Jinrou Game: Crazy like a Fox (Light Novel) - Recommendations

• Vol: 4; Ch: 20
• 2007 - 2009

Rabbit Doubt is a popular new mystery game in which a ‘wolf' kills off each of a group of ‘rabbits' one by one. If the rabbits determine the identity of the wolf, they win the game; but if they suspect the wrong individual, the rabbits all die. Eiji, Rei, Mitsuki, Haruka, Yuu and Hajime are six friends who were meeting for the first time at a karaoke bar, but then, while separated, they lost consciousness and came to in a mysterious building - one of their bodies impaled on the wall. A real life game of Rabbit Doubt has begun. With paranoia and suspicion abounding, the survivors struggle to piece clues together before the Wolf picks them off one by one.

• 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: 1; Ch: 10
• 2011 - 2012

Viewers participate in a heavily advertised new quiz show where the winner earns one hundred million yen. But waiting there is a cruel game of death and competition. What will be the fate of the ten finalists? And just what is the true purpose of the quiz?

• 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: 10
• 2013

The seven teenagers who committed crimes had their body parts related to the crime they committed taken away and was sent to a school with a locked room. To return to their normal lives, they have to continuously take the examination and graduate as the first in class within one week, or else...

• 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: 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. 

• Vol: 4; Ch: 38
• 2021 - 2022

• 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...?

• Vol: 2; Ch: 17
• 2012

Yuki is a disaffected middle school boy who has no dreams or goals in life; in fact, the only thing he has is his diary. Writing down everything he observes and documenting every thought, the young boy uses it as an outlet for his imagination. One morning, however, Yuki wakes up to find his cell phone filled with diary entries for the next ninety days. Thinking nothing of it, he continues his morning until he begins to realize that everything on his phone is rapidly coming to pass, and it isn't just mere coincidence. Now, Yuki suddenly finds himself thrust into a survival game against other future diary owners to become the new Lord of Time.