Manga like Aono-kun ni Sawaritai kara Shinitai

Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu

Also known as The Summer Hikaru Died.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural , Thriller

Two boys lived in a village: Yoshiki and Hikaru. The two did everything together...until the day Hikaru was encompassed by a mysterious light. That was when everything changed—Hikaru most of all. Yoshiki still wishes from the bottom of his heart to always stay by his side...but is there even a Hikaru left to be with?

Tags: Monster Boy , Male Protagonist , Cosmic Horror , Mythology , Rural , Tragedy , Body Horror , Primarily Teen Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Boys' Love , Curses , Urban Fantasy , Unrequited Love , Gods , School , Seinen , Aromantic , Asexual , Mountaineering , Denpa

Ani datta Mono

Also known as He Was My Brother.

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Romance , Supernatural

My brother died. This is a story of my brother’s lover, me, and the “thing that was my brother.”

The sudden death of her older brother Kiichiro brings high schooler Kanoko all the way from Tokyo to Hiroshima to visit his grave alongside his past lover, Hijiri. Promising her brother she would protect Hijiri after Kiichiro's passing, Kanoko finds herself falling in love with Hijiri despite herself. She pledges to keep visiting Hijiri in his and Kiichiro's old home in Hiroshima until Hijiri falls for her too. However, her brother's memory still lingers everpresent, like a Romeo not yet ready to give up his Juliet...



Note: Includes 10 extra chapters.

Tags: Ghost , Female Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes , Tragedy , Love Triangle , Bisexual , Boys' Love , Age Gap

Satou-kun ga Shinde kara

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Supernatural

That boy is… a walking corpse! Sato-kun, who met an early demise in a traffic accident, came back to school as a zombie. That popular guy who'd light up the room, is now silent and expressionless and barely manages to trace the habits of his old life. Hozumi, a girl in his class, is worried for him. Experience this mysterious and youthful romance between a reticent zombie and a shy girl!

Tags: Tragedy , Josei , Zombie , School , Orphan , Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Heterosexual

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 , Psychosexual , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Crime , Time Skip , Amnesia , Bullying , Philosophy , Anti-Hero , School , Police , Nudity , Cosmic Horror , Tomboy , Dissociative Identities , Acting

Mietemasu yo! Aizawa-san

Also known as I See You, Aizawa-san!.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Horror , Romance , Supernatural

Michi has a gift: she can see ghosts! But this ability is more of a plague than a bragging right, so she does her best to pretend she can't see them to avoid interacting with lingering spirits. Unfortunately, a new ghost has entered her life: one who really demands attention. Aizawa Honami was a former classmate and member of a famous idol group before she died, and it seems she's still not ready to move on. Michi is determined not to get involved, but Honami's bizarre antics and displays of fan service are making it hard to ignore her—especially when it makes Michi's heart go crazy!

Tags: LGBTQ+ Themes , Ghost , Yuri , Female Protagonist , Idol , Primarily Teen Cast , Memory Manipulation , Primarily Female Cast , Seinen , School , Body Horror

Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun

Also known as Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Mystery , Romance , Supernatural

"Hanako-san, Hanako-san... are you there?" At Kamome Academy, rumors abound about the school's Seven Mysteries, one of which is Hanako-san. Said to occupy the third stall of the third floor girls' bathroom in the old school building, Hanako-san grants any wish when summoned. Nene Yashiro, an occult-loving high school girl who dreams of romance, ventures into this haunted bathroom... but the Hanako-san she meets there is nothing like she imagined! Kamome Academy's Hanako-san... is a boy!


Tags: Youkai , Mythology , Ghost , School , Urban Fantasy , Afterlife , Twins , Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Alternate Universe , Heterosexual , Shounen , Revenge , Gore , LGBTQ+ Themes , Male Protagonist , Exorcism , Magic , Time Manipulation , Slapstick , Suicide , Survival , Body Horror , Tsundere , Yandere , Shrine Maiden , Gods , Mermaid , Love Triangle , Body Swapping

Mina Soko Nite

Also known as There, Beneath the Water.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Psychological

It is said that at the bottom of the lake in this town lies a "mermaid" that eats people.

Today, the mermaid still wanders the town in search of companions, stirring up the restless hearts of the people.

A modern fable about foolish girls who cannot live in clean water.

Tags: Mermaid , Rural , Yuri , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Body Horror , Seinen , School , Episodic , Achronological Order , Ensemble Cast

Discommunication

Also known as Discommunication.

Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Mystery , Romance , Supernatural

Togawa is dating the resident class weirdo, and their relationship is even more non-standard than she expected! They've never even kissed, but he's tasted her tears, cleaned her ears, and shaved the nape of her neck! And also walked her through a Buddhist ritual that opened her third eye and brought her spiritual peace and a good night's sleep. It is indeed a wonder, in more ways than one, that she can't help but feel drawn to him.



Tags: Female Protagonist , Coming of Age , Heterosexual , Mythology , Philosophy , Primarily Teen Cast , Urban Fantasy , Alternate Universe , LGBTQ+ Themes , School , School Club , Cosmic Horror , Male Protagonist , Demons , Love Triangle , Surreal Comedy , Transgender , Crossdressing , Seinen , Nudity , Meta

Ageku no Hate no Kanon

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

The world has been invaded by aliens and most of mankind was driven underground, but in a town where it rains incessantly, a young girl named Kanon Kouzuki has other things on her mind. Being one of the few civilians to remain living and working above ground, she is now reunited with her unrequited love turned alien fighting celebrity Sousuke Sakai. Her eyes now completely fixated on him, she starts to notice new things about her loved one. Will he be the same boy she fell for once upon a time, or will he have turned into a completely different person?

Tags: Seinen , Female Protagonist , Aliens , Post-Apocalyptic , Yandere , Body Horror , Primarily Adult Cast

My Broken Mariko

Also known as My Broken Mariko.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological

Tomoyo Shiino has stood by her friend Mariko through years of abuse, abandonment, and depression. However horrific her circumstances, their friendship has been the one reassuring constant in Mariko's life-and Tomoyo's too. That is, until Tomoyo is utterly blindsided by news of Mariko's death. In life, Tomoyo felt powerless to help her best friend out of the darkness that ultimately drove her over the edge. Now, Tomoyo is determined to liberate Mariko's ashes for one final journey together... to set free her dear, broken Mariko.



Notes:
Includes the one-shot "YISKA".
includes the extra "Home Sweet Home!".

Tags: Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Suicide , Coastal , Primarily Adult Cast , Josei , Coming of Age , Primarily Female Cast , Rehabilitation , Philosophy , Tomboy , LGBTQ+ Themes , Yuri , Denpa