Manga like Mahoutsukai to Aka no Pilgrim

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 , Dystopian , Gore , Body Horror , Seinen , Monster Boy , Surreal Comedy , Urban Fantasy , Demons , Primarily Adult Cast , Time Manipulation , Super Power , Cosmic Horror , Gangs , Body Swapping , Curses , Animals , Nudity , Zombie , Cyberpunk , Gender Bending

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 , Body Horror , Cosmic Horror , Anti-Hero , War , Seinen , Demons , Urban Fantasy , Religion , Samurai , Bullying

Houseki no Kuni

Also known as Land of the Lustrous.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy , Mystery , Psychological , Sci-Fi

In a world inhabited by crystalline lifeforms called The Lustrous, every unique gem must fight for their way of life against the threat of lunarians who would turn them into decorations. Phosphophyllite, the most fragile and brittle of gems, longs to join the battle. When Phos is instead assigned to complete a natural history of their world, it sounds like a dull and pointless task. But this new job brings Phos into contact with Cinnabar, a gem forced to live in isolation. Can Phos’s seemingly mundane assignment lead both Phos and Cinnabar to the fulfillment they desire?



Note: Nominated for the 8th Manga Taisho in 2015.

Tags: Tragedy , Philosophy , Seinen , Anthropomorphism , Religion , Coming of Age , Anti-Hero , Cosmic Horror , Body Horror , Shapeshifting , Post-Apocalyptic , Time Skip , Revenge , Agender , Reincarnation , Dissociative Identities , Memory Manipulation , Ensemble Cast , Space , Aliens , Amnesia , Asexual , Politics , Swordplay , Suicide , Heterosexual , School , LGBTQ+ Themes , Robots , Gods , Foreign , Gender Bending , Work , Nudity

re CERVIN

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy

A young princess of the mountainside country of Helentar, Arsinoe, awakens and finds that a month has passed since the day the Empire of Ilia invaded. On that day, her mother was killed, an evil dragon reawakened, and her homeland razed by fire. With the power of Sent Fuana, "Madwoman Who Devours Memories," she is able to keep the dragon at bay, but in exchange she loses her memories of her father. Now a man claiming to be her father, Cervin, appears before her. A king without a country, and princess without her memory. Two people brought together by loss set out on a journey of recovery.

Tags: Seinen , Magic , Royal Affairs , Amnesia , Revenge , War , Medieval , Tragedy , Werewolf ,

Chimera 51

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Sci-Fi

In a world with "humans" and "monsters", a pair of twins were created by combining the two. They have completely different looks and personalities, but they both dream of going outside someday... A dark fantasy by the brilliant author Shida-sensei!

Tags: Twins , Shounen , Chimera , Monster Boy

Boushoku no Berserk: Ore Dake Level to Iu Gainen wo Toppa Suru THE COMIC

Also known as Berserk of Gluttony.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Romance

Fate Graphite has never tasted true power. Born into a world with two kinds of people—those with superior skills and those without—he’s been shunned his entire life. Fate’s skill is Gluttony, a curse that leaves him constantly hungry… until he awakens its terrible potential. When he kills someone, he can devour their skills and feed his insatiable appetite. How many lives will it take for Fate’s Gluttony to finally be satisfied?



Tags: Shounen , Male Protagonist , Revenge , Female Harem

Choujin X

Also known as Choujin X.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy , Psychological

A plane is seen crashing with black smoke billowing out of it. It seems to have been caused by a "Choujin". However, strangely enough, the plane was not damaged and there were 200 survivors. High school students Kurobara Tokio and Higashi Azuma are on their way home from volunteering to help with the accident when they are suddenly tangled up with a delinquent they have a history with... but there is something different about him.

Note: The manga chapters are irregularly released on Tonari no Young Jump. At the same time, it received a serialization in Weekly Young Jump, starting from chapter 1. Some chapters receive a version with fewer pages in the magazine, also counting with additions of new pages in certain situations. After chapter 15, the manga went back to being exclusive to Tonari no YJ, ending the serialization in the magazine.

Tags: Urban Fantasy , Henshin , Super Power , Body Horror , Seinen , Surreal Comedy , Time Skip , Male Protagonist , Gore , Religion , Female Protagonist , Conspiracy , Coming of Age , Drugs , Cosmic Horror

Chainsaw Man

Also known as Chainsaw Man.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Horror , Supernatural

The name says it all! Denji's life of poverty is changed forever when he merges with his pet chainsaw dog, Pochita! Now he's living in the big city and an official Devil Hunter. But he's got a lot to learn about his new job and chainsaw powers!



Notes:
Nominated for the 2020 Manga Taisho Award.
Winner of the 2021 Kono Manga ga Sugoi Award.
Winner of the 66th Shogakukan Manga Award in the shounen category.
Winner of the 2021 and 2022 Harvey Award for Best Manga.
Chapters 1-97 were released in Weekly Shounen Jump from Dec 3, 2018 to Dec 13, 2020. The series resumed from Ch. 98 in Shounen Jump+ on July 12, 2022

Tags: Demons , Tragedy , Urban Fantasy , Dissociative Identities , Male Protagonist , Gore , Body Horror , Psychosexual , Cosmic Horror , Henshin , Female Protagonist , Urban , Survival , Monster Boy , Found Family , Work , Ensemble Cast , Memory Manipulation , Cult , Shounen , Heterosexual , Guns , Assassins , Yandere , Human Pet , Coming of Age , Monster Girl , Revenge , Terrorism , Shapeshifting , Philosophy , Slapstick , Meta , Primarily Teen Cast , Afterlife , Nudity , School , Angels , Cannibalism , Necromancy , Delinquents , Time Skip , Amnesia , Mafia , Yakuza , LGBTQ+ Themes , Tsundere , Femdom , Zombie , Chimera , Motorcycles , Yuri , Vore

D.Gray-man

Also known as D.Gray-man.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

A born exorcist, Walker's primary anti-akuma weapon is the cross that's embossed on his red, disfigured left hand, which contains Innocence. But not only does Walker destroy akuma, he sees the akuma hiding inside a person's soul! Together with his fellow exorcists fighting under the command of the Black Order, Walker leads the battle against the Millennium Earl, the evil being out to destroy mankind.



Tags: Demons , Amnesia , Tragedy , Found Family , Super Power , Foreign , Dissociative Identities , Male Protagonist , Religion , Cult , Shounen , Adoption , Circus , Historical , Primarily Male Cast , Exorcism , Steampunk , Post-Apocalyptic , Curses

Dai Dark

Also known as Dai Dark.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Comedy , Horror , Sci-Fi

Zaha Sanko’s body has great and terrible powers–they say that possessing his bones will grant you any wish, even the desire to become ruler of the universe. But Sanko is still a teenage dude with his own life, and he isn’t about to let every monstrous lowlife in the galaxy rip him limb from limb. He and his skeletal buddy Avakian will use their dark powers to fend off any murder attempts while they search space for whomever put this curse on Sanko’s bones…because killing them might end the madness.



Tags: Space , Gore , Surreal Comedy , Body Horror , Aliens , Dystopian , Anti-Hero , Shounen , Henshin , Skeleton , Cult , Agender , Demons , Food , Cosmic Horror , Space Opera , Slavery , Age Regression