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

Smiley

Status: Finished
Genres: Mystery , Psychological , Thriller

Yuushi Kamome is a freelance writer who lost his beloved daughter in an accident. In despair, his wife leaves him, and he spends his days like a shell of a man.

One day, however, a flyer from a strange religious group, the "Heart Laughing Society," changes his fate. It shows the image of his wife, whom he has lost touch with...

This is a story of faith and madness. What is the black darkness of the cult that an evil smile invites? A chilling “new religion” suspense begins!



Tags: Cult , Seinen , Religion , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Conspiracy , Police , Espionage

Pet

Status: Finished
Genres: Psychological , Supernatural

The story revolves around people who possess the ability to infiltrate human minds and manipulate memories. Their powers have been used in the underworld for covering up accidents, assassinations, and all manner of crimes. However, these powers not only destroy others' spirits but also corrupt the users' own hearts. They chained to one another, protecting their fragile and insecure hearts. Out of fear and contempt, others called them "pets".

Tags: Memory Manipulation , Seinen

Emerging

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror

Japan is a brilliant model of Asian success and obligation. But how would this country manage a large-scale sanitary crisis? What would happen in Shinjuku, one of Tokyo's biggest districts, if a man exploded in the street during broad daylight? How would the political and sanitation authorities manage such a crisis? Please consider this question as long as you can--because it's already too late for professors Onodera and Sekiguchi! Is an emerging virus slowly spreading itself into the arteries of the Japanese capital?

Tags: Pandemic , Medicine , Seinen

Platinum End

Also known as Platinum End.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Psychological , Romance , Supernatural

As his classmates celebrate their middle school graduation, troubled Mirai is mired in darkness. But his battle is just beginning when he receives some salvation from above in the form of an angel. Now Mirai is pitted against 12 other chosen humans in a battle in which the winner becomes the next god of the world. Mirai has an angel in his corner, but he may need to become a devil to survive.



Tags: Gods , Shounen , Angels , Tragedy , Urban , Cosmic Horror , Battle Royale , Male Protagonist , Survival , Suicide , Superhero , Philosophy , Crime , Politics , Heterosexual , Memory Manipulation , Denpa , Super Power , Coming of Age , Religion , Conspiracy , Ensemble Cast , Bullying , Urban Fantasy , Yandere , Cult , Nudity , Guns , Time Skip , Kuudere , Ghost , Zombie , LGBTQ+ Themes , Amnesia

Natsume Arata no Kekkon

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

Arata Natsume works at a child guidance center, is in his thirties and single with no plans for marriage. But one day, he receives a request from the child he was in charge of, Takuto, to "meet the criminal who killed his father". That serial killer is Shinagawa Shinju, also known as the "Shinagawa Pierrot".

Nominated for the Tsugimanga 2020 Award in the Manga Category.

Tags: Crime , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Nudity , Primarily Adult Cast , Prison , Marriage

DEATH NOTE

Also known as Death Note.

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

When Light Yagami finds a notebook giving him power over death, will he use it for good—or evil?

Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects—and he’s bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. But will Light succeed in his noble goal, or will the Death Note turn him into the very thing he fights against?



Tags: Detective , Tragedy , Police , Anti-Hero , Urban Fantasy , Crime , Male Protagonist , Philosophy , Gods , Espionage , Primarily Male Cast , Time Skip , Shounen , Memory Manipulation , Demons , Amnesia , Politics