Manga like Jisatsu Circle

Black Paradox

Also known as Black Paradox.

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

It follows four people who meet for a group suicide, but their attempt to die instead makes them aware of a bizarre phenomenon that could change the world.



Included one-shots:
The Licking Woman, Mystery Pavillion

Tags: Body Horror , Seinen , Afterlife , Tragedy , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Cosmic Horror , Philosophy , Suicide , Robots , Clone , Love Triangle , Nudity , Full Color , Alternate Universe , Heterosexual

Tomie

Also known as Tomie.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Horror , Supernatural , Thriller

Tomie Kawakami is a femme fatale with long black hair and a beauty mark just under her left eye. She can seduce nearly any man, and drive them to murder as well, even though the victim is often Tomie herself. While one lover seeks to keep her for himself, another grows terrified of the immortal succubus. But soon they realize that no matter how many times they kill her, the world will never be free of Tomie.



Notes:
While a collection of mainly independent short stories, Tomie was originally published as Volumes 1 and 2 of the Ito Junji Kyofu Manga Collection. This entry is for the standalone release of Tomie first published in February 2000 with previously unreleased chapter "小指/Little Finger".
Later collections such as the 'Complete Deluxe edition' by Viz combines this and the sequel entry Tomie: Again for a total of 20 chapters.
The short story “Painter” has been adapted in the first part of episode 9 of Ito Junji: Collection.

Tags: Body Horror , Monster Girl , Gore , Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Episodic , Male Harem , Yandere , Urban Fantasy , Demons , Nudity , Succubus , Bullying , Cannibalism , School , Shoujo

Jisatsutou

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Psychological

Treating non-successful suicidal patients requires a lot of money and resources. With a low budget and a personal respect argumentation, a doctor will ask a non-successful suicidal patient if they still want to live on or not. If not, the government will respect their wish. However, the government doesn't just simply kill them.

Tags: Suicide , Seinen , Environmental , Educational , Food , Archery , Tragedy , Survival , Crime , Fishing , Cult , LGBTQ+ Themes , Delinquents , Nudity

Reset

Status: Finished
Genres: Mystery , Sci-Fi

An online game is causing players to commit suicide. One hacker rises to solve the mystery.

Tags: Seinen , Suicide , Anti-Hero , Virtual World , Male Protagonist , Software Development , Police

Kami no Kodomo

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Psychological

The latest work by the Nishioka siblings depicts the gruesome life story of a ruthless and brilliant serial killer as he grows up from a sociopathic child to a messiah-like figure.

Tags: Gore , Cult , Ero Guro , Anti-Hero , Tragedy , Body Horror , Male Protagonist , Cannibalism , Coming of Age , Nudity , Josei , Scat , Bullying , Crossdressing , Suicide

Line

Also known as Line.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological

Normal. Carefree.

That was Chiko's life before the day she found the cell phone. Before the voice on the other end said she had scant minutes to save the life of someone she'd never met.

Now, accompanied by her classmate, Bando, Chiko has just one night to stop a series of gruesome suicides before they can occur.

Tags: Suicide , Yuri , LGBTQ+ Themes , Shounen , Super Power

Koukai no Naraku

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror

This short one-shot will go through a speculation, the horrors and the life sentencing of suicide.

Tags: Suicide , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Afterlife

Uzumaki

Also known as Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror.

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

Kurozu-cho, a small fogbound town on the coast of Japan, is cursed. According to Shuichi Saito, the withdrawn boyfriend of teenager Kirie Goshima, their town is haunted not by a person or being but by a pattern: uzumaki, the spiral, the hypnotic secret shape of the world. It manifests itself in small ways: seashells, ferns, whirlpools in water, whirlwinds in air. And in large ways: the spiral marks on people's bodies, the insane obsessions of Shuichi's father, the voice from the cochlea in your inner ear. As the madness spreads, the inhabitants of Kurouzu-cho are pulled ever deeper, as if into a whirlpool from which there is no return...



Notes:
Includes the extra chapter "Uzumaki Tokubetsu-hen: Ginga", which was included in editions later released.
Chosen by the American Library Association (ALA) as one of the Top Ten Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2009. (Vol. 1)

Tags: Tragedy , Body Horror , Cosmic Horror , Seinen , Survival , Female Protagonist , Gore , Episodic , Philosophy , Lost Civilization , Rural , Cannibalism , Urban Fantasy , Heterosexual , Suicide , Curses , Bullying , Demons , Unrequited Love , Cult , Yandere

Smiley

Status: Finished
Genres: Mystery , Psychological , Thriller

Yuushi Kamome is a freelance writer who lost his beloved daughter in an accident. In despair, his wife leaves him, and he spends his days like a shell of a man.

One day, however, a flyer from a strange religious group, the "Heart Laughing Society," changes his fate. It shows the image of his wife, whom he has lost touch with...

This is a story of faith and madness. What is the black darkness of the cult that an evil smile invites? A chilling “new religion” suspense begins!



Tags: Cult , Seinen , Religion , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Conspiracy , Police , Espionage

Shounen no Abyss

Also known as Boy's Abyss.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Romance

In a town with nothing, in the middle of a daily life with seemingly no signs of change, high schooler Reiji Kurose was "just" living. Family, dreams for the future, childhood friends. All of them were binding him down to that city. He thought he would "just" keep on living like that. Until he met her. Is there hope in living? Is there light waiting ahead? It's the start of a boy meets girl series which reflects the "now".

Note: Includes 2 extra chapters.

Tags: Tragedy , Suicide , Seinen , Coming of Age , Psychosexual , Male Protagonist , Love Triangle , Crime , Yandere , Age Gap , Nudity , Heterosexual , Teacher , Idol , LGBTQ+ Themes , Ensemble Cast , Female Harem , Rural , Bullying , Incest , Marriage , Hikikomori , Time Skip , Natural Disaster