Kiseijuu

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While watching the anime for this manga Tokyo Ghoul instantly came to mind. To avoid spoilers i'll just say both main characters are in some what similar situation in addition to their personality transition.  

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Kiseijuu = Parasyte

Parasyte and Tokyo Ghoul both involve male protagonists who wake up one day... different... One turned into a ghoul... while the other simply had an alien for an arm. And by alien, I mean a life form that has 100% control of the arm for most of the day. Coexisting and dealing with others who are similar to them, both characters have to live in the same world... with a completely flipped perspective. 

Tokyo Ghoul is more supernaturalesque/fantasy and more gritty
Parasyte is more scifi-ish and psychological

Both have action and they are both great reads. Parasyte though is not a bishounen read. It's not pretty... or rather... it's from the late 80's early 90's.. so... it's much much more realistic.

I liked Parasyte a lot more than I did TG, but both are great great reads. :D read more 

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Although the stories are different, Kiseijuu and Tokyo Ghoul shares a familiarity with supernatural horror. The main male protagonist's life changes forever after one faithful day after coming in contact with a supernatural being. And from that experience, they inherit traits that no longer makes them fully human. Throughout both series' perspective stories, the MC struggles to at times to figure out how to deal with his newfound life. At times, they face obstacles but also find new hope. They must also accept who they are as well as realizing the truths/consequences of what they have become. I recommend both series for anyone interested in supernatural horror. read more 

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after reading both i would say tokyo ghoul is inspired from Parasyte
more over i would go ahead and say it is a rip off (tokyo ghoul: re is a different story)
-main guy becomes a HALF parasyte/ghoul
-there is a Anti parasyte/ghoul police force
-both the police force engage in a all out battle against parasyte/ghoul
-majority of the parasyte/ghouls get wiped out
-both have grotesqueness (limb, head, etc torn into pieces)
-endings are a bit different coz tokyo ghoul had to continue....BUT both are GOOD READS 

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In both, there are male main characters, whose normal lives are interrupted by terrible twist of events. They are both becoming something between a human and a monster, and are struggling with their fate and their own new selves. Kiseijuu and Tokyo Ghoul share a great amount of bloody fights, well done character development and mystery. I would definitely recommend both of them. 

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While the story of the main characters is slightly different these two are very similar manga and the anime adaptions will also be similar. Both are about a boy who is suddenly met with a strange being in their life and must come to terms with the new abilities that come with this fated meeting. Both feature the struggle of each person's morals and beliefs as they come to accept what they are and use the new abilities they posses to fight a foe. Both are especially violent and gut-wrenching seinen manga with very dark themes and people being split in half and eaten.   read more 

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  The main characters both have to go face hard obstacles and the series are both psychological and the two main characters get put into a hard situation   

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Both are about an ordinary high school boy who acquires some kind of evil unknown power and wants to get rid of it, until it accepts it at some point. Both have a lot of gory elements as that "evil power" has the tendency to kill people. 

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Schoolboy suddenly goes from Average Teen to No Longer Human and must cope with being hunted by society as well as a changing set of morals. He must find AND come to terms with his new unique place in the world - he is no longer human, but he still experiences Humanity so he doesn't quite fit in with the Not Humans either.

Also there's a load of blood and violence and animal instinct and emotional turmoil followed by emotional numbing all under the everpresent theme of ADAPT OR DIE.

Both offer really interesting takes on the place of Humans in the world as a species, but take their conclusions in vastly different directions. Both are executed beautifully. read more 

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An ordinary high-school/college student gets turned into a monster by an unfortunate accident; this pretty much mirrors the main plot of these two seinen mangas. Both also deal with how the main characters struggle to preserve their slowly declining senses of humanity as more things happen due to their new nature. While I enjoyed Tokyo Ghoul more, both mangas are nice reads. 

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Both share similar aspects of the main character undergoing a huge transformation and the struggles of hiding their secret  

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Tokyo Ghoul obviously took a great deal of inspiration from Parasyte, from the 'monsters' who need to eat humans to survive to the human who becomes part of both worlds (sort of...) though Tokyo Ghoul has more of a culture with its monsters as opposed to Parasyte, where the monsters don't really have time to establish a culture that we see much of.  

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The basic idea behind the plot is similar. The two main characters have many common features. 

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Both of the MCs are not completely controlled by the “invasive” species, instead only a part of them is and they share qualities between the invasive species and humans— you could say they are somewhat the bridge between the two. Both MCs experience a similar breakdown in their respective manga after they find out they are the invasive species, and both refuse to kill to satisfy their hunger for humans. Also both Ghouls and Parasites eat humans. Both manga have gore. 

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Jagaaaaaan addpermalink

In both manga's the main character obtains power from a strange organism. This power would usually turn the character into a monster of sorts, however our protagonist is an exception and fights these monsters. Along the way he meets allies and enemies alike. Both manga is packed full of action and is an interesting read. 

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Devilman addpermalink

Both stories involve creatures which take over people's minds and bodies and can morph them in monstrous ways, and a protagonist who manages to retain his human personality despite being one of these hosts. Both protagonist's have to deal with this fact while keeping their identity secret and struggling not to lose their humanity. 

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Ajin addpermalink

While Kiseijuu involves people who are infected by something alien and Ajin seem to be transformed humans, there's a common thread of people trying to survive in a brutal world where they don't know who they can trust. 

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Gantz addpermalink

Scifi stories with horror elements. Both are thought-provokingly psychological and highly suspenseful with great drama and interesting storylines, and they both also contain deadly enemies and extreme violence. 

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70-oku no Hari addpermalink

Those familiar with Parasyte would view 7 Billion Needles as something of a rip-off, should they read it. An eccentric alien entity comes from outer space, merges with the lead and slowly-but-surely comes to be friends with its host, as they battle together against other alien enemies. If you're experienced, you've read it all before.

The first two volumes aren't bad - the characterisation being solid enough - but the last two turn it into a nonsensical mess that would most likely leave you with a desire to have re-read Parasyte instead.

In terms of the 'merging' itself, 7BN has more in-common with Birdy than Parasyte since in both the leads die and need to rely on their new companions to survive. However, since Birdy has a human form all of her own, the relationship development isn't really very similar to what 7BN has to offer. read more 

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Guardian Dog addpermalink

In both stories, the main character gets taken over by an ALF and he has to learn to co-exist with him. 

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Variante addpermalink

A parasite attaches itself to the mains character arm which then gives them the strength that they then use to fight and kill other parasites. 

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Sweet Home addpermalink

Can't say too much due to spoilers, but there are a lot of similar elements of living with the darkness within you and trying to survive in a world with monsters 

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Fumetsu no Anata e addpermalink

An alien like creature lands on Earth and slowly but surely starts to learn about the human race. So in that term, these stories are rather similar. However, what these creatures really are, is unique to both stories. There might be some more similarities as well, like how some character communicates with humans and what it learns from them. 
Both are really well written.  

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Kiss x Death addpermalink

The plot and characters are very diffrents.
But the main concept of a parasite invading into the protagonist body and changing him is very similiar.
 

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Midori no Hibi addpermalink

The MC's hand is overtaken by by some foreign entity.  

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Saiteihen no Otoko addpermalink

These are bodysnatcher-like psychological horrors. Parasyte is more action and gore, SNO is more horror. 

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Chainsaw Man addpermalink

Protagonists fuse with a not so evil alien/devil. They save each other's lives and grow as people. 

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Okitenemuru addpermalink

Okitenemuru and Kiseijuu involves mysterious beings that becomes part of human society. The main protagonist gets involved in an incident where they gain a special attribute that changes their life forever. Throughout the story, there is violence, death, and mysteries that is unsettling as we learn more and more about certain strange circumstances. 

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Shingeki no Kyojin addpermalink

Despite the temporal distance, both mangas are very similar by the feelings that they get. 
Violence and particular design must be surmounted, because it's beyond that is situated the real treasure : a beautiful thought on the human kind. 

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Inugami addpermalink

Both series deal with shapeshifting lifeforms (in Inugami's case wolf/dog deity/things? and in Parasyte alien beings) that come to earth and wreak havoc, the stories centering on one lifeform that forms a friendship with a human boy (though Inugami's bond is more emotional and heartfelt), with the obligatory girl pal tagging along. Both series are highly recommended for the mature audience who can take bodies being ripped to shreds and appreciate a well developed seinen piece.  

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Manga: Alive: Saishuu Shinkateki Shounen

Alive: Saishuu Shinkateki Shounen addpermalink

Mysterious disease spreads around the world. Those who are infected develop supernatural powers and an urge to kill. However, one person uses his power to protect mankind. 

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Heads addpermalink

When part of your body belongs to another entity, where does the line between you and this other existence get drawn? - That is the question Heads and Parasyte ask.

In Heads, its lead gets shot in the head and is saved from his coma by becoming the first ever adult brain transplant patient. In Parasyte, the arm of its lead gets replaced by an alien. In both the once calmer, more timid personalities of the leads gradually change until they no longer can be recognized as who they once were.

Heads in particular is recommended to those looking for psychological thrills with a difference. It deals exclusively with the small but significant differences that separate individuals, and how everything can change so easily. read more 

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Yuu☆Yuu☆Hakusho addpermalink

The main characters, Shinji and Yusuke, share a lot of similar situations and decisions. 

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Mushishi addpermalink

On the surface level, Mushishi might not have any similarities with Parasyte but the basis of both of the mangas are same, which is 'unknown creatures residing in the human world with human beings'.

The 'Mushi' in Mushishi and 'Parasytes' in Parasyte are creatures with a lot of similarities.

Both of the protagonists(Ginko from Mushishi and Kenichi from Parasyte) are able to interact with the creatures.The true objectives of the mentioned creatures do not align, but in the end, both of them are still a different kind of creatures humans don't recognize and both of the creatures' living in the human world can still be considered a mystery.

While Mushishi focuses more on the philosophical existence of the creatures called 'Mushi', Parasyte raises questions on difficult subjects as morality,humanity,the act of love,the relationship between humans and other species.

You eventually can't find any major similarities between the two but still, give mushishi a try if you liked parasyte.

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Gigantis addpermalink

When it comes to body horror, both of these manga capture the beauty of the sub genre. Action, conflict, and psychology are all in it. Plus, beautiful art style. 

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Baron Gong Battle addpermalink

Grotesque and bizarre creatures, with a lot of violence.
In both main characters gets his arm changed into a living weapon 

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Tokyo Ghoul:re addpermalink

The protagonists of both shows live in a world where monsters live among themselves (ghouls) (parasytes). The main characters are somewhat half monster, half human. Both of them are trying to prevent murders or just trying to stop them in general. 

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Black Torch addpermalink

Both manga have main characters who were saved by some supernatural being on the brink of their death, saving him and making him way stronger than before. This being still has an own will after merging with him, and can (sometimes) leave his body as he pleases. They are caught up in all sorts of shady experiences.

*Both of them often have gore scenes. 

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Uzumaki addpermalink

It is obvious that both have totally different history and plots, but in both works they present similar elements, for example: a society being disturbed by a series of deaths caused by “supernatural” events. 

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Jujutsu Kaisen addpermalink

Both have a similar feel and the themes are overlapping. If you like either one of these two manga, you'll most probably love the other one, too. I'd say the biggest difference are the characters themselves and the tone of the manga.
JujuKai adds more of a comedic feel to it, while Kise has a tiny bit more gore (juuuust a smidgen... okay quite a bit but not too much). 

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Crepuscule addpermalink

Black haze is what I really recommend, but that's not an option. 

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Hakaijuu addpermalink

Both the Series is about horror monster appearing one day and killing everyone
main character becomes a hybrid human-monster and fights the monsters
the reveal for why the monsters are attacking is similar 

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Akumugari addpermalink

The similarities are:
—The main character have superpower just like the man-killer monster have
—In both manga, the monster can disguise in human form
—A lot of blood and gore
—Main character are badass
—Packed with horror and action  

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Toto addpermalink

After read both manga, I found these similarities:
—Main character have parasitic creature attached to their body
—Main character gained superpower after merged with the creature 
—When they get mad both of them become badasses
—They fight to survive and protect their loved one
—They've gone through a lot of shit 

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X-Gene addpermalink

Kisejuu is similar to x-gene on how the main character has some sort of monster inside of him and how it enjoys killing. Both characters fight against that nature at first but then begin to use it to protect the ones close to them. 

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Hunter x Hunter addpermalink

Hunter x Hunter shares similarities with Parasyte in the chimera ant arc, the main theme of humanity against a natural predator changing the food chain (with sociopolitical and environmentalist commentary); Youpi from Hunter x Hunter seems to be an homage to Gotou from Parasyte both in design and personality. 

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Kokkoku addpermalink

Relatively short but rich seinen with simplistic character designs and a raw art style. The antagonistic force consists of multiple factions that have differing allegiances and both series explore some of the implications of how their respective supernatural element affects the world, such as politically or biologically.  

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Buddha addpermalink

Well, this is probably because I finished Kiseijuu when I was also reading Buddha that I think they were resembling some similar things, but one thing I'm sure is that they have this one particular similarity. Kiseijuu talked about the life of living beings; not only humans, but all living beings, including animals and those parasytes. Buddha had this as one of its main theme. The equality of all living beings, and that they were originated from one same thing, only taking a different form. 

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Libidors addpermalink

Main character has a monstrous right arm? Yes. 
The monsters can turn back into human form? Yes.
The MC has a uncontrollable power? Yes. 
A new kind of mysterious plague that could wipe out the mankind? Yes. 
Some interesting psychological dialogues in the manga? Yes, yes and YES!  

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Monster addpermalink

Both manga explore the same question - What separates human from monster?

Monster does this via a character drama exploring the monster within all of us, as its protagonist chases what he see as the biggest monster of all.

While Kiseijuu does this via showing the contrasting differences and hypocritical opinions between humans and the alien parasite, as its central pair continue to grow closer together from a mental state of position. 

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Happiness addpermalink

Both have protagonists who are nerds.
Both have protagonists with supernatural powers.
Both have supernatural creatures.
The creatures hide from society.
Both have romance.
Both protagonists struggle with the feelings and regrets of their new selves.
Both works touch on mature themes regarding relationships, bonds, and "to be or not to be." 

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Yoku Oni addpermalink

Similar premise of humans dealing with the conflict of a non-human threat; The conclusion of Yokuoni is very similar to Parasyte with an emotional resolution tying together the conflict with the themes of the humans against the non-humans conflict in an unexpected hopeful ending. 

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Aflame Inferno addpermalink

I honestly can't believe these two weren't recommended for each other when i was reading one i thought "wow these two are rather similar"
both have high schooler sharing body with something not human, both fight their own non-human kind both main characters gain power while merging with each other gradually both of the main characters start to see the world differently and feel non-human their personalities seem to change and both have subtle romance 

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Biomega addpermalink

Spores from space fall and create new lifeforms on Earth. Parasyte's closer to Invasion of the Body Snatchers, while Biomega deals with cultist zombies.  

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Nanase addpermalink

The two main characters (female) are bullied by their peers and find peace in something else. 

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BioMeat: Nectar addpermalink

Blood, gore, horror, strange beings which can eat humans from the inside out.
Che graphical style is very similar, but the premise is a different one: BioMeat Nectar focuses on survival in  
a devasted world against unintelligent beasts, where as Parasyte the main hero fights against intelligent invaders living undercover. 

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El El addpermalink

These works are strong in the horror and gore department. The heroes have to fight against very few, but extremly tough and brutul enemies while make use of the little they have. 

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Zombie Hunter addpermalink

Despite the title, Zombie Hunter is more like "Parasite Hunter". Both series contain parasites that take over the human body, are difficult to kill, and are weak against fire. Parasyte is much better, but Zombie Hunter is a quick read and certainly beats out Parasyte in the art department... 

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Manhole addpermalink

Strange, foreign creatures forcefully make human bodies their hosts. Parasites are not as self-aware  in Manhole, and Kiseijuu evokes a more thought provoking response to the readers due to questions about morality and humanity. 

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Kodoku Experiment addpermalink

Major difference is that kodoku experiment is set in space and doesn't have nearly the same level of character development. But otherwise very similar. 

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Igyoujin Oniwakamaru addpermalink

Parasyte is a masterpiece and does not need much introduction, but Igyoujin Oniwakamaru is underrated IMHO and although it probably has more in common with Devilman, I still think the recommendation stands. In both cases, the protagonists get "infected" and once they come to grips with the situation, they gain impressive battle powers. Not that they have a choice anyway, plus their worlds start to crumble down. The host and foreign entity eventually collaborate and even start to understand one another. Oniwakamaru ends abruptly whereas Parasyte somewhat drags on. Both titles are gory but Oniwakamaru much more so. 

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Animal X: Daichi no Okite addpermalink

Both are about two people (kinda) fighting together to stop the destruction of their worlds and save those who are close to them. 

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Kurozakuro addpermalink

It's the same in that they both have something invade the body in which they can somewhat communicate with and the main character struggles to keep his humanity. Keep in mind, the art is not as good and its more grotesque but thye story is good. 

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Battle Royale addpermalink

With gritty style and awesome story lines both Battle Royale and Parasyte caught me from the start and refused to let go. In both stories the characters are faced with seemingly hopeless circumstances that they desperately struggle to change. Battle Royale and Parasyte are fundamentally different in that one features an epic survival game while the other has parasitic aliens invading the Earth but both are amazing mangas!   

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Pupa addpermalink

They are very similar in the aspect that of the MC getting "infected" by some unknown disease and have the urge to kill and eat other people.  

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Tanabata no Kuni addpermalink

If you preferred Tanabata no Kuni then by all means proceed and read Parasyte, which is Hitoshi's praised work -- also contains SF / Horror elements. 

Vice versa -- Tanabata no Kuni is basically a copy of Parasyte. Not one of those shameful copies, but similar in many traits, albeit certainly fun to read. 

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Zettai naru Isolator addpermalink

Whilst one is a novel and the other a manga, what these two works have in common is that they both revolve around humans who have been infected by parasites. Each showcases fierce battles between human hosts, with Zettai naru Isolator taking a more superpowered approach. Both works are completely gritty and enjoyable. 

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Ottoman addpermalink

Both of the MC have a alien living inside their body

They fight off against others Aliens with similar or superior abilities 

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Dawn: Tsumetai Te addpermalink

A high school boy is infected by something strange, and forms an uneasy alliance with someone to fight and kill other infected people.  His "condition" evolves.  His girlfriend knows something is going on, and is upset at his secretiveness. 

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Blue Heaven addpermalink

Both stories are AMAZING and refreshing psychological thrillers drawn in a realistic style. Parasyte (64 chapters) is an epic in length compared to Blue Heaven (24 chapters) and the plots are pretty different. But they're both masterpieces of equal caliber in my eyes.   

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Shounen Mahoushi addpermalink

Dark and Bloody manga with deep overtones.  

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Manga: JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 2: Sentou Chouryuu

JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 2: Sentou Chouryuu addpermalink

Both manga feature main characters that find themselves caught on the opposing side of supernatural enemies of skill and power far beyond theirs and both use quick wits and brilliant tactics to defeat their monstrous adversaries. Great battles with brilliant tactical execution featured here, something most battle manga seem to lack. 

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Kyoushoku Soukou Guyver addpermalink

Both involve main characters becoming hosts for alien-like organisms. These sci-fi manga explore human psychology and the gradual changes of our hero's personality (although Guyver is more action oriented).  

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