3 volumes which contain darker, more mature versions of the most famous Grimm fairytales, all one-shots authored by different mangaka.
- Covered In Cinders/Hai Kaburi (by Aya Kotokawa)
- Rapunzel (by Mimei Sakamoto)
- The Frog Prince (by Noji Hashimoto)
- Vampire Fantasy/Kyuuketsuki Gensou (by Rie Hanamura)
Other authors: Hanako Matsuyama, Kumiko Takeuchi, Mio Kasuga, Naoko Fuse, Romuko Miike, Satsuki Fukuzato, Takayoshi Sagami.
Sekaiichi Zankoku de Utsukushii Grimm Douwa It is also Known as: 世界一残酷で美しいグリム童話, Sekai-ichi Zankoku de Utsukushii Gurimu Douwa, The Cruelest And Most Beautiful Grimm's Fairy Tales In The World, Covered In Cinders, Hai Kaburi, Rapunzel, The Frog Prince, Vampire Fantasy, Kyuuketsuki Gensou
Genres: Fantasy , Thriller , Horror , Drama , Psychological , Dementia
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Top 5 Manga Like Sekaiichi Zankoku de Utsukushii Grimm Douwa [2026 List]
5. Gakkou Gurashi!
Takeya Yuki is in love with the school. For her, it's a wonderful place, where she enjoys her school activities, especially the activities of her club, the School Life Club. The club has Rii-chan as the president, Kurumi-chan as another member, and the teacher, Megu-nee, always there for them. Yes, she is in love with her school... in her mind. Because, for her, the reality of the school and their club's activities is way too hard to be perceived...
Gakkou Gurashi! has finished publishing and it has 78 Chapters. It is also Known as: がっこうぐらし！, Gakkou Gurashi!
4. Boku dake ga Inai Machi
Struggling manga author Satoru Fujinuma is beset by his fear to express himself. However, he has a supernatural ability of being forced to prevent deaths and catastrophes by being sent back in time before the incident occurred, repeating time until the accident is prevented. One day, he gets involved in an accident that has him framed as a murderer. Desperate to save the victim, he sends himself back in time only to find himself as a grade-schooler one month before fellow classmate Kayo Hinazuki went missing. Satoru now embarks on a new quest: to save Kayo and solve the mystery behind her disappearance.
ERASED has finished publishing and it has 49 Chapters. It is also Known as: 僕だけがいない街, The Town Where Only I am Missing, BokuMachi
3. 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
2. Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu
Suddenly high school student Subaru Natsuki has been summoned to another world on the way back from the convenience store. With the biggest crisis of his life being summoned to another world and no sign of the one who summoned him, things become worse when he is attacked. But when he is saved by a mysterious silver-haired girl with a fairy cat, Subaru cooperates with the girl to return the favor. When they finally manage to get a clue, Subaru and the girl are attacked and killed by someone. Subaru then awakens in the place he was summoned and notices he gained the ability "Returns by Death." A helpless boy that only has the ability to rewind time by dying. And beyond the despair can he save the girl from the fate of death?
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Re：ゼロから始める異世界生活, ReZero, Re: Life in a different world from zero
1. Utsuro no Hako to Zero no Maria
Utsuro no Hako to Zero no Maria, or The Empty Box and The Zeroth Maria, tells the sinister story of Kazuki Hoshino, who is almost madly attached to his everyday life, and his antagonist Aya Otonashi, who suddenly transfers into his class—for the 13,118th time. She majestically announces to “break” him, without paying heed to anyone else around them.
This is but the start of a dark roller coaster ride that turns the two against themselves, the people around them and the one who may be god. Read on as their relationship slowly changes and they go against their most basic values in their struggle against the world itself.
The Empty Box and Zeroth Maria has finished publishing and it has 40 Chapters. It is also Known as: 空ろの箱と零のマリア, HakoMari
