Manga with Philosophical genre:

My Name is Nero

With the (non-accidental) death of Claudius, the emperor of Rome, his emotionally and psychologically unstable adopted son Nero takes the throne. A historically based Roman adventure, full of political intrigue, murder, rebellion, incest, and all the things a boy wants!

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Chapter 15

8 years ago
Thriller Historical Psychological Romance Comedy Sports Philosophical Drama Horror Slice of Life Tragedy
Kageki Shoujo!! Season Zero

(from ebookjapan): The "Koka Revue" has a tradition of over 100 years. Sarasa Watanabe, who has just entered the music school that trains its talents, will she be able to become the "Lady Oscar" of her dreams?  This is the prequel to the popular "Melody" serialization of the life of the splendid Revue Music School! (This is a re-edited e-book of the Shueisha version of "Kageki Shojo!)

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Chapter 1

8 years ago
Psychological Comedy Philosophical Drama Slice of Life Tragedy
The Drifting Classroom

Out of nowhere, a Japanese elementary school is transported out of the world they know, and into a nightmarish wasteland. Have they gone to another planet, or is this toxic world actually a vision of Earth's future? Soon, the students and teachers must struggle to survive in impossible conditions, besieged by terrifying creatures and beset by madness. Part Lord of the Flies, part post-apocalyptic science fiction, The Drifting Classroom (1972-1974) is a classic can't-put-down manga series. It was adapted into a Japanese live-action movie (1987). --- - **Won the 20th Shogakukan Manga Award in 1975**

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Chapter 12

2 years ago
Award Winning Animals Survival Post-Apocalyptic Gore School Life Supernatural Psychological Adventure Isekai Philosophical Drama Horror Fantasy Slice of Life Mystery
A Silent Voice Special Movie Book

A special side story of A Silent Voice distributed at the movie's premiere in Japan.

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Sangokushi

Manga adaptation of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, illustrated by the legendary Mitsuteru Yokoyama. Serialized from 1972~1986, it has since become the most famous manga adaptation of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. ---- **Won the 20th Japanese Cartoonist Association Excellence Award in 1991**

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Chapter 438

8 years ago
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Genghis Khan

A biographical account of the famous Mongolian leader Temuchin who united the numerous Mongolian tribes in the 13th century, ultimately becoming titled as Chinggis Khan. It faithfully follows the account given in the historical document, The Secret History of the Mongols.

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Chapter 42

8 years ago
Survival Military Historical Action Philosophical Drama
Poppoya/Love Letter

Poppoya: Satou Otomatsu is a lonely station master of a small station in Hokkaido, situated at the end of the line in a small village with an aging population. The station is due to close in the coming spring, and he will retire with it. One night in his last winter manning the station, an encounter with a young girl marks the beginning of the events that will see him reflect on his working life - performing his duty as a railroad man, whilst enduring the pain of its cost to his personal life. Love Letter: Goro just got out from jail, but a police officer wants to talk to him right away. He announces to him that Goro's wife is dead and that he has to go to Chiba and take her body. Goro has no recollection of having a wife, but then he remembers he married a Chinese woman a long time ago. He married her for her money, and had she married him because she needed a Japanese visa to work. In fact, she's a prostitute who came to Japan hoping to find better life. At first, Goro can't be bothered by this situation, but he goes to Chiba just because he can earn a lot of money. Later on, during his trip, Goro finds a letter she wrote him and through it he discovers the pure person that lies beneath this common prostitute. She is a woman of such kindness and love that Goro is moved to learn something about the woman he married. With those few words of love and tenderness, he understands her fears, her goals, and her hopes for the future – a future that he knows will never come.

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Chapter 5

8 years ago
Psychological Romance Philosophical Drama Slice of Life Tragedy
Child of God

**"Then I stood up and began my life. To get revenge on the world."** **"This is where my story begins. I am the child of blood and excrement. I am the Child of God."** The latest work by the Nishioka Siblings depicts the gruesome life story of a ruthless and brilliant serial killer as he grows up from a sociopathic child to a messiah-like figure.

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Chapter 11

8 years ago
Thriller Psychological Crime Philosophical Drama Horror Slice of Life Tragedy
Devilman Lady

Fudou Jun is a highschool teacher and takes a trip with a group of students. While there, a group of martial artists staying nearby take a strange interest in the girls. These men are actually demons and after changing into their true form break into the cabin to rape the girls. One gets Jun and violates her. She feels her soul being torn apart and transforms into Devilman Lady. With newfound powers and strength she kills all the demons and protects the girls from any further harm. What are these demons and why did she turn into a hybrid of one? What does this mean for her and for the rest of humanity?

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Chapter 66

8 years ago
Sci-Fi Action Romance Comedy Adventure Girls Love Philosophical Horror Fantasy Tragedy
Amon: The Darkside of The Devilman

Fear runs rampant throughout Tokyo with the revelation that demons in fact exist amongst us. Paranoia and the darker side of humanity boils onto the streets as people turn on one another, suspecting that anyone could in fact be a demon hiding in human clothing. Amidst the growing tensions, tragedy strikes Akira causing his mind to snap, retreating into his subconscious, allowing his Devilish alter-ego Amon to break free from Akira's cage of flesh and wreak havoc on both human and demons alike. ---

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Chapter 41

8 years ago
Sci-Fi Action Adventure Philosophical Horror Fantasy Tragedy
Balancing Toy

Haru has been living with her stepfather, Seiji, ever since she lost her mother at a young age. However, on the heels of Seiji's grandfather's funeral and with news that their apartment is scheduled to be demolished, she begins to take a fresh look at her circumstances.

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Chapter 10

8 years ago
Psychological Romance Comedy Philosophical Drama Slice of Life
Zatoichi

This manga is the adaptation of two movies: Zatoichi's Vengeance (Tokuzo Tanaka) and Zatoichi's Pilgrimage (Kazuo Ikehiro). - **The Ballad of Zatoichi:** Zatoichi comes upon a dying man who asks him to give a bag of money to "Taichi." Zatoichi has no idea who this is but when he comes upon a small town harassed by gangsters, he finds that "Taichi" was the man's young son. Along his travels, he also met a blind monk who makes Zatoichi question his murderous lifestyle. In trying to help the town, Zatoichi kills some gangsters and becomes a hero to the boy. He must make a choice of whether to stay and defend the town or to leave and be on his way. - **Zatoichi's Pilgrimage:** After he's ambushed in a small village terrorized by a gang of thieves, the legendary blind swordsman Zatoichi is forced to kill a young man in self-defense. As fate would have it, his travels soon lead him to Okichi, a woman whom Zatoichi discovers is the sister of the young man whose life he stole. In anger, Okichi attacks the blind swordsman, but her conscience gets the better of her, and as she tends his wounds, the two fall in love.

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Chapter 2

8 years ago
Martial Arts Samurai Gore Adaptation Historical Action Psychological Adventure Philosophical Drama Tragedy
Nightmare Negotiator

Collection of short stories. Title story is about Yumetsugu, a shrewd businessman who'll take people's nightmares away for a fee.

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Chapter 11

8 years ago
Psychological Comedy Philosophical Drama Horror Slice of Life
The Leftmost Pair

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The Keyaki Tree

(from MangaUpdates): Based on novelist Ryuichiro Utsumi's works. Published as the Hitobito Series (人びとシリーズ): - The Keyaki Tree (欅の木) - The White Rocking Horse (白い木馬) - The Reunion (再会) - My Brother’s Life (兄の暮らし) - The Umbrella (雨傘) - At the Art Gallery (絵画館付近) - Through the Forest (林を抜けて) - His Hometown (彼の故郷)

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Chapter 5

8 years ago
Anthology Office Workers School Life Adaptation Psychological Romance Comedy Philosophical Drama Slice of Life Tragedy
The Man Without Talent

(from amazon.jp): **" I, a mangaka who has come to a standstill, may appear to others to be a good-for nothing. I work poorly and earn little, even my wife and children curse me, and I spend my days in idleness, indulging in bizarre fantasies..."** This is a work which depicts the agonizing daily life of a worthless mangaka. [Official English](https://www.nyrb.com/products/the-man-without-talent?variant=29168539107380)

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Chapter 6

8 years ago
Survival Psychological Comedy Philosophical Drama Slice of Life Tragedy
Black Paradox

Four people intent on killing themselves meet through the suicide website Black Paradox: Maruso, a nurse who despairs about the future; Taburo, a man who is tortured by his doppelganger; Pii-tan, an engineer with his own robot clone; and Baracchi, a woman who agonizes about the birthmark on her face. They wander together in search of the perfect death, fatefully opening a door that leads them to a rather bizarre destiny… [Official English](https://www.viz.com/read/manga/junji-ito/product/7231)

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Chapter 6.2

8 years ago
Thriller Psychological Adventure Philosophical Drama Horror Slice of Life Mystery Tragedy
Rain Train

One-shot webcomic involving a girl, a train, and another person.

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Psychological Philosophical Slice of Life
Homunculus

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.

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Silvery Savior - Fist of the North Star: Toki Gaiden

Toki is a former Hokuto practitioner, and his incredible strength coped with his knowledge of the assassin art would be enough to call him a devil… But Toki's kindness and desire to help people prevent them from calling him "devil," they instead can only whisper words akin to that of "savior."

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Chapter 53

8 years ago
Thriller Sci-Fi Action Adventure Philosophical Drama Medical Fantasy Tragedy
Years

Abandoned by his mother, Ayumu Hozumi was raised by his grandmother, who comes from a farming family. He helps his grandmother with the farm work, avoiding entering high school. But, one day he receives a camera as a memento of his grandfather…

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Philosophical Drama Slice of Life
Twinkling Stars

A girl sees stars in the people and things around her. Some are bigger and shine, others dull and dim like her own. She meets two boys from school one day who show her that all stars can shine brightly, if you see them the right way.

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Keron

A frog meets an alien spaceship and ventures to the stars. A oneshot from Garo 1998-08.

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The Wandering Cloud - Fist of the North Star: Juza Gaiden

Juza is a total rebel who obeys and bows to absolutely no one, and with his terrible self taught fighting style, he has absolutely no one to fear. Juza once gave up on his true love since he realized blood relation made a relationship impossible… But now that she is dead, Juza has a thing or two to say to the man who was unable to protect her.

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Chapter 16

8 years ago
Thriller Sci-Fi Action Psychological Romance Comedy Adventure Philosophical Drama Fantasy Tragedy