Manga like Isekai Shikkaku

Ningen Shikkaku

Also known as No Longer Human.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Psychological

Mine has been a life of much shame.

I can’t even guess myself what it must be to live the life of a human being.

Plagued by a maddening anxiety, the terrible disconnect between his own concept of happiness and the joy of the rest of the world, Yozo Oba plays the clown in his dissolute life, holding up a mask for those around him as he spirals ever downward, locked arm-in-arm with death.

Osamu Dazai’s immortal—and supposedly autobiographical—work of Japanese literature, is perfectly adapted here into a manga by Junji Itou. The imagery wrenches open the text of the novel one line at a time to sublimate Yozo’s mental landscape into something even more delicate and grotesque. This is the ultimate in art by Itou, proof that nothing can surpass the terror of the human psyche.



Tags: Tragedy , Philosophy , Classic Literature , Nudity , Seinen , Suicide , Biographical , Family Life , Primarily Adult Cast , Drugs , Body Horror , Urban Fantasy

Bungou Stray Dogs

Also known as Bungo Stray Dogs.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Drama , Mystery , Supernatural

Having been kicked out of the orphanage, a despairing young man by the name of Atsushi Nakajima rescues a strange man from a suicide attempt--Osamu Dazai. Turns out that Dazai is part of an armed-detective agency staffed by individuals whose supernatural powers take on a literary bent!



Tags: Urban Fantasy , Detective , Super Power , Mafia , Crime , Fugitive , Male Protagonist , Classic Literature , Tragedy , Primarily Male Cast , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Seinen , Work , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Philosophy , Found Family , Criminal Organization , Anti-Hero , Terrorism , Orphan , Conspiracy , Assassins , Gods , Vampire , Suicide , Guns , Monster Boy , Gore , Swordplay , Shapeshifting , Police , Torture , Sadism , Circus , Time Manipulation , Tsundere , Animals

Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei

Also known as Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

Nozomu Itoshiki is depressed. Very depressed. He's certifiably suicidal, but he’s also the beloved schoolteacher of a class of unique students, each charming in her own way: The stalker. The shut-in. The obsessive-compulsive. The girl who comes to class every day with strange bruises. And Kafuka, the most optimistic girl in the world, who knows that every cloud has a silver lining. For all of them, it's a special time, when the right teacher can have a lasting positive effect on their lives. But is that teacher Itoshiki, a.k.a. Zetsubou-sensei, who just wants to find the perfect place to die?



Tags: Satire , Teacher , Philosophy , School , Ensemble Cast , Meta , Parody , Primarily Female Cast , Anachronism , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Episodic , Suicide , Tragedy , Dissociative Identities , Ghost , Hikikomori , Tanned Skin , Otaku Culture , Female Harem , Politics , Shounen , Drawing

Serial Killer Isekai ni Oritatsu

Also known as Isekai Executioner: The Serial Killer in Another World.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Fantasy

In this thrilling isekai suspense, a serial killer tormented by uncontrollable murderous urges finally gets his death sentence. But his relief doesn't last long as he's reborn in another world! Given a mission by a goddess to eliminate 12 other reincarnated people, he must now use his deadly skills for a bigger purpose. Not everyone who gets a second chance is a good person in this exciting story that gives the isekai genre a fresh twist!



Tags: Isekai , Reincarnation , Crime , Gods , Magic , Gender Bending , Seinen

Isekai Walking

Also known as Let’s Take a Walk in Another World.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

Sora was summoned into a fantasy world from his native Japan to be a hero…but the only special skill he has is "Walking"! Its effect? "Walk as much as you want without getting tired." It sounds convenient, but it won't help in the fight against the demon lord! Rejected for his weakness, he's dumped outside the palace by the king's guards. But as he begins to walk away, he suddenly levels up! Each step taken earns one experience point…and soon, useful skills like Examine, Alchemy, and Domestic Magic are his to command! Who knew just taking a walk could be the key to a whole new world?

Tags: Male Protagonist , Isekai , Travel , Shounen , Slavery

Ningen Shikkaku

Also known as No Longer Human.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Slice of Life

Set in modern day Tokyo, Dazai's tale details the life of a young man originally from a well-off family from Japan's far north. Yozo Oba is a troubled soul incapable of revealing his true self to others. A weak constitution and the lingering trauma from some abuse administered by a relative forces him to uphold a facade of hollow jocularity since high school. The series is composed of three parts, referred to in the novel as "memorandums," which chronicle the life of Oba from his teens to late twenties.



Adaptation of the original work of Dazai Osamu.

Tags: Seinen , Classic Literature , Suicide , Tragedy , Philosophy , Primarily Adult Cast , Drugs , Psychosexual , Biographical , Nudity , Autobiographical

Isekai Metaller

Also known as Isekai Metaller.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Music

Isekai comedy about a die-hard metalhead who got electrocuted during his own metal band's farewell gig. He finds himself transported to a fantasy world filled with everything true metal fans can only dream about ranging from dragons to werewolves. Now this metalhead is determined to bring peace to this new world with his burning metal spirit!

Tags: Metal Music , Male Protagonist , Isekai , Dragons , Seinen , Fairy

Mushoku Tensei: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu

Also known as Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Ecchi , Fantasy

An unemployed otaku has just reached the lowest point in his life. He wants nothing more than the ability to start over, but just as he thinks it may be possible…he gets hit by a truck and dies! Shockingly, he finds himself reborn into an infant’s body in a strange new world of swords and magic. His identity now is Rudeus Greyrat, yet he still retains the memories of his previous life. Reborn into a new family, Rudeus makes use of his past experiences to forge ahead in this fantasy world as a true prodigy, gifted with maturity beyond his years and a natural born talent for magic. With swords instead of chopsticks, and spell books instead of the internet, can Rudeus redeem himself in this wondrous yet dangerous land?



Tags: Isekai , Reincarnation , Magic , Family Life , Age Gap , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Rehabilitation , Female Harem , Time Skip , Survival , Demons , Gore , Tomboy , Tragedy , Alternate Universe , Swordplay , Marriage , Medieval , Polyamorous

Kono Yuusha ga Ore Tueee Kuse ni Shinchou Sugiru

Also known as The Hero is Overpowered but Overly Cautious.

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

The fate of the S-ranked world Gaeabrande rests with the novice goddess Ristarte. As she thumbs through the piles of duller-than-dull résumés for potential Heroes to summon, she hits the jackpot with Seiya Ryuguuin, whose stats are so high for a level-1 Hero that he's practically cheating! (He's also pretty easy on the eyes.) But there's a catch. Seiya is cautious to a fault. If he goes to a weapons and armor shop, he asks for three sets of armor: one to wear, a spare, and a spare for the spare. Just in case. He always buys ridiculous amounts of supplies, trains like he's racing to max level, and won't hesitate to use his strongest skills even on a simple slime. With a Hero like Seiya on the job, which will run out first-the Demon Lord's forces or Ristarte's sanity...? The tale of the overpowered yet overly cautious Hero and the goddess who can't decide if she wants to kiss him or smack him begins!



Tags: Isekai , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Medieval , Magic , Surreal Comedy , Slapstick , Female Protagonist , Gods

Tensei! Dazai Osamu Tensei Shite, Sumimasen

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Centers on famous Japanese novelist Osamu Dazai, author of No Longer Human, who is reincarnated into modern Japan with his scathing sarcasm and dry wit toward humanity intact.



Tags: Male Protagonist , Josei , Reincarnation