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Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Watanagashi-hen

Also known as Higurashi WHEN THEY CRY: Cotton Drifting 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.

Watanagashi is the second in a series of manga following the different scenarios of the Higurashi games. It focuses on Mion and Shion Sonozaki's lives.

Tags: Mythology , Tragedy , Rural , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Twins , School Club , Shounen , Demons , School , Denpa , Gods

Sankarea

Also known as Sankarea: Undying Love.

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

Since he was little, Chihiro has felt an unusual emotional connection to zombie movies. It's not that he feels bad for the survivors—instead he fantasizes about comforting the poor undead girls they slaughter! When his beloved pet passes away, he decides to brew up a resurrection potion in secret. But he's discovered by popular girl and local heiress Sanka Rea, whose life isn't as perfect as it seems ... and Furuya suggests that she could serve as a test subject!

Tags: Zombie , Gore , Male Protagonist , Amnesia , Medicine , Tragedy , Heterosexual , Love Triangle , Ojou-sama , Tomboy , Shounen , Slapstick , Female Protagonist , Maids , Shrine Maiden , Animals , Nudity , Torture

Bakemonogatari

Also known as Bakemonogatari.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Mystery , Romance , Supernatural

One day, high-school student Koyomi Araragi catches a girl named Hitagi Senjougahara when she trips. But—much to his surprise—she doesn’t weigh anything. At all. She says an encounter with a so-called “crab” took away all her weight …

Monsters have been here since the beginning.
Always.
Everywhere.



Tags: Urban Fantasy , Youkai , Vampire , Male Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Philosophy , Heterosexual , Meta , Gods , Female Harem , Ghost , Tragedy , Denpa , Surreal Comedy , Love Triangle , Nekomimi , Nudity , Tomboy , Dissociative Identities , Gore , Shounen , Monster Girl , Body Horror , School , Age Regression

Another

Also known as Another.

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

In the spring of 1998, Koichi Sakakibara transfers into Class 3-3 at Yomiyama North Middle School. But little does he know...his new class has a horrible secret. When he takes his seat in class for the first day of school, Koichi is unsettled by his fearful classmates. Despite this atmosphere and warnings from fellow students, Koichi is drawn to the beautiful, distant Mei Misaki, another classmate. But the closer he tries to get to her, the more mysterious she and their class become. And when a fellow student dies a disturbing death - the first of a long chain of deaths - Koichi seeks to learn the truth behind the curse of Class 3-3. But can he get answers before the curse kills him?



Tags: Seinen , Tragedy , School , Male Protagonist , Memory Manipulation , Primarily Teen Cast , Denpa , Ghost , Suicide , Survival , Female Protagonist , Gore

Kaguya Hime

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

On Kabuchi-jima, an island ruled by Princess Kaguya, ten children were raised as sacrificial victims. Several of the children thought they had escaped their fate when they escaped the island. But nearly a decade later, the kids are still dying in the order and at the time they would have as sacrifices... Their only hope now is to reunite and return to the island to seek out and destroy the source--the legend, the blood-lusting Moon Princess--before time runs out.

Tags: Shoujo , Clone , Bisexual , LGBTQ+ Themes , Conspiracy , Female Protagonist , Mixed Gender Harem , Primarily Male Cast , Dissociative Identities , Lost Civilization , Ensemble Cast , Politics , Heterosexual , Gender Bending , Amnesia , Espionage , Yuri , Royal Affairs , Inseki , Boys' Love , Time Skip , Pandemic

Yami Kano

Status: Finished
Genres: Mystery , Supernatural , Thriller

The darkness lurking behind the beautiful face. It's horribly exciting and you can't look away. Jun, a college student who's not good at socializing, was aiming to become a novelist while working part-time as a ghost writer. He was depressed because his work on the Internet wasn't appreciated, but suddenly he developed a strange possession (ghost) ability to see the other faces behind women. A beautiful apartment resident, an associate university professor, and... Within the darkness of women being exposed one after another, Jun takes up a brush and writes.



Tags: Yandere

Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu: Dai-2 Shou - Yashiki no Isshuukan-hen

Also known as Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Chapter 2: A Week at the Mansion.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Romance

The 2nd arc of the Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu manga.

Using his ability to repeat past events, a power named "Return by Death," Subaru has saved the half-elf girl Emilia from a grim fate. However, his celebration is violently cut short. Subaru now wakes up in a large mansion, unsure of whether time has moved forward. Greeting him are the maid sisters Ram and Rem, whose verbal jabs sting with every word. It's a chance for a new life, but is Subaru in more danger than he realizes?



Note: Chapter count includes 20 main chapters, a prologue, and 10 extras.

Tags: Time Manipulation , Seinen , Isekai , Male Protagonist , Twins , Demons , Maids , Monster Girl , Witch , Magic , Gore , Body Horror , Rural , Tragedy , Alternate Universe , Elf

Gosick

Status: Finished
Genres: Mystery

Kujo Kazuya is studying abroad in Sovuria (a fictional country in Europe), where he meets the mysterious Victoria. Possessing a brilliant mind, which she calls "fountain of wisdom", she seems to know everything, although she never attends classes and is restricted to her room and the schools library.



Note: Volume 2 contains the extra "Suigyo no Majiwari" (水魚の交わり).

Tags: Detective , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Historical , Shounen , Love Triangle , Death Game

Shiki

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

The story takes place in a particularly hot summer in the nineties, in a small quiet village called Sotoba. A series of mysterious deaths begin to spread in the village, at the same time when a strange family moves into the long abandoned Kanemasa mansion. Toshio Ozaki, dean of the only hospital in Sotoba, initially suspects an epidemic. But as investigations continue and the deaths begin to pile up, he becomes convinced that they are the work of the undead plaguing the village. A young man named Natsuno Yuuki, who hates living in the village, begins to be pursued and surrounded by death.



Tags: Philosophy , Ensemble Cast , Vampire , Tragedy , Rural , Survival , Werewolf , Denpa , Medicine , Pandemic , Shounen , Primarily Teen Cast

Hakushaku Cain Series

Also known as The Cain Saga.

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

Delve into the tortured past of Earl Cain C. Hargreaves, charismatic heir to a wealthy family full of secrets, lies and unthinkable crimes. The prequel to the Godchild series, The Cain Saga follows the young Cain as he attempts to unravel the secrets of his birth, all the while solving each new mystery that comes his way.



Included one-shots: The Boys Who Stopped Time, Double, Ellie in Summer Clothes

Tags: Historical , Shoujo , Tragedy , Detective , Episodic , Male Protagonist , Foreign