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Black Cat

Also known as Black Cat.

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

Train Heartnet, also known as "Black Cat," was an infamous assassin for a secret organization called Chronos...until he abandoned that cold-blooded existence to live on his own terms as an easygoing bounty hunter. But is Train's past as far behind him as he thinks?



Tags: Shounen , Guns , Primarily Adult Cast , Super Power , Revenge , Tragedy , Assassins

Gokurakugai

Also known as Gokurakugai.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Fantasy , Supernatural

Gokurakugai, a bright and bustling working class district with a hidden dark side. In this area without order, Tao and Alma work as troubleshooters for hire. Their missions involve helping a young boy find his lost friend, a person who dissapears without a trace, and disfigured animal corpses. All the while, the evil spirits who live in the shadows bring out a different side to these troubleshooters!



Tags: Urban Fantasy , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Shounen , Demons , Body Horror , Monster Boy , Crime , Tragedy , Gangs , Anthropomorphism , Yandere , Suicide , Slavery

Enen no Shouboutai

Also known as Fire Force.

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

Terror has paralyzed the clockwork metropolis of Tokyo! Possessed by demons, people have begun to burst into flame, leading to the establishment of a special firefighting team: the Fire Force, ready to roll on a moment's notice to fight spontaneous combustion anywhere it might break out. The team is about to get a very unique addition: Shinra, a boy who possesses the unique power to run at the speed of a rocket, leaving behind the famous "devil's footprints" (and destroying his shoes in the process). Can the Fire Force discover the source of this strange phenomenon and put a stop to it? Or will the city burn to ashes first?



Note: Includes the prologue and two epilogue chapters.

Tags: Cosmic Horror , Super Power , Religion , Gods , Shounen , Post-Apocalyptic , Firefighters , Conspiracy , Tragedy , Meta , Cult , Demons , Urban Fantasy , Alternate Universe , Military , Dragons , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Nun , Swordplay , Female Harem , Crossover

Psycho Busters

Also known as Psycho Busters.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Romance , Supernatural

Out of the blue, a beautiful girl asks Kakeru to run away with her. It turns out that the girl is on the run from a shadowy government organization intent on using her psychic abilities for its own nefarious ends. But why does she need Kakeru’s help? Could it be that he has secret powers, too?



Tags: Shounen , Super Power , Time Manipulation

Tokyo Underground

Also known as Tokyo Underground.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

Sealed and forgotten below Tokyo, there is a world called Tokyo Underground. Bodyguard and element user Chelsea Rorec escapes the underground with the Maiden of Life, Ruri Sarasa. They take refuge in the home of Asagi Rumina but are soon attacked by members of the Company ordered to retrieve Ruri.

Tags: Shounen , Super Power

BLACK LAGOON

Also known as Black Lagoon.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Drama

Rokurō Okajima is just an average Japanese salaryman, living an average life. But when he's taken hostage by the crew of the Black Lagoon, Rokurō finds himself thrown headfirst into a deadly world of outlawed heroes, brutal villains, and blazing gunfights. Where he ends up is anyone's guess, but one thing is for certain—he's in for a wild ride!



Tags: Seinen , Gangs , Military , Guns , Ships , Crime , Triads , Mafia , Primarily Adult Cast , Yakuza , Foreign , Male Protagonist , Pirates , Female Protagonist , Assassins , Ensemble Cast , Gore , Heterosexual , Tragedy

Yuu☆Yuu☆Hakusho

Also known as Yu Yu Hakusho.

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

Yusuke Urameshi was a tough teen delinquent until one selfless act changed his life...by ending it. When he died saving a little kid from a speeding car, the afterlife didn't know what to do with him, so it gave him a second chance at life. Now, Yusuke is a ghost with a mission, performing good deeds at the behest of Botan, the ferrywoman of the River Styx, and Koenma, the pacifier-sucking judge of the dead.



Note: Volume 7 contains the special story "Yuu Yuu Hakusho Tales: Two Shot" (外伝. TWO SHOTS)

Tags: Shounen , Super Power , Demons , Primarily Male Cast , Cultivation , Delinquents , Coming of Age , Martial Arts , Male Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Dissociative Identities , Philosophy , Heterosexual , Ghost , Youkai , Boxing , Boys' Love , Conspiracy

Kagurabachi

Also known as Kagurabachi.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Drama

Young Chihiro spends his days training under his famous swordsmith father. One day he hopes to become a great sword-maker himself. The goofy father and the serious son--they thought these days would last forever. But suddenly, tragedy strikes. A dark day soaked in blood. Chihiro and his blade now live only for revenge.



Note:
Winner of the Tsugimanga 2024 Award in the Print Manga Category.
Nominee of the 70th Shogakukan Award.
Nominee of the 4th Magademy Commitment Award.

Tags: Swordplay , Urban Fantasy , Revenge , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Magic , Yakuza , Gore , Mafia , Gangs , Anti-Hero , Tragedy , Time Skip , Torture

CØDE:BREAKER

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

Riding the bus one day, Sakurakouji Sakura looks out the window to see people being burned alive with a blue fire and a boy her age who's unharmed and standing over the people. She comes back to the site the next day and there are no corpses or evidence of any kind of murder, just a small fire. She then goes to class to find there's a new transfer student, Oogami Rei, who looks exactly like the boy she saw before and wears a black glove only on his left hand. Oogami is a Code Breaker, one who "does not exist". He is a seemingly cold-blooded killer who follows the principle of "an eye for an eye", to "use evil against evil". Convinced that killing is not right, Sakurakouji sets out to stop him and penetrate his icy heart.

Tags: Shounen , Super Power , Slapstick , Anti-Hero , Revenge , Assassins , Urban Fantasy , Amnesia , Crime , Dissociative Identities , School , Tsundere , Age Regression , Demons , Nudity , Philosophy , Cultivation , Time Manipulation , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist

No Guns Life

Also known as No Guns Life.

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

When a fellow Extended showed up in Inui’s office—on the run from the Security Bureau with a kidnapped child in tow and asking for help—Inui almost throws the guy out. But Inui’s loyalty to a brother Extended makes him take the job. Keeping the child safe won’t be easy, since everyone wants him, from the mob to the megacorporation Berühren, which sends out a special agent who knows exactly how to deal with the Extended…



Tags: Seinen , Cyborg , Cyberpunk , Crime , Urban , Dystopian , Male Protagonist , Guns , Robots , Noir , Amnesia , Disability , Body Horror , Class Struggle