Life Is Money

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One of life's darkest and most reveal questions is, "What are you willing to kill for?" For some people, it's impossible to imagine a situation in which they would take another life. For others, they might be able to list a price, but without being in the situation, there's no way to be sure if they could do it. In death games, participants find their price: it's usually a large sum of money and, of course, their own life.

In death games, participants usually find themselves in the same predicament: kill or be killed. And while some participants join the games willingly, many find themselves forced to play the game. Not all death games are made the same, of course. Creators of death games constantly find more and more interesting ways to force the participants to rack up the body count in the most gruesome manner.

manga that have gambling as a major element in a certain arc/in the whole story

Okay so my favorite niche sub-genre of manga is the ones where the cast has to kill each other or participate in some sort of sick and sadistic game. I have read most of these, but it is my favorite so I figured I should share with the world, enjoy!

All manga that fit the "Death Game" criteria. You can also look for the anime version.

- I would have added all of Junji Ito's work but it would fill the entire stack so I only added a few~
- Includes a variety of: gore, blood, torture, body horror, monster, zombie, ghost/spirit, dementia, demon/devil, survival, survival games, & shock factor

LGBTQ+ characters in horror manga. Some are headcanons- those are indicated by question marks.
Not all are great representations. A couple are not listed as horror on MAL but I thought they were horror-adjacent.


Queer Horror Anime List: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/31015

Even more transgender girls and women from manga. Some are headcanons- those are indicated by question marks.

Part 1: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/28893
Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/29603
Part 4: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/46068