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.

Hyakki Yakoushou (Beyond Twilight)

Ima, Ichiko 2024
Ritsu inherited his sixth sense from his grandfather, along with a demon guardian named Blue Storm. Strange things just seem to happen around these two, and it's left to them to get to the bottom of all these mysterious events. Each story is independent but features recurring characters you'll come to know and appreciate as they, each in their own way, try to deal with things 'not of this world'.

(Source: MU)
1995 to ? | chp | Publishing

Jack Frost

Go, Jin-Ho 2024
It's Noh-A's first day at Amityville High School, and her reception is chilly to say the least. Brutal might be a better description! Decapitated but not dead (or is she??), Noh-A quickly realizes that nothing is as it appears at Amityville High where paranormal creatures battle for supremacy. Caught in the crossfire, Noh-A may have to rely on the unlikely (and possibly unreliable) aid of the most sinister student at Amityville... the deadly Jack Frost!

(Source: Yen Press)
2005 to 2014 | 95 chp | Publishing

Shin Yami no Koe: Kaidan

Itou, Junji 2024
1. Souichi Zensen
2. Souichi no Aigan Doubutsu
3. Awase Kagamidani nite
4. Yuurei ni Naritakunai
5. Zousho Genei
6. Yami no Zesshou
7. Kaidan
Oct 13, 2004 to Aug 12, 2006 | 7 chp | Publishing

Redrum 327

Ko, Ya Seong 2024
When a group of seven young college students go off to enjoy a weekend getaway at a remote mountain villa, secrets that haunt the friends are unveiled--which lead to bizarre love triangles, tragic relationships, and deadly betrayal. And when hallucinations and strange disappearances begin, their dream vacation turns into a nightmare...

(Source: TOKYOPOP)
2003 to 2004 | 18 chp | Publishing

Kamen Rider Spirits

Ishinomori, ShoutarouMuraeda, 2024
Taki Kazuya, an Interpol agent living in New York City, is currently investigating a string of disappearances and murders which seem to have been caused by something inhuman. He always tells stories of his friend, a cyborg hero named Kamen Rider, who years ago in Japan brought down the evil organization Shocker, saving people from monsters and never seeking any reward for his deeds. However, the only ones who believe his tales are a group of orphans he has befriended.

When one of the orphans is transformed into a monster, Taki tracks down the creature responsible and attempts to fight it in his own costume, calling himself a new Kamen Rider. However, he fares poorly against it and is on the verge of being killed. At that moment, none other than Takeshi Hongo, the original Kamen Rider, comes to his rescue. Hongo and a newly inspired Taki team up and manage to defeat the creatures.

Afterward, Hongo informs Taki that a new danger is rising to threaten humanity and asks for his help before setting off to find more allies, the eight other Kamen Riders with whom he was once a team. Taki continues his work with Interpol, along with assisting Hongo's search.

[Written by Animeranku Rewrite]
Nov 25, 2000 to Jan 26, 2009 | 96 chp | Publishing

Kamen Rider ZO

Ishinomori, ShoutarouShimamoto 2024
1. Kamen Rider Black
2-4. Kamen Rider ZO
5. Tenka Osamu Monogatari
1989 to 1994 | 5 chp | Publishing

Mononoke

Ninagawa, Yaeko 2024
The story is about a man who is a medicine seller. He hunts mononoke (demons) and kills them by using a sword. However, before unsheathing his sword he first needs to learn of the form (katachi), the truth behind the human tragedies (makoto) and the reason behind the evils (kotowari) that gave birth to it before killing the demon.
Aug 17, 2007 to Aug 1, 2008 | 19 chp | Publishing

Inugami

Hokazono, Masaya 2024
One day Fumiki meets a strange dog at the factory. A dog who can understand human speech and push blades out from its forehead. The mysterious number "23" is carved onto its ear. Although there are many unsolved mysteries about the beast, the two begin to communicate and build trust. "23" arrived at the town following the voice of a higher power which said, "Observe mankind." Meanwhile a giant organization is moving behind the scenes to capture "23." The leader Kiryu wants "23" so that he can control "Tokoyonokuni, the land across the ocean of the dead, ancestors and human spirits. A paradise of eternal life and decadence."

(Source: ANN)
Jan 23, 1997 to Nov 22, 2002 | 72 chp | Publishing

Dark Metro

Calen, TokyoYoshiken 2024
What lies below Tokyo's subway system is more frightening than you could have ever imagined...
Deep beneath Tokyo there exists a boundary between this world and the next: the land of the dead-and the mysterious young man Seiya is its guide. In this collection of bone-chilling shorts, follow the twisted tales of death and hauntings that inhabit this horrifying underworld, where innocent youth fall victim to the ghosts who lurk in Tokyo's underground.
Feb 12, 2008 to Aug 12, 2008 | 13 chp | Publishing

Shin Megami Tensei [Kahn]

2024
Six months ago, Karukozaka High School had vanished into the Underworld. Upon its reemergence, all 560 students and 28 faculty members remained missing. Treated as a bizarre case of mass disappearance, the entire ordeal was forgotten, but nobody noticed when two of the students had returned. These students are Nobu—a boy with an uncanny ability to sniff out demons—and Yumi Shirakawa. Wishing to move on from the trauma, Nobu and Yumi transfer to different schools and lose contact with each other, but they both remain vigilant of demonic activity.

Unfortunately, the portal to the Underworld resurfaces at the location of their former school, causing two unique factions to seek out survivors of the Karukozaka incident. The Ring of Gaea seeks to enact martial law within Tokyo in order to contain the demonic threat. On the other side, the Order of Messiah sees Nobu and Yumi as threats to the new world they wish to establish. When his mother is killed in front of his eyes by a demon, Nobu realizes that he cannot run away from confronting his demon-infested past.

[Written by Animeranku Rewrite]
1995 to 2002 | 70 chp | Publishing

Konya mo Hitori de NemurenaiI Can't Sleep Alone

Arai, KiyokoOobayashi, MiyukiT 2024
This is a collection of stories written by eight popular horror manga artists.

1) Welcome to the World of the Picture-book by Arai Kiyoko
Yuri hates her life. A strange picture-book appears and Yuri envies the girl in the story...

2) I Want You Close by Oobayashi Miyuki
Riko can see ghosts. She decides to help a boy ghost in her classroom. But then she finds out who he is...

3) I See a Hen by Ono Eriko
Etsumi always takes advantage of Mika's kindness. They have to care for the school hen, Ko-ko. Careless Etsumi forgets to lock the cage...

4) Forest of Memory by Takamiya Satoru
Tomori Asabika awakens in a strangely empty house. Then a boy dressed in black appears at her front door and helps her awaken memories--memories she doesn't want to recall...

5) The Show-off Ghost by Kumazaki Shinko
Amiri Kazuke and her Mystery Research Committee are aided by girl ghost Mamoka. Latest case: a mysterious molester on a train. Their lead: a boy ghost wearing a green raincoat...

6) Message S.O.S. by Komuro Eiko
Miyuu Fujiwara is excited with Ai, her new pen-friend. Ai is smart and caring. When she mets a guy that she dumped, Ai tells her to not go on the date, but Miyuu says that it will be alright. Later Miyuu finds out that she is being stalked. Will Ai be able to help her?

7) Me Inside the Mirror by Kagari Junko
Saitou has no friends. One day she passes by a mirror shop and the owner asks her if she wants a mirror. She says that she hates them since she always looks gloomy, but the owner tells her that he has what she needs.

8) Doll Shop by Yamada Sakura
Meg wants to look beautiful like the other girls in her class. One day she passes by the park and mets a beautiful girl, who tells her that they should both go to the "Doll Shop"

(B-U)
2003 | 8 chp | Publishing

Hoozuki no Shima

Sanbe, Kei 2024
After being abandoned by their parents, Kokoro Suzuhara and his blind sister Yume are taken into custody and brought to the isolated Hoozuki Island, the location of their new home and school. However, a peaceful life is hardly what they find. Upon interacting with other children on the island, Kokoro discovers that they are all wary of their teachers, believing they have gathered them together for a sinister purpose. It is only after making a number of startling discoveries himself that Kokoro starts to believe their suspicions.

With Yume's safety as his foremost priority, Kokoro bands together with his classmates to free themselves from their dangerous predicament, all the while unknowingly unleashing harrowing repercussions to all those involved.

[Written by Animeranku Rewrite]
Included one-shot:
Volume 2: Togabito (Criminal)
Dec 21, 2007 to Jul 3, 2009 | 30 chp | Publishing

Higanjima

Matsumoto, Koji 2024
When Akira Miyamoto learns that his older brother, Atsushi, is missing, his family begins to fall apart. The family business fails, and his father becomes an alcoholic. His two parents constantly compare Akira to Atsushi. Worse, Akira has a crush on a girl named Yuki, who already has a boyfriend, his friend Ken.

One day, Akira finds a girl unconscious in front of his house. The girl, Rei Aoyama, shows Akira Atsushi's ID card, claiming that Atsushi is alive. Rei explains that Atsushi is trapped on Higanjima Island, said to be inhabited by vampires. Akira invites his friends to help his brother, under the guise of a vacation to celebrate their graduation.

Upon arrival, vampires attack their boat and capture all of them except Rei. However, Akira escapes with his friends before vampires can drain their blood. On the island, he meets with Atsushi, who explains that the vampires are led by Miyabi, another vampire. Trained by Atsushi, Akira and his friends begin the battle against Miyabi and his vampire army in order to escape the island alive.

(Source: Wikipedia)
Nov 2, 2002 to Jul 12, 2010 | 330 chp | Publishing

Jinzou Shoujo

2024
A scientist finds a brain in an alley and implants it into the body of his beloved, Nina. It turns out the brain belonged to a boy, Misumi Yutaka, and he is none too happy to find himself in a female body. What happened to Yutaka's body and why was his brain in the middle of an alley? What will happen to "Nina" when the female parts of "her" body start to have an effect on "his" mind? You'll have to read to find out.
(Source: MU)
2000 to ? | 12 chp | Publishing

Nekome KozouCat Eyed Boy

Umezu, Kazuo 2024
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)
Dec 1967 to 1976 | 13 chp | Publishing

Embalming II: Dead Body and Lover

Watsuki, Nobuhiro 2024
Another short story taking place in the Embalming universe.
Sep 29, 2006 | 1 chp | Publishing

Yume Tsukai

Ueshiba, Riichi 2024
An ordinary, quiet town is shaken by a series of bizarre happenings brought about by the darkness in human hearts. There are no solutions in the real world: Only "Dream Messengers" can find the answers. Dream messengers connect the fabulous with the real and control the power of dreams. Their leader, Mishima Touko, works with 8 other messengers using the powers given by an old spell and a toy made by Touko's father. Touko, her younger sister Rinko, Tachibana Hajime, who loves young girls, and the six other Dream Messengers are given the names of days or stars - Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Raff and Keito.

(Source: KodanClub)
Jan 25, 2001 to Dec 25, 2003 | 36 chp | Publishing

Nurarihyon no Mago (Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan)

Shiibashi, Hiroshi 2024
Rikuo Nura appears to be an ordinary middle school student. Appearances, however, can be deceiving. In reality, the young boy has one-fourth of youkai blood and is the heir to a large clan of youkai led by his grandfather, Nurarihiyon. As a small child, he was told that youkai often perform evil deeds, leading to his reluctance to succeed the Nura Clan and doing whatever he could to avoid his destiny.

During the night, Rikuo undergoes a transformation into a fearsome youkai who resembles Nurarihiyon in his prime. Realizing that he can use his power to protect others, he accepts his inheritance, aiming to unite all the youkai factions across Japan and establish his own "Night Parade of a Hundred Demons."

[Written by Animeranku Rewrite]
Mar 10, 2008 to Dec 28, 2012 | 218 chp | Publishing

Litchi☆Hikari ClubLychee Light Club

Furuya, Usamaru 2024
By day, Hiroyuki Tsunekawa is an average student at Keikou Middle School, a dreary all-boys school in an industrial town. When the school day ends, however, Hiroyuki becomes "Zera," the enigmatic, beauty-obsessed emperor of the cult-like Hikari Club. For the past year, the Hikari Club has been creating an intelligent humanlike robot which runs on the lychee fruit, for the purpose of kidnapping beautiful girls.

However, when the robot—named "Litchi"—finally brings back a girl, the Hikari Club begins to fall into disarray. As Zera becomes increasingly obsessed with executing those who betray him, the club's numbers begin to thin. As the remaining members begin to rebel and Litchi becomes increasingly human, will the Hikari Club ever be able to recover?

[Written by Animeranku Rewrite]
May 7, 2005 to May 3, 2006 | 9 chp | Publishing

Senritsu!! Tako ShoujoOctopus Girl

Yamazaki, Toru 2024
Teenage monsters lose their hearts and heads in a relentlessly gory collection of dark humor and horror! Carving a comical niche in modern horror manga, Toru Yamazaki's Senritsu!! Tako Shoujo serves up the most disgusting dishes of heartbreak and revenge found on land or at sea. Have a side order of nervous laughter with your main course of bloodcurdling fear, some gore with your teen angst, and some killer instincts with your cute! These shocking vignettes will hypnotize fans of the macabre and the absurd, as intestines, eyeballs, and fluids of all sorts shoot enthusiastically across Yamazaki's pages!

(Source: Dark Horse)
Dec 1996 to Aug 2002 | 41 chp | Publishing

Franken Fran

Kigitsu, Katsuhisa 2024
Deep within Japan's remote regions is the mansion of Dr. Naomitsu Madaraki, a surgeon notorious for his gruesome work. While he is away from home, his artificial daughter Fran takes over the mansion and his grisly surgical practice. With the aid of her violent younger sister Veronica, the human-cat hybrid Okita, and Dr. Madaraki's other macabre creations, Fran deals with the unusual requests of her clients. From tumor removal to reviving the dead, no two jobs are alike, but no job is too difficult—or too dangerous—for the successor to Dr. Madaraki. This eccentric medical prodigy is willing to do anything to save a life, even if her results are seldom pretty.

[Written by Animeranku Rewrite]
Included one-shot:
Volume 7: Phase 20
Jul 19, 2006 to Jan 19, 2012 | 71 chp | Publishing

OnikirimaruOgre Slayer

Kusunoki, Kei 2024
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 "Onikirimaru" 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.

(Source: ANN)
1991 to 2001 | chp | Publishing

Shikabane HimeCorpse Princess

Akahito, Yoshiichi 2024
The story starts off with a bunch of high school students, taking the dare to go up to this abandoned building that has been half destroyed by a fire. It was rumoured to be haunted. Just a rumour, right? Not when real corpses start showing up, and they start feeling things grabbing them, and finally zombies going after them! Shikabane Hime is there to save the day. The immortal girl, "Shikabane Hime," has the mission to "kill" 108 corpses. It's a contract she has between herself and the Buddhist monk, Keisei. After 108 corpses, she will finally get her happiness and go to heaven.

(Source: MU)
Apr 12, 2005 to Nov 12, 2014 | 114 chp | Publishing

School Ningyo

Yoshitomi, Akihito 2024
Compilation of short stories, each about two girls hunting for mermaids to win their true love.
Oct 26, 2006 to Dec 19, 2017 | 32 chp | Publishing