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

Ghost Fixers

Also known as Ghost Fixers.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , 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 , Urban Fantasy , Ghost , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Shounen , Primarily Teen Cast , Work , Swordplay , Guns , School , Vampire

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

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 3 extra chapters.

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

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

Honomieru Shounen

Also known as Phantom Seer.

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

If something strange and mysterious occurs, you should go to him. They say he has psychic powers, but convincing him to actually help deal with fierce phantoms may be a challenge. A Gold Future Cup winner, this spine-tingling, horror one-shot now returns as a full series!



Included one-shot:
Volume 4: Honomieru Shounen (Pilot)

Note: Includes 1 extra chapter.

Tags: Urban Fantasy , Youkai , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Super Power , Slapstick , Ensemble Cast , Body Horror , Female Protagonist , Demons , School

Otsukaresama, Kurose-kun

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

I feel like I forgot about someone important...

Plagued by nightmares of his old hometown, Yuuma Kurose, a lonely boy with the ability to see ghosts, feels inexplicably drawn back to the place from his dreams. There, he stumbles upon Kaito Kiriyama, a boy shrouded by terrifying spirits. With a serious look in his eyes, Kaito vows he'll protect Yuuma. But the moment their skin makes contact, the spirits surrounding Kaito started to possess Yuuma!



Tags: Boys' Love , Male Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes , Cosmic Horror , Amnesia , School , Yandere , Primarily Teen Cast , Unrequited Love

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

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.
Chapter count includes extra chapter.

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

Dark Gathering

Also known as Dark Gathering.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Horror , Supernatural

Keitarou, who's always had a disposition for attracting spirits, gets hired as a tutor for a little girl named Yayoi who can see spirits and is searching for the spirit that took away her mother.

Nominated for the Tsugimanga 2020 Award in the Manga Category.

Tags: Ghost , Shounen , Revenge , Necromancy , Exorcism , Gods , Urban Fantasy , Gore , Body Horror , Yandere , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Suicide , Rehabilitation , Cannibalism