What is the best Comic Beam manga?

This alternative monthly has never sold big, yet its pages produced bathhouse comedy, Lovecraftian dread and quiet coming-of-age stories.

1. 1
   Wandering Son

   Takako Shimura's gentle 2002-2013 coming-of-age series about two transgender children growing up.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Thermae Romae

   Mari Yamazaki's comedy about an ancient Roman bath architect who time-slips into modern Japanese bathhouses.
   839pts
3. 3
   Ultra Heaven

   Keiichi Koike's psychedelic sci-fi trip through a future of designer drugs, running since 2001.
   599pts
4. 4
   At the Mountains of Madness

   Gou Tanabe's acclaimed adaptation of H. P. Lovecraft's Antarctic horror novella.
   599pts
5. 5
   Stardust Family

   Aki Poroyama's 2022-2023 series that drew strong critical acclaim in Japan.
   0pts
6. 6
   Cocoon Entwined

   Yuriko Hara's elegant 2018-2022 series set in a girls' school where students donate their hair for uniforms.
   0pts
7. 7
   Lost Lad London

   Shima Shinya's 2019-2021 mystery about a university student drawn into a murder investigation in London.
   0pts
8. 8
   Fami-res Iko

   Yama Wayama's 2020 crime drama set around a family restaurant, a cult hit with critics.
   0pts
9. 9
   The Strange Tale of Panorama Island

   Suehiro Maruo's lavish adaptation of Edogawa Ranpo's tale of a man building a decadent island paradise.
   0pts

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