Best Horror Manga
376 horror manga ranked by community score. Scores come from the wider anime community; ratings on AnimeHunt are shown on each title.
Top rated horror manga
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3.9The Enigma of Amigara Fault
One-shot · 2000 · 1 ch
The Enigma of Amigara FaultAmigara Dansou no KaiOne-shot · 2000 · 1 ch3.9A short horror manga story by Junji Ito, printed as a bonus one-shot alongside his fish-zombie-apocalypse manga Gyo. A boy named Oowaki, and a girl, Yoshida, meet on Amigara Mountain, where an unsettling discovery has been made. Human…
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3.9Pet Shop of Horrors
Manga · 1995 · 41 ch
Pet Shop of HorrorsPetshop of HorrorsManga · 1995 · 41 ch3.9A smoke-filled alley in Chinatown harbors Count D's Pet Shop. The pets sold here aren't your everyday variety and the Count prides himself on selling Love and Dreams in the form of magical creatures that come with an exclusive contract…
3.9Higurashi WHEN THEY CRY: Curse Killing Arc
Manga · 2005 · 13 ch
Higurashi WHEN THEY CRY: Curse Killing ArcHigurashi no Naku Koro ni: Tatarigoroshi-henManga · 2005 · 13 ch3.9After moving into the quiet town of Hinamizawa, Maebara Keiichi spends his days blissfully in school often playing games with his local friends. However, appearances can be deceiving. One fateful day, Keiichi stumbles upon news of a murder…
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3.9Ghost Hunt
Manga · 1998 · 57 ch
Ghost HuntManga · 1998 · 57 ch3.9The decrepit building was condemned long ago, but every time the owners try to tear it down, "accidents" start to happen-people get hurt, sometimes even killed. Mai Taniyama and her classmates have heard the rumors that the creepy old high…
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3.9Junji Ito Horror Comic Collection
Manga · 1997 · 93 ch
Junji Ito Horror Comic CollectionItou Junji Kyoufu Manga CollectionManga · 1997 · 93 ch3.9Vol 1: Tomie (富江) [1997.10] 1. Tomie 2. Tomie • Shashin (Photograph) 3. Tomie • Seppun (Kiss) 4. Tomie • Yashiki (Mansion) 5. Tomie • Fukushuu (Revenge) 6. Tomie • Takitsubo (The Basin of the Waterfall) Vol 2: Tomie Part 2 (富江Part2)…
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3.9Kara no Kyoukai: The Garden of Sinners
Manga · 2010
Kara no Kyoukai: The Garden of SinnersManga · 20103.9A teenaged girl, who possesses the "Mystic Eyes of Death Perception", a supernatural ability that allows the user to see the "death" of everything in existence and kill the object by destroying its "origin". She recently recovered from a…
3.8Tomie
Manga · 1987 · 13 ch
TomieManga · 1987 · 13 ch3.8Tomie Kawakami is a femme fatale with long black hair and a beauty mark just under her left eye. She can seduce nearly any man, and drive them to murder as well, even though the victim is often Tomie herself. While one lover seeks to keep…
3.8Brutal
Manga · 2019 · 33 ch
BrutalBrutal: Satsujin Keisatsukan no KokuhakuManga · 2019 · 33 ch3.8The manga centers on homicide detective Hiroki Dan, the son of a former police superintendent general, and who seems to be on the fast track to career success. He maintains a hidden identity as a serial killer responsible for more than a…
3.8In/Spectre
Manga · 2015
In/SpectreKyokou SuiriManga · 20153.8Both touched by spirits called yokai, Kotoko and Kuro have gained unique superhuman powers. But to gain her powers Kotoko has given up an eye and a leg, and Kuro’s personal life is in shambles. So when Kotoko suggests they team up to deal…
3.8Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan
Manga · 2008 · 218 ch
Nura: Rise of the Yokai ClanNurarihyon no MagoManga · 2008 · 218 ch3.8Rikuo grew up in a house full of yokai, so he always thought they were cool. But the kids in his class talk about yokai like they're bad! When his grandfather announces Rikuo as his chosen heir to run the Nura clan, Rikuo is torn between…
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3.8Gannibal
Manga · 2018 · 120 ch
GannibalManga · 2018 · 120 ch3.8Daigo Agawa is a resident police officer who has been recently assigned to the remote mountain village of Kuge. He is initially warmly welcomed by the villagers, but with the suspicious death of an old woman, he gradually becomes aware of…
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3.8Higurashi WHEN THEY CRY: Abducted by Demons Arc
Manga · 2005 · 7 ch
Higurashi WHEN THEY CRY: Abducted by Demons ArcHigurashi no Naku Koro ni: Onikakushi-henManga · 2005 · 7 ch3.8After moving into the quiet town of Hinamizawa, Maebara Keiichi spends his days blissfully in school often playing games with his local friends. However, appearances can be deceiving. One fateful day, Keiichi stumbles upon news of a murder…
3.8Back When You Called Us Devils
Manga · 2017 · 154 ch
Back When You Called Us DevilsKimi ga Bokura wo Akuma to Yonda KoroManga · 2017 · 154 ch3.8Yusuke Saito is a normal high school kid...well, normal enough, though there's six months missing out of his memory. But when he starts to get confronted by people who insist they're from his past, who allege that he did horrible things to…
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3.8As the Gods Will: The Second Series
Manga · 2013 · 186 ch
As the Gods Will: The Second SeriesKamisama no Iutoori NiManga · 2013 · 186 ch3.8With the appearance of a strange daruma doll, ordinary life crumbles away in an instant. Even so, live on. Survive. This is the story of the "life" bestowed upon all those who have wished to die. Are you beef or chicken? Live, that's the…
3.8Shiki
Manga · 2007 · 42 ch
ShikiManga · 2007 · 42 ch3.8During the scorching summer of 199X, three bodies are discovered for unknown reasons in Tonoba Village, a village of only 1,300 people surrounded by mountains. At the same time, a high school girl named Megumi Shimizu goes missing after…
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3.8Rohan at the Louvre
One-shot · 2011 · 1 ch
Rohan at the LouvreKishibe Rohan Louvre e IkuOne-shot · 2011 · 1 ch3.8As Rohan, a young Japanese manga artist, is drawing, he meets a mysterious, beautiful woman who tells him of a cursed 200-year-old painting. The painting was created using the blackest ink ever known, which came from a 1,000-year-old tree…
3.8Higurashi WHEN THEY CRY: Cotton Drifting Arc
Manga · 2005 · 12 ch
Higurashi WHEN THEY CRY: Cotton Drifting ArcHigurashi no Naku Koro ni: Watanagashi-henManga · 2005 · 12 ch3.8After moving into the quiet town of Hinamizawa, Maebara Keiichi spends his days blissfully in school often playing games with his local friends. However, appearances can be deceiving. One fateful day, Keiichi stumbles upon news of a murder…
3.8Ghost Teller
Manga · 2017 · 92 ch
Ghost TellerGwijeongudamManga · 2017 · 92 ch3.8You think your ghost stories are scary? Try listening to these stories from the ghosts themselves. (Source: WEBTOONS)
3.8School-Live! Letters
Manga · 2020 · 8 ch
School-Live! LettersGakkou Gurashi!: OtayoriManga · 2020 · 8 ch3.8Now that the apocalypse is over, the former School Living Club members moved on to new stages in their lives, walking different paths. Letters help them remember the past, live for the present and stay connected with each other. (Source…
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3.8Kurayami Dance
Manga · 2015 · 16 ch
Kurayami DanceManga · 2015 · 16 ch3.8Undertaker by day, biker by night, Kaido Wataru dreams of one day riding at an unsurpassed speed. But the moment he finally reaches 300 kmh, a terrible accident sends him into a 3-year coma. When Wataru awakes, he finds that the Japan he…
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3.8Umineko When They Cry Episode 1: Legend of the Golden Witch
Manga · 2007 · 23 ch
Umineko When They Cry Episode 1: Legend of the Golden WitchUmineko no Naku Koro ni Episode 1: Legend of the Golden WitchManga · 2007 · 23 ch3.8Each year, the Ushiromiya family gathers at the secluded mansion of its patriarch, the elderly Kinzo. It has been six years since Battler joined his cousins at the annual event, but their happy reunion is overshadowed by worsening weather…
3.8Franken Fran
Manga · 2006 · 69 ch
Franken FranManga · 2006 · 69 ch3.8Somewhere, out in the sticks of rural Japan, there is a mysterious manor that is home to the greatest surgeon who ever lived. But when the surgeon goes missing, his reanimated daughter, Fran, takes up the family profession, and despite her…
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3.8Umineko When They Cry Episode 2: Turn of the Golden Witch
Manga · 2009 · 28 ch
Umineko When They Cry Episode 2: Turn of the Golden WitchUmineko no Naku Koro ni Episode 2: Turn of the Golden WitchManga · 2009 · 28 ch3.8With help from the witch Beatrice, Shannon has enjoyed a budding romance with George Ushiromiya, her master’s eldest grandson. As a servant of the Ushiromiya estate, Shannon is little more than furniture, but since her bargain with…
3.8Chainsaw Man: Buddy Stories
Light Novel · 2021 · 4 ch
Chainsaw Man: Buddy StoriesLight Novel · 2021 · 4 ch3.8Power lives out her favorite anime by becoming a genius detective—or so she wants her “audience” to believe! Denji is along for the ride as her assistant for an investigation into disappearances at a mountain hotel. Other stories center on…
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3.8Qualia the Purple
Manga · 2011 · 21 ch
Qualia the PurpleMurasakiiro no QualiaManga · 2011 · 21 ch3.8Through the uncanny purple eyes of Yukari, all people appear to her as robots. Her talent is both a blessing and a curse. She is able to assist the police in sizing up threats, since her “skill” allows her to evaluate humans’ quirks and…
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3.8SOIL
Manga · 2004 · 90 ch
SOILManga · 2004 · 90 ch3.8Something strange is going on in "Soil New Town." The sudden disappearance of a seemingly normal family leads the two detectives Yokoi and Onoda to the idyllic town in the middle of nowhere. What looks like a routine case at first quickly…
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3.8Delusion
Manga · 2019 · 60 ch
DelusionHyeonhokManga · 2019 · 60 ch3.8It’s 1935 in Gyeongseong, and struggling artist I-Ho Yun has been commissioned by the reclusive, elderly Madam Jeong-Hwa Song to paint a portrait. Madam Jeong-Hwa Song allows I-Ho to set eyes upon her -- an unprecedented event -- and…
3.8Higurashi WHEN THEY CRY: Dice Killing Arc
Manga · 2011 · 6 ch
Higurashi WHEN THEY CRY: Dice Killing ArcHigurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei: Saikoroshi-henManga · 2011 · 6 ch3.8The endless cycle of murders has been broken and Rika is finally able to settle down for a normal life with her friends. However, she is involved in a traffic accident and wakes up in a world where everything is different. A world where no…
3.7Akame ga KILL!
Manga · 2010 · 80 ch
Akame ga KILL!Akame ga Kill!Manga · 2010 · 80 ch3.7Teenage country bumpkin Tatsumi dreams of earning enough money for his impoverished village by working in the Capital--but his short-lived plans go awry when he's robbed by a buxom beauty upon arrival! Penniless, Tatsumi is taken in by the…
3.7I Am a Hero
Manga · 2009 · 265 ch
I Am a HeroManga · 2009 · 265 ch3.7A mentally unhinged manga artist witnesses the beginning of a zombie outbreak in Tokyo, and he’s certain of only two things: he’s destined to be the city’s hero, and he possesses something quite rare in Japan—an actual firearm! (Source…
3.7Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead
Manga · 2018
Zom 100: Bucket List of the DeadZom 100: Zombie ni Naru Made ni Shitai 100 no KotoManga · 20183.7Surviving a zombie apocalypse beats being a wage slave any day! After spending years slaving away for a soul-crushing company, Akira's life has lost its luster. He lives in a trash-filled apartment, his pay is abysmal, and he can't even…
3.7Battle Royale
Manga · 2000 · 119 ch
Battle RoyaleManga · 2000 · 119 ch3.7Under the guise of a "study trip," a group of students from Shiroiwa Junior High School in the fictional town of Shiroiwa (Kagawa Prefecture) are gassed on a bus. They awaken in the Okishima Island School on Okishima, an isolated…
3.7Helter Skelter: Fashion Unfriendly
Manga · 1995 · 9 ch
Helter Skelter: Fashion UnfriendlyHelter SkelterManga · 1995 · 9 ch3.7If you are aware of fashion in Japan, you must have seen Liliko's face. For the last few years, she has been at the top of the modeling world, with her face and body promoting the biggest brands. But as everyone who is in this world…
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3.7Usotsuki Satsuki wa Shi ga Mieru
Manga · 2020 · 84 ch
Usotsuki Satsuki wa Shi ga MieruManga · 2020 · 84 ch3.7"You... are going to die tomorrow." Satsuki Minazuki, 16 years old. Apart from being antisocial and declaring the death of her classmates, she is a normal second-year high school student. Her nickname is "Liar Satsuki." However, her eyes…
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3.7kuro
Manga · 2011 · 210 ch
kuroManga · 2011 · 210 ch3.7Within the halls of an enormous mansion, live a girl and her black cat. They try to have oodles of fun each and every day, but ever since her kitty ran away, something's seemed a bit off...Still, with her trusty companion by her side, even…
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3.7Distant Sky
Manga · 2014 · 117 ch
Distant SkySimyeonui HaneulManga · 2014 · 117 ch3.7"Am I the only one still alive?" A boy wakes up to find himself in a building full of dead people, and Gangnam is shrouded in complete darkness. No cars, no electricity and no stars in the sky… Not only Gangnam but the entire city seems…Looking for something else? Filter horror manga by year, status and format.