Manga like GUNSLINGER GIRL

Lycoris Recoil

Also known as Lycoris Recoil.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Comedy , Slice of Life

Japan—a nation where vicious crime and terror have been all but eliminated. And who keeps the peace? Cute schoolgirls, of course! Those uniformed youths you see on street corners and in stylish cafés may just be agents of Lycoris, with pistols in their purses and missions on their minds…

Tags: Female Protagonist , Guns , Seinen , Yuri , Assassins , Primarily Female Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes

Jormungand

Also known as Jormungand.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action

Jonah is a child soldier, born amidst the chaotic conflicts that rage across West Asia, his family lost to a war fueled by weapons supplied by the so-called Merchants of Death--international arms dealers. Despite Jonah's hatred of weapons and violence, he employs both extremely well in the service of high-flying arms dealer Koko Hekmatyar and her band of mercenaries. Their journey through the dark underbelly of the world's arms markets may lead only to damnation, but will Jonah one day make his way back to the light? Only one thing is certain: it's going to be a long, hard road out of hell... Koko Hekmatyar, the head of H&C Logistic Incorporated, introduces new recruit Jonah to her team of troubleshooters, and it isn't long before they have some trouble to shoot. An Eastern European government official is holding up a shipment of aircraft parts that would shift the balance of power in the region. The trouble is, that shipment belongs to Koko, and she's not about to miss an opportunity to make a profit, even if it means two nations go to war.



Tags: Seinen , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Foreign , Guns , Terrorism , Crime

Tista

Also known as Tista.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama

Tista leads a dual life as the grim reaper of New York City and a university student studying to be a teacher. With extraordinary eyesight allowing her to make long-range shots with unrivaled accuracy, she has come to be feared by the criminal underground. Tista knows she’s doomed, but can her feelings for a young man she just met bring her back from the abyss? And what will she do if he finds out who she really is?



Tags: Guns , Crime , Foreign , Tragedy , Shounen , Assassins , Urban , Anti-Hero , Female Protagonist , Orphan , Amnesia , Police , Heterosexual , Nun

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 , Female Protagonist , Pirates , Male Protagonist , Assassins , Ensemble Cast , Heterosexual , Tragedy , Gore

CANDY & CIGARETTES

Also known as CANDY AND CIGARETTES.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action

When retired cop Hiraga Raizou gets a lucrative gig working for a shadowy government organization known as the SS Agency, he is in for a rude awakening. The first day on his new job, he comes across a grisly murder and a lone little girl who’s far from innocent. She’s Suzukaze Miharu, an 11-year-old master assassin–and his new partner! The arrangement is simple: she kills, he cleans up and hides any evidence. Sure, the pay is great, but how much blood is Raizou willing to get on his hands?



Tags: Assassins , Seinen , Crime , Male Protagonist , Foreign , Guns , Gore , Drugs , Yakuza , Mafia

Violence Action

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

Kikuno Kei, nickname "Kay", is a normal university student, and a part time hitwoman.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Assassins , Guns , Gore , Seinen , Torture , Primarily Adult Cast

Marginal Operation

Also known as Marginal Operation.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama

Our hero Ryouta Arata is an otaku who's just lost his job after the dissolution of his company. Unwilling to return to his old NEET ways, he applies online to a private military security company, thinking the benefits to be promising. After what appears to be a baffling test, he's assigned to be an "operator of operators" and begins his training in a foreign country. Little does he know, the life of a private mercenary is far more grueling than he could have ever imagined!



Note: Chapter count includes 5 extra chapters.

Tags: Seinen , Military , Terrorism , War , Guns , Adoption

Rozen Maiden

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Supernatural

After a traumatic incident, Jun Sakurada refuses to interact with the outside world and return to school—he even shuts out his sister, his closest friend. Jun spends most of his time online buying spiritual items that are obvious rip-offs. One day he finds a website that curiously enough asks him to put his order in his desk drawer. Thinking it's a joke, Jun plays along. The following day a suitcase arrives containing a doll named Shinku... that comes to life before his very eyes! Welcome to the world of Rozen Maiden, where Jun must enter an all-new reality to protect and serve a living doll...



Tags: Seinen , Magic , Hikikomori , Primarily Female Cast , Battle Royale , Male Protagonist , Rehabilitation , Tsundere , Family Life , Super Power

Hidan no Aria

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Ecchi , Romance

Tokyo Butei High School is a place where teenagers are trained to be "Butei", combat detectives. Tokyou Butei student Touyama Kinji, who is otherwise ordinary, has a special ability to go into "Hysteria Mode" that can trigger without his control when he is in close proximity to girls. In his Hysteria Mode, which he is trying to keep something of a secret, he becomes super powerful and very concerned with protecting women. One day Kinji is targeted by a Butei killer, who rigs his bicycle to explode, and is rescued by assault expert transfer student Aria H. Kanzaki. But after witnessing his Hysteria Mode, Aria will not leave him alone...

Tags: Seinen , School

Kalyx

Also known as kalyx.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action

Sawamura Soushi is a soldier in a war-torn future. He meets a cute, innocent young girl named Nadeko, with whom he starts up a friendship. Nadeko is a flower girl, one of the girls who has a flower growing from her heart. One day, when Sawamura is trying to protect her from danger, she confesses her love to him and protects him with the plant growth that suddenly comes forth from her body.
Sawamura soon learns that there is a special squad of flower girls and their partners, and that their abilities are awakened when they fall in love. But does he really love a girl that is a decade his junior, and will he be willing to be a good partner for her? What's more, he learns that the awakening also starts the growing of the flowers in their bodies, so that the flower girl soldiers have only a short while longer to live. How can Sawamura and Nadeko make the best of such a terrible situation?



Tags: War , Military