Manga like Not Lives

What is Not Lives about?

Status: Finished

Mikami Shigeru is a video game genius–he can play and conquer any game, and just as easily program his own. While planning his next project, Shigeru discovers a strange oddity among his stack of research materials–a game disc labelled NOT ALIVE. Absorbing into his body, the disc thrusts him into a strange parallel reality where he becomes the “Player” of a real life video game, one where he controls the mysterious and skilled Amamiya Kyouka as his new female avatar. With rules to learn, other players to combat, and an omniscient GM overseeing the process, will Shigeru’s gaming skills be enough to survive in this brave new digital world?



Includes one extra chapter.

Tags: Death Game , Video Games , Shounen , School , Gender Bending
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Accel World

Accel World

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Romance , Sci-Fi

No matter how much the times change, bullied kids aren't going anywhere. And fat junior high school student Haruyuki is one of them. But one day, Haruyuki encounters Kuroyukihime, the most beautiful and elegant girl at school, who gives him a mysterious program: "Brain Burst"...and the secret of the "Accelerated World." He may be at the bottom of the food chain at school, but Haruyuki and his destiny begin to "accelerate" with incredible speed in the virtual realm as he aims for the top!! The manga adaptation of Reki Kawahara's wildly popular Accel World light novel series follows in the footsteps of its predecessor, bringing you a futuristic coming-of-age tale about the potential that lies within all of us!



Tags: Virtual World , School , Shounen , Bullying , Henshin , Tokusatsu
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Classmate, Kamimura Yuuka wa Kou Itta.

Classmate, Kamimura Yuuka wa Kou Itta.

Status: Finished
Genres: Ecchi , Mystery , Romance , Sci-Fi

Shirasaki is incredibly bored by his unchanging daily school life and he ends up falling in with his weird classmate Kamimura Yuuka, who rants about changing the world to his uninterested classmates. However, when she reveals the truth about the nature of their world to him, everything will quickly become stranger than he would ever have expected!



Tags: School , Shounen , Artificial Intelligence , Revenge , Robots
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Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai

Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Romance

Katsuragi Keima is known on the net as the god of getting the girls while in real life he’s known as otamegane and he hates all real girls. However he is approached by Elsie, a devil from hell, to help her in catching runaway spirits that hide in people. Apparently the spirits only hide in the hearts of girls and the only way to get the souls out is by making the girl fall in love so the spirit gets forced out. And he’s not allowed to fail or he will lose his head.

Tags: Primarily Female Cast , Female Harem , Male Protagonist , School , Video Games , Otaku Culture , Demons , Heterosexual , Urban Fantasy , Slapstick , Gods , Denpa , Memory Manipulation , Shounen , Amnesia , Time Manipulation , Family Life , Age Regression , Anti-Hero , Love Triangle , Tsundere , Kuudere , Conspiracy , Bullying , Dissociative Identities , Coming of Age , Crossdressing , Idol , Band , Philosophy , Chibi , Body Swapping
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Gantz

GANTZ

Also known as Gantz.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Ecchi , Horror , Psychological , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

Tokyo teens Kei and Masaru are killed by a subway train but awaken in a room with an ominous black orb that gives them weapons, suits and orders. Fighting bizarre alien monstrosities in a deadly game, will they win their freedom or die for the final time?



Tags: Survival , Seinen , Gore , Aliens , Tragedy , Death Game , Urban , Guns , Cosmic Horror , Philosophy , Nudity , Heterosexual , Ensemble Cast , Super Power , Terrorism , Vampire , Assassins , Female Harem , Youkai , Dinosaurs , CGI , Trains
Magical Girl Apocalypse

Mahou Shoujo of the End

Also known as Magical Girl Apocalypse.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Ecchi , Horror , Mahou Shoujo , Mystery , Romance

One day, ordinary high school student Kogami Kii finds himself caught up in a strange kind of zombie apocalypse, involving 'magic girls.' While idly looking out of the school window, Kii sees what looks like a little girl hitting a teacher, causing his head to explode violently. Convinced he's dreaming, he goes to the restroom to get his act together.

Unfortunately, its not a dream, and he arrives to find the creepy little girl repeatedly saying "magical" as she slaughters his friends and classmates. Soon, Kii and his childhood friend—a quiet, often-bullied girl called Tsukune—are witness to the resurrection of their friends' corpses into a zombie-like murderous mob crying the single word "magical." Now Kii and Tsukune must try to endure with the other survivors, and try to find out what has happened to their world.



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Darwin's Game

Darwin's Game

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mystery

An unknowing Sudou Kaname is invited to try out a new mysterious mobile app game called Darwin's Game, but later realizes that he's in for more than he's bargained for when he finds out that there's no way to quit the game.

Tags: Male Protagonist , Battle Royale , Death Game , Shounen , Super Power , Alternate Universe , Post-Apocalyptic , Survival , Time Skip , Gangs , Guns , Gambling , Crime , Gore , Assassins , Body Horror , Isekai , Aliens , Yandere , Time Manipulation
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Shangri-La Frontier: Kusoge Hunter, Kami ge ni Idoman to su

Also known as Shangri-La Frontier.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy , Sci-Fi

Second year high school student Rakuro Hizutome is interested in one thing only: finding "shitty games" and beating the crap out of them. His gaming skills are second to none, and no game is too bad for him to enjoy. So when he's introduced to the new VR game Shangri-La Frontier, he does what he does best—min-maxes and skips the prologue to jump straight into the action. But can even an expert gamer like Rakuro discover all the secrets that Shangri-La Frontier hides...?



Tags: Video Games , Shounen , Virtual World , Kemonomimi , Anthropomorphism , Male Protagonist , Artificial Intelligence , Magic , Gender Bending , Curses
Atsumare! Fushigi Kenkyuu-bu

Atsumare! Fushigi Kenkyuu-bu

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

The "girls comedy" series follows a protagonist named Daisuke who cannot decide on a club to join because he does not have anything he particularly wants to do. He has an encounter that changes his school life.

Tags: School Club , Surreal Comedy , School , Tsundere , Female Harem , Shounen , Ghost , Gyaru , Crossdressing
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Battle in 5 Seconds

Deatte 5-byou de Battle

Also known as Battle in 5 Seconds.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Drama , Supernatural

Akira Shiroyanagi is a high schooler who loves challenging games and Konpeito candy. One day, while heading to school, he encounters an enigmatic woman called Mion. After that, Akira and a host of other individuals are kidnapped and forced to become test pilots for a mysterious organization. They are given unique abilities and pitted against each other. Armed with his newfound, special ability, Akira becomes determined to take down this sinister group and beat their game. He has to rely on his guile to overcome all sorts of obstacles in a captivating battle of wits!



Tags: Death Game , Battle Royale , Super Power , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Urban , Nudity , Zombie , Samurai
Future Diary

Mirai Nikki

Also known as Future Diary.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural , Thriller

Yukiteru is a lonely student whose only hobby is the daily diary he keeps on his cell phone. But Yukiteru has a secret that nobody knows about...his cellphone can tell the future! Now a vicious game of survival is about to begin among twelve future diaryholders - with the winner crowned god of the new world!



Tags: Battle Royale , Yandere , Shounen , Death Game , Time Manipulation , Male Protagonist , Survival , Alternate Universe , Gods , Skeleton , Tragedy , Gore , Urban , Crime , Bisexual , Urban Fantasy , Heterosexual
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