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Today I'm recommending School Zone by by Ningiyau.

For me this series can be classified based on one of my favorite ship dynamics: two idiots in love with each other, and that's basically the premise of School Zone. We have two girls in high school that have seemingly known each other for basically their entire lives, and it isn't until high school where they start to realize that they're totally dependent on each other, and that they (albeit slowly) realize they loved each other romantically. Along with a fun group of side characters, they often find themselves getting into wacky shenanigans on the daily for them that's pretty reasonable in a high school setting.

I highly recommend this series, it's a great yuri comedy series that I feel needs more love. Sadly though, I learned today that this series is on an indefinite hiatus for now, and I don't know if it'll come back. If you're in America, you can buy this manga as the title is School Zone Girls.

Today I'm recommending REAL by Takehiko Inoue.

The mangaka needs no introduction. He's one of the best seinen mangaka of all time, boasting a phenomenal track record with some of the manga he made, such as Slam Dunk and Vagabond. This story needs little introduction, but I'll do it anyways. The story follows 3 characters, a man pursuing his basketball dream, a man disabled pursuing his basketball dream and a man who had to give up his basketball dream, but learn to come to terms with it, and pursue his basketball dream. More than anything though, this is a human drama with a basketball motif, and it's just...really good to be honest with you. It's intense, it's realistic, but watching them overcome themselves...it's cathartic.

I highly recommend this series. It's possibly one of the best manga I've ever read, and it deserves your attention.

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Today I'm recommending Boy's Abyss by Minenami Ryo.

This is a really depressing manga. It follows the story of a young boy who's stuck just living in a town that means nothing to him. He's stuck there, and the only solace he has is that he's a fan of this one idol in a pop group, but what happens when she comes to town to live there with a mysterious author? What happens when she's nothing like he imagined? What would he do if she wanted to commit suicide with him?

This manga is one of my favorites that I'm reading right now albeit I do read it and enjoy it like a trashy soap opera, but man it's engaging and, to me, a fun read, so I highly recommend this series, but it might not be for everyone.