Sougiya Riddle

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Undertaker Riddle is like the modern lovechild of Pandora Hearts and Black Butler's shinigami sector, mostly resembling Pandora once you read more into it. Both series share a similar supernatural/fantasy theme involving contract making, surrealism, explosive candy, and Alice in Wonderland aesthetics set in an alternate dimention which the characters enter later on. You have the MC with a sweet tooth, the seemingly lovely girl who actually shelters a rather brutal personality, the sensitive character who is devoted to their partner, and a duo as the MCs. The art has a similar flare and the characters are adorned in aristocratic/dramatic clothing. 

Both series are so similar as Alice in Wonderland inspired series! They both have similar character tropes and general themes along with setting aesthetics.  

Premises are practically identical: a man from the spiritual realm (having long hair, dressed in black clothes and a hat) apprentices a high school boy after said boy loses part of his soul. The boy assists the man in his work fighting evil spirits (and powers up into a cool outfit). Monochrome is more shounen, Undertaker is more shoujo. 

in both a boy meets a strange man, and they both team up and fight in random battles , often starting out with the young boy unwilling at first then becomes more used to it over time.  

Both of these manga involve a younger, shota-like character and an older, bishounen character. Also, in both of these manga, the younger male has made a contract with the older. At certain times, even the characters act similarly and both artists have a similar art style. There are bishounen and cute little boys in both. Although Kuroshitsuji is set in Victorian London and Sougiya Ridoru is set in more modern times, Sougiya Riddle still has Victorian-style undertones. Plus, overall, both manga have a dark/Gothic feel to them. 

Both Sougiya Ridoru and Shinigami Doggy involve younger boys who get involved in a contract with young men in order to achieve a goal. They both deal with similar topics (undertakers and shinigami) and have slightly dark atmospheres. Also, some of the characters act the same at certain times (Shin's actions towards Ren are sometimes like Riddle's actions towards Hayato).