Manga with Thriller genre:

Outlaw Man

Set in America during the pioneering era, "Outlaw Man" is pursued by the Pinkertons after he is awarded with a prize. Despite the man escaping without leaving any footprints, the detective agency manages to find a small trace of his escape and persistently chases after him. The man's beloved horse, Cameron, is eventually shot and killed by the detectives, leaving him in a desperate crisis. (Addendum from mangapedia): This is Hirohiko Araki's second debut short work, published in 1982 when he was still under the name "Toshiyuki Araki". It is a wild west manga following his first work "Poker Under Arms". The original genko (manuscript) of this work was lost, and for a long time it existed as a "phantom work" that had not been collected into tankobon. 2004 saw the digital reprinting of this work from the magazine in which it appeared in and is part of "Gorgeous Irene".

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Bambi (TEZUKA Osamu)

*A work that was not collected in the Tezuka 400 released in 1978 due to Tezuka losing the originals, but collected in the Tezuka bunko.* More-or-less a direct adaptation of the classic Walt Disney animated feature film of the same name. (from ebookjapan): In the deep mountains of Australia, a life was born. The fawn, named Bambi, grows up together with the animals of the forest. One night in the forest, Bambi encounters a stag with magnificent antlers. As he follows it deep into the forest, he is surrounded by terrifying wolves....... A fantastic work by Osamu Tezuka, based on the Disney animated masterpiece!

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Chapter 1

7 years ago
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Japan Sinks

Japan is a seismically active country, so the occasional trembler isn’t anything that people get too worked up about. They happen and it’s unfortunate, but in general Japan is prepared. But there is one scientist who believes that he has found proof that a recent quake has triggered a cataclysmic event, and that within a year Japan will sink into the sea. Now if he can get anyone to believe him before it’s too late… Also known as Japan Sinks, this is based on the award-winning novel and movie of the same name.

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Chapter 16

7 years ago
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Neko Majin

A short series of one-shot manga chapters by mangaka Akira Toriyama, spanning eight total installments released from 1999-2005. It is most notable for its later portion, Neko Majin Z, which is a self-parody of Dragon Ball, the author's most famous work. The series revolves around the adventures of various characters from the "Neko Majin" race, a group of cats that can use a little bit of magic, but seem to enjoy practical jokes and martial arts even more.

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Chapter 8

7 years ago
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Platinum End

After the death of his parents, a young Mirai Kakehashi is left in the care of his abusive relatives. Since then, he has become gloomy and depressed, leading him to attempt suicide on the evening of his middle school graduation. Mirai, however, is saved by a pure white girl named Nasse who introduces herself as a guardian angel wishing to give him happiness—by granting him supernatural powers and a chance to become the new God. In order to earn the position, he must defeat 12 other "God Candidates" within 999 days. Soon, Mirai begins a struggle to survive as a terrifying battle royale erupts between himself and the candidates looking to obtain the most power in the world. --- **Officially published:** - In English by [VIZ Media](https://www.viz.com/platinum-end), and on [MangaPlus](https://mangaplus.shueisha.co.jp/titles/100021) - In French by [Kazé](http://minisites.kaze.fr/platinum-end/) - In Italian by [Panini Comics](http://comics.panini.it/store/pub_ita_it/mmafi037-it-manga-fight-platinum-end-n-1.html) - In German by [Tokyopop](https://www.tokyopop.de/manga/tokyopop-manga/shonen/platinum-end/) - In Spanish by [Norma Editorial](https://www.normaeditorial.com/catalogo/S/4472/1/platinum-end/)

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Chapter 21

6 years ago
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Theres Nothing But the Sky is Blue

Scientists predicted an imminent meteor impact on Earth that would annihilate civilization, but contrary to their prediction, the meteor missed Earth. Though avoiding immediate destruction, humanity found that the meteor left behind something in its wake, something that would change the course of civilization forever: a new form of bacteria that ate through all known metals. Facing this new era where all metals turn to ash, Jinkichi and his classmates will have to survive with little help from the Japanese government. Some of his classmates have already begun to understand that the norms of the past have collapsed, and lawlessness will be the new law. Jinkichi will have to protect himself as well as his classmates from the violence that ensues.

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Chapter 3

7 years ago
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When the Girl Breaks

A detective hunts for clues on the impossible "alibi" of the mysterious girl, a suspect for the murder of her own parents, who testifies that she has the uncontrollable and spontaneous ability to transform into literally anything. This collection of short stories is filled with mysterious and fantastic plot, introducing you to the fantasy worlds of Kawaguchi Madoka!

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Chapter 10

7 years ago
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Mobile Suit Gundam 00 - Bonds

Compilation book consisting of manga stories taking place during the events of season 2 of Kidou Senshi Gundam 00, telling short stories such as Soma's transformation into Marie, Sumeragi's return to Celestial Being, and Marina creating her song for Katharon. ACT 1: Setsuna & Saji ACT 2: Allelujah & Soma ACT 3: CB & Sumeragi ACT 4: Setsuna & Marina ACT 5: Saji & Louise and…

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Chapter 5

7 years ago
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Came the Mirror - Rumiko Takahashi Short Story Collection

(from ebookjapan): Another Side of the Rumic World unlike "RINNE" or "Rumic Theater"!  Black, pure, mysterious, and humorous! Works made from 1999 to 2014 are almost all included in the tankobon for the first time! Included works: - **Came the Mirror** (鏡が来た, Kagami ga Kita) - **Revenge Doll** (リベンジドール) - **The Star with 1000 Faces** (星は千の顔, Hoshi ha Sen no Hao) - **Lovely Flower** (可愛い花, Kawaii Hana, ALT. ENG. - Cute Flower) - **with CAT** - **My Sweet Sunday** (マイスイートサンデー) - Collaboration with Mitsuru Adachi

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Chapter 6

7 years ago
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Rumic World Trilogy

Classic short stories from Rumiko Takahashi. Many are comedies. Volume 1: - **Fire Tripper** (fantasy, romance) A gas explosion sends high school girl Suzuko and toddler Shu 500 years into the past. But she lost Shu on the way, and as a result, Shu ended up in the past 10 years before her, and is 15 years old when Suzuko arrives. - **Maris the Chojo** (comedy, SF) A destructive alien policewoman sees a kidnapped quadrillionaire as her ticket out of debt. - **Those Selfish Aliens** (comedy, SF) - The direct pre-serialization one-shot to [Urusei Yatsura](https://mangadex.org/title/6b9206b3-5c0f-4cf8-a0cc-d2c9e1aa4df9/urusei-yatsura?tab=chapters) Aliens, the government, and fishmen implant bombs in a poor paperboy. - **Time Warp Trouble** (fantasy) Warriors from feudal Japan inexplicably pop into a high-school classroom. - **The Laughing Target** (drama, romance, supernatural, tragedy) When they were children, Yuzuru Shiga and his cousin Azusa Shiga were engaged. Azusa aims to make sure that Yuzuru stays hers, no matter what, but Azusa also has a dark secret… Volume 2: - **Wasted Minds** (Dust Spot) (adventure, comedy, fantasy) Follows a pair of two bickering government agents, both of whom have special abilities. (A five-part mini-series) - **The Golden Gods of Poverty** (gag comedy) An unfortunate boy's scientist parents try to use him to make money, but they only succeed in contacting the Seven Lucky Gods, who happen to also be broke. - **The Entrepreneurial Spirit** A woman leads seminars for a get-rich quick scheme. Volume 3: - **That Darn Cat** (slice of life) Rumiko Takahashi remembers having to take care of her neighbor's cat. - **When My Eyes Got Wings** A couple befriend a sickly child with a secret and his destructive pet bird. - **Wedded Bliss** (comedy, romance) A wedded couple can only let out their tension from working all day by fighting with one another, until their neighbors threaten to have them moved. - **Sleep and Forget** A girl relives a past life involving her lover and an evil witch back from the dead in the form of a dog. - **A Cry for Help** A fairy gives a boy a frightening split personality thanks to the wind-up key she inserts in his neck. - **War Council** Student councils go to war with one another over a stamp. - **The Face Pack** A man can change his appearance at will and leads a "masters of disguise" club. --- Official Release: - Indonesian release by Level Comics Viz Media Out of Print editions. ISBN below for Official English Print Vol 1: 9781947804739 Vol 2: 9781569311943 Vol 3: 9781569312063

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Chapter 7

7 years ago
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Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro

Youkai are specters who have lived in the human world since the dawn of time. They often rest peacefully in their dwelling places, until humans rouse them by inconsiderate actions. Kitaro is a young youkai boy who wants to help humans and youkai live in harmony, and he fights to protect humans from the enraged youkai who lash out at them. The English translation here is passed on the completed 46 volume collected version. For reference: https://gegegenokitaro.fandom.com/wiki/The_Complete_Kitar%C5%8D_Collection Volumes 4-5 have been published in English in Kitaro (2013) The other 7 collections collect some of the chapters translated here. -That's why Hokuto no Gun and Happyscan! chapters aren't here.

Chapter 15c

7 years ago
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Goku Midnight Eye

Furinji Goku is an ordinary private eye for hire. While working on a case involving an illegal weapons dealer, he notices a lot of the detectives working on the case committing suicide for no apparent reason. After Goku gets a little too close to the truth, he is then put in a situation where he must stab out his left eye to avoid certain death. Goku then awakens in a mysterious lab where an unknown scientist replaces his eye with a cybernetic one that allows him to control any computer system in the world. **US edition is flipped and colored by Viz, reads from Left to Right**

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Chapter 6

7 years ago
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Alice on Border Road

The manga follows "another Alice," a female high school student who curses her everyday life. When by chance she loses her way on the "Border road", she is forced into in a deadly battle for survival.

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Chapter 31

7 years ago
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The Crimson Warship

A long-since sunken Battleship Yamato returns from its watery grave, wreaking havoc across Japan.

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Chapter 3

7 years ago
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Garouden

What does it mean to be strong? What attracts men to fight in hand to hand combat? These and many other questions are explained and detailed in Garouden, a novel series by Yumemakura Baku (illustrated by celebrity manga author Itagaki Keisuke). Fighting expert Bunshichi Tanba enjoys defeating TV fighting champions and celebrities on the street, until he stumbles upon the underground wrestling club known as FAW (Federation of Amateur Wrestling), and unfortunately he is defeated by one of the underdogs of the wrestling world. He forces himself to improve and looks for a rematch. Years later, he returns better than ever, and his fights attract the attention of the two "monsters" of the fighting world who are in constant competition, Makoto "the Great" Tatsumi, owner of the FAW and possessing a power and charisma unrivaled in the ring, and "the Demon of Karate" Matsuo Shozan, owner of the best Karate schools in Japan and possessing a power and speed that's almost godlike. Both will try to recruit Tanba to their own side, and Tanba will experience a wold of fighting like he has never seen, with friends and rivals everywhere, and he will have to step up to the many challenges that confront him. Features other martial arts characters from his other fighting novel series, The Gate of the Lions. Currently the best "serious" martial arts manga title in Japan, this is another of Baku's masterpieces that, unlike his other fantasy epic titles, has surprising realism in its deep exploration of martial arts and those who use it.

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Chapter 238

3 months ago
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Me x Yome ~Cupids Mischief~

**Ore x Yome (chapter 1-3):** Himekawa is 26 years old and has a beautiful girlfriend who wants to remain a virgin until she's married. He's lied to her and told her that he has a career with a company when in fact he works at the local convenience store. Ashamed, and wishing to power up his career so he has a shot at actually marrying his girlfriend (and her virginity), Himekawa replies to a want ad and is surprised to get an immediate response. **Gyakushu no Ore x Yome (chapter 4-6):** Kou's very good with computer science and robotics, but not very skilled with the opposite sex. He has a crush on his coworker, Moe, but he hardly even speaks to her. Then one day, his 99 year old self from the future sends him back a present; an android of Moe that only wants to make him happy. His future self comes along for the ride, in the form of a little phallic robot. His new penis-bot and android girlfriend are definitely going to make his life a lot more complicated.

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Chapter 6

8 years ago
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Lycanthrope Leo

If people who turn into animals really existed in the modern world, how would they behave? This book gives some realistic, yet unexpected, answers. Nobody is a complete good guy or bad guy–every character is a complex figure, and even the bad guys have some very good reasons for what they do. Leo is an innocent caught in the midst of it all, but nothing like the "helpless killer" stereotype of American werewolf movies–he is a person in control of his own powers, trying to decide what to do with his life now that so much has changed.

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Chapter 3

8 years ago
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Cyborg 009 - Conclusion - Gods War

Cyborg 009 Conclusion: God's War is intended to be a proper conclusion to the original Cyborg 009 series. The manga is illustrated by Masato Hayase and based on Ishinomori's original concept notes, sketches, and a novel draft, all of which had been gathered by his son, Jo Onodera.

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Chapter 30

8 years ago
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Cyborg 009 (SHIMAMOTO Kazuhiko)

A Cyborg 009 oneshot by Kazuhiko Shimamoto done for the [3/11 tribute](https://mangadex.org/title/5e578ebb-02c6-41c8-83e1-8bfd1f4b8b7c/to-never-forget-3-11-heroes-comeback).

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Ping-Pong Dash!!

Super Yankee, Tendou Haruku, lives in the Ibaraki countryside. A lover of rebel yankee girls and MAX canned coffee, he is living peacefully… Until he meets the beautiful Sawa and the sport of Ping Pong. The beginning of a legend!

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Chapter 3

8 years ago
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Blazing Ninjaman

Since the beginning of time ninjas have been regarded as people with great skill and power, the Blazing NinjaMan (Shinobi Mantaro) is one such young man. There is only one problem, the era of the ninja has come and gone. How can Shinobi consider himself a ninja in modern day Japan (1990s) and survive the daily rigors of high school life.

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Chapter 39

8 years ago
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Mars

Mars (マーズ) is a sci-fi series by Mistuteru Yokoyama that was serialized in Weekly Shonen Champion from 1976 to 1977, lasting for 5 volumes. It focuses on Mars, an amnesiac boy who was discovered on a volcanic island by a news reporter, only to learn that he was an alien with a mission to destroy the Earth if humans obtain weapons of mass destruction. Determined instead to save the Earth, Mars rebels against the aliens that gave him his mission.

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Chapter 28

8 years ago
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Giant Robo

(from MangaUpdates): The secret society "Big Fire", scheming to conquer Earth, is furthering Project GR. The special investigation organization of the United Nations dispatches an agent in Country T to interfere with the plan. Daisaku Kusama, a Japanese tourist, is mistaken for the agent and is abducted by "BF". While he is held hostage, a freak accident occurs leaving Daisaku the only person on Earth able to control the worlds most powerful robot, Giant Robo, and is enrolled by the UN to destroy Big Fire's ambitions with their own creation.

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Chapter 39

8 years ago
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Henshin Ninja Arashi

(from ebookjapan): The Edo Era. A group of ninjas, the "Blood Wheel Society," headed by a mysterious creature, Majinsai, begins its activities to conquer Japan. The plan was to return the peaceful world to a war-torn one by manipulating altered humans called "incarnated ninjas". However, one after another, people appeared who defeated the incarnated ninja of the Blood Wheel Society. ---- His name is "Arashi". This is the form attained by Hayate, a young ninja formerly of the Blood Wheel Society. In fact, the "Keshin Ninpo", which creates incarnated ninja, was a ninjutsu created by Hayate's father, Arashi Oniju...!

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Chapter 12

8 years ago
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