I've been on a manga reading spree recently, having completed good manga like Helck (2014; Nanao Nanaki), Thermae Romae (2008; Yamazaki Mari) [and its IMO better ongoing spinoff Olympia Kyklos] or Boku dake ga Inai Machi (2012; Sanbe Kei)
Does anyone have some recommendations for something that's...
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Plot-driven (Romance is fine, as long as it's not one of those stories that moves at a snail's pace)
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At worst mildly horny
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Doesn't have awful politics
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Isn't half the length of One Piece
and of course
- good?
Anime is basically just a start of the insane rollercoaster that is the manga, it added some pretty cool scenes expanding on the characters, but had problems with adapting extreme mood changes in manga.
Also really recommend avoiding spoilers for manga, even if it is still very enjoyable (for a specific definition of enjoyable at least) even with spoilers.