What is Horror manga?

The horror cinematic genre is characterized by the attempt to make the viewer experience dread, fear, terror, or horror. Often their plots involve the intrusion of an evil force, event or personage, sometimes of supernatural origin, on the mundane world and the consequences thereof.

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Akame ga Kill!

7.66

Description:

In a fantasy world, fighter Tatsumi sets out for the Capital to earn money for his starving village, and finds a world of unimaginable corruption, all spreading from the depraved Prime Minister who controls the child Emperor's ear. After nearly becoming a victim of this corruption himself, Tatsumi is recruited by Night Raid, a group of assassins dedicated to eliminating the corruption plaguing the Capitol by mercilessly killing those responsible.
Type

manga

Volumes

15

Chapters

80

Status

finished

Started

2010-04-22

Dorohedoro

(Dorohedoro)

8.25

Description:

In a city so dismal it's known only as "the Hole," a clan of Sorcerers have been plucking people off the streets to use as guinea pigs for atrocious "experiments" in the black arts. In a dark alley, Nikaido found Caiman, a man with a reptile head and a bad case of amnesia. To undo the spell, they're hunting and killing the Sorcerers in the Hole, hoping that eventually they'll kill the right one. But when En, the head Sorcerer, gets word of a lizard-man slaughtering his people, he sends a crew of "cleaners" into the Hole, igniting a war between two worlds. (Source: Viz Media)
Type

manga

Volumes

23

Chapters

167

Rating

Status

finished

Started

2000-12-30

Blame!

8.14

Description:

Killy is a man of few words. He wanders, seemingly endlessly, through a lonely, gargantuan labyrinth of concrete and steel, fighting off cyborgs and other futuristic nightmares, searching only for something called Net Terminal Genes. And he has a very powerful gun, which he uses without hesitation whenever anything resembling danger rears its ugly head. Who is this quiet, violent, determined man and what are these Genes he seeks? The small communities he finds tucked into the crevices of this towering, dystopic ruin hardly give him leads on his treasure, driving him to find larger enclaves of civilization where people can reveal more about the world he lives in and the quarry he seeks. (Source: Tokyopop)
Type

manga

Volumes

10

Chapters

66

Rating

Horror

Status

finished

Started

1996-11-25

Ajin

(Ajin: Demi-Human)

7.97

Description:

Ajin are humans that cannot die. Seventeen years ago, they first appeared on a battlefield in Africa. From then on, more of their kind are discovered within the human society. Their rarity in appearance means that, for experimental purposes, the government will generously reward anyone who captures one. In the present day, for what a certain high school student expects to be a typical summer holiday, his life is about to turn unexpected...
Type

manga

Volumes

17

Chapters

86

Rating

Horror

Status

finished

Started

2012-03-07

Killing Stalking

7.76

Description:

Yoonbum, a scrawny quiet boy, has a crush on one of the most popular and handsome guys in school, Sangwoo. One day, with Yoonbum's obsession towards Sangwoo reaching its peak, Yoonbum decides to enter Sangwoo's home. But what he saw inside was not the Sangwoo he had dreamed of. (Source: MU)
Type

manhwa

Volumes

8

Chapters

67

Status

finished

Started

2016-11-03

Sweet Home

8.23

Description:

A reclusive high school student is suddenly forced to leave his home due to an unexpected turn of events.(Source: MU)
Type

manhwa

Chapters

141

Status

finished

Started

2017-10-12

Utsuro no Hako to Zero no Maria

(The Empty Box and Zeroth Maria)

8.24

Description:

Utsuro no Hako to Zero no Maria, or The Empty Box and The Zeroth Maria, tells the sinister story of Kazuki Hoshino, who is almost madly attached to his everyday life, and his antagonist Aya Otonashi, who suddenly transfers into his class—for the 13,118th time. She majestically announces to “break” him, without paying heed to anyone else around them. This is but the start of a dark roller coaster ride that turns the two against themselves, the people around them and the one who may be god. Read on as their relationship slowly changes and they go against their most basic values in their struggle against the world itself. (Source: MU)
Type

novel

Volumes

7

Chapters

40

Rating

Horror

Status

finished

Started

2009-01-10

Homunculus

()

8.17

Description:

Trepanation is the procedure of drilling a hole in the skull. It is said to increase the blood circulation and improve pressure inside the skull. It is also said to bring out a person's sixth sense, the ability to use ESP, see ghosts, move objects with one's mind. This is speculative fiction based on the concept of trepanation.
Type

manga

Volumes

15

Chapters

166

Rating

Horror

Status

finished

Started

2003-03-17

I Am a Hero

(I Am a Hero)

7.73

Description:

Hideo Suzuki is a thirty-five year old mangaka assistant struggling to be the hero in his own life by breaking back into the lime light with a new serial all the while juggling his relationship with his girlfriend and his own delusions. However, as hard as Hideo may try, the world seems to have a different set of plans for him; sinister and dark machinations that completely overturn his reality as he knows it. (Source: Illuminati-Manga)
Type

manga

Volumes

22

Chapters

264

Rating

Horror

Status

finished

Started

2009-04-20

Sankarea

(Sankarea: Undying Love)

7.58

Description:

Furuya's obsessed with zombies. He collects any figurines, watches any movie, and plays any game with the living dead, and is even only interested in zombie girls. When his cat dies, Furuya begins trying to raise it from the dead using an ancient book of the occult he bought from a shop. But what will happen when he sees the idol of a nearby all girl's school walking close to where he conducts his experiment, wishing to die and be reborn as a different person? (Source: MU) Note: Volume 4 contains the special "Wagahai mo... Zombie de Aru..." Volume 6 contains the special "Konna Watashi no... Zombie-kko Seikatsu" Volume 11 contains the special side story "Shiromabito"
Type

manga

Volumes

11

Chapters

59

Rating

Horror

Status

finished

Started

2009-12-09

Hellsing

8.14

Description:

Hellsing, a secret organization of the British government, have long been battling supernatural threats to keep the people safe from creatures of the night. The current leader, Integra Wingates Hellsing controls her own personal army to eliminate the undead beings, but even her highly trained soldiers pale in comparison to her most trusted vampire exterminator, a man by the name of Alucard, who is actually a powerful vampire himself. Along with Integra's mysterious butler and Alucard's new vampire minion, Seras Victoria, The Hellsing Organization must face not only regular ghouls and vampires, but a rivaling secret organization from the Vatican, and Millennium, an enigmatic group of madmen spawned by a certain war over 50 years ago... A bloody battle between monsters is about to begin, The dead are dancing, and all hell is singing... Includes a three chapter side-story, "Crossfire".
Type

manga

Volumes

10

Chapters

92

Rating

Horror

Status

finished

Started

1997-01-01

Highschool of the Dead

(Highschool of the Dead)

7.51

Description:

A mysterious, lethal disease is on the loose worldwide, resulting in a catastrophic death rate of humanity, and the increasing rise of attacks, caused by the living dead. In Japan, several high school students and a school nurse have banded together to escape Fujimi High School shortly after it was attacked by zombies. The group now attempts to figure who or what was responsible for this plague, and in the meantime, attempt to survive the present apocalypse. The story is initially narrated through the eyes of Takashi Komuro, one of the students who had survived in the initial outbreak. Note: The manga is incomplete due to the author´s death.
Type

manga

Volumes

7

Chapters

33

Rating

Horror

Status

finished

Started

2006-08-09

Totsukuni no Shoujo

(The Girl From the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún)

8.22

Description:

In a world split between the Inside and the Outside, those living in both realms are told never to cross over to the other side, lest they be cursed. A young girl named Shiva lives on the other side, in a vacant village with a demonic guardian known only as “Teacher.” Although the two are forbidden to touch, they seem to share a bond that transcends their disparate appearances. But when Shiva leaves Teacher’s care to seek out her grandmother, the secret behind her mysterious living arrangement comes to light. (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)
Type

manga

Volumes

11

Chapters

53

Status

finished

Started

2015-09-05

Mieruko-chan

(The Girl That Sees "Them")

7.91

Description:

One day a girl suddenly starts seeing heteromorphic "gabbling" looking creatures who can't be seen by any ordinary people. She doesn't try escaping them, nor does she attempt confronting them.. instead she tries her hardest to keep a normal appearance and live on as usual. (Source. MU)
Type

manga

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

current

Started

2018-11-02

Dead Tube

6.67

Description:

Distributing thrilling videos in secret! A school game that puts life and death on the line! (Source: Kawa Scanlations)
Type

manga

Volumes

0

Rating

Horror

Status

current

Started

2014-04-19

Tomie

7.7

Description:

Tomie Kawakami is a femme fatale with long black hair and a beauty mark just under her left eye. She can seduce nearly any man, and drive them to murder as well, even though the victim is often Tomie herself. While one lover seeks to keep her for himself, another grows terrified of the immortal succubus. But soon they realize that no matter how many times they kill her, the world will never be free of Tomie. (Source: Viz Media)
Type

manga

Volumes

3

Chapters

20

Rating

Horror

Status

finished

Started

1987-01-01

Jagaaan

7.49

Description:

Shintarou Jagasaki, who is a neighborhood police officer, lives with his girlfriend while working a job that is killing him slowly with annoyance. It looks like he will end up marrying soon and live a boring life with a nuclear family—a grim future for a guy with dreams! One such day, a mysterious monster appeared on the train and he suddenly can shoot with his right hand like Master Buppanatsu, the eggplant mascot of his city!
Type

manga

Volumes

14

Chapters

163

Rating

nudity and blood

Status

finished

Started

2017-02-06

Gyo: Ugomeku Bukimi

7.12

Description:

The floating smell of death hangs over the island. What is it? A strange, legged fish appears on the scene... So begins Tadashi and Kaori's spiral into the horror and stench of the sea. Here is the creepiest masterpiece of horror manga ever from the creator of Uzumaki, Junji Ito. Hold your breath until all is revealed. Something's rotten in Okinawa... (Source: VIZ Media)
Type

manga

Volumes

2

Chapters

20

Rating

Horror

Status

finished

Started

2002-02-28

Battle Royale

7.67

Description:

Under the guise of a "study trip," a group of students from Shiroiwa Junior High School in the fictional town of Shiroiwa (Kagawa Prefecture) are gassed on a bus. They awaken in the Okishima Island School on Okishima, an isolated, evacuated island. They learn that they have been placed in an event called the Program. According to the rules, every year since 1947, 42 third-year high school students are isolated, and each student is required to fight to the death until one student remains. Their movements are tracked by metal collars around their necks, which contain tracking and listening devices; if any student should attempt to escape the Program, or enter declared forbidden zones, a bomb will be detonated in the collar, killing the wearer. If no one dies in a 24 hour time period, there will be no winner and all collars will be detonated simultaneously. (Source: Wikipedia)
Type

manga

Volumes

15

Chapters

119

Rating

Horror

Status

finished

Started

2000-11-01

Gakkou Gurashi!

8.08

Description:

Takeya Yuki is in love with the school. For her, it's a wonderful place, where she enjoys her school activities, especially the activities of her club, the School Life Club. The club has Rii-chan as the president, Kurumi-chan as another member, and the teacher, Megu-nee, always there for them. Yes, she is in love with her school... in her mind. Because, for her, the reality of the school and their club's activities is way too hard to be perceived... (Source: MU)
Type

manga

Volumes

12

Chapters

78

Rating

Horror

Status

finished

Started

2012-05-24

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