Manga like Zansatsu! Ponytail

Daidai wa, Hantoumei ni Nidone suru

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Slice of Life , Supernatural

The bizarre everyday life stories of the citizens of a coastal port town.

Tags: Episodic , Tragedy , Gore , Surreal Comedy , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Aliens , Ensemble Cast , Rural , Animals , Mermaid , Body Horror , School , Ships , Twins , Shounen , Bullying

Kaniku no Musume

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy , Supernatural

A oneshot from Kitsch volume 7.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , No Dialogue , Seinen , Denpa

Itou Junji Tanpenshuu: BEST OF BEST

Also known as Venus in the Blind Spot.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Mystery

A "best of" collection of creepy tales from Eisner award winner and legendary horror master Junji Ito. This ultimate collection presents the most remarkable short works of Junji Ito’s career, featuring an adaptation of Rampo Edogawa’s classic horror story "Human Chair" and fan favorite "The Enigma of Amigara Fault." In a deluxe presentation with special color pages and color illustrations from his most recent long-form manga No Longer Human, every page invites readers to revel in a world of terror.

Contains:
Okuman Bocchi (Billions Alone)
Ningen Isu (The Human Chair) [Story: Edogawa Ranpo]
Kono Yo no Hoka no Koi (An Unearthly Love) [Story: Edogawa Ranpo]
Mouten no Venus (Venus in the Blind Spot)
Name Onna (The Licking Woman)
Umezu-sensei to Watashi (Master Umezz and Me)
Miirareta Kirida Kyouju (How Love Came to Professor Kirida)
Ashura no Dansou no Kai (The Enigma of Amigara Fault)
Daikokubashira Hiwa (The Sad Tale of the Principal Post)
Wasuregatami (Keepsake)



Tags: Seinen , Tragedy , Gore , Anthology , Body Horror

Chimoguri Ringo to Kingyobachi Otoko

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

A terrible creature has been plaguing the community: a man with a fishbowl for a head. When he attacks someone, the goldfish leaps out of his bowl and drinks their blood. The victim is irreversibly transformed into a goldfish! This terrible crime has happened to high-schooler Kousuke's little sister. With no other option, he takes care of his goldfish-sister as best he can.

One day, he comes across a strange girl named Ringo, who wears a school swimsuit, carries an umbrella, and keeps a gun hanging around her neck. Ringo is an apprentice blood diver, and the gun is her way of shooting herself into the wounds of the fishbowl man's victims. If she can get to them in time, she can prevent them from turning into goldfish. Ringo's mentor, Ichigo, says that she's heard of a way to turn people back from goldfish into humans. Kousuke is determined to help Ringo find a way to help his sister and the loved ones of his friends at school who have met the same fishy fate!

Note: The magazine this manga was serialised in was cancelled, but the series received a continuation in Comic Earth Star.

Included one-shots:
Volume 2: Jigoku (Hell), Kappa no Shokutaku (Kappa's Dinner Table)
Volume 3: Onikujo (Oni Killer)



Tags: Shounen , Surreal Comedy , Work , Swimming , Gore , Guns , Fishing

Alien 9

Also known as Alien Nine.

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

In the future, alien invasion is a daily occurrence and everyone must be prepared. Elementary School #9 has assigned three students to fight off the extra-terrestrial threat.

Tags: Aliens , Denpa , Coming of Age , School , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Child Cast , Body Horror , Cosmic Horror , Gore , Seinen , Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Yuri , Proxy Battle , Age Regression , Urban Fantasy , Teacher

Bakemono Recchan

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

Have you ever done something out of pity that backfired?

Recchan is a high school girl with a monster face who is popular among her classmates. The student council president however thinks otherwise. In her opinion, kindness out of pity is the wrong way to treat a girl like Recchan. Although others may think her cruel and unkind, in the end her refusal to be nice earns her a new friendship.

Tags: School , Seinen , Monster Girl , Primarily Teen Cast , Female Protagonist , Body Horror

Tokyo Girls Destruction

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

In the 2020’s the Japanese female culture was extremely corrupted in the eyes of the first women prime minister. To bring back the beauty of Japanese femininity, she created the Amazon Academy, a girls-only school, on an artificial island isolated in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Amesu Kumi just transferred into Amazon Academy to investigate the death of her older sister, Towa, who also attended the school until she died in a shroud of mystery. The only clue she has is the name Burai Sachiko left in Towa’a cell phone. How could Kumi have known that the school literally turns into a battlefield when classes are over; where petite girls beat each other senseless in order to survive.



Tags: Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Battle Royale , Yuri , School , Nudity , Anti-Hero

Tsumitsuki

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Psychological , Supernatural

In the town that Takada Chinatsu moved to, there's a legend about demons called Tsumitsuki that possess the feelings of guilt a person has over their sins. Those who are possessed are slowly devoured, body and mind, as the demon manifests. As one of Takada's friends starts acting strangely, her classmate Kuroe steps in to help... but his true motives are hidden behind a mask.

Tags: School , Tragedy , Demons , Episodic , Male Protagonist , Bullying , Primarily Teen Cast , Shounen , Body Horror , Gore