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Unnerving - Manga - Teens

There's a lot of weird stuff out there, and this list has pulled a bunch of them together. For fans of horror, psychological thriller, or just wanting something a bit creepy, have a look at these great and terrible manga below. This list is loosely ordered from 'light' to 'gritty' reads. A Christchurch City Libraries' list.

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  • Nothing is at it seems in this thrilling series. Emma is raised in an idyllic orphanage with other children. Every day they are tested, but aside from that they have all the freedom in the world - provided they never leave. Prepare to be…
    Graphic NovelSan Francisco, California : VIZ Media, LLC, [2017] — YOUNG ADULT GRAPHIC NOVEL
  • The zombie apocalypse has been and gone, and now a bunch of students holed up in a high school are just doing their best to survive - and get their education. This sometimes dark, sometimes funny series follows Yuki, a bright bubbly girl,…
    BookNew York : Yen Press, 2015. — YOUNG ADULT GRAPHIC NOVEL
  • Conspiracies abound in this psychological thriller. Tsubasa and Arisa are twins separated when their parents divorced. When Arisa is found comatose after jumping off the edge of a school building, Tsubasa impersonates her to discover why.…
    BookNew York : Del Rey, c2010 — YOUNG ADULT GRAPHIC NOVEL
  • At a famously haunted school, you better be careful what you wish for! Nene wants a boy to like her, but when she approaches one of the schools supernatural beings she gets more than she bargained for. There's different kinds of spirits,…
    Graphic NovelNew York : Yen Press, 2020. — YOUNG ADULT GRAPHIC NOVEL
  • Well, this one is just plain weird, with a dark sense of foreboding. An alien spaceship is hovering over the world, and yet, little has changed. This series follows two students trying to live a normal life when everything is more than a…
    Graphic NovelSan Francisco, California : VIZ Media, LLC, [2018] — GRAPHIC NOVEL
  • This series is a tense psychological read. After being assaulted by a fan, Nina gives up her life as an Idol, as well as every aspect of her that is feminine. When fellow student Hikaru discovers her secret, danger begins to dog them both.…
    Graphic NovelSan Francisco, California : VIZ Media LLC., [2020] — YOUNG ADULT GRAPHIC NOVEL
  • If you like thriller videogames, then you'll enjoy this! A young girl is kidnapped and forced to manoeuvre her way through levels of a building where someone is trying to kill her on every floor. But who is the friend and who is the enemy?…
    Graphic NovelNew York : Yen Press, 2017. — YOUNG ADULT GRAPHIC NOVEL
  • A sad tale of revenge. After the death of his twin brother (and the rest of his family), Senri will do everything in his power to bring the culprit to justice. If you like this, also consider reading 'Erased'.
    Graphic NovelNew York : Yen Press, 2019. — YOUNG ADULT GRAPHIC NOVEL
  • Don't be deceived by the title, this series is anything but. Satō has met the love of her life, and will do anything to keep them together. And I mean anything. Did I mention the love of her life is a young girl? No, well, prepare yourself…
    Graphic NovelNew York : Yen Press, 2019. — YOUNG ADULT GRAPHIC NOVEL
  • If you could change your fate, would you? For Satoru this isn't a hypothetical, as he is launched 18 years into the past, into his childhood. Can he prevent the disappearance and murder of a little girl? Will changing his haunting past…
    Graphic NovelNew York : Yen Press, 2017. — YOUNG ADULT GRAPHIC NOVEL
  • This classic horror is the right balance of feeling unnerved and terrorised. When a school suddenly disappears, mass hysteria erupts as parents mourn, but for the students and teachers a nightmare awaits. They have been transported to a…
    Graphic NovelSan Francisco, California : VIZ Media, LLC, [2019] — YOUNG ADULT GRAPHIC NOVEL
  • High school has never had higher stakes. In a school where gambling is everything, there are the powerful and the powerless, a caste system that has them labelled as animals. But a new student has arrived to shake things up. This is a…
    Graphic NovelNew York : Yen Press, [2017] — GRAPHIC NOVEL
  • Caution: this series is dark, dangerous, and will have you questioning your morals! When Light Yagami finds a notebook lying around, he makes a horrifying and exciting discovery - whoever's name he writes in there will die, in whatever way…
    Graphic NovelSan Francisco, Calif. : Viz Media, [2005]. — GRAPHIC NOVEL
  • Unexpected depth and character development in this ghoul story. When a horrific encounter leaves Ken as a half-ghoul he has to do what he can to survive. This series is not for the squeamish, with lots of blood and guts and gore.
    Graphic NovelSan Francisco, California : VIZ Media, [2015] — GRAPHIC NOVEL
  • Here's your classic manga zombie apocalypse! A manga artist takes up arms as a zombie outbreak occurs in Japan, in order to be a hero. It's gory, it's action-packed, it's grotesque - go ahead and read it! Definitely a good one for fans of…
    Graphic NovelMilwaukie, Oregon : Dark Horse Manga, 2016. — GRAPHIC NOVEL
  • This is a truly horrific alien invasion story. When the Parasites invade earth, they make it their business to crawl into people's brains and take over. Shinichi fortunately wakes up before this happens, but then his particular Parasite…
    Graphic NovelNew York : Kodansha Comics, [2013] — GRAPHIC NOVEL