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Franken Fran

2006, Manga, 69 ch, 76%

Recommended by 9 Dementia 21 fans on AniList. Both have Medicine, Body Horror, Parody.

Somewhere, out in the sticks of rural Japan, there is a mysterious manor that is home to the greatest surgeon who ever lived. But when the surgeon goes missing, his reanimated daughter, Fran, takes up the family profession, and despite her Frankenstein-like ways, cares deeply…

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    Tomie

    1987, Manga, 13 ch, 76%

    Recommended by 3 Dementia 21 fans on AniList. Both have Body Horror.

  2. Cover of Hen na Nee-san
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    2012, Manga, 12 ch, 63%

    Recommended by 3 Dementia 21 fans on AniList. Both have Surreal Comedy.

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    2011, One-shot, 1 ch, 61%

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    2019, Manga, ongoing, 84%

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    2017, Manga, 59 ch, 88%

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    Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

    1982, Manga, 59 ch, 86%

    Environmental, Post-Apocalyptic, War

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    Uma Musume: Cinderella Gray

    2020, Manga, 211 ch, 90%

    Athletics, Female Protagonist, Primarily Female Cast

  8. Cover of xxxHOLiC
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    2003, Manga, 214 ch, 83%

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    1985, Manga, 110 ch, 85%

    Mafia, Gangs, Crime

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    Ascendance of a Bookworm ~I'll do anything to become a librarian!~ Part 1 If there aren't any books, I'll just have make some!

    2015, Manga, 42 ch, 78%

    Both have Work.

  11. Cover of Lord of the Mysteries
    Lord of the Mysteries

    2020, Manga, 65 ch, 76%

    Religion, Steampunk, Astronomy

  12. Cover of A Bride's Story
    A Bride's Story

    2008, Manga, ongoing, 85%

    Ensemble Cast, Historical, Marriage

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    Rehabilitation, Language Barrier, Bullying

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    SHIORI EXPERIENCE: Jimi na Watashi to Hen na Ojisan

    2013, Manga, ongoing, 85%

    Band, Ghost, School Club

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    Solo Leveling

    2018, Manga, 201 ch, 84%

    Dungeon, Male Protagonist, Super Power

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    2005, Manga, 138 ch, 84%

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  17. Cover of Neon Genesis Evangelion
    Neon Genesis Evangelion

    1994, Manga, 97 ch, 85%

    Coming of Age, Philosophy, Kaiju

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    One-Punch Man

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    Don't Call it Mystery

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    2003, Manga, ongoing, 86%

    Adoption, Youkai, Iyashikei

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About Dementia 21

2011, Manga, 37 ch, 72%

Yukie Sakai is a sprightly young home health aide eager to help her elderly clients. But what seems like a straightforward job quickly turns into a series of increasingly surreal and bizarre adventures that put Yukie's wits to the test! Cartoonist Kago, who is well known for combining a more traditional manga style with hyper realistic illustration technique, an experimental visual storytelling approach, and outrageously sexual and scatological subject matter, has single-handedly created his own genre: "fashionable paranoia."

(Source: Fantagraphics)

Note: Includes the unrelated oneshots "Detective SumoKING" and "Separate."

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