Manga like Halcyon Lunch

Leviathan

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Supernatural

After a long absence, the young shaman Samizo Kohei returns from the dead with a prophecy of the apocalypse. Or part of him returns, at least - most of his body has been replaced with the transplanted body parts of his former friends, all retaining their distinctive personalities. He returns to his home in Shinjuku, where he works as a psychic surgeon in an unlicensed clinic. Here he serves as the unofficial guardian of the Shinjuku underground, solving paranormal murder mysteries, with the assistance of an assortment of other bizarre mystics and semi-human allies. Meanwhile, the others wonder exactly what Kohei has become, and whether he has returned to prevent the apocalypse, or to initiate it.

Tags: Seinen , Episodic , Dissociative Identities , Medicine , Urban Fantasy , Chimera , Demons , Werewolf , Vampire , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Monster Boy , Pregnancy

Palepoli

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Psychological , Supernatural

Palepoli goes beyond the framework of standard four-panel manga and views its structure in new ways. Actually, Furuya knew nothing of conventional manga styles and methods when he started Palepoli. As a result, he created something that bore little similarity to other manga.

Note: A portion of Palepoli (26 pages) was featured in Secret Comics Japan by VIZ Media on July 6, 2000.

Tags: Meta , Surreal Comedy , Parody , Seinen , 4-koma , Gore , Body Horror , Nudity

Chainsaw Man

Also known as Chainsaw Man.

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

The name says it all! Denji's life of poverty is changed forever when he merges with his pet chainsaw dog, Pochita! Now he's living in the big city and an official Devil Hunter. But he's got a lot to learn about his new job and chainsaw powers!



Notes:
Nominated for the 2020 Manga Taisho Award.
Winner of the 2021 Kono Manga ga Sugoi Award.
Winner of the 66th Shogakukan Manga Award in the shounen category.
Winner of the 2021 and 2022 Harvey Award for Best Manga.
Chapters 1-97 were released in Weekly Shounen Jump from Dec 3, 2018 to Dec 13, 2020. The series resumed from Ch. 98 in Shounen Jump+ on July 12, 2022

Tags: Demons , Tragedy , Urban Fantasy , Psychosexual , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , Dissociative Identities , Gore , Body Horror , Cosmic Horror , Henshin , Urban , Monster Boy , Survival , Found Family , Female Protagonist , Work , Memory Manipulation , Shounen , Anti-Hero , Unrequited Love , Alternate Universe , Heterosexual , Ensemble Cast , Cult , Politics , Guns , Assassins , Yandere , Monster Girl , Human Pet , Revenge , Shapeshifting , Terrorism , Femdom , Surreal Comedy , Philosophy , Slapstick , Meta , Primarily Teen Cast , Super Power , Afterlife , Nudity , School , Cannibalism , Delinquents , Angels , Necromancy , Amnesia , Time Skip , Yakuza , Mafia , Tsundere , Time Manipulation , Zombie , Chimera , Motorcycles , Vore , Denpa , Bisexual

Freesia

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Psychological

Freesia is set in an alternative Japanese society that is at war, and has passed a law legalizing retaliatory killings. If somebody kills your loved one, you are legally sanctioned to kill, or hire someone to kill, the victimizer. The manga is set around a character who works for a firm that specializes in these retaliatory killings.



Tags: Seinen , Anti-Hero , Guns , Assassins , Tragedy , Dystopian , Primarily Adult Cast , Denpa , Male Protagonist , Philosophy , Gore , Work , Meta , Nudity , Revenge , Politics , War , Military , Suicide , Amnesia , Crime

Kamisama☆Permanent

Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Supernatural

"I am depressed. Even if I'm a god ---."
16-page oneshot depicting the melancholy of a god.



Tags: Shounen , Gods , Suicide

Excel Saga

Also known as Excel Saga.

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

Earnest young girls Excel and Hyatt (both codenames) hold down minimum-wage jobs to support their true avocation: trying to conquer the city of Fukuoka for the secret organization ACROSS and its dreamy dictator, Il Palazzo--a man whose dignity is such that he could never acknowledge that ACROSS consists of himself, a leaky basement, two unpaid teenage interns, and a stray dog. But society is all to blame, as creator Rikdo Koshi takes aim at everything from organized religion to public television, in a manga that makes reindeer spit blood and puts puppies on the dinner menu.



Note: Includes 10 extra chapters.

Tags: Seinen , Tokusatsu , Parody , Villainess , Henshin

Joshi Kouhei

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Mecha , Mystery , Psychological , Sci-Fi

The future. The people that migrated to an alternate dimensional space, seeking a new world to live in, started an armed rebellion in order to declare independence from Earth. Thus, multi-dimensional war broke out with the United Army of Earth. The battlefronts spread, and the fight grew long.

In their desire to break the deadlock, the United Army of Earth decided to launch a large-scale offensive, deploying to the front line vast amounts of "Assault Girls" -- new arms that would render all previous weaponry ineffective. Piloted by outcasts and criminals, the members of the The 13th Independent Assault Girl Hunting Platoon -- dubbed "The Hyena Platoon" -- are tasked with hunting down and destroying rogue Assault Girl pilots, who have succumbed to the corruption that eventually befalls all pilots.

Tags: Seinen , Military , Gore , Nudity , Guns , Super Robot , War , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Artificial Intelligence , Cyberpunk , Drugs , Philosophy , Body Horror

Futari Switch

Also known as Futari Switch.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Romance

Shinichi and Ichigo are childhood friends in their first year of high school. Both have someone that they're interested in but can't seem to find a way to get closer to that special person. However, everything changes one summer day, when the power of...a (magical?!) bitter melon switches their bodies!! The two aren't complaining, though, because this is their chance to get closer to their crushes. Just how will the wacky duo manage to do so?



Tags: Gender Bending , Body Swapping , School , Nudity , Shounen

Star Light Woman

Also known as Star Light Woman.

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

An alien species wanted to start a revolution against their oppressors, and they think they may have found the power in humanity to accomplish their goals. They discovered that humans have latent superpowers, and so they began to abduct them and awaken their abilities. Unfortunately, the humans' abilities were not very useful for their purposes---at least not until they found the destructive power of #214.

214 is actually a young woman named Hoshi Yumako, who has no interest at all in the aliens' revolution. The abduction and powers have seriously screwed up her life, and all she wants is to be able to live a normal life. Pursued by the aliens, she tries to work part-time and keep her powers from ruining everything. However, she knows she's not the only one out there; she might find allies among the empowered rejects of the aliens' experiments.



Tags: Seinen , Female Protagonist , Super Power , Aliens , Urban , Surreal Comedy , LGBTQ+ Themes , Age Gap , Iyashikei , Primarily Adult Cast

Wakeari Shinrei Mansion

Also known as Welcome to Ghost Mansion.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Horror , Mystery , Slice of Life , Supernatural

For fans of horror comedy, this story of a freelancer slacker who buys a mansion full of ghosts is sure to terrify and amuse in equal measure! Join Kaoru as she becomes landlord for a house full of specters!

Kaoru Shinonome, who had been living as a freelancer, invests her inheritance in property and buys a vast old condominium. Her dream life as a wealthy landlord is about to begin - but there are no living tenants, only spirits, and her new property is a rollercoaster ride of psychic phenomena. Kaoru embraces her new specter-filled life as the owner of Ghost Mansion and starts recruiting for new non-living residents!



Tags: Female Protagonist , Surreal Comedy , Ghost , Urban Fantasy , Urban , Primarily Adult Cast , Iyashikei , Found Family , Crossdressing , Male Protagonist