Happiness

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Japanese: ハピネス

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 10

Chapters: 50

Status: Finished

Published: Feb 9, 2015 to Mar 9, 2019

Genre: Drama

Themes: School, Vampire

Demographic: Shounen

Serialization: Bessatsu Shounen Magazine

Authors: Oshimi, Shuuzou (Story & Art)

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Score: 7.43¹ (scored by 32,770 users)

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Ranked: #3571²

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Popularity: #203

Members: 79,094

Favorites: 1,558

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Both are about a teen that is transformed into a ghoul/vampire against its will and their struggle to fight the need of feeding from other humans.  

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Both main characters are struggling to find their real identity. They have to deal with the unwanted power that is given to them and have to live through it as they unravel the secrets and mysteries of the environment that they're currently living. Uncertainty , confusion, and acceptance. 

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An introverted student is unwillingly given supernatural powers by a woman which makes them have to feed on other humans. The struggle of protagonists trying to find their place in both worlds is shown. Both share the horror/psychological genre and have a similar artstyle of detailed, yet crude. 

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Both MC are attacked by girls and lose their humanity. 
Both MC want to protect his friends. 
Both mangás have violence and blood. 

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MC is changed into something that preys on humans, and goes through psychological turmoil. 

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-  The synopsis speaks for itself  -
-  Similar tone in both manga's first chapter  -
-  While Tokyo Ghoul leaned more towards the action/fight part, Happiness focused    more on the psychological aspect 

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Both focus around characters who get entagled into the world of monsters after a chance encoutner has turned them into one. 

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Both about a introverted teen turning into a different being. They struggle to find themselves and strive to protect the ones closest to them. Also many gory and bloddy scenes. Both great overall. 

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they both involve two young men suddenly finding themselves as more than human. the story contents are two separate beasts but the overall tone of the stories are very similar. 

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A boy's life is turned upside down by an older, beautiful woman who is actually a monster. The boy has a friend who stays aside after he becomes a monster and he meets another girl who becomes a dear friend (perhaps love interest).
The protagonist has crises trying to understand whether he is human or a monster.
I love stories like this. 

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-mc is forced to change his lifestyle after becoming a monster
-both are pretty tragic stories  

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Concept of time is very similar from each other. Also, both take very interesting approaches to the shounen genre.

Both are short mangas so you should give it a go! 

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Want more vampire? How about you read this amazing manga? The story involve two species, vampires and humans. The differences are the vampires in Hapiness must to hunt down humans to survive meanwhile vampires in Devils Line must to hold back their desire for blood. 

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While Happiness leans further into drama than Uzumaki, I think the two works have a number of similarities. The things that stood out for me the most were the atmosphere and the pacing/delivery of the horror elements. Both stories had a very measured, deliberate delivery of the high impact horror moments. This creates a feeling of apprehension as the reader begins to understand and anticipate how the darker elements of the story will manifest themselves.

I think people who enjoyed the aforementioned aspects in Happiness will be able to appreciate Uzumaki. 

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The style of writing is really similar and both read roughly the same way. The themes discussed are both dark and grusome and there is a lot of death ;) 

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Dark manga where a monster girl's entrance to the MC's life changes everything. 

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Both are horror manga with a beautiful art-style and good story. 

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Both have protagonists who are nerds.
Both have protagonists with supernatural powers.
Both have supernatural creatures.
The creatures hide from society.
Both have romance.
Both protagonists struggle with the feelings and regrets of their new selves.
Both works touch on mature themes regarding relationships, bonds, and "to be or not to be." 

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From both series, there is the theme of bullying as the main protagonist is ostracized by their peers. However, their life begins to take a darker turn after certain events. This includes taking a path that changes their life forever as they take certain measures. Both series is known for their violence as well as mature context. Happiness also has supernatural elements that changes the main protagonist drastically. 

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two amazing mangas with a gothic and phantasmagorical vibe that involve the beauty and horror of being young, in love, and a vampire (also, both artists are two of the very best in the business by a long shot) - read 'em both at yr. earliest opportunity if you dig a good tale of the living dead! 

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These manga's were both made by the same mangaka so the art style is very similar... but i noticed both manga's had a similar atmosphere, the clash between the psychological and social norm is expressed in both of these manga's. The only difference is aku no hana doesn't really contain supernatural elements. 

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Both the main characters undergo huge changes in their lives, and having to deal with it, whilst at the same time having to live with the knowledge that they are 'monsters'. The main characters are slightly alike. 

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Same basic set-up: normal highschool boy is suddenly not-so-human, and has to struggle with the government/people/their own psyche. They both run away with others of their own kind. 

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If characters being vampires / lusting for blood presented as a drama with a subdued sexualised edge is your cup of tea, read Lament of the Lamb whilst waiting for Happiness. LotL has more of an emphasis on family, with a strong incestous edge. 

The mood, with a dark undercurrent and sexual tension, that both authors are able to create without doing anything outlandish is very similar and perhaps unique to them.  

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