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Ura Sekai Picnic

Also known as Otherside Picnic.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Fantasy , Horror , Mystery , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

In this sci-fi/fantasy survival thriller, the dangerous and deadly realm of the Otherside--where urban legends, cryptids, and folkloric legends roam--calls to two women, both in search of something. As they set out to sate their curiosity and explore this other world, will the most earth-shattering thing they discover on the Otherside be their feelings for each other?



Tags: Cosmic Horror , Alternate Universe , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Yuri , LGBTQ+ Themes , Urban Fantasy , Primarily Female Cast , Survival , Mythology , Guns , Youkai , Body Horror , Shounen , College , Curses , Cult , Kuudere

Kisaragi Ibun

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

Malice, Unconsciousness, Urban Legends... The crossroads of music and the story of darkness corrupting people!!

Nagisa is a girl living in a fierce environment, both at home and school. Through music, she got addicted to the people on the internet. One day, she walked past a mysterious girl at the train station she usually goes to, and the world around her changed.

What she wandered into, is exactly the infamous 'Kisaragi Station', an urban tale popular among internet forums. As she fights against the monsters after her, what is the truth unraveling in front of her that makes her want to look away...?!



Note: Includes one extra chapter.

Tags: Urban Fantasy , Female Protagonist , Ghost , Yuri , Bullying , Body Horror

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?



Notes:
Includes 1 extra chapter.
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 , Primarily Teen Cast , Ensemble Cast , Heterosexual , Gyaru , Shapeshifting , School , Body Horror , Love Triangle , Exorcism , Conspiracy , Kaiju , Curses , Gore , Terrorism , Super Robot , Tragedy , Chuunibyou , Circus , Nudity , Gods , Dissociative Identities , Cannibalism , Tsundere , Bullying , Acrobatics , Amnesia , Suicide

Yuuyake Trip

Also known as Nightfall Travelers: Leave Only Footprints.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Mystery , Supernatural

High schooler Ninamori Akane is assigned by the newspaper club to report on local places that are rumored to be haunted. She asks the new transfer student, Amemura Fujino, to join her, and together they discover the simple truths behind the spooky stories. Their friendship grows as they explore their town of labyrinthine paths and endless stairways.



Tags: Travel , Seinen , Female Protagonist

Kaii to Otome to Kamikakushi

Also known as Mysterious Disappearances.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Ecchi , Horror , Mystery , Romance , Supernatural

Ogawa Sumireko is a busty bookstore clerk who wants to become a novelist after some writing success in her youth. When strange occurrences start cropping up around the city, she teams up with her flirtatious co-worker Adashino Ren to look into them. But Ren is hiding a secret of his own! With their combined skills of occult knowledge, what will they discover as they investigate?



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

Tags: Urban Fantasy , Demons , Female Protagonist , Ghost , Nudity , Age Gap , Heterosexual , Seinen , Primarily Female Cast , Writing , Male Protagonist , Youkai

Akuma Nisei

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Supernatural

"There was no heart in your mother's corpse." Kikumitsu Gemma is a high school girl who has a demon father and a human mother. This is the story of a girl who is neither human nor demon.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Demons , Monster Girl , Seinen , Surreal Comedy

Wakusei Closet

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy , Horror , Supernatural

The protagonist is a girl with the ability to visit a surreal alternate dimension full of monsters in her dreams. One day, she encounters another human girl there and receives a plea for help.

Tags: Body Horror , Cosmic Horror , Female Protagonist , Survival , Alternate Universe , Seinen , Gore , Time Skip , Afterlife , Denpa , Aliens

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