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Devilman

Also known as Devilman.

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

Hordes of demons, once thought entombed forever in the underworld, have now returned to Earth. Evil and corruption begin to seep into our world, as demons seize human hosts. Mankind’s only hope for salvation is to use the demons’ power against them–and only a pure-hearted man like Fudo Akira can do so without losing his humanity. Once little more than a crybaby, Akira now wields the terrible power of a devil, yet holds the innocent soul of a man–Devilman!



Tags: Cosmic Horror , Demons , Tragedy , War , Gore , Male Protagonist , Survival , Urban Fantasy , Body Horror , Philosophy , Angels , Henshin , Nudity , Kaiju , Shounen , Amnesia , Heterosexual , LGBTQ+ Themes , Time Loop , Time Skip , Drugs

Akame

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure

In medieval Japan, the feudal lord Nobuhira reigns as an authentic tyrant over his domain, carrying out all kinds of abuses on the peasants. He kills some for fun, to test the effectiveness of his sword blade and to generate a climate of terror that drives other farmers into blind obedience. These, increasingly reduced to starvation, are forced to pay higher and higher taxes in rice, extorted from them through coercive methods, the kidnapping of women or the taking of hostages but all their attempts to revolt are suffocated in blood in the bud. One day, however, a crippled monk makes his appearance in those lands, who attributes those nefarious events to the curse of the venerable akame, who are actually very normal rabbits, the main food of the local population. The rabbits thus become the object of the veneration of the peasants, who invoke their protection, which however is not frowned upon by the feudal lord.



Tags: Tragedy , Revenge , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Time Skip , Philosophy , Dystopian , Gore , Religion , Historical , Seinen , Cult , Martial Arts , Gekiga

Zeni Geba

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Psychological

When Futaro was five years old, his father left his home. Futaro's mother got sick in poverty. Also, Futaro has a ugly face, like Quasimodo. He's been discriminated against and treated like trash by almost everyone in his neighborhood. Finally, his mother dies because they can't afford medical treatment. Burying his mother's body, Futaro makes up his mind to do anything for money...

Tags: Shounen , Tragedy

Kono Yo no Owari e no Tabi

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy , Horror , Psychological

Every morning a man wakes up, gets dressed, and heads to work, returning home in the evening to go to sleep. Feeling suffocated by the mundanity and repetitiveness of life, the man takes a detour on his way to work one day. But after being swept up in a tide of piracy, cannibalism, and bizarre religious sects the man starts to wonder: was his boring old life so bad after all?

Tags: Denpa , Cosmic Horror , Philosophy , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Travel , Survival , Dystopian , Cannibalism , Gore , Heterosexual , Primarily Adult Cast , Foreign , Nudity , Language Barrier , Slavery , Cult

Jigoku no Gundan

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror

A boy abandoned at birth and raised by rats, with the mysterious power to control rats, grows up seeing the dark side of the humans that rejected him, and vows to become humanity's greatest enemy. Note: Start and end dates based on the tankoubon publication dates.

Tags: Male Protagonist , Animals , Shounen , Gore , Anti-Hero , Tragedy , Fugitive , Politics , Foreign , Travel , Language Barrier

Violence Jack

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Ecchi , Fantasy , Psychological , Sci-Fi

September 11, 197x, In the whole Kantou region a magnitude 8-9 violent earthquake occurred. Scholars called it the great destruction of the Showa Era, but the people called it the earthquake from hell! Volcanoes erupted, buildings crumbled, Tokyo became decimated in a single day. The government, after failing to recover the city, abandons Tokyo and moves the capital. The survivors form a society with no laws. In this harsh lawless world emerges Jack, a 10 foot giant who annihilates anyone and anything in his path. The manga details his journey.

Note: This was the serialization in the magazine Weekly Shounen Magazine and Monthly Shounen Magazine.

Tags: Post-Apocalyptic , Gangs , Survival , Anti-Hero , Natural Disaster , Dystopian , Yakuza , Samurai , Gore , Terrorism , Shounen , LGBTQ+ Themes , Alternate Universe , Nudity , Motorcycles , Guns , Revenge , Crossdressing , Ensemble Cast , Femboy , Swordplay , Crossover , Tragedy , Wrestling

Anjin-san

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life , Supernatural

The ordinary days of Anjin-san, a very little man who help peoples that come across his road with his wise words, imbued with buddishm philosophy.

Tags: Seinen , Philosophy

Kami no Kodomo

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Psychological

The latest work by the Nishioka siblings depicts the gruesome life story of a ruthless and brilliant serial killer as he grows up from a sociopathic child to a messiah-like figure.

Tags: Gore , Cult , Ero Guro , Anti-Hero , Tragedy , Body Horror , Male Protagonist , Coming of Age , Cannibalism , Nudity , Josei , Scat , Bullying , Crossdressing , Suicide

Hakaba Kitaro

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Supernatural

Kitaro is a yokai boy born in a cemetery, and aside from his mostly-decayed father, the last living member of the Ghost tribe. He is missing his left eye, but his hair usually covers the empty socket. He fights for peace between humans and yokai, which generally involves protecting the former from the wiles of the latter.

Written between 1959-1964, this manga is the original Kitaro story which a few years later, would become the template for the more well-known and popular manga/anime; "Gegege no Kitaro"

Tags: Seinen

Kiichi!!

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological

Left to himself at an early age in the slummiest parts of today’s Japan, Kiichi learns how to survive on his own. As a teenager, how can he adapt to a society whose rules he rejects? Unless he creates his own rules… Kiichi, a raw icon of strength and integrity, stands alone against the world’s injustice and becomes an unforgettable character.

Tags: Coming of Age , Conspiracy , Tragedy , Seinen , Philosophy , Crime , Urban , Politics , Orphan , Bullying , Prostitution , Terrorism , Nudity , Primarily Child Cast , Time Skip , Homeless , Yakuza , Crossdressing , Hikikomori , LGBTQ+ Themes , Aliens , Photography