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Go Nagai's Devilman is one of the most influential manga of all time. A seminal effort in both themes and tone, it set the standard and paved the way for the gory, edgy stories popular today among the teenagers and young adults. You'd be surprised just how many of them trace their thematic lineage to the ol' Devilboi.

How to quickly recognize a Devilman-inspired story:
* the protagonist somehow ends up imbued with some kind of dark power that makes them stronger at the expense of their humanity;
* having said power influences their personality and/or physique in a major way;
* it is used to combat antagonists having powers of a similar or identical origin who seek to prey on the protagonist or the humankind in general;
* although the protagonist is aligned with humankind, his powers make other people afraid of him or try to use him for their own benefit;
* death, violent dismemberment, grotesque imagery, and other fun hijinks ensue;
* some sort of a major betrayal is expected.

There could be other, less obvious parallels, like the religious symbolism or anti-war themes.

I won't be including every single title I'm aware of here—only the good/notable ones. If you aren't sure how the stories in question relate to Devilman, feel free to find it in the list of recommendations and read what people say there. I won't be annotating this list to avoid spoilers.

Honorable mention: Kemonozume, an anime-only series by Masaaki Yuasa that is basically a beat-by-beat copy of Devilman. Many years later Yuasa was brought on board to direct an actual adaptation of Devilman.

This list constitutes my personal views and stances. If something isn't on it, it likely means I haven't seen it or don't have an informed opinion on the matter. Feel free to shoot me suggestions via DMs, but make sure you have a convincing argument if it's not something that's already on my main manga/anime list. I don't promise it'll end up here, but I will consider all suggestions.

Just decided to make a list of manga about death games, I find them to be very amusing.

I enjoy bad manga, so I will include even really bad death game manga headsup

Body horror also known as organic horror and bio-horror is a sub-genre of horror in cinema and literature, characterized by special attention to the human body and its transformations. Typical body horror motifs are various diseases, decay, parasitism, mutation and transformation, experiments with the human body and the creation of monsters like Frankenstein's monster.

Notable mangakas who work in the genre:
Junji Ito
Shintarou Kago
Suehiro Maruo
Jun Hayami
Benko Tamaoki

A varied list of horror manga for those who are just now getting into the genre, I will refrain from listing obvious authors such as Junji Itou, as I feel that is low hanging fruit and it would consume most of this list.

The Ubermensch is that point of balance between the Dionysian and Apollonian. This is a balance between two 'extremes'. Tragic rage surely need be felt but can not be the only thing felt. Love of life in spite of everything is needed to live beautifully forever. Pure tragedy burns too quick and we live seemingly long lives- don't be silly.

but beyond that bit of advice, my pathologies are such that I must address those members of the populous whose thoughts remain under the thumb of a pressure that they are not aware of. To cringe at a system of action because it does not align with your own does not imply your system is correct in any sense- your cringe is a tool institutions have used to realize their dreams of maintaining oppressive regimes since time immemorial. It's a conduit of epistemic harm baked into your vessels that guides the flow of your blood.


Themes explored in the manga listed: the 'tragic hero', wanderers and their shadows, shadows, music, pain, love, hierarchy of emotion, and various other existential topics.

For those that wonder, if any do, there is necessarily overlap between my Kafka stack and this one because it is a matter of fact that Kafka himself was Nietzschean.

Mangas that are influenced or exist because of Devilman