Top 5 Manhwa/Manga Like Intense [2026 List]

Intense

Crime lord Yoonshik takes a little boy named Jiwoon as collateral when the child's father hangs himself from debt. Eight years later, the boy is working as Yoonshik's bodyguard. When the boss gets locked behind bars, Jiwoon is sent to work for another middle boss in the city's red-light district. There, Jiwoon meets a mysterious mute, Soohan, and everything just might change for him.



Note: printed version has 4 volumes.

Intense has finished publishing and it has 29 Chapters. It is also Known as: Deep Dark, In tense

Genres: Drama , Psychological , Yaoi , Mafia

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Top 5 Manhwa/Manga Like Intense [2026 List]

5. Private Opinion: Banana Fish Another Story

Private Opinion: Banana Fish Another Story

A collection of Banana Fish sidestories. Contains:
- Private Opinion
- Ura Banana
- Fly boy, in the sky
- ANGEL EYES
- Hikari no Niwa - THE GARDEN WITH HOLY LIGHT

Private Opinion has finished publishing and it has 3 Chapters. It is also Known as: PRIVATE OPINION―BANANA FISH ANOTHER STORY, Ura Banana, Fly Boy, In the Sky, Private Garden, Angel Eyes, The Garden with the Holy Light, Hikari no Niwa, Banana Fish another story

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4. Kaeseul

Kaeseul

'Kim Shin', a special killer who has sharpened his sword for revenge, and his life with 'Absolute Power' in the afterlife!

Source: MU

Castle has finished publishing and it has 120 Chapters. It is also Known as: Kaeseul

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3. Zankyou

Zankyou

Satoru spends his days listlessly in a factory town. The old man Segawa, a former Yakuza, lives in the room next to his cheap apartment. One day, Segawa asks Satoru to kill him for a 5 million yen, but Satoru hesitates, and Segawa sees through to the madness eating away inside him and begins to have a change of heart, and yet...!?

A story of the filth of society and the dark path that Satoru takes, on the edge of sanity, with a gun and 5 million yen.

Zankyou has finished publishing and it has 19 Chapters. It is also Known as: 残響, Reverberation, Resonance, Détonations

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2. Yamikin Ushijima-kun

Yamikin Ushijima-kun

Visit part of the sleazy underworld of humanity, the loan shark. Just what does it take to be part of this dog eat dog life style? Why would someone choose to take on this kind of life? Yamikin Ushijima-kun explores many themes of the dark side of humanity. (MAL)

Ushijima the Loan Shark has finished publishing and it has 493 Chapters. It is also Known as: 闇金ウシジマくん, Ushijima the Loan Shark

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1. The Fable

The Fable

A fabled genius at killing resides somewhere hidden in Osaka. Taught since childhood to obey the orders of his boss, he is ordered to live in Osaka as a normal person for one year in order for the boss to lay low.

The Fable has finished publishing and it has 240 Chapters. It is also Known as: ザ・ファブル, The Fable

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