Looking for a manga with a Serial Killer this time. I'm actively looking through the database, of course, but would like some suggestions from y'all on what's good. ^^ I would like someone who's heartless on one side, but either has a secret kind side to him or who has one or two close friends/lovers who he wouldn't hurt. In this case, I don't want a killer like Kira from Death Note who pretends to care about people, but rather someone who really does care about a select few or kills for a reason. Preferably a young handsome killer with a female love interest, but I suppose not everything can be perfect.

No yaoi or yuri. Please, please, please only suggest COMPLETE manga, as in finished and fully scanlated, I don't want to sit around losing interest while I wait for another chapter like so many great manga, it's just a part of me that I'm not too proud of. >.<

Thanks for the recommendations in advance~ I'm reading Akumetsu now, and I've read Death Note and started Killer Stall to add a couple of things I've already heard of.

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When I said 'death' before 'dishonor', I meant alphabetically.

Imagine what would happen if there were no more hypothetical situations.

A serial kILLER WITH A LOVE INTEREST SOUNDS SURREAL AS FUCK. AND UNSAFE.
I'm not sure if these suggestions will exactly fit what you're looking for as most serial killers are...emotionally detached from the entire world but:
Kami no Kodomo
Superior Day
Edit: Just remembered there's a character that shows up towards the middle of Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro who fits your criteria pretty well, but I have mixed feelings about this series, not sure if you'll enjoy. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I don't believe there really ever is a good 'reason' a kill another person, I wish you luck in your search though.

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Monster is a close if not perfect it.

Kimi no Knife
Usotsuki Mi-kun to Kowareta Ma-chan: Totteoki no Uso (kind of a long shot)
Young Gun Carnaval

Alive: Saishuu Shinkateki Shounen should fit, one of the main characters turns evil and starts killing a bunch of people and only cares about the female protagonist because he is in love with her

also Hunter x Hunters Killua is like that. he is an assassin that comes in as a main character a little bit later in the manga, but he decides to stop killing later on

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Well, yes, that's sort of the point. Same reason girls like "bad boys", it's a special, dangerous, heart-fluttering love. ^^ but, well, most manga is surreal... with all the things I've seen, a murderer with a love interest is practically normal.

It doesn't have to be a "serial killer" per se, just a dangerous guy who's more than just some bully bad boy in a high school romance.

Thanks for the suggestions, everyone, they look great. ^^

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"Everything is okay in the end. If it's not ok, then it's not the end."

"I'm tired of all the nonsense about beauty being only skin-deep. That's deep enough. What else do you want; an adorable pancreas?" - Jean Kerr

When I said 'death' before 'dishonor', I meant alphabetically.

Imagine what would happen if there were no more hypothetical situations.

How about Usotsuki Mi-kun to Kowareta Ma-chan: Totteoki no Uso?

Oh wait... didn't see that getting mentioned nevermind. Know some more, just have to look... arg... lazy.

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Heads - not really a serial killer but has violent tendencies. Really cares about his girlfriend and vice versa. Short read, very very good

goth - more a sociopath though.

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Rinjin 13-gou may fit the bill. It's pretty short and it isn't the deepest manga in the world either.

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How about Doctor Du Ming by HAN Jinglong and ZHANG Jing? It's the closest one to what you're looking for. But be warned: This one's truly twisted.

You may also like YAMAMURA Hajime's Kami-sama Dolls. The antagonist fits your request in a way.

Then there's also Conductor by KAMINAGA Manabu/ Nokiya, though I can't be for sure for it's still ongoing.

Seconding Usotsuki Mi-kun to Kowareta Ma-chan: Totteoki no Uso; it might not be the perfect fit but the story is very well-told for such a short series.


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"Stories are what death thinks he puts an end to.
He can't understand that they end in him, but they don't end with him."
- Ursula K. Le Guin, Gifts

To be savoured:
- Blood Alone by TAKANO Masayuki
- Otoyomegatari by MORI Kaoru
- Gangsta. by Kohske
- Seishun Kouryakuhon by AKIZUKI Sorata

MW DONT be turned off by the shounen ai tag, it is just incidental. from osamu tezuka you know this will be a great ride.

Elfen Lied im sure you already know this - a mutant bipolar freak killing everybody except a boy she likes.

Tokage no Ou about a girl thats crazy for a boy.

Mirai Nikki also about a girl thats crazy for a boy.

Anne Freaks a couple of crazies.

Flowers of Evil even crazier couple of crazies

Thanks for more recommendations~
A distant demon male interest would work as well, as long as he's powerful and dangerous and not from Kanata Kara.
I loved Doctor Du Ming; very good. ^^
Young Gun Carnaval had a bit too much yuri/shoujo ai for my taste, sorry. >.<

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"Everything is okay in the end. If it's not ok, then it's not the end."

"I'm tired of all the nonsense about beauty being only skin-deep. That's deep enough. What else do you want; an adorable pancreas?" - Jean Kerr

When I said 'death' before 'dishonor', I meant alphabetically.

Imagine what would happen if there were no more hypothetical situations.

Shinanai Otoko ni Koishita Shoujo (Novel) 's story's premise is "immortal boy meets girl serial killer"