1. Ran and the gray world - Aki Irie. The line drawing quality and details is out of this world. All of the characters are lovable too.

2. 25 ji no Vacances - Haruko Ichikawa. Short stories comic volume drawn by artist of "Land of Lustrous". The flow of comic panel is just graphically beautiful. I also love her other short story volume "Mushi to Uta."

3. Genshiken - Kio Shimoku. My forever bible. If you're hardcore otaku and you haven't read it, you're missing out. Original series focus on life of normal otaku life but Genshiken season 2 mainly focus on Fujyoshi life which is also great and funny.

Imperial Guards - Yuu Ito. ( who did character design for Gundam Orphans ) I mean who wouldn't like an elite military unit conducting its duties alongside sabertooth tigers ( called Cats ?) trained to assist their human ?? Sadly manga is out of print and it's rare find now ...

6. The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window - Yamashita Tomoko. Supernatural buddy mystery (+ slightly yaoish) Uhh but I mean I love all of her comics so it's hard to choice ( HER, Butter!! is also great too )... She's just so good with portraying human's core feeling.