Manga like Nebou Suru Otoko

Dandadan

Also known as Dandadan.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Romance , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

Momo Ayase strikes up an unusual friendship with her school’s UFO fanatic, whom she nicknames “Okarun” because he has a name that is not to be said aloud. While Momo believes in spirits, she thinks aliens are nothing but nonsense. Her new friend, meanwhile, thinks the exact opposite. To settle matters, the two set out to prove each other wrong—Momo to a UFO hotspot and Okarun to a haunted tunnel! What unfolds next is a beautiful story of young love…and oddly horny aliens and spirits?



Notes:
Includes 1 extra chapter.
Nominated for the 15th Manga Taisho Award in 2022.

Tags: Youkai , Urban Fantasy , Aliens , Super Power , Ghost , Shounen , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Surreal Comedy , Henshin , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Tokusatsu , Heterosexual , School , Shapeshifting , Body Horror , Love Triangle , Terrorism , Conspiracy , Kaiju , Acrobatics , Gore , Tragedy , Chuunibyou , Super Robot , Cannibalism , Exorcism , Circus , Nudity , Gods , Tsundere , Bullying , Dissociative Identities , Suicide , Curses

Jujutsu Kaisen

Also known as Jujutsu Kaisen.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Supernatural

Although Yuji Itadori looks like your average teenager, his immense physical strength is something to behold! Every sports club wants him to join, but Itadori would rather hang out with the school outcasts in the Occult Research Club. One day, the club manages to get their hands on a sealed cursed object. Little do they know the terror they’ll unleash when they break the seal…



Notes:
Ranked 1st in Japan's Bookstore Employees Top Manga of 2018.
Nominated for the 25th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2021.
Nominated for the 65th Shogakukan Manga Award in the Shounen Category in 2019.
Includes one extra chapter.

Tags: Urban Fantasy , Demons , Super Power , Shounen , Tragedy , Youkai , Male Protagonist , Monster Boy , Curses , Magic , Martial Arts , Body Horror , Dissociative Identities , Death Game , Gore , Primarily Teen Cast , Battle Royale , Urban , Ensemble Cast , Exorcism , Cosmic Horror , Sadism , Body Swapping , Cult , School , Philosophy , Anthropomorphism , Assassins , Time Manipulation , Swordplay , Slapstick , Amnesia , Time Skip , Nudity , Femboy

Nito no Joreishi

Also known as The Nito Exorcists.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Drama , Supernatural

Exorcists Gotsuji and Uruka spend their days exorcising evil spirits on request, inching ever closer to their goal: to cut down a specific spirit as a means of mourning the woman it killed. Uruka, mystified by Gotsuji's actions, accompanies him in his quest for revenge, but where will their journey lead...? Bunny outfits or traditional garb—doesn't matter! Just cut those spirits down! The curtain rises on a new and exciting story full of action and the occult!



Tags: Swordplay , Female Protagonist , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Revenge , Exorcism , Urban Fantasy , Tragedy , Cosmic Horror

Ayashimon

Also known as Ayashimon.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Supernatural

Maruo, a boy starved for battle, meets Urara, a girl trying to escape from underworld thugs...



Tags: Youkai , Yakuza , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Female Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Meta , Surreal Comedy , Parody , Motorcycles , Dragons , Crossdressing , 4-koma

Ghost Fixers

Also known as Ghost Fixers.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

Following a certain event, Mikurigaoka New Town transformed into a crucible of supernatural phenomena known as GHOSTS! In said town lives Hifumi, a middle school boy, who one day encounters a girl who just moved in... Help "correct" the supernatural in this action-packed tale from Yasuki Tanaka, creator of "Summer Time Rendering"!

Tags: Exorcism , Time Manipulation , Urban Fantasy , Ghost , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Shounen , Primarily Teen Cast , Work , Swordplay , Guns , School , Vampire , Post-Apocalyptic , Super Power , Tsundere , Zombie

Sousei no Onmyouji

Also known as Twin Star Exorcists.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Romance , Supernatural

Rokuro dreams of becoming anything but an exorcist! Then mysterious Benio turns up. The pair are dubbed the "Twin Star Exorcists" and learn they are fated to marry... Can Rokuro escape both fates? When Rokuro's best friend Ryogo goes missing, Rokuro is forced to ask Benio for help to enter Magano, the realm of the evil Kegare, to rescue him!



Notes:
Includes 6 extra chapters and 2 special chapters.
Chapters 51 - 54 were originally a spin-off series, later merged into the main series.
Chapter 13 was split into 2 chapters in the volume release; chapter count reflects the magazine releases.

Tags: Exorcism , Shounen , Heterosexual , Demons , Male Protagonist , War , Female Protagonist , Time Skip , Memory Manipulation , Nudity , Tragedy , Revenge , Urban Fantasy , Magic , Tanned Skin , Twins , Female Harem , Amnesia , Clone , Gore , Curses

Tokyo Ghoul

Also known as Tokyo Ghoul.

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

Shy Ken Kaneki is thrilled to go on a date with the beautiful Rize. But it turns out that she’s only interested in his body—eating it, that is. When a morally questionable rescue transforms him into the first half-human half-Ghoul hybrid, Ken is drawn into the dark and violent world of Ghouls, which exists alongside our own.



Note: Includes one extra chapter.

Tags: Tragedy , Urban Fantasy , Cannibalism , Gore , Male Protagonist , Dystopian , Seinen , Survival , Philosophy , Coming of Age , Shapeshifting , Body Horror , Torture , Police , Cosmic Horror , Kuudere , Primarily Adult Cast , Heterosexual , Chimera , Twins , Mythology , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Demons

Siren wa Kimi ni Utawanai

Also known as Sirens Won't Sing For You.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Romance

Towa Takanashi is a descendent of Sirens and is infatuated with her classmate, Kei Shibuya. Torn between her feelings and the Siren's unique nature of yearning to eat the one they love, Kanoha musters up the courage to confess to him—only to get completely rejected on the spot! But what happens when she finds out Shibuya-kun's secret...?



Tags: Monster Girl , Heterosexual , Shounen , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Amnesia

Choujin X

Also known as Choujin X.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy , Psychological

A plane is seen crashing with black smoke billowing out of it. It seems to have been caused by a "Choujin". However, strangely enough, the plane was not damaged and there were 200 survivors. High school students Kurobara Tokio and Higashi Azuma are on their way home from volunteering to help with the accident when they are suddenly tangled up with a delinquent they have a history with... but there is something different about him.

Note: The manga chapters are irregularly released on Tonari no Young Jump. At the same time, it received a serialization in Weekly Young Jump, starting from chapter 1. Some chapters receive a version with fewer pages in the magazine, also counting with additions of new pages in certain situations. After chapter 15, the manga went back to being exclusive to Tonari no YJ, ending the serialization in the magazine.

Tags: Urban Fantasy , Henshin , Super Power , Body Horror , Seinen , Gore , Surreal Comedy , Male Protagonist , Conspiracy , Drugs , Cosmic Horror , Religion , Female Protagonist , Time Skip , Coming of Age , Clone

MASHLE

Also known as Mashle: Magic and Muscles.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Fantasy

This is a world of magic where magic is used for everything. But deep in the forest exists a young man who spends his time training and bulking up. He can't use magic, but he enjoys a peaceful life with his father. But one day, his life is put in danger! Will his muscular body protect him from the magic users who are out to get him? Powerfully trained muscles crush magic as this abnormal magical fantasy begins!



Note:
Eleventh place of Tsugimanga 2020 Award in the Manga Category.

Tags: Magic , Fitness , Surreal Comedy , Shounen , Parody , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Slapstick , Time Manipulation , War , Primarily Male Cast , Food , Unrequited Love , LGBTQ+ Themes , Asexual , Aromantic , Volleyball , Tennis