Manga like Tokyo Ghoul: 6 series to read in English

In Tokyo Ghoul Ken Kaneki is a shy university student who would rather read than talk. His first date with a girl he admires ends in an attack.

The picks below are the series on Mangainfo that share the most themes and genres with Tokyo Ghoul in AniList's tags and have English volumes out. When two series were close the more popular one won.

One fact holds for the whole list. Every series here is finished in Japan and complete in English as of October 2026. You can read each one to the end without waiting for a new volume.

Ajin: Demi-Human

Ajin: Demi-Human by Gamon Sakurai and Tsuina Miura has the same genres as Tokyo Ghoul. All five of them match. Both series put body horror and gore into an urban fantasy setting. The police are part of the picture in both.

Kei Nagai is a careful high school student. He has a clear plan to become a doctor. Then one day a truck hits him. He dies on the spot.

The series ran 17 volumes in Japan. All 17 are out in English. There is no next volume to wait for.

HELLSING

Ghouls are in HELLSING too. Kouta Hirano's series shares cannibalism, shapeshifting and gore with Tokyo Ghoul. Its own themes add vampires, guns and an anti-hero.

In this world vampires and ghouls are real. Britain keeps them in check through a secret agency. The Hellsing family runs it.

HELLSING has 10 volumes in Japan. All 10 are out in English. The English edition is complete.

Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror

Junji Itou wrote Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror. It is the shortest series on this list. The link to Tokyo Ghoul is survival, body horror and gore. Its genres also cover horror, mystery, psychological and supernatural. Drama and romance are in the mix as well. Cosmic horror is one of its tags.

The story is set in Kurouzu-cho. It is a sleepy seaside town in Japan. Kirie Goshima goes to high school there.

Uzumaki runs 3 volumes. All 3 are out in English. That makes it the quickest read here.

Battle Royale

Koushun Takami and Masayuki Taguchi are the names behind Battle Royale. It drops the supernatural side of Tokyo Ghoul. What it keeps is a dystopian setting and a fight to survive with plenty of gore.

Its tags say a lot about what kind of story it is. The themes are battle royale, tragedy, guns and gore. The genres are action, drama, horror, mystery and psychological.

The manga has 15 volumes in Japan. All 15 are out in English. Nothing is left to come.

I Am a Hero

Survival, body horror and gore tie I Am a Hero to Tokyo Ghoul. Kengo Hanazawa's series is tagged action, horror and psychological. Its themes add a post apocalyptic setting and guns.

Hideo Suzuki is 35. He works in Tokyo as an assistant to a manga artist. He once had a series of his own. It did not last.

This is the longest series on the list. It ran 22 volumes in Japan. All 22 are out in English.

Elfen Lied

For the darker ideas in Tokyo Ghoul try Elfen Lied by Lynn Okamoto. The two series share body horror and gore. They also share a philosophy tag.

The tags show what kind of story this is. Its themes include tragedy and dissociative identities. The genres pair action and horror with drama and romance. Psychological and supernatural are on the list too.

Elfen Lied has 12 volumes in Japan. Every one of the 12 is out in English. The series is complete.