Manga like Gunjou

My Broken Mariko

Also known as My Broken Mariko.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological

Tomoyo Shiino has stood by her friend Mariko through years of abuse, abandonment, and depression. However horrific her circumstances, their friendship has been the one reassuring constant in Mariko's life-and Tomoyo's too. That is, until Tomoyo is utterly blindsided by news of Mariko's death. In life, Tomoyo felt powerless to help her best friend out of the darkness that ultimately drove her over the edge. Now, Tomoyo is determined to liberate Mariko's ashes for one final journey together... to set free her dear, broken Mariko.



Notes:
Includes the one-shot "YISKA".
includes the extra "Home Sweet Home!".

Tags: Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Suicide , Josei , Primarily Adult Cast , Coming of Age , Primarily Female Cast , Rehabilitation , Philosophy , LGBTQ+ Themes , Yuri

Zankoku na Kami ga Shihai Suru

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological

Jeremy, a sensitive but outgoing 17 year old, is delighted to hear the news of his neurotic and excitable mother's remarriage to a wealthy British man. However, much to his horror, his sweet-talking new step-father Greg, soon begins to exhibit a disturbing trait...he is a sadistic pedophile and loses no time in making Jeremy his target. Zankoku na Kami ga Shihaisuru portrays the tale of two stepbrothers - Jeremy and Ian - as they each pursue their separate paths towards redemption.

Tags: Foreign , Tragedy , Revenge , Family Life , Josei , Suicide , Inseki , Philosophy , Urban , Denpa , Body Horror , Torture , Blackmail , Male Protagonist , Drugs , LGBTQ+ Themes , Nudity , Boys' Love , School , Detective , Marriage , Boarding School , Incest , Bisexual , Rehabilitation

Ne Nampyeoneul Jugigo Sipeo

Also known as Let's Kill Your Husband.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Thriller

So should we kill your husband?

Your shaky demeanor, the bruises on your face... It killed me to see how you'd changed after getting married. Maybe we should just kill your husband. But how? Will our lives ever be the same again? Fate must have been on our side, because everything went smoother than expected.



Note: This series contains upsetting contents such as murder and domestic abuse. Viewer discretion is advised.

Tags: Full Color , Female Protagonist , Crime , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Female Cast , Revenge , Yuri , Fugitive

Hae-Gu

Also known as Kill Me Now.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Romance

Hae-Gu, a proficient and merciless hitwoman, executes a man in front of his own daughter and takes the child under her wing. She decides to name her Mian, the word for "sorry" in Korean, and gives her one mission: "Kill me when you can." From that moment on, Mian decides that she will do this by choking Hae-Gu with feigned love and emotionally manipulating her into submission. But as Mian grows into an adult, she's thrown into confusion as what was supposed to be pure revenge turns into lust... and possibly real love. Meanwhile, Hae-Gu grapples with her own feelings for Mian while continuing to carry out life-threatening missions. Can Hae-Gu and Mian ever learn to truly love each other, or are they doomed to drown in their toxic cycle of violence and revenge?



Tags: Crime , Yuri , Age Gap , Nudity , Revenge , Fugitive , LGBTQ+ Themes , Assassins , Orphan , Female Protagonist , Noir , Yandere , Torture , Amnesia , Suicide , Drugs

Love My Life

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

Ichiko Izumiya is a young student of English who would like to walk in the footsteps of her father as a translator of trendy American novels. She finally decides to confess to him that she is in love with Eriko, a law student. Ichiko will attempt to live out her homosexuality in peace and will be brought to wonder about the nature of her relationship: is she really homosexual or simply in love with a sensitive being who happens to be of the same sex?

Tags: LGBTQ+ Themes , Yuri , College , Coming of Age , Nudity , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Female Cast , Family Life , Josei , Boys' Love , Bisexual

Park Gwajang Jugigi

Also known as Killing Mr. Park.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Thriller

"Let's kill your husband... so you can come live with me."



Tags: Yuri , LGBTQ+ Themes , Crime , Primarily Adult Cast , Revenge , Female Protagonist

Pietà

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Romance

A story about two classmates who become friends, Sahoko and Rio. Rio is depressed and self-abusive and isn't loved by her "family" (which consists of her father, stepmother, and stepbrother), but Sahoko seems to be the bright spot in her life. Sahoko also seems to have a mysterious past and doesn't seem to have a good relationship with her parents; she lives with her aunt. It's also hinted at that Sahoko and Rio have met once before, when they were much younger...



Note: includes 1 extra chapter

Tags: Yuri , Josei , Tragedy , LGBTQ+ Themes , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Family Life , Rehabilitation , Suicide , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Tomboy , Estranged Family

Yume no Hashibashi

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

Kyoko is at the autumn of her life.

She can barely recognise her own family member. But one day, someone she remembers perfectly comes to visit. Her name is Mitsu, the women Kiyoko had a love story with. Just after the war, when they were still teenagers, they nearly did the irredeemable out of passion.
Despite a few meeting from time to time, life ups and downs separated them, but the story draws us back in the time when they couldn't imagine life without each other.



Tags: Yuri , LGBTQ+ Themes , Tragedy , Achronological Order , Historical , Female Protagonist , Josei , Suicide , Rural , Primarily Adult Cast

Qinai De L

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Dr. Wei struggles after finding out that the girl she hooked up with was only sixteen years old, but somehow it's not as easy to avoid the girl as she had thought.

Tags: Yuri , Age Gap , Female Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes , Work , Full Color , Medicine