Manga like Chi to Hai no Joou

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

MoMo: the blood taker

Also known as MoMo -the blood taker-.

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

Washed-up Tokyo detective Mikogami Keiji is investigating a series of murders where the victims have been torn apart and drained of all blood. Could these grisly new killings be related to the decade-old unsolved murder of the woman he loved? As he renews his vow to find the creature that killed her, he has no idea he’s being stalked by a silver-haired girl with secrets of her own. Quicker than you can say “vampire,” Mikogami finds himself embroiled in a frightening conspiracy with actual monsters–but he’ll do whatever it takes in his quest for revenge.



Tags: Vampire , Seinen , Urban Fantasy , Ensemble Cast , Female Protagonist , Revenge , Henshin , Gore , Anti-Hero , Body Horror , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Age Gap

Kiseijuu

Also known as Parasyte.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Horror , Psychological , Sci-Fi

They arrive in silence and darkness. They descend from the skies. They have a hunger for human flesh. They are everywhere. They are parasites, alien creatures who must invade–and take control of–a human host to survive. And once they have infected their victims, they can assume any deadly form they choose: monsters with giant teeth, winged demons, creatures with blades for hands. But most have chosen to conceal their lethal purpose behind ordinary human faces. So no one knows their secret–except an ordinary high school student. Shin is battling for control of his own body against an alien parasite, but can he find a way to warn humanity of the horrors to come?



Tags: Seinen , Male Protagonist , Body Horror , Aliens , Environmental , Super Power , Gore , Shapeshifting , Tragedy , Philosophy , Delinquents , Heterosexual , School , Love Triangle , Nudity

Shigahime

Also known as Shigahime.

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

“Are you sick?" "Well, I guess you could say that."

Osamu Hirota is an ordinary high school student. That is, until Soichi, a student from the next town over, takes him to a mysterious mansion with promises of meeting a seductress. Out walks a voluptuous woman named Miwako, who, as she undresses, reaches inside of Soichi and rips out his heart! The next day, Hirota awakens. Was it all a dream? Or have we just started to pull back the curtains on this dark and suspenseful story?



Tags: Gore , Tragedy , Vampire , Body Horror , Seinen , Love Triangle , Nudity , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Urban Fantasy , Slavery , Netorare , Femdom

Hakaijuu

Also known as Creature!.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Horror , Mystery

Tachikawa, Tokyo. Akira Takashiro is a normal high school student who is devoted to playing basketball. In the early afternoon on a day that should have gone like any other, a gigantic earthquake suddenly strikes the city. There in the school rubble, Akira witnesses a mountain of dead bodies...and an unknown creature that eats them. The tale that unravels is one that will overpower and shock you!! Get ready for an excellent urban monster attack!



Tags: Kaiju , Gore , Survival , Shounen , Female Protagonist , Post-Apocalyptic , Conspiracy , Super Power , Male Protagonist , Tokusatsu , Henshin , Body Horror , Time Skip

Choujin X

Also known as Choujin X.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy , Psychological

A plane is seen crashing with black smoke billowing out of it. It seems to have been caused by a "Choujin". However, strangely enough, the plane was not damaged and there were 200 survivors. High school students Kurobara Tokio and Higashi Azuma are on their way home from volunteering to help with the accident when they are suddenly tangled up with a delinquent they have a history with... but there is something different about him.

Note: The manga chapters are irregularly released on Tonari no Young Jump. At the same time, it received a serialization in Weekly Young Jump, starting from chapter 1. Some chapters receive a version with fewer pages in the magazine, also counting with additions of new pages in certain situations. After chapter 15, the manga went back to being exclusive to Tonari no YJ, ending the serialization in the magazine.

Tags: Urban Fantasy , Henshin , Super Power , Body Horror , Seinen , Surreal Comedy , Time Skip , Male Protagonist , Gore , Religion , Female Protagonist , Conspiracy , Coming of Age , Drugs , Cosmic Horror

Devilman

Also known as Devilman.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Horror

Hordes of demons, once thought entombed forever in the underworld, have now returned to Earth. Evil and corruption begin to seep into our world, as demons seize human hosts. Mankind’s only hope for salvation is to use the demons’ power against them–and only a pure-hearted man like Fudo Akira can do so without losing his humanity. Once little more than a crybaby, Akira now wields the terrible power of a devil, yet holds the innocent soul of a man–Devilman!



Tags: Cosmic Horror , Demons , Tragedy , Gore , War , Male Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Survival , Body Horror , Henshin , Angels , Nudity , Shounen , Time Loop , Heterosexual , Kaiju , Amnesia , LGBTQ+ Themes , Time Skip , Drugs , Boys' Love

EATER

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

Alien lifeforms have taken refuge on Earth to start their lives anew, however these beings don’t seek cohabitation, they want to phase humanity out; Working together, these Aliens prey on human flesh and spiritual energy and can implant their essence on human females to bear their children. Benimaru is one of these children, but his mother also happened to be a Medium. By manipulating Benimaru’s spirit while he was in the womb, she managed to give him a human heart. For this, she was brutally killed and devoured by Benimaru’s alien father. From that point on, Benimaru swore to exterminate these creatures. Half-human and half-alien, one man wages war against an entire race!

Tags: Seinen , Henshin , Body Horror , Slapstick , Shapeshifting , Aliens

Kyoushoku Soukou Guyver

Also known as Bio-Booster Armor Guyver.

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

Sho and his friend, Tetsuro, stumble upon a strange orb-like mechanism, the Guyver Unit, in the woods. It physically bonds with Sho and turns him into the alien soldier, Guyver. His mission is to protect the Guyver Unit from the Japanese corporation known as Chronos. They are after it and two other units just like it. To retrieve the object, they send out vicious monsters known as Zoanoids. So no one is safe in Sho's life; not even himself.

Tags: Seinen , Henshin , Tokusatsu , Body Horror , Kaiju

Kamen Rider ZO

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

The Manga version of the 1990's Kamen Rider ZO movie.

Tags: Henshin , Tokusatsu , Super Power , Urban Fantasy