The manga follows high school student Hotaru Tachibana, a girl disguised as a boy. Through strange circumstances she finds herself drawn into the world of survival games by a host, Masamune Matsuoka. The two form a team with ero-manga artist Tooru Yukimura and aim to be the be the best in Japan.... more>>

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Yoo Hanra: On the verge of giving up her life due to her misfortunes, she is granted another chance through an invitation to the mysterious... more>> Zero Game. What if she wins? She'll be able to create a second life the exact way she wants it to be. And if she loses? She'll die for good. With a shaky new partnership, skills to learn, and enemies chasing after her, she must find a way to finish all of the levels and meet the Operator to finally get the life that she wants. <<less

It was just a usual morning. Akira Shiroyanagi, a high schooler who loves games and Konpeito (Japanese sweets), has suddenly been dragged into a battlefield by a mysterious girl who calls herself Mion. The participants are told that they are "erased from the family register, involved in an experiment, and gained certain powers."... more>>

Akira is determined to win the game with his newfound powers and destroy the organization. Armed with a power no one expects and his "brain" skills, the new period of intelligence battle of begins! <<less

A desperate survival to escape from the repetition of life and death.

High school student Kaname Sudou receives an invitation from a classmate to play Darwin’s Game, a mobile game he has never heard of. However, as soon as he opens the application, a green snake suddenly pops out from his phone screen and bites his neck, leaving him unconscious. Waking up in the infirmary without any signs of a snake bite, he is told by the school to take the rest of the day off. Although he is puzzled by what has happened, he dismisses the surreal experience as a hallucination and boards the train home.... more>>

Unfortunately, his curiosity gets the better of him and he uses the application once again. As the application appears to be just like any other battle game, Kaname breathes out a sigh of relief and decides to start his first match. However, the pleasant surprise is short-lived, as his in-game opponent unexpectedly appears right in front of him and attempts to hunt him down with a knife.

As he desperately runs for his life, Kaname puts two and two together and realizes that Darwin’s Game is not an ordinary game, but rather, it’s a brutal fight for survival. <<less

While out to get his sister’s favorite snack, Baekhyeon finds himself and the people around him suddenly shrinking... to the size of ants! Now, everything... more>> from cats to robotic vacuums pose a threat to human survival. Within this chaos, everyone is given a gift -- a unique superpower and interface that lets them see data about themselves. Though it’s become a dark and desperate world, Baekhyeon must put his ability and wits to the test to make it out alive and save his sister. <<less

22-year-old Yashiro Mai was an average office worker until the day a video game console arrived in her mailbox and she was forced into playing a game known as “Nightmare.” If you refuse to participate, those dear to you will die; if you lose battles in-game, parts of your body cease functioning as penalty.... more>>

The horror of Nightmare spreads through society in a flash. To combat it, Mai’s company creates a Nightmare Strategy Team, and she's one of the members. <<less

Katagiri Yuichi believes that friends are more important than money, but he also knows the hardships of not having enough funds. He works hard to save up in order to go on the high school trip, because he has promised his four best friends that they will all go together. However, after the class's money is all collected, it is stolen! Suspicion falls on two of Yuichi's friends, Sawaragi Shiho and Shibe Makoto.... more>>

Soon afterward, the five of them are kidnapped, and wake up in a strange room with a character from a short-lived anime. Apparently, one of them has entered them into a "friendship game" in order to take care of their massive debt. But who was it, and why did they have such a debt? Could they have stolen the money from class to pay for entry into the game? Katagiri and his best friends will have to succeed in psychological games that will test or destroy their faith in one another. <<less

Bessatsu Shonen Magazine's hugely popular story of survival and suspense moves to Weekly Shonen Magazine as a completely brand-new series! With the appearance of a... more>> strange daruma doll, ordinary life crumbles away in an instant. Even so, live on. Survive. This is the story of the "life" bestowed upon all those who have wished to die. Are you beef or chicken? Live, that's the only rule. <<less

Alice Ryouhei will leave high school soon, but he's trying to avoid thinking about his future. Late one night, when he's hanging out with his... more>> tough friend Karube and his silly, girl-crazy friend Chota, they see fireworks. After one blindingly bright explosion, they find themselves waking up in a different world. In this 'Borderland,' people are forced to either participate in potentially deadly games or simply die. Will Chota, Karube, and Ryouhei be able to survive this dangerous new world, and is there a way they can get back to their original lives? <<less

Like many of his peers, Ataru Kashiwagi has found himself addicted to the newest social networking service, Real Account. But one day, Ataru and almost... more>> 10,000 other people, get sucked into the Real Account Zone, where they have become players in a series of deadly games. The basic rules of these games are simple—if you lose all your followers, you die in real life, and if you die, all of your followers die with you. As these depraved games decimate the players around him, Ataru must use quick thinking and his knowledge of Real Account to win each round and return to the real world. But when true friendship determines whether he lives or dies, can Ataru really survive when the only people he can count on are his Internet friends? <<less

The case was closed after 52 hours. During that time, 12 people died in total. Human beings became beasts in the inescapable classrooms. Twenty-seven former... more>> sixth-grade members of Shinozuka Elementary School, who gathered at their ex-school building for a reunion, were imprisoned. The name of the culprit was the school's alumni, Mikio Yumesaki. The experiment on "human virtue under extreme circumstances" revealed the true nature of human beings. Suspicion, lust, revelation, revenge, and betrayal. Ethical suspense that denounces morality. <<less

“I don't want it to end…” Akira had made up his mind to confess his feelings to Himeno, the girl he liked, on the day... more>> they graduated elementary school. But what was waiting for him in the classroom was Himeno like he had never seen her before! Before they knew it, Akira and his classmates were trapped inside the school, unable to escape. Who was doing this, and why? Mysterious forces close in on the 11 fearful children, as if to laugh at them. This is the story of a harsh fate that awaits them. Does a hopeful future await them, or an ending filled with despair...? <<less

A direct sequel to Tobaku Datenroku Kaiji.... more>>

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Iride Akatsuki is a popular game footage uploader. He wakes up one day to find that he's been kidnapped and taken to a strange place, along with a number of other uploaders who specialize in different genres of games.... more>>

A mysterious alpaca-headed host gathers them after the initial stage, to explain how the game will proceed. Will the group of gamers clear the game and make it back to their real lives? <<less

Xie Xi was someone with luck off the charts! The advantage was that any game could be easily cleared. The disadvantage was that all games... more>> were boring! Then one day, the words ‘Game loading’ appeared in front of his eyes and he began to clear real games! <<less

"I want you to play a game. You don't have a choice in the matter. I will come for you soon" was written in a... more>> letter received by high school student Hitotsubashi Seiya who immediately threw it to the bin as a bad joke! How little did he know, soon after he found himself waking up in a sealed room with a bunch of strangers... all asking the same questions... where are they? why are they there? and more importantly how will they get out?! <<less

Strangers ally with each other to survive a Battle Royale style game of death on a deserted island against other contenders. A lot of contestants... more>> have amnesia and each person has a life sustaining bracelet which heals wounds over time. <<less

At the end of Meiji Restoration, a girl saint was crucified and burnt alive under persecution.... more>>

A century later, Katori and six childhood friends are summoned to her world beyond the nirvana, where they receive the Great Commission: Build a kingdom, and make disciples of all nations.

At every midnight, each of them are randomly given a role out of King/Queen, Noble, and Peasants. As the lowly must obey a higher-up in the hierarchy, can they fight and defeat other nations to conquer the world--before infighting brought up by their own hidden desires breaks them apart? <<less

The story follows a young man named Kazuya Shibuya who receives an anonymous email message out of the blue one day: "Won't you join the Savanna Game?" The message is an invitation to a state-sanctioned killing game — a deadly role-playing game designed to motivate the inhibited youth of modern Japan. ... more>>

Shibuya and his two friends Kotegawa and Kudou find themselves in bizarre battles that span the space-time continuum, with everything from dragons to the Shinsengumi force of the shogunate era. <<less

To search for a missing friend, six people go to a closed theme park "Birdcage Castle" which they thought to be deserted.... more>>

However, in there, groups of two people are chained to each other and the game of death begins. <<less

Takahata Shun's day at high school begins just as normal and boring as ever, but it doesn't end that way. After his teacher's head explodes,... more>> he and his classmates find themselves forced to play children's games, such as Daruma ga Koronda (a game like Red Light/Green Light), with deadly stakes. With no idea who is behind this mysterious deadly game session, and no way of knowing when it will finally end, the only thing Shun and other students can do is keep trying to win... <<less

Zuo Hui is an introverted high school student from a poor family. One day, when secretly working a part time job outside, he is caught... more>> by his mother. After the two have a heated dispute, Zuo Hui angrily turns away and leaves. Distracted by thoughts of guilt and regret, he loses footing and falls down a rain-flooded sewer hole. When Zuo Hui awakes he finds himself in a sealed room surrounded by a group of diverse strangers and with a rope around his neck. The more he struggles to take off the rope, the tighter it becomes. Where is this? Who are you people? And who exactly is that self-proclaimed “Yama”? <<less

Kominato Riku is a high-school student who aims to be a game designer. The girl next door is his childhood friend, Haju, who is in... more>> love with him, but he has fallen head over heels for the school idol Riko. And lastly, there is the transfer student, Nodoka. With that all said you’d think this is the start of some love-comedy harem, but a rumor spreads that Nodoka's received a message that says, “you will die soon”. Riku and the gang’s fate will change in a major way. Who will live, and who will love? <<less