Manga like FLCL

Dandadan

Also known as Dandadan.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Romance , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

Momo Ayase strikes up an unusual friendship with her school’s UFO fanatic, whom she nicknames “Okarun” because he has a name that is not to be said aloud. While Momo believes in spirits, she thinks aliens are nothing but nonsense. Her new friend, meanwhile, thinks the exact opposite. To settle matters, the two set out to prove each other wrong—Momo to a UFO hotspot and Okarun to a haunted tunnel! What unfolds next is a beautiful story of young love…and oddly horny aliens and spirits?



Notes:
Includes 1 extra chapter.
Nominated for the 15th Manga Taisho Award in 2022.

Tags: Youkai , Urban Fantasy , Aliens , Super Power , Ghost , Female Protagonist , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Surreal Comedy , Henshin , Tokusatsu , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Heterosexual , School , Shapeshifting , Body Horror , Love Triangle , Terrorism , Conspiracy , Kaiju , Acrobatics , Gore , Chuunibyou , Super Robot , Tragedy , Cannibalism , Exorcism , Circus , Gods , Tsundere , Nudity , Bullying , Dissociative Identities , Suicide

Chainsaw Man

Also known as Chainsaw Man.

Status: Releasing
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 , Dissociative Identities , Gore , Male Protagonist , Body Horror , Psychosexual , Cosmic Horror , Female Protagonist , Urban , Henshin , Survival , Monster Boy , Work , Found Family , Memory Manipulation , Cult , Shounen , Ensemble Cast , Heterosexual , Guns , Assassins , Human Pet , Monster Girl , Revenge , Yandere , Terrorism , Shapeshifting , Philosophy , Meta , Slapstick , Afterlife , Primarily Teen Cast , Nudity , Cannibalism , Necromancy , School , Delinquents , Angels , Time Skip , Amnesia , Yakuza , Mafia , Tsundere , Zombie , Chimera , Motorcycles , LGBTQ+ Themes , Yuri , Coming of Age , Vore , Femdom

Bakemonogatari

Also known as Bakemonogatari.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Mystery , Romance , Supernatural

One day, high-school student Koyomi Araragi catches a girl named Hitagi Senjougahara when she trips. But—much to his surprise—she doesn’t weigh anything. At all. She says an encounter with a so-called “crab” took away all her weight …

Monsters have been here since the beginning.
Always.
Everywhere.



Tags: Urban Fantasy , Youkai , Vampire , Male Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Philosophy , Heterosexual , Meta , Gods , Female Harem , Ghost , Tragedy , Denpa , Surreal Comedy , Love Triangle , Nekomimi , Nudity , Tomboy , Dissociative Identities , Gore , Shounen , Monster Girl , Body Horror , School , Age Regression

Alien 9

Also known as Alien Nine.

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

In the future, alien invasion is a daily occurrence and everyone must be prepared. Elementary School #9 has assigned three students to fight off the extra-terrestrial threat.

Tags: Aliens , Denpa , Coming of Age , School , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Child Cast , Body Horror , Seinen , Gore , Cosmic Horror , Tragedy , Yuri , Female Protagonist , Proxy Battle , Age Regression , Urban Fantasy , Teacher

Qko-chan: THE Chikyu Shinryaku Shoujo

Also known as Q.ko-chan the Earth Invader Girl.

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

In the near-future on planet Earth, a world gone mad where never-ending war is a fact of life, Kirio is the coolest kid at school. Up in the sky, a giant robot is fighting a fleet of gunships, but the brilliant and distant Kirio is far from fazed—until the battling 'bot makes an unexpected landing in Kirio's front yard and rings the bell. But the worst threat for Kirio could be what stands on the other side of the door: an alien invader robot with the face of an adorable girl!



Tags: School , Seinen , Artificial Intelligence , Amnesia , Military , Male Protagonist , War , Robots , Aliens

The Voynich Hotel

Also known as The Voynich Hotel.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Horror , Mystery , Romance , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Welcome to the Voynich Hotel, a rundown resort located on an all but deserted island in the South Pacific. Owned by former Mexican wrestler Kandre Umeda, the hotel is maintained by two mysterious maids, Elena and Beluna, as well as a homicidal chef named Amelia.

Kuzuki Taizou, a Japanese tourist, comes to stay at the hotel to escape from his dark past. Soon he discovers that the strange occupants and happenings of the island are even more abnormal than what he is used to. Taizou quickly becomes embroiled in the spiderweb of affairs on the island, growing close to many of the residents and helping them out, though often causing even more problems for himself. But when Taizou's past comes to the island to haunt him, his new friends jump to his aid.

Tags: Surreal Comedy , Seinen , Witch , Maids , Assassins , Foreign , Ensemble Cast , Inn , Primarily Adult Cast , Yakuza , Drugs , Disability , Ghost , Skeleton , Nudity , Male Protagonist , Demons , Gore , Mahjong , Age Gap , Bisexual , Amnesia , Zombie , Adoption , Tragedy , Urban Fantasy , LGBTQ+ Themes

Mob Psycho 100

Also known as Mob Psycho 100.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Psychological , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Do you or someone you know need an exorcist who works cheap? Reigen's your guy! What's his secret to busting ghosts while keeping prices low? Well, first, he's a fraud, and second, he pays the guy who's got the real psychic power—his student assistant Shigeo—less than minimum wage. Shigeo is an awkward but kind boy whose urge to help others and get along with them is bound up with the mental safety locks he's placed on his own emotions. Reigen knows he needs to exploit Shigeo to stay in business, yet for better or worse he's also his mentor and counselor. And he also knows whenever the normally repressed kid's emotions reach level 100, it may unleash more psychic energy than either of them can handle!



Note: Includes 12 extra chapters.

Tags: Coming of Age , Philosophy , Super Power , Urban Fantasy , Ghost , Dissociative Identities , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Satire , School , Demons , Primarily Teen Cast , Surreal Comedy , Aliens , Youkai , Parody , School Club , Delinquents , Cult , Body Horror

the nightmare of fabrication

Status: Finished
Genres: Psychological

The Nightmare of Fabrication is a beautifully drawn full-color manga from Yoshitoshi ABe. The 18 page short story can be found in the Lain Omnipresence in Wired artbook. The manga serves as the missing "Dc1029" file from the game and appears to take place in the same continuity as the game, although there are elements of the anime as well.

Tags: Memory Manipulation , Full Color , Denpa , Philosophy , Female Protagonist , Seinen

Dorohedoro

Also known as Dorohedoro.

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

In a city so dismal it's known only as "the Hole," a clan of Sorcerers have been plucking people off the streets to use as guinea pigs for atrocious "experiments" in the black arts. In a dark alley, Nikaido found Caiman, a man with a reptile head and a bad case of amnesia. To undo the spell, they're hunting and killing the Sorcerers in the Hole, hoping that eventually they'll kill the right one. But when En, the head Sorcerer, gets word of a lizard-man slaughtering his people, he sends a crew of "cleaners" into the Hole, igniting a war between two worlds.



Note: Includes 23 side stories titled "Extra Evil" and the side story "The Lizard Head and the Magic Whistle."

Tags: Dissociative Identities , Magic , Ensemble Cast , Anti-Hero , Amnesia , Revenge , Dystopian , Gore , Body Horror , Seinen , Monster Boy , Surreal Comedy , Urban Fantasy , Demons , Primarily Adult Cast , Time Manipulation , Super Power , Cosmic Horror , Gangs , Body Swapping , Curses , Animals , Nudity , Zombie , Cyberpunk , Gender Bending

River's Edge

Also known as River's Edge.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

Haruna Wakakusa and Yamada become friends after she saves him several times from her boyfriend's constant bullying. Through him she gets to know Kozue Yoshikawa, a fellow student who also models professionally. The three emotionally stunted teens' lives briefly yet intensely intertwine for one semester before splintering from the aftereffects of one disastrous night. For both Wakakusa and Yamada, their emotional awakening fosters an unlikely friendship between the two battered souls.

Tags: Coming of Age , Tragedy , LGBTQ+ Themes , School , Josei , Female Protagonist , Bullying , Bisexual , Nudity , Drugs , Gore , Heterosexual , Yuri