Manga like Shibou Yuugi de Meshi wo Kuu.

also known as Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table

Genres: Action Drama Mystery

What is Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table about?

Status: Releasing

Yuuki wakes up to find herself wearing a maid's uniform in a strange manor. After wandering into the dining room, she comes across five other girls, each in the exact same outfit. Soon, the girls learn that the manor is brimming with lethal weapons and an array of deadly traps…and that they can only escape by playing the most gruesome of games. As the terrifying truth sets in, each girl's face goes pale—except Yuuki's. Why? Because this isn't her first go-round. That's right—Yuuki is a professional death game player who lives off the prize money she collects from winning brutal killing competitions, and she's not about to let this chance pass her by.



Tags: Death Game , Female Protagonist , Achronological Order
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Here is a list of Manga similar to Shibou Yuugi de Meshi wo Kuu.

The Detective is Already Dead

Tantei wa mou, Shindeiru.

Also known as The Detective is Already Dead.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Mystery , Romance , Supernatural

The story of Tantei wa mou, Shindeiru. follows Kimihiko Kimizuka, a young man who four years ago became the assistant of a mysterious detective known as "Siesta" on a hijacked airplane. Together, Kimihiko and Siesta went on mind-boggling, globe-trotting adventures while combatting a secret organization, but all of that came to an end when they were separated by Siesta's death. In the present day, Kimihiko tries to return to an ordinary, boring life as a high school student, but things are never that simple, even though the detective is already dead.



Tags: Super Power , Body Swapping , Detective , Achronological Order , Urban Fantasy , Artificial Intelligence , Tragedy , Aliens , Guns , Male Protagonist , Dissociative Identities , Love Triangle , Female Protagonist , Terrorism
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Classroom of the Elite

Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e

Also known as Classroom of the Elite.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Slice of Life , Thriller

Students of the prestigious Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Nurturing High School are given remarkable freedom—if they can win, barter, or save enough points to work their way up the ranks! Ayanokoji Kiyotaka has landed at the bottom in the scorned Class D, where he meets Horikita Suzune, who’s determined to rise up the ladder to Class A. Can they beat the system in a school where cutthroat competition is the name of the game?



Includes Volumes: 4.5, 7.5, 11.5
Included Chapters: 14 Prologues, 13 Epilogues, 1 Extra

Tags: School , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist , Anti-Hero , Battle Royale , Ensemble Cast , Politics , Revenge , Survival , Heterosexual , Denpa , Fugitive , Coming of Age , Boarding School , Classic Literature , Conspiracy , School Club , Bullying , Disability , Athletics , Torture , Delinquents , Tragedy , Rehabilitation , Martial Arts , Love Triangle , Female Harem , Kuudere , Tsundere , Board Game , Suicide , Yandere , Teacher
Who Killed the Hero?

Dare ga Yuusha wo Koroshita ka

Also known as Who Killed the Hero?.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Mystery

Four years have passed since the Demon Lord was defeated. The kingdom, now at peace, has undertaken the task of compiling the many great deeds of the fallen Hero, interviewing the members of his former party: Leon the Sword Saint, Maria the Holy Maiden, and Solon the Sage. Yet in between their tales of the Hero's past and their adventures together, the truth about his death slowly comes to light. Who killed the Hero? The Demon Lord? ... Or his comrades?



Tags: Matriarchy , Achronological Order , Demons , Magic , Ensemble Cast , Swordplay , Time Manipulation
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Spy Classroom

Spy Kyoushitsu

Also known as Spy Classroom.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Mystery

Following a devastating military conflict, countries fight their wars in the shadows. One unusual spy, Klaus, has never failed on the job despite his quirks, and he is building a team to take on an Impossible Mission-one with over a 90 percent chance of failure. However, his chosen members are all washouts with no practical experience. They’ll have to use every trick in the book (and some that aren’t) to prove they’re up to the task!



Tags: Espionage , Primarily Female Cast , Ensemble Cast , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Female Harem
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Liar, Liar

Liar Liar: Usotsuki Tenkousei wa Ikasama Cheat chan to Game wo Seisuru sou desu

Also known as Liar, Liar.

Status: Finished
Genres: Ecchi , Psychological , Romance

The Academy—a school the size of an island where students compete for ranks. Not only did Hiroto Shinohara pass the most rigorous exam in the country with top marks to transfer there, but he defeated last year's reigning champ on his very first day, catapulting him to the rank of Seven Star in record time. ...Except he didn’t. The truth is, he screwed up big time, and now he has to maintain his position there no matter what. It's a liar's world, after all!



Tags: School , Male Protagonist , Slapstick , Parody , Love Triangle , Card Battle , Acting , Gambling , Maids
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Your Forma

Your Forma: Densa Kukan Echika to Kikai Shikake no Aibou

Also known as Your Forma.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Drama , Mystery , Sci-Fi

In an alternate 2023, the Your Forma, a miraculous “smart thread” technology initially developed to treat a massive outbreak of viral encephalitis, has become an integral part of daily life. But these convenient devices come with an invasive drawback—they record every sight, sound, and even emotion their users experience. For electronic investigator Echika Hieda, diving into peoples’ memories via the Your Forma and hunting for evidence to solve the toughest crimes is all part of a day’s work. The problem is, she’s so good at what she does that her assistants literally fry their brains trying to keep up with her. After putting one too many aides in the hospital, the top brass finally furnish Echika with a partner on her level, a brilliant yet cheeky android named Harold Lucraft. Does this unlikely duo have what it takes to resolve their mutual suspicions and avert a deadly technological infection from sweeping across the globe before it’s too late?



Tags: Detective , Female Protagonist , Crime , Robots , Artificial Intelligence , Male Protagonist , Philosophy , Pandemic , Foreign
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Witches Can't Be Collared

Majo ni Kubiwa wa Tsukerarenai

Also known as Witches Can't Be Collared.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo

When the nobility tries to monopolize magic, the crime rate surges. As a countermeasure, the Empire establishes a bureau dedicated to investigating magical crimes. Rogue, a detective, is reassigned to the sixth branch office because of his superior's-Velladonna's-scheming. There, he'll work alongside a witch who almost destroyed the Empire Because of the dangers such witches pose, they are bound with collars that restrict their power. However, Rogue's charming new partner, "the Puppeteer," has no qualms about toying with him!



Note: Grand Prize winner in the 30th Dengeki Novel Awards.

Tags: Detective , Witch
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Hidan no Aria

Hidan no Aria

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

Tokyo Butei High school--- It was a special school where armed detectives, also known as "Butei" are being brought up. Tohyama Kinji is a sophomore student who has the unique body which activates a "super mode" when it was stimulated by "something". He tries to hide it to others in order to live a peaceful life. But trouble came to find him when he became a victim of a bombing incident, where he met the Butei high "Assault" department elite, Aria H. Kanzaki.



Tags: School , Seinen
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Aria the Scarlet Ammo Double A

Hidan no Aria AA

Also known as Aria the Scarlet Ammo Double A.

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

A young girl idolizes the world-renowned S-ranked butei Kanzaki H. Aria and plans to follow in her footsteps. However, her test grades her out as only an E-rank! All is not lost, however, as Aria agrees to give her some pointers. Can Aria help this newcomer become a first-rate butei?

Tags: School
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Kochira, Shuumatsu Teitai Iinkai.

Kochira, Shuumatsu Teitai Iinkai.

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

Our world is actually falling apart, unbeknownst to most. A bizarre apparatus hiding in the depths of Ueno's Shinobazu Pond, a giant snail clinging onto the Eiffel Tower, a demon lord in the form of a beautiful girl... these and countless other cryptic entities—called "Ends"—are driving us closer to the apocalypse. However, some youngsters decided to reject that fate and secretly took up arms. They are fighting, not to stop the countdown or to eradicate the threats, but only to delay the inevitable. Why would they choose such a thorny path on their own volition? To make the most out of their youth in this godforsaken world! I, a former cartel slave (and ESPer), have had a pretty shit life so far, to be honest. But maybe here I'll be able to lead a fulfilling school life, at least?

Tags: Primarily Teen Cast , Cosmic Horror
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