Manga like Youkai Hunter

What is Youkai Hunter about?

Status: Finished

A former professor of archaeology, Hieda Reijiro, was expelled from the Japanese Archaeological Association for claiming that youkai exist. Ancient horrors come to life before our eyes as the youkai hunter wanders the land to find proof for his theories.

This is a 1978 compilation which includes the previously published Morohoshi stories published between 1974 and 1976, they are collected in the following order:
The Black Investigator [ 黒い探究者 ]; Weekly Shonen Jump #37 (1974)
Red Lips [ 赤い唇 ]; Weekly Shonen Jump #38 (1974)
The Tree of Life [ 生命の木 ]; Weekly Shonen Jump Special August Issue (1976)
The Masked Face in the Dark [ 闇の中の仮面の顔 ]; New story realized purposely for 1978's Yokai Hunter tankobon edition
The Living City [ 生物都市 ]; Weekly Shonen Jump #31 (1974)


Tags: Youkai , Episodic , Shounen , Anthology , Urban Fantasy
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Folklore Studies of Professor Munakata

Munakata Kyouju Denkikou

Also known as Folklore Studies of Professor Munakata.

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Mystery

Munakata is an anthropology professor that studies the relationship between folklore or fairy tales and real historical events. He believes that many of these stories that most presume to be entirely fictional are actually based on real events. This manga tells the story of Professor Munakata as he follows the clues left from both the imaginary world of fairy tales and the real world historical evidence.

Tags: Seinen , Historical , Episodic , Teacher
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GeGeGe no Kitaro

GeGeGe no Kitarou

Also known as GeGeGe no Kitaro.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Horror , Supernatural

Youkai are specters who have lived in the human world since the dawn of time. They often rest peacefully in their dwelling places, until humans rouse them by inconsiderate actions. Kitaro is a young youkai boy who wants to help humans and youkai live in harmony, and he fights to protect humans from the enraged youkai who lash out at them.

Tags: Youkai , Demons , Shounen , Ghost , Urban Fantasy
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Shibito no Koe wo Kiku ga Yoi

Shibito no Koe wo Kiku ga Yoi

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

Jun Kishida is a sickly high school student who can see dead people. One person in particular is following him around: his childhood friend Ryoko Hayakawa. Even after he uncovered the truth behind Hayakawa's death, she stayed by his side. As he and his classmates get into even more strange and mortally dangerous situations, Hayakawa's spirit quietly aids him.



Included one-shot:
Volume 4: Yumi-chan Kitan

Tags: Seinen , Ghost , Body Horror , Episodic , Male Protagonist , Gore , Cosmic Horror , School , Yandere , Cult , Aliens , Urban Fantasy
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Furyou Taimashi Reina

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 , Ghost , School , Delinquents , Gyaru , Tomboy , Primarily Teen Cast , Urban Fantasy , Exorcism , Crossdressing , Seinen , Werewolf , Ensemble Cast , Gender Bending , Tragedy
Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe

Kishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai

Also known as Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe.

Status: Finished
Genres: Mystery , Supernatural , Thriller

The spin-off focusing on Kishibe Rohan, an eccentric mangaka with the ability to read people's memories, an ability called "Heaven's Door." He seeks out the supernatural to see for himself what his mysterious ability is all about.

Volume 1
Episode 16: Zangeshitsu (At a confessional)
Episode 02: Mutsukabezaka (Mutsukabe Hill)
Episode 05: Fugou Mura (Millionaire Village)
Episode 06: Mitsuryou Kaigan (Poaching Seashore)
Kishibe Rohan Gucci e Iku (Rohan Kishibe goes to Gucci)

Volume 2
Episode 04: Mochizuki-ke no Otsukimi (The Harvest Moon)
Episode 07: Getsuyoubi - Tenkiame (A Rainy Monday)
Episode 08: D.N.A
Episode 09: The Run

Tags: Episodic , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Urban Fantasy , Super Power , Youkai , Ghost
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Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror

Uzumaki

Also known as Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror.

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

Kurozu-cho, a small fogbound town on the coast of Japan, is cursed. According to Shuichi Saito, the withdrawn boyfriend of teenager Kirie Goshima, their town is haunted not by a person or being but by a pattern: uzumaki, the spiral, the hypnotic secret shape of the world. It manifests itself in small ways: seashells, ferns, whirlpools in water, whirlwinds in air. And in large ways: the spiral marks on people's bodies, the insane obsessions of Shuichi's father, the voice from the cochlea in your inner ear. As the madness spreads, the inhabitants of Kurouzu-cho are pulled ever deeper, as if into a whirlpool from which there is no return...



Notes:
Includes the extra chapter "Uzumaki Tokubetsu-hen: Ginga", which was included in editions later released.
Chosen by the American Library Association (ALA) as one of the Top Ten Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2009. (Vol. 1)

Tags: Tragedy , Body Horror , Cosmic Horror , Seinen , Survival , Female Protagonist , Gore , Episodic , Philosophy , Lost Civilization , Rural , Cannibalism , Urban Fantasy , Heterosexual , Suicide , Curses , Bullying , Demons , Unrequited Love , Cult , Yandere
Ω Omega

Ω Omega

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Horror , Sci-Fi , Supernatural , Thriller



Tags: Tokusatsu , Henshin , Body Horror , Gore , Seinen , Urban Fantasy , Superhero , Super Power
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Ogre Slayer

Onikirimaru

Also known as Ogre Slayer.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Horror

There was once an ogre (oni) mother who gave birth to a human looking child. Instead of an ogre's horn, this child was born with a sword in hand called the "Onigirimaru" or Ogre Slayer. He has no name and is only refered to by the name of his sword. Though he appears human, he is pure ogre. Believing that he will become human once all of his kind have vanished from the world of humans, he sets out on his destiny to slay all of his kind. Even now, in the mother world of Japan, he is still out there slaying ogres.



Tags: Demons , Episodic , Urban Fantasy , Shounen , Anti-Hero , Nudity , Monster Girl , Monster Boy
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Tanabata no Kuni

Tanabata no Kuni

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

A small group of people, descended from a particular bloodline, have the ability to negate a sphere of reality and neatly remove it from existence. Continuous use of this power alters the user's appearance until they come to resemble a none-too-pretty alien.

But what does this have to do with an out-of-the-way town in Japan, a group of university students from Tokyo, and a series of mysterious disappearances and deaths?

Tags: Seinen , Primarily Adult Cast , Super Power , Rural , Male Protagonist , Aliens , Gore , Conspiracy , Heterosexual , Body Horror
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