Manga like Ma no Kakera

Uzumaki

Also known as Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror.

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

Kurozu-cho, a small fogbound town on the coast of Japan, is cursed. According to Shuichi Saito, the withdrawn boyfriend of teenager Kirie Goshima, their town is haunted not by a person or being but by a pattern: uzumaki, the spiral, the hypnotic secret shape of the world. It manifests itself in small ways: seashells, ferns, whirlpools in water, whirlwinds in air. And in large ways: the spiral marks on people's bodies, the insane obsessions of Shuichi's father, the voice from the cochlea in your inner ear. As the madness spreads, the inhabitants of Kurouzu-cho are pulled ever deeper, as if into a whirlpool from which there is no return...



Notes:
Includes the extra chapter "Uzumaki Tokubetsu-hen: Ginga", which was included in editions later released.
Chosen by the American Library Association (ALA) as one of the Top Ten Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2009. (Vol. 1)

Tags: Tragedy , Body Horror , Cosmic Horror , Seinen , Survival , Gore , Female Protagonist , Philosophy , Lost Civilization , Episodic , Cannibalism , Heterosexual , Rural , Suicide , Bullying , Cult , Unrequited Love , Demons

Tomie

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Horror , Supernatural , Thriller

Tomie Kawakami is a femme fatale with long black hair and a beauty mark just under her left eye. She can seduce nearly any man, and drive them to murder as well, even though the victim is often Tomie herself. While one lover seeks to keep her for himself, another grows terrified of the immortal succubus. But soon they realize that no matter how many times they kill her, the world will never be free of Tomie.



Notes:
While a collection of mainly independent short stories, Tomie was originally published as Volumes 1 and 2 of the Ito Junji Kyofu Manga Collection. This entry is for the standalone release of Tomie first published in February 2000 with previously unreleased chapter "小指/Little Finger".
Later collections such as the 'Complete Deluxe edition' by Viz combines this and the sequel entry Tomie: Again for a total of 20 chapters.
The short story “Painter” has been adapted in the first part of episode 9 of Ito Junji: Collection.

Tags: Body Horror , Monster Girl , Gore , Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Episodic , Josei , Male Harem , Yandere , Urban Fantasy , Nudity , Succubus , Bullying , Cannibalism , Demons , School

Gyo: Ugomeku Bukimi

Also known as Gyo.

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

The floating smell of death hangs over the island. What is it? A strange, legged fish appears on the scene... So begins Tadashi and Kaori's spiral into the horror and stench of the sea. Here is the creepiest masterpiece of horror manga ever from the creator of Uzumaki, Junji Ito. Hold your breath until all is revealed.

Something's rotten in Okinawa...



Included one-shots:
Volume 2:
Daikokubashira Hiwa (大黒柱悲話, The Sad Tale of the Principal Post)
Amigara no Dansou no Kai (阿修羅断層の怪, The Enigma of Amigara Fault)

Tags: Seinen , Body Horror , Tragedy , Animals , Gore , Male Protagonist , Cosmic Horror , Primarily Adult Cast , Survival , Pandemic , Urban , Coastal , Circus , Cyborg , Time Skip , Nudity

Itou Junji Jisen Kessakushuu

Also known as Shiver: Junji Ito Selected Stories.

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Supernatural

Including nine of Junji Ito's best short stories, as selected by the author himself and presented with accompanying notes and commentary. It also includes one all new, previously unpublished story.

1. Used Record (from Ayatsuri no Yashiki)
2. Shiver (from Namekuji no Shoujo)
3. Fashion Model (from Souichi no Noroi Nikki)
4. Hanging Blimp (from Kao Dorobou)
5. Marionette Madness (from Ayatsuri no Yashiki)
6. Painter (from Tomie)
7. The Long Dream (from Tunnel no Tan)
8. Honored Ancestors (from Kao Dorobou)
9. Greased (from Voices in the Dark)
10. Fashion Model: Cursed Frame

All chapters except for 4 and 10 have been adapted by Ito Junji Collection.



Tags: Gore , Body Horror , Anthology , Seinen , Philosophy , Tragedy , Cosmic Horror , Demons , Ghost

Amigara Dansou no Kai

Also known as The Enigma of Amigara Fault.

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

A short horror manga story by Junji Ito, printed as a bonus one-shot alongside his fish-zombie-apocalypse manga Gyo. A boy named Oowaki, and a girl, Yoshida, meet on Amigara Mountain, where an unsettling discovery has been made. Human shaped holes are scattered across the mountain, and it soon becomes clear that the holes are "calling" to the people they are shaped like. So what happens when they enter the hole? Well, you can be sure that massive amounts of claustrophobia and Nightmare Fuel are involved.

Tags: Tragedy , Body Horror , Outdoor , Seinen , Cosmic Horror , Male Protagonist , Rural , Primarily Adult Cast , Lost Civilization , Gore , Heterosexual

GOTH

Also known as Goth.

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Psychological

Before they were friends, he had already noticed her. He wanted her hands - those beautiful, enchanting hands - to himself. And he hoped that the local madman who had been "collecting" the hands of anything that moved - babies, children, men, women, animals - would get them for him...until the day she asked him to teach her how to smile.



Tags: Anti-Hero , Seinen , Gore , Tragedy , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Crime , Body Horror , Twins , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Suicide

Itou Junji Kyoufu Manga Collection

Also known as Junji Ito Horror Comic Collection.

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

Vol 1: Tomie (富江) [1997.10]
Tomie
Tomie • Shashin (Photograph)
Tomie • Seppun (Kiss)
Tomie • Yashiki (Mansion)
Tomie • Fukushuu (Revenge)
Tomie • Takitsubo (The Basin of the Waterfall)

Vol 2: Tomie Part 2 (富江Part2) [1997.11]
Tomie Part 2 (Morita Hospital)
Tomie • Chikashitsu (Basement)
Tomie • Gaka (Painter)
Tomie • Ansatsu (Assassin)
Tomie • Mouhatsu (Hair)
Tomie • Youjo (Adopted Daughter)

Vol 3: Niku-iro no Kai (肉色の怪, Flesh-Colored Horror) [1997.12]
Yaneura no Nagai Kami (Long Hair in the Attic)
Yurushi (Approval/Permission)
Hachi no Su (Beehive)
Hakumei (Dying Young)
Kubi no Nai Choukoku (Headless Sculptures)
Niku-iro no Kai (Flesh-Colored Horror)

Vol 4: Kao Dorobou (顔泥棒) [1998.01]
Kao Dorobou (The Face Burglar)
Kakashi (Scarecrows)
Rakka (Falling)
Akai Ito (Red String)
Gosenzo-sama (My Dear Ancestors)
Kubitsuri Kikyuu (The Hanging Balloons)

Vol 5: Souichi no Tanoshii Nikki (双一の楽しい日記) [1998-02]
Fun Summer Vacation
Fun Winter Vacation
Souichi no Tanoshii Nikki (Souichi's Diary of Delights)
Souichi's Home Tutor
Cloth Teachers
Souichi's Birthday

Vol 6: Souichi no Noroi Nikki (双一の呪いの日記) [1998-03]
Souichi's Selfish Curse
The Silent Room
The Coffin
Rumors
Fashion Model

Vol 7: Namekuji no Shoujo (なめくじ少女) [1998-04]
Namekuji Shoujo (Slug Girl)
Hyouchakubutsu (Out of Its Element/Thing that Drifted Ashore)
Kabi (Mold)
Samuke (Shiver/Coldness)
Ryokan
Umeku Haisuikan (The Groaning Drain)
Bio House

Vol 8: Chi Tamaki (血玉樹) [1998-05]
Chidamagi (Blood-bubble Bushes)
Taegatai Meiro (Unbearable Labyrinth)
Re-Animator no Tsurugi (Sword of the Re-Animator)
Isho (The Will)
Hashi (The Bridge)
Akuma no Riron (The Devil’s Logic/Demonology)
Aibeya (The Conversation Room)

Vol 9: Kubi Gensou (首幻想) [1998-06]
Hallucinations
Bog of the Living Dead
Penpal
Intruder
Further Tales of Oshikiri
Further Tales of Oshikiri: The Wall

Vol 10: Ayatsuri no Yashiki (あやつり屋敷) [1998-07]
Ice Cream Bus
Nakama no Ie (Clubhouse)
Tobacco-kai (The Smoking Club)
Chuuko Record (Used Record)
Suima no Heya (Den of the Sleep Demon)
Okuru Hito (The Gift Bearer)
Ayatsuri Yashiki (Marionette Mansion)

Vol 11: Michi no Nai Machi (道のない街) [1998-08]
Michi no Nai Machi (The Town Without Streets)
Near Miss!
Chizu no Machi (Maptown)
Siren no Mura (Village of the Siren)
Choushizen Tenkousei (The Supernatural Transfer Student)

Vol 12: Ijimekko (いじめっ娘) [1998-09]
The Bully
House of the Deserter
Father's Heart
Memory
The Back Alley
Love by the Book
In the Soil

Vol 13: Circus ga Kita (サーカスが来た) [1998-10]
The Circus is Here
Gravetown
The Adjacent Window
Sleuth Kids: The Second Daughter's Lover
Sleuth Kids: The Assembly of Fallen Ghost

Vol 14: Tunnel no Tan (トンネル奇譚) [1998-11]
Long Dream
The Story of the Mysterious Tunnel
The Bronze Statue
Drifting Spores
Blood Sickness of the White Sands Village

Vol 15: Shibito no Koiwazurai (死びとの恋わずらい) [1998-12]
Yotsutsuji no Bishounen (四つ辻の美少年, The Beautiful Youth of the Intersections); Nemuki 1996-05
Nayamu Onna (悩む女, The Anxious Woman); Nemuki 1996-07
Kage (影, Shadows); Nemuki 1996-09
Zekkyou no Yoru (絶叫の夜, Screams in the Night); Nemuki 1996-11

Vol 16: Frankenstein (フランケンシュタイン) [1999-01]
1-3. Frankenstein (フランケンシュタイン); Halloween 1994-09~11
Jigoku no Ningyousou (地獄の人形葬); Comic Gon! 1998 Vol.2
Real Unko no Omoide (リアルウンコノオモイデ); Hontou ni Atta Waracchau Hanashi 1997 Vol.2

Tags: Anthology , Body Horror , Gore , Tragedy , Episodic , Youkai , Josei , School , Bullying , Classic Literature

Choudennou Parataxis

Also known as Super-Conductive Brains.

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

This manga presents different stories set in a future world in which biomechanoids are used for every purpose. All the stories, through different angles and in a somewhat bizarre fashion, explore the same theme: Are they mere machines, or do they dream of electric sheep?

Tags: Body Horror , Dystopian , Post-Apocalyptic , Slavery , Tragedy , Seinen , Gore , Clone , Cannibalism , Kaiju , Ensemble Cast , Episodic , Nudity

Mimi no Kaidan

Also known as Mimi's Tales of Terror.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Supernatural

University student Mimi and her boyfriend Naoto encounter one chilling mystery after another. There’s the enigmatic neighbor woman dressed in black from head to toe—but if she’s so odd, why does it seems like there are many others like her? Then, whose eyes track Mimi’s movements from the cemetery next door? And why does a bizarre red circle drawn on a basement wall change with each passing day?

Nine scary stories that really happened, drawn from the famed collection of urban legends Shin Mimibukuro (New Earmuffs), and adapted into manga by horror genius Junji Ito!. Chapter 1: On the Utility Pole Chapter 2: The Woman Next Door Chapter 3: Rustling in the Grass Chapter 4: Grave Placement Chapter 5: Seashore Chapter 6: Just the Two of Us Chapter 7:Scarlet Circle Chapter 8: Sign in the Field BONUS 9: Monster Prop



Tags: Ghost , Seinen , Tragedy , Body Horror , Female Protagonist

Frankenstein

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror

Junji Ito meets Mary Shelley! The master of horror manga bends all his skill into bringing the anguished and solitary monster—and the fouler beast who created him—to life with the brilliantly detailed chiaroscuro he is known for.



Tags: Shoujo , Male Protagonist , Historical , Foreign , Body Horror , Tragedy , Crime