Manga like Karada Sagashi I

Pumpkin Night

Status: Releasing
Genres: Horror , Psychological

A deformed female human goes out with a pumpkin on her head to kill all those who bullied her in the past after escaping from a mental hospital.

Tags: Revenge , Gore , Anti-Hero , Bullying , Tragedy , Body Horror , Dissociative Identities , Surreal Comedy , Female Protagonist , Yandere , Seinen , Time Skip , School , Male Protagonist , Politics , Motorcycles , Transgender , Femboy

Karada Sagashi

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery

The novel centers on Asuka, a high school student who sees the apparition of a dead student named Haruka, asking Asuka to find her body. As the story progresses, Asuka and her friends attempt to find the eight scattered pieces of Haruka's corpse in the school and learn more about the Red Person that is hunting them as they do so.

The Red Person hunts students who are alone at school to kill them, and until they exit the school gates, the Red Person will keep appearing before them. When the Red Person kills a student, it scatters the student's body into eight pieces, and tasks another person to find the pieces in the school. If Asuka fails to find Haruka's body, the day will keep repeating and she and her friends will keep dying until they do.

Tags: School , Gore , Female Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Death Game , Heterosexual , Survival , Ghost , Seinen , Memory Manipulation

Karada Sagashi Kai

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Supernatural

Tags: Shounen

Dark Gathering

Also known as Dark Gathering.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Horror , Supernatural

Keitarou, who's always had a disposition for attracting spirits, gets hired as a tutor for a little girl named Yayoi who can see spirits and is searching for the spirit that took away her mother.

Nominated for the Tsugimanga 2020 Award in the Manga Category.

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

Itou Junji Kessakushuu

Also known as Junji Ito Story Collection.

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

Vols 1-2: Tomie (富江) [2011-01]
Tomie
Morita Hospital
Basement
Photo
Kiss
Mansion
Revenge
Waterfall Basin
Painter
Assassins
Hair
Adopted Daughter
Little Finger
Boy
Moromi
Babysitter
Gathering
Passing Demon
Top Model
Old and Ugly

Vol 3: Souichi no Katte na Noroi (双一の勝手な呪い, Soichi) [2011-02]
A Happy Summer Vacation
A Happy Winter Vacation
Soichi's Happy Diary
Soichi's Home Visit
Teacher of Cloth
Soichi's Birthday
Soichi's Petty Curses
Four-Layered Room
Coffin
Rumors

Vol 4: Shibito no Koiwazurai (死びとの恋わずらい, Lovesickness) [2011-02]
The Beautiful Boy at the Crossroads
A Woman in Distress
Shadow
Screams in the Night
The Boy in White
Narumi's Boyfriend
The Séance
The Mansion of Phantom Pain
The Rib Woman
Memories of Real Poop

Vol 5: Dassou-hei no Iru Ie (脱走兵のいる家, Deserter) [2011-03]
Bio House
Face Thief
Where the Sandman Lives
The Devil's Logic
The Long Hair in the Attic
Scripted Love
The Reanimator's Sword
A Father's Love
Unendurable Labyrinth
Village of the Siren
Bullied
Deserter

Vol 6: Rojiura (路地裏, Alley) [2011-03]
Alley
Fashion Model (Not included in the Viz Media english language edition)
Descent
The Ward
The Inn
Blessing
Smokers' Club
Mold
Town of No Roads
Memory
Ice Cream Bus

Vol 7: Kubi no Nai Choukoku (首のない彫刻) [2013-04]
Vol 8: Umeku Haisuikan (うめく排水管) [2013-04]
Vol 9: Bohyou no Machi (墓標の町, Tombs) [2013-06]
Tombs
Clubhouse
Slug Girl
The Window Next Door
Washed Ashore
The Strange Tale of the Tunnel
Bronze Statue
Floaters
The Bloody Story of Shirosuna

Vol 10: Frankenstein (フランケンシュタイン) [2013-06]
Frankenstein
Neck Specter
Bog of Living Spirits
Pen Pal
Intruder
The Strange Tale of Oshikiri
The Strange Tale of Oshikiri: The Walls
The Hell of the Doll Funeral
Face Firmly in Place
Boss Non-non
Hide-and-Seek with Boss Non-non

Vol 11: Kaidan (潰談, Smashed) [2013-08]
Bloodsucking Darkness
Ghosts of Prime Time
Roar
Earthbound
Death Row Doorbell
The Mystery of the Haunted House
The Mystery of the Haunted House: Soichi's Version
Soichi's Beloved Pet
In Mirror Valley
I Don't Want to Be a Ghost
Library Vision
Splendid Shadow Song
Smashed

Tags: Anthology , Body Horror , Episodic , Gore , Cosmic Horror , Rural , Cannibalism , Monster Girl , Alternate Universe , Ghost , Classic Literature

Shibuya Kingyo

Also known as Shibuya Goldfish.

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

High schooler Hajime Tsukiyoda went to Shibuya that day hoping only to find inspiration for his next film. he never expected to find himself smack-dab in the middle of a real-life horror movie. Without warning, schools of massive goldfish descend upon the crowded streets, and the mystified onlookers' confusion quickly turns to terror as the fish begin to feed. From their tentative shelter, Hajime and a handful of survivors await a rescue that seems more and more unlikely as the days and hours tick by. Meanwhile, all around them, the bloody feeding frenzy rages...



Note: Includes 9 extra chapters.

Tags: Shounen , Animals , Survival , Gore , Tragedy , Kaiju , Idol , Military , Tanks , Male Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Urban , Urban Fantasy

Kichikujima

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

University students were shipwrecked and forced to board a deserted island with a serial killer in a pig mask named Kaoru and the rest of his family. But things are much more than what they seemed on this island.

Tags: Gore , Tragedy , Body Horror , Seinen , Gods , Primarily Adult Cast , Ero Guro

PYGMALION

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy , Horror

At the National Local Mascot Festival, children all across Japan can meet their favorite local mascots. But as the festival gets underway, it becomes clear that what's inside these costumes aren't people - they're something much darker, with a taste for human flesh. Amid the chaos spreading through the entire country, Keigo Ayahara, his little brother Makoto, and his friend Ako must now fight for their survival and their humanity.

Tags: Gore , Body Horror , Male Protagonist , Monster Boy , Terrorism , Guns , Police , Tragedy , Urban , Shounen

Kangoku Jikken

Also known as Prison Lab.

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Thriller

On the last day of school just before summer vacation, a strange letter arrived for high school student Aito Eyama, in despair for being unfairly bullied everyday. It was an invitation to a "prison game" where anyone could confine anyone they want for a month. During that month, the Player is allowed to do anything other than kill their Partner, and if the Player's name isn't revealed, the Players can get a large sum of money.



Tags: Bullying , Revenge , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Torture , Heterosexual , Gore , Survival , Nudity , Suicide

Kibou no Shima

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Supernatural

A group of teenage boys travels to an island where it is rumoured that only women live. They are all eager to lose their virginity but will the legends surrounding the island be true or something more sinister is happening there?

Tags: Demons , Survival , Gore , Seinen