Manga like Shinai naru Boku e Satsui wo Komete

Kimi ga Bokura wo Akuma to Yonda Koro

Also known as Back When You Called Us Devils.

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

Yusuke Saito is a normal high school kid...well, normal enough, though there's six months missing out of his memory. But when he starts to get confronted by people who insist they're from his past, who allege that he did horrible things to them...suddenly Yusuke realizes that those missing six months may be crucial to remember. Otherwise, the skeletons in his closet may just make him a skeleton, too...



Tags: Bullying , Crime , Male Protagonist , School , Heterosexual , Time Skip , Amnesia , Shounen , Anti-Hero , Revenge , Gore , Police , Detective , Tragedy , Drugs , Suicide

Chi no Wadachi

Also known as Blood on the Tracks.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Psychological

Ordinary middle school student Seiichi Osabe receives love and care from his mother Seiko. Until one summer an incident changes the family dynamic forever. This is a story of a mother’s love that has gone too far….



Tags: Seinen , Tragedy , Family Life , Denpa , Coming of Age , Crime , Male Protagonist , Memory Manipulation , Heterosexual , Suicide , Time Skip , Amnesia , Bullying , Anti-Hero , Psychosexual , Philosophy , School , Police , Nudity , Cosmic Horror , Tomboy , Dissociative Identities

Adabana

Also known as Adabana.

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

After the gruesome murder of two small-town residents, a ramen shop owner, and a local student, the community is left shocked. Mizuki Aikawa, the best friend of one of the victims, confesses to the brutal crime. However, nothing is as it seems, and Mizuki's public defenders believe there has to be more to the story. When the truth unravels, they discover a tale of class, exploitation, and the deeper struggles of meeting family expectations.



Tags: Crime , Female Protagonist , Seinen , Achronological Order , Suicide , Tragedy , Prostitution , Police , Prison , Torture , Denpa , Sadism , Nudity

Bokutachi ga Yarimashita

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Psychological , Romance , Slice of Life , Thriller

Although satisfied with his average lifestyle, Tobio Masubuchi wishes for a long and fun existence, hoping that nothing will get in his way. Alongside his good friends Sho Isami, Yuki "Maru" Maruyama, and Hidero "Paisen" Kosaka, the group passes each day worry free, doing as they please. But when delinquents from a neighboring school overhear Maru saying that they should die, their troubles begin.

After being kidnapped and brutally assaulted, Maru is found by his friends, who are shocked to see what has been done to him. Angry, Tobio proposes that they take immediate revenge, and after deciding how they should do so, the four put their plan into action. But when what should have been just a prank turns deadly, Tobio's aspirations for an undisturbed life are shattered forever.



Tags: Seinen , Tragedy , Terrorism , Philosophy , Primarily Male Cast , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , Satire , Revenge , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Delinquents , Ensemble Cast , Suicide , Nudity , Time Skip , Crime , Age Gap

Tajuu Jinkaku Tantei Psycho

Also known as MPD Psycho.

Status: Finished
Genres: Mystery , Psychological

Police detective Yosuke Kobayashi's life is changed forever after a serial killer notices something "special" about him. That same killer mutilates Kobayashi's wife and kick-starts a "multiple personality battle" within Kobayashi that pushes him into a complex tempest of interconnected deviants and evil forces. Earning praise for its consistently shocking plot lines and Tajima's clean, arresting art style, MPD-Psycho is the manga event of the decade!



Tags: Detective , Clone , Male Protagonist , Dissociative Identities , Police , Seinen , Body Horror , Terrorism , Anti-Hero , Nudity

Boku wa Mari no Naka

Also known as Inside Mari.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Ecchi , Mystery , Psychological , Thriller

A young man is a shut-in, with nothing to do but kill time. The sole pleasure in his life is following home an angelic high school girl he sees every day in a convenience store. Today, like any other day, he follows her, but…



Tags: Female Protagonist , Body Swapping , Dissociative Identities , Gender Bending , Seinen , Philosophy , Psychosexual , Male Protagonist , Hikikomori , Primarily Female Cast , Rehabilitation , LGBTQ+ Themes , School , Yuri , Masturbation , Primarily Teen Cast , Nudity , Unrequited Love , Bullying , Tragedy

Furitsumore Kodoku na Shi yo

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Thriller

"Elite" detective Jin Saeki stumbles upon a gruesome crime scene involving the death and cannibalization of children and is left with more questions than answers. Juuzou Haikawa, the number one suspect for this crime, who was put on most wanted list nationwide. Kanon Hazumi, a mysterious woman claiming to be the adopted daughter of Juuzou Haikawa, an "angel of death." What was the reason for this crime? Who is Juuzou Haikawa? What is his connection to Kanon Hazumi? What is the mysterious past of Jin Saeki? This is the tale of a suffocatingly lonely death.

Tags: Detective , Male Protagonist , Police , Crime , Nudity , Shounen , Tragedy

My Home Hero

Also known as My Home Hero.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Thriller

Tetsuo Tosu is a typical father whose biggest worries are his job and his rebellious daughter, Reika. That is, until he finds a bruise on her face. His worst fears come true when he finds out she has a secret boyfriend...and he's part of a crime ring that's using her to steal her grandparent's wealth. If that wasn't bad enough, the thug catches Tetsuo snooping around and threatens to kill Reika as soon as she gets home. Fueled by fatherly instincts, Tetsuo murders the man...only for his wife to walk in and witness what he's done. Now with a corpse to hide and a crime ring hot on his tail, Tetsuo must resort to his love of detective novels and his wits to stay one step ahead of a grim fate...



Tags: Crime , Seinen , Yakuza , Primarily Adult Cast , Mafia , Guns , Family Life , Tragedy , Cult , Detective , Male Protagonist , Police , Nudity , Delinquents , Revenge , Suicide

MONSTER

Also known as Monster.

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

Everyone faces uncertainty at some point in their lives. Even a brilliant surgeon like Kenzo Tenma is no exception. But there’s no way he could have known that his decision to stop chasing professional success and instead concentrate on his oath to save peoples’ lives would result in the birth of an abomination. The questions of good and evil now take on a terrifyingly real dimension.

Years later, in Germany during the tumultuous post-reunification period, middle-aged childless couples are being killed one after another. The serial killer’s identity is known. The reasons why he kills are not. Dr. Tenma sets out on a journey to find the killer’s twin sister, who may hold some clues to solving the enigma of the “Monster.”



Tags: Seinen , Conspiracy , Tragedy , Philosophy , Twins , Amnesia , Fugitive , Noir , Foreign , Male Protagonist , Memory Manipulation , Primarily Adult Cast , Historical , Detective , Ensemble Cast , Police , Medicine , Time Skip , Crossdressing , Orphan , Adoption , Suicide , Torture , Gore , Achronological Order , Assassins

Heads

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Psychological

This manga is a story based on a thriller by Keigo Higashino. The main protagonist, the shy Jun Naruse, is a rather average guy who works for an electronics company and loves to paint. He falls in love with Megumi whom he met at an art supplies shop and an intimate relationship develops. Whilst looking for his dream apartment to move into with Megumi the real estate office he is at gets attacked, and when the criminal tries to shoot a little girl, he saves her by jumping in front of her.

A month passes until he wakes up again and is told that half his brain got destroyed and he only survived because someone donated half a brain. Everything seems to be fine, he quickly recovers and is happy, however, he begins to change… Is the donated brain the reason for that? Or is it just a side effect of the medicine?

Tags: Dissociative Identities , Denpa , Drawing , Revenge , Suicide , Primarily Adult Cast , Tragedy , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Heterosexual , Conspiracy , Amnesia , Philosophy , Anti-Hero , Crime , Work , Twins , Bar , Nudity