Led by Daisuke Aramaki and Motoko Kusanagi, Section 9 deals with such crimes over the entire social spectrum, usually with success. However, when faced with a new A-level hacker nicknamed "The Laughing Man," the team is thrown into a dangerous cat and mouse game, following the hacker's trail as it leaves its mark on Japan.
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man It is also Known as: Koukaku Kidoutai: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man, 攻殻機動隊 STAND ALONE COMPLEX ～The Laughing Man～, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man
Genres: Science Fiction , Cops , Mecha , Drama , Action , Psychological , Cyberpunk , Special Squads , Human Enhancement
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Top 5 Manga Like Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man [2026 List]
5. Hyakka Teien no Higeki
On the outskirts of Neo-Hong Kong lies a mysterious Chinese-style garden. Legend has it that anyone who looks upon the fairy of the garden will die before the night is out.
Five years ago, Douglas Pyke was charged with discovering the true nature of this fairy, but when he accidentally killed a woman in the line of duty, he left the police force forever. Now, a cabbie and sometime private eye, he is asked to find a missing scientist and confront the mysteries of the garden once more.
Full Flower Garden; Tragedy of the Garden of Many Flowers has finished publishing and it has 6 Chapters. It is also Known as: 百花庭園の悲劇, Hyakka Teien no Higeki
4. Shinjuku DxD
Kabukicho, Shinjuku—the district that burns with desire is struck by an incurable disease. In this district, a doctor, Inui Date, runs a small medical clinic. Night after night, patients with extraordinary cases come to the clinic, when one day, a troublesome patient, detective Maria Daigo, appears. Set in a Shinjuku that has been plagued by an incurable disease, the doctor and the detective become entangled in one mysterious case after another as they face the darkness in this psychological thriller. Will the two be able to save this town?
Note: Manga ends at chapter 41, however Volumes 1-3 each contain an omake chapter, bringing the total to 44 chapters.
Shinjuku DxD has finished publishing and it has 44 Chapters. It is also Known as: 新宿D×D, Shinjuku D by D, Shinjyuku Doctor x Detective
3. Psycho-Pass 2
Sequel to the Psycho-Pass series, taking place one-and-a-half year later. Having learned the true nature of the Sybil System, Akane Tsunemori chose to obey the system, believing in both humanity and the legal order. She's part of a new police section and spends her everyday life facing down criminals. Unbeknownst to Akane, however, a monster who will shake the system to its core is about to appear before her.
Psycho-Pass 2 has finished publishing and it has 27 Chapters. It is also Known as: Psycho-Pass - Saison 2, PSYCHO-PASS 2 サイコパス 2, PSYCHO-PASS2 サイコパス2
2. Kanshikan Tsunemori Akane
Adaptation of the Psycho-Pass anime.
In the near future, it is possible to instantaneously measure a person's mental state, personality, and the probability that a person will commit crimes with technology called the Dominator. Just thinking about a crime can make you guilty, and in this world there is no mercy for criminals. Detectives work in pairs (one Enforcer and one Inspector) with Enforcers delivering lethal justice, and Inspectors making sure their partners don't take things too far.
Inspector Akane Tsunemori has finished publishing and it has 26 Chapters. It is also Known as: 監視官 常守朱, Psycho-Pass
1. NOiSE
The Bible has its Genesis.
The Matrix has The Second Renaissance.
BLAME! has NOiSE.
Through the eyes of police force member Susono Musubi, this one-volume prequel gives readers a glimpse of the world before the Netsphere went haywire. Witness the events that threw the technologically advanced society into chaos: the cancerous growth of the Megastructure, the birth of the parasitic lifeforms called Silicon Creatures, and the development of the ruthless killing machines known as the Safeguards.
Also included in the compilation is Tsutomu Nihei's debut work BLAME which served as the prototype of the acclaimed 10-volume series, BLAME!.
NOiSE has finished publishing and it has 8 Chapters. It is also Known as: NOiSE
