Manga like Kara no Kioku

Jujutsu Kaisen

Also known as Jujutsu Kaisen.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Supernatural

Although Yuji Itadori looks like your average teenager, his immense physical strength is something to behold! Every sports club wants him to join, but Itadori would rather hang out with the school outcasts in the Occult Research Club. One day, the club manages to get their hands on a sealed cursed object. Little do they know the terror they’ll unleash when they break the seal…



Notes:
Ranked 1st in Japan's Bookstore Employees Top Manga of 2018.
Nominated for the 25th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2021.
Nominated for the 65th Shogakukan Manga Award in the Shounen Category in 2019.
Includes one extra chapter.

Tags: Urban Fantasy , Demons , Super Power , Shounen , Curses , Tragedy , Male Protagonist , Monster Boy , Youkai , Magic , Martial Arts , Body Horror , Dissociative Identities , Death Game , Gore , Primarily Teen Cast , Battle Royale , Urban , Exorcism , Ensemble Cast , Cosmic Horror , Amnesia , Sadism , Body Swapping , Cult , Philosophy , School , Anthropomorphism , Assassins , Time Manipulation , Swordplay , Time Skip , Nudity , Slapstick

Inochi no Tabekata

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural

Otogiri Tobi, a 2nd grade middle school student, spends his depressing days searching for his missing older brother alongside his inhuman companion, Baku. Tobi used to rarely speak to anyone besides Baku, however one day after his classmate Shiratama Ryuuko suddenly approaches him, his life begins to change...? This is an adventure surrounding the "human" and the "inhuman" that a lone boy faces.



Tags: Shoujo , Male Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Urban , Gore , Tragedy , School , Demons

Shoujo Shuumatsu Ryokou

Also known as Girls' Last Tour.

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Sci-Fi , Slice of Life

Civilization is dead, but Chito and Yuuri are still alive. So they hop aboard their beloved Kettenkrad motorbike and aimlessly wander the ruins of the world they once knew. Day after hopeless day, they look for their next meal and fuel for their ride. But as long as the two are together, even an existence as bleak as theirs has a ray or two of sunshine in it, whether they're sucking down their fill of soup or hunting for machine parts to tinker with. For two girls in a world full of nothing, the experiences and feelings the two share give them something to live for…



Note: Winner of the Best Comic Award at the Seiun Awards in 2019.

Tags: Post-Apocalyptic , Philosophy , Female Protagonist , Tragedy , Lost Civilization , Survival , Iyashikei , Primarily Female Cast , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Episodic , Travel , Snowscape , Seinen , War , Urban , Artificial Intelligence , Chibi , Cosmic Horror , Military , Tanks , Denpa

Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo

Also known as Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

It's been 68 years since the Culling Game. In 2086, an alien race known as the Simurians arrive on Earth in a spaceship. The fate of the world lies in the hands of two jujutsu sorcerers Yuka and Tsurugi Okkotsu. Jujutsu sorcerers and aliens, what chaos will be born from this meeting?



Tags: Shounen , Super Power , Aliens , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Curses , Demons , Politics , Martial Arts

Tokyo Ghoul

Also known as Tokyo Ghoul.

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

Shy Ken Kaneki is thrilled to go on a date with the beautiful Rize. But it turns out that she’s only interested in his body—eating it, that is. When a morally questionable rescue transforms him into the first half-human half-Ghoul hybrid, Ken is drawn into the dark and violent world of Ghouls, which exists alongside our own.



Note: Includes one extra chapter.

Tags: Tragedy , Urban Fantasy , Cannibalism , Gore , Male Protagonist , Dystopian , Seinen , Survival , Philosophy , Coming of Age , Shapeshifting , Body Horror , Torture , Police , Cosmic Horror , Kuudere , Primarily Adult Cast , Heterosexual , Chimera , Twins , Mythology , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Demons

Jinruishoku

Also known as Jinrui-Shoku: Blight of Man.

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Supernatural

“You just die one day and turn into a mummy!” Mysterious mummified corpses that people have nicknamed “Mummily-sans” keep being found one after another, causing a lot of fuss. One day, a boy named Seita notices that his friend is acting strangely…?! Don’t miss this thrilling suspense story about an invasion by the unknown!



Tags: Aliens , Pandemic , Conspiracy , Body Swapping , Shounen , Urban Fantasy , Virtual World , Male Protagonist , Necromancy , Shapeshifting

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

Mob Psycho 100

Also known as Mob Psycho 100.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Psychological , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Do you or someone you know need an exorcist who works cheap? Reigen's your guy! What's his secret to busting ghosts while keeping prices low? Well, first, he's a fraud, and second, he pays the guy who's got the real psychic power—his student assistant Shigeo—less than minimum wage. Shigeo is an awkward but kind boy whose urge to help others and get along with them is bound up with the mental safety locks he's placed on his own emotions. Reigen knows he needs to exploit Shigeo to stay in business, yet for better or worse he's also his mentor and counselor. And he also knows whenever the normally repressed kid's emotions reach level 100, it may unleash more psychic energy than either of them can handle!



Note: Includes 12 extra chapters.

Tags: Coming of Age , Philosophy , Super Power , Urban Fantasy , Ghost , Dissociative Identities , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Satire , School , Demons , Primarily Teen Cast , Surreal Comedy , Aliens , Youkai , Parody , School Club , Delinquents , Cult , Body Horror , Curses

Chainsaw Man

Also known as Chainsaw Man.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Horror , Supernatural

The name says it all! Denji's life of poverty is changed forever when he merges with his pet chainsaw dog, Pochita! Now he's living in the big city and an official Devil Hunter. But he's got a lot to learn about his new job and chainsaw powers!



Notes:
Nominated for the 2020 Manga Taisho Award.
Winner of the 2021 Kono Manga ga Sugoi Award.
Winner of the 66th Shogakukan Manga Award in the shounen category.
Winner of the 2021 and 2022 Harvey Award for Best Manga.
Chapters 1-97 were released in Weekly Shounen Jump from Dec 3, 2018 to Dec 13, 2020. The series resumed from Ch. 98 in Shounen Jump+ on July 12, 2022

Tags: Demons , Tragedy , Urban Fantasy , Dissociative Identities , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , Gore , Body Horror , Psychosexual , Cosmic Horror , Henshin , Female Protagonist , Urban , Monster Boy , Survival , Found Family , Work , Ensemble Cast , Memory Manipulation , Shounen , Yandere , Cult , Heterosexual , Guns , Assassins , Monster Girl , Human Pet , Femdom , Revenge , Terrorism , Shapeshifting , Slapstick , Meta , Philosophy , Afterlife , Primarily Teen Cast , Nudity , Delinquents , Cannibalism , School , Angels , Amnesia , Necromancy , Time Skip , Politics , Yakuza , Mafia , LGBTQ+ Themes , Tsundere , Zombie , Chimera , Motorcycles , Surreal Comedy , Vore