He was living a peaceful life as any normal high schooler would, until one day he and his classmates were suddenly brought to uninhabited island.
"I'll have you kill each other until there's only one of you remaining."
Hearing these words from the man strangely dressed in a military uniform, his classmates panicked. Yes, he was setting up the stage for a death game. One where the strong devoured the weak. The weak would die without mercy and only the strong would taste victory. That was the plan.
However, they were unaware that the hero who was hailed as the strongest had just recently returned from another world. The organizers behind the game were already out of luck by the time the game started as the expectations they had for death game that they had worked so desperately to set up would be unwittingly crushed before them.
A Former Hero Returning From Another World Gets Involved in a Death Game It is also Known as: 異世界帰りの元勇者ですが、デスゲームに巻き込まれました, Isekaigaeri no Motoyuusha desu ga, Death Game ni Makikomaremashita, I'm a Former Hero Returning From Another World, But I Was Involved in a Death Game, Isekai Gaeri no Moto Yuusha Desu Ga, Death Game ni Makikomaremashita, Isekai Kaeri no Moto Yuusha Desuga, Death Game ni Makikomare Mashita, Isekai Kaeri no Moto Yuusha desu ga, Death Game ni Makikomare Mashita, Isekai Gaeri no Moto Yuusha Desuga, Death Game ni Makikomare Mashita, Cựu Dũng Giả Trở Về Từ Thế Giới Khác Tham Gia Vào Trò Chơi Tử Thần!
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Horror , Supernatural , Shounen , Magic , Isekai , Psychological , Action , School Life , Violence , Drama , Dragon , Mystery , Conspiracy , Crime , High School , Ecchi
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Top 5 Manga Like A Former Hero Returning From Another World Gets Involved in a Death Game (Isekai Kaeri no Moto Yuusha desu ga, Death Game ni Makikomaremashita) [2025 List]
5. Doukyonin ga Konoyo no Mon janai

The young man's new apartment is haunted, but as it turns out, even the dead have their own personal shortcomings... issues of the flesh included.
For the dead have lingering desires, and are more susceptible to the world of the living than what one may think. There's anger, there's hate, there's curiosity... and there's love too.
Here he finds a ghastly girl who observes him quietly, certainly desiring something...
(No wonder the rent is cheap!)
My Roommate Isn't From This World is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 同居人がこの世のモンじゃない, Doukyo Hito ga Konoyo no Mon janai, Mi Compañera de Cuarto No Es De Este Mundo, Teman sekamarku bukan dari dunia ini, Doukyo Hito ga Konoyo no Mon janai
4. Rengoku no Toshi
Makoto is in love with his childhood friend Ai. However, every night he is plagued with a strange dream where there is a station he does not know. The curtain to a chilling suspense story of love and survival opens.
The City of Imprisoned Love has finished publishing and it has 47 Chapters. It is also Known as: 恋獄の都市, City of love prison , Koi Goku no Toshi , 恋狱都市 ,
3. The Last Human
Zuo Tianchen is the last living human in a mutated zombie-infested city. Just when he was sure he'd died, he finds his soul returned to just before that ill-fated day ten years ago. He swears he'll protect the people important to him this time round and reunite with his past lover. Watch his struggles to survive equipped with his memory of the next ten years!
The Last Human is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: The Last Human
2. The Voynich Hotel
Staffed by murderous maids and situated on a war-ravaged island, the Voynich Hotel is far from your run-of-the-mill vacation destination--but it’s not such a bad place to lie low for ex-yakuza Kazuki Taizou, who’s on the run from his so-called family. As he settles into his weird new life, this darkly comedic manga winds through plots both nefarious and romantic, delving ever deeper into the island’s witchy--and sometimes demonic--strangeness.
The Voynich Hotel has finished publishing and it has 68 Chapters. It is also Known as: Voynich Hotel, ヴォイニッチホテル, Voinichi Hoteru, Vovnich Hotel
1. Chainsaw Man
The name says it all! Denji's life of poverty is changed forever when he merges with his pet chainsaw dog, Pochita! Now he's living in the big city and an official Devil Hunter. But he's got a lot to learn about his new job and chainsaw powers!
Notes:
- Nominated for the 2020 Manga Taisho Award.
- Winner of the 2021 Kono Manga ga Sugoi Award.
- Winner of the 66th Shogakukan Manga Award in the shounen category.
- Winner of the 2021 and 2022 Harvey Award for Best Manga.
Chainsaw Man has finished publishing and it has 97 Chapters. It is also Known as: チェンソーマン, Chainsawman, Chensoo Man, CSM, Людина-бензопила, Человек-бензопила, رجل المنشار, مرد اره ای, មនុស្សរណា, チェンソーマン, チェンソーマン 第二部, 电锯人, 鏈鋸人, 電鋸人, 체인쏘맨, Chainsaw Man: Public Safety Saga