Manga like Kurayami Dance

The Voynich Hotel

Also known as The Voynich Hotel.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Horror , Mystery , Romance , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Welcome to the Voynich Hotel, a rundown resort located on an all but deserted island in the South Pacific. Owned by former Mexican wrestler Kandre Umeda, the hotel is maintained by two mysterious maids, Elena and Beluna, as well as a homicidal chef named Amelia.

Kuzuki Taizou, a Japanese tourist, comes to stay at the hotel to escape from his dark past. Soon he discovers that the strange occupants and happenings of the island are even more abnormal than what he is used to. Taizou quickly becomes embroiled in the spiderweb of affairs on the island, growing close to many of the residents and helping them out, though often causing even more problems for himself. But when Taizou's past comes to the island to haunt him, his new friends jump to his aid.

Tags: Surreal Comedy , Seinen , Witch , Maids , Assassins , Foreign , Ensemble Cast , Inn , Primarily Adult Cast , Mahjong , Yakuza , Drugs , Ghost , Disability , Gore , Nudity , Skeleton , Demons , Male Protagonist , Age Gap , LGBTQ+ Themes , Heterosexual , Urban Fantasy , Tragedy , Adoption , Zombie , Amnesia , Bisexual

Aka to Ao to Midori to

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

The three chapters are known as redout, blueout and greenout, following the same naming pattern as the new Correctness chapters of the 25th Ward remake. They expand on the roles of Aoyama, Akama and Kosuke Kurumizawa, and introduce a new major character, Midori Midorikawa.

Tags: Crime , Primarily Adult Cast , Detective , Assassins , Full Color

Bibliomania

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

Alice had woken up in Room 431 of a mysterious manor. "You must not leave this room," warned the Serpent, but she paid it no heed and her body began to rot... Will she be able to escape the cursed manor?

Note: Nominated for the 2019 Japan Media Arts Festival Awards in the Manga category.

Tags: Post-Apocalyptic , Philosophy , Female Protagonist , Tragedy , Cosmic Horror , Body Horror , Anti-Hero , War , Seinen , Urban Fantasy , Demons , Religion , Curses , Samurai , Bullying

Jun: Shotaro no Fantasy World

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Psychological

A experimental manga series about a boy named Jun and his surreal voyages. The character is a alter-ego of Ishinomori himself.

Tags: Meta , Drawing , Autobiographical , Philosophy , Achronological Order , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Magic , Tragedy , Nudity

Chimoguri Ringo to Kingyobachi Otoko

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Mystery , Romance , Supernatural

A terrible creature has been plaguing the community: a man with a fishbowl for a head. When he attacks someone, the goldfish leaps out of his bowl and drinks their blood. The victim is irreversibly transformed into a goldfish! This terrible crime has happened to high-schooler Kousuke's little sister. With no other option, he takes care of his goldfish-sister as best he can.

One day, he comes across a strange girl named Ringo, who wears a school swimsuit, carries an umbrella, and keeps a gun hanging around her neck. Ringo is an apprentice blood diver, and the gun is her way of shooting herself into the wounds of the fishbowl man's victims. If she can get to them in time, she can prevent them from turning into goldfish. Ringo's mentor, Ichigo, says that she's heard of a way to turn people back from goldfish into humans. Kousuke is determined to help Ringo find a way to help his sister and the loved ones of his friends at school who have met the same fishy fate!

Note: The magazine this manga was serialised in was cancelled, but the series received a continuation in Comic Earth Star.

Included one-shots:
Volume 2: Jigoku (Hell), Kappa no Shokutaku (Kappa's Dinner Table)
Volume 3: Onikujo (Oni Killer)



Tags: Surreal Comedy , Work , Shounen , Swimming , Gore , Guns , Fishing

Kemo Fujin

Status: Releasing
Genres: Supernatural

Note: Originally self-published on Twitter, was then compiled by Kodansha for commercial release.

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Wet Moon

Status: Finished
Genres: Mystery , Romance , Thriller

The story takes place in the '60s, in a mysterious city where madness and lust seem to be the citizens' constant companions. A detective named Sada (with a "certain" wound) pursues a woman accused of murder.

Note: The French edition won the Prix Asie de l'ACBD in 2014.

Tags: Police , Amnesia , Achronological Order , Seinen , Noir

Dead Man's Q

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Supernatural

A wandering spirit searching for peace in the afterlife occupies himself with gristly "jobs" assigned to him by another ghost.



Tags: Ghost , Super Power , Male Protagonist , Afterlife

Kishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai

Also known as Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Mystery , Supernatural , Thriller

The spin-off focusing on Kishibe Rohan, an eccentric mangaka with the ability to read people's memories, an ability called "Heaven's Door." He seeks out the supernatural to see for himself what his mysterious ability is all about.

Volume 1
Episode 16: Zangeshitsu (At a confessional)
Episode 02: Mutsukabezaka (Mutsukabe Hill)
Episode 05: Fugou Mura (Millionaire Village)
Episode 06: Mitsuryou Kaigan (Poaching Seashore)
Kishibe Rohan Gucci e Iku (Rohan Kishibe goes to Gucci)

Volume 2
Episode 04: Mochizuki-ke no Otsukimi (The Harvest Moon)
Episode 07: Getsuyoubi - Tenkiame (A Rainy Monday)
Episode 08: D.N.A
Episode 09: The Run

Volume 3
Episode 10: Hot Summer Martha
Episode 11: Dripping Gahou (Drip Painting Style)
Episode 12: Bruschetta

Tags: Episodic , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Urban Fantasy , Super Power , Ghost , Youkai

Shikei Shikkouchuu Datsugoku Shinkouchuu

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Psychological , Supernatural

Contains four short stories:

Shikei Shikkouchuu Datsugoku Shinkouchuu (死刑執行中脱獄進行中)
2-3. Dolce: Die Hard The Cat (ドルチ~ダイ・ハード・ザ・キャット~)
Kishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai: Episode 16 - Zangeshitsu (岸辺露伴は動かない~エピソード16:懺悔室~)
5-7. Deadman's Q (デッドマンズQ)

Tags: Seinen , Afterlife , Ghost , Tragedy , Torture , Anthology , Gore , Super Power