Manga like Kaguya Hime

Yasha

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mystery

Arisue Sei is a youth who lives alone with his mother on an outlying island of Okinawa. Though his mother is quiet and fears being conspicuous, they were living happily. But on a certain day, that tranquility is suddenly destroyed. Sei's mother is killed by a group of mysterious men, and he is taken captive. What kind of secret does he have!?

Tags: Shoujo , Male Protagonist , Twins , Fugitive , Primarily Male Cast , Conspiracy , Terrorism , Pandemic , Crime , Primarily Adult Cast , Super Power , Revenge , Boys' Love , Medicine , Tragedy , Politics , Guns , Bisexual , LGBTQ+ Themes , Adoption , Assassins , Orphan , Work

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

Kanata no Astra

Also known as Astra Lost in Space.

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

Itʼs the first day of Planet Camp, and Aries Spring couldnʼt be more excited! She, along with eight other strangers, leave for Planet McPa for a weeklong excursion. Soon after they arrive, however, a mysterious orb appears and transports them into the depths of space, where they find an empty floating spaceship…



Notes:
Includes 4 sets of bonus pages, where each set is considered a chapter; Volumes 2 - 5 each contain a set.
Won the Manga Taisho Award 2019.
Nominated to the 23rd Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.

Tags: Space , Conspiracy , Survival , Found Family , Ensemble Cast , Coming of Age , Clone , Shounen , Transgender , Tragedy , Male Protagonist , Aliens , Alternate Universe , LGBTQ+ Themes , Adoption , Agender , Wilderness , Nudity

Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode 1: Legend of the Golden Witch

Also known as Umineko When They Cry Episode 1: Legend of the Golden Witch.

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

Each year, the Ushiromiya family gathers at the secluded mansion of its patriarch, the elderly Kinzo. It has been six years since Battler joined his cousins at the annual event, but their happy reunion is overshadowed by worsening weather and an eerie premonition from his youngest cousin—not to mention their parents’ feud over the inheritance. Battler doesn’t hold much stock in dark omens, nor does he believe the tales of the witch rumored to have given his grandfather a fortune in gold…and who walks the halls of the mansion to this day… But when the eighteen family members and servants are trapped on the island by the raging typhoon, the grisly events that follow leave Battler shaken to his core. Is one of his relatives desperate enough to kill for the family fortune? Or is this the work of the Golden Witch?



Note: Volume 4 also contains the tea party chapter for this episode.

Tags: Ensemble Cast , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Detective , Witch , Gore , Primarily Adult Cast , Tragedy , Magic , Meta , Foreign , Ojou-sama

Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode 2: Turn of the Golden Witch

Also known as Umineko When They Cry Episode 2: Turn of the Golden Witch.

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

With help from the witch Beatrice, Shannon has enjoyed a budding romance with George Ushiromiya, her master’s eldest grandson. As a servant of the Ushiromiya estate, Shannon is little more than furniture, but since her bargain with Beatrice, Shannon has never felt happier…or more human. Her brother and fellow servant, Kanon, is troubled by his sister’s reliance on the witch to reach beyond her lowly status. But when love begins to flutter in Kanon’s heart, will he be tempted to abandon his station and take the witch’s hand as well?



Tags: Witch , Magic , Meta , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Primarily Adult Cast , Gore , Ensemble Cast , Detective , Cosmic Horror , Tragedy , Alternate Universe , Ojou-sama

11-nin Iru!

Also known as They Were 11!.

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

They Were 11 is about ten Galactic University recruits who have passed many levels only to be given one final test. They are told to travel to an ancient spaceship and live there, together, for fifty-three days. This is not a problem until the ten recruits, hailing from diverse backgrounds and planets, discover that there are actually eleven of them on the ship. In fact, this problem turns out to be the test, as they have to trust each other in order to survive, even though one of them is an impostor.



Note: Won the 21st Shogakukan Manga Award for Shoujo in 1975.

Tags: Shoujo , Space , LGBTQ+ Themes , Survival , Aliens , Primarily Male Cast , Ensemble Cast , Agender , Transgender , Memory Manipulation , Adoption , Male Protagonist , Pandemic , Medicine

Houkago Hokenshitsu

Also known as After School Nightmare.

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

Like most teenagers, Mashiro Ichijo has a secret. But Mashiro’s secret is that he’s neither fully male nor female! So far, Mashiro’s been able to live his life as a boy, but all this changes when he’s informed of a new class he must take in order to graduate from his elite prep school. To pass, he must find the “Key”…and the only way to find it is to enter into a nightmare world where his body and soul are put at the mercy of the worst kind of enemies: his classmates!



Tags: Shoujo , School , Coming of Age , Memory Manipulation , LGBTQ+ Themes , Gender Bending , Love Triangle , Primarily Teen Cast , Incest , Bisexual , Body Horror , Gore , Reincarnation , Philosophy , Tragedy , Crossdressing

Eve no Nemuri

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

It's been 18 years since Rin died. Alisa, who is Sei and Lou May's daughter, lives with her mother, her brother Shinji, and Ken in Hawaii. Shinji is Ken and Lou May's son. Shinji knows Alisa isn't Ken's real daughter, but Alisa doesn't. Alisa sometimes sees a phantom boy. One day, she sees a boy point to the sky, where she sees a plane. By the plane, Rie, Shin's son, comes to ask Ken for some help. He also knows Alisa is really Sei's daughter. Alisa is called "Dragon's daughter." Rie says a prophet told him that he would marry a woman who's a dragon's blood relative. When they go into the forest, Rie also sees a boy. Alisa tells him that the boy is a phantom and that he is the only other person who can see him. Her family had told her that the boy was the spirit of the forest, but she doubted that. She thinks the boy is trying to tell her something.

Tags: Revenge , Super Power , Clone , Primarily Adult Cast , Love Triangle , Female Protagonist , Conspiracy , Fugitive , Mythology , Rural , Twins , Foreign , Guns , Martial Arts , Assassins , Estranged Family , Josei , Crime

Hanasakeru Seishounen

Status: Finished
Genres: Mystery , Romance

A very powerful industrialist directs his daughter to pick a husband from three candidates he has chosen for her. They are to come into her life, and their uniqueness would cause her to recognize them immediately. The story revolves along the lines of a power political mystery involving a small middle eastern country. One thing that comes to mind is the author’s ability to establish strong moods by a close up of a character’s expression. All three of the candidates are outstanding. Well, it’s actually four.

Note: Includes two prologue and six extra chapters.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Shoujo , Male Harem , Politics , Age Gap , Tragedy