13 Game - Recommendations

• Vol: 37; Ch: 383
• 2000 - 2013

Kei, a cynical and arrogant high school student, has minimal regard for others; so it's much to his surprise that when he's asked by his elementary school friend Kato to save a drunken bum laying on the subway tracks, he actually complies. However, no good deed goes unpunished, and they are swiftly decapitated by the oncoming train. Kei and Kato awaken in a nondescript room occupied by a black sphere and a variety of other people, and thus begins Gantz's game. In it, the players must face off against aliens in battles where death is inevitable and rewards are minimal. Unfortunately for them, this is just the beginning of their nightmare - at least, for those who manage to survive...

• Vol: 3; Ch: 14
• 2009 - 2010

One day, when Hidaka Kishi is going to school with his close friend Kimiko, he notices a strange new song on his music player: "Who Killed Cock Robin?" Little does he know, a murderous game is beginning, with him as the target--the Cock Robin. Fourteen other players (called 'birds') are all competing to kill him, in exchange for making their wishes come true. However, one of the birds, Saedano Minami, seems to have other plans. To Hidaka's confusion, she decides to protect him, but what is her ultimate goal? How will Hidaka survive this deadly game?

• Vol: 2; Ch: 13
• 2020 - 2021

Alice Ryouhei, now a grown adult and married to Yuzuha, who is expected to give birth to their first child any day now, suddenly finds himself back in the Borderlands, the land between Life and Death, after getting into an accident. Will he be able to make it out of the Borderlands once more...?

• Ch: 15
• 2011

Ten contestants agree to put their life on the line to have a chance of winning 50,000,000 yen. To win, they must survive 10 days inside the prison...

• Vol: 6; Ch: 32
• 2010 - 2012

Hiroyuki is in love with his friend Hikari, but she's already confessed to his older brother Atsuya. Out of jealousy the teen attempts to interfere with the pair's upcoming date, leading to Atsuya being tragically killed in an accident. However, something much worse was waiting for Hiroyuki in the aftermath, and he soon wakes up in a strange place wearing an animal mask and handcuffs. Along with seven other strangers, Hiroyuki must survive the Judge game by voting for someone to be sacrificed. Based on majority rule, one will die each round until only four survive, and not everyone can be trusted...

• Vol: 24; Ch: 182
• 2014 - 2019

In the near future, everyone is hooked on the newest social network called Real Account, a service where the top users have hundreds or thousands of followers. One such user is Ataru Kashiwagi, an insecure student who retreats to the virtual world to escape his loneliness – even if his countless 'friends' don't know the real him. But soon, the network becomes all too real when he and 10,000 others are transported into the virtual world. They're greeted by the cheeky mascot Marble, who informs the group that they must beat a game to go home, but there's a catch: dying in the game means you, as well as your followers, die in real life. In such a fickle world where looks are everything and unfriending is as easy as a single click, will Ataru or any of the others survive till the end?

• Vol: 4; Ch: 38
• 2021 - 2022

• Vol: 2; Ch: 12
• 2011 - 2012

Asahi and her friend Yamato are aboard a luxurious ocean liner for an unusual reason: the entertainment company Sky Nova invited them to be exclusive test players for a new game they've developed, and they must come as a pair. Joined by a handful of others such as a popular school idol and a suicidal boy, the duo eagerly awaits the beginning of the fun. However, what greets the teens is something far more sinister - a one way trip to a deserted island where they're forced to avoid traps, escape being hunted, and live to survive another day...

• Vol: 2+; Ch: 11+
• 2022 - ?

In this manga continuation of Battle Royale, Project 68, now run by a diabolical government AI, returns. Once more, high school students will fight to the death.

• Vol: 1; Ch: 4
• 2013 - 2014

On what seems to be a normal day, Arata and 33 of his classmates head to third period, where they find blank crossword puzzles on the desks. Suddenly, a mysterious being named Kuro appears, and within minutes countless students explode or are eviscerated in increasingly gory ways. The remaining survivors must use their smarts and their wits to survive the Dead Word Puzzle.