Manga like Hakushaku Cain Series

Zankoku na Douwa-tachi

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Mystery

A collection of oneshots:

Cruel Fairytales
When Martin and his sister were young, they tried to run away from home. They ran into the forest only to find an unexpected gruesome scene: women were hanged on the trees. Both siblings were traumatised and the younger sister ran away. Now, an older Martin desperately tries to find his sister.

Blanche
Blanche's life was perfect. Her father, the mayor, was rich and she got everything she wanted. But one day her house blows up and she's left as the only survivor with no money at all. She vows revenge on the person who blew the house up and plans it with a strange boy she meets...

Backstage Mage
Lying on the floor after being beaten by his father, Aleister's mother died after saying "I will be reborn. Wait for me until then" and leaving him her precious ring. 17 years later Aleister bumps into a girl and the ring reacts...

Sono Toki Teina wa Kako wo Mita -
Teina has the ability to see the past and because of her ability, Sergeant Kaiji has requested for her help in in solving a case involving the sudden brutal killings of policemen. Teina realizes that Kaiji was actually her past life’s lover and agrees to help him. As she tries to see the past, a sudden dark force seems to be stopping her, and she realizes that these murders are more than what they seem.

Tags: Shoujo , Anthology

JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Phantom Blood

Also known as JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 1: Phantom Blood.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Supernatural

Young Jonathan Joestar’s life is forever changed when he meets his new adopted brother, Dio. For some reason, Dio has a smoldering grudge against him and derives pleasure from seeing him suffer. But every man has his limits, as Dio finds out. This is the beginning of a long and hateful relationship!



Tags: Shounen , Vampire , Primarily Male Cast , Cultivation , Super Power , Tragedy , Historical , Male Protagonist , Gore , Time Skip , Foreign , Body Horror , Bullying , Heterosexual , Bisexual , Rugby

Mushishi

Also known as Mushishi.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Mystery , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Some live in the deep darkness behind your eyelids. Some eat silence. Some thoughtlessly kill. Some simply drive men mad. They are known as mushi—creatures that came into being shortly after life emerged from the primordial ooze. They still exist parallel to our own lives and can only be seen by a select few. As a mushishi, Ginko is one of the few who are aware of their existense, and this young man with a sardonic smile roams from place to place with the knowledge and skill to aid those unwittingly affected by mushi.



Note: Won the Excellence Prize for Manga at the 7th Japan Media Arts Festival in 2003 and the Kodansha Manga Award for General Manga in 2006.

Tags: Seinen , Episodic , Environmental , Youkai , Mythology , Rural , Urban Fantasy , Travel , Iyashikei , Philosophy , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Historical , Work , Demons

Tenshi Kinryouku

Also known as Angel Sanctuary.

Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Mystery , Romance , Supernatural

Why is Setsuna so mixed up? Despite his attempts to be noble, he'll fight anyone anytime; he ignores all authority; and he harbors feelings for his sister that can only be described as "incestuous." Why is he such a mess? The reason may be found with two demons from the underworld and their enemy, an insane angel who is distributing an insidious computer game called Angel Santuary.



Tags: Shoujo , Angels , Mythology , Reincarnation , Religion , Demons , Gore , Body Horror , Conspiracy , Twins , Necromancy , Incest , Gender Bending , Male Protagonist , Class Struggle , Dissociative Identities , Primarily Male Cast , Unrequited Love , Urban Fantasy , Heterosexual , LGBTQ+ Themes , Bisexual , Transgender , Agender , Royal Affairs , Afterlife , Revenge , Suicide

Yami no Matsuei

Also known as Descendants of Darkness.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Mystery

The business of Death is never done. Asato Tsuzuki works as a Shinigami, or "Guardian of Death," in the Ministry of Hades. It's his duty to make sure that the souls of the dead reach the afterlife, but contrary ghosts and humanity's evils keep getting in the way of a job well done. With all these problem assignments, will he ever get a bonus...or will he be stuck paying back damages for all eternity?



Tags: Shoujo , Demons , Afterlife , Male Protagonist

Doll to Master

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy

Someone's murdering magicians and eating their hearts. It falls upon the gifted magician Shigure and his doll Seneca to figure out who's behind it...



Tags: Shoujo , Boys' Love , Magic , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast

Kuroshitsuji

Also known as Black Butler.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Fantasy , Mystery , Supernatural

In Victorian era Europe, a young boy loses everything he once held near and dear to a vicious plot. In his moment of death, he strikes a deal with a demon: his soul, in exchange for revenge. Ciel Phantomhive is now the head of the Phantomhive corporation, handling all business affairs as well as the underground work for the Queen of England. His new partner is a demon butler, Sebastian Michaelis, whose prowess as a butler is only surpassed by his strength as a demon.

The story follows the two along with their other servants, as they work to unravel the plot behind Ciel's parents' murder, and the horrendous tragedies that befell Ciel in the month directly after.

Tags: Demons , Revenge , Tragedy , Crime , Historical , Butler , Anti-Hero , Male Protagonist , Orphan , Twins , Royal Affairs , Foreign , Cult , Shounen , Steampunk , Magic , Detective , Found Family , Circus , Mythology , Maids , Assassins , Travel , LGBTQ+ Themes , Medicine , Zombie , Fugitive , Anachronism , Crossdressing , Transgender , Boarding School , Musical Theater , School , Torture , Swordplay , Witch , Disability , Idol , Estranged Family , Urban Fantasy

Tenjou no Ai Chijou no Koi

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Romance

The House of Habsburg: rulers of Austria, the only noble family with the power to rival that of the Church since the Middle Ages, and bearing the title of Holy Roman Emperor. The Crown Prince Rudolf and an orphan named Alfred find themselves entwined in a shared destiny, catalyzed by the “Lake Incident”.

Tags: Historical , Foreign , Boys' Love , Shoujo , Male Protagonist ,

Ludwig Kakumei

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Horror , Romance

In this grim and realistic take on classic fairy tales, Prince Ludwig, a female corpse collector, is ordered by his father to find himself a wife more suitable than the women he often brings into the castle. Along with his servant Wilhelm, they travel across the land in search of fair maidens from classic stories in hopes of finding Ludwig a wife.

Tags: Anti-Hero , Fairy Tale , Classic Literature , Shoujo , Male Protagonist , Crossover , Episodic , Ghost , Witch , Travel , Heterosexual , Foreign , LGBTQ+ Themes

Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode 1: Legend of the Golden Witch

Also known as Umineko When They Cry Episode 1: Legend of the Golden Witch.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural

Each year, the Ushiromiya family gathers at the secluded mansion of its patriarch, the elderly Kinzo. It has been six years since Battler joined his cousins at the annual event, but their happy reunion is overshadowed by worsening weather and an eerie premonition from his youngest cousin—not to mention their parents’ feud over the inheritance. Battler doesn’t hold much stock in dark omens, nor does he believe the tales of the witch rumored to have given his grandfather a fortune in gold…and who walks the halls of the mansion to this day… But when the eighteen family members and servants are trapped on the island by the raging typhoon, the grisly events that follow leave Battler shaken to his core. Is one of his relatives desperate enough to kill for the family fortune? Or is this the work of the Golden Witch?



Note: Volume 4 also contains the tea party chapter for this episode.

Tags: Ensemble Cast , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Detective , Witch , Gore , Primarily Adult Cast , Tragedy , Magic , Meta , Foreign , Ojou-sama