Best Psychological Manga
609 psychological manga ranked by community score. Scores come from the wider anime community; ratings on AnimeHunt are shown on each title.
Top rated psychological manga
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4.1Holyland
Manga · 2000 · 182 ch
HolylandManga · 2000 · 182 ch4.1Yuu is a high school kid who doesn't really fit anywhere. To find a place he can belong, be accepted, he will do anything. However one thing leads to another and he is forced to fight to keep his place, his holyland.
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4.1I Had That Same Dream Again
Manga · 2017 · 12 ch
I Had That Same Dream AgainMata, Onaji Yume wo MiteitaManga · 2017 · 12 ch4.1An unhappy girl who engages in self-harm, a woman ostracized by society, and an old woman looking to live out her twilight years in peace–what could three such different people have in common? That’s what grade schooler Nanoka Koyanagi is…
4.1Sunny
Manga · 2010 · 37 ch
SunnyManga · 2010 · 37 ch4.1The story of an orphanage, the children who live in it, and the beat-up old Nissan Sunny 1200 which provides them with a means of escape from their boring everyday lives. Note: Winner of the Best Manga of the Year award at the 2016…
4.1Mars
Manga · 1996 · 41 ch
MarsMARSManga · 1996 · 41 ch4.1Kira, a shy high school student, lives only for her art. Rei, an arrogant, rebellious and violent playboy, wears his delinquency like a badge of honor. They are exact opposites in every way, but when Kira sees Rei kissing a statue of Mars…
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4.1The Legend of the Strongest, Kurosawa!
Manga · 2003 · 90 ch
The Legend of the Strongest, Kurosawa!Saikyou Densetsu KurosawaManga · 2003 · 90 ch4.1Kurosawa is sick and tired of his boring, ordinary life growing old as the less popular site foreman in Anahira Construction. The turning point comes when his 44th birthday comes along, and no one remembers or celebrates with him…
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4.1The Bugle Call: Song of War
Manga · 2022
The Bugle Call: Song of WarSensou KyoushitsuManga · 20224.1In Arboral Year 1294, the world is dominated by nine massive towers known as the Spires, remnants of an ancient civilization. Filled with lost secrets and powerful knowledge, nations struggle to possess them. Luca is a bugler in a…
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4.17SEEDS
Manga · 2001 · 178 ch
7SEEDSManga · 2001 · 178 ch4.1Scientists had predicted this disaster, and in response, the leaders of every country met to develop a plan for human survival before the meteor hit. The Seven Seeds project was developed out of this meeting. Each country froze a number of…
4.1The Summit of the Gods
Manga · 2000 · 47 ch
The Summit of the GodsKamigami no ItadakiManga · 2000 · 47 ch4.1With what may be Mallory’s camera found and lost, photographer Fukamachi delves deeper into the life of the mysterious character Bikha Sanp – the “Venomous Snake” – convinced that he is, in reality, the legendary mountaineer Jouji Habu…
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4.1Bakuon Rettou
Manga · 2002 · 105 ch
Bakuon RettouManga · 2002 · 105 ch4.1In the 80s, the parents of Kaze Takashi move to a quiet area of Tokyo in order to save the young man from the bad influence of his friends. In class, Takashi does not take long to make new friends and they soon invite him to meet with…
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4.1Umineko When They Cry Episode 3: Banquet of the Golden Witch
Manga · 2009 · 22 ch
Umineko When They Cry Episode 3: Banquet of the Golden WitchUmineko no Naku Koro ni Episode 3: Banquet of the Golden WitchManga · 2009 · 22 ch4.1Time holds little meaning for Beatrice the Millennial Witch. Replaying the events leading up to the Golden Banquet again and again only gives her more opportunity to play with her new favorite toy, Battler Ushiromiya. The boy's will to…
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4.1Buddha
Manga · 1972 · 69 ch
BuddhaManga · 1972 · 69 ch4.1Osamu Tezuka’s vaunted storytelling genius, consummate skill at visual expression, and warm humanity blossom fully in his epic volumes on Siddhartha’s life and times. Tezuka evidences his profound grasp of the subject by contextualizing…
4.1Kabukimonogatari: Dandy Tale
Light Novel · 2010 · 30 ch
Kabukimonogatari: Dandy TaleKabukimonogatariLight Novel · 2010 · 30 ch4.1How far does one go to help a lost child? In the case of returning narrator Araragi, the answer is too far, across the veil of time. Dutifully (if unknowingly) following up on Hachikuji’s cheeky foreshadowing, he concerns himself with his…
4.1Classroom of the Elite: Year 3
Light Novel · 2025
Classroom of the Elite: Year 3Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e: 3-nensei-henLight Novel · 20254.1From their humble beginnings as Class 1-D, Horikita and her classmates now begin their third year as Class 3-A—but the battle isn’t over yet. With only one year left until graduation, there’s no room for even the smallest failure. And not…
4.0The Flowers of Evil
Manga · 2009 · 58 ch
The Flowers of EvilAku no HanaManga · 2009 · 58 ch4.0The story opens as middle school student Takao Kasuga receives an F on a math test. But he doesn't even seem to notice because he's too engrossed in surreptitiously reading Beaudelaire's The Flowers of Evil. And the day goes downhill from…
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4.0Call of the Night
Manga · 2019 · 203 ch
Call of the NightYofukashi no UtaManga · 2019 · 203 ch4.0One sleepless night, Ko slips out to walk the streets. Life after dark is a revelation! When flirtatious Nazuna invites Ko to spend the night at her place in an abandoned building, he’s stoked! But then he awakens to kisses on his neck…
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4.0BLAME!
Manga · 1997 · 66 ch
BLAME!Manga · 1997 · 66 ch4.0In a future version of Earth, there is a city grown so chaotically massive that its inhabitants no longer recall what “land” is. Within this megastructure the silent, stoic Killy is on a mission to find the Net Terminal Gene—a genetic…
4.0Onani Master Kurosawa
Manga · 2007 · 31 ch
Onani Master KurosawaManga · 2007 · 31 ch4.0Kakeru Kurosawa is an asocial junior high school student. He rarely associates with his classmates, and he looks down on them. But this behavior is topped off by a certain bad habit, his closely guarded secret: every day after school, he…
4.0BEASTARS
Manga · 2016 · 196 ch
BEASTARSManga · 2016 · 196 ch4.0One night at Cherryton Academy, an herbivore student is brutally murdered. Among the members of the Drama Club, the herbivores’ suspicions naturally turn to their carnivore classmates… The prime suspect? Gray wolf Legoshi. But he wouldn’t…
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4.0Tomodachi Game
Manga · 2013 · 130 ch
Tomodachi GameManga · 2013 · 130 ch4.0Play a game that costs a lot of money with your best friends! The key to clearing the game is "don't doubt your friends." However, one betrayal raises suspicion, and the game becomes a psychological warfare! Money or friends? The ultimate…
4.0Innocent
Manga · 2013 · 99 ch
InnocentManga · 2013 · 99 ch4.0In the 18th century, seeking "freedom and equality," the event that gave birth to modern French society, the French Revolution, began. There was one protagonist that lived within the darkness, Charles-Henri Sanson. He was the…
4.0My Dearest Self With Malice Aforethought
Manga · 2018 · 98 ch
My Dearest Self With Malice AforethoughtShinai naru Boku e Satsui wo KometeManga · 2018 · 98 ch4.0Eiji the college-age virgin dreams of someday having a girlfriend...until he wakes up one day with his "girlfriend" in his bed with him! Not only that, his buddy tells him he got in a fight...and that three days have passed that Eiji…
4.0ACT-AGE
Manga · 2018 · 123 ch
ACT-AGEact-ageManga · 2018 · 123 ch4.0Lights! Camera! ACTION! Kei Yonagi wants to be an actress! But an already-difficult dream to achieve has become much harder since her father left and her mother died. She's now taking care of her two little siblings on her own. Without…
4.0Boy Meets Maria
Manga · 2017 · 7 ch
Boy Meets MariaBoy meets MariaManga · 2017 · 7 ch4.0Taiga dreams of becoming an actor, so the first thing he does upon entering high school is join the drama club. There, he meets the beautiful, enigmatic Maria and immediately falls in love with her. Not long after, Taiga is told that she…
4.0Welcome to Ethics Class
Manga · 2016 · 56 ch
Welcome to Ethics ClassKoko wa Ima kara Rinri desu.Manga · 2016 · 56 ch4.0Ethics, or the study of what it means to live, and the principles that shape our sense of right and wrong. It’s a subject you might go your whole life without learning, and never suffer for it. Yet within this classroom lie the truths…
4.0Historie
Manga · 2003
HistorieManga · 20034.0After shocking the world with Parasyte, Hitoshi Iwaaki is back with a series he's been aching to tackle since even before his pro manga debut! A historical epic set in ancient times, Historie tells the story of Eumenes, a young man with…
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4.0Yomawari Sensei
Manga · 2004 · 45 ch
Yomawari SenseiManga · 2004 · 45 ch4.0The author, a high school teacher, recounts his 12 years on "night patrol" in Yokohama City, where he comes face to face with youth dealing with issues ranging from self-mutilation to drug abuse.
4.0Zankoku na Kami ga Shihai Suru
Manga · 1993 · 86 ch
Zankoku na Kami ga Shihai SuruManga · 1993 · 86 ch4.0Jeremy, a sensitive but outgoing 15 year old, is delighted to hear the news of his neurotic and excitable mother's remarriage to a wealthy British man. However, much to his horror, his sweet-talking new step-father Greg, soon begins to…
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4.0Junji Ito Story Collection
Manga · 2011 · 119 ch
Junji Ito Story CollectionItou Junji KessakushuuManga · 2011 · 119 ch4.0Vols 1-2: Tomie (富江) [2011-01] 1. Tomie 2. Morita Hospital 3. Basement 4. Photo 5. Kiss 6. Mansion 7. Revenge 8. Waterfall Basin 9. Painter 10. Assassins 11. Hair 12. Adopted Daughter 13. Little Finger 14. Boy 15. Moromi 16. Babysitter 17…
4.0Iryuu: Team Medical Dragon
Manga · 2002 · 210 ch
Iryuu: Team Medical DragonManga · 2002 · 210 ch4.0Dr. Katou is an ambitious woman who seeks to revolutionize the corrupt and inefficient Japanese medical system from within by becoming a professor in a teaching hospital. She enlists a maverick surgeon, Dr. Asada Ryuutarou, to help her…
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4.0Higurashi WHEN THEY CRY: Massacre Arc
Manga · 2008 · 25 ch
Higurashi WHEN THEY CRY: Massacre ArcHigurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai: Minagoroshi-henManga · 2008 · 25 ch4.0This is regarded as the chapter where "the best situation has been provided," but it takes the courage of a certain character to change the course. This will answer everything, however there is one chapter left - Matsuribayashi-hen…
4.0Shinobumonogatari
Light Novel · 2017 · 50 ch
ShinobumonogatariLight Novel · 2017 · 50 ch4.0It's chic to go saving a girl who has nothing to do with you every once in a while. Female students from Naoetsu High School have gone missing one after the other. When the mummified bodies of the girls are discovered, there's a very…
4.0Blood on the Tracks
Manga · 2017 · 153 ch
Blood on the TracksChi no WadachiManga · 2017 · 153 ch4.0Ordinary middle school student Seiichi Osabe receives love and care from his mother Seiko. Until one summer an incident changes the family dynamic forever. This is a story of a mother’s love that has gone too far…. (Source: Kodansha USA)
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4.0Ajin: Demi-Human
Manga · 2012 · 99 ch
Ajin: Demi-HumanAjinManga · 2012 · 99 ch4.0High school student Kei Nagai is struck dead in a grisly traffic accident, but immediately revives to learn that he may not be like every other human. Instead, he may be a mysterious almost immortal being granted not only the powers of…
4.0My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness
Manga · 2016 · 6 ch
My Lesbian Experience With LonelinessSabishisugite Rezu Fuzoku ni Ikimashita ReportManga · 2016 · 6 ch4.0A hugely popular comic on Pixiv, My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness offers readers an honest and heartfelt look at one young woman’s exploration of her sexuality, mental well-being, and growing up in our modern age. (Source: Seven Seas…
4.0Watashitachi no Shiawase na Jikan
Manga · 2008 · 8 ch
Watashitachi no Shiawase na JikanManga · 2008 · 8 ch4.0"I have something I don't want to lose" "So much so that these terrible feelings have grown." A pianist who attempted suicide 3 times, Juri, is taken to help her aunt at a prison where murderers who killed indiscriminately are sentenced to…
4.0Erased
Manga · 2012 · 49 ch
ErasedBoku dake ga Inai MachiManga · 2012 · 49 ch4.0Twenty-nine-year-old Satoru Fujinuma is floundering through life. Amid his daily drudgery, he finds himself in the grip of an incredible, inexplicable, and uncontrollable phenomenon that rewinds time, a condition that seems to only make…Looking for something else? Filter psychological manga by year, status and format.