Just three?! Okie doke! I’ll do my best!
Right off the bat, I have to recommend you ANYTHING by Junji Ito and by that I mean literally anything he has ever written ever.
ALL JUNJI ITO IS GOOD JUNJI ITO. He is the master commander of horror and he is almost required reading when it comes to horror manga. It is really that good!
Onto more specific manga!
I AM A HERO. It’s my all-time favorite zombie manga ever. It has fantastic characters, great art, an interesting plot, an accurate representation of what it might be like in a zombie apocalypse, and it is overall just one of my favorite manga in the world.
BATTLE ROYALE. Every single horror manga fan has to read Battle Royale. It is hyped up, but for a great reason. The movie is good but the manga is GREAT. You discover everything about every single character in the story. It moves so fluidly and so interestingly that you just want it to go on forever. You want to see everyone die but at the same time you want some characters to stay forever alive.
FUAN NO TANE. If you want to feel true paranoia about your surroundings, this is the manga to go to. It is very subtle, but absolutely terrifying. It’s about discovering all the creepy shit that can happen to you anywhere you go. All the little ghosts and shit that maybe is happening around you but you just haven’t noticed. Yet.
Aaaand…
I cannot just let you go without also recommending you more manga because there is just so much more that I absolutely love and adore. So here it goes! You can just skip this over if you really don’t want anymore recommendations but HERE IT GOES. Also, slug-chicks is a great place to go read btw. They’re super hardworking and update really frequently with new chapters! Just throwing this in there.
KAZUO UMEZU. Junji Ito’s idol, and mine as well. I found this guy not too long ago and he is probably the master commander of this genre. It is WONDERFUL. His are a must read for any horror manga fan.
Personal favorites that all should read: Drifting Classroom | Orochi
Ill name some more below! Oh! And please keep in mind that a lot of these are still on-going. Some of them have only a few chapters, some of them have more! Up to you if you wanna read ongoing mangas!
If you are a little more into taking risks, may I suggest Shintaro Kago. His manga isn’t for everyone though. He is the master at eroguro which is erotic guro. He finds a lot of comedy in depicting very graphic and quite often, very uncomfortable, scenes. I personally adore eroguro.
If you want kind of a taste of his work but not to jump into his darkest waters, I suggest Fetus Collection. One of my favorites by him. ;u; And surprisingly, not as disturbing as the rest of his work. I found it funny tbh. Then again, I have a pretty dark sense of humor.
Oh and to make things easier!
♥ means horror!
★ means psychological!
✖ means gore/abuse/dark shit involved!
☁ means on-going that i know of…
✿ means personal favorite!Kakegurui ★✿ ☁
Sekai Oni ★ ♥ ✖
Zero - Kage Miko ♥ ☁
Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service ♥★✿☁
Okitenemuru ♥ ☁
Parasyte ♥★✿✿✿
Kamisama, Kisama wo Koroshitai. ♥★✖✿☁
Tenkuu Shinpan ♥★✖✿☁
Apocalypse no Toride ♥★✖✿☁
I Am A Hero ✿✿✿✿✿✿♥★✖☁
Death Sweeper ♥★☁
Coelacanth ★✿
Ousama Game ♥★
Ousama Game - Kigen ♥★
Judge ♥★☁
Rabbit Doubt! ♥★✿
Corpse Party: Another Child ♥★✖☁
Homunculus ✿✿✿★
Yuureitou ♥★
Torikago no Tsugai ★
Mahou Shoujo of the End ♥★✖✿
Darwin’s Game ♥★☁
Zekkyou Gakkyu ♥★✖✿☁
Kamisama no Iutoori ♥✿✿✿★✖
Higanjima ♥★✖✿☁
Hakaijuu ♥★✿✿☁
Scumbag Loser ♥★✖
Battle Royale ♥★✖✿✿✿
Ibitsu ♥★✖
Fuan no Tane ♥★✿✿✿
Jisatsu Circle ♥★✖
Zashiki Onna ♥★
Fetish ★
Portus ♥★
Pupa ♥★✖
Emerging ♥
8.1 Yamada Yusuke Gekijou ♥✖★
Kouishou Radio ♥★☁
Sprite ♥✿☁
Green Worldz ♥☁
Dolly Kill Kill ♥☁
Karada Sagashi ♥☁
Delusional Boy ♥☁★
Jinrou Game ♥☁
Death Tube ♥★✖✿☁A couple of ones I wanted to talk about:
PARASYTE. If you enjoyed the anime (which is just like the manga), the manga is just as fantastic. It is interesting, full of action, the characters are likeable… I was actually rooting more for the parasytes than the humans. A classic and a great one.
HOMUNCULUS. Incredible art, amazing story, and just overall one of my favorite mangas in the world. It is right up there with I am a Hero because it is so fascinating. It is more psychological than anything, but it really fucks with your head. You feel something change inside of you as you read it. As the character’s mind unveils, so does yours.
MAHOU SHOUJO OF THE END. This is just a little side note but while the manga does contain a lot of horror scenes, the story has actually taken a turn for the confusing. It’s gotten very hard to follow and honestly, the characters have all become incredibly annoying to me, especially one in particular.
It was really good but now it’s borderlining on the “eeeeh”. So if you want to try it out, it is very similar to Dolly Kill Kill. It’s good and interesting, but honestly, I’m kind of over it by now because it has gotten far too confusing to keep up with.
And I thiiink this is it… I might’ve read and loved more but I can’t really remember everything! ;u; I hope this helps!
COMPLETELY FORGOT TO MENTION GANTZ, one of the people who reblogged it, a lovely person, just reminded me! Gantz is also FANTASTIC. Its one of the mangas I am currently reading through barely but so far I really love it.
