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DEATH NOTE

Also known as Death Note.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural , Thriller

When Light Yagami finds a notebook giving him power over death, will he use it for good—or evil?

Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects—and he’s bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. But will Light succeed in his noble goal, or will the Death Note turn him into the very thing he fights against?



Tags: Detective , Tragedy , Anti-Hero , Police , Urban Fantasy , Crime , Male Protagonist , Philosophy , Espionage , Gods , Primarily Male Cast , Time Skip , Shounen , Demons , Memory Manipulation , Amnesia , Politics

Yoru ni naru to Boku wa

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

Eight years ago, Mochizuki Saya was raped and murdered by three juvenile delinquents. Protected under the Juvenile Act, the delinquents have been allowed to re-enter society... but Mochizuki Wakaru, Saya's younger brother, hasn't forgotten their crime and wishes for their punishment.

Not long after his sister's death anniversary, he decides to look for those responsible, however, he is run over with a bike by one of the delinquents and hospitalized. While at the hospital, he awakes the ability to interact with other people's dreams and discovers that these interactions bring real-life effects. Knowing that his ability allows him to do a "perfect crime," he vows to avenge his sister... when night falls.

Tags: Revenge , Male Protagonist , Detective , Crime , Police , Urban , Primarily Male Cast , Shounen , Super Power , Tragedy , Cars , Torture , Crossdressing , Gambling , Mahjong

Shinai naru Boku e Satsui wo Komete

Also known as My Dearest Self With Malice Aforethought.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Slice of Life , Thriller

Eiji the college-age virgin dreams of someday having a girlfriend...until he wakes up one day with his "girlfriend" in his bed with him! Not only that, his buddy tells him he got in a fight...and that three days have passed that Eiji doesn't remember? What dark secrets are being hidden...by Eiji himself?



Note: Includes 1 epilogue chapter.

Tags: Dissociative Identities , Revenge , Crime , Seinen , Amnesia , Police , Denpa , Fugitive , Yandere , Detective , Torture , Male Protagonist , Anti-Hero , Prostitution , Suicide , Gore , Gangs , Nudity , Adoption , College , Time Skip , Orphan , Tragedy , Body Horror , Guns , LGBTQ+ Themes , Transgender

Brutal: Satsujin Keisatsukan no Kokuhaku

Also known as Brutal.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Psychological

The manga centers on homicide detective Hiroki Dan, the son of a former police superintendent general, and who seems to be on the fast track to career success. He maintains a hidden identity as a serial killer responsible for more than a hundred murders of people he deems beyond the reach of the law.



Tags: Crime , Detective , Anti-Hero , Sadism , Gore , Torture , Male Protagonist , Josei , Episodic , Nudity , Tragedy

Chi no Wadachi

Also known as Blood on the Tracks.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Psychological

Ordinary middle school student Seiichi Osabe receives love and care from his mother Seiko. Until one summer an incident changes the family dynamic forever. This is a story of a mother’s love that has gone too far….



Tags: Seinen , Tragedy , Family Life , Denpa , Coming of Age , Crime , Male Protagonist , Suicide , Memory Manipulation , Heterosexual , Time Skip , Amnesia , Bullying , Anti-Hero , Psychosexual , Philosophy , School , Police , Nudity , Cosmic Horror , Tomboy , Dissociative Identities , Acting

Aku no Hana

Also known as The Flowers of Evil.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Romance

The story opens as middle school student Takao Kasuga receives an F on a math test. But he doesn't even seem to notice because he's too engrossed in surreptitiously reading Beaudelaire's The Flowers of Evil. And the day goes downhill from there. In a moment of weakness, he finds and takes home the gym clothes belonging to sweet, pretty Nanako Saeki on whom he has a major crush. Unfortunately for Takao, there's a witness to the theft: Nakamura, who has a huge chip on her shoulder and a sadistic streak.

As the saga unfolds, we see Takao struggling to decide whether to confess or cover up his misdeeds at the same time that he tries to win over the girl of his dreams, and avoid the blackmail attempts of Nakamura, his new ”BFF.”

Smart, funny, and emotionally engaging, The Flowers of Evil introduces a character who's not a hero, but just an ordinary teenager in search of true love and real friendship.



Note: Includes 1 extra chapter.

Tags: Coming of Age , Psychosexual , Philosophy , Denpa , Love Triangle , Rehabilitation , School , Classic Literature , Tragedy , Time Skip , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Sadism , Bullying , Suicide , Female Protagonist , Writing , Rural , Urban , Heterosexual , Blackmail , Nudity , Crossdressing

Jaa, Kimi no Kawari ni Korosou ka?

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Thriller

He freed me from the despair of endless bullying… But ever since he appeared, I find myself trapped in a new hell. Who the hell are you, anyway? Who can you really trust? It's a suspenseful thriller about friends!!



Tags: Bullying , Anti-Hero , Boys' Love , Seinen , Male Protagonist , School , Nudity , Crime , Yandere , Detective

Aku no Kyouten

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Psychological , Thriller

A teacher named Seiji Hasumi is loved by his students and respected by his peers. However, his outward charm masks his true nature. In reality, Hasumi is a psychopath who is unable to feel empathy for other human beings. Specifically, he has a severe antisocial personality disorder. Because of his mental condition, Hasumi chooses to deal with problems like bullying and overbearing “monster parents” the easy way, by systematically murdering his students/parents.

Tags: Seinen , School , Teacher , Anti-Hero , Crime , Male Protagonist , Survival , Age Gap , Bullying , Guns , Battle Royale

Tokyo卍Revengers

Also known as Tokyo Revengers.

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

Hanagaki Takemichi was once a low-life punk, but after biting off more than he could chew with a gang in middle school, he ran away from his old life. Now that he’s an adult, the gang that once terrorized him has grown into the largest gang in Tokyo, and they’ve started killing people–including his old girlfriend! After learning this news, a mysterious force on a train platform shoves Takemichi right in front of an approaching train. As his life flashes before his eyes, he blinks to find himself transported back to middle school, before he fled from the gang! Now he has the chance to right what went wrong all those years ago. Can he save his girlfriend’s life in the future–and what else might he change if he’s rewriting the past?



Notes:
Winner of the Shounen Manga category of the 44th annual Kodansha Manga Awards.
Includes 1 extra chapter.

Tags: Delinquents , Gangs , Time Manipulation , Time Skip , Tragedy , Male Protagonist , Conspiracy , Revenge , Crime , Shounen , Age Regression , Urban , Ensemble Cast , Motorcycles , Heterosexual , Suicide , Espionage , Love Triangle , Gore , Mopeds , Age Gap , School , Guns , Adoption