Manga like KILLING ME / KILLING YOU

Dorohedoro

Also known as Dorohedoro.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy , Horror , Mystery

In a city so dismal it's known only as "the Hole," a clan of Sorcerers have been plucking people off the streets to use as guinea pigs for atrocious "experiments" in the black arts. In a dark alley, Nikaido found Caiman, a man with a reptile head and a bad case of amnesia. To undo the spell, they're hunting and killing the Sorcerers in the Hole, hoping that eventually they'll kill the right one. But when En, the head Sorcerer, gets word of a lizard-man slaughtering his people, he sends a crew of "cleaners" into the Hole, igniting a war between two worlds.



Note: Includes 23 side stories titled "Extra Evil" and the side story "The Lizard Head and the Magic Whistle."

Tags: Dissociative Identities , Magic , Ensemble Cast , Anti-Hero , Amnesia , Revenge , Seinen , Dystopian , Gore , Body Horror , Surreal Comedy , Primarily Adult Cast , Monster Boy , Demons , Urban Fantasy , Super Power , Time Manipulation , Body Swapping , Gangs , Tragedy , Nudity , Zombie , Cyberpunk , Gender Bending

Fumetsu no Anata e

Also known as To Your Eternity.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Psychological , Supernatural

A lonely boy wandering the Arctic regions of North America meets a wolf, and the two become fast friends, depending on each other to survive the harsh environment. But the boy has a history, and the wolf is more than meets the eye as well …



Tags: Tragedy , Shapeshifting , Coming of Age , Philosophy , Time Skip , Outdoor , Ensemble Cast , Dissociative Identities , Survival , Urban Fantasy , Ghost , Cosmic Horror , Denpa , Shounen , Agender , Travel , Gore , Yandere , Bullying , Suicide , Age Regression , Male Protagonist , Language Barrier , Animals , LGBTQ+ Themes , Nudity , Urban , Female Protagonist , Boys' Love

Kino no Tabi: the Beautiful World

Also known as Kino's Journey: The Beautiful World.

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

“So, who’s the kid?”
“My name is…”
××××× hesitated for a moment, turning slightly to look back along the road they were traveling. Beyond the red horizon, her homeland’s gates sank into the distance, never to be seen again. Facing forward once more, ××××× looked past Kino’s side to focus intently on the path ahead before answering.
“My name is—”

Kino travels with the trusty talking motorrad, Hermes. The duo are always together, with Hermes providing speed, and Kino providing balance. They stay in each country for no more than three days, as a rule—enough time to learn about each destination’s unique customs and people. And so Kino and Hermes journey ever onward…."



This is the first adaptation.
Note : the chapter count includes 4 extra chapters.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Shounen , Motorcycles , Travel , Philosophy , Guns , Agender , Environmental , Anthropomorphism , Episodic , Cannibalism , Gore

Mushishi

Also known as Mushishi.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Mystery , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Some live in the deep darkness behind your eyelids. Some eat silence. Some thoughtlessly kill. Some simply drive men mad. They are known as mushi—creatures that came into being shortly after life emerged from the primordial ooze. They still exist parallel to our own lives and can only be seen by a select few. As a mushishi, Ginko is one of the few who are aware of their existense, and this young man with a sardonic smile roams from place to place with the knowledge and skill to aid those unwittingly affected by mushi.



Note: Won the Excellence Prize for Manga at the 7th Japan Media Arts Festival in 2003 and the Kodansha Manga Award for General Manga in 2006.

Tags: Seinen , Episodic , Environmental , Youkai , Mythology , Rural , Urban Fantasy , Travel , Iyashikei , Philosophy , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Historical , Work , Demons

Jisatsu Shitai Onna Yuusha ni Maou ga Komarasareteimasu!

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy

High school girl Mana, who despairing at life committed suicide, is reluctantly revived in another world. As an immortal female hero... In desperation Mana travels to the Devil's castle to be rid of her immortality. As even the devil can't kill Mana for good, she threatens him "If you can't kill me, I'll kill you."

New sensation, suicide desire comedy series!

Tags: Demons

Hitsugi Katsugi no Kuro. Kaichuu Tabi no Wa

Also known as Shoulder-a-Coffin Kuro.

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy , Slice of Life

Regularly mistaken for a boy and/or vampire, the traveler Kuro roams the land, clothed in black from head to toe, a Kuro-sized coffin on her back. Accompanied by her snarky bat friend, Sen, the mysterious duo meets all sorts of individuals en route - some good, some evil, some just plain crazy! But Kuro never stays in one place for long, begging the question: What exactly is she searching for? And what exactly does she intend to do with that coffin?!



Tags: Travel , Female Protagonist , Seinen , 4-koma , Iyashikei , Philosophy , Episodic , Witch , Tomboy , Steampunk , Body Horror

Sousou no Frieren

Also known as Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

The adventure is over but life goes on for an elf mage just beginning to learn what living is all about.

Elf mage Frieren and her courageous fellow adventurers have defeated the Demon King and brought peace to the land. With the great struggle over, they all go their separate ways to live a quiet life. But as an elf, Frieren, nearly immortal, will long outlive the rest of her former party. How will she come to terms with the mortality of her friends? How can she find fulfillment in her own life, and can she learn to understand what life means to the humans around her? Frieren begins a new journey to find the answer.



Notes:
Winner of the Grand Prize at the 14th Manga Taisho Awards.
Nominated for the 25th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.
Placed 3rd at the 7th Annual Next Manga Award.

Tags: Magic , Elf , Travel , Philosophy , Female Protagonist , Time Skip , Episodic , Demons , Kuudere , Tragedy , Iyashikei , Shounen , Asexual , Fairy Tale , Dungeon , Time Manipulation

Fire Punch

Also known as Fire Punch.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural , Thriller

Orphaned siblings Agni and Luna, like the Ice Witch who cursed their world, are two of the “blessed,” humans who hold special abilities. However, not all who are blessed are friendly, and after another of their kind attacks Agni and decimates the orphans' village, Agni fights to survive, vowing revenge.



Tags: Post-Apocalyptic , Suicide , Tragedy , Dystopian , Revenge , Philosophy , Cult , Anti-Hero , Super Power , Survival , Religion , Body Horror , Meta , Cosmic Horror , Gore , Male Protagonist , Coming of Age , Torture , Acting , Snowscape , Time Skip , Cannibalism , Incest , Urban Fantasy , Filmmaking , Transgender , Slavery , Denpa , LGBTQ+ Themes , Gods , Memory Manipulation , Surreal Comedy , Politics , Heterosexual , Nudity , Shounen

Usagi ga Nihiki

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Endowed with immortality, Suzu Inaba has lived for 398 years. Her daily routine consists of getting Sakuro "Saku" Usami, her 19-year-old live-in boyfriend, to help her kill herself. But every time Suzu wakes up from another failed suicide attempt, Saku begs her to continue living with him. One day Suzu, haunted by painful memories, hits on a surefire way to die. A tale of eternal love between two people whose differences grow even as their love deepens.



Tags: Seinen