Manga like Super Danganronpa 2: Sayonara Zetsubou Gakuen

Battle Royale

Also known as Battle Royale.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Horror , Mystery , Psychological

Under the guise of a "study trip," a group of students from Shiroiwa Junior High School in the fictional town of Shiroiwa (Kagawa Prefecture) are gassed on a bus. They awaken in the Okishima Island School on Okishima, an isolated, evacuated island. They learn that they have been placed in an event called the Program. According to the rules, every year since 1947, 42 third-year high school students are isolated, and each student is required to fight to the death until one student remains. Their movements are tracked by metal collars around their necks, which contain tracking and listening devices; if any student should attempt to escape the Program, or enter declared forbidden zones, a bomb will be detonated in the collar, killing the wearer. If no one dies in a 24 hour time period, there will be no winner and all collars will be detonated simultaneously.



Note: The TokyoPop version was extensively rewritten by Keith Giffen which eventually led to contradictions and plot holes in the later volumes. TokyoPop rereleased the series in 5 omnibus volumes under the name "Battle Royale: Ultimate Edition" from October 16, 2007 to February 10, 2009.

Tags: Battle Royale , Tragedy , Male Protagonist , Guns , Seinen , Nudity , Gore , Survival , Primarily Teen Cast , Conspiracy , Dystopian , Ensemble Cast , Heterosexual

Imawa no Kuni no Alice

Also known as Alice in Borderland.

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

Eighteen-year-old Ryohei Arisu is sick of his life. School sucks, his love life is a joke, and his future feels like impending doom. As he struggles to exist in a world that can’t be bothered with him, Ryohei feels like everything would be better if he were anywhere else. When a strange fireworks show transports him and his friends to a parallel world, Ryohei thinks all his wishes have come true. But this new world isn’t an empty paradise, it’s a vicious game. And the only way to survive is to play.

Note: Chapter count includes 22 side story chapters.

Tags: Tragedy , Death Game , Survival , Philosophy , Battle Royale , Gore , Amnesia , Male Protagonist , Urban , Afterlife , Gambling , Alternate Universe , Anti-Hero , Shounen , Isekai , Dystopian , Primarily Adult Cast , Revenge , Guns , Heterosexual , Transgender , LGBTQ+ Themes , Martial Arts , Gods , Parkour , Mahjong , Nudity , Outdoor Activities

Kamisama no Iutoori

Also known as As the Gods Will.

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

Deep down inside, high school student Shun Takahata craves for some excitement in his boring life…but his teacher’s head randomly exploding isn’t exactly what he had in mind. And when some of his classmates suddenly suffer the same fate, he begins to realize he’s been thrust into a series of deadly supernatural children’s games. Shun and fellow survivors are completely in the dark, not knowing who’s responsible, why it’s happening, or when it will end. To have any hope of unraveling the mystery behind the gruesome games, they’ll first have to outlast the games…and each other.



Tags: Battle Royale , Male Protagonist , Death Game , Survival , Gore , Gods , Shounen , School , Anti-Hero , Nudity , Time Skip , Tragedy

Danganronpa: Kibou no Gakuen to Zetsubou no Koukousei

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Sci-Fi

A group of 15 elite high school students are gathered at a very special, high class high school. To graduate from this high school essentially means you'll succeed in life, but graduating is very difficult. The school is presided over by a bear called Monokuma, and he explains to them that their graduation hinges around committing a murder. The only way to graduate is to kill one of your classmates and get away with it. If the other classmates discover the identity of the killer, the killer is the only one executed. However, if they fail to catch the killer, only the killer graduates and the others are annihilated. Which of the 15 will survive the bloodbath to come?

An adaptation of the game mostly told from the perspectives of the victims and killers, so we can learn more about their motives.

Tags: School , Ensemble Cast , Death Game , Battle Royale , Post-Apocalyptic , Twins , Amnesia , Artificial Intelligence , Detective , Dissociative Identities

Ousama Game

Also known as King's Game.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Mystery , Supernatural

Nobuaki Kanazawa is a high schooler. One day, he receives an email with an order from someone calling themselves "king". At first, the orders were normal. However, they started to escalate as time passed. Anyone not following the order was to be "punished" with "death"... The "King's Game" with their lives on the line has started!!! What awaits Nobuaki, who's facing against the invisible "king"!?



Tags: Death Game , School , Seinen , Survival , Gore

Nakanohito Genome [Jikkyouchuu]

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Mystery , Psychological , Romance , Supernatural

Iride Akatsuki is a popular game footage uploader. He wakes up one day to find that he's been kidnapped and taken to a strange place, along with a number of other uploaders who specialize in different genres of games.

A mysterious alpaca-headed host gathers them after the initial stage, to explain how the game will proceed. Will the group of gamers clear the game and make it back to their real lives?



Tags: Video Games , Shoujo , Ensemble Cast , Male Protagonist , Death Game , Tsundere , Virtual World

Danganronpa: Kibou no Gakuen to Zetsubou no Koukousei

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Sci-Fi

A short manga adaption of the playable "Trial Version" of Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc. It came bundled as a bonus for anyone who pre-ordered the game during its original release on the PSP through certain stores.

Tags: Death Game , School

Ousama Game Shuukyoku

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Psychological

The winner of the first edition of the King's Game is transferred to a new school. After being initially afraid to make new friends, traumatized by his experience in the past, he starts to forget the King's Game and sympathize with his new friends. That's when the new King's Game starts.

Tags: Tragedy , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Death Game

Deatte 5-byou de Battle

Also known as Battle in 5 Seconds.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Drama , Supernatural

Akira Shiroyanagi is a high schooler who loves challenging games and Konpeito candy. One day, while heading to school, he encounters an enigmatic woman called Mion. After that, Akira and a host of other individuals are kidnapped and forced to become test pilots for a mysterious organization. They are given unique abilities and pitted against each other. Armed with his newfound, special ability, Akira becomes determined to take down this sinister group and beat their game. He has to rely on his guile to overcome all sorts of obstacles in a captivating battle of wits!



Tags: Death Game , Super Power , Battle Royale , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Urban , Nudity , Zombie , Samurai

Shuuen no Shiori

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Supernatural

In a certain school, there exists a bloody history: 10 years ago, several students were brutally and mysteriously murdered. Rumor has it that it was the work of the "Book of Demise," a collection of urban legends and tall tales. Inside this book, it is said that the "Bookmark of Demise" turns the page it rests on into reality.

Four rumor-loving friends—A-ya, an antisocial boy who relishes starting such rumors; B-ko, a popular girl who acts polite around others; C-ta, a level-headed boy who is A-ya's childhood friend; and D-ne, a quiet and introverted girl—at this school have discovered how to acquire the Book of Demise. Performing the ritual, they become part of the Demise Game—but realize too late that they are in over their heads.

To escape this game, they must weed out a traitor among them. However, at the same time, the Bookmark of Demise is turning urban legend to reality, revealing an eerie connection to the events of 10 years ago and creating a living nightmare of lies and betrayal.



Tags: School , Shoujo , Ensemble Cast , Meta , Death Game , Yandere , School Club , Curses