Manga like Jacaranda

Tokyo Zombie

Also known as Tokyo Zombie.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Horror

A horror-comedy manga about two blue-collar factory workers and jiu-jitsu experts who deal with a zombie uprising in Tokyo. When the story begins, Fujio and Mitsuo dream of training in martial arts overseas and becoming famous. When they accidentally kill their overbearing boss, they bury him at a man-made garbage mountain known as Dark Fuji, where tons of rotting garbage have been contaminated with industrial waste which, naturally, transforms the bodies of the dead into ravenous, flesh-eating zombies.

Fuji and Mitsuo try their best to survive in this horrific new landscape, but the hapless pair become separated after an idiotic mistake involving potato chips and a stray dog. A few years later, post-apocalyptic Tokyo has become a feudalistic society, in which the rich have enslaved the lower classes, and created gladiator death matches, pitting zombies against slaves, and Fuji and Misuo meet again.




Tags: Zombie , Martial Arts , Seinen

Dragon Head

Also known as Dragon Head.

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

In the horror of witnessing so many classmates perish before his eyes in a violent train wreck, Teru discovers two survivors in the tunnel: Ako and Nobuo. But salvation from this bloody carnage is far from their grasp. As they try to dig out from the wreck in order to come up with a plan to stay alive, the lack of light and food, combined with the stench of death and decay, will lead one member of the group down a dark and demented path. And with sudden, violent earthquakes shaking the tunnel, escaping to the outside world may lead them to an even greater danger...



Note: Won the 21st Kodansha Manga Award for general manga in 1997.

Tags: Survival , Tragedy , Seinen , Post-Apocalyptic , Conspiracy , Trains , Natural Disaster , Drugs , Bullying , Eco-Horror , Guns , Female Protagonist , Cosmic Horror , Cult

"Haikai Roujin" Don Quixote

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Slice of Life

Inspired by Cervantes' Don Quixote, the author criticizes heartless individualism and indifference in modern Japan, as seen through the eyes of an old man, who, although childish with age, sees the truth of things.

Tags: Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Satire , Urban , Classic Literature , Surreal Comedy , Elderly Protagonist , Tragedy

Jigokusei Remina

Also known as Remina.

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Psychological , Sci-Fi

An unknown planet emerges from inside a wormhole, and its discoverer, Dr. Oguro, christens the body “Remina” after his own daughter. His finding is met with great fanfare, and Remina herself rises to fame. However, the object picks up speed as it moves along in its curious course, eliminating planets and stars one after another, until finally Earth itself faces extinction… Is the girl Remina the true cause of the catastrophe? A masterwork of horror from Junji Ito, unfolding on a universal scale.



Note: Includes the one-shot "Okumanbocchi".

Tags: Cosmic Horror , Female Protagonist , Tragedy , Space , Seinen , Cult , Body Horror , Aliens , Eco-Horror , Post-Apocalyptic , Yandere , Male Harem , Hikikomori , Primarily Adult Cast

Hakaijuu

Also known as Creature!.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Horror , Mystery

Tachikawa, Tokyo. Akira Takashiro is a normal high school student who is devoted to playing basketball. In the early afternoon on a day that should have gone like any other, a gigantic earthquake suddenly strikes the city. There in the school rubble, Akira witnesses a mountain of dead bodies...and an unknown creature that eats them. The tale that unravels is one that will overpower and shock you!! Get ready for an excellent urban monster attack!



Tags: Kaiju , Conspiracy , Gore , Survival , Body Horror , Shounen , Female Protagonist , Post-Apocalyptic , Super Power , Male Protagonist , Tokusatsu , Henshin , Time Skip

Shinryaku Enban Kinokonga

Also known as UFO Mushroom Invasion.

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

Deep in the mountains of Japan, a flying saucer smashes into the earth. Fearful of the strange and hyper-intelligent beings they find inside, the government hides from the public all news of the alien craft. But it's not the aliens themselves that they should be afraid of-the real danger is the parasitic spores they brought with them! Will earth survive the UFO MUSHROOM INVASION?!



Tags: Body Horror , Cosmic Horror , Aliens , Space , Natural Disaster