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Psychological Thriller Manga That Will Mess With Your Head

Mind games, unreliable heroes and tension you can feel. Read them with the lights on.

10 seriesUpdated 23 Oct 2026Picked by the Comic Fusion team
  1. Monster cover
    DramaMysteryCompleted

    Monster

    Dr Tenma saves a boy's life, then spends years chasing what that choice set loose.

  2. Death Note cover
    DramaUrban fantasyCompleted

    Death Note

    Two geniuses, one killing notebook and a cat-and-mouse game played a move at a time.

  3. Blood on the Tracks cover
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    Blood on the Tracks

    Seiichi's mother adores him, until one summer that love tips into something frightening.

  4. LIAR GAME cover
    DramaPsychologicalCompleted

    LIAR GAME

    One hundred million in cash, thirty days and opponents out to take every note of it.

  5. Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji cover
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    Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji

    Buried in debt, Kaiji gambles his own life in games whose rules keep getting crueller.

  6. Alice in Borderland cover
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    Alice in Borderland

    Bored of life, Arisu lands in an empty Tokyo where the only way to survive is to play.

  7. Tomodachi Game cover
    DramaSurvivalCompleted

    Tomodachi Game

    Clearing the game means never doubting your friends. One betrayal, and the paranoia starts.

  8. Erased cover
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    Erased

    An adult mind in a boy's body, trying to outthink a child kidnapper with time running out.

  9. Future Diary cover
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    Future Diary

    Twelve diaries that see the future and a survival game where the winner becomes a god.

  10. The Flowers of Evil cover
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    The Flowers of Evil

    A stolen gym kit, one witness and a blackmail game that gets under the skin.

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