Best survival manga
270 manga about survival, ranked by community score. Tags come from AniList voters; the percentage on each title page says how strongly the tag applies.
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3.5Slime Saint
Manga · 2023
Slime SaintSlime SeijoManga · 20233.5Even the weakest monsters have a dream of becoming human and for one slime, that dream is coming true! When a curious slime monster comes across a fresh corpse, an opportunity presents itself: take over the body and become a human. Easy…
3.5Koi no Kamisama: Komi Naoshi Tanpenshuu
Manga · 2014 · 6 ch
Koi no Kamisama: Komi Naoshi TanpenshuuManga · 2014 · 6 ch3.5First collection of Komi Naoshi's short stories. 1. Island 2. Koi no Kamisama 3. Williams 4. Personant 5. Apple 6. Nisekoi (pilot)
Mature
3.5Future Diary
Manga · 2006 · 59 ch
Future DiaryMirai NikkiManga · 2006 · 59 ch3.5Yukiteru is a lonely student whose only hobby is the daily diary he keeps on his cell phone. But Yukiteru has a secret that nobody knows about...his cellphone can tell the future! Now a vicious game of survival is about to begin among…
3.5Btooom!
Manga · 2009 · 125 ch
Btooom!BTOOOM!Manga · 2009 · 125 ch3.5Sakamoto Ryuuta is an unemployed 22-year-old who lives with his mother. In the real world, there may be nothing really special about him, but online, he's one of the world's top players of the combat game "BTOOOM"! One day, he awakes in…
3.5Boundless Ascension
Manga · 2022 · 177 ch
Boundless AscensionNa Honja Teukseongppallo Muhan SeongjangManga · 2022 · 177 ch3.5Seong-Yun Han was just a boy when his parents were killed by monsters unleashed during a mysterious calamity called the “Dungeon Break.” Seven years later, Seong-Yun is devastated to find that his grinding efforts to become a Hunter…
3.5Starving Anonymous
Manga · 2014 · 64 ch
Starving AnonymousShokuryou Jinrui: Starving AnonymousManga · 2014 · 64 ch3.5It's a day like any other, and high school students Ie and Kazu are on the bus home from school when, suddenly, it floods with a mysterious gas. The pair pass out and wake up to find themselves aboard a truck packed full of human bodies…
3.5Akdangi Saraganeun Beop
Manga · 2021 · 199 ch
Akdangi Saraganeun BeopManga · 2021 · 199 ch3.5“You have been chosen as a player in the great game to select the next god’s successor, the Mission! Congratulations!” Seong-Hoon has suddenly fallen into another world to participate in a game to become a god. This other world that is…
Mature
3.5Dragon Head
Manga · 1994 · 89 ch
Dragon HeadManga · 1994 · 89 ch3.5In the horror of witnessing so many classmates perish before his eyes in a violent train wreck, Teru discovers two survivors in the tunnel: Ako and Nobuo. But salvation from this bloody carnage is far from their grasp. As they try to dig…
3.5The Falcon Princess
Manga · 2021
The Falcon PrincessJeollyeongsae Wangnyeo-nimManga · 20213.5After losing consciousness while fleeing the war raging in Roymund Kingdom, Princess Zeline wakes up in the body of a messenger falcon! She’s now the bird in charge of delivering information for Commander Valhyle and his army, who are…
3.5King of Thorn
Manga · 2002 · 37 ch
King of ThornIbara no OuManga · 2002 · 37 ch3.5Two twins, separated by fatal illness and a selective cure. Kasumi and her sister, Shizuku, were infected with the Medusa virus, which slowly turns the victim to stone. There is no cure, but of the two only Kasumi is selected to go into a…
3.5Bultan Samagui Moraesulsa
Manga · 2026
Bultan Samagui MoraesulsaManga · 20263.5"My name is Zeon, and the entire desert is my weapon." Earth has been terraformed. As as side effect, the oceans evaporated, and the land turned into endless sand. Zeon is the only Sand Mage left on the desolated planet. The world calls…
3.5Your Turn to Die: Majority Vote Death Game
Manga · 2019 · 36 ch
Your Turn to Die: Majority Vote Death GameKimi ga Shine: Tasuuketsu Death GameManga · 2019 · 36 ch3.5Joe Tazuna has always been the most selfless person Sara Chidouin has ever known, someone she could count on to take a bullet for her. But that trust is put to the test when they wake up restrained to some strange tables and discover Joe…
3.5Doomsday with My Dog
Manga · 2017
Doomsday with My DogSekai no Owari ni Shiba Inu toManga · 20173.5A single teenage girl journeys through the crumbling ruins of civilization—the last human on Earth, exploring the concrete jungle that has outlived mankind. Keeping her company is woman’s best friend—the ever-adorable and quick-witted…
3.5Confession
Manga · 1998 · 11 ch
ConfessionKokuhaku: ConfessionManga · 1998 · 11 ch3.5Two miles up in the unforgiving heights of Mt. Owari, hikers and friends Asai and Ishikura are hit by a blizzard and lose their way. Injured and sure of his imminent death, Ishikura confesses to killing a member of their university hiking…
Mature
3.5Hyakumanjou Labyrinth
Manga · 2013 · 23 ch
Hyakumanjou LabyrinthManga · 2013 · 23 ch3.5"We got lost in a wooden labyrinth...?" Reika and Youko, who work part time finding bugs for a game company, suddenly find themselves lost in a wooden labyrinth. They try to escape somehow, but the riddles and dangers only keep…
3.5Dreamcide
Manga · 2016 · 202 ch
DreamcideManga · 2016 · 202 ch3.5Ha-Jin Nam had always been plagued by nightmares, but one day, he dreams of an apocalyptical world seven years in the future where humans are fighting to survive among demons and zombies. Ha-Jin dismisses the dream as another nightmare…
Mature
3.4Gyo
Manga · 2001 · 21 ch
GyoManga · 2001 · 21 ch3.4The floating smell of death hangs over the island. What is it? A strange, legged fish appears on the scene... So begins Tadashi and Kaori's spiral into the horror and stench of the sea. Here is the creepiest masterpiece of horror manga…
Mature
3.4High-Rise Invasion
Manga · 2013 · 258 ch
High-Rise InvasionTenkuu ShinpanManga · 2013 · 258 ch3.4High-school girl Yuri suddenly finds herself on the rooftop of a high-rise building. She's trapped in a bizarre world surrounded by skyscrapers, where a masked man cracked open a man's head with an axe before her eyes. The original author…
3.4As the Gods Will
Manga · 2011 · 21 ch
As the Gods WillKamisama no IutooriManga · 2011 · 21 ch3.4Deep down inside, high school student Shun Takahata craves for some excitement in his boring life…but his teacher’s head randomly exploding isn’t exactly what he had in mind. And when some of his classmates suddenly suffer the same fate…
3.4Return Survival
Manga · 2019 · 169 ch
Return SurvivalManga · 2019 · 169 ch3.4In a post-apocalyptic world ruled by hordes of flesh-eating zombies, law and order have fallen by the wayside, and it's every man for himself. Luckily, Yo-Han has the unique advantage of having gone through this once before. After…
Mature
3.4The First Hunter
Manga · 2019 · 102 ch
The First HunterChoechoui HunterManga · 2019 · 102 ch3.4The world has changed and so have the people. December 31st, 2016 – the day before New Year's. Kim Taehoon was just casually shopping for groceries at the large store. Monsters suddenly appeared out of thin air. With the highly trained…
3.4Touring After the Apocalypse
Manga · 2020
Touring After the ApocalypseShuumatsu TouringManga · 20203.4All alone after the end of days, two girls bike through the empty ruins of Japan—and they’re not about to let the collapse of civilization get in the way of sightseeing! Even when the world ends, their journey goes on. (Source: Yen Press)
3.4I'll Save This Damned Family!
Manga · 2020
I'll Save This Damned Family!Manghal Gamuneul SallyeobogetseumnidaManga · 20203.4How to avoid an execution! After being murdered, Yeonwoo is reincarnated into her colleague's novel as Tara Elias, the unremarkable 5th daughter of the Elias family. But the entire household is fated to meet a grisly end, and it's not long…
3.4Knight Under My Heart
Manga · 2022 · 41 ch
Knight Under My HeartKnight Under HeartManga · 2022 · 41 ch3.4Have you ever skipped studying to play video games? Unfortunately for high school senior Yu-Sin Lee, the stakes are a little higher than flunking, as he finds himself trapped in a VR-based MMORPG. Yu-Sin was selected to beta test the game…
Mature
3.4Mortals of the Doom
Manga · 2018 · 601 ch
Mortals of the DoomMoshi FanrenManga · 2018 · 601 ch3.4A meteorite carrying a deadly virus crashed into the earth's atmosphere and turned people into the walking dead... Ok, cliché aside—I clearly remembered I died years after the apocalypse, but why am I waking up this pre-doom high school…
Mature
3.4HIVE
Manga · 2014 · 243 ch
HIVEHiveManga · 2014 · 243 ch3.4This is not your typical invasion story. Gigantic oxygen-doped bees are attempting to dominate the human race by reversing the food chain. Lee is a middle-manager at a large company who has only one thing on his mind: save his family from…
Mature
3.3HIDEOUT
Manga · 2010 · 9 ch
HIDEOUTManga · 2010 · 9 ch3.3The cave beckons. Deep in the rainforest of a southern resort island, where bones of forgotten soldiers abound, another corpse is nothing special. A young couple grieves the death of their young son, but the husband sets out in search of a…
3.3DICE
Manga · 2013 · 388 ch
DICEManga · 2013 · 388 ch3.3Whether it's appearance, grades, or social life, Dongtae's at the bottom of the barrel. When popular transfer student Taebin gives him an opportunity to change all of that, Dongtae heads down a path to make things right. This is the world…
Mature
3.3Dolly Kill Kill
Manga · 2014 · 155 ch
Dolly Kill KillManga · 2014 · 155 ch3.3Iruma Ikaruga is living his best high-school life … until mascot-looking aliens from another world invade with their flesh-eating bugs, seemingly hell-bent on destroying humanity violently and effectively! On that fateful day, Iruma loses…
3.3Area D: Inou Ryouiki
Manga · 2012 · 137 ch
Area D: Inou RyouikiManga · 2012 · 137 ch3.3The "prison survival action" story is set after the sudden emergence of special powers in certain pockets of humanity. To deal with these so-called "Altered," a mysterious remote island prison named "Area D" was built.
3.3The World is Full of Monsters, So I Want to Live as I Wish
Manga · 2018
The World is Full of Monsters, So I Want to Live as I WishMonster ga Afureru Sekai ni Natta node, Suki ni Ikitai to OmoimasuManga · 20183.3"You have acquired experience points. Kudo Kazuto has risen to Level 1," echoes through Kazuto's mind after he runs over a mysterious dog on his way home from work. The next morning, he awakens to a changed world, full of vicious monsters…
Mature
3.35-fungo no Sekai
Manga · 2018 · 66 ch
5-fungo no SekaiManga · 2018 · 66 ch3.3The story set in Tokyo's Ikebukuro area centres on a boy named Yamato, who worries about his relationship with his younger brother. Yamato also worries about his unspoken feelings for a female childhood friend. One day, all three are…
3.3Violence Jack
Manga · 1973 · 54 ch
Violence JackManga · 1973 · 54 ch3.3September 11, 197x, In the whole Kantou region a magnitude 8-9 violent earthquake occurred. Scholars called it the great destruction of the Showa Era, but the people called it the earthquake from hell! Volcanoes erupted, buildings…
3.3Let's☆Lagoon
Manga · 2007 · 68 ch
Let's☆LagoonManga · 2007 · 68 ch3.3Yamada is a castaway on an island without any ships passing by and he is unable to recall why he is there. After finding his sports bag, he assumes he was on a school trip. With only 7 days worth of food, he eventually decides to make a…
3.3Kiss the Scars of the Girls
Manga · 2021 · 19 ch
Kiss the Scars of the GirlsShoujotachi no Kizuato ni Kuchizuke woManga · 2021 · 19 ch3.3“I’m sure someday, I’ll get you to look my way.” Danger and uncertainty are common for a young vampire, which is why Emille will be assigned a “Big Sister” on her fourteenth birthday, like all the girls at her school. Deep within a…
3.3DEAD DAYS
Manga · 2014 · 60 ch
DEAD DAYSManga · 2014 · 60 ch3.3Beginning on the 4th day after a zombie virus broke out, this is a story about the will to live, human instincts and our selfish desires. A thrilling tale about the survivors of a zombie apocalypse. (Source: WEBTOONS) Note: Chapter count…