Manga like Narutaru

Bokurano

Also known as Bokurano: Ours.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mecha , Psychological , Sci-Fi

One summer, fifteen kids innocently wander into a nearby seaside cave. There they meet a strange man who invites them to play an exciting new video game. This game, he explains, pits a lone giant robot against a horde of alien invaders. To play the game all they have to do is sign a simple contract. The game stops being fun when the kids find out the true purpose of their pact.



Note: Includes one extra chapter.

Tags: Cosmic Horror , Tragedy , Philosophy , Ensemble Cast , Alternate Universe , Denpa , Seinen , Primarily Child Cast , Super Robot , Politics , Anti-Hero , Adoption , Urban , Death Game , Battle Royale , Military , Gore , Bullying , Body Horror , Dystopian , Age Gap , Nudity , Aviation , School Club

Takopii no Genzai

Also known as Takopi's Original Sin.

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

Takopi travels from his home of Happy Planet to spread happiness across Earth, but meets the unsmiling Shizuka upon landing. Her friends at school and home life seem to be the source of her somber expression—and the pure-hearted Takopi is determined to change things for the better! But what truths await him when the curtains rise in this shocking drama?!



Tags: Tragedy , Bullying , Aliens , Time Manipulation , Denpa , Primarily Child Cast , Suicide , Female Protagonist , Crime , Memory Manipulation , Coming of Age , Shounen , Magic , Philosophy , Clone

Alien 9

Also known as Alien Nine.

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

In the future, alien invasion is a daily occurrence and everyone must be prepared. Elementary School #9 has assigned three students to fight off the extra-terrestrial threat.

Tags: Aliens , Denpa , Coming of Age , School , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Child Cast , Surreal Comedy , Body Horror , Proxy Battle , Gore , Cosmic Horror , Seinen , Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Yuri , Teacher , Age Regression , Urban Fantasy

Saishuu Heiki Kanojo

Also known as Saikano.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Sci-Fi

Shy Chise and nervous Shuji are high school seniors in a small town and have just started dating. But everything changes when Shuji discovers that Chise has been engineered by the Japanese Self Defense Force to transform into the Ultimate Weapon! Soon Chise is torn between realizing her potential as a devastating fighting force and her desire to share a bowl of ramen with her new boyfriend!



Tags: Heterosexual , Cyborg , Military , Tragedy , War , Seinen , Post-Apocalyptic , Female Protagonist

Shin Seiki Evangelion

Also known as Neon Genesis Evangelion.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mecha , Mystery , Psychological , Sci-Fi

In 2015, the "Angels" have returned, and Shinji Ikari, a fourteen year-old child of the new Earth, is forced by his father Gendo--commander of the secret organization NERV--to pilot the monstrous biomechanical weapon called "Evangelion" to match the Angels' fearsome power...



Tags: Coming of Age , Philosophy , Kaiju , Tragedy , Military , Body Horror , Primarily Teen Cast , Post-Apocalyptic , Real Robot , Male Protagonist , Robots , Conspiracy , Super Robot , Seinen , Cosmic Horror , Denpa , Tsundere , Memory Manipulation , Amnesia , Angels , Kuudere , Cyberpunk , Gore , Espionage , Bisexual , Guns , School , Urban , Boys' Love , Nudity , Space , Tokusatsu , Love Triangle , Suicide

Hoshi no Ponko to Toufuya Reiko

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Horror , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Reiko finds a starving mysterious animal that looks like a cat with wings. To the girl's surprise this cute animal names itself a space salesman that would sell advanced technology to humans for just a bit of hahise, which is abundant on Earth. But what is hahise? Would you pay it for a machine that can copy anything?

Tags: Aliens , Revenge , Seinen , Time Skip , Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Food , Clone , Demons , Drugs , Primarily Child Cast , Nudity

Devilman

Also known as Devilman.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Horror

Hordes of demons, once thought entombed forever in the underworld, have now returned to Earth. Evil and corruption begin to seep into our world, as demons seize human hosts. Mankind’s only hope for salvation is to use the demons’ power against them–and only a pure-hearted man like Fudo Akira can do so without losing his humanity. Once little more than a crybaby, Akira now wields the terrible power of a devil, yet holds the innocent soul of a man–Devilman!



Tags: Cosmic Horror , Demons , Tragedy , War , Gore , Male Protagonist , Survival , Urban Fantasy , Body Horror , Philosophy , Angels , Henshin , Nudity , Kaiju , Shounen , Amnesia , Heterosexual , LGBTQ+ Themes , Time Loop , Time Skip , Drugs

Coppelion

Also known as COPPELION.

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

Tokyo, ravished by radioactive contamination caused by a nuclear power-plant accident, is now in lockdown. COPPELION—a special unit of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Forces' 3rd Division made up of three high school girls genetically engineered to be impervious to radioactivity—is sent in to search for survivors in Tokyo, a.k.a. "The City of Death."



Tags: Seinen , Post-Apocalyptic , Female Protagonist , School , Pandemic

Chainsaw Man

Also known as Chainsaw Man.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Horror , Supernatural

The name says it all! Denji's life of poverty is changed forever when he merges with his pet chainsaw dog, Pochita! Now he's living in the big city and an official Devil Hunter. But he's got a lot to learn about his new job and chainsaw powers!



Notes:
Nominated for the 2020 Manga Taisho Award.
Winner of the 2021 Kono Manga ga Sugoi Award.
Winner of the 66th Shogakukan Manga Award in the shounen category.
Winner of the 2021 and 2022 Harvey Award for Best Manga.
Chapters 1-97 were released in Weekly Shounen Jump from Dec 3, 2018 to Dec 13, 2020. The series resumed from Ch. 98 in Shounen Jump+ on July 12, 2022

Tags: Demons , Tragedy , Urban Fantasy , Coming of Age , Psychosexual , Male Protagonist , Dissociative Identities , Gore , Body Horror , Cosmic Horror , Henshin , Urban , Monster Boy , Found Family , Survival , Female Protagonist , Work , Shounen , Memory Manipulation , Anti-Hero , Unrequited Love , Alternate Universe , Ensemble Cast , Cult , Heterosexual , Politics , Guns , Human Pet , Assassins , Yandere , Monster Girl , Revenge , Femdom , Shapeshifting , Terrorism , Surreal Comedy , Philosophy , Slapstick , Meta , Primarily Teen Cast , Super Power , Afterlife , Nudity , School , Cannibalism , Delinquents , Necromancy , Angels , Amnesia , Time Skip , Tsundere , Yakuza , Mafia , Time Manipulation , Zombie , Chimera , Motorcycles , Vore , Denpa , Prophecy , Bisexual , Scissoring

Milk Closet

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sci-Fi

Many children mysteriously disappear in 2005. This is called it the ‘Reasal Phenomenon.’ A few children came back with tails on their behinds. One of them was Hana Yamaguchi. Hana calls upon children with tails and creates the ‘Macro Cosmic Invincible Legion of Kids.’ These children can go freely back and forth from one world to another and with such special powers, they save missing children. But then, the Ali Troops invade this world. This is a fascinating SF drama about the wonders of the universe.



Tags: Aliens , Body Horror , Survival , Alternate Universe , Primarily Child Cast , Female Protagonist , Seinen , Cosmic Horror