Horror (273)

Creating—and maintaining—a sense of dread in the audience takes priority, eliciting shock, fear, or disgust through atmosphere and frightening scenarios. Mood must be of equal or greater importance than setting and characterization in horror stories. Almost always, the main cast will be under constant threat of danger. Many stories can incorporate elements of horror as a plot device to unnerve the audience, but the overarching narrative must be focused on evoking and maintaining apprehension to be Horror. Contrast with Suspense where the audience craves to know what will happen next rather than fearing it.

Yoru ni mo Makezu!St. Lunatic High School

Majiko! 2024
The adventures of the cute and energetic Niko Kanzaki in the semi-demonic prestigious school, St. Lunatic School. First having entered due to her brother getting a job there, Niko discovers the haunting secret of the school in her night-classes, which are overrun with demons! She learns differences between humans and demons, but the handsome and mysterious Ren shows her that their two races may share some things in common.
2004 to 2005 | 11 chp | Publishing

Dororo

Tezuka, Osamu 2024
A samurai lord has bartered away his newborn son's organs to forty-eight demons in exchange for dominance on the battlefield. Yet, the abandoned infant survives thanks to a medicine man who equips him with primitive prosthetics—lethal ones with which the wronged son will use to hunt down the multitude of demons to reclaim his body one piece at a time, before confronting his father. On his journeys the young hero encounters an orphan who claims to be the greatest thief in Japan.

(Source: Vertical Inc.)
Aug 9, 1967 to Jul 3, 1968 | 19 chp | Publishing

Jisatsu Circle

Furuya, Usamaru 2024
Jisatsu Circle is a manga based on a movie of the same title, written and directed by Sion Sono. At first, the manga was intended to follow the same story, but Sion Sono asked Usamaru Furuya to adapt his own story to it, which resulted in a plot much easier to understand.

The story begins with the same opening scene, where 54 girls commit suicide by jumping in front of a moving train. However, one girl survives (Saya Kota) and opens another Suicide Club, with other victims. Her best friend, Kyoko, fears for Saya's future and begins to search for the strange secrets surrounding the Suicide Club to try and save Saya and the other girls from committing such a tragedy again.
Mar 20, 2002 | 6 chp | Publishing

Getter Robo

Nagai, GoIshikawa, Ken 2024
The first Getter Robo series chronologically published 15 years before the rest of the manga. Getter Robo pioneered the idea of the combining and transforming robot.

Millions of years ago, the dinosaurs were driven deep underground due to the sudden arrival of "Getter Rays" on Earth. After evolving into sentient beings, they grew bitter and vengeful at the humans who replaced them on the surface and began plotting their attack on humanity.

Fighting against them is Getter Robo, a machine built by Professor Saotome which uses the mysterious Getter Rays as its power source. Piloting it are three strong-willed young men—the violent martial artist Nagare Ryoma, the psychopathic yet highly intelligent revolutionary Jin Hayato, and the hot-blooded judo master Tomoe Musashi. Each controls one of three specially designed combat jets which can be combined together in different forms to form three different kinds of giant robots: the flying, axe-wielding Getter-1, the quick, drill-wielding Getter-2, and the tough, tank-like Getter-3.
Apr 4, 1974 to May 14, 1975 | 17 chp | Publishing

Yousai Gakuen

Hiromoto, ShinichiNarumi, Take 2024
A reform school for juvenile delinquents established in 200X is actually a government-sponsored laboratory, which makes ultra-human warriors with genetic modification. Three new kids enter the school. Itsuki, who is actually a girl dressed as a boy so she can get into the school to look for her lost brother; Mei, a very quiet, mysterious boy; and Gentaro, an energetic boy who is easily elated by flattery. The three revolt against the school rules and cause the other students to riot. The school turns into a battlefield.

(Source: Kodan Club)
Jul 25, 1994 to May 24, 1997 | 35 chp | Publishing

Blood+: Yakou JoushiBlood+ Kowloon Nights

Kisaragi, Hirotaka 2024
A Haji solo story, prior to the events of the TV series. In Hong Kong, a police detective named Nishitatsu Yoshi investigated a string of murders in which the victims died due to loss of blood. During the investigation, he encountered a mysterious man who may have a connection to these incidents.
Sep 2005 to Apr 2006 | 5 chp | Publishing

Dawn: Tsumetai Te

Ueda, Shinshu 2024
Remember that plague you learned about in history class? Well, it's back, ready to infect hordes of people! Follow Nagasawa, a melodramic student caught in the middle of this horrid epidemic, with absolutely no idea what's going on, trying to get through life with infected people all about. Can you say creepy?

(Source: MU)
Apr 27, 2002 to Aug 28, 2007 | 37 chp | Publishing

Cafe Occult

Ghun, Oh Rhe BarAhn, No-Uhn 2024
Taking shelter from the rain, Suh Rin goes into a little cafe called Cafe Occult. Soon after leaving the cafe, she is hit by a car, and then a strange man pulls her down an alleyway. She is saved by a young man, and he takes her back to the cafe. There her fears are confirmed; she was killed by the car, and has now become a spirit. Cafe Occult, the Master, its 'errand boy' Young, are all mysteriously connected to both the world of the living and the spirit world. Suh Rin's spirit is wanted for a reason unknown, and only Young and his special bullets can keep her from their grasp.
2004 | chp | Publishing

Yorugata Aijin Senmonten Blood Hound DX

Yuki, Kaori 2024
Rion is on a mission to find her missing friend Shihoko. Her only two clues are a card given to her by Shihoko and a confession that her best friend was in love with a vampire. Thus she heads down to a club filled with pretty male escorts whom she insists are vampires...

(Source: MU)
Nov 26, 2002 to Jun 25, 2010 | 5 chp | Publishing

Danzaisha: Tetragrammaton LabyrinthTetragrammaton Labyrinth

Itou, Ei 2024
When darkness falls on the foggy streets of London, demons and monsters emerge to prey on human life. But demons aren't the only ones prowling the streets. Two women have picked up the fight as humanity's front line defense against the darkness—a young gun-toting nun named Sister Meg and her mysterious, eternally youthful partner Angela. Together, they have made it their life's work to spend their nights hunting the vile demons that stalk mankind.

(Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)
May 26, 2004 to Sep 26, 2007 | 36 chp | Publishing

Yumekui KenbunNightmare Inspector: Yumekui Kenbun

Mashiba, Shin 2024
For those who suffer nightmares, help awaits at the Ginseikan Tea House, where patrons can order much more than just Darjeeling. Hiruko is a special kind of a private investigator. He's a dream eater. And he'll rid you of your darkest visions... for a price.

(Source: VIZ Media)
2001 to 2007 | 66 chp | Publishing

Variante

Sugimoto, Iqura 2024
After seeing her family slaughtered, Aiko is surprised to wake up on a laboratory table, apparently intact. But when she notices the horribly disfigured arm grafted onto her body, she soon realizes that life as she knew it before the attack is now over. Infused with the DNA of a mysterious monster known as Chimera, the arm acts on the urges of its master—leaving Aiko powerless to stop it. Alone and frightened, how will she deal with this horrible fate?
(Source: CMX)
2004 to 2006 | 19 chp | Publishing

The Ring 4: Birthday

Suzuki, Koji 2024
"The Casket Floating in the Sky" centers on Mai Takano, and how she becomes wrapped deeper into Sadako's grasp. "Lemon Heart" tells of one of Sadako's early loves, and eerily wraps itself back into the plotline of Mai Takano. And finally, the "Sadako" story goes into the depths of both Sadako's death and her rebirth. Slowly, the details of how The Ring truly works are trickling out into the daylight.
6, 1999 to 7, 1999 | 4 chp | Publishing

Cowa!

Toriyama, Akira 2024
After an outbreak of a terminal disease in their town, Paifu, a vampire-hybrid, Jose, a ghost, and Apone and Maruyama set out to find medicine to cure it and save the village.
Oct 28, 1997 to Mar 10, 1998 | 14 chp | Publishing

Kenja no Ishi

Akino, Matsuri 2024
The mysterious alchemist Lorenzo Lusignano, a descendant of the royal family of Cyprus, is searching for the ultimate secret of alchemy—the Philosopher's stone "Elixir." Rumors of this blood-red gem creep everywhere, but nobody seems to have seen it, so Lorenzo's travels through Europe's Renaissance are never easy. Follow him on his journey as he meets kings and queens, witches and wizards, pirates and gypsies, fairy-tale creatures and monsters, and even gods.

(Source: Aerandria)
2000 to 2011 | 43 chp | Publishing

Embalming: The Another Tale of Frankenstein

Watsuki, Nobuhiro 2024
A story based on the concept of Frankenstein. The late scientist Victor Frankenstein's papers on the creation of a "frankenstein" are being put to use, and Fury Flatliner, motivated by revenge, sets out to kill them and their creator.

(Source: Easy Going Scans)
Nov 2, 2007 to Apr 4, 2015 | 60 chp | Publishing

Kara no Kyoukai: The Garden of Sinners

Nasu, KinokoTakeuchi, Takashi 2024
A teenage girl, who possesses the "Mystic Eyes of Death Perception," a supernatural ability that allows the user to see the "death" of everything in existence and kill the object by destroying its "origin." She recently recovered from a two-year coma caused by a traffic accident. Prior to the traffic accident, she originally had two personalities, a male personality named Shiki (織), and the original female personality Shiki (式). Children born into the Ryougi family are generally male and are raised with two personalities, so the male personality is customarily called the "yang" personality, while the female is called the "yin" personality. It is easy to tell which Shiki is speaking at a given time because they both have a distinct style of speaking, most notably that the female Shiki refers to herself with the pronoun watashi (私), while male Shiki refers to himself as ore (俺). After waking from her coma, Shiki discovers that she can no longer feel the male Shiki's presence and assumes that he died because of the accident. She also feels a detachment from her memories before the accident, and while she knows she is Shiki, she does not feel that she is. In the hopes of regaining herself and the "dead" Shiki, she puts on a cold facade that somewhat resembles the male Shiki's and tries to act as the female Shiki did. Touko understands the sense of detachment Shiki feels, but considers the current Shiki a third, new personality.

The series is regarded as being set in the same world as another TYPE-MOON series, Tsukihime, with Aoko Aozaki's sister Touko Aozaki being featured in this series and the protagonist of the series, Shiki Ryougi, possessing the same abilities as Tsukihime's protagonist, Shiki Tohno.

(Source: Wikipedia)
Oct 1998 to Aug 1999 | 10 chp | Publishing

Persona 3

Sogabe, Shuji 2024
On the surface, SEES—the Specialized Extracurricular Execution Squad—is a completely normal club at Gekkoukan High School. In reality, they are a group of students who investigate a phenomenon known as the "Dark Hour" and eliminate beings known as "Shadows." Only select individuals with "potential" can remember the occurrence of the Dark Hour while others will "transmogrify" into coffins and become susceptible to Apathy Syndrome—a condition that puts its victims in a trance-like state and causes them to lose their will to live.

Transfer student Minato Arisato is one such individual who can remember the events that occur during the Dark Hour, even though he is not aware of his ability. The moment he arrives at the school, he meets a mysterious person who asks him to sign a contract saying he will take responsibility for his own actions. Afterward, he is confronted by the members of SEES, who place him under secret surveillance because they believe he possesses a potential far greater than any of the other members.

One night, Minato is abruptly awakened by Yukari Takeba when a Shadow comes to attack their dormitory during the Dark Hour. Feeling compelled to fight the Shadow, he picks up Yukari's gun but, instead of shooting the Shadow, he turns it on himself, awakening his "Persona." Equipped with his newfound powers, Minato joins SEES to uncover the mystery behind the mysterious phenomenon.

[Written by Animeranku Rewrite]
Feb 27, 2007 to Jan 27, 2017 | 50 chp | Publishing

Helter SkelterHelter Skelter: Fashion Unfriendly

Okazaki, Kyoko 2024
Japanese supermodel and fashion icon Liliko leads a posh life, wearing and promoting the biggest brands in the country. She stands at the top of the modeling industry with the beauty she has attained through full-body plastic surgery.

However, Liliko's body soon begins to break down due to the extensive surgery she has been through and the medication she has taken. Worse still, her fear of growing old and being rendered useless begins to drive her insane. Helter Skelter is the story of Liliko's struggles to remain in the limelight in a world where people are so easily replaced.

[Written by Animeranku Rewrite]
Jun 8, 1995 to Mar 8, 1996 | 9 chp | Publishing

Yami no KoeVoices in the Dark

Itou, Junji 2024
1. Chi wo Susuru Yami (The Dark Drinks Blood)
2. Golden Time no Yuurei (Ghosts of Golden Time)
3. Gouon (Roar of Ages)
4. Obake Yashiki no Nazo (Secret of the Haunted Mansion)
5. Glyceride
6. Jibakusha (The Earthbound)
7. Shikeishuu no Yobirin (Dead Man Calling)
Jun 13, 2002 to Jun 13, 2003 | 7 chp | Publishing

The Ring

Suzuki, KojiInagaki, Misao 2024
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)
1998 | 9 chp | Publishing

The Ring 2

Suzuki, Koji 2024
The fabulously creepy story of The Ring takes a side step from the plot of the original Japanese film, taking the reader into life after all that tragedy and mystery. And guess what? Sadako, the psychic killer, isn't so easily disposed of.
(Source: Dark Horse)
1998 | 6 chp | Publishing

The Ring 3: Rasen

Suzuki, Koji 2024
In this adaptation of Spiral (Rasen), the legend of Sadako's evil takes a scientific turn as Ryuji Takayama's old college friend, Mitsuo Ando, must decipher a mysterious code while investigating this strange virus that kills people after watching a video tape. Disbelief gives way to fear. Logic bends to survival. And human evolution changes drastically. What Sadako plans is not simply horror, but something much, much deeper.
(Source: Dark Horse)
1999 | 6 chp | Publishing

The Ring 0: Birthday

Suzuki, Koji 2024
Sadako Yamamura was just a young girl, thrust from society because of her dangerous and fascinating psychic powers. It's hard to imagine, but this girl who would eventually climb out of your television set and kill you with pure fear was once a very pretty and confused girl. This is the story of Sadako before she was a dead body in the well; the story of a scary power emerging from a nervous girl.
(Source: Dark Horse)
Not available | 4 chp | Publishing