Manga like Kill Ao

SAKAMOTO DAYS

Also known as Sakamoto Days.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Comedy

Taro Sakamoto was the ultimate assassin, feared by villains and admired by hitmen. But one day...he fell in love! Retirement, marriage, fatherhood and then... Sakamoto gained weight! The chubby guy who runs the neighborhood store is actually a former legendary hitman! Can he protect his family from danger? Get ready to experience a new kind of action comedy series!



Tags: Assassins , Family Life , Crime , Found Family , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Konbini , Male Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Gangs , Guns , Shounen , Espionage , Dissociative Identities , Conspiracy , Gore , Heterosexual , Triads , Mafia , Acting , Slapstick , Urban , Prison , Tragedy , Super Power , Survival , Motorcycles , Gambling , Crossdressing

Meitantei Conan

Also known as Case Closed.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Mystery , Romance

Precocious high school student Jimmy Kudo uses his keen powers of observation and astute intuition to solve mysteries that have left law enforcement officials baffled. Hot on the trail of a suspect, Jimmy is accosted from behind and fed a strange chemical which physically transforms him into a grade schooler! Taking on the pseudonym Conan Edogawa, he attempts to track down the people who did this to him. But until he finds a cure for his bizarre condition, Jimmy continues to help the police solve their toughest cases. Can you crack the case before Conan does?



Note: Won the 46th Shogakukan Manga Award in the shounen category in 2001.

Tags: Detective , Crime , Age Regression , Police , Male Protagonist , Conspiracy , Tragedy , Episodic , Shounen , Heterosexual , Educational , Ensemble Cast , School , Guns , School Club , Magic , Mahjong

Yozakura-san Chi no Daisakusen

Also known as Mission: Yozakura Family.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Romance

Taiyou Asano is a super shy high school student and the only person he can talk to is his childhood friend, Mutsumi Yozakura. It turns out that Mutsumi is the daughter of the ultimate spy family! Even worse, Mutsumi is being harassed by her overprotective, nightmare of a brother, Kyouichirou. What drastic steps will Taiyou have to take to save Mutsumi?! A spy family comedy - the mission begins!



Note: Nominated for the Tsugimanga 2020 Award in the Manga Category.

Tags: Espionage , Shounen , Family Life , Conspiracy , Heterosexual , Ensemble Cast , Surreal Comedy , Assassins , Marriage , Male Protagonist , Time Skip , Swordplay , Orphan , Twins , Tragedy , Guns , Episodic , Chibi , School , LGBTQ+ Themes , Mixed Gender Harem , Kaiju

Shinobigoto

Also known as Shinobi Undercover.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Comedy

Even in modern Japan, ninja still hide in the shadows. Young ninja Yodaka has received his mission--protect high school student Aoi at all cost. But can a ninja survive the wild world of high school while also fulfilling his mission?



Tags: Ninja , School , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Super Power , Primarily Teen Cast , Urban Fantasy , Politics , Espionage

Marriagetoxin

Also known as Marriage Toxin.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Romance

A hitman and a marriage swindler set out on the world’s most grueling battle for marriage! Gero is a young man from a clan of hitmen, which has been in existence for hundreds of years. As someone who’s never gone to school and lived his life dealing in the dark side of the business, he considers himself to have “no prospects with women” and marriage as “something not for him.” However, one day, in fear that their lineage would dissolve, his clan warns Gero that if he doesn’t marry and produce an heir, they would have no choice but to…force his little sister into doing “that.” Driven to his wits’ end, Gero asks the target of his work, a marriage swindler, to…



Tags: Assassins , Marriage , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Crime , Urban , Crossdressing , Surreal Comedy , Super Power , Shounen , Bisexual , Heterosexual , Female Harem , Femboy , LGBTQ+ Themes , Anti-Hero , Yuri , Mixed Gender Harem , Gender Bending , Urban Fantasy

J⇔M

Also known as JM.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Comedy

J is a professional hitman...he was orphan and raised by a syndicate as an assassin. He was too good, killed too many people, knew too much about the syndicate. When the syndicate tried to erase him, they were backfired...when three syndicates were wiped out completely, J became "untouchable".

Megumi, a girl in third grade, was bullied by her classmates because she is half-Japanese, half-American and gets good grades. One day, when they bumped their heads...their bodies were switched. Now J is inside a cute girl's body...and Megumi is inside the tough guy's body.

Now they must hide that they are not who they were and keep their everyday life look the same as before. J never knew how hard a girl's life is, and Megumi enjoys her new life!?



Tags: Body Swapping , Assassins , Guns , Criminal Organization , Yakuza , School , Seinen , Estranged Family , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Parody , Bullying , Gore

SPY×FAMILY

Also known as SPY x FAMILY.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Comedy , Slice of Life , Supernatural

The master spy codenamed <Twilight> has spent his days on undercover missions, all for the dream of a better world. But one day, he receives a particularly difficult new order from command. For his mission, he must form a temporary family and start a new life?! A Spy/Action/Comedy about a one-of-a-kind family!



Notes:
Includes 2 "Extra Missions" and 11 “Short Missions”.
Nominated for the 24th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2020.
Nominated for the 13th and 14th Manga Taisho Award in 2020 and 2021.
Nominated for the 44th Kodansha Manga Award in the Shounen Category in 2020.

Tags: Family Life , Espionage , Found Family , War , Assassins , Surreal Comedy , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Adoption , Work , Fake Relationship , School , Aliens , Politics , Orphan , Shounen , Heterosexual , Marriage , Super Power , Slapstick , Guns , Ensemble Cast , Episodic , Parody , Parenthood , Foreign , Terrorism , Hikikomori , Satire , Iyashikei , Urban , Historical , Anachronism , Tsundere , Urban Fantasy

Akabane Honeko no Bodyguard

Also known as Honeko Akabane’s Bodyguards.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Romance

They have only one goal – to kill Honeko Akabane! One day, Arakuni Ibuki learns that his childhood friend, Honeko Akabane, is being targeted by assassins! Both of them are in Class 3-4 at Sosoji High School, and Ibuki is ordered to protect Akabane for one year. His goal is to ensure that she graduates safely, but he must do so without her realizing it. And so begins his secret life as a bodyguard at school! However, there seems to be more secrets within “Class 3-4”…?! This is the start of a new and exciting action school comedy!!"

Includes extra chapter

Tags: Yakuza , Shounen , School , Assassins , Delinquents , Male Protagonist , Tsundere , Twins

Sarashimono

Also known as Fool.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action

Born to the boss of a hitman agency, fourth grader Mark Maruoka spent his whole life being groomed into an elite assassin. But when his latest target turns out to be “the legendary assassin,” Mark starts to question his own role in this world of shadows...?!



Tags: Assassins , Shounen

Youchien WARS

Also known as Kindergarten Wars.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Romance

Rita is Convict 999, a former legendary assassin who now works at a kindergarten for the children of world leaders. Her job is to protect the schoolchildren from the clutches of would-be assassins sent after them! But even with her overwhelming strength, Rita has a weakness—she’s head-over-heels for good-looking men! 



Note: Third place at the 9th Next Manga Award in the Web Manga Category in 2023.

Tags: Assassins , Female Protagonist , Surreal Comedy , Teacher , Crime , Primarily Adult Cast , School , Heterosexual , Tragedy , Anti-Hero , Guns , Gore , Shounen , Parody , Episodic , Clone , Orphan , Love Triangle , Twins , Male Protagonist