A hero should never kill anyone, not even the worst of villains. Gangyu could never understand why his team of heroes lived by those words,... more>> but he tried his best to do the same… until the villain who wiped out his squad killed his brother in prison. Gangyu breaks his vow and enters Ruculus with permission to kill as the prison's executioner. Now, he must fight his way through the villains to kill the worst of them all. <<less

Kim Seo-jun, a new college student living an ordinary life. Something like a webtoon or web novel happens to him, where he ends up in... more>> a different fantasy world. He feels like he has become the main character and is excited for a while, but then a royal murder case occurs before his eyes and Kim Seo-jun is framed as the culprit. As a result, Kim Seo-jun is trapped in Gehenna, a prison in another world. Will he be able to escape this world? <<less

The greatest martial family, Samion. Daven, a member of the Samion family, is a one-armed martial soldier without a right arm. Despite the ridicule and... more>> contempt he got for only having a left arm, he surpassed the direct line of the Samion family like a genius. However, he got betrayed by his family and parents in the end, thus meeting a poor end. But, he was reincarnated. “I have a right arm?” He had a new family tradition. A naturally gifted body. Experience from his past life. And the god Yulion with him as well. After his reincarnation, everything changed, and a new adventure started. <<less

A continuation of the manga "Shiritsu Kiwamemichi Koko", this story follows Tora of his quest to become the most notorious gangster in all of Japan.... more>> When he encounters Gakubo Masa, the boss of the Gokumasa family, he immediately admires him and joins the family on their rampages. Full-on both laughter and violence, the manga takes reader everywhere from a juvenile reformatory all the way to the halls of the Diet. <<less

It's not that terrible to have a rival in love. You know what makes things terrible? Your rival in love is actually reincarnated! His luv... more>> was taken away, his family died in tragic, his family business was taken up, and he himself went to jail... He thought that his bad luck should come to an end. But on the eve of his release, he... He came back again after his release. He punished the villains while living a happy life with his baby... <<less

SERIES 6: Stone Ocean... more>>

In 2011, Florida; Jolyne Cujoh, daughter of Jotaro, is wrongfully accused of a crime she didn't commit and sent to a maximum security prison. While imprisoned, she struggles within a longstanding plot agreed between dead villain DIO and ideologue Enrico Pucci.

Part 6 is the last part set in the first timeline of JoJo. From Part 7, the story takes place in a separate universe. <<less

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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

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

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

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

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

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

"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

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

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

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

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

A secret experiment on serial killers conducted in the woods? What could possibly go wrong? Follow one young researcher’s descent into madness and self-doubt as... more>> she attempts to escape a locked facility with ten bloodthirsty murderers. Will she make it out with her humanity intact? <<less

This is a prison where every single prisoner is housed, an inescapable cage, which has grown to the size of being considered a “city”. Born... more>> and raised in that bleak and snowy city, a young girl lives alone with her baby brother. What will be their fate…? Their story of hope and struggle begins here. <<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

Won the 24th Japan Media Arts Festival Awards an Excellence Award in 2021.

A collection of stories:... more>>

- Under Execution, Under Jailbreak (1994)

A man in jail and his attempts to break out of his cell.

- Dolce and His Master (1996)

A man and his cat are stranded on a sinking yacht, their supplies of food and water dangerously low. Who will go over the edge first? And who will emerge victorious in the frenzied battle that follows?

- Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan - At a Confessional (1997)

Kishibe Rohan listens to the life story of a rich and successful man.

- Deadman's Questions (1999)

A ghost wanders around town struggling to accomplish his mission. <<less

At the age of sixteen Ryo Narushima was a genius and looked to have no trouble of getting into Tokyo University and joining the elite of society. However, that summer something cracked inside Ryo's head. With a small knife he brutally murdered both of his parents only leaving his sister alive and cowering in a corner. It is at this grotesque incident that our story begins.... more>>

Note: The series has been completely written & drawn by Tanaka Akio from ch 61 in Vol 26, which was the first chapter after a long hiatus, and the original author Hashimoto Izou wrote less and less starting from Vol 4. The series changed publishers, which lead to a restart of the chapter numbers with Vol 20. <<less