Manga like Satsujin Purgatorium

Anne Freaks

Also known as Anne Freaks.

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Psychological

While trying to bury the body of his mother deep in the woods, high school student Yuri is approached by a strange girl who offers to help him. That is... if he promises to be her "parent killing assistant." Meet Anne Freaks, a bright, attractive teenage girl normal in every way - except that she's on a mission to kill her father, the leader of the dangerous extremist cult: the Kakusei Group.



Tags: Mafia , Guns , Terrorism , Cult , Shounen , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist

Imawa no Kuni no Alice

Also known as Alice in Borderland.

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

Eighteen-year-old Ryohei Arisu is sick of his life. School sucks, his love life is a joke, and his future feels like impending doom. As he struggles to exist in a world that can’t be bothered with him, Ryohei feels like everything would be better if he were anywhere else. When a strange fireworks show transports him and his friends to a parallel world, Ryohei thinks all his wishes have come true. But this new world isn’t an empty paradise, it’s a vicious game. And the only way to survive is to play.

Note: Chapter count includes 22 side story chapters.

Tags: Tragedy , Death Game , Survival , Philosophy , Battle Royale , Amnesia , Gore , Urban , Male Protagonist , Afterlife , Gambling , Alternate Universe , Anti-Hero , Shounen , Isekai , Dystopian , Primarily Adult Cast , Revenge , Guns , Heterosexual , Transgender , LGBTQ+ Themes , Martial Arts , Gods , Parkour , Mahjong , Nudity , Outdoor Activities

Livingstone

Also known as Livingstone.

Status: Finished
Genres: Supernatural

Ninety percent of our lives are determined by our fate, and our fates are determined by our "souls." But every now and then, something goes wrong and the souls of those who have met an untimely fate also pollute their environs, drawing more souls into a vicious circle of ill fate. Sakurai and Amano are an odd-couple team who have been hired to deal with the problems that arise from these tainted souls and have been tasked with finding those who are heading to an early grave to either prevent them from dying or collect their livingstones before they do further damage.



Tags: Seinen , Male Protagonist , Episodic , Philosophy , Tragedy , Amnesia , Body Swapping , Coming of Age , Detective , Suicide , Afterlife , Memory Manipulation , Drawing , Transgender , Twins

Kindan Renai

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Supernatural

A collection of 9 one shots done by Fujiwara Kaoru, some of them interconnected.

Kindan Renai (禁断恋愛)
Eva no Shinjitsu (エヴァの真実)
Soliste (ソリスト)
ROSARIO
Ariga
HOROSCOPE
Choushouku (朝食)
Hakoniwa (箱庭)
Kamibukuro (紙袋)

Tags: Josei , Episodic , Anthology , Philosophy , Primarily Adult Cast , Anti-Hero , Angels , Demons , Tragedy , Afterlife , Religion , Suicide

Pandora Hearts

Also known as Pandora Hearts.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural

The air of celebration surrounding fifteen-year-old Oz Vessalius’s coming-of-age ceremony quickly turns to horror when he is condemned for a sin about which he knows nothing. He is thrown into an eternal, inescapable prison known as the Abyss from which there is no escape. There, he meets a young girl named Alice, who is not what she seems. Now that the relentless cogs of fate have begun to turn, do they lead only to crushing despair for Oz, or is there some shred of hope for him to grasp on to?



Included:
Volume 8: Pandora Hearts (pilot)
Volume 20: Extra episode: It makes all kinds
Volume 21: Extra episode: Together

Tags: Tragedy , Amnesia , Philosophy , Time Manipulation , Ensemble Cast , Fairy Tale , Found Family , Body Swapping , Reincarnation , Dissociative Identities , Memory Manipulation , Suicide , Time Skip , Twins , Male Protagonist , Denpa , Butler , Alternate Universe , Gore , Tsundere , Magic , Shounen , Female Protagonist , Guns , Yandere , Body Horror , Afterlife

Theseus no Fune

Also known as The Ship of Theseus.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural , Thriller

On June 24, 1989, 21 people, among them children, were found poisoned to death in the elementary school of Otousu village in Hokkaido. Bungo Sano, a police officer of the same village, was arrested. Twenty eight years later, Sano’s son, Shin Tamura, starts to suspect that his father, who continues to plead his innocence even after being handed the death penalty, may have been wrongfully convicted, and launches his own investigation. Upon arriving at the crime scene, a thick fog descends, engulfing Shin, and he finds that he has slipped back in time to the year 1989. The curtain rises on this authentic crime suspense that transcends time and space in a confrontation with the truth.



Tags: Seinen , Rural , Time Manipulation , Crime

Genei Musou

Also known as Phantom Dream.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Supernatural

Tamaki Otoya is the last in a line of ancient summoners tasked to battle evil forces that threaten mankind. Burdened by his duty as a summoner, Tamaki has always found strength from his childhood friend Asahi, with whom he has a deep emotional bond. So when Asahi's friend is found out to be possessed by a demon, he awakens--as the one destined to exorcise demons out of tortured human souls.

Fruits Basket creator Natsuki Takaya delivers a story of love, loss, and the redemptive power of forgiveness, in this heartbreaking tale of star-crossed lovers who are bound by a responsibility that may destroy them.



Tags: Shoujo , Magic , Reincarnation , Demons , Afterlife , Love Triangle , Male Protagonist , Tsundere , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Age Gap , Gender Bending , Female Harem , Historical , Mythology , Revenge , Nudity

Mori no Asagao: Shinjin Keimukan to Aru Shikeishuu no Monogatari

Also known as Mori no Asagao.

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

As a new prison guard assigned to death row, Oikawa Naoki faces condemned criminals every day, trying not to make a connection with men he knows are doomed to die. In the course of his duties, he strikes up a unlikely friendship with inmate Mitsuru Watase, a man sentenced to die for the revenge murder of the man who killed his parents, and slowly begins to wonder about the necessity of the death penalty and the meanings of concepts like repentance and forgiveness. Based on close and careful research, this thought provoking work tackles the serious theme of the “capital punishment system” head-on, from the view of both those who execute others and those who are executed.



Tags: Seinen , Police , Primarily Male Cast , Male Protagonist

Ashley Goeth no Yukue

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Thriller

Kaiu Shirai's first published work.

Tags: Conspiracy , Shounen

Endroll Back

Also known as Endroll Back.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Supernatural , Thriller

After Yuuka's suicide, her brother Asaharu is desperate for answers... and his guardian angel want's to help. This divine intervention may be closer to a deal with the Devil, though… "You have to kill Yuuka's killer" she says. "If you do that, I'll bring her back to life." Is he willing to bet his own life for a chance to save his sister? He may not like the answer that awaits him at the end of this twisted game!



Tags: Time Manipulation , Death Game , Angels , Bullying , Male Protagonist , Suicide