Supernatural (835)

Primarily taking place on Earth, supernatural stories incorporate elements or attributes that are unnatural and unexplainable by science. Creatures common in folklore (ghosts, vampires) or humans with metaphysical powers (telekinesis, mind reading) are often featured. Character traits (e.g. demon/spirit) and setting alone do not determine if a story is Supernatural. If only a few characters have powers and most of the cast would be in disbelief to discover this (e.g. one man is an exorcist and the rest are normal adults), then the story is Supernatural. If majority of the cast has magical or supernatural powers (e.g. one normal highschool boy surrounded by five goddesses), then the story is Fantasy. Sometimes a story can be both Supernatural and Fantasy, but this is rare. When searching for stories featuring creatures, spirits, or gods from folklore, the Mythology and Vampire themes can help refine your search. For superhero stories, please refer to Mahou Shoujo or Superpower.

Sakura TaisenSakura Wars

Hiroi, OujiFujishima, Kousuke 2024
The year is 1921, and this is a Tokyo where monstrous steam-powered robots crash a flower-viewing party only to be cut down samurai-style by a young girl in a kimono and traditional hakama pants.
It's eight years after the horrific Demon War, and Japan is a peaceful prosperous place. Meet Ensign Ogami Ichiro, who has just graduated from the Naval Academy. He's assigned to a base in Tokyo, but soon discovers that his headquarters is the Imperial Theater and his first mission is collecting tickets at the gate. He gamely goes about his menial jobs at the theater, surrounded by beautiful girls who seem to know a lot more about what's going on than he does, but he's about to be swept into a roiling world of robots, demons, and hot girls in uniform.
(Source: Tokyopop)
Jun 26, 2002 to Dec 26, 2008 | 29 chp | Publishing

Mahoutsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto: Taiyou to Kaze no Sakamichi...

Yamada, NorieYoshizuki, Kumich 2024
In this world, Nami has the power of using magic, but with her clumsy nature she has no mean of controlling it, although it's secondary to the way of controlling her feelings. When she meets Ryotaro Tominaga by crashing his bike, she becomes more and more anxious to understand her first love, while Ryotaro is despising her. Nami has a kind heart and soul, but she lacks courage and spirit to make crucial decisions especially in the last year of high-school. Here Nami and her friends reside in the world of magic, mixed feelings, misunderstanding, unrequited love, hate and passion to realize where they all belong.

(Source: ANN)
Dec 9, 2003 to Feb 9, 2006 | 25 chp | Publishing

NanaseTelepathic Wanderers

Yamazaki, SayakaTsutsui, Yasut 2024
Nanase, a beautiful young telepath, returns to her hometown to settle down and lead a quiet life. However, her unique abilities make that impossible, even in the most remote location. Then she meets Norio, an abused little boy with extraordinary powers of his own. Nanase takes him under her wing, and from there they wander...two outsiders traveling from one strange encounter to another.

(Source: Tokyopop)
2001 to 2003 | 23 chp | Publishing

Akuma no OroronThe Demon Ororon

Hakase, Mizuki 2024
A lonely yet caring 15-year-old Chiaki, the half-angel daughter of the Archangel Michael and a human woman, welcomes into her home a dejected devil Ororon who pledges to stay at her side forever.

Both of them have been ostracized from their respective celestial realms--Chiaki because her origins are impure and Ororon because he is the youngest son of the Lord Devil and therefore a threat to his older brothers for leadership of the underworld.
As various agents of heaven come by to destroy the angel Chiaki, she learns that having the incredibly powerful Ororon by her side is useful. And as assassin after assassin comes to eliminate Ororon, he learns that Chiaki can teach him a valuable lesson about the sanctity of life.

(Source: Tokyopop)
Apr 1998 to Jan 2001 | 21 chp | Publishing

Fukai Nemuri no HanaFlower of the Deep Sleep

Kazumi, Yuana 2024
Yuuki is an energetic teenager who carries the disturbing power of foresight in her dreams. She finds that this is tied to the mysterious Deep Sleep that has overtaken her sister, Yuuka.
Clues left on her cell phone and visions that come to her in her dreams begin to reveal a strange puzzle... and then in one dream, a glass wall stands between her and her sister while a faceless little girl stands by Yuuka. The mysterious girl hands Yuuki a kaleidoscope—which Yuuki discovers she still has when she awakens from the dream the next morning...
(Source: Tokyopop)
Jan 17, 2003 to Aug 11, 2003 | 10 chp | Publishing

The Tarot Café

2024
Meet Pamela, a tarot card reader who helps supernatural beings living in the human world. She'll help anyone, whether they're a love-stricken cat, a vampire spending eternal life running from his one true love, an unattractive waitress looking for the man of her dreams, or even a magician who creates a humanoid doll to serve the woman he loves. Although she is good-natured, there is a deep dark secret that she must deal with before she can move on to the next life.
(Source: Tokyopop)
2002 to ? | 18 chp | Publishing

Under the Glass Moon

Ko, Ya Seong 2024
Under the Glass Moon is a supernatural gothic fantasy from Korea. Wizards and witches with a fetishist/androgynous fashion sense ... think (Harry Potter meets Edward Scissorhands) Luka Reinhardt is the 21st century's greatest Dark Wizard and he has an amazing sense of fashion, to boot! He and his bookish sorcerer brother, Luel, live next door to two lovely witches, Madame Batolli and her witch-apprentice daughter, Nell. Relationships ensue...
(Source: MU)
2001 to ? | 18 chp | Publishing

Midori no HibiMidori Days

Inoue, Kazurou 2024
Seiji Sawamura is the toughest seventeen-year-old in town, feared by all for his fighting prowess and his deadly "Devil's Right Hand." But at heart, Seiji is a softy, and all he wants is an end to his seventeen-year history of being a lonely single guy. Unfortunately, his tough-guy reputation only serves to decrease his popularity with the ladies, until one day he wakes up to find a girl named Midori has replaced his right hand, and admits she has had a crush on him since middle school.
Sep 18, 2002 to Jul 21, 2004 | 86 chp | Publishing

World Embryo

Moriyama, Daisuke 2024
A deadly virus is spreading across mankind, turning humans into gruesome monsters known as "Kanshu." Yet no one knows of their existence, except for the organization called "F.L.A.G.," dedicated to hunting down and destroying the source of the infection. Its members possess extraordinary powers, capable of unleashing righteous fury on their enemies. One day, a cell phone message from a dead relative leads estranged youth Riku Amami unwittingly into the conflict between F.L.A.G. and Kanshu—and to a mysterious cocoon that would change his life forever, for better or worse...
(Source: Chuang Yi)
Apr 30, 2005 to May 30, 2014 | 97 chp | Publishing

Trinity Blood: Rage Against the Moons

Sunao, YoshidaShibamoto, Thore 2024
The background is in the distant future, a post-apocalyptic world after the destruction brought about by Armageddon. The war between humans (Terran) and vampires (Methuselah) continues, as a struggle between two factions: the Vatican and the New Human Empire.

Yet, amidst the bloodshed and violence, many desire a peaceful co-existence between the two species. However, standing between them and this goal is the Rosenkreuz Orden, a group of vampire extremists who manipulate the two sides and pit them against each other. To combat them, the Vatican special operations group "AX," led by Cardinal Caterina, must use everything they have—even a vampire who preys on the blood of other vampires.

(Source: Tokyopop)
Mar 2001 to Dec 2004 | 23 chp | Publishing

Gantz

Oku, Hiroya 2024
Lonely high school student Kei Kurono isolates himself out of a growing cynicism toward his fellow man and the cruelty they are capable of enacting. One day, while waiting to take the subway to school, Kei's classmate Masaru Katou leaps onto the tracks in an effort to save a drunk man. Driven by an uncharacteristic desire to rescue someone else, Kei follows Katou down into danger. While successful in saving him, the two boys are killed by the train.

Kei wakes up beside Katou in an apartment full of strangers and furnished by a giant black orb with a glass-like outer surface. After finding out that everyone in the room has recently died, words appear on the black ball tasking them with killing a strange creature. The ball equips Kei and the others with power suits and mysterious guns before sending them off to collect this bizarre bounty.

Although Kei discovers the mission to be far more deadly than originally suspected, he manages to survive. He is teleported back to the apartment where he and the other survivors are rewarded point values according to their actions in battle by the black sphere, which a fellow survivor says is called "Gantz." Despite his death earlier that day, Kei is granted the ability to return to his daily life with one condition: he can be uprooted from his day at any time and summoned back to the apartment, where Gantz will task him and other recently deceased with the assassination of another target.

While Katou dreads the inevitable return to Gantz, Kei finds himself living for the sole purpose of carrying out these missions. Thriving in the heat of battle and learning to care about himself and his comrades, Kei faces escalating monstrous threats that begin to bleed out into his normal life outside of Gantz.

[Written by Animeranku Rewrite]
Jul 13, 2000 to Jun 20, 2013 | 383 chp | Publishing

Mirai NikkiFuture Diary

Esuno, Sakae 2024
The reclusive middle school student Yukiteru Amano finds himself whisked into a fierce game of survival by the god of space and time, Deus Ex Machina, in which the victor shall inherit Deus' unlimited power. All 12 contestants, including Amano, are composed of people who regularly keep diaries, but there is a twist: each person's diary has been turned into a "Future Diary," making it capable of telling the future to various degrees.

Amano possesses a "Random Diary" on his cellphone, which gives him accurate descriptions of his surroundings. He is reluctant to fight but his desperation to survive leads to him teaming up with fellow classmate and diary holder Yuno Gasai, an attractive girl who has a strange obsession with Amano.

But as this bloody battle royale plays out, shocking revelations are brought to light, changing the very nature of this twisted game.

[Written by Animeranku Rewrite]
Jan 26, 2006 to Dec 25, 2010 | 59 chp | Publishing

Omae ga Sekai wo Kowashitai nara

Fujiwara, Kaoru 2024
Kanna Koizumi is infatuated with a handsome customer who regularly orders the same meal combo from the restaurant she works at, but has never mustered the courage to ask him his name. The customer, Ren Toujo, has also noticed Kanna because she reminds him of Akira Sainishi, a woman he knew long ago.

Kanna and Ren pass by each other day after day, until one fateful night when Kanna and her parents drive past him and are subsequently hit by a truck. Ren is first to arrive at the bloody scene. Judging that her injuries are too severe to wait for an ambulance, he has to make the onerous decision—let Kanna die, or turn her into a vampire like him.

[Written by Animeranku Rewrite]
1999 to 2000 | 17 chp | Publishing

Hitomi no Catoblepas

Tanaka, Yasunori 2024
The story of a guy named Tokio, who's a descendant of a legendary family of youma (demon) fighters. He has the ability to freeze time because of the youma he has in his eye, Catoblepas. One day, he encounters a girl who became a target of a demon. Tokio, with his eye, will try to prevent the girl from becoming another victim of a string of mysterious events that have occured in the town as of late. Little does the girl know that Tokio is her next door neighbour.

(Source: MU)
May 21, 2007 to Sep 3, 2007 | 15 chp | Publishing

Ghost Only: Yuurei Senyou Restaurant

Shin, Yui 2024
In a certain part of town, there is a very exclusive restaurant. So exclusive that only ghosts get to dine there! Yes, it's a ghost-only restaurant where ghouls and goblins freely roam, drink and eat! Strange? Not until you meet the only waitress there, who happens to be a full-blooded human!

(Source: Aerandria)
Apr 28, 2005 to Jun 28, 2008 | 12 chp | Publishing

Bastard!! Ankoku no HakaishinBastard!! Heavy Metal, Dark Fan...

Hagiwara, Kazushi 2024
In a post apocalyptic world of heavy metal fantasy, the only thing able to save humans from orcs, lizard men, and other monsters is something even MORE evil. Sealed within a 14-year-old boy, the chaotic wizard Dark Schneider is unleashed to fight four mighty generals and their plot to resurrect the evil god Anslasax!

(Source: VIZ Media)
Included one-shots:
Volume 1: Wizard!!: Bakuen no Seifukusha (pilot)
Volume 22: Binetsu Rouge
Volume 26: Virgin Tyrant
Oct 20, 1987 to May 19, 2010 | 144 chp | Publishing

Canon

Shiomi, Chika 2024
This suspenseful, supernatural series tells the tale of Canon, the only student to escape from a bloody vampire attack that took the lives of her fellow classmates and turned her into one of the undead. Struggling against the terrible needs that compel her, Canon commits herself to use her powers for good and do whatever she can to avenge the deaths of her friends and her own terrible fate. Joining forces with a talking, vampire crow, she begins her quest to find Rodd, Lord of the Vampires. (Source: CMX)
Dec 9, 1994 to 1996 | 13 chp | Publishing

God Child (Godchild)

Yuki, Kaori 2024
Deep in the heart of 19th century London, a young nobleman named Cain walks the shadowy cobblestone streets of the aristocratic society into which he was born. Forced to become an earl upon the untimely death of his father, Cain assumes the role of head of the Hargreaves, a noble family with a dark past. With Riff, his faithful manservant, and Mary Weather, his 10-year-old half sister, Cain investigates the mysterious crimes that seem to follow him wherever he goes.

(Source: VIZ Media)
Included one-shot:
Volume 5: Nichiyoubi no Solomon Grundy
May 2, 2001 to Oct 4, 2003 | 48 chp | Publishing

Vampire Knight

Hino, Matsuri 2024
Cross Academy is an elite boarding school with two separate, isolated classes: the Day Class and the Night Class. On the surface, Yuuki Cross and Zero Kiryuu are prefects of the academy, and attempt to keep order between the students as classes rotate in the evenings. As the Night Class is full of utterly gorgeous elites, this can sometimes prove to be a bit difficult. It is completely necessary, however, as those "elites" are actually vampires. Yuuki and Zero act as guardians, protecting the secrets of the Night Class and the safety of their ignorant morning counterparts.

As the adopted daughter of the academy's chairman, Yuuki takes her job with a serious and energetic attitude. It also allows her to interact with her secret crush and savior, the president of the Night students' dorm, Kaname Kuran. Zero, on the other hand, has a deep-rooted hatred against vampires, and at times, does not hesitate to kill.

Can vampires and humans co-exist, even in the strict setup of the Cross Academy? Only time will tell.

[Written by Animeranku Rewrite]
Included one-shot:
Volume 17: Watashi to Fukigen na Panya-san (The Sour-Faced Baker and Me)
Nov 24, 2004 to May 24, 2013 | 102 chp | Publishing

Kaze no Tani no Nausicaä (Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind...

Miyazaki, Hayao 2024
Humanity, once a technologically advanced and thriving civilization, has been pushed to the brink of extinction following a cataclysmic war known as the "Seven Days of Fire." The remnants of the human race now live in scattered kingdoms to avoid the unrelenting spread of the "Sea of Corruption," a colossal forest infested with dangerous mutant insects and fungi that produce poisonous spores.

Nausicaä, sole heir to the throne of the agricultural kingdom Valley of the Wind, is thrust into a war after an ally kingdom, the imperialist Torumekia, invades the Dorok Empire. Forced to fight alongside the Torumekian military and their cunning princess Kushana, Nausicaä witnesses firsthand the horrors of war and its effect on both humanity and the environment. With her uncanny charisma and gentle nature, Nausicaä may be the only for hope for humanity as the ongoing war and the Sea of Corruption hasten the extinction of mankind.

Set against the backdrop of a devastated world, Kaze no Tani no Nausicaä depicts the aftermath of human folly and the immortal power of nature.

[Written by Animeranku Rewrite]
Oct 9, 1982 to Feb 10, 1994 | 59 chp | Publishing

Blade of the Immortal

Samura, Hiroaki 2024
Manji is an infamous swordsman in feudal Japan who is known as the "Hundred Man Killer," as he has killed one hundred innocent men. However, there is something far more frightening than his ominous reputation: the fact that he is immortal. This is the handiwork of eight-hundred-year-old nun Yaobikuni, who placed bloodworms capable of healing almost any wound in Manji's body.

To atone for his crimes, Manji resolves to kill one thousand evil men. Yaobikuni agrees to this proposal, saying that if he succeeds, she will undo his curse of immortality. Soon after this promise, Manji meets Rin Asano, a 16-year-old girl who requests Manji's assistance in killing those who slaughtered her parents.

Initially reluctant, Manji refuses Rin's desperate plea. However, owing to her evident lack of strength, Manji changes his mind and agrees to protect Rin for four years. With this partnership set in stone, the two embark on a perilous journey of bloodshed, vengeance, and redemption, each to fulfill their own life's cause.

[Written by Animeranku Rewrite]
Note: Originally published with 219 chapters, which were then recollected into 207 chapters in the tankoubons. Please do not change the chapter count.
Jun 25, 1993 to Dec 25, 2012 | 207 chp | Publishing

Matantei Loki

Kinoshita, Sakura 2024
Loki, the Norse god of mischief, has been exiled to the human world for what apparently was a bad joke. Along with being exiled, he's forced to take the form of a child. He's told the only way he can get back to the world of the gods is if he can collect auras of evil that take over human hearts, to do this he runs a detective agency. However, at some point other Norse gods begin to appear with the intent to assassinate him for reasons unclear.
(Source: ANN)
Jan 12, 1999 to Nov 12, 2001 | 34 chp | Publishing

3x3 Eyes

Takada, Yuuzo 2024
Through a strange series of events, a young man named Yakumo Fuuji becomes the immortal slave of the last of a race of 3 Eyed immortals. The immortal, Pai, absorbs his soul to save his life, making him immortal in the process. Now, he begins a journey with the female immortal in an attempt to find a way of becoming human. Of course, there are many complications along the way, not the least of which being that the immortal is a female with a split personality, one achingly cute and the other being no-nonsense destructive power, and romances that develop between.
Nov 1987 to Aug 26, 2002 | 577 chp | Publishing

To LOVE-RuTo Love Ru

Yabuki, Kentarou 2024
The story of To Love-Ru revolves around Rito Yuuki, a high-school student who cannot confess to the girl of his dreams, Haruna Sairenji. One day when coming home and sulking in the bathtub, a mysterious, nude girl appears out of nowhere. Her name is Lala and she comes from the planet Deviluke...

(Source: Wikipedia)
Apr 24, 2006 to Aug 31, 2009 | 162 chp | Publishing