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Ultra Heaven

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Homunculus

Homunculus

Susamu Nakoshi, a man disillusioned with life, meets Manabu Ito, a young medical student bored with life. To relieve his boredom Ito offers Nakoshi 700,000 yen to undergo a trepanning to see if it will unlock his sixth sense, and Nakoshi eventually agrees. However, much to his dismay and chagrin it actually succeeds, and now Nakoshi must contend with seeing homunculi, the metaphysical and symbolic representations of a person's psychological disorder. He now helps people, usually against his own will and often theirs as well, with resolving their psychological problems.

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AirCommodore AirCommodore says...

These two seinen manga are about bored young men, disillusioned with the world. And while one focuses on psychopharmaceuticals, and the other on psychoanalysis, both deal with what's going on in people's heads, and are fairly dark. Besides that, their plots aren't terribly similar, but I think they might appeal to the same audience.

AndriasSch AndriasSch says...

These manga share a common style because how the events are mainly described by the images, since both main characters experience an alteration on the perception of reality (by drugs in Ultra Heaven, by a surgical procedure in Homunculus).

Tropical Citron

Tropical Citron

A coming-of-age story from Jiro Matsumoto (the author of Freesia) about a young, aspiring photographer named Soma. He's going nowhere, stuck in a mire of sex and drugs, until a horrible end to a one night stand sets him on a path that changes his life forever.

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AirCommodore AirCommodore says...

The main character in both of these manga spends a significant portion of the story in a drug-induced stupor. If you enjoyed the trippy art, and not quite knowing what's actually happening and what's just an effect of the hallucinogens, definitely check the other out.

Ressentiment

Ressentiment

Takuro, the main character, is a stereotyped, low self esteem, adult male in a dead end job. Because he feels he has nothing to live for, he let himself go, becoming fat, miserable, and lonely. The only shining thing he lives for is the occasional visit to a brothel where his savings will allow him to atleast not be completely sexless. This is when, through a real life friend of his, he is introduced to the virtual reality world of "The Unreal". Where, after spending $6000+ on equipment, you can purchase a virtual girlfriend who only thinks of you. Only the girl, Tsukiko, that Takuro purchases, seems to have come with a few defects.

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AirCommodore AirCommodore says...

Though not particularly similar in terms of plot (Ressentiment is a depressing story about otaku, while Ultra Heaven is a slightly-less depressing story about drug addicts), both are seinen soft science-fiction titles that explore a near-future world where one particular facet of life has been highly developed (video games/drugs).

Neither have terribly likeable protagonists, nor are light fluffy reads. Additionally, they both have a similar split between events that are actually happening, and stuff that's going on either in a video game or in the protag's mind. (The third volume of Ultra Heaven in particular is a lot like the rpg-world of Ressentiment)

Kuraudo

Kuraudo

The Tokyo Metro central computer has been cracked! Out of the chaos of wild passengers and a frantic transport ministry, Cloud's story begins. A child prodigy who has grown up into a black hat hacker strives to fulfil his impossible dream of making a kingdom on top of the clouds! But how will he do this and what will the government and police even allow him to try?

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Gringo

Gringo

In the year 1982, the Edo Shoji Corporation is a large Japanese trading company that has created a new branch in the fictional country of Cannibalia (or Kanivaria depending on how you transcribe it). Executive Director Yabushita assigns Hitoshi Himoto to be the head of the new South American office, which is an exceptional promotion for Hitoshi. Having joined the work force after his days of being a sumo wrestler, Hitoshi finds himself rapidly climbing the corporate ladder.

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Ascribe to Heaven

Ascribe to Heaven

Minnie’s the only human living on an alien planet and because of that she’s rejected by almost all the other inhabitants. Then one day something falls outside of her house and it happens to be... a human prince?!

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Seiten no Hekigan

Seiten no Hekigan

Even after one month of transferring to a new school, Natsuki keeps her distance from her classmates. Her childhood friend Haruka always tries to push her to be more sociable, but Natsuki just pushes her away. One day, while Natsuki was skipping class and eating lunch on the school balcony, a slime-like substance drops right on top of her. The slime slowly forms itself into... a human girl? An odd relationship between Natsuki and her new alien(?) sister Aoi begins.

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Cronos Haze (2014)

Cronos Haze (2014)

Amagiri Academy—a school that takes up the entirety of a single island. Touya only has a vague recollection of his father and enrolls in this school that he attended in order to learn what became of him. But soon after school begins, Touya is dragged into one mysterious and troublesome affair after another!

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UFOOOOOPS!!

UFOOOOOPS!!

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Tobu Koto wo Yurusareta Meiro

Tobu Koto wo Yurusareta Meiro

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