Manga like Mahoutsukai to Aka no Pilgrim

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

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 , Seinen , Revenge , Dystopian , Body Horror , Gore , Monster Boy , Surreal Comedy , Primarily Adult Cast , Demons , Urban Fantasy , Curses , Time Manipulation , Super Power , Henshin , Gangs , Cosmic Horror , Body Swapping , Female Protagonist , Class Struggle , Nudity , Animals , Anthropomorphism , Zombie , Male Protagonist , Cyberpunk , Gender Bending

Gibbet Room

Status: Releasing
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Psychological

The girl's memories, emotions, and humanity are shattered like puzzle pieces. Having lost everything, Lacy is thrown into a labyrinth of chaos. One step into the Gibbet Room, where death and fear reign. But the girl still opens the door. In search of the "self" she has lost.

This chaotic horror fantasy, drawn by a genius, begins!



Tags: Monster Girl

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: Philosophy , Tragedy , Anthropomorphism , Seinen , Religion , Anti-Hero , Cosmic Horror , Body Horror , Shapeshifting , Post-Apocalyptic , Time Skip , Revenge , War , Amnesia , Agender , Reincarnation , Dissociative Identities , Ensemble Cast , Space , Asexual , Aliens , Swordplay , Suicide , LGBTQ+ Themes , Politics , Robots , Gods , Work , Nudity

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

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 , Food , Cosmic Horror , Agender , Demons , Space Opera , Slavery , Nudity , Age Regression

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 ,

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

Ookami to Revolver

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Supernatural

The protagonist is Oto, a young police woman. Around the village of Blume, where she lives, werewolves have started to appear, blending in with the village people. One day, Oto follows some village children into the forest, and unluckily, she encounters a werewolf. Just as the werewolf attacks her, another werewolf suddenly appears and saves her life. That werewolf apparently knows her somehow...

Tags: Female Protagonist , Werewolf , Police , Shoujo , Guns

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