Manga like Gyakusatsu Happy End

DEATH NOTE

Also known as Death Note.

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

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

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 one extra 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

Brutal: Satsujin Keisatsukan no Kokuhaku

Also known as Brutal.

Status: Cancelled
Genres: Drama , Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Thriller

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 , Josei , Male Protagonist , Episodic , Nudity , Tragedy

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 , Sadism , Male Protagonist , Bullying , Shounen , Suicide , Female Protagonist , Rural , Heterosexual , Writing , Blackmail , Urban , Crossdressing , Nudity

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

Jaa, Kimi no Kawari ni Korosou ka?

Also known as Then Shall I Kill in Your Stead?.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Thriller

High school student Yuuma Fujikura resides in a living hell, courtesy of the vicious bullies who treat tormenting him as a game. That is, until he meets Ryou Amezato, a mysterious classmate who'll risk everything to protect Yuuma. Ryou is bold, cunning, and loyal, just about everything Yuuma could've asked for. But is he a guardian angel? Or a demon who'll drag Yuuma into an even deeper, bloodier hell…?



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

Kimi ga Bokura wo Akuma to Yonda Koro

Also known as Back When You Called Us Devils.

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

Yusuke Saito is a normal high school kid...well, normal enough, though there's six months missing out of his memory. But when he starts to get confronted by people who insist they're from his past, who allege that he did horrible things to them...suddenly Yusuke realizes that those missing six months may be crucial to remember. Otherwise, the skeletons in his closet may just make him a skeleton, too...



Tags: Amnesia , Bullying , Revenge , Crime , Male Protagonist , School , Heterosexual , Time Skip , Shounen , Anti-Hero , Gore , Police , Detective , Tragedy , Drugs , Suicide , Primarily Teen Cast