Manga like Kokumin Quiz

Ryuguden

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy , Psychological

Two brothers wearing bunnysuits hop on a phallic train and travel to a mysterious underwater brothel.

The story is very surreal and deranged in an Alice-in-Wonderland kind of way. The art style is quite original and seems influenced by European comics, in particular the likes of Jean Giraud.

Tags: Seinen , Surreal Comedy , Time Manipulation , Trains

Ikigami

Also known as Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit.

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

Dear Citizen: Thank you for your loyalty. You've no doubt noticed that the world is a troubled place. People are apathetic, lazy, unmotivated. You've probably asked yourself: WHY ISN'T ANYTHING BEING DONE TO STOP THIS SYSTEMATIC DECLINE?

Rest assured that measures are being taken. Beginning immediately, we will randomly select a different citizen each day who will be killed within 24 hours of notification. We believe this will help remind all people how precious life is and how important it is to be a productive, active member of society.

Thank you for your continued attention and your cooperation and participation...
CONGRATULATIONS! YOU HAVE BEEN RANDOMLY SELECTED BY THE GOVERNMENT...TO DIE IN 24 HOURS!



Note: Was nominated for the Angoulême International Comics Festival in 2009.

Tags: Seinen , Episodic , Politics , Dystopian , Conspiracy , Philosophy , Crime , Drugs , Tragedy , Revenge , Homeless , Band , Nudity , Gore

Mudazumo Naki Kaikaku

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama

Global political figures such as The Pope, Kim Jong Il, George W. Bush and recent Japanese Prime Ministers play riichi mahjong against each other.

Included one-shots:
Volume 3: Ritz season.1
Volume 4: Oretachi Kenou Shineitai
Volume 11: Ritz season.2
Volume 12: Lacross Shoujo Katagiri Ririn-san wa Totemo Moteru
Volume 13: Ritz season.3

Tags: Death Game , Seinen , Gambling , Mahjong , Parody , Politics , Primarily Adult Cast , Aliens , Surreal Comedy , Robots , Military , Super Power , Primarily Male Cast , Male Protagonist , Satire , Space , Board Game

Pyuu to Fuku! Jaguar

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Music

Piyohiko has a dream: He wants to be a succesfull guitar-player. Then Jaguar pops up, and forces him to play the 'recorder'. Thus ends Piyohiko's noble dream.

Tags: Surreal Comedy , Shounen , Male Protagonist

The Quiz

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror

Viewers participate in a heavily advertised new quiz show where the winner earns one hundred million yen. But waiting there is a cruel game of death and competition. What will be the fate of the ten finalists? And just what is the true purpose of the quiz?

Tags: Death Game , Seinen , Survival , Gore

Comic Master J

Also known as Comic Master J.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

In the manga industry, there is a legend: If you leave a message on a bulletin board at a Shibuya train station, you can obtain the services of a certain man: Comic Master J, an assistant mangaka who can instantly complete any publication manuscript in any art style for the price of 5 million yen. However, he refuses to work on manga without a "soul." But what is J's true identity? Why does he wear an overcoat lined with pens and rulers? And for what reason does a man of such artistic talent choose to live in the shadows of the industry, rather than working on a manga of his own creation?

Tags: Meta , Drawing , Seinen , Time Skip , Tragedy , Post-Apocalyptic

Akumetsu

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

Nagasawa Shiina is just an average 3rd year high school student until her parents' company goes bankrupt. In order to pay the bills, she sells herself into prostitution. At her first job, a mysterious masked man crashes the party... and it's someone she knows.

Akumetsu is the story of Shou, a vigilante that's out trying to straighten the corrupt Japanese Government through terrorism with his "One man, One kill" code of action.

Tags: Crime , Politics , Anti-Hero , Economics , Police , Shounen , Military , Gore , Male Protagonist , School , Tragedy , Cars , Clone