Manga like BERSERK THE PROTOTYPE

Berserk: Shinen no Kami 2

Status: Finished
Genres:

The chapter is a one-on-one conversation between Griffith and God.

It was not published in volume format at Kentaro Miura's request, with his reason being that he felt that the chapter gave away too much information too early in the story.

Tags: Seinen , Gods , Cosmic Horror , Philosophy

Hokuto no Ken

Also known as Fist of the North Star.

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

One day, a wanderer appears out of the wasteland to bring justice to the guilty and hope to the people—a warrior named Ken, a man who bears seven scars upon his chest and holds the secret of a mysterious martial art known as Hokuto Shinken, the Divine Fist of the North Star!



Tags: Male Protagonist , Post-Apocalyptic , Martial Arts , Tragedy , Shounen , Gore , Primarily Male Cast , Gangs , Magic , Primarily Adult Cast , Time Skip , Disability , Philosophy

Dororo

Also known as Dororo.

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

A samurai lord has bartered away his newborn son's organs to forty-eight demons in exchange for dominance on the battlefield. Yet, the abandoned infant survives thanks to a medicine man who equips him with primitive prosthetics - lethal ones with which the wronged son will use to hunt down the multitude of demons to reclaim his body one piece at a time, before confronting his father. On his journeys the young hero encounters an orphan who claims to be the greatest thief in Japan.

Like an unforgettable road movie, Dororo reaches deeper than its swashbuckling surface and offers a thoughtful allegory of becoming what one is, for nobody is born whole



Tags: Demons , Youkai , Swordplay , War , Coming of Age , Samurai , Rural , Anti-Hero , Historical , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Crossdressing , Ghost , Shounen , Meta , Gender Bending , Disability

Pygmalio

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy

Kurt, prince of a faraway kingdom, leave home to find a way to heal his petrified goddess-mother. Battling numerous monsters, overcome challenges set forth by Medusa's apostles, helping other people, all seem so heavy for a ten years old boy. Never fear, he's not alone. His youngest aunt, a goddess from heaven, his girlfriend collected along the way, his-not-quite-adversary, not-quite-friend, mysterous dark apostle... and various others. All get drawn in from his charisma, his will and his purity.

Tags: Gods , Shoujo , Male Protagonist , Coming of Age , Mythology , Monster Girl , Nudity , Gore , Anthropomorphism , Love Triangle , Heterosexual , Swordplay , Dragons , Snowscape

Stray Dog

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure

A warrior, plundering the people for money, finds a military dog, a creation that with the power of a dog and the intelligence of a human and takes the dog in as his own and becomes the dog's master.

Tags: Slavery , Tragedy , Magic , Male Protagonist , Shounen

Black Jack

Also known as Black Jack.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

Among adult readers in Japan Black Jack is Osamu Tezuka’s most popular achievement, and perhaps the most close to the creator’s heart, as Tezuka considered entering the medical field—majoring in medicine in college—before devoting his life to comics. Black Jack is a genius surgeon who never acquired his license due to his clashes with the medical establishment. He is hired out by anyone willing to pay his exorbitant rates and is perceived as a heartless rogue because of his enigmatic nature and antisocial manner. But as readers will soon discover, that is not the whole story.



Note: Won the 1st Kodansha Manga Award in the Shounen category in 1977.

Tags: Episodic , Male Protagonist , Medicine , Work , Shounen , Ghost , Philosophy , Tragedy , Meta

Cobra

Also known as Cobra.

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

Cobra is a notorious Space Pirate with a laser gun as his left arm. But, he was tired of being chased by the agency in space and decided to lead a regular life by changing his face & being wiped of his memory.

Three years later, he is a regular person leading a regular life. He is tired of his lifestyle. For fun, he goes to see a "Trip Movie" that allows him to see the dream of his choice. When he saw his "dream", he saw his memories of when he was the notorious Space Pirate Cobra. However, he didn't know that was his memories. As he is going home, he meets up with someone who had a grudge with him. There is a little scuffle, and learns that he actually has a laser gun on his left hand.

Tags: Space , Shounen , Aliens , Fugitive , Anachronism , Male Protagonist , Space Opera , Nudity

Duelant

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama

Tags: Demons , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Swordplay , Samurai , Seinen , Historical