Manga like Life 2: Giver Taker

MONSTER

Also known as Monster.

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

Everyone faces uncertainty at some point in their lives. Even a brilliant surgeon like Kenzo Tenma is no exception. But there’s no way he could have known that his decision to stop chasing professional success and instead concentrate on his oath to save peoples’ lives would result in the birth of an abomination. The questions of good and evil now take on a terrifyingly real dimension.

Years later, in Germany during the tumultuous post-reunification period, middle-aged childless couples are being killed one after another. The serial killer’s identity is known. The reasons why he kills are not. Dr. Tenma sets out on a journey to find the killer’s twin sister, who may hold some clues to solving the enigma of the “Monster.”



Tags: Seinen , Conspiracy , Tragedy , Philosophy , Amnesia , Twins , Fugitive , Noir , Foreign , Male Protagonist , Memory Manipulation , Primarily Adult Cast , Historical , Ensemble Cast , Detective , Police , Medicine , Time Skip , Crossdressing , Orphan , Adoption , Suicide , Torture , Achronological Order , Gore , Assassins

Brutal: Satsujin Keisatsukan no Kokuhaku

Also known as Brutal.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Psychological

The manga centers on homicide detective Hiroki Dan, the son of a former police superintendent general, and who seems to be on the fast track to career success. He maintains a hidden identity as a serial killer responsible for more than a hundred murders of people he deems beyond the reach of the law.



Tags: Crime , Detective , Anti-Hero , Sadism , Gore , Torture , Male Protagonist , Josei , Episodic , Nudity , Tragedy

DOMINO

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Supernatural

At the scene of a terrible murder, only Toudou is able to find the surviving little girl in the closet—his niece Tsubasa. Four years later, Toudou and his father are caring for Tsubasa, who no longer speaks, and Toudou continues to work as a police detective. He's assigned to a new partner, a young woman with a promising future, Saeki. As Toudou and Saeki team up to solve murder cases together, they will also both have to confront their own painful pasts.



Tags: Seinen

Hakubo no Chronicle

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Supernatural

Newly hired public official Fushiki Akari partners with a teenage boy obsessed with crime, in order to solve various convoluted murder cases.

Tags: Police , Seinen

Ryouta wa Otouto wo Koroshita

Also known as Ryota Killed His Brother.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Horror , Psychological , Supernatural

When their mother dies, junior high school student Ryouta takes care of his toddler brother Chika and their home. Overwhelmed by all the work, he begins neglecting himself. Without any time to himself, Ryouta comes to resent his little brother and soon the resentment turns into murderous thoughts. Little by little the pressures of childrearing make Ryouta lose his mind. But is Ryouta truly the issue? Or…



Tags: Tragedy , Shounen , Monster Boy , Gore , Family Life , Male Protagonist