Hmm, yeah, I found another topic with the same thing but a lot of the replies were shoujo manga and not really what I want.

I'm looking for an action manga...either shounen or seinen where the hero in the end, DOESN'T win. Not a really bittersweet ending...but where the hero completely...loses.
Something like Death Note I suppose.

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Well, my bad, I don't exactly mean action, though it is nice to have, I'm open to other genres. lol Doesn't have to be action as long as it's shounen/seinen. (:

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Hard request... o-O Maybe Kare no Satsujin Keikaku or Uzumaki, although neither are really action. You could also try Neon Genesis Evangelion, the last movie.

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Thanks. XD I'll check them out. And I wrote it wrong when I made this topic wrong last night. x__x I just prefer action, but non-action is fine too! (:

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I agree with Uzumaki... :3 Lovely manga too <3~

I haven't really come across others... :/ Lost+Brain seems similar to Death Note (not sure about the outcome).

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So you want to read a manga, where you know from the start that the hero doesn't win :S

Yeah, I'm reading Lost+Brain, it's really similar and it seems like it'll end the same way. lol

Thanks Revilenigma! I'll check those out!

@DExil: No, not exactly that. lol I just want the ending to be where they don't win. I don't really care how it gets to there. xD

You could say to an extent, something like Vampire Juujikai too.


Something like that. :3

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Actually yeah, I'm also interested in this request since in 99% of manga ( yeah, I pulled the percentage out of my a**, but you get the meaning ) you know that the hero's going to win... It's refreshing to read something different, even when you know the hero fails, at least in my opinion...


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Hmm, maybe Freesia? I'm not sure how it ends, but I get the feeling it ends badly, so...

The Devilman manga is a great example of this. Probably the harshest ending I've seen. The older generation of mangaka are evil..

Also Vinland Saga, but it's made pretty clear that was just a prologue.

The famous Berserk kill-em-all probably doesn't count either, as it's a flashback.

Also, Gyo, along the same lines as Uzumaki. Horror manga get away with it more, as it's kinda the point..

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Duds Hunt (but the "hero" is an asshole, so it's kinda okay )
Zashiki Onna (short (1 Volume) horror story about a boy being stalked by a creepy girl)