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Gokurakugai

Also known as Gokurakugai.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Fantasy , Supernatural

Gokurakugai, a bright and bustling working class district with a hidden dark side. In this area without order, Tao and Alma work as troubleshooters for hire. Their missions involve helping a young boy find his lost friend, a person who dissapears without a trace, and disfigured animal corpses. All the while, the evil spirits who live in the shadows bring out a different side to these troubleshooters!



Tags: Urban Fantasy , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Body Horror , Monster Boy , Demons , Crime , Tragedy , Gangs , Anthropomorphism , Yandere , Suicide , Slavery

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

Ao no Exorcist

Also known as Blue Exorcist.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Supernatural

Raised by Father Fujimoto, a famous exorcist, Rin Okumura never knew his real father. One day a fateful argument with Father Fujimoto forces Rin to face a terrible truth—the blood of the demon lord Satan runs in Rin's veins! Rin swears to defeat Satan, but doing that means entering the mysterious True Cross Academy and becoming an exorcist himself. Can Rin fight demons and keep his infernal bloodline a secret? It won't be easy, especially when drawing his father's sword releases the demonic power within him!



Note: Includes three extra chapters.

Tags: Demons , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Conspiracy , Urban Fantasy , Twins , Swordplay , Primarily Teen Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Exorcism , School , Tragedy , Religion , Youkai , Clone , Anthropomorphism , Gore , Body Horror , Chimera , Espionage , Curses , Magic , Orphan , Ensemble Cast , Mythology , Guns , Kemonomimi , Time Manipulation , Heterosexual , Kaiju , Memory Manipulation , Suicide , Zombie , Nudity

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?



Note: Nominated for the 15th Manga Taisho Award in 2022.

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

SKET DANCE

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama

The hilarious misadventures of the "Sket Dan"; a couple of high schoolers who help out people as part of their club activity: Himeko, the hot-headed ex-delinquent with a soft spot for cute things and a taste for strange food; Switch, the brainy otaku who only talks via a computerized speech-application; and Bossun, the atypical leader of this looney bunch, with the amazing power to... concentrate very hard!

Note: Won the 55th annual Shogakukan Manga Award in 2009 for best shounen manga.

Tags: School Club , School , Shounen , Coming of Age , Twins , Parody , Tragedy , Love Triangle , Tsundere , Time Skip , Adoption , Primarily Teen Cast , Ensemble Cast , Transgender , Magic , Delinquents , LGBTQ+ Themes

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

Utsuranain desu

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Horror , Supernatural

A lonely high school boy suffers from seeing creepy things that shouldn't exist. He encounters an enthusiastic girl from the school's occult research club who would die to see ghosts herself. Used to dealing with the burden of the supernatural all by himself, the boy might have finally found an unexpected ally in her. And possibly... a friend?

Tags: Ghost , Photography , School Club , Surreal Comedy , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Urban , Shounen , School

Wakeari Shinrei Mansion

Also known as Welcome to Ghost Mansion.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Horror , Mystery , Slice of Life , Supernatural

For fans of horror comedy, this story of a freelancer slacker who buys a mansion full of ghosts is sure to terrify and amuse in equal measure! Join Kaoru as she becomes landlord for a house full of specters!

Kaoru Shinonome, who had been living as a freelancer, invests her inheritance in property and buys a vast old condominium. Her dream life as a wealthy landlord is about to begin - but there are no living tenants, only spirits, and her new property is a rollercoaster ride of psychic phenomena. Kaoru embraces her new specter-filled life as the owner of Ghost Mansion and starts recruiting for new non-living residents!



Tags: Surreal Comedy , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Urban Fantasy , Iyashikei , Ghost , Urban , Found Family , Crossdressing , Male Protagonist

Otsukaresama, Kurose-kun

Also known as Ghoul Work, Kurose.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Horror , Romance , Supernatural

I feel like I've forgotten someone important…

Yuuma Kurose, a lonely boy who can see ghosts, is plagued by a recurring nightmare. As if drawn by some unseen force, he returns to the hometown that haunts his dreams. There, he meets a boy named Kaito, who is surrounded by terrifying spirits. "I'll always protect you," Kaito says with an unexpectedly serious look. But the moment they touch, the spirits surrounding Kaito suddenly possess Yuuma…?! A cool, obsessive seme and a brave, unlucky uke. Their reunion stirs time, once frozen, into motion once more.



Note: Includes two extra chapters.

Tags: Boys' Love , Reincarnation , Male Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes , Urban Fantasy , School , Amnesia , Unrequited Love , Ghost , Primarily Teen Cast , Cosmic Horror , Yandere , Time Skip

Ruirui Senki

Also known as Shadow Eliminators.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Supernatural

Kasane are spirits who latch onto the shadows of people's hearts. But as long as Yayoi and Aoba are around, evil spirits won't be hurting any students at the school! Beautiful art and occult action! The door to the unknown has now been opened...



Tags: Shounen , Male Protagonist , School , Primarily Male Cast , Urban Fantasy , Time Skip , Exorcism , Primarily Teen Cast