Manga like Chimamire Sukeban Chainsaw

Becchin to Mandala

Also known as Velveteen & Mandala.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Psychological , Supernatural

The world of Velveteen & Mandara is a dystopia. Tokyo where the youth used to waste their time search for answers, is now barren. For a pair of teens who still live along the outskirts of town, Velveteen and Mandala, Tokyo is a nightmare that can only compare to the nightmare that is slowly tring to take over the metropolis.

These two teens are the last line of defence for a nation in ruins. Armed with a fully-operational tank the pair must fight off the zombie hordes while they catfight each other for food, entertainment and maybe even the affection and attention of the opposite sex. They have nothing to lose in this world except their humanity, but then again who are the zombies in this world? Are they the undead or are these two teens who must live among them even still human?



Tags: Female Protagonist , Nudity , Gore , Guns , War , Seinen , Tragedy , Urban Fantasy , Meta , Scat

Chainsaw Man

Also known as Chainsaw Man.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Horror , Supernatural

The name says it all! Denji's life of poverty is changed forever when he merges with his pet chainsaw dog, Pochita! Now he's living in the big city and an official Devil Hunter. But he's got a lot to learn about his new job and chainsaw powers!



Notes:
Nominated for the 2020 Manga Taisho Award.
Winner of the 2021 Kono Manga ga Sugoi Award.
Winner of the 66th Shogakukan Manga Award in the shounen category.
Winner of the 2021 and 2022 Harvey Award for Best Manga.
Chapters 1-97 were released in Weekly Shounen Jump from Dec 3, 2018 to Dec 13, 2020. The series resumed from Ch. 98 in Shounen Jump+ on July 12, 2022

Tags: Demons , Tragedy , Urban Fantasy , Psychosexual , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , Dissociative Identities , Gore , Body Horror , Cosmic Horror , Henshin , Urban , Monster Boy , Survival , Found Family , Female Protagonist , Work , Memory Manipulation , Shounen , Anti-Hero , Unrequited Love , Alternate Universe , Heterosexual , Ensemble Cast , Cult , Politics , Guns , Assassins , Yandere , Monster Girl , Human Pet , Revenge , Shapeshifting , Terrorism , Femdom , Surreal Comedy , Philosophy , Slapstick , Meta , Primarily Teen Cast , Super Power , Afterlife , Nudity , School , Cannibalism , Delinquents , Angels , Necromancy , Amnesia , Time Skip , Yakuza , Mafia , Tsundere , Time Manipulation , Zombie , Chimera , Motorcycles , Vore , Denpa , Bisexual

Yakedo Shoujo

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Psychological , Romance

Shiina Hinami, a high school student with a bright personality that wears an eye patch covering her left eye is loved by everyone in her class. Kaname Aizawa, a classmate, one day sees her secret notebook entitled "Mind Note". Upon reading the notebook, Kaname makes a grim discovery about Shiina.

Tags: Tragedy , Suicide , Female Protagonist , Gore , Seinen , School , Bullying , Crime , Nudity , Love Triangle , Yandere , Male Protagonist , Chuunibyou

Bijo Amanda

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Supernatural

The high school columnist looking for the next big story gets more than she bargained for when she digs into the wife of a man she meets. The female anime characters that the class nerd draws become real and over protective of their creator. The monster behind the old child’s story haunts the people that break the rules of the contract. These are some of the episodes in this collection of short horror stories.



Tags: Josei , Anthology , Ghost , Gore

Zombieya Reiko

Also known as Reiko the Zombie Shop.

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Supernatural

Terror has struck the sleepy little town of Shiraike. A serial killer stalks the streets murdering innocent girls. Twenty-nine grisly murders have been committed, with no clues to catch the killer. That is, until the town receives a strange visitor: a beautiful young woman who can raise the dead. She is Reiko the Zombie Shop, necromancer for hire. For a price, she'll wake your dead, if only to find a clue to their demise, but she's not responsible for what the dead will say or do once they awaken!



Tags: Female Protagonist , Episodic , Josei , Gore , Zombie

Zom 100: Zombie ni Naru Made ni Shitai 100 no Koto

Also known as Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Comedy , Horror

Surviving a zombie apocalypse beats being a wage slave any day! After spending years slaving away for a soul-crushing company, Akira's life has lost its luster. He lives in a trash-filled apartment, his pay is abysmal, and he can't even muster up the nerve to confess his love to his beautiful co-worker. But when a zombie apocalypse ravages his town, it gives him the push he needs to live for himself. Now Akira's on a mission to complete all 100 items on his bucket list before he...well, kicks the bucket.



Note: Volume 1 contains a bonus chapter titled "Sakura Mochi Of The Dead" Note: Volume 4 contains a bonus chapter titled "Show Club of the Dead"

Tags: Zombie , Primarily Adult Cast , Post-Apocalyptic , Pandemic , Male Protagonist , Surreal Comedy , Slapstick , Seinen , Survival , Work , Heterosexual , Gore , Motorcycles , Body Horror , Ensemble Cast , Philosophy , Nudity , Space

I Am a Hero

Also known as I Am a Hero.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Horror , Psychological

A mentally unhinged manga artist witnesses the beginning of a zombie outbreak in Tokyo, and he’s certain of only two things: he’s destined to be the city’s hero, and he possesses something quite rare in Japan—an actual firearm!



Notes:
Nominated for the 3rd and 4th Manga Taisho Award (2010).
Includes a new epilogue chapter that was released 4 years after the official end of the manga.

Tags: Seinen , Survival , Zombie , Post-Apocalyptic , Male Protagonist , Gore , Guns , Body Horror , Urban , Tragedy , Love Triangle , Age Gap , POV , Disability , Hikikomori , Nudity , Cult , Otaku Culture

Kingdom of Z

Also known as Kingdom of Z.

Status: Finished
Genres: Ecchi , Horror

When the zombie apocalypse came to Japan, Satou Masaru thought he was a goner for sure…until two super hot girls came to his rescue! But Satou’s relief is short-lived once he realizes just how insane his saviors are: Karin is a happy-go-lucky psycho, while Miki is a megalomaniac with plans to create an undead army and rule the world! Can Satou survive being their underling, or will he take his chances with the zombies?!



Note: Chapter count reflects the original serialization on Comic Days. The chapters were later combined into 45 chapters for the tankōbon release.

Tags: Zombie , School , Nudity , Seinen , Survival , Male Protagonist

Satanister

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Psychological

Partake in the horror, the terror, the bloodcurdling madness of the serial killer mind, and the one who dares exterminate them! Except it's a comedy horror. Anyway explict Blood and Gore, so you have been warned.



Tags: Josei , Urban Fantasy , Female Protagonist , Surreal Comedy , Gore , Death Game , Ensemble Cast , Super Power , Cyborg , Tokusatsu , School , Otaku Culture , Gyaru , Necromancy , Zombie , Delinquents , Cannibalism , Bullying , Demons , Cult , Religion

Sukeban to Tenkousei

Also known as The Delinquent and the Transfer Student.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Riri is a transfer student with a unique fascination—she wants the school delinquent, Atsuko, to say adorable things! Despite her fearful reputation, Atsuko goes along with it, thinking Riri is just a harmless weirdo. However, she soon finds herself getting increasingly flustered every time she reads one of Riri's lists of cute words. And she's not the only one whose heart races after each interaction! Will this game bring them closer together and lead to an entirely new relationship?



Note: Started as a self-published web-comic before being picked up for serialization on Web Comic Action on 2021-10-22.

Tags: Female Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes , Delinquents , Yuri , Seinen , Historical , School , Tsundere , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Ojou-sama