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Dr. STONE

Also known as Dr. STONE.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Sci-Fi

One fateful day, all of humanity was petrified by a blinding flash of light. After several millennia, high schooler Taiju awakens and finds himself lost in a world of statues. However, he’s not alone! His science-loving friend Senku’s been up and running for a few months and he's got a grand plan in mind—to kickstart civilization with the power of science!



Note: Shueisha published its 27th volume on April 4, 2024. This volume contains the one-shot Dr. STONE: TERRAFORMING and the mini-series Dr. STONE 4D SCIENCE.

Tags: Post-Apocalyptic , Survival , Ensemble Cast , Educational , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Lost Civilization , Travel , Philosophy , War , Time Skip , Environmental , Space , Kingdom Management , Primarily Male Cast , Tragedy , Espionage , Ships , Food , Adoption , Asexual , Bisexual , Time Manipulation , Guns

The Breaker

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama

The new English teacher, Chun-Woo, is not your ordinary teacher. Shioon, a victim of constant bullying, unexpectedly witnesses Chun-Woo's fighting power, and begs him to make him his disciple. Chun-Woo claims he can teach Shioon only if he is truly determined, and Shioon must jump off a bridge into a deep river in order to prove it!

It turns out, however, that Chun-Woo and his powers are more than meets the eye. Shioon makes a grand entrance into the hidden world of martial arts, and he is about to be taught by the best there is!

Tags: Martial Arts , Revenge , Nudity , Male Protagonist , Gangs , School , Bullying , Gore , Tragedy

Origin

Also known as ORIGIN.

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

Tokyo, 2048. Japan is now connected to the entire northern hemisphere by the Eurasian Railroad, and all manner of crime and vice pour into the megalopolis at its eastern terminus. Little do the people know that inhuman beings live among us, however–robots with high-level AI, who will kill to survive. Only one ‘man’ can stop them –their prototype: ORIGIN.



Note: Winner of the Manga Division Grand Prize at the 22nd Japan Media Arts Festival.

Tags: Robots , Male Protagonist , Nudity , Artificial Intelligence , Survival , Primarily Adult Cast , Philosophy , Seinen , Unrequited Love , Cyberpunk , Swordplay , Work , Conspiracy

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 ,

Wallman

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Ecchi , Slice of Life

After being betrayed by his country, Jirou left his past as a hitman behind and came back to Japan were nothing mattered anymore in his eyes. But that's before he mets Nami, an active hitman seeking vengeance for her father's death. But not any hitman, a wallman! Jirou is then brought back into this world and teams up with her.

Tags: Seinen

Yakanyeongung

Also known as Weak Hero.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama

Once the bullies target you, it’s game over. The school is run by tyrants whose favorite hobby is tormenting the weakest kids in class. But then Gray arrived. This mysterious new student threatens to dismantle the established order. He may be small in stature, but his calculative and brutal fighting leaves unsuspecting opponents lying on the floor begging for mercy. Now the school's toughest bullies have to scramble to take down this new and unusual hero.



Tags: School , Bullying , Delinquents , Male Protagonist , Gangs , Kuudere , Full Color , Revenge , Primarily Male Cast , Tragedy , Suicide , Boys' Love , Meta

Area D: Inou Ryouiki

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Supernatural

The "prison survival action" story is set after the sudden emergence of special powers in certain pockets of humanity. To deal with these so-called "Altered," a mysterious remote island prison named "Area D" was built.

Tags: Shounen , Super Power , Survival

Castle

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Psychological

'Kim Shin', a special killer who has sharpened his sword for revenge,
and his life with 'Absolute Power' in the afterlife!

Note: Chapter count includes a prologue and epilogue.

Tags: Crime , Mafia , Male Protagonist , Martial Arts , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Gore , Conspiracy , Politics , Revenge , Tragedy , Delinquents , Full Color , Gangs

Akumetsu

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

Nagasawa Shiina is just an average 3rd year high school student until her parents' company goes bankrupt. In order to pay the bills, she sells herself into prostitution. At her first job, a mysterious masked man crashes the party... and it's someone she knows.

Akumetsu is the story of Shou, a vigilante that's out trying to straighten the corrupt Japanese Government through terrorism with his "One man, One kill" code of action.

Tags: Crime , Politics , Anti-Hero , Economics , Police , Shounen , Military , Gore , Male Protagonist , School , Tragedy , Cars , Clone

Batuque

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sports

The story of a middle school girl trying to find herself in the confusion of adolescence.

Skateboard-loving Ichiri Sanjou, nicknamed "Icchi," may look like a normal energetic kid, but whenever she sees the full moon, she is hit with a wave of emotion she cannot comprehend.

The series revolves around her learning the Afro-Brazilian martial art of Capoeira.

Tags: Martial Arts , Female Protagonist , Tragedy , Coming of Age , Seinen , Mafia , Revenge , Crime , Adoption , Historical