Manga like Kowaiyasan

Boku ga Shinu Dake no Hyakumonogatari

Also known as 100 Ghost Stories That Will Lead to My Own Death.

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

Forever Haunted
A boy sits in a room.
Alone.
Telling tales of horror.
One by one. Night by night.
The shadows breed terror.
Shall we begin?

One day, an elementary school child named Yuuma tries to jump out of his classroom window. His classmate Hina stops him and, in a bid to stall for time, asks him, “Do you know the round of a hundred ghost stories?” Hina tells Yuuma about a ritual where, if you tell a hundred ghost stories, you’ll see ghosts afterward. Learning this gives Yuuma a new lease on life. Chapter by chapter, he shares ghost stories with the reader, slowly but surely inching his way toward one hundred…



Tags: Anthology , Tragedy , Body Horror , Episodic , Youkai , Male Protagonist , Ghost , Shounen , Gore , Suicide , Urban Fantasy , School , Work , Estranged Family , Police , Crime , Family Life , Detective

Chiikawa: Nanka Chiisakute Kawaii Yatsu

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy

The sometimes happy, sometimes sad, and a tad stressful daily life of "some sort of small, cute creature" known as Chiikawa. Chiikawa enjoys delicious food with bees and rabbits, toils hard every day for the rewards of work, and still maintains a smile.



Note: The manga started being published by Nagano in their own Twitter since January, 2020. The manga got licensed by the publishing editorial Kodansha on February, 2021.

Tags: Full Color , Seinen , Animals , Rural , Primarily Animal Cast , Food , Work , Surreal Comedy , Outdoor Activities

Ankoku Jiten

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Thriller

Do you know the dark dictionary? No one knows when this book has been in the world. However, it is a terrifying book that has long been devastated by human fear. At some point, it will be quietly placed in a secondhand bookstore, in a library, or in a midnight convenience store. And invite what you get into the world of terror.

Tags: Seinen , Gore

Fuan no Tane

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Psychological , Supernatural

A collection of very short and mostly atmospheric stories dealing with urban legends, ghosts, and superstitions all organized around a specific theme (school, visitors, etc.).

Tags: Ghost , Body Horror , Seinen , Anthology , Urban , Suicide

Osore: Reiwa Kaidan

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Thriller

An omnibus of horror stories that explores relatable, everyday fears experienced in the contemporary Reiwa era. Each story in the series reflects modern anxieties, focusing on the fears lurking within daily life, which continue to escalate.

Tags: Tragedy , Ghost , Episodic , Anthology , Urban

Gregory Horror Show: Another World

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

It follows Tooru Takenotsuka, a 22 year old freeter who comes to the city to follow his dreams. Thanks to his status, he is unable to find an apartment to live in until a seedy real estate agent introduces him to Gregory House.

Tags: Seinen , Demons

Nickelodeon

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

This is a collection of one-shots from Douman Seiman. It contains 39 short stories about serial killers finding love, historical figures brought back from the dead, yaoi fan-girl ghosts making suggestions to the men she watches, and everything in between.

Volume 1: Aka (赤, Red)
Heart Food (Heart Food)
Kopi Kopi Luwak (コピ・コピ・ルアク)
Funny Game (ファニーゲーム)
Kakuriyo Jaunte (カクリヨジョウント, Afterlife Jaunte)
Taketori Paradigm (竹取パラダイム, The Kaguya Paradigm)
Facehugger (フェイスハガー)
Heel to Sneaker (ヒールとスニーカー, High Heels and Sneakers)
Vigilante (ヴィジランティ)
Doubutsu Jikisei Renai Shugi (動物磁気性恋愛主義, Animal Magnetism Theory)
Warren=Wilson wa Futatabi Korosareru (ウォレン＝ウィルソンは二度殺される, Warren Wilson Dies Again)
Puuta no Mori (ぷう太の森, Poohta's Forest)
Paracelsus no Manadeshi-tachi (パラケルススの愛弟子達, Paracelsus' Beloved Desciples)
Kaishuu Iin to Genshitsuu (回収委員と幻肢痛, The Collector and Phantom Pain)

Volume 2: Midori (緑, Green)
Columbine de Kyuushoku wo (コロンバインで給食を, Lunch at Columbine)
Futananoka (ふたなのか, Fourteen Days After Death)
Kawazu Curse (かわずカース, Frog Curse)
Inshu Banchou (飲酒番長, Delinquent Drinker)
Koiwazurai Rappart (恋わずらいラポール, Lovesick Rappart)
Yuusei yori Ai wo Komete (遊星より愛をこめて, Love Before Planets)
Keiyaku (契約, Contracts)
Dökk=álfr no Ana (デック＝アールヴの穴, Lair of the Dökkálfr)
Kamisama Legacy (カミサマレガシィ, God Legacy)
Hikki & Gakki (ヒッキー＆ガッキー)
Kamisama Mythology (カミサマミソロギィ, God Mythology)
Suijin Iwa (水神岩, Water Spirit Stone)
Paranoid Android (パラノイドアンドロイ)

Volume 3: Ao (青, Blue)
Grim Dead (Grim Dead)
Maigo no Chiiko (迷子のチーコ, Lost Chiiko)
Renovate at Random (リノベート・アト・ランダム)
Shokuji no Shoudou (食餌の衝動, Dietary Impulse)
Miwaku no Wunderkammer (魅惑のヴンダーカンマー, Wunderkammer of Fascination)
Toaru Kazoku no Urophilia (とある家族の飲尿法〈ウロフィリア〉, A Certain Family's Urophilia)
Fushitai Constraints (不死体コンストレイント, Immortal Constraints)
Kaibami Yuurei (かいばみ幽霊, The Peeping Ghost)
Micheline to Sono Naka no Mono-tachi no Hanashi (ミシュリーヌとその中の者たちの話, The Tale of Micheline and Those Inside of Her)
Houkiboshi no Naruna (ほうき星のナルナ, Comet Naruna)
Tsumenai Houteishiki (積めない方程式, The Uncarriable Formula)
Okeya (OKEYA, Bucket Maker)
Utakata no Hibi (うたかたの日々, Froth on the Daydream)

Tags: Seinen , Anthology , Episodic , Surreal Comedy , Yuri , Ensemble Cast , Transgender , Suicide , Boys' Love , Ghost , Nudity , Gore , Age Gap , Afterlife , Twins , Memory Manipulation , Historical , Disability , Angels , Aliens , Cannibalism

Bug Ego

Also known as Bug Ego.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Horror , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

Kokudo and Hitsujiya experiment with the hacks and learn more about their strange nature. It’s all fun and games at first. But when Kokudo uses a hack to go back in time, things take a dark turn. Hitsujiya attempts to do the same thing, but if a hack’s directions aren’t followed precisely, the results can be devastating!



Tags: Surreal Comedy , School , Seinen , Body Horror , Time Manipulation , Primarily Teen Cast , Time Skip , Urban Fantasy , Delinquents , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , School Club

Kouishou Radio

Also known as PTSD Radio.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Horror

From giving a lock of hair as a token to a loved one to shaving one's head as an act of penitence, hair is a powerful symbol across the world. This is the thread that connects the chilling tales in this horror anthology that follows the victims of Ogushi-sama -- a sinister god that carries away the dead.

Tags: Gods , Achronological Order , Episodic , Body Horror , Seinen , Urban , Biographical , Historical , Rural , Cosmic Horror , Autobiographical , Bullying , Tragedy