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Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru Episode 7: Requiem of the Golden Witch

Also known as Umineko When They Cry Episode 7: Requiem of the Golden Witch.

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

The time for logical debate and magical feints has come to an end; the revelation of the truth about Beatrice the Golden Witch is at hand. To facilitate this, game master Bernkastel has chosen Will Wright the Mage-Hunter to step onto her board and answer a single question: Who killed Beatrice? Joining him in the game is Lion Ushiromiya, Krauss's firstborn and heir, whose role is a mystery in its own right. Will's line of questioning draws together the stray strands from all the previous games, twisting them into a thread of truth, revisiting Kinzou's first encounter with the young Beatrice and working through the legends that have since sprung up around her...



Tags: Witch , Tragedy , Dissociative Identities , Meta , Ensemble Cast , Detective , Transgender , Magic , Alternate Universe , Philosophy , Shounen , Incest , Cosmic Horror , LGBTQ+ Themes , War , Boys' Love , Age Gap , Ojou-sama

Steins;Gate

Also known as Steins;Gate.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Sci-Fi

What do you get when you cross a microwave with a cell phone? Apparently, a time machine! Self-proclaimed mad scientist Okarin and the Future Gadgets team now have the ability to send text messages into the past. Will this newfound power be used for personal gain? To change the world? Or for something much more sinister... ?



Tags: Time Manipulation , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Tragedy , Software Development , Female Harem , Shrine Maiden

Yakusoku no Neverland

Also known as The Promised Neverland.

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

Emma, Norman and Ray are the brightest kids at the Grace Field House orphanage. And under the care of the woman they refer to as “Mom,” all the kids have enjoyed a comfortable life. Good food, clean clothes and the perfect environment to learn—what more could an orphan ask for? One day, though, Emma and Norman uncover the dark truth of the outside world they are forbidden from seeing.



Note: Nominated to the 22nd, 23rd, and 25th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.

Tags: Survival , Primarily Child Cast , Demons , Body Horror , Found Family , War , Dystopian , Alternate Universe , Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , Guns , Shounen , Politics , Travel , Ensemble Cast , Prison , Philosophy , Conspiracy , Time Skip , Anti-Hero , Gore , Male Protagonist , Amnesia , Rural , Heterosexual , Augmented Reality , Isekai , Suicide

Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu: Dai-1 Shou - Outo no Ichinichi-hen

Also known as Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Chapter 1: A Day in the Capital.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Romance

Subaru Natsuki was just trying to get to the convenience store but wound up summoned to another world. He encounters the usual things--life-threatening situations, silver haired beauties, cat fairies--you know, normal stuff. All that would be bad enough, but he's also gained the most inconvenient magical ability of all--time travel, but he's got to die to use it. How do you repay someone who saved your life when all you can do is die?



Tags: Time Manipulation , Time Loop , Isekai , Male Protagonist , Elf , Magic , Gore , Body Horror , Medieval , Tragedy , Alternate Universe , Witch , Seinen

Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu: Dai-2 Shou - Yashiki no Isshuukan-hen

Also known as Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Chapter 2: A Week at the Mansion.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Romance

The 2nd arc of the Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu manga.

Using his ability to repeat past events, a power named "Return by Death," Subaru has saved the half-elf girl Emilia from a grim fate. However, his celebration is violently cut short. Subaru now wakes up in a large mansion, unsure of whether time has moved forward. Greeting him are the maid sisters Ram and Rem, whose verbal jabs sting with every word. It's a chance for a new life, but is Subaru in more danger than he realizes?



Note: Includes 11 extra chapters.

Tags: Time Manipulation , Seinen , Isekai , Male Protagonist , Twins , Maids , Medieval , Gore , Demons , Monster Girl , Witch , Elf , Magic , Body Horror , Rural , Tragedy , Alternate Universe , Curses

RAINBOW: Nisha Rokubou no Shichinin

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological

Six minors (16-17 years) answering to the nicknames of Joe, Mario, Suppon, Baremoto, Heitai, and Kyabetsu are put into a reformatory for offenses such as aggravated assault, swindling, flight, etc. Their stay in hell begins immediately. Accommodated by a doctor pedophile, they are placed under the watch of a despotic and brutal crew. Cellmates with a certain Sakuragi (called Anchan), the tension rises between the band of buddies and their new "friend." A brawl breaks out, and our six prisoners are done rossés by the mysterious young man, thanks to his boxing talent.

The story will not only follow the lives of these seven characters surviving in their hellish environment, but also their disillusions due to the rejection by the outside world and by their close relations. This is about the extraodinary and invincible friendships between these young men.

Note: Won the 2005 Shogakukan Manga Award for seinen/general category.

Tags: Historical , Rehabilitation , Tragedy , Seinen , Coming of Age , Philosophy , Heterosexual , Boxing , Disability , Revenge , Prison , Autobiographical , Fugitive , Gore , Ensemble Cast , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Drugs , Suicide , Crime , Time Skip

Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu: Dai-3 Shou - Truth of Zero

Also known as Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Chapter 3: Truth of Zero.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Romance

The 3rd arc of the Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu manga.

Having survived both his encounter with the demon beasts and the nigh endless week at Roswaal Manor, Subaru returns to the capital of Lugunica with Emilia and Rem. Reuniting with friends and foes alike in the city where it all began, Subaru also lays eyes on the other candidates for queen--Emilia's rivals! Can Emilia win against such formidable opponents? And how will Subaru react when he discovers the shocking identity of the final candidate?



Includes 2 side stories.

Tags: Time Manipulation , Seinen , Cult , Demons , Maids , Isekai , Male Protagonist , Twins , Witch , Magic , Nekomimi , Travel

Corpse Party: Blood Covered

Also known as Corpse Party: Blood Covered.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Mystery , Romance

The end is nigh! Behind the truth of Sachiko's death lies a cruel and tragic past...The students of Class 2-9 struggle to hold on to their sanity as they fight both the ghosts of the school and the ever-encroaching Darkness that seeks to turn them against their friends. If they can't solve this mystery soon, it'll be too late! When living is this hellish, is death the only way out...?



Tags: School , Shounen , Gore

Corpse Party: Another Child

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

With their school shutting down for good, the students of a small town were heading for different directions in life. For Minase Tamaki, who was staying in town to find a job, it might be the last time she sees her crush Shindo Yuuma, who is moving to the city to attend a new school. She asks him to do a little prayer that is supposed to help people cross paths again even if they become separated. But her classmate, Yuzuki Erina, overhears their conversation and, out of jealousy, decides to ruin her plans by inviting their entire class on what was supposed to be an intimate spell.

As soon as the charm goes off, the ground splits in half, swallowing the entire class and, when they wake up, they find themselves in an old school campus. Unable to find a way out, they wander the corridors, trying to figure out where they are. But it seems that the building isn’t as abandoned as they thought it was and, in fact, something evil is lurking in the shadows.

Tags: Ghost , Shounen

Corpse Party: Book of Shadows

Also known as Corpse Party: Book of Shadows.

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

After the events of Corpse Party: Blood Covered, the survivors try coming to terms with the traumatic incident that took place in Tenjin Elementary School. Though the curse was broken, they lost many friends, who have subsequently been forgotten by everyone else; anyone who perished in the hellish dimension has been erased from existence.

However, not everyone was forgotten, and it is this small ray of hope that leads two of the survivors to investigate the culprit's home and discover the origin of the curse. Here, they find the infamous Book of Shadows, an evil tome containing many dark curses, and surprisingly, even a spell for resurrecting the dead. With no other option, they perform the ritual, but end up with far more than they bargained for.

Corpse Party: Book of Shadows follows these two survivors as they tempt fate once again, while also providing a look at the intertwining stories of other characters from the series.

[Source: MAL Rewrite]

Tags: School , Primarily Child Cast