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Monster

MONSTER

1994, Manga, 162 ch, 90%

Recommended by 8 Old Boy fans on AniList. Both have Noir, Crime.

Everyone faces uncertainty at some point in their lives. Even a brilliant surgeon like Kenzo Tenma is no exception. But there’s no way he could have known that his decision to stop chasing professional success and instead concentrate on his oath to save peoples’ lives would…

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  1. Cover of Seizon: LifE
    Seizon: LifE

    1999, Manga, 23 ch, 72%

    Recommended by 10 Old Boy fans on AniList. Both have Crime.

  2. Cover of Banana Fish
    Banana Fish

    1985, Manga, 110 ch, 85%

    Both have Noir, Crime, Urban.

  3. Cover of Shigurui
    Shigurui

    2003, Manga, 84 ch, 78%

    Swordplay, Samurai, Disability

  4. Cover of Freesia
    Freesia

    2001, Manga, 84 ch, 78%

    Seinen, Guns, Assassins

  5. Cover of Vinland Saga
    Vinland Saga

    2005, Manga, 224 ch, 90%

    Historical, Coming of Age, Vikings

  6. Cover of Innocent
    Innocent

    2013, Manga, 99 ch, 81%

    Historical, Seinen, Coming of Age

  7. Cover of Bastard
    Bastard

    2014, Manga, 94 ch, 83%

    Both have Noir, Crime.

  8. Cover of Homunculus
    Homunculus

    2003, Manga, 166 ch, 83%

    Philosophy, Seinen, Psychosexual

  9. Cover of Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku
    Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku

    2018, Manga, 127 ch, 81%

    Survival, Samurai, Mythology

  10. Cover of The Quest for the Missing Girl
    The Quest for the Missing Girl

    1999, Manga, 13 ch, 70%

    Recommended by 3 Old Boy fans on AniList. Both have Crime, Urban.

  11. Cover of The Fable
    The Fable

    2014, Manga, 240 ch, 84%

    Both have Crime, Urban.

  12. Cover of Montage
    Montage

    2010, Manga, 193 ch, 72%

    Recommended by 5 Old Boy fans on AniList. The same kind of story: high-stakes mind-game thrillers.

  13. Cover of Billy Bat
    Billy Bat

    2008, Manga, 165 ch, 86%

    Drawing, Historical, Seinen

  14. Cover of Alice in Borderland
    Alice in Borderland

    2010, Manga, 87 ch, 82%

    Both have Urban.

  15. Cover of 20th Century Boys
    20th Century Boys

    1999, Manga, 249 ch, 88%

    Recommended by 20 Old Boy fans on AniList.

  16. Cover of Promise of an Orchid
    Promise of an Orchid

    2019, Manga, 106 ch, 75%

    Male Protagonist, Demons, Amnesia

  17. Cover of War of the Adults
    War of the Adults

    2025, Manga, ongoing, 74%

    Politics, Dystopian, Time Skip

  18. Cover of Claymore
    Claymore

    2001, Manga, 159 ch, 81%

    Demons, Primarily Female Cast, Super Power

  19. Cover of Sakamoto Days
    Sakamoto Days

    2020, Manga, ongoing, 79%

    Both have Crime, Urban.

  20. Cover of The Climber
    The Climber

    2007, Manga, 170 ch, 87%

    Mountaineering, Coming of Age, Seinen

  21. Cover of Kingdom
    Kingdom

    2006, Manga, ongoing, 89%

    Military, Historical, War

  22. Cover of Fullmetal Alchemist
    Fullmetal Alchemist

    2001, Manga, 116 ch, 89%

    Alchemy, Politics, Philosophy

  23. Cover of Mushishi
    Mushishi

    1999, Manga, 50 ch, 85%

    Travel, Episodic, Environmental

Anime for fans of Old Boy

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off2023, ONA, 8 eps, 80% Run with the Wind2018, TV, 23 eps, 83% Akira1988, Movie, 1 ep, 79% Millennium Actress2002, Movie, 1 ep, 82% Howl‘s Moving Castle2004, Movie, 1 ep, 85% Cowboy Bebop1998, TV, 26 eps, 86% Durarara!!2010, TV, 24 eps, 79% Vinland Saga2019, TV, 24 eps, 87%

About Old Boy

1996, Manga, 80 ch, 69%

Ten years ago, they took him in. He doesn't even know who. And for ten years, he has been confined in a private prison. He doesn't know why. For ten years, his only contact with the outside world has been a television set and the voices of his jail mates. In time, he lost himself. He changed...transformed himself into something else...something hard...something lethal. Suddenly, one day his incarceration ends, again without explanation. He is sedated, stuffed inside a trunk, and dumped in a park. When he awakes, he is free to reclaim what's left of his life...and what's left is revenge.

(Source: Dark Horse)

Includes an epilogue in the final volume.

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