What kind of manga would be a fresh or creative take right now?

[74HC595]

Give me those pretty armors minus the otakus.

The recent anime Metallic Rouge felt tokusatsu inspired, but also magical girl inspired. I’d like to see more of that fusion.

 

[PantsMan]

Comic with 'tokusatsu hero' style of visual that aren't being too on-the-nose that their plots are too relying on the fanboy love for tokusatsu heroes. Give me those pretty armors minus the otakus.

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What we have now tend to have overfixation on good and bad and 'what Sunday Morning show heroes would do', which actual tokusatsu hero shows they're basing their work off do. It makes the concept of heroes and villains felt slightly unreal rather than properly integrated into the world.

Where would you put something like Zetman on this scale? Is it exactly what you mean by "too obsessed with good and bad", or would you consider its premise that it's a prequel/build-up to a dark tokusatsu series that doesn't exist as "properly integrated into the world"?

 

[Basic_human]

Fuck I want more world building manga

That be so refreshing, immersing oneself in the world of fantasy. That's one of components make Magus Bride and Frierend Journey so good

 

[darktennisball]

tldr

The problem [it’s not a problem, I have never been more grateful that 2025 yields less violent people compared to our ancestors] with modern crime stories with “realism“ is that unless set in under-developed nations, you’re left with non-violent crimes. So that’s sex and drugs and white/blue-collar negotiations… not really as cinematic as war violence or hand-to-hand combat imo. Max Payne 3 had to go to a completely different continent instead of New York City for that very reason.

 

[ScarletKitsune]

I haven't read too many manga yet but getting into it more as of recent so may not be the thing that "breaks the mold" but if there's anything like what I mention then feel free to send a recommendation.

I kind of want to see a type of manga that feels like it could be a slice of life but with a group of non-humans to see more of their non-human traits more outside of basic descriptions but to give them more depth on how they'd interact with humans. Using yokai as an example since I'm obviously bias but imagine like a group of yokais having slice of life activities like messing with humans but also being secretive enough to not be seen so the human world still assume they're just legend or ghosts still having regrets on wanting to see the world and its about self-discovery enjoying what they weren't able to see when alive but also explain phenomena on what we commonly associate with candles going out, flickering lights, etc.

Just personally like the types of stories where you take normal things that happen in our world and look at them in a different fun way to help make our lives even a bit more interesting.