Looking for isekai or fantasy manga with a serious tone

[KauzDs]

doesn't have to be "read today and meditate for a week trying to find speech bubble #14's meaning" kind of serious. Just "not highschool humor where everyone is sub 60 IQ and all the girls are 12 year old with melons the size of a gym ball" kind of serious.



yes: Youjo Senki, Wortenia Senki, The New Gate, Mushoku Tensei, etc.
no: Re:Zero, Konosuba, Shield Hero, in general, any self inserted beta male MC or manga with harem/romance where the MC never interacts/"uses" the harem. Also before you start cringeposting about it, I can see your mouth foaming, yes, Sword Art Online Season 2 > Re:Zero, Konosuba AND Shield Hero, combined.

 

[bejad007]

if you don't mind normal fantasy (not isekai) then these might be good, since I rarely find decent isekai nowadays which could fit your expectations

https://mangadex.org/title/39447/is-it-odd-that-i-became-an-adventurer-even-if-i-graduated-from-the-witchcraft-institute

https://mangadex.org/title/48045/sousou-no-frieren

https://mangadex.org/title/8466/darwin-s-game

https://mangadex.org/title/22775/nozomanu-fushi-no-boukensha

 

[Syanindita]

@KauzDs
https://mangadex.org/title/8548/nobunaga-no-chef
https://mangadex.org/title/4873/jin

 

[ryouhira]

"Goblin Slayer", Very serious MC

"Kumo desu ga, Nanika?", must be serious otherwise she'll die

"https://mangadex.org/title/25495/maou-no-ore-ga-dorei-elf-wo-yome-ni-shitanda-ga-dou-medereba-ii", some romance, but pretty much serious.

"https://mangadex.org/title/18488/ho...remasen-dai-1-bu-hon-ga-nai-nara-tsukureba-ii" pretty serious about making book and trying to read book

i don't get why you would consider mushoku tensei as "serious"

 

[O-Takuni]

Can this include stuff from the villainess isekai subgenre? There are some real "serious" gems there.

 

[PantsMan]

How about some dark fantasy?

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Shin Angyo Onshi
Baka tells me Pandora Hearts counts; good an excuse as any to recommend it.