Awww, what a cute neko avatar, nyan! Ehm, what is NHK?

Read that already! Since years ago!

I once started it and abandoned it halfway... Is it still ongoing?

Many Japanese VNs require to set your system locale to JP - http://fuwanovel.org/faq/setting-windows-to-japanese-locale
Workaround is using something like this - http://www.emreakkas.com/windows-tips/how-to-install-applocale-on-windows-7

And yet, you're still not cured... You're probably hopeless .

Locale Emulator. No need to change your regional settings, especially if you need them for displaying your local language.

Hmm.. I think some Arina Tanemura's work could be there..
- Full Moon o Sagashite
- Time Stranger Kyoko

Then how about Kaoru Mori's
- Emma

Thanks, it's a picture of my emergency food supply. But it's a dog. Here is it being food.

Surely you jest? If you aren't joking, you owe it to yourself to watch Welcome to the NHK (NHK ni youkoso) immediately. And I do mean watch, as both the light novel and manga are inferior.

It ended its run in 2005. The completed story consists of 46 chapters/ 8 volumes.

Note: Something's off about this thread. I've tried to post this message about a dozen times since yesterday and it never worked. EDIT: Until now, apparently.

Thanks! Good chance for me to finish reading it, then!

Maybe it doesn't match your request very well, but Full Metal Alchemist is really good... Although if you've watched Brotherhood, then you can pretty much skip the Manga since they do such a good job at following the source material.

I have not read any Romance Manga. (preferably one I can take seriously)

So disregarding your list for now Read Lone Wolf and Cub. You must read this manga. It is the greatest Samurai Chanbara story of all time. You FEEL like you were in Edo Period Japan reading it.

Also are you a fan of the Psychological/Fucked up/Makes you think kind of stories?

Than I recommend you read the works of Shuuzou Oshimi perticularly Aku no Hana (Flowers of Evil) andBoku wa Mari no Naka (Inside Mari which is still in progress)

Also I recommend the Manga version of Neon Genesis Evangelion.
You to should read Lone Wolf and Cub if you have not.

I wasn't saying that I think Nana is bad, it's just that it's a depressing/draining relationship trainwreck. With more trains being sent out to clear the tracks... only to wreck too.

(though, there's the problem of the manga probably never finishing due to the author's health issues)

eh, the anime is the weakest version of the series. The LN and manga each do their own thing, but then the anime tries to mix together elements of both (even though some elements/interpretations of the characters aren't wholly compatible) while watering down the content. Some of it might not matter, but not explaining about the sleeping pills probably hurts the plot a bit.

And the art/animation is pretty crappy because lol gonzo, to the point where they break the fourth wall to joke about it.

(I do like the novel/anime ending better than the manga one though)

Well, obviously one of those agree-to-disagree things. I'd say that the anime made the characters much more relatable and likeable. In the light novel, the MC is a self-aware, self-ironizing whiner, but only in the anime does he become human. And his neighbour is given a much more prominent role, again to the benefit of psychological realism. To me, that's what the anime was about - an excellent study of depression and friendship, with the occasional hilarious moment. The light novel was, in contrast, lightly amusing comedy for the entire ride (except the end, where the two are the same), and the manga was almost a typical gag manga, not to mention it messed with the story to the point where I can barely think of it was belonging with the other two. I think the anime is highly regarded on every anime site I can think of for a very good reason, especially considering it's not about waifu or actiony boys or "hilarious" gags. True, it's not very good. However, it personally never bothered me. I've seen plenty of well-animated, beautifully-drawn trash, after all.

LOL

Try Berserk.
It has everything you want.

Not. Even. Close... This is one of the best ones around. I am already on it. But i worry Gramps who writes it, went off and died on us or something. I really worry this one will never be completed, at least at this rate or something...