Manga Like The Symbiote Circuit

In Death Note, Ryuk, a shinigami, drops his Death Note into the human world for amusement. In Japan, Light Yagami, a brilliant high school student, discovers the notebook. It contains a rule: anyone whose name is written inside will die. Initially skeptical, Light tests the power by writing a criminal's name, and the criminal dies. Seeing the Death Note's potential, Light begins a systematic campaign to eliminate criminals under the alias "Kira," aiming to create a utopian society free of evil. As the killings draw attention, the police turn to L, a renowned detective, to uncover Kira's identity. Death Note unfolds as a tense psychological battle between Light and L, with humanity's future at stake.

After a catastrophic earthquake leveled Tokyo, Deadman Wonderland was built atop the ruins. It appears to be a theme park, but in truth, it functions as a prison where inmates are turned into attractions for public amusement. The general public remains unaware of the dark reality hidden beneath the surface. Ganta Igarashi, an ordinary middle school student in the post-earthquake world, manages to lead a normal life until a masked killer known as the Red Man slaughters everyone in his class. Ganta is knocked unconscious during the attack and becomes the sole survivor, only to be framed for the murders and sent to Deadman Wonderland. To survive, he must navigate the prison's twisted games. Meanwhile, Shiro, a girl who claims to be Ganta's childhood friend and is waiting for him inside the prison, may hold the key to the Red Man's true identity.

In "Future Diary," Yukiteru Amano, an introverted middle school student, finds himself forced into a deadly competition arranged by the deity of space and time, Deus Ex Machina. The winner will inherit Deus's immense power. Among the twelve participants, including Amano, are people who regularly keep diaries, but these have transformed into "Future Diaries," each granting distinct abilities to foresee future events. Amano's "Random Diary" appears on his phone, offering precise details about his surroundings. Though he dislikes conflict, his will to survive pushes him to team up with Yuno Gasai, a classmate and diary holder who harbors an obsessive attachment to Amano. Throughout this harsh contest, shocking revelations emerge, drastically altering the course of this sinister game.

Kazuki Hoshino values his ordinary daily life above all else. His school days are filled with easygoing moments spent with friends—until the transfer student Aine Aya arrives and shatters that peace. The moment this cold, beautiful girl appears in his classroom, she speaks to him in baffling terms: "I've come to destroy you. This is my 13,118th transfer. After going through so many, I started getting bored, so this time I'll add some fun by making a formal declaration." With these enigmatic words, Kazuki's cherished everyday life descends into chaos and dread—Aya's sudden arrival hints at hidden secrets behind his seemingly ordinary friends, including the mysterious devices known as "boxes."

High school student Ryouhei Arisu frequently escapes the boredom of everyday life. One night, after spending time at a bar with his close friends Daikichi Karube and Chouta Segawa, they wait for the early morning train. A sudden, spectacular display of fireworks appears, with one massive, blinding firework causing them to lose consciousness. When they wake up back at the bar, covered in dust, they find the city has become a desolate wasteland. Rather than feeling despair, Arisu gains a new sense of vitality and enjoys the freedom of this empty city. This feeling is short-lived when the three carelessly enter a festive venue, mistaking it for a dream while unknowingly stepping into the arena for their first deadly game. As they journey deeper into the mysterious Borderland—a dangerous place where each game threatens their lives and a single mistake means certain death—Arisu and his friends face the perilous challenges ahead.

In "Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer," college student Yuuhi Amamiya meets a talking lizard named Sir Noi Crezant, who tells him about an upcoming danger: the sorcerer Animus intends to destroy Earth using his Biscuit Hammer, a massive device stationed in orbit. The only protection comes from the princess and her Beast Knights, whose duty is to guard the princess and stop Animus. Chosen as the Lizard Beast Knight, Yuuhi initially has doubts but is soon forced to fight a golem created by Animus. His neighbor, Princess Samidare Asahina, rescues him, and he swears loyalty to her. However, Asahina reveals her true plan: she wants to prevent Animus from destroying Earth only so she can carry out her own destruction of the planet. Together, they fight off Animus's golems while gathering the other Beast Knights and helping them master their powers. As Yuuhi's connection with Asahina deepens, he must decide whether to support her scheme or save Earth, ultimately reflecting on his real nature and priorities.

After losing his parents, Shinpei Ajiro was raised alongside the Kofune sisters, Mio and Ushio, before moving to Tokyo. When he learns Ushio drowned while saving Shiori Kobayakawa, Shinpei returns to the island to grieve. However, marks on Ushio's neck suggest something more sinister. As he investigates further, Shinpei begins uncovering hidden truths. The island harbors malevolent entities, and a spectral vision of Ushio pleads with him to protect Mio, her final wish. Convinced of a dark conspiracy, Shinpei realizes Ushio's death is tied to a larger mystery. Joined by Mio and others, Shinpei fights to secure a future where he, his friends, and his loved ones can survive. Yet, each step into the mystery reveals how difficult achieving that future will be. The darkness engulfing his home island threatens everything they cherish. How many trials must Shinpei endure to uncover the truth and protect everyone?

In Dance in the Vampire Bund, the vampire race has remained concealed from humanity for centuries. Yet Mina Tepes, the ancient covenant's princess and ruler of all vampires, seeks to alter this. Leveraging the immense wealth of the Tepes bloodline, she has eliminated Japan's national debt, securing the establishment of a "special district" on an offshore island as a sanctuary for vampires across the globe. As the crucial press conference to reveal vampires to the world draws near, numerous terrorist groups and rival vampire factions conspire to assassinate Mina Tepes before she can deliver her revolutionary announcement.

In the secluded village of Sotoba, daily life is usually quiet. Megumi Shimizu, known for her lively personality and fashionable style, considers Sotoba a boring place and longs to escape to the city, away from the locals' traditional ways. When a new European-style mansion appears on a hill, Megumi believes its residents must be refined and interesting, so she decides to pay them a visit. However, Megumi does not return home that night. After an extensive search, she is found the next day, weak and pale, with strange puncture marks on her skin. Tragically, Megumi is only the beginning of a disturbing pattern as Sotoba sees a rising number of deaths. Village doctor Toshio Ozaki, along with priest Seishin Muroi, the reclusive Natsuno Yuuki, and the Tanaka siblings Kaori and Akira, start investigating these mysterious deaths. The horrifying truth behind this outbreak may be more than they can handle, as the dead quickly outnumber the living.

Yasuto Akashi, a high school student, starts his day as usual but ends up skipping school after a disagreement with his best friend, Senichi Aoyama. Feeling regretful, he tries to go back, only to find the school has been cut off from the outside world. Suddenly, a giant cat's head smashes through the windows, and Akashi sees Aoyama in a bloody rat costume. On that day, only three students survive the chaos at the school, as similar events happen worldwide. Though he escapes at first, Akashi becomes caught in a deadly game involving everyone who skipped school that day.

After their fierce confrontation, Battler Ushiromiya reflects on the sudden resignation of the Golden Witch Beatrice, who now appears as little more than a faint echo of her former confident self. This dramatic shift compels Battler to reexamine every detail from the first four games. Though he wishes to remain by her side, he resolves to take back control of the current situation, where Lambdadelta and Frederica Bernkastel have taken charge of the fifth game board. Following Kinzou Ushiromiya's death, Krauss Ushiromiya becomes the family head, but he faces serious financial troubles from poor investments that could lead to creditors seizing the estate. His siblings may take legal action against him under these circumstances. Natsuhi Ushiromiya, supporting her husband, seeks Beatrice's help to revive the former head of the family, hoping to hide the truth until the debts are resolved. Erika Furudo, a self-proclaimed detective, arrives on Rokkenjima Island as the family reunion begins. Welcomed as a distinguished guest, Erika quickly becomes fascinated by the ongoing discussion about the epitaph riddle. However, her relentless investigation into uncovering the hidden treasure triggers a chain of events that threatens to disrupt the Ushiromiya family's stability.

The period of logical arguments and magical spectacles has come to an end; the truth concerning Beatrice, the Golden Witch, is about to be revealed. To aid in this disclosure, the game master Bernkastel summons the Mage-Hunter Will Wright to take part in her game and solve the riddle of who killed Beatrice. Will is accompanied by Lion Ushiromiya, Krauss’s firstborn and legitimate successor, whose motives are not yet clear. Through Will’s inquiry, he links unresolved elements from earlier games, uncovering strands of reality as he revisits Kinzou’s first meeting with the youthful Beatrice and explores the stories that have grown up around her.

Sakurai Aoi is a high school boy carrying a secret he can never tell anyone: he has been the victim of stalkers ever since childhood. Then one day, his classmate Ueda Miyako suddenly transforms into a monster. She is the one who has been stalking Sakurai all along. The beautiful Miyako, who had remained by Sakurai's side for so long, had been protecting him—yet the monsters of urban legends across all of Japan are now stalking him in order to love themselves. What fate lies in store for Sakurai, desired by hundreds of mysterious beautiful women, is— A pure love story of obsession, greed, and madness, as a man is drawn to grotesque girls.

In the spring of 1998, 15-year-old Kouichi Sakakibara moves to Yomiyama to attend Yomiyama North Middle School. A recurring injury lands him in the hospital, causing him to miss the first week of classes. After a quick recovery, he meets Mei Misaki, a strange girl with an eyepatch, during his stay at the hospital. Her mysterious behavior catches his attention. When Kouichi joins Class 3-3 at Yomiyama North, he senses something off beneath the class's seemingly ordinary surface. The students act nervously and keep a close watch on him. Surprisingly, Mei is also in the class, but neither her classmates nor teachers acknowledge her presence. As more unexplainable events unfold and questions pile up, Kouichi feels compelled to seek answers, despite the class's and even Mei's own warnings against it.

Kei Miyama, a seventeen-year-old boy descended from a family with extraordinary gifts, possesses a deep affinity for automobiles and prefers their company to human interaction, especially with women. His grandfather can call birds as if he were the wind itself. After moving to Iceland, Kei works as a freelance detective, taking on cases like settling love quarrels, finding missing people, and retrieving lost items. Driving alone across the stark, empty roads of Iceland’s harsh landscape, where ice and fire meet, he begins to uncover the hidden mysteries of the region. A run-in with a distant Icelandic beauty awakens memories of local legends about ghosts that haunt the wilderness after dark.

In the fog-shrouded town of Nazumi, high school student Ryuusuke Fukada returns to his hometown, stirring painful childhood memories. The town's unusual weather has given rise to a game called intersection fortune-telling, where strangers meet at crossroads to exchange anonymous advice. While many enjoy this tradition, Ryuusuke associates it with a tragic incident from his youth that led to another participant's misfortune, making his reunion with childhood friend Midori Shibayama emotionally difficult. Upon Ryuusuke's return, a sinister new figure emerges: the Intersection Pretty Boy. Despite his charming appearance, he delivers only cruel and harsh advice, which strangely captivates those who encounter him. As these meetings lead to dire consequences, Ryuusuke vows to stop this mysterious man from causing further harm. Can Ryuusuke confront and halt the Pretty Boy, or will more suffering befall those involved?

Umineko no Naku Koro ni, part of the acclaimed When They Cry series by 07th Expansion, takes place on Rokkenjima, the island estate of the wealthy Ushiromiya family. Following their yearly tradition, the family gathers to discuss each member's financial situation. With the family patriarch's health worsening, this year's meeting also addresses how his inheritance will be divided. Unknown to them, the inheritance is the least of Ushiromiya Kinzou's concerns. After learning from his longtime doctor and confidant that he is close to death, Kinzou longs to see his true love once more—the Golden Witch, Beatrice. Having delved into dark magic in his later years, Kinzou arranges a ceremony to summon Beatrice when his relatives arrive at Rokkenjima. A fierce typhoon soon traps the family on the island, leading to a series of baffling murders. The eighteen trapped individuals must now fight for survival amid a confusing conflict between the worlds of fantasy and reality.

Atsushi Ryougoku is a college student blessed with the ability to perceive the "Favor" in those around him. Surrounded by beautiful women—a beauty queen, an idol, a hostess, and others—he enjoys a cushy life funded by their adoration. That peace shatters when a girl who claims to be his childhood friend suddenly appears, dismantling his paradise and threatening his very existence. A harem suspense story.

In the mobile game Magical Girl Raising Project, only one in tens of thousands of players can obtain real magical abilities. In N City, sixteen of these lucky girls use their newly gained powers to assist the community. But when the higher-ups declare that the least effective magical girl each week will have her powers revoked, the situation grows grim. As the competition intensifies, the struggle to retain their abilities turns into a brutal battle for survival among the girls.

Lambdadelta takes over as Game Master following Beatrice's defeat at the end of the previous arc while Bernkastel takes primary control of the human side in the game. Battler meanwhile tries to understand the truth behind Beato's games and comes into conflict with Erika Furudo, a detective character created by Bern who approaches the island murders from a "mystery" perspective, in contrast to Battler's "anti-fantasy" stance. The chapter also has a focus on Natsuhi, who receives threatening phone calls from a "Man from 19 Years Ago".

Asura lives by the words of his late mother: "Only do good deeds." He always tries to be virtuous, enduring bullying with a smile because he firmly believes that evildoers will eventually face divine punishment. But one day, a sinister old man offers him a key that can unlock the doors to hell.

In 1935 Gyeongseong, up-and-coming painter Iho Yun takes on a job from the mysterious old Madam Jeonghwa Song to paint her portrait. Yet when he meets her, she looks like a young woman, though she demands he paint her as elderly. She gives him a clear warning: "Do not finish the portrait." Among the leftover paint tubes from earlier artists, Iho discovers a note of caution. He quickly finds out that every artist who attempted this portrait before him left Madam Song's home only after meeting a terrible fate. What is the secret she is hiding, and what will happen to him if he completes the painting?

Choi Do-yeon is a gaming streamer barely scraping by in a semi-basement rental. He receives a game link from "Sakje-hyung," a senior from his hometown who also creates content and has always been there for him. Without a second thought, Do-yeon downloads "Heart-pounding Ghostly Poem"—only to come face-to-face with apparitions that have no business being on his screen. Before he can wrap his head around the situation, he's pulled into a high-stakes dating simulation where the romantic interests are vengeful spirits.

Suddenly, every man in humanity transforms into a zombie. With half the population now undead, the world is overrun, and the girls must fend for themselves. Armed and desperate, these high schoolers who once led normal lives must fight to survive in this apocalyptic ecchi zombie thriller manga. Can they make it through another day?