Manga like U

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Status: Finished

Yuu has spent her entire life with a “copy” of herself, her twin sister. Now science has created a copy more perfect than nature ever could, and Yuu seems like the perfect test subject. But as her copy becomes more intelligent day by day and begins questioning its own existence, the experiment threatens to spiral out of control. Who is real and who is a copy? And what is a “copy” that has surpassed its original? Just a copy, the original, or something else entirely?

Tags: Female Protagonist , Twins , Clone , Josei , Tragedy , Cannibalism , Body Horror , Primarily Adult Cast , Work , Heterosexual
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Mikake no Nijuusei

Mikake no Nijuusei

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Psychological , Slice of Life

Ayako, a normal high-school girl caught up in the experiment of an enigmatic genius, is divided in two. In the midst of the confusion of sharing her life, she remembers her sister who had died suddenly. What lies beyond the feelings she remembers and the feelings she’s forgotten…

Tags: Josei , Female Protagonist , Time Manipulation
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Hanshin: Half-God

Hanshin

Also known as Hanshin: Half-God.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological

Conjoined twins Yudy and Yucy are as different as possible. Older Yudy is intelligent but ugly, as her nutrients are used up by her beautiful but simpleminded sister Yucy. Loving and hating so deeply, where does one girl begin and the other end?

Note: Published in English as a part of the "A Drunken Dream and Other Stories" manga anthology by Fantagraphics.

Tags: Tragedy , Twins , Family Life , Josei , Female Protagonist , Disability
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A, A'

A: A'

Also known as A, A'.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Romance , Sci-Fi

A volume of short sci-fi shoujo stories all featuring a new race of humans called Unicorns. The major theme in all of the stories are about human emotions. As the characters in the story try to interact and relate to these Unicorns who lack a lot of the natural emotions humans normally feel.

The story A, A' raises a troubling question: how would you feel if your lover died—and was replaced by a clone? Could you recreate your relationship with someone who was physically exactly the same but didn't share any memories of your life together?

In 4/4, teenaged Mori flunks out of an ESP training program. But when he meets Trill, a beautiful Unicorn, his latent abilities begin to blossom...

In X+Y, Hagio uses science fiction to explore questions of gender and sexual identity. Time has passed, and once again, Mori finds himself inexorably attracted to a member of the unicorn race - but this unicorn is male... and so is Mori.

Tags: Shoujo , Gender Bending , Clone , Space , Super Power , Tragedy , Anthology , Bisexual , Boys' Love , LGBTQ+ Themes
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Mitsuami no Kamisama

Mitsuami no Kamisama

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

A story about a girl being kept in isolation in a world that appears to have experienced an earthquake and nuclear disaster.

Tags: Philosophy , Dystopian , Tragedy , Post-Apocalyptic , Seinen , Iyashikei
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Tomie

Tomie

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Horror , Supernatural , Thriller

Tomie Kawakami is a femme fatale with long black hair and a beauty mark just under her left eye. She can seduce nearly any man, and drive them to murder as well, even though the victim is often Tomie herself. While one lover seeks to keep her for himself, another grows terrified of the immortal succubus. But soon they realize that no matter how many times they kill her, the world will never be free of Tomie.



Notes:
While a collection of mainly independent short stories, Tomie was originally published as Volumes 1 and 2 of the Ito Junji Kyofu Manga Collection. This entry is for the standalone release of Tomie first published in February 2000 with previously unreleased chapter "小指/Little Finger".
Later collections such as the 'Complete Deluxe edition' by Viz combines this and the sequel entry Tomie: Again for a total of 20 chapters.
The short story “Painter” has been adapted in the first part of episode 9 of Ito Junji: Collection.

Tags: Body Horror , Monster Girl , Gore , Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Episodic , Male Harem , Yandere , Demons , Urban Fantasy , Nudity , Succubus , Bullying , Cannibalism , School , Shoujo

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