manga similar to Bleach, Kenshin, Naruto, FMA, Cowboy Bebop, Trigun, Samurai Chaploo. One that is similar to each one individually.
I got the following recomendations from yahoo answers....
Samurai Deeper Kyo
Ranma 1/2
Yu Yu Hakusho
Inuyasha
Deathnote
are they good bad? any others? (I love swords I take kattana lessons)

[M_A]

Well, these son't have much to do with swords, but i'd check thses ones out: Air Gear and D. Gray-Man.

[Planeswalker]

I dont see anything bad on your list but your missing a few key titles:

- One Piece. Its like your whole list combined.
- Fairy Tail. Very promising upcoming manga. Right now One Piece, Naruto and Bleach are the big three in Japan. In a year and a bits time...Fairy Tail will make them the Big Four.
- Rurouni Kenshin. One of the original samurai mangas.

[Aku-Itachi]

I dont see anything bad on your list but your missing a few key titles:

- One Piece. Its like your whole list combined.
- Fairy Tail. Very promising upcoming manga. Right now One Piece, Naruto and Bleach are the big three in Japan. In a year and a bits time...Fairy Tail will make them the Big Four.
- Rurouni Kenshin. One of the original samurai mangas.
I have Rurouni Kenshin just abbrivated it as "Kenshin", of coarse I read kenshin its one of my top 3, it got me into hardcore manga/anime after DB/Z/GT

[Planeswalker]

To be honest I only read Bleach and Trigun before moving on to your other list =p

[Minami Ikki]

check out some of the manga lists at
http://www.mangahelpers.com

[Terra]

Buso Renkin is kinda similar to Full Metal Alchemist in the alchemy department, though that's about it. It is also by the same author as Rurouni Kenshin. If you're looking for a series similar to the ones mentioned above, then that's what I'd suggest. But, I would rather read something with new and original ideas than old ideas put together, wouldn't you?

[EndlessSky]

If you can stomach some grotesque images, I would say Berserk, it is my favorite manga and series of all time. It will take awhile to get into it all since it is now up to 30 volumes. I'll just say this the artwork is unparreled and it is just a masterpiece, it is a epic story-line, filled with emotion and depth. I would defiantly check Berserk out, but I warn you it is marked 18+ due to the intense emotional situations and some grotesque/gore/nudity images in it. That being said its not just some gore and porn manga, there is ALOT of substance there, and the series has been going since the 1980's and still new volumes and chapters are coming out to this day, that right there I think says something.

Although, I might be a bit biased but most other fans agree with me, just check it out for yourself and see if you like it.

[davidn15]

just to tell u i dont really think ranma 1/2 is like bleach. I haven't seen much but the main character is a guy who can change into a girl and his dad can change into a panda

[Kalashnikov]

death not is really good in my opinion -
the story is awesome :)

[Xaimas]

Yes Death Note is indeed really good, not much swords involved but the concept is original and the characters are odd in a good way ;)

[dr0))nedevil]

Since i'm guessing you like samurai genre I would have to recommend lone wolf & cub,path of the assassin,samurai executioner & other stuff by kuzoe koike

[hasuke]

Check out One Piece. It's awesome. Seriously. If you want samurai shit, I would reccomend what Dr0 said, but only if you understand that Lone Wolf & Cub and Samurai Executioner are like, accurate depictions of Edo era Japan. No super powers, lots of suggestive material, pure manly awesome.

But from what you described, you seem to want Shounen series.

My reccomendations: consist of One Piece (MUST HAVE.)

Samurai Deeper Kyo (anime is terrible, Manga is a fun exagerrated pseudo-samurai slamfest),

Trigun MAXIMUM (assuming you just read Trigun. MAXIMUM is the sequel (rather, continuation) VERY different from the anime. Very awesome)

JoJo's Bizzare Adventure (Namely Part 3, which is the most famous part from what I know. it requires knowledge of the past parts but if you don't want to sit through reading them (they're still pretty cool) you could look up shit on wikipedia I guess.)

[L'Arc Enzeru]

Well they're almost all good manga in your list but if like manga that contain sword fight i think Ranma 1/2 is not good, although Death Note genre isn't fight but it has cool storyline, you must read it!! And i think you must check Black Cat too.

[Mount Gay]

Yeah Black Cat manga is awesome, I don't really like the anime though...

Death Note is also great, even though its not about swords its just to good to pass up. Also One Piece is good.

[SHiKaMaRi]

Mm... Let's see.. I guess those that I'd recommend to you to read will be:

*Death Note
*One Piece
*Rave Master
*Fairy Tail

[Terra]

Yeah Black Cat manga is awesome, I don't really like the anime though...
Yeah, I'd much prefer the manga. The anime started off looking promising, but then it went downhill after episode 7 (after Train became a Sweeper). =P

[Raeoki]

I really like Samurai Champloo and there are some sweet fight scenes in the anime. The manga is nice too but the style is a bit sloppy and can get hard to follow.

[DireCry]

I'd recommend reading Devil Man, I thinks it's a little bit like Bleach, just with Devils in it. But just a lot darker and a lot gorier.