Manga like Yousai Gakuen

Search and Destroy

Also known as Search and Destroy.

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

This is a tale of rage. Rage against hypocrisy, injustice, exploitation, and the wrongs done to a child who grew into a righteous killer….Complete in three volumes, Search and Destroy transplants the vengeful action of Dororo from feudal Japan into a dystopian future where mercenary robots known as "creatures" serve the human elite and victimize the city's scrabbling, desperate masses. The violent death of one of these creatures connects an orphaned thief named Doro with a mysterious girl in a stinking animal hide that conceals deadly cybernetic implants. Who is this mysterious girl? How is she killing, one by one, the city's most twisted and powerful creatures? And why is she so angry?


Note: Includes 2 extra chapters.

Tags: Seinen , Cyberpunk , Dystopian , Politics , Female Protagonist , Robots , Revenge , Artificial Intelligence , Cyborg , Tragedy , Police , Yakuza

Kakugo no Susume

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Ecchi , Horror , Mecha , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

Kakugo and Harara are two siblings who have been trained to fight demons, monsters, and other creatures that are now roaming about in the post-apocalyptic 21st century. Along with their superior fighting techniques and specialized skills, they were also given special suits called Zero armor, which were made from the souls of dead warriors. Unfortunately Harara succumbs to evil within the Zero armor, and Kakugo is the only human alive that has the skills and equipment to defeat his sibling.

Tags: Post-Apocalyptic , Superhero , Henshin , Gore , Tokusatsu , Survival , Dystopian , Nudity , Cultivation , Super Power , Body Horror , Eco-Horror , Shounen , Bisexual , Monster Girl , School , LGBTQ+ Themes , Zombie , Youkai , Urban Fantasy , Heterosexual , Body Swapping , Samurai , Gods , Succubus

Kouya ni Kemono Doukokusu

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

A boy, a virus which unlocks the primal beast, and desired forgotten memories.



Tags: Seinen , Religion , Mythology , Philosophy , Primarily Adult Cast , Super Power , Monster Girl , Monster Boy , Gore , Conspiracy , Body Horror , Amnesia , Cannibalism , Urban Fantasy

GUNNM

Also known as Battle Angel Alita.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sci-Fi

In a dump in the lawless settlement of Scrapyard, far beneath the mysterious space city of Zalem, disgraced cyber-doctor Daisuke Ido makes a strange find: the detached head of a cyborg woman who has lost all her memories. He names her Gally and equips her with a powerful new body, the Berserker. While Gally remembers no details of her former life, a moment of desperation reawakens in her nerves the legendary school of martial arts known as Panzer Kunst. In a place where there is no justice but what people make for themselves, Gally decides to become a hunter-killer, tracking down and taking out those who prey on the weak. But can she hold onto her humanity as she begins to revel in her own bloodlust?



Tags: Cyberpunk , Female Protagonist , Amnesia , Seinen , Dystopian , Tragedy , Robots , Post-Apocalyptic , Cyborg , Desert , Martial Arts , Gore , Nudity , Cosmic Horror , Heterosexual

AKIRA

Also known as Akira.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Horror , Psychological , Sci-Fi

Welcome to Neo-Tokyo, built on the ashes of a Tokyo annihilated by a blast of unknown origin that triggered World War III. The lives of two streetwise teenage friends, Tetsuo and Kaneda, change forever when paranormal abilities begin to waken in Tetsuo, making him a target for a shadowy agency that will stop at nothing to prevent another catastrophe like the one that leveled Tokyo. At the core of the agency's motivation is a raw, all-consuming fear of an unthinkable, monstrous power known only as Akira.



Tags: Dystopian , Cyberpunk , Military , Post-Apocalyptic , Seinen , Tragedy , Super Power , Male Protagonist , Gore , Survival , Delinquents , Philosophy , Body Horror , Drugs , Anti-Hero , War , Cult , Gangs , Motorcycles , Coming of Age , Afterlife , Terrorism , Basketball , Nudity , Reincarnation , Bullying

Gakuen Taikutsu Otoko

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Ecchi

A story where students face off against teachers to bring down the tyrannical education system.

Tags: School , Guns , Gore , Nudity , Anti-Hero , Male Protagonist , Gangs , Fugitive , Assassins , Body Horror , Crime , Shounen , Super Power , Clone , Crossdressing

Battle Royale

Also known as Battle Royale.

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

Under the guise of a "study trip," a group of students from Shiroiwa Junior High School in the fictional town of Shiroiwa (Kagawa Prefecture) are gassed on a bus. They awaken in the Okishima Island School on Okishima, an isolated, evacuated island. They learn that they have been placed in an event called the Program. According to the rules, every year since 1947, 42 third-year high school students are isolated, and each student is required to fight to the death until one student remains. Their movements are tracked by metal collars around their necks, which contain tracking and listening devices; if any student should attempt to escape the Program, or enter declared forbidden zones, a bomb will be detonated in the collar, killing the wearer. If no one dies in a 24 hour time period, there will be no winner and all collars will be detonated simultaneously.



Note: The TokyoPop version was extensively rewritten by Keith Giffen which eventually led to contradictions and plot holes in the later volumes. TokyoPop rereleased the series in 5 omnibus volumes under the name "Battle Royale: Ultimate Edition" from October 16, 2007 to February 10, 2009.

Tags: Battle Royale , Tragedy , Male Protagonist , Guns , Seinen , Gore , Nudity , Primarily Teen Cast , Survival , Conspiracy , Dystopian , Ensemble Cast , Heterosexual

Kill la Kill

Also known as KILL la KILL.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Ecchi

The story centers around two fiercely fighting schoolgirls, Ryuuko Matoi and Satsuki Kiryuuin. On a campus ruled by force, a transfer student wielding a Basami sword brings about upheaval.



Tags: Super Power , Tomboy , Seinen , School , Female Protagonist , Henshin , Revenge , Tragedy , Cult , LGBTQ+ Themes

Prison School

Also known as Prison School.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Psychological , Romance

On the outskirts of Tokyo stands Hachimitsu Private Academy, an all-girls boarding school for elite young women. But as the new school year rolls around, one tradition is going out the window: For the first time in the school's long history, boys are being allowed to enroll. On the first day of school, though, it turns out only five boys have made the cut. Thrilled by this discovery, these young men's adolescent hearts leap with joy at the thought of being surrounded by all those girls, but little do the five boys suspect the shocking fate that awaits them...



Notes:
Includes 1 extra chapter and the epilogue.
Won the Kodansha Manga Award 2013 for best general manga.

Tags: Seinen , School , Surreal Comedy , Nudity , Male Protagonist , Slavery , Slapstick , Prison , Heterosexual , Bullying , Revenge , Love Triangle , Kuudere , Ensemble Cast , Femdom , Watersports , LGBTQ+ Themes

Killing Bites

Also known as Killing Bites.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Ecchi , Horror , Sci-Fi

People have been created that are human-animal hybrids, and powerful businesses bet on the outcome of their duels. College student Nomoto Yuuya's casual acquaintances ask him to drive them around to pick up girls one day, which he soon finds out means by force. The girl they kidnap is an animal-human hybrid named Hitomi, who slaughters all of them except Yuuya. Hitomi is a honey badger, which has been called the most fearless of all animals. Now Hitomi is assigned to stay with Yuuya, for his protection!

Tags: Kemonomimi , Gore , Monster Girl , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Dinosaurs , Battle Royale , Nudity , Seinen , Educational , Revenge , Henshin , LGBTQ+ Themes , Time Skip , Futanari