Manga like Alive

Skyhigh

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Psychological , Supernatural

All souls of those murdered arrive at the Gate of Grudges. Izuko, keeper of the Gate of Grudges, presents each soul with three choices: pass through the Gate of Grudges to heaven and be reborn, refuse to admit death and remain as a ghost on earth, or haunt and kill one person and then proceed to hell and eternal suffering. What does each soul choose and why?

Tags: Seinen , Crime , Afterlife , Female Protagonist , Tragedy , Ghost , Episodic , Revenge , Suicide , Nudity

Zankyou

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Psychological

Satoru spends his days listlessly in a factory town. The old man Segawa, a former Yakuza, lives in the room next to his cheap apartment. One day, Segawa tells Satoru, "I'll give you 5 million yen to put me out of my misery". Satoru hesitates, and Segawa sees through to the madness eating away inside him and begins to have a change of heart, and yet...!?

A story of the filth of society and the dark path that Satoru takes, on the edge of sanity, with a gun and 5 million yen.

Tags: Tragedy , LGBTQ+ Themes , Yakuza , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Transgender , Crossdressing , Found Family , Boys' Love , Nudity , Rehabilitation

Blue Heaven

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mystery , Psychological

The world’s largest luxury ship "Blue Heaven" saves a wrecked ship out at sea. At the captain’s command, the ship is searched, and 2 male survivors are rescued. On the ship, there are signs of horrible bloodshed. One of the rescued men, of unknown nationality, loses himself among the ship’s passengers and starts randomly slaughtering the patrons and staff. What is his motive?!



Included one-shot: Route 69

Tags: Seinen , Terrorism , Guns , Ships , Assassins , Foreign

Heads

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Psychological

This manga is a story based on a thriller by Keigo Higashino. The main protagonist, the shy Jun Naruse, is a rather average guy who works for an electronics company and loves to paint. He falls in love with Megumi whom he met at an art supplies shop and an intimate relationship develops. Whilst looking for his dream apartment to move into with Megumi the real estate office he is at gets attacked, and when the criminal tries to shoot a little girl, he saves her by jumping in front of her.

A month passes until he wakes up again and is told that half his brain got destroyed and he only survived because someone donated half a brain. Everything seems to be fine, he quickly recovers and is happy, however, he begins to change… Is the donated brain the reason for that? Or is it just a side effect of the medicine?

Tags: Dissociative Identities , Denpa , Drawing , Revenge , Suicide , Primarily Adult Cast , Tragedy , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Seinen , Conspiracy , Anti-Hero , Philosophy , Crime , Work , Amnesia , Twins , Nudity , Bar

MONSTER

Also known as Monster.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Psychological , Thriller

Everyone faces uncertainty at some point in their lives. Even a brilliant surgeon like Kenzo Tenma is no exception. But there’s no way he could have known that his decision to stop chasing professional success and instead concentrate on his oath to save peoples’ lives would result in the birth of an abomination. The questions of good and evil now take on a terrifyingly real dimension.

Years later, in Germany during the tumultuous post-reunification period, middle-aged childless couples are being killed one after another. The serial killer’s identity is known. The reasons why he kills are not. Dr. Tenma sets out on a journey to find the killer’s twin sister, who may hold some clues to solving the enigma of the “Monster.”



Tags: Seinen , Conspiracy , Tragedy , Philosophy , Twins , Amnesia , Fugitive , Noir , Foreign , Male Protagonist , Memory Manipulation , Historical , Primarily Adult Cast , Detective , Ensemble Cast , Police , Medicine , Time Skip , Crossdressing , Orphan , Adoption , Suicide , Torture , Achronological Order , Gore , Assassins