Six minors (16 - 17 years) answering to the nicknames of Joe, Mario, Suppon, Baremoto, Heitai, and Kyabetsu are put into a reformatory for offenses such as aggravated assault, swindling, flight, etc.... more>>

Their stay in hell begins immediately. Accommodated by a doctor pedophile, they are placed under the watch of a despotic and brutal crew. Cellmates with a certain Sakuragi (called Anchan), the tension rises between the band of buddies and their new "friend."

A brawl breaks out, and our six prisoners are done rossés by the mysterious young man, thanks to his boxing talent. The story will not only follow the lives of these seven characters surviving in their hellish environment, but also their disillusions due to the rejection by the outside world and by their close relations. This is about the extraodinary and invincible friendships between these young men.

Note: Won the 2005 Shogakukan Manga Award for the seinen/general category along with . <<less

Nagai Jinsei, aka "Bare-Knuckles Jinsei". Born in a dumpster, raised in an orphanage, living as a yakuza, he is tough enough that he fights all... more>> his fights bare-handed, and is covered with countless knife and bullet scars from his battles. But his life changes when he saves the five-year-old Ayumi, daughter of the new police chief, Enjoji Masayoshi, and befriends their family. For the first time in his life, Jinsei feels like he's found a family of his own, and decides to start his life over, but his past and his ties to the yakuza keep getting in the way. <<less

A battle between modern-day thugs and Sengoku warlords!!... more>>

"What do you think is the difference between a murderer and a wartime hero?"

This is the question put forward to Michiro, a college student and aspiring mountain rescuer, by his younger brother Makoto, who is being held in prison on suspicion of the attempted murder of a friend. Michiro replies that it is a matter of justice, but Makoto believes that it is simply a matter of the era. As Makoto is handed an unsuspended sentence and Michiro is at his wit's end, suddenly, a red rain begins to fall, and the area is enveloped in fog. Thus, Michiro, along with the entire prison, is sent to the Sengoku Era… <<less

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Tsukishiro Nina moves to Ruberia, a small country surrounded by the ocean and roses. But suddenly, she was bitten by a young Loup-Garou, a beast... more>> that is said to only exist in legends. Once bitten, Nina herself turned into one of them and was forced into "Abigaile" an academy prison on an island where all the beasts are exiled to. What cruel fate awaits the pitiful Nina...!? <<less

Welcome to Nanba, the world's largest, most impenetrable prison. Locked away in cell block 13 are four inmates - Juugo, Uno, Rock, and Nico - who provide more than enough trouble for prison guard Sugoroku Hajime to deal with. Between attempted breakouts, gambling and general misbehaviour, these four believe that just because they're in prison doesn't mean they can't have fun.... more>>

But it isn't all a barrel of laughs, because our protagonist Juugo is hiding a dark past which may soon come to destroy their idyllic prison life... <<less

Saki Asamiya, after being incarcerated in a youth corrections facility, is recruited by a detective named Jin after convincing her that the government could provide clemency for her mother, who was on death row. ... more>>

He trains her to be an undercover youth detective, infiltrating several high schools in Japan to investigate cases of crime, corruption and terrorism in the legend of a high school student <<less

Gian Carlo Bourbon Del Monte, a young member of the mafia, is better known by his nickname "Lucky Dog" due to his incredibly good luck. ... more>>

Despite knowing that he can escape with just a little effort, Gian decides to take a break from the fast-and-furious lifestyle while being held in a maximum-security prison. But when four young mafia captains are captured and brought to the same prison, the Boss of their syndicate makes a certain request of Gian... <<less

The Kafkaesque autobiography of a diplomat who compares himself to Grigori Rasputin, and what happens after he gets caught up in a political purge during the early 2000s.... more>>

A legal thriller with a dash of geopolitics. <<less

Vampires have been defeated by Humans. A story about them wearing collars. Wait - you're mistaken, it's not like that!... more>>

Official English: , <<less

"Born into a world beyond imagination, imprisoned for a crime he never commited. Young Riku's life couldn't sink any lower...or so he thought. Determined to... more>> survive no matter the circumstances, Riku now faces the impossible task of outliving a prison sentence in Earth's worst penitentiary." - Courtesy of Project Bite Me! Scans <<less

A tale of one woman's revenge. After being sent to prison for attempted murder, Nami Matsushima struggles to survive torture from the guards and her... more>> cellmates, so that she can escape and take revenge on the man who's responsible for all her pain. <<less

A haggard cellist and an innocent psychic girl meet.... more>>

In the country of Ruth, there is a school. To the outside it is for the nobility, but secretly it trains those children who are Special to protect the country. Nei is a psychic girl imprisoned within this school, and Ian Wolf is, for several reasons, the cellist hired to play to her in a music based therapy.

When Nei shows no progress, however, the scientists in charge decide that it's time for more drastic measures... meanwhile, Ian has problems of his own to deal with. <<less

A future Korea in which being single is a serious crime. The riveting tale of escape of an unexpectedly arrested single man and his fellow... more>> inmates. <<less

It's divided to three arcs:... more>>

Arc 1: Unhuman (不是人)

Arc 2: Me Lowly Woman (賤妾)

Arc 3: The Final Keystone (終礎) <<less

The series set in a fictional world that believes in reincarnation of the soul. If someone accomplished great things in their previous life, the society expects that person to also be very successful in their current life. On the other hand, if one commits a great sin and is punished with a large prison sentence that far exceeds the life expectancy of that individual, he is forced to continue serving that sentence in his next life.... more>>

This is a story of Haro Ahinsa and his reincarnations, that have been sentenced to 339 years of penal servitude for the his sin. <<less

Nergal has been accused and convicted of heinous crimes involving magic. As punishment, he was sealed and sent away to prison to await death for... more>> forty days. The truth is though, he really is innocent! And, even though the guard Sunny befriended him...the boy's a total ditz! How will Nergal survive? At this rate, death may be more appealing than dealing with Sunny and the other prisoners and guards... <<less

A work which highlights the “present” of the capital punishment system through OIKAWA Naoki, a newly recruited prison officer, who faces condemned criminals everyday and agonizes. Based on close and careful research, the author tackles with the serious theme of the “capital punishment system” head-on.... more>>

Won the 11th Japan Media Arts Festival Grand Prize for Manga. <<less

Wen Xi is an ordinary but extraordinary detective. After waking up from the hospital, his right hand connected to a mysterious space called “Disaster Shelter”.... more>> Wen Xi discovered that he could gain the ability of creatures imprisoned in the space. ! In order to gain more abilities, Wen Wen embarked on a journey of catching monsters, and also entered the treacherous “real world”… <<less