Top 25 Manga Where The MC Is An Emotionless Cold Blooded Killer
If you’re looking for the best manga with an MC who is a psychopath cold-blooded killer, look no further.
There is something fascinating about the psyche of killers and sociopaths. Silent, cold, and calculating characters are intriguing and enable us to discover hidden facets of the human experience. As they kill for a variety of purposes, as different as money, a twisted sense of morality, or just for the fun of it, their behavior and lack of remorse bring with them captivating situations and unusual explorations of various themes. In this list, the main characters are emotionless, cold-blooded killers, but each is as diverse as the victims they take on.
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1.Brutal: Satsujin Keisatsukan no Kokuhaku
ブルータル 殺人警察官の告白 - Brutal: Confessions of a Homicide Investigator
Through scenes of intense graphic violence, this manga follows the story of Hiroki Dan, a diligent police detective known for his high number of closed cases. Hiroki believes in the law and firmly abides by it but sometimes finds it lacking when it fails to reach perpetrators that seem to be beyond its reach. On these occasions, he takes matters into his own hands, both deciding and inflicting the final verdict on criminals who become victims of his cold and calculated rage. Although the plot might seem a bit cliche for fans of the genre, it is well executed and will send a chill or two down your spine.
+Volume: +5
+Chapters: +19
+Published: 20019 to
+Genres: Detective - Psychological - Drama
+Authors: Izawa Ryou [Art] Koga Kei [Story]
+Serialization/Other work: Comic Tatan
2.Blood on the tracks
血の轍 - CHI NO WADACHI
Mundane life turns into slow-paced dread and terror in this psychological thriller manga. The premise is simple: Seiichi Osabe lives with his mother, who is often dubbed as overprotective. Her overprotectiveness is not that simple, as it is actually tinged with mental illness, manipulation, and moral decay. No ghosts or demons mark the pages of this work; instead, intricate facial details depicting contorted expressions emanate feelings of morbidity and eerie insidiousness.
+Volumes: 11
+Chapters: ~100
+Published: 2017 to Present
+Genres: Drama - Psychological - Seinen
+Author: Oshimi Shuuzou [Story & Art]
+Serialization/Other work: Big Comic Superior
3.Dorohedoro
ドロヘドロ
Two worlds co-exist in split dimensions, that of the sorcerers, inhabited by beings who wield magic, and that of the Hole, where lower races dwell and are often subject to the atrocities of young sorcerers' experimentations. As often happens when a ruling group overpowers another, murder, mutilation, and other violent acts are common occurrences between these classes. While the setting of Dorohedoro is quite gruesome, the execution of this manga manages to blend in with comedy and playfulness. Cold-blooded protagonists decapitate one another and go on killing sprees where ample amounts of blood and body parts are lost while managing to crack jokes and eat gyozas on the side.
+Volumes: 23
+Chapters: 190
+Published: 2000 to 2018
+Genres: Action - Comedy - Fantasy - Horror
+Authors: Q Hayashida [Story & Art]
+Serialization/Other work: Gessan
4.Shamo
軍鶏
The story begins as young Ryo Narusihma, armed with a small knife, brutally murders both of his parents in a living room, now tinted with blood. Shamo differs significantly from other manga in that the story's protagonist is actually an unrepentant and often unsympathetic criminal. Throughout the manga, Ryo Narushima spirals into darkness, his chances at reform slowly ebbing away as he gives in to more and more of his depraved, brutal, and grotesque killer tendencies.
+Volumes: 34
+Chapters: 338
+Published: 1998 to 2015
+Genres: Action - Drama - Martial Arts - Psychological
+Authors: Akio Tanaka [Story & Art] + Izou Hashimoto [Story]
5.Akumetsu
アクメツ
As inflation and an economic crisis engulf Japan, vile politicians are found doing what they do best: turning a blind eye and engaging in the pursuit of their desires. Finding his government lacking in the skill of governing, a mysterious individual decides to try to change the system. Under the name of 'Akumetsu' (i.e., Destroyer of Evil), he hunts down corrupted elites throughout the nation, interrogates them about their deeds, and proceeds to murder them brutally. As they read this manga, many will find themselves inhabiting the morally grey areas of Death Note or Code Geass.
+Volumes: 18
+Chapters: 162
+Published: 2002 to 2006
+Genres: Action - Drama - Suspense - Detective - Psychological
+Authors: Ooima Yoshitoki [Story & Art]
+Serialization/Other works: Shounen Magazine (Weekly)
6.ES:Eternal Sabbath
エス -ETERNAL SABBATH
Ryousuke Akiba's life was manufactured in a lab for the sole purpose of a scientific experiment that granted him two powers: his lifespan is two centuries-long, and he can read and manipulate people's minds. Growing up in a sterile setting, he was never taught morality or ethics. As such, he does not question his ability, verges on sociopathy, and finds interest in dissecting people's psyche and taunting them with nightmarish scenarios. Through his interaction with the environment and different complex characters, many themes are explored, such as psychology, human relationships, the inner workings of the human brain, as well as different emotions such as anger, joy, and jealousy.
+Volumes: 8
+Chapters: 83
+Published: 2001 to 2004
+Genres: Drama - Sci-Fi - Supernatural - Psychological
+Authors: Souryo Fuyumi[Story&Art]
+Serialization/Other work: Morning
7.The World is Mine
ザ・ワールド・イズ・マイン
The world is mine follows a plot worthy of Hollywood Action blockbusters: unpredictable characters prone to fits of violence and anxiety wander the streets of Japan as an enormous bestial monster threatens to slowly but surely destroy the country. But it is not in this story that the manga finds join the ranks of the greats, but rather in its set of fascinating characters. Although quiet, Mon possesses incredible physical strength, capable of ripping to shreds objects or people that pique his interest. He is accompanied by a shy and anxious friend with a bit of an obsession with explosives and a complex sense of morality. As the two boys make their way through Japan, their lives mix with others and those of the beast, creating scenarios that blend in politics, existentialism, religion, and morality.
+Volumes: 14
+Chapters: 163
+Published: 1997 to 2001
+Genres: Psychological
+Creator: Arai Hideki [Story&Art]
+Serialization/Other works: Young Sunday (Weekly)
8.Freesia
フリージア
Freesia takes place in a dystopian society where a law legalizing retaliatory killings has been passed. Japanese citizens now have the right to kill or hire someone to kill murderers of all kinds. As you might grasp from this initial storyline, this isn't a rosy manga. The main protagonist, as well as the set of people we encounter, are almost all devoid of any real saneness. Characters are insane, psychopathic, sociopathic, and sometimes even idealists, becoming licensed retaliatory killers to satisfy a self-righteous need or the growing void they find in themselves. You won't find cocoons of warmth and safety throughout these panels. There is no embellishment or some higher moral grounds. Here, discomfort, gore, and violence rule in an inhumane and disgusting atmosphere.
+Volumes: 12
+Chapters: 84
+Published: 2001 to 2009
+Genres: Action - Drama - Psychological
+Authors: Matsumoto Jiro [Story & Art]
+Serialization/Other work: Ikki
9.MPD Psycho
多重人格探偵サイコ - TAJŪ-JINKAKU TANTEI SAIKO
This manga follows Yosuke Kobayashi, a police detective working on what seems to be a serial killer case. The murders he comes across are very gruesome and violent as the killer's signature is the delicate and meticulous mutilation of his victim's limbs. The series gradually evolves into a complex story that shows the detective slowly drowning into the depths of insanity as he starts to understand and perhaps even relate to the killer's ideas and cold-blooded desires.
+Volumes: 24
+Chapters: 155
+Published: 1996 to 2016
+Genres: Mystery - Police - Psychological
+Authors: Shouu Tajima [Art] + Eiji Otsuka, [Story]
+Serialization/Other work: Kadokawa Shoten
10.Fire punch
ファイアパンチ
Fire Punch takes place in a world where a small number of humans have gained special abilities known as 'blessings.' For unknown reasons, one of them decided to freeze the Earth, turning the planet into a wasteland where nothing can grow. The story follows Agni, a boy blessed with an immense power of regeneration. Living in a small village with no access to food, Agni uses his powers to feed the inhabitants by severing his arms and letting people eat them. Words of his regenerative abilities spread, bringing army commander Doma to pay him a visit, but when he learns of the cannibalistic practice, he is disgusted and horrified and sets everyone aflame, making use of his 'blessings' which are inextinguishable flames. As Agni's body gets stuck in a continous loop of burning and regenerating itself, thoughts of vengeance consume him.
+Volumes: 8
+Chapters: 83
+Published: 2016 to 2018
+Genres: Action - Mystery - Supernatural
+Authors: Fujimoto Tatsuki [Story & Art]
+Serialization/Other work: Shounen Jump+
11.Lesson of the Evil
悪の教典 - Aku no Kyouten
In the hallowed halls of Shinkou Academy Machida High, no one is more capable and beloved than the charismatic and handsome teacher Seiji Hasumi, who is always willing to go the extra mile for his students. But beneath his charming facade lies a psychopath who manipulates people and events around him so that everything goes his way. From dealing with troublesome parents and bullies to unruly delinquents, no problem is too big for Hasumi, as he orchestrates events at the school and even murders people in order to build it into his own perfect kingdom.
+Volumes: 9
+Chapters: 36
+Published: 2012 to 2015
+Genres: Horror - Suspense - Psychological - School
+Authors: Kishi Yusuke [Story] Karasuyama Eiji [Art]
+Serialization/Other works: good! Afternoon
12.Battle Royale
バトル・ロワイアル
Battle Royal birthed the concept of the Hunger Games. In this alternate world, a class of high school students is chosen every year to participate in ''The Program'', a death game in a deserted area where they are forced to slaughter each other until the last one standing. If they choose to refrain from participating, the collar fitted on their necks will detonate. Battle Royal is not for the faint of heart, it probably contains more violence and gore than a lot of mangas out there, and you'll find body parts mostly residing outside of the bodies they belong to rather than inside of them. But there is more to this work than just gruesome murder and decapitations as it manages to envelop a variety of themes: faith, psychosis, deception, love, hatred, debilitating anxiety, and the feral-like instinct for survival.
+Volumes: 15
+Chapters: 119
+Published: 2000 to 2005
+Genres: Psychological - Action - Drama - Horror
+Creator: Takami Koushun [Story] Taguchi Masayuki [Art]
+Serialization/Other works: Young Champion Magazine
13.JAGAAAAAAN
ジャガーン - JAGĀN
Shintarou Jagasaki, a neighborhood police officer, lives with his girlfriend while working a job that is slowly killing him with mounting annoyance (we love a relatable guy). It looks like he will end up marrying soon and live a boring life with a nuclear family—a grim future for a guy with dreams. But, one day, a mysterious monster appears on the train he takes to work, and he suddenly can shoot with his right hand like Master Buppanatsu, the eggplant mascot of his city.
+Volumes: 11
+Chapters: 125
+Published: 2017 to Present
+Genres: Mystery - Drama - Horror - Supernatural
+Authors: Muneyuki Kaneshiro [Story] + Kensuke Nishida [Art]
+Serialization/Other work: Big Comic Spirits
14.Yuukoku no Moriarty
憂国のモリアーティ - Moriarty the Patriot
In the 19th century, Great Britain ruled the world through its rigid economic hierarchy. Those born in its underprivileged ranks stood no chance of joining those of the aristocracy and had to content themselves with a life of labor and poverty. Living in a noble world, James Moriarty harbored a feeling of deep hatred for his fellow aristocrats and was always searching for a way to make things change. One day, he encounters William, an orphan whose intellectual capacities seem to surpass even the most scholar of noblemen. Through his veils of smile and charming attitude, William is actually a killer, although he prefers offering his victims to the people that most want to kill them instead of directly bloodying his own hands. Together, the two will change the course of history.
+Volumes: +18
+Chapters: +72
+Published: 2016 to Present
+Genres: Mystery - Psychological
+Authors: Takeuchi Ryousuke [Story] + Miyoshi Hikaru[Art]
+Serialization/Other work: Jump SQ.
15.DOMU: A CHILD’S DREAM
童夢 - DŌMU
Domu is the story of a small ecosystem of apartments and their tenants spiraling into chaos and slaughter. A police force is first dispatched to investigate a series of 32 suicides that seem to all have taken place in the same location. The investigation fails to detect the culprit and explain how all these individuals have fallen to their death from the heights of an unreachable roof.
+Volumes: 1
+Chapters: 4
+Published: 1980 to 1981
+Genres: Horror - Supernatural
+Authors: Katsuhiro Otomo [Story & Art]
+Serialization/Other work: Action Deluxe
16.Monster
Monster is probably one of the best manga ever created to represent a methodic and calculating cold-blooded killer. Many characters’ lives intertwine through the storyline, all linked by one person: a charming and collected psychopath who seems to enjoy watching people suffer and finds delight and ecstasy in watching his victim’s pulse succumb to his calculated and twisted acts.
+Volumes: 18
+Chapters: 162
+Published: 1994 to 2001
+Genres: Drama + Mystery + Suspense + Psychological
+Authors: Urasawa Naoki [Story & Art]
+Serialization/Other work: Big Comic Original
17.Red Eyes
Fans of action, mecha, and cold-blooded killers gather ye. Here, the most prevalent theme is that of revenge: betrayed by his own men, Captain Grahad Mills is held responsible for a conspiracy and sentenced to death with no defense counsel in his court. On the day of his execution, he is able to flee, but he does not wish for freedom or truth; only vengeance inhabits the space of his psyche now. Once known under the codename 'Genocide,' the commander decides to wage war against the corrupted military structure and personnel that betrayed him.
+Volumes: +26
+Chapters: +79
+Published: 1999 to Present
+Genres: Action - Sci-Fi - Mecha - Military
+Authors: Shindo Jun [Story & Art]
+Serialization/Other work: Magazine E-no
18.DEATH NOTE
デスノート
When he accidentally acquires a Death Note - a notebook that grants its user the ability to kill whoever's name they write on it - Light Yagami decides to take on the roles of both judge and executor of criminals. Intoxicated with this newfound god-like power, he views himself as the world's new messiah, but members of the social order who take notice of a new unexplainable series of deaths deem the mysterious perpetrator as a cold-blooded killer with sociopathic tendencies. Consequently, justice intertwines with wickedness in a tale of morally gray areas full of suspense and existential questions.
+Volumes: +12
+Chapters: +108
+Published: 2003 to 2006
+Genres: Supernatural - Suspense - Psychological
+Authors: Ohba Tsugumi [Story] Obata Takeshi [Art]
+Serialization/Other work: Shounen Jump (Weekly)
19.Goth
Itsuki Kamiyama has a strange fascination with the grotesque and the macabre, being particularly interested in disturbing murders. He can stomach even the most hideous crimes committed by the most warped humans and is drawn to unsolved cases like a moth to a flame. However, he is not merely intrigued by these cases but also adept at solving them. While following the leads of an odd chain of crimes, Kamiyama becomes familiar with his classmate Yoru Morino. As he spends more time in her presence, he begins to realize that she is more like him than he expected. As Kamiyama's mask of normalcy steadily slips to reveal his dark tendencies, he finally allows himself to wonder—what if he were the one to take Morino's life?
+Volumes: 1
+Chapters: 5
+Published: 2002 to 2003
+Genres: Horror - Mystery - Psychological
+Authors: Otsuichi [Story] Ooiwa Kenji [Art]
+Serialization/Other works: Shounen Ace
20.Code Geass
コードギアス 反逆のルルーシュ - CODE GEASS: HANGYAKU NO LELOUCH
The protagonist of this story is probably one of the main characters who has killed the most amount of people during his lifetime. Code Geass takes place in an alternate timeline where three distinctive superpowers control the world. The story follows Lelouch Lamperouge as he embarks on a highly unpredictable plot where friends and foes are manipulated like pieces on a chessboard to fulfill his meticulously laid down plan. He will engender the death of nations, global conflicts, and acts of cunning brutality.
+Volumes: 8
+Chapters: 40
+Published: 2006 to 2010
+Genres: Action - Drama - Sci-Fi - Supernatural - Military - School
+Authors: Taniguchi Gorou&Ookouchi Ichirou [Story] Majiko! [Art]
+Serialization/Other works: Asuka
21.Koroshiya 1
殺し屋1 - Ichi the Killer
The streets of Shinjuku Kabukichou are home to Japan's criminal underbelly, where sins of various kinds are of daily occurrence. There, Yakuza gangs compete in a series of psychological and material warfare to seize total control of the area. Used as a tool by his employer, gang member Ichi is slowly making a name for himself as a coward and wimp whose tears bring with them an unsatiable impulse to kill: with his blade-equipped boots, he slices through his enemies, transforming bodies into mincemeat soaked in blood. Beware of this series, as insanity seems to be law here, with most main characters possessing varying degrees of sadistic perversions.
+Volumes: 10
+Chapters: 114
+Published: 1998 to 2001
+Genres: Action - Drama - Horror -Psychological
+Authors: Yamamoto Hideo [Story & Art]
+Serialization/Other works: Young Sunday (Weekly)
22.Kami no Kodomo
神の子供 - GOD'S CHILD
Sensitive souls, begone! For this is one of the most monstrous tales I've ever read. Verging on Tim Burton-like bizarre and grotesque illustrations, this psychologically intense manga is not easily digestible - I have yet to put down my hand, shielding my mouth in disgust. It explores a plethora of themes, some of which are so straightforwardly violent and uncomfortable that I hesitated to include it in this list. 'God's child' won't' be the gruesomest read of your life, but it will definitely leave you uncomfortable. Be warned, however, that if you don't appreciate poetic-like narrating and heavy use of nightmarish unrealistic characters and scenes, you probably won't like this one.
+Volumes: 1
+Chapters: 11
+Published: 2009 to 2010
+Genres: Horror - Psychological
+Author: Nishioka Kyoudai [Story & Art]
+Serialization/Other works: Horror M
23.Youjo senki
幼女戦記 - THE SAGA OF TANYA THE EVIL
After being pushed off a train platform, a cunning and manipulative businessman is brought face to face with God. Being a nonbeliever and deeming the existence of God as illogical in a world that would allow him to meet his death so easily, the businessman criticizes him and mockingly refers to him as ‘Being X.’ To teach him a lesson, God reincarnates him in the body of a small girl in a parallel world raging with constant war. Although given a presumably second chance at life, the businessman keeps his vile and ruthless personality and decides to embark on a feud with Being X: he joins the military and quickly rises through its ranks by using everyone around him as puppets to serve his grander plan.
+Volumes: +24
+Chapters: +58
+Published: 2016 to Present
+Genres: Action - Isekai
+Authors: Zen Carlo [Story] Toujou Chika [Art]
+Serialization/Other work: Comp Ace
24.Goblin Slayer
ゴブリンスレイヤー
A world with monsters and magic might not seem like a manga environment that a cold-blooded killer would inhabit. But Goblin Slayer calls to question the usual 'cuteness' associated with fantasy manga. Panels are filled with the decapitated carcasses of goblins, ruthlessly killed by a man who has one thing in mind: to rid his world of these creatures. Missions and massive adventures bring him ever closer to his quest as he counts down his victims as he slays them: one - knife to the head- two -arms decapitation- three -organ laceration- ...
+Volumes: +16
+Chapters: +70
+Published: 2016 to Present
+Genres: Action - Fantasy
+Authors: Kagyuu Kumo [Story] Kurose Kousuke [Art]
+Serialization/Other work: Big Gangan
25.Inuyashiki
いぬやしき - INUYASHIKI: LAST HERO
After a meeting with mysterious entities, 58-year-old Ichirou Inuayshiki and 17-year-old Hiro Shishigami wake up with mechanized bodies capable of transforming into weapons. While Inuyashiki sees this as a second chance to do something right with his life, Shishigami is engrossed with his new power and decides to test his limits. Going on a killing spree of mass proportions, he seemingly does not care about anything and shares no empathy towards his fellow human beings.
+Volumes: +10
+Chapters: +85
+Published: 2014 to 2017
+Genres: Drama - Sci-Fi - Psychological
+Authors: Oku Hiroya [Story & Art]
+Serialization/Other work: Evening
