Manga like pupa

also known as Pupa

What is Pupa about?

Status: Finished

The "life-and-death sibling" story follows Utsutsu and Yume Hasegawa, a boy and his little sister who find themselves all alone. One day, Yume sees a mysterious red butterfly and her body undergoes a strange metamorphosis—into a creature that eats humans. Utsutsu struggles to find a way to restore his sister.



Tags: Body Horror , Gore , Tragedy , Cannibalism , Shounen , Incest , Nudity , Shapeshifting , Rural , Estranged Family , Survival
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Ryota Killed His Brother

Ryouta wa Otouto wo Koroshita

Also known as Ryota Killed His Brother.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Horror , Psychological , Supernatural

When their mother dies, junior high school student Ryouta takes care of his toddler brother Chika and their home. Overwhelmed by all the work, he begins neglecting himself. Without any time to himself, Ryouta comes to resent his little brother and soon the resentment turns into murderous thoughts. Little by little the pressures of childrearing make Ryouta lose his mind. But is Ryouta truly the issue? Or…



Tags: Shounen , Tragedy , Monster Boy , Body Horror , Family Life , Gore , Male Protagonist
Manhole

Manhole

Also known as Manhole.

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery

What do two Japanese detectives, a naked man on a city street, and a roundworm from Botswana all have in common? In the first volume of Manhole, Ken Mizoguchi and Nao Inoue investigate a string of bloody and mysterious murders, but their work uncovers a deadly biological agent which poses a threat of epidemic proportions. An unlikely lead starts them in the pursuit of a mysterious self-titled photographer, but meanwhile the infections keep spreading. The series may be best described as the thrilling combination of a detective story with biological horror.

Tags: Police , Seinen , Revenge , Gore , Detective , Nudity , Pandemic
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Tokyo Akazukin

Tokyo Akazukin

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

Tokyo Akazukin is about an 11-year-old girl who goes by the name of Akazukin (Little Red Riding Hood). She has a sick obsession with a being known only as Mr. Wolf and wants nothing more than to be eaten by him, ending her "immortal" life. Akazukin has lost all of her memories and doesn't even know who she really is. Her reason for wanting to be eaten by Mr. Wolf is not even known to her, instead it's a desire that is locked deep within her consciousness.
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Wild Strawberry

Wild Strawberry

Also known as Wild Strawberry.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy

Plants have evolved. They can now feed on humans and become terrible monsters known as Jinka. Kingo and Kayano do their best to survive in a Tokyo overrun by plants, but when Kayano becomes a Jinka, Kingo will do anything he can to get her back!



Tags: Eco-Horror , Post-Apocalyptic , Dystopian , Gore , Conspiracy , Urban , Body Horror , Shounen , Urban Fantasy , Shapeshifting , Monster Girl , Male Protagonist , Dissociative Identities , Tragedy , Primarily Male Cast , Gyaru
Mushihime

Mushihime

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Psychological , Supernatural

A dark romance story about a high school boy who falls helplessly in love with a beautiful girl who has to eat people to survive.

Tags: Tragedy , Seinen , Incest , Shapeshifting , Monster Girl , Body Horror , Gore , Cannibalism , Urban , Male Protagonist , Yandere , Denpa , School , Memory Manipulation
Parasyte

Kiseijuu

Also known as Parasyte.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Horror , Psychological , Sci-Fi

They arrive in silence and darkness. They descend from the skies. They have a hunger for human flesh. They are everywhere. They are parasites, alien creatures who must invade–and take control of–a human host to survive. And once they have infected their victims, they can assume any deadly form they choose: monsters with giant teeth, winged demons, creatures with blades for hands. But most have chosen to conceal their lethal purpose behind ordinary human faces. So no one knows their secret–except an ordinary high school student. Shin is battling for control of his own body against an alien parasite, but can he find a way to warn humanity of the horrors to come?



Tags: Male Protagonist , Seinen , Body Horror , Aliens , Environmental , Super Power , Gore , Shapeshifting , Tragedy , Philosophy , Heterosexual , Delinquents , School , Love Triangle , Nudity
Mashira: Satsuriku no Mura

Mashira: Satsuriku no Mura

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Horror , Mystery , Psychological

After 12 long years, a white-haired boy by the name of Iori comes back to Mashira village, the place where his childhood trauma began, only to find yet another horror awaiting him.

Tags: Seinen , Tragedy
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Starving Anonymous

Shokuryou Jinrui: Starving Anonymous

Also known as Starving Anonymous.

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Sci-Fi

It's a day like any other, and high school students Ie and Kazu are on the bus home from school when, suddenly, it floods with a mysterious gas. The pair pass out and wake up to find themselves aboard a truck packed full of human bodies. They're surrounded by rows of frozen corpses... and a staff of living human beings sawing them into pieces. Where are they... and how can they escape from this nightmare?



Chapter count includes two side stories

Tags: Aliens , Food , Survival , Seinen , Gore , Conspiracy , Super Power , Fugitive , Primarily Male Cast , Body Horror , Tragedy , Cannibalism , Lost Civilization , Drugs , Nudity , Chimera , Bisexual
Fort of Apocalypse

Apocalypse no Toride

Also known as Fort of Apocalypse.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Sci-Fi

Yoshiaki Maeda has been falsely accused and detained, along with delinquents from all over the Kanto region, in the juvenile correctional facility, Shouran Institute. Yoshiaki is as typical as a boy can get, so when he finds himself living in this violence-ridden prison, he can’t think of anything worse. His cellmates, Iwakura, Yamanoi, and Yoshioka, are a cunning crew and soon Yoshiaki finds himself pulled into a feud going on in the prison. Then suddenly, a prison van crashes into the facility and what shambles out of the wreckage are flesh-eating zombies … and so the curtain is raised on this bone-chilling story of panic and horror …



Tags: Zombie , Survival , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Prison , Body Horror , Anti-Hero , Delinquents , Gore , Guns , Pandemic , Post-Apocalyptic , Cult , Agender , Primarily Teen Cast , Medicine , Cars , Tragedy , Urban , Religion , Age Regression
Sankarea: Undying Love

Sankarea

Also known as Sankarea: Undying Love.

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

Since he was little, Chihiro has felt an unusual emotional connection to zombie movies. It's not that he feels bad for the survivors—instead he fantasizes about comforting the poor undead girls they slaughter! When his beloved pet passes away, he decides to brew up a resurrection potion in secret. But he's discovered by popular girl and local heiress Sanka Rea, whose life isn't as perfect as it seems ... and Furuya suggests that she could serve as a test subject!

Tags: Zombie , Gore , Shounen , Medicine , Male Protagonist , Amnesia , Tragedy , Heterosexual , Love Triangle , Tomboy , Ojou-sama , Slapstick , Animals , Female Protagonist , Nudity , Maids , Shrine Maiden , Torture

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