My favorite manga of all time is Dungeon Meshi. The anime adaptation of its first half has just finished airing, but both anime and manga are worth experiencing, and imo you can do so in either order.

It's about a group of adventurers who lose a comrade, and out of money resort to cooking and eating the monsters in the dungeon in order to get to their friend and revive her in time.

I also run a community over on !dungeonmeshi@ani.social, though the content is very spoilery up to halfway of the story if you're new.

Some other favorites of mine, and series that fit your your requests:

Claymore - mostly beefy women, art starts off rough but improves massively over the series, and I love the characters and story, anime is not worth watching

Akame ga Kill - "typical" battle manga, except there is no such thing as plot armor, fights are brutal, people die, anime is not worth watching imo

Voynich Hotel - slice of life set in a hotel staffed by immortal supernatural people, considered a must read by most manga fans

The Breaker - technically a manhua, but lots off buff dudes, hence worth mentioning, if you like it "New Waves" is the sequel

Helck - a comedy that turns serious, buff dude MC, anime is not worth watching if you read the manga

Demi-chan - slice of life set in a world where demi-humans exist, centers more on the adult teachers rather than the underage high-school girls, buff dude MC, anime is absolutely worth watching

Kengan Ashura - set in a world where corporate conflicts are settled by representatives in one on one mortal combat, tons and tons of buff dudes, anime is not worth watching

I have only one recommendation: Witch Hat Atelier. Peak magic manga. Probably the best magic manga to be written at least in my opinion.

I highly recommend one piece.

Why am I not seeing "FullMetal Alchemist" being suggests? Absolutely fantastic story

Hellsing?

If you baseline is "How will our protag overcome this" then the classic is probably "Dragonball", but basically any Shonen Jump series fits that bill (Bleach, Naruto, One Piece). However most of these are targeting younger audiences, with Bleach being the most "mature" of the ones I mentioned.

If you like the mystery element of Death Note, then Pyscho Pass could be an interesting one to look at.

Lastly, if you want a comedy inverse of "how will the protag overcome this", One Punch Man is a great series. The author One also did a series Mob Pyscho that's an action comedy.

Note: some of these I've read, while others I only watched the anime

My anime list has a great ranking list https://myanimelist.net/topmanga.php?type=manga

If you're into strong male characters my recommendations are (in no order):

• Vagabond
• Jojo's bizarre adventure
• Holyland
• Shamo
• Kingdom
• Hunter x Hunter (kid main characters but things get heavier themed abruptly. Heavy on intellectual technical fights)
• The breaker (good for a long time, but then falls off when wrapping up)
• Kengan Ashura (over the top martial arts with beefy likeable characters)
• Baki (the king of martial art manga)

• Claymore
• The Promised Neverland
• Murcielago
• Black Lagoon
• Dandadan
• Gachiakuta
• Yakuza Reincarnation
• Shy
• Crazy Food Truck

Not really like anything you mentioned, but Hinamatsuri is one of the funniest I've read and I think everyone should read it.

Edit: also Def One Punch Man, Murata's redraw

The Promised Neverland

Nauiscaa of the Valley of the Wind

Delicious in Dungeon, Vinland Saga, Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, and other classics.

Dorohedoro is an excellent manga, that has a beefy man (except for his head), plenty of challenges, in a very interesting setting.

The hero is trying to solve his curse, a reptile head, and to retrieve his memory, against magic users from a parallel world that use his world as a training ground.

D.Gray-man

Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure?

• GON https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gon_(manga)

• Rurouni Kenshin https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rurouni_Kenshin

• Also why not try classic Dragonball.

Tomodachi Game, the whole way, with "how will our protagonist(s) overcome it this time?" and "THERE'S A PLOT TWIST COMING, BUT I still don't know what it IIIIISSS" and no one is safe.

I think it just finished this month? Binge to your heart's content.

Check out "Lonewolf and Cub" and "Golgo 13."

Hate to be that guy but if you like beefy men JoJo is a good decision. If you like overcoming the odds and beefy men. Maybe Hajime no ippo?

Heavenly Delusion! Its soo good i watched the (amazing) first season of the anime and then had to binge the manga

Monster, Chainsaw Man, JoJo's, maybe Beastars, maybe Houseki no Kuni, and honestly Prison School.

Akira is a classic

Gantz

Recommend reading Monster, its a great drama piece and it feels like an adult manga.

The Fable.

If you aren't looking for anything specific, imdb has a decent list of top classics. https://m.imdb.com/list/ls564681584/