Manga like Shamo

What is Shamo about?

Status: Finished

At the age of sixteen Ryo Narushima was a genius and looked to have no trouble of getting into Tokyo University and joining the elite of society. However, that summer something cracked inside Ryo's head. With a small knife he brutally murdered both of his parents only leaving his sister alive and cowering in a corner. It is at this grotesque incident that our story begins.

Note: At volume 20, the series changed publishers, which created a restart of the chapter numbers. Starting from chapter 61 in volume 26, the first chapter from when the series returned from a long hiatus, the series has been completely written & drawn by Tanaka Akio. While Hashimoto Izou did write the series in the beginning, he had been doing less and less work starting from volume 4. Tanaka and Hashimoto reached a settlement and Shamo continued.

Tags: Martial Arts , Anti-Hero , Rehabilitation , Seinen , Tragedy , Male Protagonist , Gore , Survival , Boxing , Coming of Age , Prison , Yakuza , Gangs , Swordplay , Delinquents , Bullying , Triads , Drugs

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Pocket Magazine

Holyland

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Psychological

Yuu is a high school kid who doesn't really fit anywhere. To find a place he can belong, be accepted, he will do anything. However one thing leads to another and he is forced to fight to keep his place, his holyland.

Tags: Martial Arts , Gangs , Delinquents , Philosophy , Boxing , Bullying , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Educational , Drugs , Suicide , Tragedy , Meta

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Koroshiya 1

Also known as Ichi the Killer.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Psychological

Ichi is a cowardly man-until he's pushed into a mental breakdown and becomes a ruthless killer. When he gets mixed up with the sadomasochistic yakuza boss Kakihara, it triggers an orgy of blood and unmatched depravity.

Tags: Yakuza , Gore , Crime , Sadism , Masochism , Anti-Hero , Masturbation , Seinen , Body Horror , Revenge , Assassins , Primarily Male Cast , Nudity , Urban , Primarily Adult Cast , Martial Arts , Ero Guro , Memory Manipulation , Male Protagonist , Psychosexual

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Rikudou

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sports

Riku experienced a lot of pain and tragedy in his early life. After his father's death, a former-boxer Yakuza man taught him how to do a basic punch, and that punch saved his life when he had to defend himself from his mom's drug dealer. He ended up taking the drug dealer's life, marking him as a killer. Criminals continued to come after him, leading to more tragedy for the people who attempted to care for him. All of this drove him to ask that same former boxer to teach him to become stronger, which led him to a rundown gym, his door to the world of pro boxing!

Tags: Boxing , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Ensemble Cast , Tragedy , Gore , Prostitution , Yakuza , Time Skip

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Shonen Jump Plus

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Vagabond

Also known as Vagabond.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama

At seventeen years of age, Miyamoto Musashi--still known by his childhood name, Shinmen Takezo--was a wild young brute just setting out along the way of the sword.

In the aftermath of the epic Battle of Sekigahara, Takezo finds himself a fugitive survivor on the losing side of the war. Takezo's vicious nature has made him an outcast even in his own village, and he is hunted down like an animal. At this crucial crossroads in Takezo's life, an eccentric monk and a childhood friend are the only ones who can help him find his way.

Tags: Swordplay , Seinen , Samurai , Historical , Philosophy , Travel , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , Martial Arts , Tragedy , Survival , Cultivation , Biographical , Gore , Rural , Fugitive , Heterosexual , War , Outdoor , Ghost , Agriculture , Language Barrier , Nudity , Afterlife ,

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ZERO

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Sports

Goshima is a boxer who has held the world championship title for years and never once lost a match - thus earning himself the nickname 'Zero'. His coach, Araki, describes him as 'a flower that blooms only within the ring'. But with his 30th birthday approaching, everyone begins to question Goshima's worth. Thus he decides to look for the ultimate opponent to give him his final match.

Tags: Seinen , Boxing , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Language Barrier

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Kokou no Hito

Also known as The Climber.

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Psychological , Sports

On his first day of transferring to a new high school, a loner named Mori Buntarou, is cajoled by a classmate into climbing the school building. Despite knowing that one misstep could send him spiraling to his death, he moves forward, and upon finally reaching the top, Mori experiences a sense of fulfillment. That feeling, which seems to be telling him, "You're alive!" gives birth to an adrenaline for rock-climbing.

Tags: Coming of Age , Outdoor , Seinen , Tragedy , Travel , Mountaineering , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Survival , Hikikomori , Time Skip , Fitness , Anti-Hero , Suicide , Dissociative Identities , Delinquents , School , Foreign , Nudity , School Club

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Glaucos

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Sports

This is a story of a boy who challenges free diving.

"Free diving (skin diving)" may remind you of the film "Le Grand Bleu".

It is an extreme sport, and each meter added to its record brings us closer to the sea bed and further from the surface where one can breathe again.

In this sense, free diving has a direct connection with death, with which our fight continues, refashioned over time, bit by bit.

So, why would one free dive, and risk their life?

The answer lies within "mysterious bond between the sea and human kind".

And in the fast evolving world of competitive diving new data emerges that casts light on this bond.

Tags: Scuba Diving , Swimming , Seinen , Male Protagonist

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BLACK-BOX

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Sports

His father is doing time for murder. His brother was arrested for murder. The second son of the family, Ryoga Ishida, is under suspicion of being involved with his brother. Under his fathers order he takes on his boxing pro test.

Tags: Seinen , Boxing , Primarily Adult Cast

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Hanma Baki

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sports

Baki trains for the the final showdown between him and his father.

Tags: Martial Arts , Shounen , Gore , Boxing , Cultivation , Demons , Dinosaurs , Crime , Military , Cannibalism ,

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The World Is Mine

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Psychological

Meet Mon, a violent killer faithful only to his own eruptive desires, and his timid companion Toshi, a demolition-devil with a fanatical thirst for destruction. Their killing-spree across Japan is destined to intersect the path of the enormous "Higumadon", a mysterious beast on a Godzilla-like rampage from Hokkaido to Tokyo.

Tags: Seinen , Philosophy , Terrorism , Politics , Anti-Hero , Gore , Crime , Nudity , Kaiju , Tragedy , Crossdressing , Cult , Conspiracy , Transgender , LGBTQ+ Themes , Bisexual

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