Manga like Utsuro no Hako to Zero no Maria

Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu

Also known as Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Mystery , Psychological , Romance , Thriller

Subaru Natsuki was just trying to get to the convenience store but wound up summoned to another world. He encounters the usual things--life-threatening situations, silver haired beauties, cat fairies--you know, normal stuff. All that would be bad enough, but he's also gained the most inconvenient magical ability of all--time travel, but he's got to die to use it. How do you repay someone who saved your life when all you can do is die?



Tags: Time Loop , Time Manipulation , Tragedy , Heterosexual , Isekai , Witch , Male Protagonist , Cosmic Horror , Ensemble Cast , Gore , Politics , Disability , Astronomy , Memory Manipulation , Magic , Cult , Body Horror , Reincarnation , Elf , Amnesia , Suicide , Alternate Universe , Twins , Dissociative Identities , Unrequited Love , Maids , Hikikomori , Assassins , Time Skip , Love Triangle , Dragons , Age Regression , Yandere , Kemonomimi , Crossdressing , Female Protagonist , Femboy , Medieval , Shapeshifting , Zombie , Curses , Necromancy , Werewolf , Creature Taming , Conspiracy , Fugitive

Kubikiri Cycle: Aoiro Savant to Zaregotozukai

Also known as Decapitation: Kubikiri Cycle.

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

A dropout from an elite Houston-based program for teens is on a visit to a private island. Its mistress, virtually marooned there, surrounds herself with geniuses, especially of the young and female kind—one of whom ends up headless one fine morning.



Tags: Philosophy , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , Detective , Meta , Primarily Female Cast , Tragedy , Primarily Adult Cast , Crime , Hikikomori , Crossdressing , Maids , Gore

Gekkou

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Mystery , Romance

Gekkou, or "Moonlight", is about the peculiar relationship between a cynical boy and a perfect girl. Said cynical boy is Nonomiya who spends day in day out in boredom, taking refuge from his dull life in his imagination. One fateful day, he happens upon the notebook of the much-rumored beauty Youko Tsukimori, neglected on the ground. Poking out from it is a scrap of paper with the unexpected title "Murder Recipe". His interest ignited, he immediately stuffs it into his pocket, only to find out the promising recipe contains nothing but scenarios that may or may not lead to deadly accidents, not even worthy of being called a plan. When he tentatively asks her about it the next day, she hasn't lost anything. But then her father dies. An accident...



Tags: Male Protagonist , School , Crime , Detective , Female Protagonist

Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e

Also known as Classroom of the Elite.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Slice of Life , Thriller

Students of the prestigious Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Nurturing High School are given remarkable freedom—if they can win, barter, or save enough points to work their way up the ranks! Ayanokoji Kiyotaka has landed at the bottom in the scorned Class D, where he meets Horikita Suzune, who’s determined to rise up the ladder to Class A. Can they beat the system in a school where cutthroat competition is the name of the game?



Includes Volumes: 4.5, 7.5, 11.5
Included Chapters: 14 Prologues, 13 Epilogues, 1 Extra

Tags: School , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist , Anti-Hero , Battle Royale , Ensemble Cast , Politics , Revenge , Fugitive , Survival , Heterosexual , Denpa , Philosophy , Blackmail , Coming of Age , Boarding School , Classic Literature , Conspiracy , School Club , Tragedy , Bullying , Disability , Martial Arts , Rehabilitation , Board Game , Tsundere , Athletics , Torture , Kuudere , Delinquents , Female Harem , Love Triangle , Suicide , Yandere , Teacher

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

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

October 4 and 5, 1986. The Ushiromiya family has gathered on the private island of Rokkenjima for their annual family conference. Chief on the agenda concerns the struggle for the inheritance assets of the ailing family head, Kinzo. But as the family is trapped on the island by a typhoon, they receive a letter claiming to be from the rumored witch of the island, Beatrice, and mysterious events begin to occur.

Tags: Magic , Witch , Meta , Tragedy

Kamisu Reina wa Koko ni Iru

Also known as Kamisu Reina Series.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Supernatural

Reina Kamisu is a friend of loners, a slayer of families, a savior of worlds, and a killer of lovers—and she is absurdly beautiful. Who is she and what are her intentions? The search for her true identity begins with Fumi Saito, a lonely girl student whose only friend and support in life is Reina, as she is accused of things she did not do... This is a story of delusions, despair and destructive beauty.

Tags: Suicide , Achronological Order , Bullying , Philosophy , School , Female Protagonist

Kubishime Romanticist: Ningen Shikkaku - Zerozaki Hitoshiki

Also known as Strangulation: Kubishime Romanticist.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Mystery , Psychological

Now that he’s a cool college student, our anti-hero Iichan thinks his crime-solving days are behind him. Cynical, sarcastic and minimally engaged in his studies, Iichan is much more interested in his own feelings of disaffection and isolation. But despite his resolve to remain aloof, he’s pulled into the narrative when he encounters and bonds with a serial killer named Hitoshi Zerozaki – a homicidal maniac with the soul of an artist whose talent is on display at the grisly scenes of his crimes.



Tags: Crime , Philosophy , Anti-Hero , Tragedy , Urban , Male Protagonist , Detective , Mopeds , Primarily Adult Cast , College , Suicide , Yandere , Love Triangle

Murasakiiro no Qualia

Also known as Qualia the Purple.

Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Mystery , Sci-Fi

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: Philosophy , Time Manipulation , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Tragedy , Alternate Universe , Super Power , Yuri , Robots , Primarily Child Cast , Achronological Order , Bisexual , Gore , School , Age Regression , Magic , Rescue

Tsukumodou Kottouten

Also known as Tsukumodo Antique Shop.

Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Mystery , Romance

The story centers around the so-called "Relics"—mysterious items with special powers that range from obviously lethal to deceptively harmless—and the damage they bring about. Again and again, Tokiya Kurusu and Saki Maino, both of which work at the Tsukumodo Antique Shop (FAKE), get into difficulties that involve Relics, and have to find a way out. Why do they seem to be haunted by such incidents and what kind of fate is awaiting them...? Very well, let us talk about the never-smiling girl and the death-seeing boy, and the strange incidents they become entangled in.

Tags: Episodic , Urban Fantasy , Time Manipulation , Kuudere , Tragedy , Memory Manipulation , Yuri , Philosophy , Gore

Fata Morgana no Yakata: Anata no Genten ni Itaru Monogatari

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

You awaken in a decrepit old mansion.

A woman with eyes of jade stands before You, informing You that You are the Master of the house, and she Your Maid. However, You have no memories, no concept of self—or, indeed, any certainty that You are even alive.

The Maid invites You to join her on a journey through the mansion's lifeless halls, to behold the numerous tragedies that have befallen its residents. She suggests that among them, perhaps You will find some trace of Yourself.

Beyond the first door lies the year 1603.
It is an era of unparalleled beauty, where art and theatre flourish. Roses bloom abundantly in the garden where the inseparable Rhodes siblings play, and though they appear to be free of worry and strife... not everyone is content to see them happy.

Beyond the second door lies the year 1707.
In this era, the mansion lies in ruins, and a beast dwells within. He claims to yearn for a life of serenity, but it is not long before he yields to his innate savagery and a massacre ensues.

Beyond the third door lies the year 1869.
In this technologically advanced era, people are always on the move. The mansion's master is an ambitious businessman who has invested in the rail industry. However, his obsession with wealth and power leads him to neglect and mistreat his wife.

Beyond the fourth door lies the year 1099.
The Maid tells You that this is the final tale. In this era, You see a young man who claims to be cursed and a girl with white hair, called Giselle, who has been branded a witch and marked for death.

Having borne witness to these four tragedies, each set in a different time and place, You are now free to choose whether You wish to end Your story here... or press on.

But there are those who would say, "You were able to bear them because they weren't your tragedies."

Tags: Tragedy , Reincarnation , Religion , Revenge , Philosophy , Witch , Time Manipulation , Amnesia , Curses , Achronological Order , Time Skip , LGBTQ+ Themes , Maids , Body Horror , Memory Manipulation , Foreign , Gore , Cohabitation , Male Protagonist , Angels , Gender Bending , Age Gap , Hikikomori , Historical , Medieval , Transgender , Dissociative Identities , Arranged Marriage , Assassins , Coastal , Demons , Disability , Exorcism , Fake Relationship , Fugitive , Heterosexual , Kingdom Management , Language Barrier , Love Triangle , Mafia , Magic , Nudity