Manga like Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu

Summer Time Render

Also known as Summertime Rendering.

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

A tragic incident calls a young man named Shinpei back to his hometown on the remote island of Higotoshima, Japan. But something sinister awaits upon his return, and a chilling sequence of events unfolds that will have dire consequences for Shinpei, for Japan, and for the entire world!



Tags: Time Manipulation , Rural , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Body Swapping , Time Loop , Urban Fantasy , Demons , Survival , Shapeshifting , Aliens , Reincarnation , Gore , Tanned Skin , Dissociative Identities , Mythology , Crime , Cosmic Horror , Tragedy , Suicide , Gods , Denpa , Religion , Swimming , Love Triangle , Outdoor Activities , Amnesia , Nudity , Historical , Heterosexual , Unrequited Love

Watashi wo Tabetai, Hitodenashi

Also known as This Monster Wants to Eat Me.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Horror , Psychological , Romance , Supernatural

“I’ve come to eat you.”

So softly utters the mermaid Shiori as she emerges from the sea and takes high school girl Hinako by the hand. Hinako lives alone in a town by the sea and possesses an unusually delicious body that is irresistible to nearby monsters. To ensure that she matures to the best condition, Shiori seeks to protect Hinako—all so that someday, she can devour every piece of her. What will become of Hinako’s feelings as this looming unjust death closes in on her…?

Tags: Tragedy , Mermaid , Monster Girl , Youkai , Yuri , Female Protagonist , Denpa , Coastal , Primarily Female Cast , Orphan , Primarily Teen Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Body Image , Suicide , Seinen , School , Mythology , Gods , Body Horror , Disability , Rural

Aono-kun ni Sawaritai kara Shinitai

Also known as I Want to Hold Aono-kun so Badly I Could Die.

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Romance , Supernatural

“I would die if it would allow me to touch you. That is my love.”

Airhead Yuri-chan and her boyfriend Aono-kun had a perfectly normal relationship until one day Aono-kun suddenly “passed away” … They will never be bound together, and they cannot even touch. This is their difficult and almost too sincere love story.



Note: Nominated to the 25th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Ghost , Psychosexual , Reincarnation , Afterlife , Seinen , Body Horror , Tragedy , Suicide , Primarily Teen Cast , Heterosexual , Family Life , Love Triangle , School , Amnesia

Ani datta Mono

Also known as He Was My Brother.

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Romance , Supernatural

My brother died. This is a story of my brother’s lover, me, and the “thing that was my brother.”

The sudden death of her older brother Kiichiro brings high schooler Kanoko all the way from Tokyo to Hiroshima to visit his grave alongside his past lover, Hijiri. Promising her brother she would protect Hijiri after Kiichiro's passing, Kanoko finds herself falling in love with Hijiri despite herself. She pledges to keep visiting Hijiri in his and Kiichiro's old home in Hiroshima until Hijiri falls for her too. However, her brother's memory still lingers everpresent, like a Romeo not yet ready to give up his Juliet...



Tags: Ghost , Female Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes , Tragedy , Love Triangle , Bisexual , Boys' Love , Age Gap

Shibatarian

Also known as Shibatarian.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror

In the spring of my third year of middle school, I found Shibata buried beneath a sakura tree. We watched movies and became fast friends, even planned to make a movie together for the school festival...but no one at school seemed to know him. I will discover Shibata and the whole world will turn into Shibata. This is a story of, by, and for Shibata. Now showing in a theater near you.



Tags: Survival , Clone , Male Protagonist , Body Horror , Yandere , Shounen , Time Skip , School , Filmmaking , Revenge , Battle Royale

Otsukaresama, Kurose-kun

Also known as Ghoul Work, Kurose.

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

I feel like I've forgotten someone important…

Yuuma Kurose, a lonely boy who can see ghosts, is plagued by a recurring nightmare. As if drawn by some unseen force, he returns to the hometown that haunts his dreams. There, he meets a boy named Kaito, who is surrounded by terrifying spirits. "I'll always protect you," Kaito says with an unexpectedly serious look. But the moment they touch, the spirits surrounding Kaito suddenly possess Yuuma…?! A cool, obsessive seme and a brave, unlucky uke. Their reunion stirs time, once frozen, into motion once more.



Note: Includes two extra chapters.

Tags: Boys' Love , Reincarnation , Male Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes , Urban Fantasy , School , Amnesia , Unrequited Love , Ghost , Primarily Teen Cast , Cosmic Horror , Yandere , Time Skip

Ryouta wa Otouto wo Koroshita

Also known as Ryota Killed His Brother.

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

When their mother dies, junior high school student Ryouta takes care of his toddler brother Chika and their home. Overwhelmed by all the work, he begins neglecting himself. Without any time to himself, Ryouta comes to resent his little brother and soon the resentment turns into murderous thoughts. Little by little the pressures of childrearing make Ryouta lose his mind. But is Ryouta truly the issue? Or…



Note: Includes one extra chapter.

Tags: Shounen , Tragedy , Monster Boy , Body Horror , Family Life , Gore , Male Protagonist

Kimi ni Nidome no Sayonara wo.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery

Hinata Harusawa, who works as a web designer, receives a call that the body of his best friend, Sora Otonashi, who disappeared in his second year of high school, has been found. He attends the wake with fellow members of the art club that Sora belonged to at the time, Director Hase, Deputy Director Tokiwa, and senior Shinohara... However, Shinohara is caught by someone, and Hinata is also attacked. He desperately resists to protect his painting, but Hinata gradually loses consciousness. When he wakes up, he finds himself in "that place" on "that day"--!! What is the truth behind his best friend's disappearance and death?!

Tags: Time Manipulation , Drawing , Male Protagonist , Crime , Gore , Seinen , School

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Onikakushi-hen

Also known as Higurashi WHEN THEY CRY: Abducted by Demons Arc.

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

After moving into the quiet town of Hinamizawa, Maebara Keiichi spends his days blissfully in school often playing games with his local friends. However, appearances can be deceiving. One fateful day, Keiichi stumbles upon news of a murder that had occurred in Hinamizawa. From this point on, horrific events unfold in front of Keiichi, as he soon learns his close friends may not be all that they seem. Based on the amateur mystery game by 7th Expansion, the story is told in a series of different scenarios.

Onikakushi is the first in a series of manga following the different scenarios of the Higurashi games. It focuses on Maebara Keiichi's arrival to Hinamizawa.

Tags: Conspiracy , Rural , Memory Manipulation , Male Protagonist , Time Manipulation , Gore , Tragedy , Female Protagonist , School Club , Crime , Mythology , Denpa , Shounen , School , Yandere , Gods

Sleeping Dead

Also known as Sleeping Dead.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Psychological , Romance

Sada is an earnest high school teacher admired by students and colleagues alike. One night while walking through the city, he stumbles upon a student being violently attacked in an alley. As he tries to call for help, Sada finds himself on the end of the attacker's blade, bleeding to death on the ground. When he wakes up on a slab in an unknown laboratory, he comes face-to-face with his savior, a scientist named Mamiya. But Sada quickly realizes that in cheating death, he has become something...inhuman. What's more, he's now fully dependent on Mamiya to survive. What awaits him in this new life of death and deadly secrets?



Note: Includes two extra chapters.

Tags: Zombie , Boys' Love , Cannibalism , Gore , Primarily Adult Cast , Unrequited Love , Tragedy , LGBTQ+ Themes , Psychosexual , Male Protagonist , Bullying , Revenge , Aromantic , Teacher , Asexual , Torture , Suicide , Tsundere