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.

Skyhigh: Shinshou

Takahashi, Tsutomu 2024
Skyhigh Shinshou presents the stories of those souls who get to the Gate of Grudges. Izuko, keeper of the Gate of Grudges presents each soul with three choices: pass through the Gate of Grudges to heaven and be reborn, refuse to admit death and remain as a ghost on earth, or haunt and kill one person and then proceed to hell and eternal suffering. What does each soul choose and why?

(Source: Evil Flowers)
Aug 7, 2003 to Nov 11, 2004 | 32 chp | Publishing

The Death Panda

Uziga, Waita 2024
The Death Panda is a shock manga from by artist Waita Uziga about a giant demonic panda bear from hell.
Aug 26, 2006 to ? | 11 chp | Publishing

Shin Violence Jack

Nagai, Go 2024
This brief resurrection of Go Nagai's Violence Jack character appeared in 8 chapters in the magazine Comic Bunch in 2005 and has never been collected in a single volume. OK, resurrection may be the wrong word since Jack didn't actually die when Nagai ended the original series in 1990 and he also didn't bite it in the 2001 stand-alone short story DEMONS IN A WAR-TORN land. But you get the idea.

(Source: deadfrog)
May 13, 2005 to May 11, 2008 | 10 chp | Publishing

Dororon Enma-kun

Nagai, Go 2024
Enma-kun, Yukiko Hime, and Kapaeru are members of a Demon Patrol that are sent to the human world to arrest demons.

(Source: ANN)
Sep 30, 1973 to Mar 31, 1974 | 21 chp | Publishing

Kikoushi Enma

Nagai, Go 2024
The grown up adventures of Enma-kun.
Mar 25, 2006 to May 26, 2006 | chp | Publishing

Castlevania: Curse of Darkness

Yamada, Sakurako 2024
A manga series based on the PS2 game, Castlevania: Curse of Darkness.
2005 to 2006 | 4 chp | Publishing

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Nitroplus 2024
The series is set in the year of 2008 in Shibuya and is centered around Takumi Nishijou, a high school student at the private Suimei Academy, and some strange events that have occurred recently in the Shibuya area. Two events have occurred so far and is being referenced by the media and the public at large as being New Generation events. The first event named "Group Dive" occurred on September 7th with five high school students jumping to their deaths off of a high tower. The second event occurred on September 19th wherein a male was found dead with a thirty-two week old fetus incised within his abdomen.

The story begins on September 28th with Takumi talking to an online friend named Grim. Grim has to provide Takumi with the background about the recent New Generation events since Takumi is not interested local or international news. A person named Shōgun joins the chatroom though he does not say a word until Grim has left the chatroom. Shōgun confronts Takumi and presents him with a barrage of image links that depicts a very gruesome murder.

The next day, as Takumi was heading home after spending the afternoon at an Internet cafe, he comes across the same scene that he witnessed yesterday in Shōgun's pictures. He runs away from the crime scene screaming, but not before meeting a pink-haired girl there covered in blood and wearing Suimei Academy's uniform.

The story progresses from here with Takumi trying to avoid getting involved with Shōgun and other New Generation events as he is slowly caught in a grander scheme's wheels of motion.
Aug 28, 2008 to May 21, 2009 | 11 chp | Publishing

Maou Dante

Nagai, Go 2024
The great demon Dante, exploiting the weakness of a boy exposed to his demoniac influence in the dreams, is awakened from a thousand years sleep.

The will of this being, a survivor of an ancient and forgotten civilization, is to wipe out the whole human race. Anyhow nothing is so simple: the motivations of the demon aren't so wicked as one could think and they will combine with the life of the boy which hangs between nightmare and craziness.

In the meanwhile the satanist will fight against the hierarchy of the church to obtain a justice which is, as it's easy to guess, that of the demon Maou.

This series didn't have an ending until it's remake in 2002. Nagai took many ideas from Maou Dante into Devilman.

(Source: MU)
Jan 1, 1971 to Jun 1, 1971 | chp | Publishing

L Change the WorLd

Obata, Takeshi 2024
L Change the WorLd is a sequel to the Death Note movie based on the popular anime. This movie is entirely dedicated to L, and his last 23 days on Earth after having caught Kira. This is a novel version of that movie and contains many events that do not take place in the film.
Dec 25, 2007 | 38 chp | Publishing

The Black Cat

Itou, Yukari 2024
The story is based on the classic work of the same name by Edgar Allen Poe. This is an original rendition of the traditional story. It is NOT for the faint of heart!

(Source: ShoujoMagic)
Not available | 1 chp | Publishing

My Beloved Lady

Kago, Shintarou 2024
One day Aiko finds herself pregnant for unknown reasons as she is a virgin. Searching for an answer she discovers multiple parallel universes, but that is just the beginning of her troubles.

(Source: MU)
Not available | 1 chp | Publishing

One Missed Call

Akimoto, Yasushi 2024
It's an epidemic of accidental death! Multiple college students receive odd voicemails from themselves, messages from the future, and all they contain are the screams of their own deaths. A few days later, at the date and time of the message's posting, they die in mysterious accidents, and oddly enough, each have a candy in their mouths.

Note: Dark Horse published One Missed Call and One Missed Call 2 as a single volume.
2007 | 13 chp | Publishing

Hanako to Guuwa no TellerHanako and the Terror of Allegory

Esuno, Sakae 2024
Folklore detective Asou Daisuke would rather deal with normal, everyday, things like cheating spouses, embezzling partners and the like. Because whenever he deals with the supernatural, he gets the hiccups.

But no matter, an endless stream of desperate people come to him troubled by what he calls allegories. Those are stories, usually urban legends, that one believes to be true and if one believes strong enough can cause them to become true. His first case involves "The Man Under The Bed." Can he stop this creepy man with an axe before he chops up Hiranuma Kanae? Why does Asou count his hiccups and just who is that strange girl in his bathroom?

(Source: MU)
Dec 26, 2003 to Sep 26, 2005 | 19 chp | Publishing

Vampire Yui

Kakinouchi, Narumi 2024
Vampire Yui is the daughter of a male Shinma and a woman who has both the blood of the Shi clan and the blood of a vampire, namely Vampire Miyu. Yui's particular Shi heritage makes her deeply connected to a magical lake residing on a different plane of existence. The guardian of the lake, Yuki, is the sister of one of Yui's distant ancestresses. Yuki fell in love with a mortal man over a century ago and chose to enter a wakeless sleep with him rather than fulfill her obligation to control the magic of the lake. The remaining Shi covet the lake and want to use its power. They fear that Yui, naturally drawn to it, would wake up Yuki, who would once more take up rule.

(Source: MangaHelpers)
1990 to 1995 | 12 chp | Publishing

Satanikus Enma Kerberos

Nagai, Go 2024
Jun 26, 2007 to Jan 26, 2009 | 20 chp | Publishing

Maou Dante (2002)

Nagai, Go 2024
This series is a complete remake of the original Maou Dante, with new designs an a story slightly inspired by the 2002 anime. This time, the story spans longer, the character design is different, and all unanswered questions left when the original series was interrupted, are responded. This time, Maou Dante has a proper ending.

(Source: MU)
Jan 26, 2002 to Nov 26, 2003 | chp | Publishing

Mouryou no Hako

Shimizu, AkiKyougoku, Natsuhik 2024
Adaptation of the second novel of Natsuhiko Kyogoku's "Hyakki Yakou Series."

The story follows a series of bizarre murders of schoolgirls who have been dismembered and stuffed into boxes. The private investigator hired by a missing daughter's mother joins forces with an antique book seller and others to unravel the murder spree.

(Source: MangaToshokan)
Aug 22, 2007 to Apr 22, 2010 | 10 chp | Publishing

Mai-chan no Nichijou

Uziga, Waita 2024
Tells the story of the 17-year-old girl Mai-chan, who has the ability to quickly regenerate from injuries, no matter how severe. Working as a maid, she is also sold to a number of clients who can do whatever they wish to her, no matter how cruel or painful, just to satisfy their desire.
Apr 21, 2004 | 11 chp | Publishing

Game Over

Uziga, Waita 2024
This is not an one-shot as it was previously believed. Game Over is an full book by Uziga Waita. As usual his stories contain heavy doses of violence, mutilation, rape and cannibalism.

The stories are:

01. News
02. Mai-chan's Secret (This is the prototype for what eventually became "Mai-chan's Daily Life")
03. Mai-chan's Daily Life (The story of a 17 year old maid/slave who is immortal and has impressive regenerative properties)
04. Hao Chi Feng Jiao (The name is Chinese, and it means something like "Good Eats! Feng Jiao.)
05. Song Of The Dull Knife
06. Dining Table Banquet
07. Game Over
08. The Lawless Area Of Oz (A retelling of the classic story)
09. Jingle Bells
10. Guts Marin
Feb 24, 2003 | 10 chp | Publishing

Shihaisha no TasogareTwilight of the Dark Master

Okuse, Saki 2024
The year is 2019, and Shinjuku's drug trade just got a whole lot bloodier. A new narcotic endows users with demon-like horns, fangs and a raging appetite for human flesh. When a man named Eiji Kuraza transforms into a murderous demon and then goes missing, his girlfriend Shizuka will stop at nothing to find him.

Following a trail of violence, narcotics and prostitution to the yakuza, Shizuka hires supernatural P.I. Tsunami for his expert legwork while Shizuka joins the red light district to conduct her own investigation on her back. If Shizuka's recklessness pays off, Eiji may force her to satisfy an appetite unfamiliar to call-girls...

(Source: Digital Manga Publishing)
1991 | 1 chp | Publishing

Shoujo TsubakiMr. Arashi's Amazing Freak Show

Maruo, Suehiro 2024
The series is about an orphan girl named Midori, whom is taken in (enslaved) by a traveling freak show. The freak show includes such unsavory characters as a mummyman, a snake woman, and a drooling man with no limbs. The owner of the freak show, the eponymous Mr. Arashi, is a strict man who allows his freaks very little freedom or joy in life. He is especially cruel to Midori. Midori works, not as a freak since she is normal, but as a sort of caretaker of the freaks.

(Source: everything2)
Sep 13, 1984 | 8 chp | Publishing

Mushi to Medama to Teddy Bear

AkiraAsami, Yuriko 2024
Usagawa Rinne, a normal female high-school student, spent happy days with her lover, Sakaki Guryuu. However their peaceful days were suddenly shattered. On the night of Sakaki's birthday, Sakaki witnessed Rinne's death after her eyeball was gouged out by a girl named "Gankyuu Eguriko"...
(Source: Wikipedia)
Jun 27, 2006 to Aug 27, 2009 | 34 chp | Publishing

Guignol Kyuutei GakudanGrand Guignol Orchestra

Yuki, Kaori 2024
Lucille and the orchestra encounter a town overrun with the worst kind of audience: the living dead! Well, not really. They're people who have been turned into doll-like zombies. And they are definitely not a crowd to take lightly. Can a group of roving musicians use their skills to calm the beasts? Or is this curtains for the Grand Orchestra?!

(Source: VIZ Media)
Included one-shot:
Volume 5: Camelot Garden
Jun 26, 2008 to Apr 26, 2010 | 19 chp | Publishing

Umineko no Naku Koro ni - Episode 2: Turn of the Golden Witc...

Suzuki, JirouRyukishi07 2024
On the island of Rokkenjima, Shannon is a mere servant to the eccentric head of the Ushiromiya family, Kinzou. But Shannon has feelings for George, her master's grandson, although she is quite aware that a relationship between them would never be allowed. Try as she might, Shannon's affections for George grow stronger with each passing day, despite her attempts to deny it. One night, the Millennial Witch of Rokkenjima, Beatrice, takes pity on her: she will use her magic to help George and Shannon realize their love, if Shannon breaks a ritual mirror nearby that is dampening her powers. Eventually, Shannon relents, and to her surprise, her relationship with George begins to blossom.

Kanon, another servant, believes that Shannon is being tricked by the witch. As "furniture," Kanon believes they have no right to even consider themselves human, let alone feel emotions like love. However, he soon discovers that one among the family has affection for him: Jessica, Kinzou's granddaughter, and eventually he starts to consider his own feelings toward her. But both Kanon and Shannon's love will be put to the test when the rest of the Ushiromiya family arrives for the annual family conference, and Beatrice enacts a competition for them to find Kinzou's hidden gold. Whoever finds the precious ingots will gain the coveted position of family head, and everyone has their eyes on the prize. But what starts off as a bizarre game soon turns into pure terror, and some of them may not make it out alive. Will the two servants be able to protect the ones they love?

[Written by Animeranku Rewrite]
Jul 22, 2009 to Dec 22, 2010 | 28 chp | Publishing