Manga like Marginal

What is Marginal about?

Status: Finished

In the year 2999, only eleven cities still survive on Earth. The climate has changed drastically, and a biochemical apocalypse has made women extinct. For centuries, the male population of Earth has survived by depending on only one woman, called the Holy Mother, whose ova are harvested to create genetically engineered children. By now, any concept of a world in which women exist as ordinary people is long gone. Society has re-structured itself around all-male families, and gay relationships have become the norm.

At the beginning of Marginal, the Holy Mother is assassinated by a terrorist known as Grinja. The government in power doesn't want to start a mass panic, so it pretends that the Holy Mother has only shed her vessel, and that she will be miraculously "reborn" in the near future. The public, which is superstitious and devout, believes this easily. Only government officials know that behind the scenes, there is a frantic effort to create a new being with an XXY chromosome -- a male capable of giving birth. (This is a BL misrepresentation of an actual phenomenon known as Klinefelter's Syndrome.)

The manga's story revolves around one such boy -- Kira, the product of a genetic experiment, who becomes involved in a three-way relationship with Grinja, the aforementioned terrorist, and Ashijin, a young man who calls himself Kira's owner. A complex plot and flawless world-building make the story irresistible, and Kira's search for freedom is as symbolic as it is gripping.



Tags: Dystopian , Boys' Love , Primarily Male Cast , Post-Apocalyptic , Terrorism , Shoujo , Clone , Slavery , Amnesia , Religion , Nudity , Desert
Where to read?

Here is a list of Manga similar to Marginal

Gin no Sankaku

Gin no Sankaku

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance , Sci-Fi

The distortion of space-time and the song that amplifies it. The distortion of the world amplified by the song, the tone of which echoes in time with the sound of music. This is a tapestry of sad but beautiful sounds spun by the beautiful space-time god Lagthorin, who tries to stop the collapse of the world while bobbing between these distortions, and Merlin, a trickster who has been tailored for the said collapse.



Tags: Philosophy , Seinen , Time Manipulation , Clone
Where to read?
To Terra...

Terra e...

Also known as To Terra....

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

A few days before Atalaxian Jomy Marcus Shin's Awakening Day, he has a strange dream of a young blue-haired man. This young man is Soldier Blue, the leader of a group of psionic humans called Mu. The Mu have been fighting for generations for the right to survive against the humans who want them all killed, and have been dreaming to go back to the old homeland - Terra - the old Earth. Little does Jomy know that his awakening is the Mu's last chance - can he unlock his own powers and lead the Mu back to Terra?



Tags: Space Opera , Space , Fugitive , Artificial Intelligence , Philosophy , Super Power , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Reincarnation , War , Tragedy
Zankoku na Kami ga Shihai Suru

Zankoku na Kami ga Shihai Suru

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological

Jeremy, a sensitive but outgoing 15 year old, is delighted to hear the news of his neurotic and excitable mother's remarriage to a wealthy British man. However, much to his horror, his sweet-talking new step-father Greg, soon begins to exhibit a disturbing trait...he is a sadistic pedophile and loses no time in making Jeremy his target. Zankoku na Kami ga Shihaisuru portrays the tale of two stepbrothers - Jeremy and Ian - as they each pursue their separate paths towards redemption.

Tags: Foreign , Revenge , Tragedy , Family Life , Josei , Suicide , Inseki , Philosophy , Denpa , Torture , Body Horror , Urban , Blackmail , Nudity , LGBTQ+ Themes , Drugs , Male Protagonist , Boys' Love , School , Boarding School , Marriage , Detective , Incest , Rehabilitation , Bisexual
A, A'

A: A'

Also known as A, A'.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Romance , Sci-Fi

A volume of short sci-fi shoujo stories all featuring a new race of humans called Unicorns. The major theme in all of the stories are about human emotions. As the characters in the story try to interact and relate to these Unicorns who lack a lot of the natural emotions humans normally feel.

The story A, A' raises a troubling question: how would you feel if your lover died—and was replaced by a clone? Could you recreate your relationship with someone who was physically exactly the same but didn't share any memories of your life together?

In 4/4, teenaged Mori flunks out of an ESP training program. But when he meets Trill, a beautiful Unicorn, his latent abilities begin to blossom...

In X+Y, Hagio uses science fiction to explore questions of gender and sexual identity. Time has passed, and once again, Mori finds himself inexorably attracted to a member of the unicorn race - but this unicorn is male... and so is Mori.

Tags: Clone , Shoujo , Gender Bending , Space , Tragedy , Super Power , Anthology , Bisexual , Boys' Love , LGBTQ+ Themes
Where to read?
Otherworld Barbara

Barbara Ikai

Also known as Otherworld Barbara.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Mystery , Romance , Sci-Fi

Tokio discovers a phantom island named Barbara. Then there’s a mysterious and missing geneticist, an eccentric clergyman, a grieving grandmother granted temporary youth, a psychologist killed by a freak tornado… Hagio offers a sci-fi explanation for these seemingly random paranormal elements, and makes it all matter with believable characters in complex and subtle relationships.



Note: Winner of Japan's Science Fiction Grand Prize award in 2006.

Tags: Family Life , Age Regression , Josei , Cannibalism , Alternate Universe , Ensemble Cast , Memory Manipulation , Aliens , Male Protagonist

Comments

User Icon
User Icon