Manga like Spirit Circle

Hoshi no Samidare

Also known as Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer.

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

Everything about college student Amamiya Yuuhi is average: grades, looks and his blasé outlook on life. So what happens when he awakens one day to a talking lizard, who informs him that there is a gigantic hammer in outer space, poised to split the Earth into pieces, and requests his allegiance in the fight against the forces of evil? Pretend it never happened! Unfortunately for Yuuhi, a little bit of coercion in the form of a super-powered princess prevents him from returning to his mediocre life-as-usual.

In the adventure of his lifetime, Yuuhi will join forces with the unpredictable princess and seek out a motley crew of companions to fight back against an evil mage and his horrifyingly powerful homunculus before the Biscuit Hammer destroys the planet!



Tags: Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Magic , Ensemble Cast , Super Power , Cultivation , Urban Fantasy , Anti-Hero , Martial Arts , Heterosexual , Seinen , Philosophy , Meta , College

Hi no Tori

Also known as Phoenix.

Status: Cancelled
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance , Sci-Fi

"All things are born and all things die. That is the law of heaven." According to legend, the Bird of Fire called the Phoenix is the eternal spirit of life, death and rebirth. She oversees the cycle of reincarnation and the rising and falling of civilizations and species. Those who can obtain her blood will be granted eternal life, while to others she can grant infinite wisdom, or eternal suffering. Throughout history, from the dawn of civilization to the extinction of the human race, those human souls touched by the Phoenix have hunted her over and over in multiple reincarnations, and their actions in one life determine or reflect the sins and sufferings of other lifetimes.



Note: This is an incomplete series due to Tezuka's death.

Tags: Philosophy , Reincarnation , Episodic , War , Historical , Mythology , Time Skip , Achronological Order , Environmental , Dystopian , Anachronism , Space , Coming of Age , Primarily Adult Cast , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Cyberpunk , Gods , Tragedy , Body Swapping , Post-Apocalyptic , Robots , Aliens , Anti-Hero , Artificial Intelligence , Fugitive , Revenge , Satire , Love Triangle , Age Regression , Amnesia , Ensemble Cast , Clone , Swordplay

Sengoku Youko

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Romance

The world is divided into two factions: humans and monsters called katawara. Despite being a katawara, Tama loves humans and vows to protect them from evil, even if it means fighting her own kind. Her stepbrother Jinka, however, hates humans, despite mostly being one. The siblings are joined by a cowardly swordsman named Shinsuke, who wants to learn how to become strong.

The people they meet, places they see, and creatures they battle will be legendary!



Tags: Demons , Shounen , Cultivation , Gods , Samurai , Kemonomimi , Time Manipulation , Dragons , Revenge , Youkai , Ensemble Cast , Amnesia , Historical , Meta , Anti-Hero , Astronomy , Time Skip , Shapeshifting , Male Protagonist

Planet With

Also known as Planet With.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mecha , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

The world is under attack, from huge unidentified floating objects. The first attempts to stop them have been unsuccessful, some soldiers have deserted to go home to enjoy their family time.

7 heroes show up to fight the unknown threat. They fly up in the sky in a glow of light while they are enveloped in big robot frames.

Is this the time for Souya to join the heroes in a fight for humanity? No, apparently he has to fight off the heroes.

Tags: Super Robot , Male Protagonist , Coming of Age , Found Family , Aliens , Time Skip , Space , Coastal , Heterosexual , Shounen , Amnesia , Revenge , School , School Club , Dragons

Billy Bat

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

The story is set in 1949 and follows Japanese-American comic book artist Kevin Yamagata as he draws the popular detective series "Billy Bat" for "Marble Comics." When he learns he may have unconsciously copied the character from an image he saw while serving in occupied Japan, he returns to Japan to get permission to use Billy Bat from its original creator. Upon arriving there, however, he becomes embroiled in a web of murder, cover-ups, and prophecy that all leads back to Billy Bat.

It is soon evident, however, that the truth of Billy Bat's nature is far larger than Kevin could ever guess, spanning millennia and across the world.



Note: Won the Max und Moritz Prize for "Best international Comic" in 2014.

Tags: Drawing , Historical , Politics , Time Manipulation , Philosophy , Conspiracy , Ensemble Cast , Urban Fantasy , Seinen , Travel , Foreign , Achronological Order , War , Primarily Adult Cast , Time Skip , Police , Male Protagonist , Dystopian , Anachronism , Religion , Espionage , Nudity , Terrorism , Ninja , Guns , Swordplay

Hitoribocchi no Chikyuu Shinryaku

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

Kouichi has looked forward to becoming a high schooler for one reason: to help continue his grandfather's coffee shop. But on the first day of school, a strange girl wearing an eerie mask tells him that she has come to take his life. She tells him that the heart beating within his chest is her own, and that she is an alien invader who has come to take over the world.

Tags: Aliens , Shounen , Coming of Age , Super Power , School , Male Protagonist , Amnesia , Philosophy , Space , Space Opera , Tragedy , Assassins , Anthropomorphism , Memory Manipulation

Fujimi Lovers

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Psychological , Romance , Supernatural

A spiral love story. Kouno Jun is a lively character who lives life with all his might. In kindergarten, he falls in love with Hasebe Rino, the most beautiful girl in his class, and he confesses to her. Hasebe accepts his love, but the moment she gives her answer, she vanishes on the spot. Failing to figure out what's going on, Kouno asks his friends about Hasebe, only to find out that no one remembers a single thing about her. She has just vanished, along with all memories about her, except for those of Kouno. While Kouno leads a weary and desperate high-school life, Hasebe appears again as a transfer student. However, this Hasebe is not exactly the Hasebe he knows.

Tags: Tragedy , Amnesia , Time Skip , Slapstick , Male Protagonist , Gender Bending , Shounen , School , Age Gap , Boys' Love , Age Regression

Saihate no Solte

Also known as World End Solte.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy

The war is finally over, but the land has been ravaged. Magical pollution runs rampant, distorting time and space. Solte, an orphan whose mother and father were killed trying to eliminate this blight, decides to follow in her parents’ footsteps. But rather than cleansing the pollution, she wants to venture into it, like the Salvagers who reclaim treasure from its depths. Solte wants to push farther and see if she can find the other side–and perhaps even the answers she seeks.


Tags: Magic , Time Loop , Female Protagonist , Amnesia , Demons , Post-Apocalyptic , Anthropomorphism , Henshin , Reincarnation , Survival , Isekai

Murasakiiro no Qualia

Also known as Qualia the Purple.

Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Sci-Fi , Thriller

Through the uncanny purple eyes of Yukari, all people appear to her as robots. Her talent is both a blessing and a curse. She is able to assist the police in sizing up threats, since her “skill” allows her to evaluate humans’ quirks and physical capabilities like cataloging the parts of a machine–yet her strange sight has cost her the friendship of her peers. She does have one friend in her corner: Hatou “Gaku” Manabu, a girl at school who cares deeply for Yukari. When Yukari is recruited into a secret organization, the real trouble begins. Gaku is thrust into a realm of mystery, quantum experimentation, and alternate universes, with only her wits–and her love for Yukari–to guide her along the way.



Tags: Alternate Universe , Super Power , Female Protagonist , Revenge , Philosophy , Time Manipulation , Tragedy , Robots , Yuri , Memory Manipulation , Yandere , Primarily Female Cast , Tsundere , School , Magic , Age Regression , Shounen , Cult , Gore , Bisexual

Touge Oni

Also known as Touge Oni: Primal Gods in Ancient Times.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

Long before even the distant past, the land was ruled by powerful kami, gods as widely varied in form and temper as the parishes they governed, each possessing a unique sacred instrument. Traveling between their shrines in search of divine favor, the priest En the Layman and his two assistants brave dangerous terrain, fearsome creatures, and the wrath of kami themselves!



Tags: Gods , Mythology , Seinen , Time Manipulation , Demons , Magic , Meta , Heterosexual