Kiseijuu
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Kiseijuu

Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Parasite, Parasitic Beasts
Japanese: 寄生獣
English: Parasyte
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Type: Manga
Volumes: 10
Chapters: 64
Status: Finished
Published: Nov 22, 1989 to Dec 23, 1995
Genres: Action Action, Award Winning Award Winning, Horror Horror, Sci-Fi Sci-Fi
Themes: Gore Gore, Psychological Psychological
Demographic: Seinen Seinen
Serialization: Afternoon
Authors: Iwaaki, Hitoshi (Story & Art)

Statistics

Score: 8.371 (scored by 4988149,881 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #2392
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #137
Members: 105,981
Favorites: 4,473

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Mangaby MyAnimeList

The Kodansha Manga Award (講談社漫画賞, Koudansha Manga Shou) is an annual award for serialized manga published in the previous year, the event is sponsored by the publisher Kodansha. It is currently awarded in three categories: shounen, shoujo, and general. The awards began in 1977, initially with categories for shounen and shoujo. The first award for the general category was in 1982, and the first children's category's award was in 2003. The children's category was merged into the shounen and shoujo categories starting in 2015.

47 Entries · May 14, 2024 4:14 PM

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Mangaby MyAnimeList

The Seiun Award (星雲賞, Seiunshou) is a Japanese speculative fiction award for the best science fiction works and achievements during the preceding year. Organized and overseen by the Science Fiction Fan Groups' Association of Nippon (SFFAN; 日本SFファングループ連合会議, Nihon SF Fan Group Rengou Kaigi), the awards were given each year at the annual Japan Science Fiction Convention. It is the oldest SF award in Japan, which was first given in 1970 at the 9th Japan Science Fiction Convention and has been awarded every year since that.

(Source: Wikipedia)

45 Entries · Nov 6, 2024 3:21 PM

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Mangaby HiroM_

Critics & Connoisseurs was a club that was founded in 2008 and ended club activities on the 31st of 2022.

The goal of the club was to come up with a list of highly recommended quality shows and manga that are exemplary either within its genre or universally. A manga needed a 70% approval rate in our voting to get on the relation list. The following manga are all part of said list.
Do note that our club's main focus always was anime, our club's readership was relatively low which results in a lot of manga not being able to reach enough votes to get on the relation list despite having a 70% or higher approval rate.

You can see the club page here:
https://myanimelist.net/clubs.php?cid=2913

Anime Relation List Part 1: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/324
Anime Relation List Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/328

42 Entries · Dec 31, 2022 7:58 AM

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Mangaby Stone76

A list of Seinen manga I think are great and can recommend. Mostly drama/psychological but has a little bit of other stuff. Will update throughout the future

23 Entries · Jun 6, 2024 2:29 PM

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Mangaby Weebookey

Horror manga create an atmosphere of unease. Like Mystery manga, they encourage viewers to learn more about their world... but there may be secrets that are better left unexplored. Through eerie music and sounds, visceral or disturbing imagery, or startling moments, works of Horror make you worry about what gruesome thing is coming next.

This subgenre of horror intentionally focuses on grotesque or psychologically disturbing violations of the body. From disease to dismemberment the core of it is what can happen to the human body. It is not unusual for this to also include sexual, alien infestation, strange movements, transformations, and utter destruction of the human body, However I will try to save some of those manga for Ero-Guro

>More of my manga recs are in my profile! Comment what u are after an I can make some more!

Tags: Horror, Body Horror, Gore, Guro,

- Weebookey

32 Entries · Dec 22, 2024 3:31 PM

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Mangaby Weebookey

Also sometimes labelled as a splatter, the main focus of the manga is well the blood, guts and dismembered body parts. Shock is a key element of this genre. Movies such as the SAW series are famous for the difficult-to-watch torture sequences, but what a bout the manga? This list is compiled of some of the most gory manga I have seen that aren't pornographic.

- Weebookey

42 Entries · Apr 11, 2022 5:23 AM

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Mangaby rob405

seinen manga that features serious themes and is not afraid to use things that make the reader uncomfortable

12 Entries · Apr 10, 2022 2:18 PM

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- No stuff thats horror only because of gore or shock factor(So sorry to say but no devilman and TG)
- If Series has more than 1 entry Whether spinoff or sequel, I'll just list the first entry that has horror
- I will not be listing the junji ito one shot collection stories cause holy shit theres wayyyy too many of them and can prob be its own list
- Related to first point, No manga that revovles around Zombies/vampire(So no HoTD and Gakkou Gurashi)

29 Entries · Apr 11, 2022 5:20 AM

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Number of sales and date that number was acquired from in notes for each. Some of them I have personally estimated a higher figure than the date says.

No. 147 would be the Himitsu Series of books. It's for children and I can't find it on MAL. It has 116 volumes and started in 1972, and has sold 23 million (June 10th, 2018).

49 Entries · Oct 20, 2024 9:35 AM

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Mangaby kizumi91

Psychological drama, occasionally known as dark drama or was related to psychodrama, is a sub-genre of drama that places emphasis on psychological elements. It often overlaps with other genres such as fantasy, black comedy, and science fiction, while the genre is closely related with the psychological horror and psychological thriller genres. Psychological dramas use these genres tropes to focus on the human condition and psychological effects, usually in a mature and serious tone.

Psychological drama explore thematic elements such as abandonment, coming-of-age problems, denialism, disability, distorted sequences, dysfunctional relationships, human sexuality, mental disorders, mood swings, odd behaviors, post-traumatic stress disorder, psychological abuse, psychedelic art, social issues, and other serious discussions that unlikely centers themes turn more focused on both issues of the character's life and reality.

50 Entries · Nov 17, 2024 7:45 AM

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Mangaby LordZirkaZero

From the Deeps of Space...

Another Lifeform has shown up? To Invade and Destroy our World? Or did they came to help us?
Are they Like us? Or do they look like something we never could've imagined?

Well you can only find it out when you read these Storys, many Genres are Covered here and you might find a new Story here.

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Is something missing? Is something wrong with an entry? You can contact me and tell me if there's anything wrong or missing! I´ll be happy for any help!

50 Entries · Jan 12, 2024 12:12 PM

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Mangaby Iris-69

Sufferents Manga Guide https://youtu.be/mrPYIfxqAho

44 Entries · May 13, 2022 11:38 AM

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Mangaby moozooh

Go Nagai's Devilman is one of the most influential manga of all time. A seminal effort in both themes and tone, it set the standard and paved the way for the gory, edgy stories popular today among the teenagers and young adults. You'd be surprised just how many of them trace their thematic lineage to the ol' Devilboi.

How to quickly recognize a Devilman-inspired story:
* the protagonist somehow ends up imbued with some kind of dark power that makes them stronger at the expense of their humanity;
* having said power influences their personality and/or physique in a major way;
* it is used to combat antagonists having powers of a similar or identical origin who seek to prey on the protagonist or the humankind in general;
* although the protagonist is aligned with humankind, his powers make other people afraid of him or try to use him for their own benefit;
* death, violent dismemberment, grotesque imagery, and other fun hijinks ensue;
* some sort of a major betrayal is expected.

There could be other, less obvious parallels, like the religious symbolism or anti-war themes.

I won't be including every single title I'm aware of here—only the good/notable ones. If you aren't sure how the stories in question relate to Devilman, feel free to find it in the list of recommendations and read what people say there. I won't be annotating this list to avoid spoilers.

Honorable mention: Kemonozume, an anime-only series by Masaaki Yuasa that is basically a beat-by-beat copy of Devilman. Many years later Yuasa was brought on board to direct an actual adaptation of Devilman.

This list constitutes my personal views and stances. If something isn't on it, it likely means I haven't seen it or don't have an informed opinion on the matter. Feel free to shoot me suggestions via DMs, but make sure you have a convincing argument if it's not something that's already on my main manga/anime list. I don't promise it'll end up here, but I will consider all suggestions.

16 Entries · Aug 11, 2022 7:03 AM

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Mangaby takakoji

I gathered mangas that you might think interesting if you are vegan or interested in veganism.

10 Entries · Oct 1, 2023 8:46 PM

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Mangaby Deylin

The Masked Man is an American YouTuber who makes videos primarily about manga, but also anime, and very occasionally video games. He does in-depth analysis on the subjects he talks about. Here is his top 50 manga.

NOTE:-
"Fata Morgana no Yakata: Anata no Hitomi wo Tozasu Monogatari" is not manga, its a Visual Novel.(https://vndb.org/v12402)
Consider this list from Beserk to OPM to be the actual manga list.

For part 2
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/7241

50 Entries · Jan 15, 2023 11:52 PM

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Mangaby HelenaHills

Not for the faint hearted. These are manga series that will put your physical and emotional endurance to test.

44 Entries · Jun 2, 2022 8:37 AM

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Mangaby carlosbg

43 Entries · Jun 30, 2022 10:21 AM

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Mangaby SherlyCat25

Part 2 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/7370
Part 3 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/7371
Part 4 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9506
Part 5 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9550

Free on Book Walker - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9163
Manga on Comixology Unlimited - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9505

50 Entries · May 28, 2023 5:29 AM

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Mangaby spaceslut

33 Entries · Jun 13, 2022 12:31 PM

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Mangaby Ai-kiko

This stack also includes manga that are not listed as "Psychological" in mal database but they still have psychological elements in them E.g. Shoujo Fujuubun.

50 Entries · Nov 7, 2022 9:25 PM

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