Manga like Yasha

Banana Fish

Also known as Banana Fish.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama

Nature made Ash Lynx beautiful; nurture made him a cold ruthless killer. A runaway brought up as the adopted heir and sex toy of "Papa" Dino Golzine, Ash, now at the rebellious age of seventeen, forsakes the kingdom held out by the devil who raised him. But the hideous secret that drove Ash's older brother mad in Vietnam has suddenly fallen into Papa's insatiably ambitious hands--and it's exactly the wrong time for Eiji Okamura, a pure-hearted young photographer from Japan, to make Ash Lynx's acquaintance...



Tags: Mafia , Tragedy , Gangs , Noir , Conspiracy , Drugs , Primarily Male Cast , Foreign , Primarily Adult Cast , Crime , Male Protagonist , Shoujo , Delinquents , Guns , Revenge , Urban , Adoption , Criminal Organization , Boys' Love , LGBTQ+ Themes , Politics , Bisexual , Cars , Police

Eve no Nemuri

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

It's been 18 years since Rin died. Alisa, who is Sei and Lou May's daughter, lives with her mother, her brother Shinji, and Ken in Hawaii. Shinji is Ken and Lou May's son. Shinji knows Alisa isn't Ken's real daughter, but Alisa doesn't. Alisa sometimes sees a phantom boy. One day, she sees a boy point to the sky, where she sees a plane. By the plane, Rie, Shin's son, comes to ask Ken for some help. He also knows Alisa is really Sei's daughter. Alisa is called "Dragon's daughter." Rie says a prophet told him that he would marry a woman who's a dragon's blood relative. When they go into the forest, Rie also sees a boy. Alisa tells him that the boy is a phantom and that he is the only other person who can see him. Her family had told her that the boy was the spirit of the forest, but she doubted that. She thinks the boy is trying to tell her something.

Tags: Josei , Super Power , Female Protagonist , Clone , Primarily Adult Cast , Revenge , Crime , Conspiracy , Fugitive , Love Triangle , Foreign , Guns , Martial Arts , Assassins , Estranged Family , Mythology , Rural , Twins

Oz

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

On the 15th of October 1990, World War III breaks out. It only lasts for 40 minutes, but industrial establishments were nearly wiped out by the 1000 megatons of nuclear weapons used in the war. The Earth was then cloaked by in a nuclear winter which lasted for 6 months, and all the grain plants died. Each government fell into anarchy and transport and communication networks could not be restored easily. Soon, declarations of state establishment from the citizens in various areas came one after another, and America was split into 6 parts, adding other unapproved small states, it was divided into more than 20 countries. The story is set in 2021, 31 years after World War III. Filicia Epstein, a bionics genius, came to Sabano and Sergent Mutou was ordered to protect her. Searching for her only brother, Lyon, Filicia encountered with 1019, a cybernoid, who directed them to the phantom city, OZ, which is a shelter created by Lyon. As the story unfolds, they gradually realised what 'OZ' actually was...

Tags: Shoujo , Artificial Intelligence , Post-Apocalyptic , War , Robots , Conspiracy , Guns

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

Private Opinion: Banana Fish Another Story

Also known as Private Opinion.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama

A collection of Banana Fish sidestories. Contains:

Private Opinion
Fly boy, in the sky
Ura Banana

Tags: Shoujo , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Foreign , Gangs , Mafia , Noir , Crime , Criminal Organization , Urban , Athletics , Photography , School Club , Rural , Delinquents , Anthology

Himitsu: Top Secret

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

It's the 2060s, and Japan has perfected the "MRI System," a piece of neurotechnology that, when given the brain of a person who died within the past 48 hours, can analyze the visual memories contained within; even being able to give scientists a look into what the deceased saw in their final moments. Needless to say, this is a highly regarded – and greatly feared – method that has been placed under stringent restrictions and is only authorized for use by a special police unit, Section Nine, for the investigation of baffling or high-profile crimes.

Aoki Ikkou is a talented newbie who has just been assigned to Section Nine. He initially has qualms about delving into people's most private moments and analyzing their darkest fears and fantasies, but as he settles in with his teammates and warms up to his boss, the highly intelligent Maki Tsuyoshi, he becomes more and more competent at his job.

Though quick to develop pride in his career, Aoki still struggles to balance his family relationships and love life with his demanding workload, further complicated when he's drawn into the dark past and murky circumstances surrounding the outwardly cool and self-controlled but internally tormented Maki.

Note: Won an Excellence Award for manga at the 15th Japan Media Arts Festival in 2011.

Tags: Tragedy , Shoujo , Police , Primarily Male Cast , Detective , Crime , Male Protagonist , Episodic , Conspiracy , Gore , Espionage , Suicide , Nudity , Primarily Adult Cast , Urban

Limbo the King

Also known as King in Limbo.

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

It's been eight years since the pandemic in which a deadly sleeping sickness claimed millions of lives. After a serious injury cost him a leg (and, nearly, his life), Petty Officer Adam Garfield retires from active service in the U.S. Navy. But his plan to focus on his family and physical therapy is shattered when he receives secret word that the sleeping sickness has returned, and it's his job to bring back the mysterious man who helped cure it by diving into people's memories—a man known by the codename "King."



Tags: Josei , Male Protagonist , Pandemic , Foreign , Military , Disability

9-banme no Musashi

Also known as Musashi #9.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama

Exotic, smart and lethal, Number Nine is a field operative for an organization committed to fighting injustice. Little is known about "Ultimate Blue" except that they're the last line of defense against battalions of terrorists and criminals. Even less is known about its field operatives — though it's whispered that they possess the ability to change the course of world history. And Number Nine is one of them.



Tags: Crime , Crossdressing , Detective , Female Protagonist , Military , Shoujo

Shaka no Musuko

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

A man who claimed to be "Shaka's son" arrives in the peaceful village of Shogitani. He acted in mysterious ways, such as offering a large sum of money to help a village girl in debt, and scattering 5 million in cash around the village with the help of his female triplet entourage. Meanwhile, one by one, the villagers began to fall ill with high fever. ......!

Tags: Cult , Conspiracy , Shounen , Rural , Male Protagonist , Anti-Hero , Clone , Medicine , Nudity

MONSTER

Also known as Monster.

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

Everyone faces uncertainty at some point in their lives. Even a brilliant surgeon like Kenzo Tenma is no exception. But there’s no way he could have known that his decision to stop chasing professional success and instead concentrate on his oath to save peoples’ lives would result in the birth of an abomination. The questions of good and evil now take on a terrifyingly real dimension.

Years later, in Germany during the tumultuous post-reunification period, middle-aged childless couples are being killed one after another. The serial killer’s identity is known. The reasons why he kills are not. Dr. Tenma sets out on a journey to find the killer’s twin sister, who may hold some clues to solving the enigma of the “Monster.”



Tags: Seinen , Conspiracy , Tragedy , Philosophy , Twins , Amnesia , Fugitive , Noir , Foreign , Male Protagonist , Memory Manipulation , Primarily Adult Cast , Historical , Detective , Ensemble Cast , Police , Medicine , Time Skip , Crossdressing , Suicide , Achronological Order , Adoption , Assassins , Torture , Gore