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Danganronpa: Kibou no Gakuen to Zetsubou no Koukousei The Animation

Also known as Danganronpa: The Animation.

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Sci-Fi

Each year, the elite Hope’s Peak Academy selects only the most gifted and talented students to enroll... plus one ordinary student, chosen by lottery. Makoto Naegi was that lucky person—or so he thought! When he shows up for class, he finds the elite students are a bizarre cast of oddballs under the ruthless authority of a robot teddy bear principal, Monokuma. The bear lays down the school rules: the only way out of Hope’s Peak is to not only murder another student... but get away with it, as every murder is followed by a tribunal where the surviving students cross-examine each other!



Tags: Death Game , Detective , Battle Royale , School , Male Protagonist , Amnesia , Philosophy , Shounen , Suicide , Femboy , Dissociative Identities

Akame ga Kill!

Also known as Akame ga KILL!.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Horror

Teenage country bumpkin Tatsumi dreams of earning enough money for his impoverished village by working in the Capital--but his short-lived plans go awry when he's robbed by a buxom beauty upon arrival! Penniless, Tatsumi is taken in by the lovely Miss Aria, but just when his Capital dreams seem in reach yet again, Miss Aria's mansion is besieged by Night Raid--a team of ruthless assassins who targets high-ranking members of the upper class! As Tatsumi is quick to learn, appearances can be deceiving in the Capital, and this team of assassins just might be...the good guys?!



Note: Volumes 5 and 8 each contain a bonus chapter.

Tags: Assassins , Shounen , Tragedy , War , Swordplay , Gore , Anti-Hero , Male Protagonist , Super Power , Heterosexual , Ensemble Cast , Female Protagonist , Kuudere , Yandere , Love Triangle , Henshin , Crime , Time Manipulation , Military , Conspiracy , Tsundere , Female Harem , Nekomimi , Guns , Dragons , Youkai , Alchemy , Transgender

Chainsaw Man

Also known as Chainsaw Man.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Horror , Supernatural

The name says it all! Denji's life of poverty is changed forever when he merges with his pet chainsaw dog, Pochita! Now he's living in the big city and an official Devil Hunter. But he's got a lot to learn about his new job and chainsaw powers!



Notes:
Nominated for the 2020 Manga Taisho Award.
Winner of the 2021 Kono Manga ga Sugoi Award.
Winner of the 66th Shogakukan Manga Award in the shounen category.
Winner of the 2021 and 2022 Harvey Award for Best Manga.
Chapters 1-97 were released in Weekly Shounen Jump from Dec 3, 2018 to Dec 13, 2020. The series resumed from Ch. 98 in Shounen Jump+ on July 12, 2022

Tags: Demons , Tragedy , Urban Fantasy , Coming of Age , Psychosexual , Male Protagonist , Dissociative Identities , Gore , Body Horror , Cosmic Horror , Henshin , Urban , Monster Boy , Found Family , Survival , Female Protagonist , Work , Shounen , Memory Manipulation , Anti-Hero , Unrequited Love , Alternate Universe , Ensemble Cast , Cult , Heterosexual , Politics , Guns , Human Pet , Assassins , Yandere , Monster Girl , Revenge , Femdom , Shapeshifting , Terrorism , Surreal Comedy , Philosophy , Slapstick , Meta , Primarily Teen Cast , Super Power , Afterlife , Nudity , School , Cannibalism , Delinquents , Necromancy , Angels , Amnesia , Time Skip , Tsundere , Yakuza , Mafia , Time Manipulation , Zombie , Chimera , Motorcycles , Vore , Denpa , Prophecy , Bisexual , Scissoring

Kimi ga Shine: Tasuuketsu Death Game

Also known as Your Turn to Die: Majority Vote Death Game.

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Psychological

Joe Tazuna has always been the most selfless person Sara Chidouin has ever known, someone she could count on to take a bullet for her. But that trust is put to the test when they wake up restrained to some strange tables and discover Joe holds a key that can set only one of them free. Thus begins a mysterious and sadistic game that will require all of their wits and faith in each other to survive…!

Tags: Death Game , Survival , Shounen , Artificial Intelligence , Female Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Tragedy , Detective , Body Horror

Kanshikan Tsunemori Akane

Also known as PSYCHO-PASS : Inspector Akane Tsunemori.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mystery , Sci-Fi

In a world where the human mind has become quantifiable, people came to call the measurement that serves as the standard for judging an individual's soul the “PSYCHO-PASS.” Rookie detective Akane Tsunemori takes on the challenge of investigating “latent criminals,” whose criminal tendencies are predicted by these pre-calculated numerical values.



Volume 4 contains the side story "Tamani wa Shikisou no Nigoranai Ichinichi" (たまには色相の濁らない一日).
Volume 6 contains the side story "Ushinawareta Valentine Day" (失われたバレンタインデー).

Tags: Police , Shounen , Cyberpunk , Artificial Intelligence , Dystopian , Primarily Adult Cast , Conspiracy , Gore , Philosophy , Urban , Detective , Tragedy

Dorohedoro

Also known as Dorohedoro.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy , Horror , Mystery

In a city so dismal it's known only as "the Hole," a clan of Sorcerers have been plucking people off the streets to use as guinea pigs for atrocious "experiments" in the black arts. In a dark alley, Nikaido found Caiman, a man with a reptile head and a bad case of amnesia. To undo the spell, they're hunting and killing the Sorcerers in the Hole, hoping that eventually they'll kill the right one. But when En, the head Sorcerer, gets word of a lizard-man slaughtering his people, he sends a crew of "cleaners" into the Hole, igniting a war between two worlds.



Note: Includes 23 side stories titled "Extra Evil" and the side story "The Lizard Head and the Magic Whistle."

Tags: Dissociative Identities , Magic , Ensemble Cast , Anti-Hero , Amnesia , Seinen , Revenge , Dystopian , Body Horror , Gore , Monster Boy , Surreal Comedy , Primarily Adult Cast , Demons , Urban Fantasy , Curses , Time Manipulation , Super Power , Henshin , Gangs , Cosmic Horror , Body Swapping , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Class Struggle , Nudity , Animals , Anthropomorphism , Zombie , Human Experimentation , Cyberpunk , Gender Bending , Brainwashing

Isekai Suicide Squad

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy , Sci-Fi

The comic adaptation of the TV anime "Suicide Squad" has finally arrived! Gotham City, a city of crime. Amanda Waller, the head of ARGUS, has summoned a group of vicious prisoners for a certain mission. Harley Quinn, Deadshot, Peacemaker, Clayface, and King Shark. The Gotham villains were sent to a world of swords and magic connected by a gate, "ISEKAI", where orcs roam and dragons fly in the sky! They have bombs on their necks! They die instantly if they run away! They die instantly if they fail the mission! Can Harley and the others survive this ISEKAI, with their life-threatening mission on their backs? The dramatic and violent tale of the Suicide Squad, a special force unit that is determined to die, begins!

Tags: Isekai , Full Color , Superhero , Ensemble Cast , Female Protagonist , Anti-Hero , Long Strip

AKIRA

Also known as Akira.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Horror , Psychological , Sci-Fi

Welcome to Neo-Tokyo, built on the ashes of a Tokyo annihilated by a blast of unknown origin that triggered World War III. The lives of two streetwise teenage friends, Tetsuo and Kaneda, change forever when paranormal abilities begin to waken in Tetsuo, making him a target for a shadowy agency that will stop at nothing to prevent another catastrophe like the one that leveled Tokyo. At the core of the agency's motivation is a raw, all-consuming fear of an unthinkable, monstrous power known only as Akira.



Tags: Dystopian , Cyberpunk , Military , Post-Apocalyptic , Tragedy , Seinen , Super Power , Male Protagonist , Body Horror , Gore , Survival , Delinquents , Philosophy , Drugs , War , Anti-Hero , Gangs , Motorcycles , Cult , Coming of Age , Afterlife , Terrorism , Crime , Nudity , Reincarnation , Bullying , Basketball

Hametsu no Oukoku

Also known as The Kingdoms of Ruin.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy

For ages, humanity flourished through the power of magic, a gift from witches to aid mankind. But times have changed. The scientific Gear Expansion has made both magic and witches obsolete. In order to liberate humanity from the blight of magic, the mighty Redia Empire began a ruthless hunt to exterminate all witches. Adonis was only a boy when the hunt began, apprentice to a witch he dearly loved. When she perishes at the hands of the empire, Adonis vows revenge. By this furious wizard’s power, blood will flow!



Tags: Revenge , Magic , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Urban Fantasy , Gore , Witch , Urban

Dareka wo Norawazu ni Irarenai Kono Sekai de

Also known as Can't Stop Cursing You.

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Psychological , Supernatural

Those who make contracts with devils gain the power to curse others to death. Their mortal enemy: the Curse Detective Kiyoharu Saeyama, who uses traces of the curses left on their victims to uncover the identities of these sick killers. Let this deadly, paranormal game of psychological warfare begin!



Tags: Male Protagonist , Shounen , Anti-Hero , Terrorism , Gore , Detective , Curses , Tragedy , Survival