Manga like Yami no Matsuei

Tokyo BABYLON

Also known as Tokyo Babylon.

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

It's 1991, the last days of Japan's bubble economy, and money and elegance run through the streets. So do the currents of darkness beneath them, nourishing evil spirits that only the arts of the onmyoji—Japan's legendary occultists—can combat. The two most powerful onmyoji are in the unlikely guises of a handsome young veterinarian, Seishiro, and the teenage heir to the ancient Sumeragi clan, Subaru.



Tags: Magic , Twins , Ghost , Tragedy , Shoujo , Age Gap , Assassins , Detective , Male Protagonist , Religion , LGBTQ+ Themes , Boys' Love , Urban Fantasy , Denpa , Exorcism , Bullying , Yandere , Cult , Disability , Yuri

Tenshi Kinryouku

Also known as Angel Sanctuary.

Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Mystery , Romance , Supernatural

Why is Setsuna so mixed up? Despite his attempts to be noble, he'll fight anyone anytime; he ignores all authority; and he harbors feelings for his sister that can only be described as "incestuous." Why is he such a mess? The reason may be found with two demons from the underworld and their enemy, an insane angel who is distributing an insidious computer game called Angel Santuary.



Tags: Shoujo , Angels , Mythology , Reincarnation , Incest , Religion , Demons , Gore , Body Horror , Conspiracy , Twins , Dissociative Identities , Necromancy , Primarily Male Cast , Unrequited Love , Gender Bending , Male Protagonist , Bisexual , Transgender , Royal Affairs , Afterlife , Revenge , Suicide , Heterosexual , Class Struggle , Urban Fantasy , LGBTQ+ Themes , Tomboy , Agender

X

Also known as X.

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

Kamui Shiro is a young man who was born with the power to decide the fate of the Earth itself--a destiny he can barely bring himself to believe. But as other players in the prophesy begin to gather around him--the "Seven Seals," with the power to protect the Earth, and the "Seven Harbingers," who are fated to destroy it--he has no choice but to come to terms with his fate.



Tags: Urban Fantasy , Gore , Tragedy , Shoujo , Magic , Super Power , Mythology , Philosophy , Religion , Urban , Natural Disaster , Boys' Love , Bisexual , Environmental , Male Protagonist , Cyberpunk , Anti-Hero , Ensemble Cast , Dissociative Identities , Found Family , Battle Royale , Post-Apocalyptic , Yuri , Dragons , Shrine Maiden , Swordplay , Agender

Gohou Drug

Also known as Legal Drug.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Mystery , Supernatural

A drugstore that deals in medicine ... and danger! Kazahaya Kudo has a gift. When he touches a person or an object, he sees visions. With no money and no place to stay, Kazahaya was out of luck until fate brought him to the Green Drug pharmacy. Now, in exchange for working in the store, he gets room and board. But in order to make ends meet there's a catch ... he must take on 'special' assignments from his boss that can only be handled by someone with Kazahaya's gift. With the help of his co-worker and roommate Rikuo, who has unusual powers of his own, Kazahaya finds himself on missions most surreal.



Note: Includes five extra chapters.

Tags: Boys' Love , Male Protagonist , Work , Primarily Male Cast , Shoujo , Drugs , Ghost , LGBTQ+ Themes , Urban Fantasy , Crossdressing , School

FAKE

Also known as FAKE.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama

Sanami Matoh's FAKE<.i>, a BL favorite, is the unlikely love story between two NYC cops--who both happen to be guys...

Meet Ryo and Dee, two New York City cops with an attraction for action, and for each other! When Ryo, a soft spoken officer, joins the NYPD's 27th precinct, he's soon partnered up with Dee's a cocky, confident cop with attitude to spare.



Note: Bunkoban edition includes the side stories "Act DEE" and "Act RYO".

Tags: Police , LGBTQ+ Themes , Boys' Love , Male Protagonist , Foreign , Bisexual ,

Hakushaku Cain Series

Also known as The Cain Saga.

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

Delve into the tortured past of Earl Cain C. Hargreaves, charismatic heir to a wealthy family full of secrets, lies and unthinkable crimes. The prequel to the Godchild series, The Cain Saga follows the young Cain as he attempts to unravel the secrets of his birth, all the while solving each new mystery that comes his way.



Notes:
Includes the one-shot "Jikan wo Tometa Shounen-tachi (時間を止めた少年たち, The Boys Who Stopped Time)".
Includes the one-shot "Double (ダブル)".
Includes the one-shot "Natsufuku no Ellie (夏服のエリー, Ellie in Summer Clothes)".

Tags: Historical , Shoujo , Tragedy , Detective , Episodic , Male Protagonist , Foreign , Found Family , Incest , Butler , Cult , Criminal Organization

Yakumo Tatsu

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Supernatural

Kuraki Fuzuchi is a quiet young man who has immense psychic powers and sword skills. He later meets Takeo Nanachi, a college student with similar latent powers. The story opens with Nanachi traveling to a small shrine in the mountains for a festival that only occurs every 49 years in order to purify his (now deceased) grandfather’s sword. There he meets Kuraki and later accidentally stumbles upon Kuraki’s initiation ritual as a Shaman. From there on, their lives are inexplicitly intertwined as they encounter various ghosts, spirits, demons, and other characters with supernatural powers while the author also provides a parallel running story depicting their previous life.

Tags: Shoujo , Male Protagonist , Youkai , Ghost , Reincarnation , Mythology

Asterisk

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy , Supernatural

Fraw and Kio are angels, and it's their duty to protect the passage of souls to Heaven. When the two were growing up, Kio always looked after Fraw. However, their roles are suddenly reversed when Fraw is promoted to one of the highest ranking classes of angel, and Fraw takes it upon himself to protect Kio.

Can Fraw keep his new position a secret while he and Kio battle against the Manifis, evil spirits that feed on humanity? And what is so unusual about Kio and his wings...?

Volume 1 starts off with chapter 0, originally a one-shot called "Eden".

Tags: Shoujo , Boys' Love , Angels , Male Protagonist

Vassalord.

Also known as Vassalord..

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Fantasy , Mystery

Charley, a cyborg vampire who does the Vatican's dirty work, is the thrall of the local vampire playboy Johnny Rayflo. As the two fight crime--and each other--hilarity, violence and sacrilege ensue! But can Charley resist his own desperate cravings for blood? Find out as the devilish duo go up aginst a childlike vampire princess, a mysterious branch of the Unitarian Church...and one another.



Note: Volume 2 includes the side-story "ZOUL HALF", published in Comic Blade Masamune summer 2003.

Tags: Vampire , Boys' Love , Primarily Adult Cast , Urban Fantasy , Shoujo , Cyborg , Primarily Male Cast , Gore , Religion , Foreign , Male Protagonist , Mafia , Nun , Criminal Organization , Body Horror , Clone , Age Gap , Torture , Nudity , Medicine , Maids , Detective , Yuri

Monochrome Factor

Also known as Monochrome Factor.

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

Akira Nikaido is a typical slacker high school student who thinks he has a normal life--until a mysterious man called Shirogane appears and tells him to meet him at the school that night. He is skeptical but goes anyway...and gets attacked by a shadow monster! Shirogane convinces him that the balance between the human world and the shadow world has been distorted, and that Akira must become a shin--a creature of the shadow world--in order to help restore the balance.



Tags: Alternate Universe , Shoujo , Male Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Slapstick , Demons , Super Power , Gore , Reincarnation , Revenge , Tragedy , Amnesia , Bar