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Ueki no Housoku

Also known as The Law of Ueki.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy

In a world of powerful celestial beings, an epic contest is being conducted to select the next king! Each Celestial selects a kid in junior high to be his champion and grants him a special power. The kids battle it out--losers are eliminated, and the winners are granted new talents!

Seemingly ordinary Kosuke Ueki has been chosen to be a contender in the tournament. Granted the power to change trash into trees, Ueki has two disadvantages to overcome--one, he doesn't know he's a participant in the tournament, and two, how the heck can anyone win a battle with the power to turn trash into trees?



Tags: Shounen , Super Power , Magic , Male Protagonist

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 , Ensemble Cast , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Urban , Nudity , Zombie , Heterosexual , Samurai

Saike Mata Shite mo

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

The story follows a unambitious introverted middle school student called Saike Kuzushiro. After witnessing the death of his childhood friend, Mikan Karatachi, in a road accident. He cries out to God and after a fall, Saike wakes up in bed the previous morning, the day of the accident.

Will history repeat? Can he save Mikan? What power does he have to change the future?

Included one-shots:
Volume 3: The Negatibrain

Tags: Super Power , Time Manipulation , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Foreign , Satire , Urban Fantasy , Amnesia , Travel , Time Loop

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

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 , Time Manipulation , Death Game , Female Protagonist , Survival , Male Protagonist , Alternate Universe , Gods , Tragedy , Skeleton , Terrorism , Orphan , Detective , Gore , Urban Fantasy , Crime , Heterosexual , Bisexual , Cult , Disability , Urban

Tomodachi Game

Also known as Tomodachi Game.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Psychological

Play a game that costs a lot of money with your best friends! The key to clearing the game is "don't doubt your friends." However, one betrayal raises suspicion, and the game becomes a psychological warfare! Money or friends?

The ultimate intellectual game manga that shakes people's hearts has been born!



Note: Includes 3 extra chapters.

Tags: Anti-Hero , Death Game , Male Protagonist , Battle Royale , Survival , Crime , Tragedy , Revenge , Shounen , Yandere , Ships , Snowscape , Torture , Gambling , LGBTQ+ Themes , Adoption , Card Battle , Ensemble Cast , Prison , School , Gangs , Poker

Real Account

Also known as Real Account.

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

In a world driven by fictionalized friendship, courtesy of the program named "real account", the table suddenly turns, and the cybernetic world turns real! how will they survive?

Notes:
Includes 2 extra chapters.
The first part was serialized in Bessatsu Shounen Magazine until August 9, 2014; the second part, with the chapter count reset, started in Weekly Shounen Magazine on December 24, 2014.

Tags: Death Game , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Satire , Gore , Virtual World , Nudity , Twins , LGBTQ+ Themes , Football , Zombie , Clone , Incest