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Phantom Busters

Also known as Phantom Busters.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Slice of Life , Supernatural

In search of a fourth member for the club, Mogari, Eugene, and new recruit Kaoru Kanzaki set their sights on Kotaro Tamon, a classmate who seems to be able to talk to ghosts. Unfortunately, Kotaro's got some major problems communicating with living humans! Will Kotaro be able to overcome his anxiety and join the Phantom Busters?



Tags: Exorcism , Male Protagonist , Ghost , Ensemble Cast , School , Primarily Male Cast , Super Power , Urban Fantasy , Primarily Teen Cast , Slapstick , Surreal Comedy , Shounen , School Club , Coming of Age , Coastal , Bullying , Delinquents , Meta , Otaku Culture

Mieruko-chan

Also known as Mieruko-chan.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Horror , Slice of Life , Supernatural

One day, she could see…everything. What’s a girl to do when hideous monsters appear no matter which way she turns? And on top of that, nobody else can see them! Obviously, there’s only one thing that makes sense—ignore them. Kinda hard to put theory into practice, though, when the ghosts know she’s watching…



Tags: Ghost , Female Protagonist , Body Horror , Youkai , Gods , Seinen , Mythology , Episodic , Primarily Female Cast , School , Urban Fantasy , Yandere , Philosophy , Yuri

Toshi Densetsu Senpai

Also known as The Urban Legend Files.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Horror , Supernatural

Mokume is a first-year college student and occult fanatic! She hunts down an older student, Kugutsu, who is rumored to attract urban legends of all kinds... What will happen when she joins the Occult Club? The long-awaited occult comedy from the creator of “Janji”, Kazuki Hiraoka!



Tags: Urban , Ghost , Female Protagonist , College , Surreal Comedy , Shounen , Primarily Adult Cast , Urban Fantasy , Youkai , Male Protagonist

Dark Gathering

Also known as Dark Gathering.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Horror , Supernatural

Keitaro is ready to stop living as a shut-in. He’s starting university. He’s reconnecting with his childhood friend. He’s taking a tutoring job. And he’s not messing around with ghosts anymore. At least that’s what he thinks, until he finds out the elementary schooler he’s tutoring is an occult-obsessed genius who’s hunting down dangerous spirits and won’t stop until she’s found the one that took her mom!



Note: Nominated for the Tsugimanga 2020 Award in the Manga Category.

Tags: Ghost , Shounen , Revenge , Necromancy , Exorcism , Gods , Urban Fantasy , Gore , Female Protagonist , Body Horror , Yandere , Male Protagonist , Suicide , Rehabilitation , Cannibalism

Kaii-bu: M-ken Y-shi no Kaigenshou ni Tsuite

Status: Releasing
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Supernatural

When transfer student Sakura Sakuraba arrives in Yuuyamichou, she discovers a place steeped in bizarre, ancient customs. The children there all have strange names and are bound by a curse that prevents them from leaving the city until they graduate high school. Caught in an escalating nightmare, Sakura must navigate curses, summonings, and betrayals. To break the curse and free the children, Sakura teams up with Uzu Andou, the mysterious president of the Paranormal Club. Their strange "club activities" are about to begin!



Tags: Ghost , School , Yuri , Shounen , Yandere , Female Protagonist , Time Loop , Cosmic Horror

Kaya-chan wa Kowakunai

Also known as Kaya-chan Isn’t Scary.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Horror , Slice of Life

Kaya-chan is a notorious problem child in her kindergarten, but none of the adults know her secret–till Chie-sensei is put in charge and learns of Kaya-chan's hidden ability to see evil spirits and vanquish them with a punch! What will happen to this five-year-old who gets in trouble when she’s only trying to help?



Tags: Ghost , Seinen , Female Protagonist , Super Power , School , Urban Fantasy , Suicide , Pregnancy , Body Horror , Curses

Akuma Nisei

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Supernatural

"There was no heart in your mother's corpse." Kikumitsu Gemma is a high school girl who has a demon father and a human mother. This is the story of a girl who is neither human nor demon.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Demons , Monster Girl , Seinen , Surreal Comedy

Furyou Taimashi Reina

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Supernatural

"I get yelled at, my desk gets thrown out the window, I get hit with a fist wearing some knick-knack..." Shinguji, the class president, is concerned about the delinquent behavior of Reina Suzuno, a transfer student with blonde hair, a sukajan and loose socks. Her words and actions, which were thought to be a form of bullying or harsh punishment, are actually a unique method of casting out evil spirits. Her true identity that of a skilled exorcist, strong enough to make the toilet-bound Hanako-san tremble! Notes:
Nominated for the Tsugimanga 2020 Award in the Web Manga Category.
Includes 9 extra chapters.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Exorcism , Ghost , School , Delinquents , Gyaru , Urban Fantasy , Tomboy , Primarily Teen Cast , Seinen , Ensemble Cast , Crossdressing , Werewolf , Gender Bending , Tragedy

Dandadan

Also known as Dandadan.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Romance , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

Momo Ayase strikes up an unusual friendship with her school’s UFO fanatic, whom she nicknames “Okarun” because he has a name that is not to be said aloud. While Momo believes in spirits, she thinks aliens are nothing but nonsense. Her new friend, meanwhile, thinks the exact opposite. To settle matters, the two set out to prove each other wrong—Momo to a UFO hotspot and Okarun to a haunted tunnel! What unfolds next is a beautiful story of young love…and oddly horny aliens and spirits?



Note: Nominated for the 15th Manga Taisho Award in 2022.

Tags: Youkai , Urban Fantasy , Ghost , Aliens , Super Power , Shounen , Female Protagonist , Surreal Comedy , Tokusatsu , Male Protagonist , Henshin , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Heterosexual , Gyaru , Shapeshifting , School , Body Horror , Love Triangle , Exorcism , Conspiracy , Kaiju , Curses , Amnesia , Gore , Tragedy , Terrorism , Super Robot , Chuunibyou , Circus , Gods , Nudity , Dissociative Identities , Tsundere , Cannibalism , Bullying , Acrobatics , Suicide , Dinosaurs

Aono-kun ni Sawaritai kara Shinitai

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

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Psychological , 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