Manga like Kyokou Suiri

Bakemonogatari

Also known as Bakemonogatari.

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

One day, high-school student Koyomi Araragi catches a girl named Hitagi Senjougahara when she trips. But—much to his surprise—she doesn’t weigh anything. At all. She says an encounter with a so-called “crab” took away all her weight …

Monsters have been here since the beginning.
Always.
Everywhere.



Tags: Urban Fantasy , Youkai , Vampire , Male Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Philosophy , Heterosexual , Gods , Female Harem , Meta , Ghost , Tragedy , Denpa , Surreal Comedy , Nekomimi , Nudity , Tomboy , Love Triangle , Dissociative Identities , Gore , Shounen , Monster Girl , Body Horror , School , Age Regression

Dark Gathering

Also known as Dark Gathering.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Horror , Supernatural

Keitaro is ready to stop living as a shut-in. He’s starting university. He’s reconnecting with his childhood friend. He’s taking a tutoring job. And he’s not messing around with ghosts anymore. At least that’s what he thinks, until he finds out the elementary schooler he’s tutoring is an occult-obsessed genius who’s hunting down dangerous spirits and won’t stop until she’s found the one that took her mom!



Note: Nominated for the Tsugimanga 2020 Award in the Manga Category.

Tags: Ghost , Shounen , Revenge , Necromancy , Exorcism , Gods , Urban Fantasy , Gore , Female Protagonist , Body Horror , Yandere , Male Protagonist , Suicide , Rehabilitation , Cannibalism

Okitegami Kyouko no Bibouroku

Status: Finished
Genres: Mystery , Psychological

Twenty-five-year-old Kakushidate Yakusuke suffers from the fate of constantly stumbling into various crime scenes and ending up being the main suspect.

His last resort: Okitegami Kyouko the "Quickest Detective." However, Kyouko suffers from a strange case of amnesia; whenever she falls asleep, she forgets everything that happened the previous day, making her solve the mysteries within one day.

Note: Includes 4 extra chapters.

Tags: Detective , Amnesia , Primarily Adult Cast , Shounen

Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru Episode 5: End of the Golden Witch

Also known as Umineko When They Cry Episode 5: End of the Golden Witch.

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

Beatrice is dead, her soul shattered by Battler at her own request. Though her body sits across the chessboard, she is no more than a husk of the laughing, impulsive witch she once was. Lambdadelta is more than happy to preside over the fifth game, and Bernkastel willingly steps in for Battler as he takes his leave to collect his thoughts. But two witches can cause all manner of mischief when left to their own devices, especially when they care as little for rules as Lambdadelta...



Tags: Magic , Detective , Witch , Meta , Ensemble Cast , Tragedy , Alternate Universe , Shounen , Cosmic Horror , Torture , Ojou-sama

Zetsuen no Tempest

Also known as Blast of Tempest.

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

One day, a princess was stuffed into a barrel and washed ashore an island. One day, a young girl was unexpectedly killed, the culprit yet unidentified. Thus, one day, a battle wrapped in revenge and magic that transcends time and space had begun.

Tags: Magic , Time Manipulation , Urban Fantasy , Shounen , Ensemble Cast , Revenge , Classic Literature , Tragedy , Love Triangle

Jigoku Kurayami Hana mo Naki

Also known as Hell Is Dark with No Flowers.

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

Seiji Tohno sometimes sees the people around him as monsters. It's a curse that has driven him to a life of despair...but all that changes one evening when he stumbles across a bewitchingly beautiful boy in a huge European mansion. The boy introduces himself as Shiroshi Saljou, and before he knows it, Seiji has agreed to become Shiroshi's part-time assistant. It turns out that Shiroshi's "proxy service" is to consign yokal-possessed sinners to Hell, which will bring Seiji face-to-face with an unimaginable host of horrors!

Tags: Youkai , Urban Fantasy , Detective , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Rehabilitation , Episodic , Suicide , Work , Gore

Mieruko-chan

Also known as Mieruko-chan.

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

One day, she could see…everything. What’s a girl to do when hideous monsters appear no matter which way she turns? And on top of that, nobody else can see them! Obviously, there’s only one thing that makes sense—ignore them. Kinda hard to put theory into practice, though, when the ghosts know she’s watching…



Tags: Ghost , Female Protagonist , Body Horror , Youkai , Gods , Seinen , Mythology , Episodic , Primarily Female Cast , School , Urban Fantasy , Yandere , Philosophy , Yuri

Spiral: Suiri no Kizuna

Also known as Spiral: Bonds of Reasoning.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Thriller

"I'M GOING TO UNCOVER THE MYSTERY OF THE 'BLADE CHILDREN.'"

World-class detective Kiyotaka Narumi's last words prior to his sudden disappearance continue to haunt his younger brother, Ayumu. The cheeky 10th-grader becomes further embroiled in the mystery when he is mistaken for the prime suspect in a murder at his school. Led by Ayumu's sister-in-law, Kiyotaka's wife and fellow detective, Madoka, the investigation into the murder gives Ayumu a chance to clear his name. But in doing so, he not only uncovers ties to the Blade Children but also more questions than answers about who and what they are.



Tags: School , Shounen , Detective , Conspiracy , Male Protagonist , Clone

Tasogare Otome x Amnesia

Also known as Dusk Maiden of Amnesia.

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

Legend states that the ghost of a student who died at Seikyou Private Academy still haunts the grounds to this day... A truth that first year student Teiichi uncovers when he stumbles into that very ghost, Yuuko! However, with no memories of her previous life, she enlists the help of Teiichi and opens a paranormal investigations club to unravel the school’s ghastly mysteries. From Maybe, the author of "Tales of Wedding Rings".



Tags: Ghost , School , Denpa , Male Protagonist , Dissociative Identities , Tragedy , Coming of Age , Heterosexual , Amnesia , Nudity , Shounen , School Club , Crossdressing , Urban Fantasy

Meitantei Conan

Also known as Detective Conan.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Mystery , Romance

Precocious high school student Jimmy Kudo uses his keen powers of observation and astute intuition to solve mysteries that have left law enforcement officials baffled. Hot on the trail of a suspect, Jimmy is accosted from behind and fed a strange chemical which physically transforms him into a grade schooler! Taking on the pseudonym Conan Edogawa, he attempts to track down the people who did this to him. But until he finds a cure for his bizarre condition, Jimmy continues to help the police solve their toughest cases. Can you crack the case before Conan does?



Note: Won the 46th Shogakukan Manga Award in the shounen category in 2001.

Tags: Detective , Crime , Age Regression , Police , Male Protagonist , Episodic , Conspiracy , Tragedy , Shounen , Heterosexual , Educational , Ensemble Cast , School , Guns , School Club , Magic , Mahjong