Manga like Kemono Jihen

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

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 , Monster Boy , Male Protagonist , Youkai , Magic , Martial Arts , Body Horror , Dissociative Identities , Death Game , Battle Royale , Gore , Primarily Teen Cast , Urban , Exorcism , Ensemble Cast , Cosmic Horror , Sadism , Body Swapping , Cult , School , Anthropomorphism , Assassins , Amnesia , Slapstick , Time Skip , Time Manipulation , Swordplay , Transgender , LGBTQ+ Themes , Nudity

Gokurakugai

Also known as Gokurakugai.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Fantasy , Supernatural

Gokurakugai, a bright and bustling working class district with a hidden dark side. In this area without order, Tao and Alma work as troubleshooters for hire. Their missions involve helping a young boy find his lost friend, a person who dissapears without a trace, and disfigured animal corpses. All the while, the evil spirits who live in the shadows bring out a different side to these troubleshooters!



Tags: Urban Fantasy , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Body Horror , Monster Boy , Demons , Crime , Tragedy , Gangs , Anthropomorphism , Yandere , Suicide , Slavery

Ao no Exorcist

Also known as Blue Exorcist.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Supernatural

Raised by Father Fujimoto, a famous exorcist, Rin Okumura never knew his real father. One day a fateful argument with Father Fujimoto forces Rin to face a terrible truth—the blood of the demon lord Satan runs in Rin's veins! Rin swears to defeat Satan, but doing that means entering the mysterious True Cross Academy and becoming an exorcist himself. Can Rin fight demons and keep his infernal bloodline a secret? It won't be easy, especially when drawing his father's sword releases the demonic power within him!



Note: Includes three extra chapters.

Tags: Demons , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Conspiracy , Urban Fantasy , Twins , Swordplay , Primarily Teen Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Exorcism , School , Tragedy , Religion , Youkai , Clone , Anthropomorphism , Gore , Body Horror , Chimera , Espionage , Curses , Magic , Orphan , Ensemble Cast , Mythology , Guns , Kemonomimi , Time Manipulation , Heterosexual , Kaiju , Memory Manipulation , Suicide , Zombie , Nudity

Soul Eater

Also known as Soul Eater.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy , Supernatural

Maka is a scythe meister, working to perfect one particular scythe until it is good enough to become Death's Weapon -- the weapon used by Shinigami-sama, the spirit of Death himself. As if that wasn't unusual enough, her scythe is a demon scythe called Soul Eater, which can change form from a scythe to a human-looking boy. In order to make Soul Eater powerful enough to be Death's Weapon, he must eat the souls of 99 humans and 1 witch. Along the way, the two of them face many different challenges, including a cat witch named Blair (who happens to have a thing for Soul) and a teacher who's been turned into a zombie (and wants him to join her!). Her fellow students, like the shadow ninja weapon meister named Black Star who always needs to be the center of attention, aren't much help, either. It'll be a miracle if Maka even survives, let alone manages to make Soul Eater into the Death Scythe.



Note: Includes four extra chapters.

Tags: Ensemble Cast , Magic , Shounen , Henshin , Male Protagonist , Super Power , Female Protagonist , Gods , Guns , Witch , Shapeshifting , School , Swordplay , Twins , Foreign , War , Agender , Nudity , Travel , Urban Fantasy , Philosophy , Coming of Age , Human Experimentation , Alternate Universe , Assassins , Tragedy , Zombie , Werewolf , Body Horror , Urban , Gender Bending , Kemonomimi , Nekomimi , Tanned Skin , Unrequited Love , Space , Martial Arts , Heterosexual

Jujutsu Kaisen 0: Tokyo Toritsu Jujutsu Koutou Senmon Gakkou

Also known as Jujutsu Kaisen 0.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Supernatural

Yuta Okkotsu is a nervous high school student who is suffering from a serious problem—his childhood friend Rika has turned into a curse and won't leave him alone. Since Rika is no ordinary curse, his plight is noticed by Satoru Gojo, a teacher at Jujutsu High, a school where fledgling exorcists learn how to combat curses. Gojo convinces Yuta to enroll, but can he learn enough in time to confront the curse that haunts him?



Tags: Shounen , Demons , Male Protagonist , School , Tragedy , Urban Fantasy , Magic , Super Power , Ensemble Cast , Mythology , Swordplay , Body Horror , Bullying , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Exorcism , Curses , Primarily Male Cast

Dandadan

Also known as Dandadan.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Romance , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

Momo Ayase strikes up an unusual friendship with her school’s UFO fanatic, whom she nicknames “Okarun” because he has a name that is not to be said aloud. While Momo believes in spirits, she thinks aliens are nothing but nonsense. Her new friend, meanwhile, thinks the exact opposite. To settle matters, the two set out to prove each other wrong—Momo to a UFO hotspot and Okarun to a haunted tunnel! What unfolds next is a beautiful story of young love…and oddly horny aliens and spirits?



Note: Nominated for the 15th Manga Taisho Award in 2022.

Tags: Youkai , Urban Fantasy , Ghost , Aliens , Super Power , Shounen , Female Protagonist , Surreal Comedy , Tokusatsu , Male Protagonist , Henshin , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Heterosexual , Gyaru , Shapeshifting , School , Body Horror , Love Triangle , Exorcism , Conspiracy , Kaiju , Curses , Amnesia , Gore , Tragedy , Terrorism , Super Robot , Chuunibyou , Circus , Nudity , Gods , Dissociative Identities , Tsundere , Cannibalism , Bullying , Acrobatics , Suicide

Bungou Stray Dogs

Also known as Bungo Stray Dogs.

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

Having been kicked out of the orphanage, a despairing young man by the name of Atsushi Nakajima rescues a strange man from a suicide attempt--Osamu Dazai. Turns out that Dazai is part of an armed-detective agency staffed by individuals whose supernatural powers take on a literary bent!



Tags: Urban Fantasy , Detective , Super Power , Mafia , Crime , Fugitive , Male Protagonist , Classic Literature , Tragedy , Primarily Male Cast , Seinen , Work , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Philosophy , Found Family , Criminal Organization , Anti-Hero , Terrorism , Orphan , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Conspiracy , Assassins , Gods , Vampire , Suicide , Guns , Monster Boy , Gore , Swordplay , Shapeshifting , Police , Torture , Circus , Time Manipulation , Sadism , Tsundere , Animals

Chainsaw Man

Also known as Chainsaw Man.

Status: Finished
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 , Psychosexual , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , Dissociative Identities , Gore , Body Horror , Cosmic Horror , Henshin , Urban , Monster Boy , Survival , Found Family , Female Protagonist , Work , Memory Manipulation , Shounen , Anti-Hero , Unrequited Love , Alternate Universe , Heterosexual , Ensemble Cast , Cult , Politics , Guns , Assassins , Yandere , Monster Girl , Human Pet , Revenge , Shapeshifting , Terrorism , Femdom , Surreal Comedy , Philosophy , Slapstick , Meta , Primarily Teen Cast , Super Power , Afterlife , Nudity , School , Cannibalism , Delinquents , Angels , Necromancy , Amnesia , Time Skip , Yakuza , Mafia , Tsundere , Time Manipulation , Zombie , Chimera , Motorcycles , Vore , Denpa , Bisexual

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 , Cannibalism , Urban Fantasy , Gore , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Survival , Philosophy , Dystopian , Coming of Age , Shapeshifting , Body Horror , Torture , Police , Kuudere , Terrorism , Primarily Adult Cast , Cosmic Horror , Heterosexual , Chimera , Twins , Mythology