Manga with Philosophical genre:

GABULI

In the year 20XX, a bill was passed to identify and surveil every citizen using nanomachines and DNA data. Those who don't possess this identification are deemed criminals, “NoIDs”. As disappearances continue in the city, Liu and Tough are living their lives as NoIDs in the slums, helping people find what they lost. GABULI is a web-original multimedia project created by No.959. Its story is told through manga, music videos, and short stories, available on [https://gabuliiiiiii.com](https://gabuliiiiiii.com/). ___ **Character Designer:** [Mitz Vah](https://mangadex.org/author/63e87d1a-11f9-4c5f-9a7f-d7687a923366) **Compositor:** [Taoka Muneaki](https://mangadex.org/author/b482ada2-ceb3-4915-865d-77dcb7adf72a) [Official X](https://x.com/no965_croco965)

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Chapter 17

3 years ago
Thriller Sci-Fi Action Crime Adventure Philosophical Mystery
Cesare Edizione Speciale - I Grandi Maestri

Cesare is a hero of the Renaissance. Under his leadership, Leonardo da Vinci’s talent as a military engineer has flourished. Another genius, Michelangelo, lived in Florence around this time. Set in 1504, this extra special edition, drawn by Fuyumi Souryo, is dedicated to the fateful meeting of these three geniuses in Florence. The 40 illustrated pages of the book were drawn to coincide with exhibitions of the works of Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, bringing the Renaissance back to life!

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Historical Philosophical Drama
Skull Man

A bizarre string of crimes plague Japan - all connected through one man, a man wearing a helmet like a skull. Who is this man, and why does he inflict terror throughout the country? Done as a special one-shot in 1970, this one-shot served as the foundation for Kamen Rider.

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Oneshot Monsters Animals Gore Delinquents Police Thriller Sci-Fi Action Psychological Crime Adventure Philosophical Drama Horror Mystery Tragedy
Broken Dreams

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Philosophical Drama Slice of Life
Layers of Fear

A one-shot about a strange curse visited on a family after an archaeological dig. One-shot in celebration of 30 years of Itou Junji's career.

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Thriller Psychological Philosophical Drama Horror Mystery Tragedy
Mobile Suit Gundam - Nightmare of Solomon

Universal Century 0079. The Battle of Solomon rages and Anavel Gato strikes the Earth Federation Forces with terrible force. Deals with events that occurred with the character Anavel Gato, during the One Year War. It serves both as predecessor to Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory & as a complement to those who have already seen the OVA.

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Thriller Sci-Fi Action Psychological Mecha Adventure Philosophical Drama Tragedy
Philophobia

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Comedy Philosophical Slice of Life
Subarashiki Kono Sekai

Oneshot in three parts (8P, 4-koma, 3P) by Kinome.

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Romance Comedy Philosophical Slice of Life
Tamago Tsuki

An "Atmospheric Manga" drawn by Abubu taking heavy inspiration from Mamoru Oshii's Angel's Egg OVA about the journey of a girl in a surreal world carrying with her a precious egg.

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Adventure Philosophical Fantasy Mystery
Yoru to Neru

Two dwarves, possible escaped scientific experiments on the run, ruminate about everyday life adjusting to the normal-sized environment.

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Chapter 6

4 years ago
Comedy Philosophical Slice of Life
Saegusa-Sensei

Philosophical Slice of Life
Ao no Shima to Neko Ippiki

Souta Nakamura, a young city teacher, moves to the island of Nagishima after spending years away, expecting to meet his old upperclassman who offered him lodging, but finds out that he's gone and he's left him to take care of his teenage daughter Ao, a girl who is wise beyond her years, and who has the quiet island lifestyle ingrained in her heart.

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Chapter 17

4 years ago
Romance Comedy Philosophical Slice of Life
Ice Cream

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Romance Philosophical Slice of Life
Persona: Crime & Punishment

This story is a spin-off to the Persona 2 duology of games by Atlus starring a young man named Kazumi Kiba. Kazumi thought he was good friends with a boy he had known for ten years, Rihito. One day, while they were out in town together looking for a shop selling masks for their school's masquerade ball, Rihito suddenly disappears. Kazumi drops out of school and starts looking for him, and will soon set foot in a totally new world.

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Chapter 18

4 years ago
Sci-Fi Action Psychological Adventure Philosophical Slice of Life Mystery
Aria on the Holy String

Within the austere confines of a grand house, the beguiling story of a troubled boy, his disengaged sister, and their perpetually infirm mother begins to unfold... Serialised in GARO 1993-06

Oneshot Music Historical Psychological Philosophical Drama Mystery
Hidamari no Ki

Edo, 1855, in the Hill of the Three Hundred district: Japan's isolationist foreign policy has been lifted, and the era of the Bakumatsu has begun. The samurai Ibuya Manjiro, 26 years old, has just begun his career as low-ranking retainer to the minor daimyo Lord Matsudaira. Tezuka Ryoan, 29, a disciple of Dutch medicine, has just been accepted as a student at Teki Academy in Osaka. Each has a temper to go with his talent, and in a time of brewing upheaval the two are not slow to find trouble, which brings them together in spite of their mutual dislike. (from: MU) --- - **Won the 29th Shogakukan Manga Award for General Manga in 1984** --- **Volumes 326-336 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

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Chapter 64.1

4 years ago
Award Winning Samurai Sexual Violence Military Gore Delinquents Thriller Historical Action Psychological Romance Comedy Crime Philosophical Drama Medical Slice of Life Tragedy
Ode to Kirihito

A promising young doctor, Kirihito Osanai visits a remote Japanese mountain village to investigate the source of the latest medical mystery. While he ends up traveling the world to discover what it takes to be cured of such a disease, a conspiracy back home attempts to explain away his absence. Hinging upon his fate are those of his loved ones: an unstable childhood friend and colleague trapped between factions of the medical establishment that nurtured him; a fiancee emotionally transformed by Kirihito’s mysterious disappearance; and a stranger who becomes his guardian angel, a sensual circus-act performer with volatile psychological secrets. [Official English](https://kodansha.us/series/ode-to-kirihito/) --- **Volumes 31-34 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

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Chapter 20.1

4 years ago
Animals Survival Mafia Sexual Violence Gore Police Thriller Psychological Romance Comedy Crime Adventure Philosophical Drama Medical Horror Slice of Life Mystery Tragedy
Das Kapital (Variety Artworks)

It's a manga adaptation of "Das Kapital" by Karl Marx. It's published under まんがで読破 by East Press, which is a series of paperback manga who are adaptations of masterpieces of literature. It provides an introduction to the German socialist's original work, written in 1867. The targeted readers are office workers in their 30s. The fictionalized Vol. 1 of "Das Kapital" chronicles a cheese factory run by protagonist Robin, who rebels against his father's socialist principles and becomes a slave driver after teaming up with a cold-blooded capitalist investor. But Robin struggles between his capitalist ambitions and his sense of guilt over the exploitation of his workers.

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Chapter 9

4 years ago
Historical Philosophical Drama
Cyborg 009

The World at the Brink of Self-Annihilation (from ebookjapan): Joe, a young boy, was kidnapped by mysterious men and turned into a cyborg through surgery at a secret base. He was called 009 (zero zero nine). At the base, there are fellow cyborgs with amazing abilities from 001 to 008. They were all created as prototypes for a revolutionary new product of the "Black Ghosts," merchants of death! From the war-mongering gang, the nine cyborgs and their developer, Dr. Gilmore, escape to X Island, but...? A milestone in the history of Japanese SF manga begins! --- - **Won the 7th Kodansha Children's Manga Award in 1966, which it shared with Ishinomori's other work, Mutant Sabu**

Chapter 104

4 years ago
Award Winning Office Workers Military Gore Police Thriller Sci-Fi Action Psychological Romance Comedy Crime Adventure Philosophical Drama Mystery Tragedy
The Legend of Koizumi

Junichiro Koizumi. Prime Minister of Japan, or God of Mahjong incarnate? Watch him clash with other world titans such as George W. Bush, Kim Jong Il and Vladimir Putin in the one force that matters in the political world: mahjong.

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Chapter 138

4 years ago
Sci-Fi Historical Action Psychological Comedy Superhero Adventure Philosophical Tragedy
Ambassador Magma

A mysterious being named Goa makes his intentions of dominating the Earth known to newspaper reporter Murakami and his son Mamoru. Mamoru takes a photo of Goa. Later, Mamoru acquaints himself with Magma, a self-proclaimed 'rocket man'. However, Magma was actually created to protect the Earth, and destroy Goa. --- **Volumes 186-188 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

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Chapter 21.2

4 years ago
Monsters Demons Animals Survival Military Gore Aliens Thriller Sci-Fi Action Psychological Romance Comedy Mecha Adventure Philosophical Drama Slice of Life Tragedy
Pikmin (Nintendo DREAM vol. 89)

*"Survival of the fittest… That is the law which governs all living beings."* A short Pikmin comic from the Japanese gaming magazine *Nintendo DREAM,* showing the life and death of Pikmin (more death than life, really) before Captain Olimar's arrival... Or is it all just the cinematic machinations of a certain Koopa King...?

Action Comedy Philosophical Drama Tragedy
Metamorphose (TEZUKA Osamu)

This is a collection of short stories that Tezuka wrote about transformation and its many forms. (from DMP): The world is nothing but a series of metamorphoses, from changing who you are internally to be a better person to the actual act of growing from a baby to an adult to the elderly. In the world of Osamu Tezuka, transformations show the darkness of humanity. One machine turns humanity's cast-offs into easily-hunted prey. A dancing farmer is turned into a put-upon vagrant only supported by his cat. A giant oaf turns out to be the sweetest and effeminate best friend you could hope for. --- **Volume 88 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

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Chapter 7.1

4 years ago
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The Euphrates Tree

This is the story of three high school students who discover a tree of knowledge on a small island in the Sea of Japan, who eat the fruit of the tree and then return to the mainland and attempt to return to their lives! --- **Volume 255 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

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Chapter 7.1

4 years ago
Animals Survival Office Workers Military Gore School Life Delinquents Police Supernatural Thriller Action Psychological Romance Comedy Crime Adventure Philosophical Drama Horror Fantasy Slice of Life Mystery Tragedy