Manga like Nademonogatari

Otorimonogatari

Also known as Otorimonogatari: Decoy Tale.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural

A certain middle school girl has a fondness for hats, which serve as a line of defence against eye contact along with the overlong bangs she’s worn ever since she was little. Speaking in fits and starts when she doesn’t fall completely silent, her go-to line is “I’m sorry,” and she’s given to referring to herself in third person. Nadeko Sengoku is pretty, and not just cute.



Tags: Youkai , Female Protagonist , Gods , Tragedy , Denpa , Vampire , Amnesia

Koimonogatari

Also known as Koimonogatari: Love Tale.

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

Circling back to a middle school girl’s apotheosis, if we can call it that, in OTORIMONOGATARI, and the mortal threat it poses to the hero and his girl, this “Season Two” finale is narrated, for the first time in the series, by a grown-up—but if the word conjures a sense of reliability, of stability and certainty to you, dear reader, then the lesson to take home from this is to trust no one.

Because the teller of the tale, who has been summoned by the heroine to defuse the situation, despite having been her nemesis since the very outset of the series, is—in the absence of the equally shady adult, Oshino, who at least was an expert—none other than his college frenemy, the fake ghostbuster who doesn’t believe in ghosts, the shameless swindler Deishu Kaiki.

And it is indeed a con that he agrees to perpetrate, uncharacteristically pro bono, on a wrathful god—a mythic undertaking if true, which it may be, when a liar among liars holds that his story, like any other, is all a lie. But maybe not, when a man who claims to be wise in the ways of the world sounds just as self-conscious as his adolescent counterparts or a Russian anti-hero.



Tags: Meta , Urban Fantasy , Male Protagonist , Gods , Tragedy , Youkai , Female Protagonist , Vampire , Anti-Hero , Unrequited Love , Philosophy

Nekomonogatari: Shiro

Also known as Nekomonogatari: Cat Tale (White).

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Mystery , Psychological , Romance , Supernatural

A tale of heroine Tsubasa Hanekawa from her own perspective, in her own voice—if that can hold true for a damaged soul who, depending on who you’re asking, suffers from a split personality or a supernatural aberration. The bone-chilling brokenness of her household, where father and mother and daughter keep three separate sets of cookware in the same kitchen and only ever prepare their own meals, and the profound darkness nurtured in the genius schoolgirl’s heart, come to life, if that is the word, through her self-vivisection.



Tags: Urban Fantasy , Achronological Order , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Dissociative Identities , Nekomimi , Ensemble Cast , Gods , Vampire , Meta , Alternate Universe , Male Protagonist , Post-Apocalyptic , Time Manipulation , Tomboy , Youkai , Yuri , Seinen

Hitokui Magical: Satsuriku Kijutsu no Niounomiya Kyoudai

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

The No. 1 Killing Name, "Niounomiya", has finally arrived!

".....Specifically, what are you researching, Assistant Professor Kigamine?"
"——Researching not dying."
Invited to monitor the bizarre research on Kuchiha Madoka—a girl who lives eternal—Ii, the Nonsense User, visits the ruins of a clinic in northern Kyoto with antique apartment dwellers Ichihime Yukariki and Kasuga Kasugai.
However, what awaits them there is a terrible "fate" itself!
The Niounomiya siblings, the number one killers in the world, make their debut in this exciting new coming-of-age story.



Tags: Tragedy , Philosophy , Assassins , Coming of Age , Dissociative Identities , Gore , Male Protagonist , Transgender , Primarily Female Cast , Anthropomorphism

Shinomonogatari

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Mystery , Supernatural

Volume 1:
"All I ever see in thee is the visage of death."
Shinobu Oshino and Koyomi Araragi set off to meet Deathtopia Virtuoso Suicide-Master in her homeland, the tentatively named Kingdom of Acerola. As the humans fall into a state of disorder, the vampires are being wiped out by a virus that only infects aberrations?
This is the modern era of oddities, oddities, and more oddities!
Youth is by your side, alive and well.

Volume 2:
"Good night, sleep tight, and sweet dreams."
As a specialist in training, Nadeko Sengoku heads to Iriomote Island with Yotsugi Ononoki and Deishuu Kaiki. Their target is the snake charmer Uroko Around— the root of all evil, and the biological daughter of Izuko Gaen. What will be the outcome of Nadeko's deathmatch?
This is the modern era of oddities, oddities, and more oddities!
Thank you, youth. Until we meet again.



Tags: Female Protagonist , Vampire , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , Monster Boy , Meta , Pandemic , Survival , Historical , Monster Girl , Urban Fantasy , Tragedy , Nudity , Achronological Order , Primarily Female Cast , Butler , Unrequited Love , POV