Manga like Crime and Punishment: A Falsified Romance

What is Crime and Punishment: A Falsified Romance about?

Status: Finished

Taking inspiration from the Russian classic Crime and Punishment and then placing the behemoth of a book into a modern metropolis, Ochiai Naoyuki retells Dostoevsky's drama from the eyes of a struggling Japanese writer. In the 2006 remake Crime and Punishment ~A Falsified Romance~ Ochiai's lead is an incredible talent with award winning abilities. Tachi recently placed as the Best New Writer in a major literary competition, but the stress of living up to his family's goals of him becoming a powerful man has broken him on the cusp of greatness. He dropped out of college. However after moving to Tokyo he struggles with his identity and the duality of life in this surreal megalopolis. Despite being recognized for his tremendous potential, success does not come quite as easy, and life is a constant struggle. For Tachi Miroku life is nothing but a battle, with his past and his moral fiber. He hasn't been to work in four months and his dreams are a total mess filled with abuse, taunting, and the strong smell of blood. Tachi is alone and without direction in life right now. You could say he is a hikkikomori but that is only where his troubles start.

Tags: Seinen , Classic Literature , Anti-Hero , Tragedy , Hikikomori , Philosophy , Male Protagonist , Crime , Nudity

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Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Psychological , Romance , Slice of Life , Thriller

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Tsumi to Batsu

Also known as Crime and Punishment.

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

In Russia, on the eve of the revolution, a young student named Raskolnikov murders an old pawnbroker over a pocket watch. Although an innocent man is quickly arrested for the crime, Raskolnikovs’s own published essay - suggesting that people who are “extra-ordinary” are above such things as “right” and “wrong” - draws the suspicion of judge Porfiry. Who will catch up to Raskolnikov first? Porfiry … or his own guilty conscience?

Tags: Foreign , Classic Literature , Historical , Shounen , Philosophy

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Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Supernatural

At first glance, the family of Kinomiya Aya may seem quite ordinary: loving mother and father and a kind elder brother, however, appearances can be deceiving—Aya's father constantly beats her mother, scolds them for the slightest "transgressions," and commits other inappropriate deeds. Her brother spends all of his time selfishly ignoring what's right in front of him in favour of enjoying himself. Her mother is enduring it all for her children, and both mother and daughter live in constant fear of Aya's father. Because of all this, Aya envies ordinary families and the children who enjoy them.

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Tsumi to Batsu

Also known as Crime and Punishment.

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Psychological

An adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's "Crime and Punishment".
This manga is among to series of manga versions of classic literature named "Manga de Dokuha".

Tags: Historical , Classic Literature

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Also known as No Longer Human.

Status: Finished
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Tags: Seinen , Classic Literature , Suicide , Tragedy , Philosophy , Primarily Adult Cast , Drugs , Psychosexual , Nudity , Autobiographical

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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?

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Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Supernatural

Manga adaptation of Dante Alighieri's classic work, "The Divine Comedy."

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Also known as My Dearest Self With Malice Aforethought.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Slice of Life , Thriller

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Note: Includes 1 epilogue chapter.

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Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological

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Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Thriller

He freed me from the despair of endless bullying… But ever since he appeared, I find myself trapped in a new hell. Who the hell are you, anyway? Who can you really trust? It's a suspenseful thriller about friends!!

Tags: Bullying , Anti-Hero , Boys' Love , Seinen , Male Protagonist , School , Nudity , Crime , Yandere , Detective

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