Folklore detective Asou Daisuke would rather deal with normal, everyday, things like cheating spouses, embezzeling partners and the like. (That and his huge collection of ero-manga.) Because whenever he deals with the supernatural, he gets the hiccups.
But no matter, an endless stream of desperate people come to him troubled by what he calls allegories. Those are stories, usually urban legends, that one believes to be true and if one believes strong enough can cause them to become true. His first case involves "The Man Under The Bed." Can he stop this creepy man with an axe before he chops up kawaii Hiranuma Kanae? Why does Asou count his hiccups and just who is that strange girl in his bathroom? (From Manga-Updates)
Hanako and the Terror of Allegory has finished publishing and it has 19 Chapters. It is also Known as: 花子と寓話のテラー, Hanako to Guuwa no Teller
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Top 10 Manga Like Hanako and the Terror of Allegory (Hanako to Guuwa no Teller) [2024 List]
10. Shiranui Kitanroku
A man travels, collecting and sharing creepy and weird tales of the supernatural.
Shiranui Kitanroku has finished publishing and it has 8 Chapters. It is also Known as: しらぬい奇譚録, Shiranui Kitanroku
9. Kaidan Nikki
Sukami Kyouichi was born into an exorcist family, and his older sister is an expert exorcist. She's been putting together a notebook where she has written how to handle all of the different monsters she's met in her work. One day, Kyouichi and his friends in the Occult Club at school go to investigate a supposedly cursed shrine, and he ends up needing to be rescued by his sister. Shortly afterward, she goes missing, presumed by many to be dead, and leaves her little brother with only the notebook. Kyouichi stays in the Occult club, and as he grows up, he remains dedicated to the search for his beloved older sister. One day, his search starts to finally make some progress, when a shinigami who claims she was his sister's friend appears...
Ghost Diary has finished publishing and it has 16 Chapters. It is also Known as: カイダンにっき, Kaidan Nikki
8. Yu☆Gi☆Oh!
10th grader Yugi spent most of his time alone playing games--until he solved the Millennium Puzzle, a mysterious Egyptian artifact! Possessed by the puzzle, Yugi becomes Yu-Gi-Oh, the King of Games, and challenges evil-doers to the Shadow Games--weird games with high stakes and high risks! These graphic novels contain new stories not seen in the anime, including the origin of Yugi and his friends!
Yu☆Gi☆Oh! has finished publishing and it has 343 Chapters. It is also Known as: 遊☆戯☆王, Yuu Gi Ou Shadow Games, Yugioh Duelist, Yu-Gi-Oh! Millenium World, Game King, King of Games
7. Doll's Folklore
The sole survivor and witness to the serial kidnapping case that drew national attention 10 years ago was Oyamada Yusuke. In the end, a total of 108 children vanished into thin air and the case remains unsolved. Since that incident, Yusuke has been able to see evil spirits and has been attempting to seclude himself from society. But one day, he meets Kanon, a member of the anti-doll organization. She explains that the spirits that he has been seeing are called dolls and are the manifestation of people’s incredibly strong emotions. Yusuke accidentally releases a doll named Masaki that even the organization had to resort to simply imprisoning her instead of destroying her. However, Yusuke learns that Masaki has a connection to the kidnapping case that he was involved in years ago!
Doll's Folklore has finished publishing and it has 14 Chapters. It is also Known as: ドールズ フォークロア, Doll Extermination to Begin on an Unlucky Day
6. Tasogare Otome x Amnesia
A young woman, by some strange occurrence, was left to die alone in the former building of Seikyou Academy. Mysteriously, there is one person who can see her in ghost form: Niiya Teiichi, a freshman. Now they both seek to find out the reasoning behind her death, and what could have caused it.
Tasogare Otome x Amnesia has finished publishing and it has 54 Chapters. It is also Known as: 黄昏乙女×アムネジア, Koukin Otome x Amnesia, Dusk Maiden of Amnesia
5. xxxHOLiC
XXXHolic is a supernatural/comedy themed manga/anime that is apart of the CLAMP series. It is one of the more popular of the CLAMP series and often shows other CLAMP series being mentioned (ex. Chobits, Sakura Chronicles).
It revolves around a boy named Watanuki and how he stumbled upon a shop owned by a woman named Yuuko. Yuuko's power is to grant wishes, but she can only do so with proper payment. Since Watanuki has seen spirits ever since he was born, Yuuko offers to take away his sight of the spirits in exchange for him working at the shop. He agrees and works at the shop until his debt is repaid.
The series was re-named to xxxHolic•Rou on the title pages of each chapter from chapter 186 and on, but remains ×××Holic on the front covers, spines and indicias of the corresponding Japanese volumes (16 and 17).
A oneshot published in May 2010 to commemorate the switch was later collected into Volume 18.
has finished publishing and it has 213 Chapters. It is also Known as: xxxHolic Rou, xxxHolic Cage, xxxHolic•Rou
4. Ghost Hunt
The 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 school is haunted-possibly by ghosts from the Second World War. So one rainy day they gather at the told school to tell ghost stories, hoping to attract one of the suspected spirits.
No ghosts materialize, but Mai and her friends do meet Kazuya Shibuya, the handsome young owner of Shibuya Psychic Research, who's been hired to investigate paranormal activity at the school. Also at the scene are an exorcist, a Buddhist monk, a woman who can speak with the dead, and an outspoken Shinto priestess. Surely one of them will have the talents to solve this mystery!
Ghost Hunt has finished publishing and it has 57 Chapters. It is also Known as: ゴーストハント, Akuryou ga Ippai
3. Kiben Gakuha, Yotsuya-senpai no Kaidan.
In the midst of a female-kidnapping serial killer incident, Makoto's best friend Hinano has vanished completely. Desperate to find her before it's too late, Makoto will try anything-- even invoking the resident phantom student of her middle school, Yotsuya-senpai!
Surprisingly, Yotsuya-senpai appears to be an actual person. He's obsessed with creating the scariest stories ever, using the people and situations in Makoto's middle school to stage them. Though Yotsuya is mostly just interested making scary stories, Makoto finds that his stories tend to contain a kernel of truth and that they can reveal their terrible truth in the telling. But as Makoto helps Yotsuya stage his tales, can she convince him to tell the story of the whereabouts of her best friend?
Included one-shots:
Volume 2: Asobiba.
Volume 3: Ou-sama Kiddo; Kiben Gakuha, Yotsuya-sensei no Kaidan (pilot)
Kiben Gakuha, Yotsuya-senpai no Kaidan. has finished publishing and it has 22 Chapters. It is also Known as: 詭弁学派、四ッ谷先輩の怪談。, Asobiba., Ou-sama Kid, King Kid
2. Mirai Nikki
Middle school 2nd year, Amano Yukiteru, is a boy who has problem making friends. He thinks of himself as a bystander and will always write down everything he sees in a cell phone diary.
Tormented by solitude, Yukiteru began to imagine things like a friend called Deus Ex Machina who is apparently the Lord of Time & Space. Seeing Yukiteru's miserable state, Deus gives him a new ability. His diary will now record events that will happen in the near future. Yukiteru is then forced to participate in a game whose winner will become Deus' successor.
Future Diary has finished publishing and it has 59 Chapters. It is also Known as: 未来日記, Mirai Nikki
1. Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro
The Demon Neuro has a raging hunger for ‘enigmas.’ Being dissatisfied with his current regime in hell, he’s come into the mortal realm in order to satiate his ever-growing appetite. The murder case of a young girl’s father seems to be sufficiently enticing for the Demon’s needs.. But what else might happen between these two? Find out in this disturbingly good murder-mystery series.
Demon Detective Brain Eater Neuro has finished publishing and it has 202 Chapters. It is also Known as: 魔人探偵脳噛ネウロ, Demon Detective Nougami Neuro, Rikon Choutei, Divorce Conciliation
