Psychological Manga

This is the story of a girl who was forced to become a piano prodigy with the pressure starting from the moment she was born. Her family has had distinguished musicians in their past. She is constantly forced by her father to practice (up to 12 hours a day, 10 if he's being nice), wear gloves whenever she's not playing, no friends, makeup, etc. (Source: MU)

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He's perennially unemployed, his ex-girlfriend has moved on, and he's just lost all his life savings to a bitcoin scam. Burdened by societal pressures, Yijae Choi decides to take his own life. Insulted by his flippant attitude towards dying, Death comes to punish him with her game: he must experience death over and over again through 13 other lives. But if he can find a way to survive the imminent death coming for these lives, he gets to live out their lifetime. His life was a bust, but what about the lives of others? (Source: Webtoon Entertainment)

When I open my eyes, I find myself in an unfamiliar car, in an unfamiliar town, in front of the on-ramp to an unfamiliar highway. Before I can process any of this, I see the fiery explosions of multiple car crashes in the distance, and without thinking, I stomp on the accelerator and race toward the scene. I soon find that I’ve driven straight into hell at full speed with no brakes, just like everyone around me...! In the midst of this insanity, I discover the corpse of a girl, and suddenly I know—I am the brilliant detective. And I must solve the mystery of her death. (Souce: Yen Press)

Beautiful People is a manga comprised of six profound and thought-provoking short stories. 1. Seppakuhime (Princess White Snow) 2. World's End 3. Anti-Telephonica (Electric Angel) 4. Stalker no Onna (The Lady Stalker) 5. Beautiful People 6. Kuuki no Naka wo Nukeru Sora (Blue Sky)

1. Rakuda Tsukai to Ouji no Yoru (Night of the Cameleer and the Prince) 2. Rakuda Tsukai ga Kieta Asa 3. Oboreru Sakana (Drowning Fish) 4. Ibitsu na Kakera (Broken Pieces) 5. Kusatta Rasen (Rotten Spiral) 6. Ayaui Kyouen

Sakai Hiroaki is a high school teenage mastermind with a genius-level intelligence and a lack of interest in anything that is easy to him. During one unlucky day, in an attempt to stop a student from committing suicide, he ends up committing suicide himself. After he awakens, he finds himself not in the real world, nor in heaven, but in purgatory, along with a group of others who did the same. Sakai discovers that he and his peers are subjected to never-ending intense death games in this world for reasons unknown to him, and he tries to find a way to escape. (Source: MU)

Collection of short stories by Maruo. It's almost impossible to summarize them, most of them aren't really plot driven but they deal with abnormal states of the mind and are permeated by a general surrealism. As in many of this works, he shows references to the art and culture of 1920s and 1930s Japan and Germany which had inspired his own artistic style.

A young man reads the suicide note from his deceased sister...

1. Akahoshi-kun 2. Suiheisen JPG (Water Horizon JPG) 3. Hiruyasumi (Lunch Break) 4. Dan-kun no Shinpai (Dan-kun's Concerns) 5. Juu (Gun) 6. Musume no Keikaku (The Daughter's Plan) 7. Seijin Bomb Natsu no Hi (Adult Bomb Summer's Day) 8. Tonda Kuruma (The Car That Flew) 9. Kamimura no Sawayaka na Hentai (Kamimura's Exhilarating Abnormality)

Andou is a high-schooler who possesses the ability to force others to vocalize his thoughts—an ability similar to ventriloquism. Inukai is young man shrouded in mystery who commands the vigilante group, Grass Hopper, which appeared in a city shaken by the downtown restoration program. This is a tale of courage, resolution… and confrontation; this is a depiction of the two boys' encounter. (Source: Aku Tenshi)

Du Ming, young anaesthetist in a big Chinese hospital, is haunted by the memory of Zhang Qian: a young lady coming from the same school as him , who bewitched him by the sulphurous beauty and the aura of strangeness she emits. After graduating, Du Ming stayed in touch with Zhang Qian, who writes him. Now a terrible piece of news arises: the young lady is said to have committed suicide. Du Ming, jeune médecin anesthésiste dans un grand hôpital chinois, est hanté par le souvenir de Zhang Qian : une jeune femme issue de sa promotion étudiante, qui l’a envoûté par sa beauté sulfureuse et l’aura d’étrangeté qui l’accompagne. Devenu praticien, Du Ming est resté en contact avec Zhang Qian, qui lui écrit de loin en loin. Or une terrible nouvelle survient : on dit que la jeune femme s’est suicidée… From Manga News.

Dimitri Lewandowski is a celebrated tenor in early 1900s Vienna. When he is killed in an accident, his corpse is colonized by the seeds of a vampire master. At first, Dimitri denies that anything has changed, but as the people around him start dying, he is forced to accept the ghastly truth. Flash forward to 2008. In Tokyo, Azusa Kikukawa's troubled love life comes to an end with a fatal accident. Dimitri appears in her dying dreams with a diabolic proposal—he will save her lover if she agrees to become the breeding ground for the next generation of vampire seeds… (Source: VIZ Media)

Do Yohan does not remember much about his past, but he does know that Lee Dajeong is the most important person in his life. She is the center of his world; he knows what she is doing at any moment in time, and her face captured from every angle is plastered throughout his bedroom. He does not consider himself a stalker and believes his intentions are pure. After all, he just wants to protect her. Unable to approach Dajeong, Yohan watches over her from afar, always one step away in case she needs help. And she truly needs it; someone else seems to also have their gaze affixed on her, and their intentions are far less kind. Could this person and Dajeong be the keys to unlocking Yohan's past? [Written by MAL Rewrite]

A 32-year-old aspiring mangaka, Kazuya Mukai, falls off the rooftop of his old elementary school during a drunken stupor. When he wakes up, he finds himself 20 years in the past, and even his body has regressed to that of a sixth grader. Now that Kazuya has a chance redo his life that had been full of disgrace and humiliation, he hopes to win the heart of a little girl and his first crush, Anna. However, his feelings only lead a whole new tragedy. It's a puppy love that transcends the bounds of time, only to be defiled. (Source: Amazon)

What if it's possible to extract some two or more years of a person's memories (projected onto visual display for all to see) from the brain after the person's death? It would certainly be beneficial for solving difficult murder cases since the memories would display the victims' last moments. But at what cost? What of the dead's privacy as strangers poke about in their most private memories? What about the effects the imageries may have on the persons whose jobs require going through psychotic murderers' minds and experience whatever emotions and feelings these murderers felt as they skin and disembowel their victims? In The Top Secret, Shimizu-sensei explores the idea of re-displaying images of decedents' memories from their brains.

Down on her luck and pushing 30, Yuuna needs a plan to dig herself out from under her mountain of debt. Fortunately, she knows just the thing: Tamarowa, the famous reality television show where women compete for the right to marry into riches! She may not be the most well-connected contestant, or the prettiest, or the most provocative, but she's willing to do whatever it takes to thwart the competition and bag her man and his moneybags. (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)

Arata Natsume works at a child guidance center, is in his thirties and single with no plans for marriage. But one day, he receives a request from the child he was in charge of, Takuto, to "meet the criminal who killed his father." That serial killer is Shinagawa Shinju, also known as the "Shinagawa Pierrot." (Source: Shogakukan, translated)

Minato lives a meek but passable high school life. This all changed when an application named "Sacrificial Ballot" appeared on her phone one night, forcing her to vote for a person from her class. Whoever "sacrificed" was said to be given "social death." Being upset with her classmate Kana who never bothers to reply to her messages, Minato voted for her without a second thought. When the result was announced the following day, it became clear that the one vote she casted caused Kana to become the most voted person in the class. Thinking the sacrificial ballot as no more than a prank, the class quickly dismissed any uneasiness raised. Little did class 2-C know, this was simply the start of a series of disturbingly immoral events...

Spin-off of Kakegurui focusing on Midari Ikishima and her past.

After meeting with his father who has been apart from him ever since he was an infant, Ryou suddenly time traveled to 22 years ago! He was sent to the late Shouwa period. After that, there's also his father, Konomi, who is just three years below him...! With the unfamiliar environment and the anxiety from the inability to go back to the past just heightens Ryou's worries. While trying to recover his transparent-like existence, his feelings began to change... A story released by Reimon, a long genuine series, first volume! (Source: BangAQUA)

Love filled with murderous intent. When Kamishiro Taku met his unrequited love Hanazono Mika, he saw a vision where he tried to murder Hanazono by stabbing her throat with an umbrella. In a harsh and cruel world he lives in, will his defiance bring him hope or despair?

High school student Sara Chidouin has been experiencing the unsettling feeling of being watched for the past few days. While walking home with her friend Joe Tazuna one night, the pair cross paths with a shadowy figure, prompting them to flee out of fear. Although they manage to make it to Sara's home, they are suddenly abducted and lose consciousness, eventually waking up to discover that they are being forced to participate in a deadly game. Narrowly escaping the room they were being held in, the two find themselves in a mysterious facility with nine other people who have also been abducted for the twisted game: homemaker Kai Satou, baseball player Q-taro Burgerberg, art student Nao Egokoro, schoolteacher Kazumi Mishima, police officer Keiji Shinogi, singer-songwriter Reko Yabusame, job-hopper Sou Hiyori, elementary school student Gin Ibushi, and middle schooler Kanna Kizuchi. In order to stay alive, the group is forced to work together to solve puzzles and navigate deadly traps. But this is only the beginning of their ordeal, as their captors have something more sadistic in store: vote on who gets to die themselves. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

From the time they were toddlers, Maki Takano, Ryo Arayama, Mei Sonokura, and Natsume Muroki have been locked inside a school for gifted individuals. The school enforces a strict "no going outside" policy and has a rigorous educational system. Despite the oppressive rules, the four live comfortable lives and hang on to the hope they will be guaranteed success once they graduate. However, everything changes when a new girl, Kiriko Hinatsu, shows up at the academy. After seeing Kiriko, Maki believes to have met her before, but everyone including his friends claim to not remember her. Questioning his memory, Maki confronts Kiriko who reveals she was a former student who had escaped. She further divulges the school is an experimental facility that tests memory-altering medications and other various drugs on the students. Now aware of the truth, Maki is asked by Kiriko to help her break out again and to come with her, but he is hesitant to take her up on her offer. Leaving means he will finally be able to go outside and see the world he had been kept away from for so long; however, he will lose the safety and opportunities he has been promised. For the sake of his future and his friends, Maki must decide what is more important: freedom in an unknown and chaotic world or comfort in a secure and restrictive cage. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Kurumi Yoshizawa is the student council president, with excellent grades and good manners... but in reality, she is spending her days struggling with the constraints of her mother and the excessive expectations of her teachers. One day, Yoshizawa is asked by her homeroom teacher to look after her absentee classmate Naoi, but Naoi could only look down on Yoshizawa as if she had been able to see through her heart. On the verge of breaking down from stress, Yoshizawa just barely suppresses the sudden urge to shoplift, but Naoi records the whole thing... This is a violent coming-of-age story about two people struggling in everyday life with no escape. (Source: Ichijinsha, translated)

Juri Yukawa lives with her NEET father and brother, her retired grandfather, her sister (a single mother) and her young nephew. One day, her nephew and brother are kidnapped for ransom. Having only 30 minutes to meet the demands of the kidnappers, Juri, who realizes there is not enough time to prepare the money, decides to head for their rescue by herself with a knife in hand when her grandfather uses a mysterious stone passed on in the Yukawa family to stop time. In a world where everyone and everything is inert, Juri and her father and grandfather run to rescue the two. But at the kidnappers' hideout, they soon realize they are not the only ones who can move about in this still world... (Source: MU)

A side story that takes place within the Ergo Proxy universe about an autoreiv that travels on the Centzon.

Yuuta was your typical introverted loser. One day, he got invited to an IRL meeting by someone he met online with a shared interest. He wondered what kind of person will be there, and it turned out to be a beautiful lady far beyond his expectation! Yuuta felt thrilled but guilty, and he was flustered at every turn. Seeing his nervousness, she tried to draw him out of his shell...? (Source: Kadokawa, translated)

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A gray and sullen sky, the muddy ground squelching beneath her feet, and a faint drizzle of rain soaking her to the bone—after every regression, Karen Heyer recovers her memories of the past at this moment. While she has lived her life over and over, an untimely death is the only ending she can achieve. On her first iteration, she merely thought she had awakened in a novel, compelling her to follow the story to reach her happy end. But happiness is not written in her fate. No matter what she does, whom she meets, or what she says, a brutal death awaits. On the 100th iteration, however, Karen decides to try something new—murder. Ninety-nine deaths would drive any normal person mad, and Karen has never considered herself anything but ordinary. Perhaps trying to stir the pot will help her reach a different ending entirely. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Susumu Hayashi, his twin brother Tsutomu and Sakura Toyama are childhood friends. Tsutomu disappeared when he was ten years old. Then two years later, he reappeared—this time only in front of Susumu. And what’s more, from inside a mirror! Now, events that no one has ever experienced take place in this bizarre love triangle!! (Source: Kotonoha) Included one-shots: Volume 1: Lakeside Volume 2: Playback

At St. Lucia Academy, the body of a male teacher has been discovered in the pool. The girl who found him, Mizuho Kousaka, is a shy bullied student who seems relatively unaffected by her discovery. After all, this isn't the first time she has seen a corpse. In order to teach Mizuho to stand up for herself, a girl named Shion Sonozaki befriends her and the two become inseparable, as they both share traumatic pasts. But when another body is found, Mizuho comes under suspicion for murder. It's up to Shion to protect her new friend in Utsutsukowashi-hen, a side arc to the main Higurashi storyline that explains some of Shion's time at St. Lucia Academy. [Written by MAL Rewrite] Also contains epilogue and the "Upside Down" chapters from Onisarashi-hen.

On January 3, 2011, ER doctor Matsuoka Tsuyoshi examines a patient presenting influenza symptoms. The next day, the patient dies from multiple-organ failure, followed by others who had shown the same symptoms. As the death toll rises, even the high-tech Japanese are at a loss over how to check the further spread of the deadly virus.

21-year-old Ryu Yeon-seong is about to start his mandatory military service in the ROK Army. But unlike most other conscripts, he and four others are assigned to the mountain police rescue unit stationed at Mt. Bukhan, a small mountain on the outskirts of Seoul. Not knowing much about it, they think it'll be a walk in the park, and count themselves lucky to have landed such a cushy assignment. But when they arrive at the mountain, the group soon learn that they're in for more than they bargained for. (Source: MU)

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Three years after Shinji Ikari prevented Third Impact during the Battle at NERV HQ, the Earth is at peace once more. NERV has been reorganized under the command of Misato Katsuragi, and Shinji leads the EVA team with the help of his friends Asuka Langley Souryuu and Rei Ayanami. Advancements in technology have led the organization to upgrade its Evangelions, and three Series-0.0 units have been placed into low Earth orbit to watch over the planet. Just as NERV is on the verge of upgrading Shinji's Unit-01 Type-F, one of the Unit-0.0s goes out of control and crashes near Tokyo-3. Soon after, NERV is attacked by a mysterious Angel Carrier—an oddly modified Mass Production Evangelion. It is now up to Shinji, Asuka, and Rei to stop this attack and identify their mysterious new enemy. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

1. Yajirushi (Arrow) 2. Hikizuru Oto 3. Yugami Hajime 4. Chikan sareteru Kare wo Guuzen wo Hakken shite, teki na Tenkai de 5. Rei no Otoko 6. Renai: Maotokohen

With her cute looks and successful career, fashion model Airi Hirakawa is content with her life—until she wakes up dazed and bruised, chained up in a room filled to the brim with trash. Her captor is Hirokazu Imai, a crazed stalker and fan who has been watching her for ages. He has her underwear, used sanitary pads, and now her as well. Before Airi is even given a chance to breathe, she is forced to marry Hirokazu. From then on, her days are filled with rape, brutality, and torture; but she never loses hope to regain her freedom—even if she is tainted in the process. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Tsurara Takahashi is a middle school student who's a member of the Shinzen tennis club. However, she carries a great misfortune that she cannot confess to her friends: she met the mysterious Mahou Shoujo Site and was given a cane in the shape of an electric drill. (Source: Mahou Shoujo Site Wiki)

Teshima Hibari is a 14-year-old girl with a body that is more sensual than most girls her age. Her story includes the opinions and reactions of all of the people around her, as well as the actions of her own life. The chapters explore the thoughts and feelings of classmates and adults, men and women. The males often have romantic or sexual feelings for Hibari, while the women sometimes have feelings of inferiority or jealousy. Whether positive or negative, it seems everyone has a reaction to Hibari. (Source: MangaHelpers)

In a super-advanced city in the near future where humanoid robot technology is very sophisticated, the boy detective Kenichi is caught up in the conflict as the powerful politician Duke Red, distraught over his child's death, hires a scientist to create a replacement, an exquisitely beautiful sex-changing robot child named Mitchy. Note that this original 1949 manga supplies only part of the plot for the recent Metropolis movie, and does not feature Rock, whose role in the film was adapted from Phoenix, Nextworld and other Tezuka manga. (Source: ANN)

A man finds a mysterious young woman on his doorstep. Her passion and hunger for life suddenly shine bright for him in what has been a pretty mundane existence. (Source: Denpa)

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. (Source: MangaHelpers)

In an old abandoned house at a small city, lives a girl alone. Men often go see her with presents. In this same town lives a boy who dreams of being a hero. When they meet, the wheels of fate gonna turn for both of them and for all those involved with Hwaja.

Students of the prestigious Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Nurturing High School are given remarkable freedom—if they can win, barter, or save enough points to work their way up the ranks! Kiyotaka Ayanokouji started at the bottom in the scorned Class D, where he met Suzune Horikita, who was determined to rise up the ladder to Class A. Who can beat the system in a school where cutthroat competition is the name of the game? The second year of this intense school drama begins now! (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)

With the conclusion of the Makishima case, Shinya Kougami is a wanted fugitive, Nobuchika Ginoza has become a potential criminal, and two Enforcers are gone. The Ministry of Welfare's Public Safety Bureau is desperately in need of new personnel, leading the organization to bring in 17-year-old novice Inspector Mika Shimotsuki to join Inspector Akane Tsunemori's Division 01. While Tsunemori now questions and even challenges the Sibyl System, Shimotsuki unconditionally believes in its judgment. However, her first case urges her to see the opposite: a new criminal emerges, an individual who has the power to lower one's Psycho-Pass enough for the System to overlook them as convicts and even humans. When a felon with hard evidence against him walks free with a clear Psycho-Pass, immediate action becomes imperative. Now Inspectors and Enforcers must work together to decipher an unsettling message left behind and trace the guilty criminal who, in the eyes of the System, does not exist. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Three dismembered bodies were found in an abandoned basement parking garage, sliced limb from limb while they were still alive...and if the boy who discovered them is to be believed, the murders occurred in an impossibly short window of time. Nothing is adding up for veteran detective Fukami of the East Fukuyama police department, and his gut is telling him the boy is hiding something. In fact, he's quite certain that Tatsuki Hirokawa saw exactly what happened, and who did it. But what the boy knows will go far beyond even his wildest nightmares... (Source: Kodansha USA)

Not having any friends is bad enough, but being swallowed by mysterious black sludge in the middle of class? The worst. Yijun is no stranger to solitude, until a school project plants the seed for a delicate bond with another loner, Suni. But friendship is a frustrating puzzle for those who are used to being alone, especially when one of them claims to control a black goo that only turns hostile when the host is gripped by anxiety. Will Yijun and Suni be able to open up and make something of their budding friendship? (Source: LINE Webtoon)

Details the events of the manga from an investigative reporter's point of view.

Harumi has been in the hospital practically her whole life. She has a life-threatening disease, and is kept inside at all times. Her life is incredibly mundane until she meets Masato, a new patient. He isn’t the best influence, being a heavy smoker and drinker, but since they’ve both got nothing better to do, they become friends. This humorous oneshot follows their meeting and the night they spend together, talking about what it means to die early. (Source: Nagareboshi Manga)

Normal. Carefree. That was Chiko's life before the day she found the cell phone. Before the voice on the other end said she had scant minutes to save the life of someone she'd never met. Now, accompanied by her classmate, Bando, Chiko has just one night to stop a series of gruesome suicides before they can occur.

After a brutal beating at the hands of a group of thugs, a man wakes up to discover that the people around him no longer have eyes. (Source: Kotonoha)

This is part 2 of Gambling Emperor Legend Zero, picking up a few years after the cliffhanger ending of part 1. (Source: MU)

There's nothing in the world Rize likes more than to curl up in her warm bed and doze away—just like she used to with her big brother when they were kids, before they were separated by their parents' divorce. Working late shifts at a supermarket while attending university, she dreams of someday finding and reconnecting with her lost—and now grown-up—big brother. Her penchant for being able to nap in the break room draws the attention of Kairi, a co-worker who struggles with insomnia. Something about him reminds her of her big brother, and she finds herself growing closer to him...but when she discovers his secret, her whole world will be turned helter-skelter. (Source: Kodansha USA)

Kako Saeki is a senior in high school. She has been modeling and harboring her love for her favorite art teacher, Enjoe. Her heart breaks when she finds out that her love is actually engaged. Now, Kako's innocent love takes a dangerous turn when she finds out who he's engaged to... (Source: Evil Flowers) Included one-shot: Beautiful World

1. Furumachi 2. Jusou 3. Haiiki 4. Hakuu (White Rain)

"Welcome to Survival, 'I Am Unhappy,' the exciting game show to find the world's unhappiest person! The grand prize... is a wish granted by God!" When the victor of the game show wishes for the end of the world, God accepts this wish with a set condition: the world's end would proceed over the course of 100 days, and during that time, he is allowed to 'change his mind' only once. Oh Duk Hee, a quirky comic artist who specializes in unhappiness, is chosen by God to to make the unhappiest person on Earth happy again. With the pressure of mankind's destruction riding on her shoulders, will she be able to change his mind before it's too late? The competition to choose the world's unhappiest human?! The hybrid school fantasy action story by Jung Pil Won! (Source: Webtoon Live and Shiro Nabi)

Seven women, one man, a suspenseful harem story! During a class reunion, the school became an enclosed dimension without warning. Yelling and screaming brought no response. 26-year old unemployed Haruka Sato has to survive by cooperating with seven of his former classmates. Soon, the extreme conditions began to eat away at their sanity, and Haruka's hidden desires began to take hold. (Source: Kodansha, translated)

She is my best friend—a member of the track-and-field club and in a different class, but we always go home together. She is my hateful nemesis—the murderer of my family. I won't forgive her and I will take revenge! She is my fellow partner—together, we fight against the humanoid energies to save the world. She is my... She is always smiling with an absurdly beautiful smile. What is she to you...? (Source: Baka-Tsuki)

Due to an accident at her father's scientific research institute, Kay, an ordinary teenager, is forced to become the owner of "Machina," a strange shaped sword with the power to capture human souls. Kay now fights against freakish fiends in a world of "Images," a horrible place formed by each character's imagination. In this world of "Images," values are confused: enemies become friends, good becomes evil, and vice-versa. Kay must continue her battle in a place called "5 Minutes into the Future." Based off of the Maken X video game for the Dreamcast. (Source: ANN)

Kanako Ooba is a naive girl who works a menial, low-paying job. Hoping to make more money, she accepts the task of transporting an anonymous duo. Unbeknownst to her, the pair has stolen from a notorious yakuza group—resulting in the three being captured by the group members. Although Kanako always believed that she was living at rock bottom and would never escape it, this desperate situation makes her realize that she wants to live her life to the fullest. As Kanako is about to be buried alive, an unnamed buyer swoops in and saves her from certain death. When she awakens in a small restaurant named Canteen, her savior turns out to be Bonbello, the manager of the establishment that caters to a customer base of murderers. Since Bonbello desperately needs a new waitress after his old one was killed, Kanako becomes the ninth to work at his diner. While Bonbello is ruthlessly cold toward Kanako, the rotating cast of criminals is more than enough to keep her on her toes. With each customer she serves, she cannot help but see the small bits of humanity that remain in these murderers—especially when Bonbello's cooking can magically change the atmosphere. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

The story centers around Higashiyama Haruto, a high school teacher, whose dearest wish is to be killed by a high school girl. (Source: MU)

Nothing could have thrilled Kimihiro more than stumbling upon the bizarre wish-granting shop of the beautiful but unnerving Yûko Ichihara, who solemnly promises to make the spirits plaguing Kimihiro go away just as soon as her fee–rendered in daily afternoon chores at her shop–is paid in full. Of course, the thrill wears off as soon as Kimihiro realizes that his payment plan bears a disturbing resemblance to indentured servitude . . . eternal indentured servitude. Still he soldiers on, ready for whatever number of adventures lie ahead. But in Kimihiro’s case, three may not be the charm! His first assignment–to procure a pair of fake eyeglasses–is exceptionally pointless, even by Yûko’s standards. Or at least it seems that way, until Kimihiro watches a woman throw herself into traffic. He soon discovers that the doors of bespectacled perception can swing both ways. Next, when a classmate seeks help solving a mystery involving text messages from the dead, Kimihiro is glad to play Sherlock. But he must turn to Yûko to determine whether the root of the riddle is otherworldly shenanigans, deceit, or murder. Finally, however ready, willing, and able Kimihiro thinks he is to face the most unusual of circumstances, he still finds himself completely bewildered by the stranger who chases away his darkest spirits, condemns Yûko as a craven charlatan, and offers Kimihiro a way out of his preternatural predicament–and a fortune besides. (Source: Del Rey)

Falling drunk after failing the civil service exam again, Ryu Gunwoo is shocked to wake up in a motel with an unfamiliar appearance. Somehow, not only is he inhabiting the body of Park Moondae—a 20-year-old orphan who took his own life—but he has also regressed three years into the past. Furthermore, he is unable to find information about his original body anywhere. Recovering from his surprise, Moondae wonders if his present situation is similar to the action fantasy novels he knows of. To test his theory, he calls for a status window, which actually appears, albeit bearing the worst news possible: "Debut or Die." Unless he debuts as an idol within a year, he will perish. To avoid his deadly fate, Moondae must secure a spot on the idol survival show Idol Inc. and improve his abilities to the maximum. Due to his past job as a paparazzo, at least Moondae has some insight into the idol experience. However, one wrong step could put his future career—and entire existence—in jeopardy. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Kai Ichihara is a high school student who receives a strange email asking him if he wants to try "Slave Go," a mobile game that will enslave certain people if they are "captured" by taking a picture of them. After using the app on two people, Kai is shocked to learn they have disappeared and the game he thought was just a joke must be real. Then when his good friend Rinna Date also vanishes, he fears she has met a similar fate. Confronted by a mysterious man named William Gotou, Kai is taken to a room where the slaves he captured are to participate in a death battle concocted by wealthy members of "Society," an exclusive, underground community. Betting is done through a currency called Delos and when one loses all their money, they will become a slave. Although he is able to win his first game, this is just the beginning, as Kai finds that Rinna has indeed become a slave, and in order to free her he must pay a fee of one hundred million Delos. With William acting as his guide, Kai strives to capture strong slaves in order to help him liberate Rinna and release both of them from the clutches of Society's evil game. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Kanade has an exceptionally acute sense of smell which allows him to detect even the faintest aromas in the air around him. Together with his French cousin Anais, he follows those scents all the way to the heart of the deepest and darkest mysteries. (Source: Aerandria Scans)

Ayase Tsugumi is an orphan of mixed European and Japanese descent, possessing unsettling red eyes and light-colored hair—all these characteristics make him a target for bullying at his school in Japan. When a secretive benefactor under the alias "Daddy-Long-Legs" starts sending him letters, teaching him English and offering to send him to a new school in Europe, Tsugumi readily accepts this escape from his present circumstances. When Tsugumi arrives at Zugvogel Academy, he finds it to be a boys' boarding school governed by a strange tradition. There are no formal regulations laid down by the administration; rather, the rules are arbitrarily determined by the school's "King." Anyone wishing for freedom from the rules must repeatedly succeed in the King's "Game" and rise through the ranks. However, players must be willing to hurt others or else be hurt themselves. Despite Tsugumi's experiences with bullying, he has never wished to be the tormentor instead of the victim. After unintentionally leveling up on his first day, he looks for a way to remove himself as a player. Unexpectedly, he receives help from the only student to have cleared all the levels in the Game, Licht, who has taken a keen interest in Tsugumi for some unknown reason. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Ray and Trice grew up together in this post apocalyptic world. She was his only friend. But then one day... An unwelcome guest arrives and proclaims "Glory to Humans"... (Source: MU)

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"For those who have courage…for those who do not fear death…open this book and turn the page!” goes the magazine in which this manhwa is serialized in. And for good reason. Peek into the horror within this particular book club. The president Kyungdo is a crazy maniac about books and while Eunsae tries to protect him from them, he is just so crazy about them. His fate in fact is connected to the legendary library of Alexandria, the greatest library that was ever destroyed, and Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood.

1. Koukai no Umi (Regret of The Sea) 2. Suimenka (Behind The Closed Doors) 3. Pierce Hole (Piercings) 4. Restart 5. Watashitachi wa Byplayer

1) Kaine Shinogu awakens from a coma in a hospital only to find out that his black hair has turned red and long. he looked exactly as his famous rock group vocalist twin brother - Kaine. Kaine was part of a group called Endorphines. Apparently someone tried to kill the two brothers off. However in a car accident Kaine died on the spot while Shinogu was in comatose state. in order to let Endorphines continue, their manager forced Shinogu to take over his brother's place, hoping no one will know the difference. Or will they? Kaine's best friend Die already started to suspect the fake-Kaine. meanwhile, one by one the fans of Endorphins began to commit suicide after listening to their latest CD. Die and 'Kaine' decide to investigate and are determined to find the truth. 2) Magical Mystery Tour 3) Tokei Jikake no Orenji Bakudan (The Orange Time Bomb) Takumi and Kai are members of the popular band, Orange. When rumors of Kai going solo start to spread, tension rises - Will they be able to stop what’s happening? What’s the mystery behind Takumi’s sunglasses? Who’s this strange girl that shows up claiming she wants to marry Takumi? What are Kai’s true feelings? 4) Tokyo Top (Source: M-U)

Shizuki Aoi entered high school and thought he found a new, lifelong friend in fellow first-year Kanata Takemiya. However, as a result of their meeting, Aoi dropped out at the age of 16 and left home at the age of 20. Now, he lives alone in a cramped Tokyo apartment that he rarely exits, poorly coping with depression and a broken heart. Meanwhile, Tsumugi Sakura attends high school in the distant Kanagawa prefecture. She stands out among her peers due to her gloomy nature and vibrant violet hair. While she is overtly bullied by her classmates, only the handsome Subaru Minazuki will intervene on her behalf, but she is far from grateful to him. Little does she know, Minazuki has his own reasons for singling her out. Aoi and Sakura both believe that life will not improve as long as they remain the same. If only they could switch places with someone else! But when the miraculous happens, they fail to appreciate just how little their situations differ from before. Like tea made from the blue mallow flower, which transforms in color but not taste, the two have yet to change in a way that truly matters. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

After the discovery of a mysterious "sea ore" native to a particular island, the military becomes invested in harvesting the newfound resource. While prisoners on death row are tasked with the dangerous job of retrieving the ore from underwater, soldiers are enlisted to prevent any escapes. The operation has already been running for 10 years by the time Credo arrives as one of the latest group of guards. However, he realizes that a certain young worker must have been born on the island and, without intervention, that child is fated to die here too—for the nature of the ore is that of a slow-acting killer that thrives on each new body added to the sea floor. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Atsushi Ikeda, a kindhearted college student, tends abandoned animals and brings them inside his home. When he spots an injured high school student with a violin lying at his doorstep, he does not think twice about taking him in for the night. The fierce young man, introducing himself as Riya Narukawa, has no idea why he was unconscious in front of Atsushi's door but worries no further, as he claims that memory lapses are a common occurrence. The following day, when Riya gets a sudden headache while playing the violin for Atsushi, he professes that he ran away from home because his dead brother's spirit inside him has been forcing him to play the violin. Stunned by the sudden revelation, a concerned Atsushi discovers that Riya is a prodigious violinist and the only son of a famous musician. Worried that things are not matching up, he soon learns that Riya has a multiple personality disorder, causing him to invent a deceased younger brother whom he believes to be within his soul. Carrying the weight of other people's expectations for his talent, Riya tries to come to terms with the underlying problems behind his psychological complications, all while understanding what Atsushi means to him. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Yoseob, normally very quiet and composed, is in the police station convicted of stabbing 8 civilians with a knife. Everyone's wondering whether he actually committed the crime. Does he, a mere high-schooler, really have any reason to have done such a horrifying act? Does his obsessive love for his older brother, Jaeha, have something to do with it? (Source: Lezhin Comics)

A girl whose name is unspoken had sex with a man she met on a chatline after her 16th birthday. After two years she meet him again under new and less-than-favorable circumstances...

A collection of 9 short stories by Lynn Okamoto. 1. Flip Flap 2. Lime Yellow 3. Elfen Lied 4. Allumage 5. Registrar 6. Carriera 7. Memoria 8. MOL 9. Digtopolis

The story centers around a 12 year old girl named Ain, who often builds random devices despite the lack of scientific background for them. The sci-fi alternative period story is set in Tokyo during the Taisho era in 1922, one year before the 1923 Great Kanto earthquake. (Source: Wikipedia) Note: There are some differences in story between serialized version and published book.

Not everyone is as docile as they seem; some have the natural ability to kill without remorse or difficulty. These cold-blooded killers are known as "Innocent Devils," people who kill instinctively. Innocent Devil follows the petite Touko Kamijou, a talented criminal psychologist, who sees the Devils as the next step forward in human evolution. She works alongside the young Akane Shinkai, a girl who lost both her parents to a Devil eight years ago. Akane and Touko research the Devils so that, one day, Akane may truly understand the emotions associated with killing another human being. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Makoto Edamura may be young, but he's already one of Japan's best conmen. However, he meets his match when he gets tangled up with Laurent Thierry, a French con artist with big plans. Soon, Makoto is in LA, working (begrudgingly) with Laurent to swindle a big-time movie producer/drug dealer. Laurent's plan is a good one, but can Makoto trust him? (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)

Kristiania Clinic admits youths with brain problems. Hashi is a young man who causes conflict due to an inability to lie, Hana has repeated orgasms in public, Hideo believe he possesses superpowers, and Mari doesn't acknowledge the existence of any other human. Hashi, despite lacking the understanding of other's pain, secretly draws manga. One day, a young psychiatrist named Tamaki appears, whose wife had gone missing. (Source: Mangapedia, translated)

The story follows a young man named Kazuya Shibuya who receives an anonymous email message out of the blue one day: "Won't you join the Savanna Game?" The message is an invitation to a state-sanctioned killing game—a deadly role-playing game designed to motivate the inhibited youth of modern Japan. Shibuya and his two friends Kotegawa and Kudou find themselves in bizarre battles that span the space-time continuum, with everything from dragons to the Shinsengumi force of the shogunate era. (Source: MU)

In a dystopian future in which robots are becoming increasingly commonplace, a young boy named Hogu lives in near poverty with his grandmother and sister. Though he innately possesses a kind soul, he is ostracized by his classmates and frequently bullied. At the beginning of the story, we find Hogu, friendless and alone - until he meets a robot girl...and our story begins.

When high school student Souji Kushiki, an academic achiever and talented athlete from a well-to-do family, returns home from boarding school, he finds that his sisters Harumi, Youko, and Saki have changed. Their strangely clingy behavior borders on the inappropriate and bizarre, yet Souji just brushes off their odd behavior at first. However, when Souji arrives at school the next day, he learns that, during the summer, one of the students in his class was pushed to his death in front of a subway train. And what's more, two other students were stabbed by an unknown culprit. Are the victims linked, and could Souji's sisters have anything to do with the murders? (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)

Tokyo, 1952. The bizarre case of a missing doctor and his supernaturally pregnant wife captures the imagination of novelist Sekiguchi Tatsumi, so he enlists the help of an old friend, Chuuzenji Akihiko, a bookstore owner and part-time exorcist who begrudgingly agrees to help investigate the disappearance. They'll face a family's darkest secrets... Secrets that Sekiguchi himself can't escape. (Source: MU)

Cat Eyed Boy is a half-human, half-monster child whose mostly human appearance bans him from the demon world. He lives hidden in the shadows of the human world, hated by humans and demons alike. Wherever he goes, awful events occur as the humans and demons interact. In stories of revenge and retribution full of disturbing images, Cat Eyed Boy acts as a trickster, saving the innocent and helping the wicked receive the punishment that fate metes out. (Source: VIZ Media)

Iouri is the successor to Abalkin, a luxury brand of dazzlingly high heels. He spends his days parading in Abalkin heels to promote the brand, and the nights servicing patrons for the company's survival and growth. Through the years, he's had his secretary Adam by his side, but their relationship isn't as simple as it seems...

Satoshi and a group of his friends are on a lengthy boat ride to Kijijima when the world comes to an end—literally. A huge Tsunami wave 500 meters tall overpowers the boat and he finds himself stranded on an island and alone. Meanwhile the rest of the boat has grounded after being dashed upon the shores and soon Satoshi finds them, and sets off a struggle to survive for the passengers and crew of the ship… (Source: Animeraider)

Shinji Saitou is a prankster who hates living on the island of Iejima. It's boring, there's nothing to do, and he would rather be free from his average, everyday life. After an incident results in him punching a classmate, he leaves school and receives a text saying that all his troubles will be fixed if he replies to the message, allowing him to become an "invisible man." Thinking that it can't possibly be true, he replies and perceives no changes to himself. However, the next day, the classmate he fought has forgotten that Shinji was the culprit. It is then that a mysterious girl named Miki appears before him—who only he can see—introducing herself as an invisible woman and admits that she was responsible for the text he received. She reveals that he will fade from everyone's memories and they will be unable to see him, allowing him to live a truly free life. But when even his best friend, Kana Sodegi, begins to forget him, Shinji must find a way to fix his mistake, in order to reunite with the one he cares for most. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Kurosawa, a 44-year-old underpaid construction worker, sustains a head injury during a brawl. He then lives a peaceful life in heaven for eight years, immobile on his hospital bed, until he comes to a startling realization: there are no women in heaven. As a headstrong man, Kurosawa choses to leave the luxuries of the afterlife behind to pursue his lifetime goal: to date a woman. Although Kurosawa returns to Earth with an objective in mind, he finds himself in many undesirable situations caused by his own straightforward behavior. Groping women, fighting, and acting petty are just a few things that a soul from heaven should not be doing. As a result, Kurosawa's misdeeds earn him only society's disdain. However, Kurosawa's mistakes are due to his strong human impulses—he also benefits from the positive sides of his nature. He is introspective, and his battles are opportunities for lessons to be learned. Despite starting his mid-life crisis as nothing more than a desperate soul searching for a woman, Kurosawa soon finds other worthy reasons to live and gains a new perspective on moral virtues. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Her name is Orange. She's a young girl in high school, coming of age in the heart of the city. And she has decided she has nothing to live for. Not her shallow friends. Not her parents. Not school. Not even the empty promise of love. Her head filled with morbid fantasies of suicide, Orange finds herself standing at the edge of her rooftop when the drunken, enigmatic young man, Dashu, enters her world...changing it forever... A heartbreaking tale of a young woman desperately trying to understand the bewildering world around her, brought to life by the luscious artwork of manga icon, Benjamin, Orange is a profoundly moving story of loss and redemption.

The creator of Baoh and JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken presents a manga about magic and mysteries! You'll meet him at 13:13 pm, on Friday the 13th. He'll do an uncanny intro where he plays a trick on you! And wherever he goes, trouble seems to always follow. Who is this person who creates such incidents? None other than Cool Shock BT! (Source: Project Bite Me! Scanlations)

A series of mysterious murders all surround a video tape. Supposedly, anyone viewing this tape will die within 7 days. Reporter Reiko Asakawa, an aunt to one of the victims, decides to do a story on this tape. Upon viewing it however, she finds she has more to worry about than whether her boss will like her story or not... As she begins to experience horrifying visions, she comes to realize that she has no other choice but to find a way to break this horrible curse... or die. (Source: Dark Horse)

Kurumi Ayaki is a recently-retired police officer with a record of excellence on the force and the guts and guile to back it up. In order to earn some extra money for her upcoming wedding, she has to return to the force ... and is 'rewarded' with an assignment to an elite unit whose charge it is to solve those crimes that have been classified as unsolvable. Partnered with a mysterious young genius who is unable to feel emotions, or even to leave his room, she acts as his eyes and ears to piece together clues even as her own personal life falls apart around her. (Source: Tokyopop)

Yuuta was your typical introverted loser. One day, he got invited to an IRL meeting by someone he met online with a shared interest. He wondered what kind of person will be there, and it turned out to be a beautiful lady far beyond his expectation! Yuuta felt thrilled but guilty, and he was flustered at every turn. Seeing his nervousness, she tried to draw him out of his shell...? (Source: Kadokawa, translated)

"R" or rather Room 402 is the room where our illustrious female main character lives. One day which seems to be by mere coincidence her fate intertwines with that of Sasamoto, a savvy man who seems to be down in the dumps. That is until he picks up a trinket which fell from her nether regions. Prepare yourself for a story of sexual psychological horror as Sasamoto enters into a brave new world. (Source: Ciaran Hillock)

What is the purpose of your life? To live is just to die? Is life a slow death? Do you even have your own purpose? Nao is a college student with such thinking...yet, reality is cruel to him. Ever since he was a child, he was categorized as a "ghost boy" whose existence was so faint that no one cared about him. One day, after being mentally traumatized by a child in a family restaurant, Nao snapped and poisoned that child. While being interrogated by the police, a mysterious beauty appeared and rescued him. Her reason was simple: "do you want to dominate the world with me?" (Source: XscansX)