This manga is a story based on a thriller by Keigo Higashino. The main protagonist, the shy Jun Naruse, is a rather average guy who works for a electronic company and loves to draw. He falls in love with Megumi whom he met at a shop selling drawing materials and an intimate relationship develops. A few days later the office gets attacked and when the criminal tries to shot a little girl he saves her by jumping in front of her.
A month pasts until he wakes up again and is told that half his brain got destroyed and he only survived because someone donated half a brain. Everything seems to be fine, he quickly recovers and is happy, however he begins to change...is the donated brain the reason for that? Or is it just a side effect of the medicine?
Heads has finished publishing and it has 36 Chapters. It is also Known as: ヘッズ, Heads
Genres: Science Fiction , Thriller , Drama , Action , Psychological , Mystery , Dementia
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Top 10 Manga Like Heads [2024 List]
10. Ikigami
The Japanese government has launched a brand new law: because of the laziness and apathy of Japan's people it was decided that someone, daily and randomly, will be chosen and killed with a poison's capsule in order to "bring to life again" and wake up the others.
The person elected will be warned with an ikigami (or death's notice) and after this he/she will have only 24 hours left to live.
What those condemned will think and do during this short time?
Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit has finished publishing and it has 60 Chapters. It is also Known as: イキガミ, Death Paper, Death's Notice: The Ultimate Limit
9. Ore ga Doutei wo Sutetara Shinu Ken ni Tsuite
Ichijo Kazuya thought that he was murdered, but when he came to, he was back in his high school days. He lived his entire life as a playboy and had had countless sexual encounters with women until that fateful day that he was killed. He realizes that his murderer was his old high school friend Tanaka Masaki who was jealous of Kazuya’s relationships and his built up anger eventually exploded. Taken back 15 years into his past, it seems that he has been given a second chance at life and given a chance to make different choices. He decides that the way to prevent his eventual demise is to make sure Masaki is more successful with girls and loses his virginity before Kazuya. But fate seems to be steering Kazuya towards the path of his previous life and keeps introducing the same girls he had sexual encounters with.
Ore ga Doutei wo Sutetara Shinu Ken ni Tsuite has finished publishing and it has 22 Chapters. It is also Known as: 俺が童貞を捨てたら死ぬ件について, About How I Die if I Lose My Virginity
8. Franken Fran
Fran can make anyone into anything, raise the dead, switch heads and bodies and give you those eyes that you've always wanted. But do you actually want them? Is it a good thing to raise the dead? Do the ends justify the means? And does Fran care?
Franken Fran has finished publishing and it has 61 Chapters. It is also Known as: フランケン・ふらん, Franken Furan, Phase 20
7. Elfen Lied
The story involves human mutations called "diclonii", who are born with horns on their heads and possess telekinetic powers, in the form of invisible "arms" called vectors. The power of these arms vary, but they can stop normal bullets and deflect some others. The number of them differ with each diclinous, as does their full range.
The tendency for violence among diclonii is high, especially as they grow older. As children, their violence stems from a certain playfulness, unlike the absolute hatred of humans in their later years. Diclonii are rare, as they are the members of their species that are able to reproduce naturally.
Silpelits are more common. They are the offspring of two humans, the male of which has been infected with the mutation. Interestingly, only males can pass on the genes, and all diclonii and silpelits turn out to be female. Certain scientists noticed an increasing number of babies with horns being born, along with those children murdering their own parents and others, and tried to contain the spreading and find out the cause by placing them in a Facility in cells where they are subject to inhumane experiments to test their abilities or where they await execution for being too dangerous.
The main non-mutant character in the story is Kouta, who ends up becoming increasingly involved with one diclonius in particular, the main mutant character Lucy, the only pure diclonius, as she seeks a way to infect or kill all of humanity. Lucy has a cruel and unsettling past, and she has long since lost her empathy for humans, except for Kouta.
However, Director Kakuzawa, who has diclonius ancestry although he doesn't have the vectors, has plans to mate with Lucy and start a true diclonius race. If Lucy is found and he manages to do so, humanity will be nonexistent.
Kouta and Lucy's lives have been intertwined since their childhood, but not necessarily in a good way. And after the virus is airborne and spread across all of Japan, what is the fate of humanity and who holds all of the answers?
Included one-shots:
Volume 1: MOL
Volume 2: Digitopolis
Volume 3: memoria
Volume 5: Elfen Lied
Volume 8: Mou Hitotsu no Shiawase na Mirai and Sake wa Nomu Hou Nomareru Hou?
Elfen Lied has finished publishing and it has 113 Chapters. It is also Known as: エルフェンリート, Elven Song, Elfenlied, MOL, Digitopolis, memoria
6. Kirihito Sanka
Two doctors, the young, passionate and well-liked Osanai and the veteran, ambitious Tatsugaura, are both investigating the mysterious "Monmow" disease, found only in one remote village, which causes bizarre bone deformation, making its victims take on a beast-like appearance before their deaths.
Osanai is sent to the village by Tatsugaura to see if he can find a cause for the disease while also treating the victims to the best of his ability. But in reality, Tatsugaura is scheming against Osanai and intends to infect him with the disease in order to clear the way of any obstacles of presenting his own research, and thus gaining high prestige and rank in the medical world.
Ode to Kirihito has finished publishing and it has 20 Chapters. It is also Known as: きりひと讃歌, Eulogy to Kirihito
5. Akira
In the year 2038. A police state, scheming politicians, religios sects, revolutionaries and a secret scientific project all combine to produce an explosive mixture in Neo-Tokyo. The rival groups all have their eyes on one prize: control of Akira, a boy of such destructive psychic ability that he has been held in cryo-stasis for over 30 years. A coup is planned, but there is a wild card in play: the psychic Tetsuo, an impetuous young biker who releases Akira and so forces all of the groups to make their move.
Akira has finished publishing and it has 120 Chapters. It is also Known as: AKIRA, Akira
4. Bokutachi ga Yarimashita
The manga centers on a group of friends who are satisfied and complacent with their everyday lives. The friends include Tobio, a passive high schooler who makes it a rule not to hope too much; Maru, a scheming boy who gossips behind people's back; Isami, a gaudy student who likes girls and recently got a girlfriend with big breasts; and their senior Paisen (slang for senpai), a 20-year old man who is rich and has long graduated from high school.
Bokutachi ga Yarimashita has finished publishing and it has 87 Chapters. It is also Known as: 僕たちがやりました, We Did It
3. Shinai naru Boku e Satsui wo Komete
Urashima Eiji, a college student, goes to sleep after a fun drinking night with his friends. When he wakes up, he discovers a beautiful girl next to him who treats him as if they are in a loving relationship. Later, Eiji finds out that 3 days have passed since he went out with his crew. What did he do during all that time and why does he have no memory of it? By confronting that reality, he will be caught in tragedy...
My Dearest Self with Malice Aforethought has finished publishing and it has 98 Chapters. It is also Known as: 親愛なる僕へ殺意をこめて, Shin'ai naru Boku e Satsui wo komete
2. Kiseijuu
They arrive in silence and darkness. They descend from the skies. They have a hunger for human flesh. They are everywhere. They are parasites, alien creatures who must invade–and take control of–a human host to survive. And once they have infected their victims, they can assume any deadly form they choose: monsters with giant teeth, winged demons, creatures with blades for hands. But most have chosen to conceal their lethal purpose behind ordinary human faces. So no one knows their secret–except an ordinary high school student. Shin is battling for control of his own body against an alien parasite, but can he find a way to warn humanity of the horrors to come?
Parasyte has finished publishing and it has 64 Chapters. It is also Known as: 寄生獣, Parasite, Parasitic Beasts
1. Homunculus
Trepanation is the procedure of drilling a hole in the skull. It is said to increase the blood circulation and improve pressure inside the skull. It is also said to bring out a person's sixth sense, the ability to use ESP, see ghosts, move objects with one's mind. This is speculative fiction based on the concept of trepanation.
has finished publishing and it has 166 Chapters. It is also Known as: ホムンクルス, Homunculus
