Manga like BEASTARS

Oyasumi Punpun

Also known as Goodnight Punpun.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Slice of Life

Meet Punpun Punyama. He’s an average kid in an average town.
He wants to win a Nobel Prize and save the world.
He wants the girl he has a crush on to like him back.
He wants to find some porn.
That’s what he wants, but what does he get…?



Tags: Coming of Age , Seinen , Tragedy , Philosophy , Denpa , Suicide , Psychosexual , Urban , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Anti-Hero , Time Skip , Fugitive , Surreal Comedy , School , Cult , Meta , Work , Nudity , Gods , Body Horror , Love Triangle , Ghost

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 , Revenge , Seinen , Body Horror , Gore , Monster Boy , Dystopian , Surreal Comedy , Primarily Adult Cast , Demons , Urban Fantasy , Time Manipulation , Super Power , Cosmic Horror , Gangs , Curses , Body Swapping , Nudity , Animals , Zombie , Cyberpunk , Gender Bending

Mob Psycho 100

Also known as Mob Psycho 100.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Psychological , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Do you or someone you know need an exorcist who works cheap? Reigen's your guy! What's his secret to busting ghosts while keeping prices low? Well, first, he's a fraud, and second, he pays the guy who's got the real psychic power—his student assistant Shigeo—less than minimum wage. Shigeo is an awkward but kind boy whose urge to help others and get along with them is bound up with the mental safety locks he's placed on his own emotions. Reigen knows he needs to exploit Shigeo to stay in business, yet for better or worse he's also his mentor and counselor. And he also knows whenever the normally repressed kid's emotions reach level 100, it may unleash more psychic energy than either of them can handle!



Note: Includes 12 extra chapters.

Tags: Coming of Age , Philosophy , Super Power , Urban Fantasy , Ghost , Dissociative Identities , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Satire , School , Demons , Primarily Teen Cast , Surreal Comedy , Aliens , Youkai , Parody , School Club , Delinquents , Cult , Body Horror , Curses

Odd Taxi

Also known as Odd Taxi.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery

Kodogawa is a humble cab driver. He has no relatives, doesn't get involved with other people, and is a slightly eccentric and quiet eccentric. His hobbies are rakugo, which he listens to before going to bed, and the radio, which he listens to while working. The only friends he has are his family doctor, Tsuyoshi, and a classmate from high school, Kakihana. He carries all sorts of peculiar customers. Kabasawa, a university student who wants to get famous, Shirakawa, a nurse who is hiding something, homo sapiens, a duo of unsuccessful comedians, Dob, a street thug, and Mystery Kiss, a successful idol... The conversations with these people, which seemed like nothing, eventually lead to a girl who has disappeared. Note: Includes 2 extra chapters.

Tags: Animals , Urban , Seinen , Cars , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Denpa , Tragedy , Idol , Yakuza , Crime , Anthropomorphism

Beast Complex

Also known as Beast Complex.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Psychological , Romance , Slice of Life

A tiger and a beaver who grew up together defy peer pressure to end their friendship and join forces to fight injustice. A camel journalist who passed judgment on carnivores for years spends a life-changing night with a seductive wolf. A crocodile and a gazelle must find a way to work together as chef and assistant on a cooking show with flagging ratings. A fox and a chameleon wrestle with stereotypes about each other—and themselves. And much more…



Tags: Animals , Anthology , Shounen , Crime , Anthropomorphism , Primarily Animal Cast

Niehime to Kemono no Ou

Also known as Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance

A young girl has resigned herself to being he next sacrificial meal for the Beast King...but the king is no mere monster! Love is more than skin-deep in this gorgeous fantasy manga.



Note: Chapter count includes 15 extras.

Tags: Shoujo , Politics , Monster Boy , Animals , Female Protagonist , Rehabilitation , Coming of Age , Shapeshifting , Demons , Magic , Mythology , War , Age Gap , Heterosexual , Revenge , Anthropomorphism , Bullying , Primarily Animal Cast , Royal Affairs , Monster Girl , Love Triangle , Yandere , Historical

Shihonron

Also known as Capital in Manga!.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

As the gap between rich and poor continues to widen, a new generation is reflecting on the insights of Karl Marx. Marx not only stood against the global economic system but he also helped us understand it. He explained how wealth was created on the backs of workers, how “surplus value” is realized and how accumulation is achieved through unpaid labour-time, the intensification of work and the tyranny of credit.



Tags: Historical , Class Struggle , Classic Literature , Economics , Politics

BNA

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

A companion manga that takes place during the events of the first season of BNA. The story follows Michiru's everyday life in Anima City.

Tags: Animals , Anthropomorphism , Shapeshifting , Female Protagonist , Politics , Conspiracy , Detective , Cult , Dystopian , Urban Fantasy , Idol , Seinen , Baseball , Kemonomimi

Monotone Blue

Also known as Monotone Blue.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance , Slice of Life

Hachi the cat finds most things monotonous, but at the top of his list is high school and all that comes with it. But when Aoi the lizard–a quiet, high-achieving transfer student–arrives, Hachi catches a glimpse of a brighter, more colorful life. If Hachi can help Aoi open up, unlocking new feelings in the process, maybe his life won’t be so bland, after all.



Tags: Boys' Love , School , Animals , Male Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes , Anthropomorphism , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Primarily Animal Cast , Bullying ,

SANDA

Also known as SANDA.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Slice of Life

In a near-future Japan, Christmas has faded into myth, and the birth rate has dropped so dramatically that children are now the most precious commodity. Society has artificially extended adolescence to preserve their youth, and traditional holidays, like Christmas, are a mere legend of the past.

Volume 1 of SANDA introduces Sanda Kazushige, a middle-school student who unexpectedly becomes entangled in a strange and dangerous mystery. When his classmate, Fuyumura Shiori, accuses him of carrying a curse that could help find her missing friend, Ono Ichie, Sanda's life takes a dramatic turn. Together, they embark on an incredible adventure to unravel the truth behind Ichie's disappearance and uncover the hidden magic of Christmas itself.

As they delve deeper into the mystery, the duo faces external threats and internal challenges—questions about loyalty, courage, and the power of belief. Along the way, they confront the true meaning of friendship, trust, and the possibility of magic in a world that has all but forgotten it.



Tags: Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Dissociative Identities , School , Primarily Teen Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Ensemble Cast , Slapstick , Surreal Comedy , Shounen , Henshin , Shapeshifting , Gender Bending , Alternate Universe , Nudity , Amnesia