Manga like Hitokui Mansion to Ooya no Maison

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 , Cosmic Horror , Henshin , Gangs , Body Swapping , Nudity , Animals , Anthropomorphism , Zombie , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Cyberpunk , Gender Bending

Made in Abyss

Also known as Made in Abyss.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Horror , Sci-Fi

In an age when the corners of the world have been scoured for their secrets, only one place remains unexplored–a massive cave system known as the Abyss. Those who traverse its endless pits and labyrinth-like tunnels are known as Cave Raiders. A young orphan named Riko dreams of following in her mother’s footsteps as a Cave Raider, and when she meets a strange robot when exploring the Abyss, she’s one step closer to achieving her goal!



Notes:
Includes the 5-chapter "How Are You? Somewhere" side story.
Nominated for the 11th Manga Taishou Awards (2018).

Tags: Survival , Tragedy , Primarily Child Cast , Travel , Lost Civilization , Body Horror , Female Protagonist , Wilderness , Chibi , Amnesia , Gore , Philosophy , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Robots , Twins , Food , Monster Girl , Curses , Nudity , Adoption , LGBTQ+ Themes

Tate no Kuni

Also known as The Vertical World.

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Mystery , Sci-Fi

A world stretching down from the heavens: the Vertical World. There lives a boy named Ruska, who finds himself fascinated by the world below. One day he sees a girl falling from the sky above, straight towards the bottom... And so begins his adventure surrounding the mystery of the Fallen Maiden!


Tags: Time Manipulation , Alternate Universe , Shounen , Philosophy , Dystopian , Virtual World , Robots , Male Protagonist , Clone , Artificial Intelligence , Cyborg , Long Strip

Yakusoku no Neverland

Also known as The Promised Neverland.

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

Emma, Norman and Ray are the brightest kids at the Grace Field House orphanage. And under the care of the woman they refer to as “Mom,” all the kids have enjoyed a comfortable life. Good food, clean clothes and the perfect environment to learn—what more could an orphan ask for? One day, though, Emma and Norman uncover the dark truth of the outside world they are forbidden from seeing.



Note: Nominated to the 22nd, 23rd, and 25th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.

Tags: Survival , Primarily Child Cast , Body Horror , Demons , Dystopian , War , Found Family , Guns , Female Protagonist , Shounen , Politics , Coming of Age , Alternate Universe , Travel , Ensemble Cast , Conspiracy , Anti-Hero , Time Skip , Gore , Philosophy , Male Protagonist , Amnesia , Rural , Heterosexual , Augmented Reality , Suicide

Tekkon Kinkreet

Also known as Tekkonkinkreet: Black & White.

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

Orphaned on the mean streets of Treasure Town, lost boys Black and White must mug, steal and fight to survive. Around them moves a world of corruption and loneliness, small-time crooks and neurotic police officers, and a band of sadistic yakuza who have plans for their once-fair city. Can they rise above their environment?

Won the Best U.S. Edition of International Material - Japan for the Eisner Award in 2008.



Tags: Seinen , Coming of Age , Gangs , Male Protagonist , Urban , Denpa , Philosophy , Yakuza , Primarily Child Cast , Orphan , Mafia , Nudity

HUNTER×HUNTER

Also known as Hunter x Hunter.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

Gon might be a country boy, but he has high aspirations. Despite his Aunt Mito's protests, Gon decides to follow in his father's footsteps and become a legendary Hunter. The Hunter hopefuls begin their journey by storm-tossed ship, where Gon meets Leorio and Kurapika, the only other applicants who aren't devastated by bouts of seasickness.

Having survived the terrors of the high seas, Gon and his companions now have to prove their worth in a variety of tests in order to find the elusive Exam Hall. And once they get there, will they ever leave alive...?



Tags: Shounen , Super Power , Cultivation , Ensemble Cast , Travel , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Tragedy , Urban Fantasy , Revenge , Assassins , Anti-Hero , Chimera , Politics , Battle Royale , War , Crime , Death Game , Philosophy , Gangs , Coming of Age , Gore , Conspiracy , Lost Civilization , Martial Arts , Ships , Video Games , Card Battle , Mafia , Animals , LGBTQ+ Themes , Time Manipulation , Demons , Amnesia , Cannibalism , Kemonomimi , Transgender , Virtual World , Reincarnation , Asexual

BLAME!

Also known as BLAME!.

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

Killy is a man of few words. He wanders, seemingly endlessly, through a lonely, gargantuan labyrinth of concrete and steel, fighting off cyborgs and other futuristic nightmares, searching only for something called Net Terminal Genes. And he has a very powerful gun, which he uses without hesitation whenever anything resembling danger rears its ugly head.

Who is this quiet, violent, determined man and what are these Genes he seeks? The small communities he finds tucked into the crevices of this towering, dystopic ruin hardly give him leads on his treasure, driving him to find larger enclaves of civilization where people can reveal more about the world he lives in and the quarry he seeks.



Note: Includes 1 extra chapter.

Tags: Cyborg , Seinen , Post-Apocalyptic , Cyberpunk , Robots , Lost Civilization , Survival , Travel , Body Horror , Dystopian , Guns , Cosmic Horror , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Urban , Time Skip , Artificial Intelligence , Gore , Alternate Universe , Kaiju , Time Manipulation , Amnesia , Agender

Maken X Another

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Sci-Fi

Based off of the Maken X video game for the Dreamcast.

Due to an accident at her father's scientific research institute, Kay, an ordinary teenager, is forced to become the owner of "Machina," a strange shaped sword with the power to capture human souls. Kay now fights against freakish fiends in a world of "Images," a horrible place formed by the each character's imagination. In this world of "Images," values are confused: enemies become friends, good becomes evil, and vice-versa. Kay must continue her battle in a place called "5 Minutes into the Future."



Tags: Super Power , Swordplay , Seinen , Female Protagonist , Gore

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

Dragon no Ko

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Supernatural

Tags: Animals , Military , Found Family , Female Protagonist , Dragons , Monster Girl , Robots , Artificial Intelligence , Memory Manipulation , Time Loop , Reincarnation , Desert , Food , Time Manipulation , War , Shounen , Disability