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What is Black Butler about?

Status: Releasing

In Victorian era Europe, a young boy loses everything he once held near and dear to a vicious plot. In his moment of death, he strikes a deal with a demon: his soul, in exchange for revenge. Ciel Phantomhive is now the head of the Phantomhive corporation, handling all business affairs as well as the underground work for the Queen of England. His new partner is a demon butler, Sebastian Michaelis, whose prowess as a butler is only surpassed by his strength as a demon.

The story follows the two along with their other servants, as they work to unravel the plot behind Ciel's parents' murder, and the horrendous tragedies that befell Ciel in the month directly after.

Tags: Demons , Revenge , Tragedy , Crime , Butler , Historical , Anti-Hero , Male Protagonist , Orphan , Royal Affairs , Twins , Foreign , Cult , Found Family , Detective , Magic , Shounen , Steampunk , Circus , Mythology , Assassins , Maids , Medicine , Travel , LGBTQ+ Themes , Zombie , Fugitive , Anachronism , Crossdressing , Transgender , Boarding School , Musical Theater , School , Torture , Swordplay , Witch , Disability , Idol , Estranged Family , Urban Fantasy

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Vanitas no Carte

Also known as The Case Study of Vanitas.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy , Mystery , Supernatural

Rumors revolving around The Book of Vanitas, a clockwork grimoire of dubious reputation, draw Noé, a young vampire in search of a friend's salvation, to Paris. What awaits him in the City of Flowers, however, is not long hours treading the pavement or rifling through dusty bookshops in search of the tome. Instead, his quarry comes to him...in the arms of a man claiming to be a vampire doctor! Thrust into a conflict that threatens the peace between humans and vampires, will Noé cast in his lot with the curious and slightly unbalanced Vanitas and his quest to save vampirekind?

Tags: Vampire , Tragedy , Historical , Steampunk , Primarily Adult Cast , Medicine , Conspiracy , Shounen , Anti-Hero , Male Protagonist , Revenge , Religion , Foreign , Twins , Ensemble Cast , Alternate Universe , Suicide , Time Manipulation , Amnesia , Anachronism , Detective , Assassins , Urban Fantasy , Acting

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Pixiv Comic

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Pandora Hearts

Also known as Pandora Hearts.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural

The air of celebration surrounding fifteen-year-old Oz Vessalius’s coming-of-age ceremony quickly turns to horror when he is condemned for a sin about which he knows nothing. He is thrown into an eternal, inescapable prison known as the Abyss from which there is no escape. There, he meets a young girl named Alice, who is not what she seems. Now that the relentless cogs of fate have begun to turn, do they lead only to crushing despair for Oz, or is there some shred of hope for him to grasp on to?

Included:
Volume 8: Pandora Hearts (pilot)
Volume 20: Extra episode: It makes all kinds
Volume 21: Extra episode: Together

Tags: Tragedy , Amnesia , Time Manipulation , Ensemble Cast , Fairy Tale , Philosophy , Found Family , Body Swapping , Reincarnation , Dissociative Identities , Memory Manipulation , Time Skip , Twins , Male Protagonist , Denpa , Butler , Alternate Universe , Gore , Female Protagonist , Tsundere , Magic , Shounen , Guns , Yandere , Body Horror , Afterlife

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Manga UP!

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Yuukoku no Moriarty

Also known as Moriarty the Patriot.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Mystery , Psychological , Thriller

In the late 19th century, Great Britain rules over a quarter of the world. Nobles sit in their fancy homes in comfort and luxury, while the working class slaves away at their jobs. When young Albert James Moriarty’s upper-class family adopts two lower-class orphans, the cruelty the boys experience at his family’s hands cements Albert’s hatred of the nobility he was born into. He asks the older of the two boys—who has a genius mind and a killer instinct—to help him rid the world of evil, starting with Albert’s own family!

Tags: Historical , Anti-Hero , Crime , Foreign , Male Protagonist , Conspiracy , Detective , Primarily Adult Cast , Classic Literature , Politics , Gore , Suicide , Orphan , Primarily Male Cast , Gender Bending , LGBTQ+ Themes , Shounen , Transgender , Found Family , Class Struggle , Boys' Love , Bisexual , Crossdressing , Urban

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Viz Mangas.io

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D.Gray-man

Also known as D.Gray-man.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

A born exorcist, Walker's primary anti-akuma weapon is the cross that's embossed on his red, disfigured left hand, which contains Innocence. But not only does Walker destroy akuma, he sees the akuma hiding inside a person's soul! Together with his fellow exorcists fighting under the command of the Black Order, Walker leads the battle against the Millennium Earl, the evil being out to destroy mankind.

Tags: Demons , Amnesia , Tragedy , Found Family , Super Power , Foreign , Dissociative Identities , Male Protagonist , Religion , Cult , Shounen , Adoption , Circus , Historical , Primarily Male Cast , Exorcism , Steampunk , Post-Apocalyptic

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KakaoPage

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Baraou no Souretsu

Also known as Requiem of the Rose King.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Supernatural

Richard, the ambitious third son of the House of York, believes he is cursed, damned from birth to eternal darkness. But is it truly fate that sets him on the path to personal destruction? Or his own tormented longings? Based on an early draft of Shakespeare's Richard III, Aya Kanno’s dark fantasy finds the man who could be king standing between worlds, between classes, between good and evil.

Tags: Historical , Classic Literature , War , Tragedy , Boys' Love , Mixed Gender Harem , Shoujo , LGBTQ+ Themes , Ghost , Revenge , Foreign , Royal Affairs , Politics , Love Triangle , Age Gap , Bisexual , Incest , Anti-Hero , Witch , Nudity , Amnesia , Inseki , Philosophy , Time Skip , Swordplay , Transgender , Male Protagonist , Assassins

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Pixiv Comic

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Bungou Stray Dogs

Also known as Bungo Stray Dogs.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Drama , Mystery , Supernatural

Having been kicked out of the orphanage, a despairing young man by the name of Atsushi Nakajima rescues a strange man from a suicide attempt--Osamu Dazai. Turns out that Dazai is part of an armed-detective agency staffed by individuals whose supernatural powers take on a literary bent!

Tags: Urban Fantasy , Detective , Super Power , Mafia , Crime , Male Protagonist , Classic Literature , Fugitive , Seinen , Primarily Male Cast , Gods , Tragedy , Work , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Orphan , Anti-Hero , Philosophy , Terrorism , Conspiracy , Gore , Assassins , Suicide , Vampire , Monster Boy , Police , Guns , Swordplay , Torture , Circus , Sadism , Time Manipulation , Tsundere , Shapeshifting , Found Family , Criminal Organization

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Pixiv Comic ComicWalker

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Makai Ouji: devils and realist

Also known as Devils and Realist.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Mystery

After the failure of his uncle's business, the brilliant realist William Twining finds himself penniless. To make matters worse, demons appear before him, insisting he has the power to appoint the next King of Hell! The demons offer to pay his school tuition in exchange for his help. While his principles as a staunch realist prevent him from believing in them, how can William resist such a generous offer?

Tags: Demons , Historical , Primarily Male Cast , Reincarnation , Mythology , Angels , School , Josei , Butler , Male Protagonist , Boys' Love

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Pixiv Comic

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Shinigami Bocchan to Kuro Maid

Also known as The Duke of Death and His Maid.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Supernatural

When the duke was a young boy, a witch made it so that any living thing he touched died. Unable to cope with such a cursed child, his family sent him away to live in an old mansion. Now a young man, his only companions are an elderly butler and his childhood friend, a buxom, blonde maid named Alice. Despite the fact that touching the duke means instant death, Alice is constantly teasing him, getting close and flirting mercilessly. But even though Alice loves to make the duke blush, her affection for him is the real deal. Can the two figure out a way to break the witch’s spell?

Note: The chapter count includes 15 extra chapters.

Tags: Maids , Witch , Time Manipulation , Butler , Heterosexual , Magic , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Female Protagonist , Nudity , Tragedy , Curses

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Sunday Webry

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Akai Kiri no Naka kara

Also known as From the Red Fog.

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Psychological

England at the end of the nineteenth century. A string of gruesome incidents all lead back to a single boy who was born into a world where chaos, order, wealth, and poverty are all deeply intertwined.

Tags: Gore , Assassins , Anti-Hero , Foreign , Male Protagonist , Bullying , Historical , Crime , Shounen , Time Skip , Gangs , Guns , Orphan

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God Child

Also known as Godchild.

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Supernatural

Deep in the heart of 19th century London, a young nobleman named Cain walks the shadowy cobblestone streets of the aristocratic society into which he was born. Forced to become an earl upon the untimely death of his father, Cain assumes the role of head of the Hargreaves, a noble family with a dark past. With Riff, his faithful manservant, and Mary Weather, his 10-year-old half sister, Cain investigates the mysterious crimes that seem to follow him wherever he goes.

Included one-shot:
Volume 5: Nichiyoubi no Solomon Grundy

Tags: Shoujo , Historical , Amnesia , Cult , Male Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Dissociative Identities , Tragedy , Gore , LGBTQ+ Themes , Butler , Clone , Memory Manipulation , Detective , Boys' Love , Urban , Primarily Adult Cast

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