Manga like Youchuu

Frankenstein no Otoko

Also known as Her Frankenstein.

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Psychological

Dare to read the psycho-horror classic that horror manga master Ito Junji called a “frightening but moving story about an unfortunate individual who, lost in search of his true self, finds his own annihilation instead.”

Little Tetsuo is a wimpy mess. His parents don’t love him. He meets the beautiful Kimiko, an ailing teenage girl obsessed with movies and mayhem in equal amounts. She doesn’t love Tetsuo either, or anyone other than herself. But she needs him. So Tetsuo becomes the man she wants—the monster she wants. He becomes HER FRANKENSTEIN!

Originally published in 1986, Kawashima Norikazu’s HER FRANKENSTEIN marks the bizarre and sadomasochistic finale to a cult era in Japanese horror comics. A few years after it was published, the author burned all of his artwork and abandoned Tokyo, never to be heard from again!



Tags: Dissociative Identities , Heterosexual , Ojou-sama , Male Protagonist , Rural , Shoujo

Shinryaku Enban Kinokonga

Also known as UFO Mushroom Invasion.

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

Deep in the mountains of Japan, a flying saucer smashes into the earth. Fearful of the strange and hyper-intelligent beings they find inside, the government hides from the public all news of the alien craft. But it's not the aliens themselves that they should be afraid of-the real danger is the parasitic spores they brought with them! Will earth survive the UFO MUSHROOM INVASION?!



Tags: Cosmic Horror , Aliens , Body Horror , Natural Disaster , Space

Dokumushi Kozou

Also known as Bug Boy.

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Supernatural

Sanpei is bullied at school and mistreated at home. His only real friends are his pets. But when he gets stung by a strange insect, Sanpei's life changes forever! Transformed into a huge poisonous bug, he escapes to discover the world outside. There he finds only more hatred, and eventually he returns to exact a terrifying revenge.

Tags: Body Horror , Tragedy , Animals , Revenge , Bullying , Gore , Male Protagonist

Hai ni Naru Shounen

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Psychological

Tags: Family Life , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Tragedy

Keito no Zubon: Naono Yoshiko Trauma Shoujo Manga Zenshuu

Also known as Hide and Seek.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Supernatural

Little Hiroshi, so embarrassed about the hand-knitted wool pants his grandmother forces him to wear. Sweet Mari, so jealous about her baby sister. Cute Sachiko, so worried about the iron she forgot to turn off before leaving on a family trip. Normal human feelings, understandable mistakes—leading to horrific disaster and scarring regret. If you assume childhood is golden for everyone, you’re wrong…DEAD wrong! Whose Child is Mariko? (マリはだれの子)
Wool Overalls (毛糸のズボン)
Lady Otsuta (おつたさま)
Shukudai (宿題)
The Ribbon (ひも)
Hide and Seek (かくれんぼ)
Revenge (復讐)
Death of a Bum (こじきの死)
Our First Family Trip (はじめての家族旅行)
Mother's Necklace (首かざり)
Rainy Days (雨)
Shaian no Oowashi (シャイアンの大わし)
Bloody Diary Pages (血ぞめの日記が空を舞う)
The Snake God (へび神さま)
Note: the English edition does not include Shukudai and Shaian no Oowashi.

Tags: Ghost , Shoujo , Anthology

Uzumaki

Also known as Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror.

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

Kurozu-cho, a small fogbound town on the coast of Japan, is cursed. According to Shuichi Saito, the withdrawn boyfriend of teenager Kirie Goshima, their town is haunted not by a person or being but by a pattern: uzumaki, the spiral, the hypnotic secret shape of the world. It manifests itself in small ways: seashells, ferns, whirlpools in water, whirlwinds in air. And in large ways: the spiral marks on people's bodies, the insane obsessions of Shuichi's father, the voice from the cochlea in your inner ear. As the madness spreads, the inhabitants of Kurouzu-cho are pulled ever deeper, as if into a whirlpool from which there is no return...



Notes:
Includes the extra chapter "Uzumaki Tokubetsu-hen: Ginga", which was included in editions later released.
Chosen by the American Library Association (ALA) as one of the Top Ten Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2009. (Vol. 1)

Tags: Tragedy , Body Horror , Cosmic Horror , Seinen , Survival , Female Protagonist , Gore , Episodic , Lost Civilization , Philosophy , Rural , Cannibalism , Urban Fantasy , Heterosexual , Suicide , Curses , Bullying , Demons , Unrequited Love , Cult , Yandere