Blame! (Tsutomu Nihei) [Complete in English]

Type: Manga
Volumes: 10
Chapters: 66
Status: Finished
Published: Nov 25, 1996 to Jul 25, 2003
Genres: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Psychological, Seinen
Authors: Nihei, Tsutomu (Story & Art)
Serialization: Afternoon

Synopsis: Killy is a man of few words. He wanders, seemingly endlessly, through a lonely, gargantuan labyrinth of concrete and steel, fighting off cyborgs and other futuristic nightmares, searching only for something called Net Terminal Genes. And he has a very powerful gun, which he uses without hesitation whenever anything resembling danger rears its ugly head.

Who is this quiet, violent, determined man and what are these Genes he seeks? The small communities he finds tucked into the crevices of this towering, dystopic ruin hardly give him leads on his treasure, driving him to find larger enclaves of civilization where people can reveal more about the world he lives in and the quarry he seeks.

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Devilman (Go Nagai) [Complete in English]

Type: Manga
Volumes: 5
Chapters: 53
Status: Finished
Published: Jun 11, 1972 to Jun 24, 1973
Genres: Action, Adventure, Demons, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Shounen, Super Power, Supernatural, Psychological
Authors: Nagai, Go (Story & Art)
Serialization: Shounen Magazine (Weekly)

Synopsis: Demons exist and their power is beyond what humans can fathom. In fact they are so strong that humans do not stand a chance against them in a fight. The only thing strong enough to defeat a demon is another demon and it is through this logic that Ryo Asuka hatches the plan to have his good-hearted friend Akira Fudo possessed by a demon. If a person is of pure of heart then he might be able to control the demon that possesses him and thereby acquire power equal to a demon. After raising some hell in a club the plan works and Akira is possessed by the powerful demon known as Amon. Now Akira is mankind's sole champion of justice against the hidden demon menace that has plagued humanity since the dawn of time.

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Battle Royale (Masayuki Taguchi x Koushun Takami) [Complete in English]

Type: Manga
Volumes: 15
Chapters: 119
Status: Finished
Published: 2000 to 2005
Genres: Action, Drama, Horror, Psychological, Seinen
Authors: Taguchi, Masayuki (Art), Takami, Koushun (Story)
Serialization: Young Champion Magazine

Synopsis: Every year, a class is randomly chosen to be placed in a deserted area where they are forced to kill each other in order to survive, with the events broadcast to the world. Initially believing to be on a graduation trip, Shuuya Nanahara and the rest of Shiroiwa Junior High's Class B find that they have been chosen to participate in this game of life and death known as "The Program."

Waking up to the realization that they have been quarantined on an island, the 42 students discover they have been fitted with metal collars which will detonate if certain conditions are not met. In order to obtain freedom, they must slaughter everyone else by whatever means necessary, and the last one standing is deemed the winner. As each member of the class heads down their own path, Shuuya makes it his goal to get off the island without playing the game in order to put an end to this madness once and for all.

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Slam Dunk (Takehiko Inoue) [Complete in English]

Type: Manga
Volumes: 31
Chapters: 276
Status: Finished
Published: Sep 18, 1990 to Jun 4, 1996
Genres: Comedy, Drama, School, Shounen, Sports
Authors: Inoue, Takehiko (Story & Art)
Serialization: Shounen Jump (Weekly)

Synopsis: Hanamichi Sakuragi, a tall, boisterous teenager with flame-red hair and physical strength beyond his years, is eager to put an end to his rejection streak of 50 and finally score a girlfriend as he begins his first year of Shohoku High. However, his reputation for delinquency and destructiveness precedes him, and most of his fellow students subsequently avoid him like the plague. As his first day of school ends, he is left with two strong thoughts: "I hate basketball" and "I need a girlfriend."

Haruko Akagi, ignorant of Hanamichi's history of misbehavior, notices his immense height and unwittingly approaches him, asking whether or not he likes basketball. Overcome by the fact that a girl is speaking to him, the red-haired giant blurts out a yes despite his true feelings. At the gym, Haruko asks if he can do a slam dunk. Though a complete novice, Hanamachi palms the ball and makes the leap...but overshoots, slamming his head into the backboard. Amazed by his near-inhuman physical abilities, Haruko quickly notifies the school's basketball captain of his feat. With this, Hanamichi is unexpectedly thrust into a world of competition for a girl he barely knows, but he soon discovers that there is perhaps more to basketball than he once thought.

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Shin Kozure Okami (New Lone Wolf and Cub) (Kazuo Koike x Hideki Mori) [Complete in English]

Type: Manga
Volumes: 11
Chapters: Unknown
Status: Finished
Published: 2003 to 2006
Genres: Action, Adventure, Historical, Samurai
Authors: Koike, Kazuo (Story), Mori, Hideki (Art)
Serialization: None

Synopsis: Sequel of Lone Wolf and Cub with a grown up Daigorou as main character.

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Kozure Okami (Lone Wolf and Cub) (Kazuo Koike x Goseki Kojima) [Complete in English]

Type: Manga
Volumes: 28
Chapters: 142
Status: Finished
Published: Sep 1970 to Apr 1976
Genres: Action, Historical, Samurai, Seinen
Authors: Koike, Kazuo (Story), Kojima, Goseki (Art)
Serialization: Manga Action

Synopsis: Ittou Ogami has very little left to live for. Though once the Shogunate's chief executioner, his name is left in ruins after being framed for treason by the treacherous Yagyuu Clan, seeking to steal his position of power. His misfortune does not end here, however; they culminate in the brutal murder of his entire family, including his wife Azami, with only his child Daigorou still left alive.

With dishonor upon his head and his beloved wife in the grave, Ittou takes up a new mantle as an assassin for hire. Alongside his young son, Ittou wanders the country in search of revenge, with only the complete destruction of the Yagyuu Clan on his mind. As he travels the land, the number of his successful assassinations quickly grows, and soon the moniker of "Lone Wolf and Cub" becomes infamous across the land as the choice assassin to get the job done right.

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Berserk (Kentaro Miura) [English] [On-Going]

Type: Manga

Volumes: Unknown

Chapters: Unknown

Status: Publishing

Published: Aug 25, 1989 to ?

Genres: Action, Adventure, Demons, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Supernatural, Military, Psychological, Seinen

Authors: Miura, Kentarou (Story & Art)

Serialization: Young Animal

Synopsis: Guts, a former mercenary now known as the "Black Swordsman," is out for revenge. After a tumultuous childhood, he finally finds someone he respects and believes he can trust, only to have everything fall apart when this person takes away everything important to Guts for the purpose of fulfilling his own desires. Now marked for death, Guts becomes condemned to a fate in which he is relentlessly pursued by demonic beings.

Setting out on a dreadful quest riddled with misfortune, Guts, armed with a massive sword and monstrous strength, will let nothing stop him, not even death itself, until he is finally able to take the head of the one who stripped him—and his loved one—of their humanity.

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Billy Bat (Naoki Urasawa x Takashi Nagasaki) [Complete in English]

Type: Manga
Volumes: 20
Chapters: 165
Status: Finished
Published: Oct 16, 2008 to Aug 18, 2016
Genres: Mystery, Drama, Historical, Supernatural, Police, Psychological, Seinen
Authors: Urasawa, Naoki (Story & Art), Nagasaki, Takashi (Story)
Serialization: Morning

Synopsis: The story is set in 1949 and follows Japanese-American comic book artist Kevin Yamagata as he draws the popular detective series "Billy Bat" for "Marble Comics." When he learns he may have unconsciously copied the character from an image he saw while serving in occupied Japan, he returns to Japan to get permission to use Billy Bat from its original creator. Upon arriving there, however, he becomes embroiled in a web of murder, cover-ups, and prophecy that all leads back to Billy Bat.

It is soon evident, however, that the truth of Billy Bat's nature is far larger than Kevin could ever guess, spanning millennia and across the world.

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Pluto (Naoki Urasawa x Osamu Tezuka) [Complete in English]

Type: Manga

Volumes: 8

Chapters: 65

Status: Finished

Published: Sep 9, 2003 to Apr 1, 2009

Genres: Action, Mystery, Mecha, Sci-Fi, Psychological, Seinen

Authors: Urasawa, Naoki (Story & Art), Tezuka, Osamu (Story)

Serialization: Big Comic Original

Synopsis: Based off of a story arc from Osamu Tezuka's Tesuwan Atom, Pluto follows the Europol detective Gesicht as he tries to uncover the mystery behind a string of robot and human deaths. The case becomes much more puzzling when evidence leans toward the murders being the work of a robot, which is something that hasn't happened for 8 years.

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Monster (Naoki Urasawa) [Complete in English]

Type: Manga
Volumes: 18
Chapters: 162
Status: Finished
Published: Dec 5, 1994 to Dec 20, 2001
Genres: Mystery, Drama, Psychological, Seinen
Authors: Urasawa, Naoki (Story & Art)
Serialization: Big Comic Original

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20th Century Boys (Naoki Urasawa) [Complete in English]

English: 20th Century Boys
Synonyms: 20 Seiki Shounen, Nijuu Seiki Shounen, Nijuusseiki Shounen, 20thCB
Japanese: 20世紀少年
Type: Manga
Volumes: 22
Chapters: 249
Status: Finished
Published: Sep 27, 1999 to Apr 24, 2006
Genres: Mystery, Drama, Historical, Sci-Fi, Psychological, Seinen
Authors: Urasawa, Naoki (Story & Art)
Serialization: Big Comic Spirits

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