Manga like Ouroboros

Sanctuary

Also known as Sanctuary.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Thriller

Two young men vow to transform the destiny of Japan, by any means. As children, they survived the horrors of the Cambodian killing fields together. Now, can they topple the leaders of both the Japanese Parliament and the yakuza crime syndicate?

Although cold and calculating when need be, Hojo and Asami exemplify the traits their colleagues lack: loyalty to friends, compassion for the downtrodden...and an irresistible way with women.

Deputy Police Chief Ishihara sets out to expose their ingenious machinations, but instead falls helplessly in love with Hojo...

Tags: Yakuza , Politics , Seinen , Crime , Primarily Adult Cast , Urban , Noir , Nudity , Police , Tragedy , Triads , Gore

Change the World: Kyou Kara Satsujinki

Also known as CHANGE THE WORLD -BLOODTHIRSTY KILLER FROM TODAY-.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Supernatural

Saito Yuichi, a self-proclaimed social reject, has accidentally switched bodies with an elite police officer, Mitsumune Sakutaro! He still has his consciousness, but his body is completely different. Now with a whole new life ahead of him, he thought he could enjoy being an elite detective. But it seems that his new body is hiding a few important secrets!



Tags: Body Swapping , Police , Suicide , Revenge , Male Protagonist , Gore , Guns , Cult , Detective , Crime , Seinen , Cars , Assassins , Yakuza ,

Satsudou

Status: Cancelled
Genres: Action , Drama

Akamori Mitsuo wants to be an ordinary salaryman but... He is a genius murderer born into a family that has been practising the ancient art of killing for centuries. Akamori faces obstacles like Yakuza, fighters and gangs in the path that goes to his want.

Note: The manga was cancelled after the author passed away.

Tags: Martial Arts , Seinen , Primarily Adult Cast

Red List: Keishichou Sotai Sanka PO

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Thriller

Hikaru Kago is a former yakuza roped into cooperation with the police through plea bargaining. Takaomi Togasawa is an elite cop who'd rather be doing desk work. Follow the improbable duo as they survive each day as protection officers in charge of yakuza victims or targets, and find out why their assignment is called "the last bureau before heaven!"

Tags: Police , Seinen , Yakuza

switch

Also known as switch.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mystery

Kai Eto may look like a squeaky clean kid, but the Greater Kanto Narcotics Control Division's new investigator hides a violent alter ego and a dangerous past. With his stoic partner Hal Kurabayashi, Kai is assigned to track down and stop the distribution of Dragon Speed, a dangerous new drug. But Ryugen, the syndicate trafficking the drug, is almost impossible to infiltrate. Add street violence and a jurisdiction war with the Meguro Police, and poor Kai is in for some very long days at the office.



Included one-shots:
Volume 2: Bonus Chapter
Volume 6: Early Days; Bonus Chapter
Volume 11: Bonus Chapter

Tags: Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Dissociative Identities , Amnesia , Police , Crime , Criminal Organization , Detective , Drugs , Estranged Family , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Boys' Love , Crossdressing

Jiraishin

Also known as Ice Blade.

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

Kyoya Ida is a hard-nosed detective from the Shinjuku Police precinct. He is known in the force as an unreasonable type who would use lethal force to solve cases, making him unpopular with the enlisted and high-ranking officers in the National Police Agency.

Despite this fact, there are some in the force that admire Ida for his bravery and cleverness in using lethal force to solve criminal cases whenever legal means are met in a dead end.

Tags: Seinen , Detective , Police , Male Protagonist , Guns , Episodic , Nudity , Anti-Hero

Mogura no Uta

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama

Tanibukuro city's Officer Kikukawa Reiji is the problem child of the police force. He doesn't always follow protocol and he enforces justice through his own personal morals. But it was that exact unwavering sense of righteousness that convinced the chief of police that Reiji was a perfect fit for a top secret undercover mission. He is given the task of infiltrating the Sukiya organization, the biggest and most dangerous mafia group of the Kanto region, and find solid evidence to arrest its leader Todoroki Shuho. But being accepted and trusted in the mafia means Reiji has to do unthinkable things and put himself in dangerous situations where one little slip and his life would be over.



Tags: Heterosexual , Surreal Comedy , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Yakuza , Primarily Adult Cast , Espionage , Crime , Police , Nudity , Guns , Fugitive , Slapstick , Drugs , Disability , Torture , Wrestling , Cars , Crossdressing , Cult , Assassins , Golf , Bar , Reincarnation

Kurokouchi

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Thriller

Kurokouchi Keita is the black sheep of the police force. He works alone, and doesn't think twice about extorting money from the dirty politicians by getting hold of their achilles heels. Using the money and whatever bits of information acquired through underhanded means, he gets closer and closer to the ultimate unresolved crime of the Showa era (1968); the 300 million bank heist.

One day, the new rookie Seike Shingo, is assigned as Kurokouchi's partner. Excellent, but naive and idealistic, he is the exact opposite of Kurokouchi, but nonetheless, the duo relentlessly chase down criminals.

Tags: Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Blackmail , Police , Seinen , Crime , Criminal Organization , Yakuza