Manga like DOLL: IC in a Doll

What is DOLL: IC in a Doll about?

Status: Finished

These haunting tales of human-like androids, called Dolls, range from romantic to tragic, from comic to ironic, and everything in between. In these stories, dolls have an uncanny way of working themselves into the lives of their masters: A woman develops an unusual closeness to doll that will affect her human family from beyond the grave...A man wants to make his doll into the perfect human lover, but discovers that humans are not perfect...A father buys his son a doll to help him get over the death of his mother. Doll provides a firsthand glimpse into the psychology of the human-doll relationship and examines the question of what it means to be truly human.

Tags: Josei , Artificial Intelligence , Achronological Order , Tragedy

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Venus Versus Virus

Also known as Venus Versus Virus.

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

"Welcome to Venus Vangard. We've been expecting you."

Sumire Takahana is a seemingly normal school girl cursed with the ability to see malevolent ghosts known as "Viruses." Her life hits a crossroads after a run-in with a "gothic lolita" clad monster killer for hire, Lucia Nahashia. Not content to stay on the sidelines while these "Viruses" prey on the weak, Sumire decides to join forces with the mysterious eyepatch-wearing Lucia to hunt down these "Viruses" before they can hurt anyone else.

Tags: Demons , Urban Fantasy , Female Protagonist , Super Power , Twins , Shounen , Yuri , Guns

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Chobits

Also known as Chobits.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Psychological , Romance , Sci-Fi

After moving from the countryside into the big city, poor college student Hideki Motosuwa finds himself down on his luck. All he wants is a good job, a girlfriend, and his very own “persocom” - the latest and greatest in humanoid computer technology. Hideki’s luck changes one night when he finds Chi - an adorable, but seemingly broken, persocom thrown out in a pile of trash. After taking her home, Hideki discovers that Chi is more responsibility than he expected - and that there’s much more to his cute new persocom than meets the eye.

Tags: Robots , Artificial Intelligence , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Unrequited Love , Female Protagonist , Urban , Heterosexual , Dissociative Identities , Amnesia , Philosophy , Age Gap , Nudity , Work , Chibi , Memory Manipulation , Asexual , Crossover

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Yanmaga

Coolmic

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Kanyou Shoujo

Also known as Dolls.

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

Dolls are living plant life forms that look like beautiful women which can be purchased at a special shop for the right price. But be careful what you wish for. Set in an upside-down world combining a murky mix of science fiction, reality and moral ambiguity, Yumiko Kawahara's short stories examine the ineffable disparities that exist between the lover and the loved one.

Note: Chapter count includes three unrelated one shots and seven previously uncollated chapters from the kanzenban edition.

Tags: Josei , Urban Fantasy , Episodic , Time Skip , Adoption , Amnesia , Crossdressing , Urban , Modeling , Angels

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VIZ

Pixiv Comic

Asacomi

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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.

Note: Includes the one-shot "Nichiyoubi no Solomon Grundy (日曜日のソロモン・グランディー)".

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

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Manga Park

VIZ

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Petshop of Horrors

Also known as Pet Shop of Horrors.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Horror , Mystery , Supernatural

A smoke-filled alley in Chinatown harbors Count D's Pet Shop. The pets sold here aren't your everyday variety and the Count prides himself on selling Love and Dreams in the form of magical creatures that come with an exclusive contract. But buyers beware. If the contract is broken the Count cannot be held accountable for whatever may happen. A fascinating and macabre look into the very soul of human nature.

Tags: Josei , Male Protagonist , Animals , Episodic , Detective , Anthropomorphism , Primarily Male Cast , Philosophy , Tragedy , Police , Urban Fantasy , Foreign , Gore , Environmental , Cannibalism , Body Horror , Shapeshifting , Drugs , LGBTQ+ Themes , Urban , Primarily Adult Cast , Boys' Love , Bisexual , Vampire , Politics

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