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50 Best Survival Manga – Ranked!

50 survival manga

If you are here, you might already know what mangas’ are, but just in case you don’t, they are Japanese comic books that have animated stories in them to put in simple terms. Survival mangas give us a lot to work with, and hence we have compiled some out of many survival mangas that you can give read.

Survival mangas are based on scenarios where the protagonists are either threatened with danger or in dangerous environments. It could range from deadly attacks to zombie apocalypse to even game survival. This list has some of those recommendations. So, let’s not waste any longer before diving in.

1. The Promised Neverland

A story about orphans who live at a place called Grace Field House things seem sweet and fun, where everyone is loved equally, but we find out it’s anything but sweet when our protagonists break the one and only rule of never leaving the orphanage.

The Promised Neverland

The Promised Neverland

Emma and Norman end up finding the reality of the orphanage, and things take a massive turn from then on as these children start working together to escape their supposed predetermined fate.

  • Writer: Kaiu Shirai
  • Publisher: Shueisha
  • Date of Release: August 1, 2016
  • Genre: Dark Fantasy, Science fiction, Thriller
  • Chapters: 181
  • Status: Completed
  • Where to Read: MangaPlus

2. Omniscient Reader

When our protagonist Dokja is sucked into his favorite web novel named “Three Ways to Survive the Apocalypse” and is the only person who knows how things will turn out, we follow along this story to figure out how things will turn out for this novel-turned into reality setting story.

Omniscient Reader

Omniscient Reader

  • Writer: Sing Shong
  • Publisher:
  • Date of Release: January 6, 2018
  • Genre: Fantasy
  • Chapters: 140+ Chapters
  • Status: Ongoing
  • Where to Read: Webtoon

3. Metro Survive

When a train back home turns into a survival situation, Mishima must figure out a way to survive. Sometimes will to survive makes you stronger, and that is exactly what happened with Mishima, who was a weak person that turned into a real leader when an earthquake caused the tower to collapse and trap him along with other passengers in.

Metro Survive

Metro Survive

This is a story about a man who became a leader despite not being one to save himself and others, about a parent who wanted to make sure his child survived.

  • Writer: Yuki Fujisawa
  • Publisher: Dr. Master Productions Inc
  • Date of Release: March 18, 2008
  • Genre: Comics, Fiction, Graphic novel
  • Chapters: 16
  • Status: Completed

4. Future Diary

Our protagonist, Yukiteru Amano, ends up finding himself in a survival game when he gets picked by the god of time and space, Deus Ex Machina, and gets given a diary among the other 12 competitors. Each person’s Diary is called a “Future Diary,” which allows them to be able to tell the future.

Future Diary

Future Diary

Amano’s Diary is more of a “Random Diary” that tells him about his surroundings. He ends up teaming up with this pretty girl from his class that ends up being one of the 12 contestants. Things take a turn when the game goes on, and the battle becomes bloody while also revealing shocking things.

  • Writer: Sakae Esuno
  • Publisher: Viz Media
  • Date of Release: January 26, 2006
  • Genre: Shonen manga, Romance, School story, Detective/Mystery
  • Chapters: 59
  • Status: Completed
  • Where to Read: Viz

5. Secret

This is more of a horror take on the survival manga. It is a story of six kids who survived a bus accident that ended up killing all the remaining classmates. What is scarier is that out of these six students, three were murderers, and the reason why that happens.

Secret

Secret

This manga keeps you on your toes and guessing who the murderers are as there is a specific mystery surrounding every single one of them, and you cannot be sure who it is instantly.

  • Writer: Yoshiki Tonogai
  • Publisher: Square Enix
  • Date of Release: May 22, 2014
  • Genre: Mystery
  • Chapters: 17
  • Status: Completed
  • Where to Read: Bookwalker

6. The Cage of Eden

When Akira Sengoku, our protagonist, among other survivors, realize that they are stranded on an island with every deadly plant and animal that has been extinct since the modern era, they must find a way to survive.

The Cage of Eden

The Cage of Eden

They realize they do not know about every possible danger and must work together if they want to survive this and escape the island.

  • Writer: Yoshinobu Yamada
  • Publisher: Kodansha
  • Date of Release: February 17, 2009
  • Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Psychological, Romance
  • Chapters: 185
  • Status: Completed
  • Where to Read: Bookwalker

7. Darwin’s Game

What happens when a simple game online turns into something dangerous and possibly deadly? This is exactly what happened with our protagonist, Kaname Sudo, who ended up in a life-or-death situation when he accepted to play a game online.

Darwin’s Game

Darwin’s Game

Although, he is not left off to fend for himself just like that. He, among all the other people in the game, is given special powers that can be used to fight each other, and with these powers, he must find a way to win all these matches to become the ultimate winner.

  • Writer: FLIPFLOPs
  • Publisher: Akita Shoten
  • Date of Release: December 12, 2012
  • Genre: Action, fiction
  • Chapters: 27 volumes
  • Status: Completed

8. Dragon Head

When a bullet train ride ends in a disaster, and the train gets buried alive as the tunnel collapses on top of them, we see how things turn out for our protagonists as they are the only survivors; Teru, Nobuo, and Ako.

Dragon Head

Dragon Head

While Teru and Ako are trying to survive and find a way out of this situation, Nabuo starts putting strangers up against each other. What is more surprising is that there is no news on why and how this happened. These three must fight to survive and come out of it alive despite not knowing what waits for them on the other side.

  • Writer: Minetaro Mochizuki
  • Publisher: Kodansha
  • Date of Release: 1994
  • Genre: Psychological horror
  • Chapters: 89
  • Status: Completed
  • Where to Read: Bookwalker

9. Let’s Lagoon

When Yamada, our protagonist, wakes up, he sees himself on a stranded island with no past memories of the same on how he got there. Not long after, he realizes the situation and finds that the food supply is quite less. Another character named Chika appears.

Let’s Lagoon

Let’s Lagoon

Let’s Lagoon is a romance manga with survival as its main theme. This manga is a good choice if you want something easy to read.

  • Writer: Takeshi Okazaki
  • Publisher: Kodansha
  • Date of Release: October 22, 2007 
  • Genre: Mystery
  • Chapters: 66
  • Status: Completed

10. The Vinland Saga

The Vinland Saga is a historical manga that features events that talk about the Vikings from Iceland. This manga has everything you might expect when you hear about historical events ranging from betrayal to fights to conquests. It is shown very well, and it is a promise that you will not be bored by this manga.

The Vinland Saga

The Vinland Saga

  • Writer: Makoto Yukimura
  • Publisher: Kodansha
  • Date of Release: November 4, 2010
  • Genre: Historical 
  • Chapters: 199
  • Status: Ongoing
  • Where to Read: Bookwalker

11. Alice in Borderland

Alice in Borderland is a story about a teenage boy named Ryohei Arisu who is tired and sick of his life when one day, he, along with his friends, gets transported into a parallel world. Although, this world is not as peaceful as it seems in the start because it ends up becoming a dangerous game, and the only chance of survival is by playing these games.

Alice in Borderland

Alice in Borderland

As the story moves forward, we get to know how dangerous these games really are and how they will need to play a lot more if they want to survive.

  • Writer: Haro Aso
  • Publisher: Shogakukan
  • Date of Release: November 2010 
  • Genre: Shonen manga, Suspense
  • Chapters: 65
  • Status: Completed
  • Where to Read: Viz

12. This Man

This man is a manga that has been inspired by an urban legend of an anonymous man whose face was seen all over the globe in people’s dreams. The twist here is that there is a serial killer with a similar face, and here is when things start turning scarier.

This Man

This Man

  • Writer: Megumi, Kouji (Art), Karin, Sora (Story)
  • Publisher: Shounen Magazine
  • Date of Release: April 25, 2018
  • Genre: Mystery, Suspense
  • Chapters: 97
  • Status: Completed

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13. Made in The Abyss

This manga has all the things a survival manga might feature. Unknown places, exploring, being alone, finding things, getting lost, and whatnot. This manga will definitely make you smile with how things turn out, and you will for sure fall for the characters here.

Made in The Abyss

Made in The Abyss

  • Writer: Tsukushi, Akihito
  • Publisher: Takeshobo
  • Date of Release: October 20, 2012 
  • Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
  • Chapters: 64+
  • Status: Ongoing
  • Where to Read: Bookwalker

14. Subway Line 1

While there has been a virus outbreak and everyone is in a state of chaos, this one man is determined to reach his love before it is too late. He takes on a survival journey where he realizes how bad the world around him has gotten and how things are even worse than that virus.

Subway Line 1

Subway Line 1

  • Writer: Lee eun-jae
  • Date of Release: 2013
  • Genre: Horror, Psychological
  • Chapters: 66
  • Status: Completed

15. Highschool of The Dead

In the manga, an infection led to Rei, our protagonist’s school turning into a zombie land with the majority of students getting infected and turning into them. There are only a few survivors, including Rei and Takashi, who have decided to find their families while they try and battle this disease after the government has collapsed too.

Highschool of The Dead

Highschool of The Dead

  • Writer: Daisuke Satō, Shōji Satō
  • Publisher: Madhouse
  • Date of Release: March 1, 2007
  • Genre: Shonen manga, School story
  • Chapters: 30
  • Status: Completed
  • Where to Read: Bookwalker

16. Aphorism

There is a weird floating island above in the sky that people often think of as a metaphor, but the reality is that there are some rare students that can actually see this floating island, and these kids are the only ones who get the chance to enroll in this Naraka High School.

Aphorism

Aphorism

While things sound normal, it is anything but that when Momiji, our protagonist, enrolls in this school and starts unfolding all the truths. Like the campus being a killing field above ground, and to graduate, you need to survive.

  • Writer: Kujou Karuna
  • Publisher: Square Enix
  • Date of Release: May 18, 2010
  • Genre: Action, Horror
  • Chapters: 88+
  • Status: Ongoing
  • Where to Read: Bookwalker

17. Battle Royal

Well, as the name suggests, the Battle royal is a manga about battles that usually end in death with a survivor. In this manga, we see a group of high school students who end up being forced to play this game to survive. We must warn you that this manga might not be for everyone with how dark the themes are.

Battle Royal

Battle Royal

  • Writer: Koushun Takami, Masayuki Taguchi
  • Publisher: Ohta Publishing
  • Date of Release: December 16, 2000
  • Genre: Seinen manga, Action manga
  • Chapters: 119
  • Status: Completed
  • Where to Read: Viz

18. Corpse Party

After a specific ritual, a group of students, along with their teachers, are suddenly thrown into this another world. They soon realize that they are trapped inside the Tenjin Elementary School, and they must find a way if they want to escape.

Corpse Party

Corpse Party

This is a survival horror manga that will keep you on your toes to figure out what is happening and how these people will survive. If you like the horror survival genre, then this might be perfect for you.

  • Writer: Makoto Kedouin, Toshimi Shinomiya
  • Publisher: Square Enix
  • Date of Release: April 22, 1996 
  • Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Psychological, Romance, School, Shōnen, Supernatural, Tragedy 
  • Chapters: 9
  • Status: Completed
  • Where to Read: Bookwalker

19. The Cliff

When two men accidentally fall on their hiking trip, they just need to wait for someone to save them. But this wait for survival ends up becoming bigger, and it starts involving violence, frustration, and much more.

The Cliff

The Cliff

  • Writer: Sungdae Oh
  • Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, shot, Psychological, Supernatural, Tragedy
  • Chapters: 9
  • Status: Completed
  • Where to Read: Webtoon

20. Drifting Classroom

Things change for Sho Takamatsu and his middle school classmates when their school is suddenly transported to a post-apocalyptic world. Everyone is rendered speechless at the start, but slowly, things set in, and people, especially adults, start losing their sanity.

Drifting Classroom

Drifting Classroom

The children realize that they need to step up and survive this unknown and scary world, or things will only get worse.  

  • Writer: Kazuo Umezu
  • Publisher: Shogakukan
  • Date of Release: 1972
  • Genre: Horror fiction, Science fiction, Supernatural fiction
  • Chapters: 44
  • Status: Completed
  • Where to Read: Viz

21. Shibuya Kingyo

When Hajime Tsukiyoda, a simple boy, ends up helping out his classmate, things change for him. He is rewarded with food for his help, but there is a twist. He must eat as many people as possible if he wants to survive.

Shibuya Kingyo

Shibuya Kingyo

  • Writer: Aoi, Hiroumi
  • Publisher: Yen Press
  • Date of Release: September 21, 2016
  • Genre: Drama, Horror, Supernatural
  • Chapters: 46 
  • Status: Completed
  • Where to Read: Bookwalker

22. Doubt

When a group of friends is kidnapped and forced to play the “Rabbit Doubt” game in real life, they must find the rabbit to stay alive. Their only hope of escaping is the barcode on their bodies that allows them to open the door.

Doubt

Doubt

They realize that they must work together if they want to survive despite knowing one of them is the killer. How do they survive this terrifying game? We can only read to find out.

  • Writer: Yoshiki Tonogai
  • Publisher: Square Enix
  • Date of Release: November 8, 2013
  • Genre: Psychological horror
  • Chapters: 21
  • Status: Completed
  • Where to Read: Bookwalker

23. Dr. Stone

When a high school student named Taiju finds himself in a world filled with stone statues after humanity was scared because of a blinding light, what does he do? Although, it is seen that he is not alone and has his friend named Senku, who has a few science experiments running, and we follow along to see what happens to the civilization.

  • Writer: Boichi, Riichiro Inagaki
  • Publisher: Shueisha
  • Date of Release: March 6, 2017
  • Genre: Shonen manga
  • Chapters: 232 Chapters
  • Status: Completed
  • Where to Read: Bookwalker

24. Attack On Titan

It is impossible saying you have not heard about this, but in case you haven’t, Attack on Titan is a famous manga as well as anime. It is about a world that was eaten up by giants called Titans that can eat human beings alive for no reason.

Attack On Titan

Attack On Titan

And the remaining population is fighting along to survive this with the help of the military and a city wall, but what happens when that city wall is broken and a Titan comes inside? We read along to see what actually happens to them.

  • Writer: Hajime Isayama
  • Publisher: Kodansha
  • Date of Release: September 9, 2009
  • Genre: Shonen manga, Action manga, Fantasy
  • Chapters: 139
  • Status: Completed
  • Where to Read: Bookwalker

25. Sweet Home

About a story of a cold-hearted boy who lost his parents in a car crash. He is forced to face these hardships alone and decides that he will end his life to end his misery and decides a specific date to end it.

Sweet Home

Sweet Home

But things take a turn when a monster apocalypse occurs before his date, and he must now figure out and survive all on his own when he once wanted to end his life. We read along to see what happens in the end.

  • Writer: Kim Carnby
  • Publisher: Naver
  • Date of Release: October 12, 2017‎
  • Genre: Horror, Thriller Apocalyptic
  • Chapters: 140
  • Status: Completed
  • Where to Read: Webtoon

26. Survival

One day Satoru, our protagonist, wakes up after a terrible earthquake in a deep dark cave that he and his friends were exploring before the earthquake occurred. He tries his best to make it out of the cave, expecting to be rescued, but what awaits him is nothing of that sort.

Survival

Survival

Satoru makes it out alive only to see an unbelievable site of Japan that sunk underwater. Now, he is alone on a stranded island with nowhere to go. How would he survive? We read along to the manga to find it out.

  • Writer: Saitou, Takao
  • Publisher: LEED Publishing.
  • Date of Release: August 25, 1976
  • Genre: Drama
  • Chapters: 119
  • Status: Completed

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27. Humanity Has Declined

In a world where only a few humans remain set in a post-apocalyptic universe, our protagonist is somewhat like a mediator between the fairies and the remaining humans. There could be a lot of reasons why only a handful of people survive, one of which is that it could be the fairies saving them.

Humanity Has Declined

Humanity Has Declined

We see the fairies also creating problems for the protagonist, but because she is the only one who can create specific sweets for those fairies is why things are going on. We cannot explain this manga with just this, as it’s a confusing one, and you might just have to read it to understand better.

  • Writer: Romeo Tanaka
  • Publisher: Shogakukan
  • Date of Release: May 24, 2007
  • Genre: Fantasy comedy
  • Chapters: 22
  • Status: Completed

28. Girls’ Last Tour

A story about two girls who are on a “tour” after the world has been ruined due to destruction. These two girls named Yuuri and Chito are the only characters we are focused on; despite there being other minor characters, these two are the main ones.

Girls’ Last Tour

Girls’ Last Tour

This manga focuses on showing the story of two girls trying to find the necessities and survive amidst ruins.

  • Writer: Tsukumizu
  • Publisher: Shinchosha
  • Date of Release: November 8, 2014
  • Genre: Post-apocalyptic, Science fiction
  • Chapters: 47
  • Status: Completed
  • Where to Read: Bookwalker

29. I Am a Hero

When a zombie apocalypse became real, and Tokyo began facing an outbreak of zombies, this manga artist decided that he would become Tokyo’s hero and save the city with his hidden item, which is an actual firearm which is very rare in Tokyo.

I Am a Hero

I Am a Hero

  • Writer: Kengo Hanazawa
  • Publisher: Shogakukan
  • Date of Release: April 23, 2016
  • Genre: Action fiction, Horror fiction, Psychological thriller
  • Chapters: 264
  • Status: Completed

30. La Mosca

When you are trapped in a forest with unknown creatures and monsters who will probably kill you, what do you do? You survive. Just like that, our protagonist is trapped and lost inside a forest where he must communicate and try to survive this mysterious place. We read about unique characters coming together, forming bonds with their common goal of surviving.

La Mosca

La Mosca

  • Writer: Kang, Hyung Kyu
  • Date of Release: June 15, 2008
  • Genre: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Supernatural
  • Chapters: 46
  • Status: Completed

31. School-Live!

A story about Yuki Takeya, our protagonist, who loves school so much that she even lives there and is part of a club named the school-living club. But what’s surprising is that Yuki is the only one who still attends classes. Why is she the only one? Why does nobody ever want to go home? We read along to figure out hidden things.

School-Live!

School-Live!

  • Writer: S. Chiba, Norimitsu Kaihō
  • Publisher: Yen Press
  • Date of Release: May 24, 2012
  • Genre: Fantasy
  • Chapters: 78
  • Status: Completed
  • Where to Read: Bookwalker

32. Jisatsutou

With an increase in suicides in the country, it was decided that anyone and everyone who tried to take their life would be sent to a special island where they would have to live while everyone in the real world would believe that they were dead.

Jisatsutou

Jisatsutou

With limited resources on the island, these strangers come together to either survive on the suicide island or die trying.

  • Writer: Junya Inoue
  • Publisher: Shinchosha
  • Date of Release: June 19, 2009
  • Genre: Action, ‎Survival
  • Chapters: 168
  • Status: Completed

33. Btooom!

Ryouta is a simple lazy unemployed boy who does nothing but plays game a famous game called Btooom that was even famous worldwide. One day, Ryouta’s pastime hobby becomes too real, and he is inside the game along with multiple other players, where he is forced to play this game in real life.

Btooom

Btooom

The only way he can get out of the game is when he kills seven other players. He and others must fight for their lives to win this game, or else they will die.

  • Writer: Junya Inoue
  • Publisher: Shinchosha
  • Date of Release: June 19, 2009
  • Genre: Seinen manga, Science fiction comics
  • Chapters: 117
  • Status: Complete
  • Where to Read: Bookwalker

34. Black Survival

When stranded on an island with people on each other, trying to kill each other, it seems nothing as you’ve seen before and possibly a game of survival. This survival is like a game where if one dies, the bracelet they have can revive them, but those bracelets would not work if they are completely dead.

Black Survival

Black Survival

These characters need to start over once they are revived. Although it sounds basic and like a game promotion, it is anything but that.

  • Writer: Kwon Na Hyun
  • Genre: Adventure, Comedy,  Drama, Martial arts, Mystery
  • Chapters: 8
  • Status: Ongoing

35. The Undead King

Another zombie survival manga on the list right here. This manga is set in a world where a group called Nemesis spreads the contagion where they eat flesh-eating zombies. The world here has been turned into a sandwich, and humans are zombie snacks, so if you are not healthy, you will be eaten. This is a unique survival story about humans and zombies.  

The Undead King

The Undead King

  • Writer: Kugane Maruyama
  • Publisher: Yen Press
  • Date of Release: 2014
  • Genre: Survival, Supernatural
  • Chapters: 382+
  • Status: Ongoing
  • Where to Read: Bookwalker

36. Ousama Game

King’s games are the alternative title of this manga, and it is just like the name suggests; following the king’s rules. Although it sounds like a simple game where players have to follow the king’s rules, it is anything but that.

Ousama Game

Ousama Game

The main character of our story gets messages from the “King” on their phone, and they have to follow those orders. Sometimes, the orders can even be violent, and failure to follow them will lead to their death. We read along to this story to find out what happens.

  • Writer: Nobuaki Kanazawa
  • Publisher: Futabasha
  • Date of Release: January 28, 2011
  • Genre: Horror
  • Chapters: 25
  • Status: Completed
  • Where to Read: Bookwalker

37. Heavenly Delusion

This is an anime where young people, youth, are raised by robots in a nursery setting. They are sheltered inside the nursery, but the things outside are terrible. Outside is filled with equally powerful beings that are technologically advanced too. 

Heavenly Delusion

Heavenly Delusion

  • Writer: Masakazu Ishiguro
  • Publisher: Kodansha
  • Date of Release: July 23, 2018
  • Genre: Adventure, Science Fiction, Supernatural
  • Chapters: 52+
  • Status: Ongoing

38. The Horizon

This is one of the prettiest and most heart-breaking manga we have on the list. You will learn about so much while also feeling a number of emotions as you read this. It is about children who met during wartime and survived together while their world was in this horrible destructive state.

The Horizon

The Horizon

They experience a lot together. We must warn you that you should be ready for all these emotions that will be thrown at you.

  • Writer: Jeong, Ji-Hoon
  • Publisher: ASCII Media Works
  • Date of Release: March 30, 2016
  • Genre: Adventure, Drama
  • Chapters: 21
  • Status: Completed
  • Where to Read: Webtoon

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39. Leviathan

After a comet hit the surface of the Earth centuries ago, it caused the sea level to rise. This made everyone that survived depend on ships that floated over this endless ocean. It is said that monsters live under the water level and will hunt anyone who comes under.

Leviathan

Leviathan

Our protagonists, Bota and Lita, are siblings on a scavenger ship along with their father, who tells them about everything. But a tragedy strikes, and things take a turn. We just have to keep reading to find out what happens to all of them and how they survive.

  • Writer: Lee Gyuntak
  • Publisher: Shueisha
  • Date of Release: March 19, 2018
  • Genre: Fanatsy, Action
  • Chapters: 84+
  • Status: Ongoing

40. 7 Seeds

One day when people went to bed, they did not wake up in the same place. Rather, they woke up somewhere else, in a post-apocalyptic world. But, scientists from the past had long predicted this would happen. Hence they froze five teams of young adults to be revived by computer technologies when things were comparatively better.

7 seeds

7 Seeds

Seven people ended up making their own teams, trained guides who knew how to survive the wild, and seven coaches with supplies out there to be found. We watch as these teams try to survive this new world while also finding the other survivors.

  • Writer: Yumi Tamura
  • Publisher: Shogakukan
  • Date of Release: June 28, 2019 
  • Genre: Josei manga, Science fiction comics
  • Chapters: 178
  • Status: Completed

41. Distant Sky

What happens when you wake up from a small nap and see the world is changed? It is exactly what happened with our protagonist, Kang Haneul. After nodding off in class, he wakes up in a strange location where there are dead people all around him, friends, strangers, everyone.

Distant Sky

Distant Sky

While trying to survive this new reality along with another survivor, Haneul tries to find out the reality of the situation.

  • Writer: Inwan Youn
  • Publisher: Naver
  • Date of Release: April 14, 2021
  • Genre: Horror
  • Chapters: 116
  • Status: Completed

42. Gyo

When Okinawa gets affected by swarms of fish that have spindly legs and arise from the sea, they are so powerful that they can kill anyone. Our main characters, Kaori and Tadashi, are stuck in between this and have to travel to Tokyo as soon as they can. But things aren’t as easy as they might feel because they don’t know whether Tokyo is safe or not too, and this is just the beginning of this horror.

Gyo

Gyo

  • Writer: Junji Ito
  • Publisher: Shogakukan
  • Date of Release: November 12, 2001
  • Genre: Horror, supernatural
  • Chapters: 18
  • Status: Completed
  • Where to Read: Viz

43. Dead Days

This is another manga about a zombie apocalypse, but it talks about the will to live despite things looking so terrible, the human instincts of survival but also selfish desires. It is set 4 days after the zombie virus broke out.

Dead Days

Dead Days

  • Writer: Dey
  • Publisher: LINE Webtoon
  • Date of Release: December 3, 2015
  • Genre: Horror
  • Chapters: 45
  • Status: Completed

44. Return survival

What happens when the character thinks they died only to be born again? That’s right. Our protagonist died three years ago when the world ended, but one day he worked up again only to see that the world had been reset. He was back in the past 6 months before the apocalypse began, and now he needs to solve it.

Return Survival

Return Survival

  • Writer: Osamu Tezuka
  • Publisher: Viz Media
  • Date of Release: March 15, 1980
  • Genre: Shonen manga, Seinen manga, Science fiction comics, Human Drama, Fantasy
  • Chapters: 153+
  • Status: Ongoing
  • Where to Read: Tappytoon

45. Phoenix

Phoenix is a bird of eternal life, death, and rebirth. The one that looks over the cycle of life and death. People who can obtain her blood are said to become immortal and get granted eternal life. She can also grant eternal wisdom or suffering too. People who have been touched by the phoenix have hunted her and faced the consequences.

Phoenix

Phoenix

  • Writer: Osamu Tezuka
  • Publisher: Viz Media
  • Date of Release: March 15, 1980
  • Genre: Shonen manga, Seinen manga, Science fiction comics, Human Drama, Fantasy
  • Chapters: 12 Volumes
  • Status: Completed
  • Where to Read: Vix

46. Are You Lost?

Due to a plane crash, four high schoolers are stranded on this deserted island where they will have to fend off and find out how to survive. They will have to cook and eat whatever they get. This is a simple survival story of these high school girls.

Are You Lost?

Are You Lost?

  • Writer: Kentarō Okamoto
  • Publisher: Kodansha 
  • Date of Release: January 7, 2017
  • Genre: Seinen manga, Human Drama, Comedy
  • Chapters: 128
  • Status: Completed
  • Where to Read: Bookwalker

47. Astra Lost in Space

When on the first day of Planet Camp Aries, our protagonist, leave for a weeklong journey, she couldn’t be more excited. But things take a turn when a mysterious orb appears in front of their ship and transports them to a different space where they must find ways to survive.

Astra Lost in Space

Astra Lost in Space

  • Writer: Kenta Shinohara
  • Publisher: Viz Media
  • Date of Release: May 9, 2016
  • Genre: Shonen manga
  • Chapters: 49
  • Status: Completed
  • Where to Read: Viz

48. Happiness

Saebom and Ihyeon, sergeant and detective of the police station, are high school friends who entered into a marriage so they could buy an apartment together. But while they buy an apartment, a mysterious virus outbreaks which are very contagious.

Happiness

Happiness

Only when they move into their new house do they realize that this virus turns people thirsty for blood and is now at their doorstep? They must find ways to survive all this.

  • Writer: Shūzō Oshimi
  • Publisher: Kodansha 
  • Date of Release: February 9, 2015
  • Genre: Dark Fantasy, Supernatural fiction
  • Chapters: 51
  • Status: Completed
  • Where to Read: Bookwalker

49. Hive

When a simple day at work turns into a life-or-death situation, Eun-Sung Lee must find a way to survive. One day on his way to work, his life changes forever when Seoul is attacked and overpowered by giant man-eating insects that are infecting any and everyone in their way. All along with his co-worker Ji-Eun, Eun-Sung needs to find a way to survive while also finding his family safely.

Hive

Hive

  • Writer: Kyusam Kim
  • Publisher: Naver 
  • Date of Release: June 30, 2014 
  • Genre: Thriller
  • Chapters: 99
  • Status: Completed
  • Where to Read: Webtoon

50. To Your Eternity

A story about a mysterious person who has the power to be able to imitate both livings as well as non-living objects. It can be items or animals, or even people. This immortal character called Fushi ends up learning things because of this power. Fushi realizes that he alone is the one who can save humanity from powerful beings called Nokkers.

To Your Eternity

To Your Eternity

We read along to see how Fushi works around and saves the world he is still new to and how he uses his powers.

  • Writer: Yoshitoki Ōima
  • Publisher: Kodansha
  • Date of Release: November 9, 2016
  • Genre: Shonen manga, Human drama
  • Chapters: 168+
  • Status: Ongoing
  • Where to Read: Bookwalker

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