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Low Tide in Twilight

(Low Tide in Twilight)

8.38

Description:

Kim Euihyun has decided he doesn’t want to live. He feels nothing anymore. He has no future to look forward to. Now, he’s looking into the abyss, holding in his arms the only thing that was keeping him alive. It’ll all be over soon. But someone grabs him from the water’s edge, and pulls him from the darkness. Euihyun, whose sole possession is a mountain of debt, has been rescued by Taeju. Now Taeju has offered Euihyun money, a house, and a job to help him out of his mess. But what will Taeju, who is intoxicated by Euihyun’s smell, ask for in return? Could Taeju be the person that finally brings Euihyun out of his eternal twilight…? (Source: Lezhin)
Type

manhwa

Rating

Smut, Sexual Violence

Status

current

Started

2021-12-01

Pluto

(Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka)

8.26

Description:

In an ideal world where man and robots coexist, someone or something has destroyed the powerful Swiss robot Mont Blanc. Elsewhere a key figure in a robot rights group is murdered. The two incidents appear to be unrelated...except for one very conspicuous clue - the bodies of both victims have been fashioned into some sort of bizarre collage complete with makeshift horns placed by the victims' heads. Interpol assigns robot detective Gesicht to this most strange and complex case - and he eventually discovers that he too, as one of the seven great robots of the world, is one of the targets. (Source: VIZ Media)
Type

manga

Volumes

8

Chapters

65

Status

finished

Started

2003-09-09

The Fable

8.25

Description:

A fabled genius at killing resides somewhere hidden in Osaka. Taught since childhood to obey the orders of his boss, he is ordered to live in Osaka as a normal person for one year in order for the boss to lay low. (Source: Mangadex)
Type

manga

Volumes

22

Chapters

240

Rating

Violence

Status

finished

Started

2014-11-01

Case Closed

(Detective Conan)

8.23

Description:

Kudo Shinichi is a seventeen year-old high school detective whom people call the "Modern Sherlock Holmes." However, one night after a date with his childhood sweetheart, Ran, Shinichi witnessed an illegal trade and, caught off his guard, was knocked unconscious and fed a drug that was supposed to kill him... but he woke up and found himself shrunken to a seven year-old. In order to track down the men who did this to him, Shinichi hid his identity and lived with Ran, whose father happened to be a hopeless detective, and with that came a series of murders and mysteries that he must solve. (Source: ANN)
Type

manga

Volumes

0

Rating

Status

current

Started

1994-02-02

Yuukoku no Moriarty

(Moriarty the Patriot)

8.2

Description:

In the late 19th century, Great Britain rules over a quarter of the world. Nobles sit in their fancy homes in comfort and luxury, while the working class slaves away at their jobs. When young Albert James Moriarty’s upper-class family adopts two lower-class orphans, the cruelty the boys experience at his family’s hands cements Albert’s hatred of the nobility he was born into. He asks the older of the two boys—who has a genius mind and a killer instinct—to help him rid the world of evil, starting with Albert’s own family! (Source: Viz Media)
Type

manga

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

current

Started

2016-08-04

Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai

(Twittering birds never fly.)

8.19

Description:

Yakuza Yashiro, who only ever loved Kageyama, meets a new bodyguard, Doumeki Chikara. Unfortunately, the latter is impotent. (Source: MU) Included one-shots: Volume 1: Don't Stay Gold, Tadayoedo Shizumazu, Saredo Naki mo Sezu.
Type

manga

Volumes

0

Rating

Status

current

Started

2011-08-01

Tokyo卍Revengers

(Tokyo Revengers)

8.16

Description:

Hanagaki Takemichi was once a low-life punk, but after biting off more than he could chew with a gang in middle school, he ran away from his old life. Now that he’s an adult, the gang that once terrorized him has grown into the largest gang in Tokyo, and they’ve started killing people–including his old girlfriend! After learning this news, a mysterious force on a train platform shoves Takemichi right in front of an approaching train. As his life flashes before his eyes, he blinks to find himself transported back to middle school, before he fled from the gang! Now he has the chance to right what went wrong all those years ago. Can he save his girlfriend’s life in the future–and what else might he change if he’s rewriting the past? (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment) Notes: - Winner of the Shounen Manga category of the 44th annual Kodansha Manga Awards. - Includes 1 extra chapter.
Type

manga

Volumes

31

Chapters

278

Status

finished

Started

2017-03-01

Usogui

(The Lie Eater)

8.18

Description:

There are gamblers out there who even bet their lives as ante. But to secure the integrity of these life-threatening gambles, a violent and powerful organization by the name of "Kagerou" referees these games as a neutral party. Follow Bak Madarame a.k.a. Usogui (The Lie Eater) as he gambles against maniacal opponents at games—such as Escape the Abandoned Building, Old Maid, and Hangman—to ultimately "out-gamble" and control the neutral organization of Kagerou itself. (Source: MU)
Type

manga

Volumes

49

Chapters

541

Status

finished

Started

2006-05-11

Gunnm

(Battle Angel Alita)

8.15

Description:

In a dump in the lawless settlement of Scrapyard, far beneath the mysterious space city of Zalem, disgraced cyber-doctor Daisuke Ido makes a strange find: the detached head of a cyborg woman who has lost all her memories. He names her Gally and equips her with a powerful new body, the Berserker. While Gally remembers no details of her former life, a moment of desperation reawakens in her nerves the legendary school of martial arts known as Panzer Kunst. In a place where there is no justice but what people make for themselves, Gally decides to become a hunter-killer, tracking down and taking out those who prey on the weak. But can she hold onto her humanity as she begins to revel in her own bloodlust? (Source: Kodansha USA, edited)
Type

manga

Volumes

9

Chapters

53

Status

finished

Started

1990-11-01

Gangsta.

(Gangsta.)

8.12

Description:

In the city of Ergastulum, a shady ville filled with made men and petty thieves, whores on the make and cops on the take, there are some deeds too dirty for even its jaded inhabitants to touch. Enter the "Handymen," Nic and Worick, who take care of the jobs no one else will handle. Until the day when a cop they know on the force requests their help in taking down a new gang muscling in on the territory of a top Mafia family. It seems like business (and mayhem) as usual, but the Handymen are about to find that this job is a lot more than they bargained for. (Source: VIZ Media)
Type

manga

Volumes

0

Rating

Mature

Status

current

Started

2011-01-21

Death's Game

(Death's Game)

8.1

Description:

I've failed in this life. This is the start of my new 13 lives, together with Death. (Source: MangaDex)
Type

manhwa

Chapters

66

Status

finished

Started

2019-04-18

Midnight Poppy Land

7.92

Description:

Poppy is a shy book editor who makes a grisly discovery in the countryside and is plunged into a world of danger. Along the way, she falls in love with QUINCEY the gentle son of a mafia lord, but finds her budding romance viciously crushed by Tora, his dangerous and unpredictable bodyguard - who can't seem to leave her alone, or keep his hands off her. (Source: Webtoon)
Type

oel

Status

current

Started

2019-11-22

Bokutachi ga Yarimashita

7.9

Description:

The manga centers on a group of friends who are satisfied and complacent with their everyday lives. The friends include Tobio, a passive high schooler who makes it a rule not to hope too much; Maru, a scheming boy who gossips behind people's back; Isami, a gaudy student who likes girls and recently got a girlfriend with big breasts; and their senior Paisen (slang for senpai), a 20-year old man who is rich and has long graduated from high school. (Source: ANN)
Type

manga

Volumes

9

Chapters

87

Status

finished

Started

2015-04-06

The Voynich Hotel

(The Voynich Hotel)

7.86

Description:

Staffed by murderous maids and situated on a war-ravaged island, the Voynich Hotel is far from your run-of-the-mill vacation destination--but it’s not such a bad place to lie low for ex-yakuza Kazuki Taizou, who’s on the run from his so-called family. As he settles into his weird new life, this darkly comedic manga winds through plots both nefarious and romantic, delving ever deeper into the island’s witchy--and sometimes demonic--strangeness. (Source: MangaDex)
Type

manga

Volumes

3

Chapters

68

Rating

Horror

Status

finished

Started

2006-10-17

Karasugaoka Don't Be Shy!!

7.86

Description:

Sou Izuhara, the leader of the crime prevention group "VOICE" that protects east Karasugaoka, realizes he's in love with the man he keeps butting heads with and leader of the rival group "Karasukai," Tetsuji Shinba...!? (Source: Akita Shoten, translated)
Type

manga

Volumes

2

Chapters

12

Status

finished

Started

2018-06-01

Seirei Gensouki

(Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles)

7.85

Description:

Meet Rio: a callous orphaned boy living in the slums. At only 7-years-old, he realizes he’s actually the reincarnation of Haruto Amakawa, a Japanese university student with a tragic past. While still reeling from this shocking epiphany, Rio also comes to learn that he possesses extremely potent magical abilities and uses his new powers to solve the kidnapping case of a little girl. His good deed is acknowledged, and he’s rewarded by being enrolled into… a prestigious academy for noble children...? (Source: J-Novel Club)
Type

novel

Volumes

0

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

current

Started

2015-10-01

Igeosi Beobida

(This is the Law)

7.8

Description:

The genius lawyer Noh HyungJin's justice-executing returner fantasy! Valedictorian of his University, perfect score on the Bar Exam, and even a 95% case win rate. Noh HyungJin was a so-called successful lawyer. While he was fighting against evil, higher powers to make South Korea a just and fair land, he was ruthlessly murdered by National Intelligence Service agents." He shouldn't have died... "Noh HyungJin was a man sent by Emperor YeomRa to fix corruption on Earth! However, after ending up in hell without having been able to achieve anything, Emperor YeomRa returns Noh HyungJin back in time. "I should at least give him power so he can protect himself." What is this 'power' given to him by Emperor YeomRa? Will Noh HyungJin be able to change his future as well as the future of South Korea?! Source: MU
Type

manhwa

Status

current

Started

2021-05-01

My Home Hero

7.83

Description:

Tetsuo Tosu is a typical father whose biggest worries are his job and his rebellious daughter, Reika. That is, until he finds a bruise on her face. His worst fears come true when he finds out she has a secret boyfriend...and he's part of a crime ring that's using her to steal her grandparent's wealth. If that wasn't bad enough, the thug catches Tetsuo snooping around and threatens to kill Reika as soon as she gets home. Fueled by fatherly instincts, Tetsuo murders the man...only for his wife to walk in and witness what he's done. Now with a corpse to hide and a crime ring hot on his tail, Tetsuo must resort to his love of detective novels and his wits to stay one step ahead of a grim fate... (Source: Kodansha US)
Type

manga

Volumes

26

Chapters

224

Status

finished

Started

2017-05-29

Jukji Aneuryeomyeon

(To Not Die)

7.79

Description:

Im Dajun is a high school student who gets bullied at school every day. He came across an interview on TV just when he was on the verge of giving up on life. It was with a murderer who killed the classmates that bullied him. Dajun becomes inspired by what he saw and decides to take revenge as well. His revenge was successful. However, his life steered into an undesired direction. Im Dajun, leaving school, ends up joining a strange Runaway Fam. The young runaway, Im Dajun, no longer suffers from the bullies at his school. Instead, he now must survive against even more vicious thugs on the street... Source: MU
Type

manhwa

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

current

Started

2021-05-20

Koroshi Ai

(Love of Kill)

7.75

Description:

One certain day, Chateau, a bounty hunter belonging to an assassin organization, encounters the mysterious bounty hunter Ryang-ha. After being shown the overwhelming difference in their abilities and thinking that this is going to be her end, Ryang-ha's only demand from her is to exchange their contact information. From then on, the days of Ryang-ha stalking her have begun. A story of tension and action of a couple who have love for kill! (Source: Comic Walker) Note: Chapter count includes 14 extra chapters.
Type

manga

Volumes

13

Chapters

93

Rating

Violence

Status

finished

Started

2015-10-15

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