In a world where all feeling is artificial and where everyone is a potential drug addict, nothing has really changed: the excess is near at hand and very few substances are considered dangerous and put under strict control by a hygiene office, which has full power over the drug addicts who are in an extreme condition.
The main character is Kabu, a little peddler and heavily addicted. Used to any kind of hallucinogenic trip, he is able to feel
happiness through the ecstasy of the drug, while at the same time hypocritically hating those who gave birth to this society which has forced him to excess.
After an overdose caused by mixing two incompatible drugs, he spends his days looking for stimulants until he encounters an enigmatic man who offers him a new kind of illegal substance: UltraHeaven.
From that moment his incredible journey begins, where dream and reality are fused in an undivided world, causing him hysterical or joyful reactions and unrestrained pains.
But what really is UltraHeaven and who's really behind it? And who is the guru who is promoting meditation as a powerful way to influence the whole universe surrounding us?
With the help of a special amplifier helmet, Kabu starts a trip into the deep and hidden layers of his consciousness, diving into a nightmare he would otherwise never discover...
Ultra Heaven is currently publishing . It is also Known as: ウルトラヘヴン, Ultra Heaven
Genres: Science Fiction, Thriller, Drama, Psychological
Top 10 Manga Like Ultra Heaven [2022 List]
- 10. G
- 9. Garden
- 8. Blame!
- 7. Violence & Peace
- 6. Spinoza
- 5. Nijigahara Holograph
- 4. Ore to Akuma no Blues
- 3. Homunculus
- 2. Soil
- 1. Ryuuguuden
10. G
G takes place at these points we call boundaries. Boundaries between times, dimensions, destinies, life and death, …It tells the story of young Tomak through his initiatic journey. The Death Grass Spirit is never far...
This story is related to the short story "Lazaro Franco's Fourth Hour" published in Heaven's Door.
G is finished and has 1 Volumes and null Chapters. It is also Known as: G, G
9. Garden
"Garden" is a collection of Furuya Usamaru's “indie” shorts that were published in Comic Cue, Manga Erotics and GARO respectively. The title is obviously a reference to Hieronymus Bosch’s famous triptych The Garden of Earthly Delights, with the first story being a homage to said painting. The other stories range from absurd comedies to fantasy to horror. It’s a very eclectic mixture, but make no mistake: artistically, Garden might just be Furuya’s most accomplished work after The Music of Marie.
Garden is finished and has 1 Volumes and 7 Chapters. It is also Known as: Garden, Ratai no Kigen, The Origin of Nudity, Tenshi no Fellatio, Angelic Fellatio, YumeKana, Umi kara Kita Kikai, The Machine That Came from the Sea, Tsuki no Sho, The Book of the Moon, Egao de Sayounara, Say Goodbye with a Smile, Emi-chan
8. Blame!
Killy is a man of few words. He wanders, seemingly endlessly, through a lonely, gargantuan labyrinth of concrete and steel, fighting off cyborgs and other futuristic nightmares, searching only for something called Net Terminal Genes. And he has a very powerful gun, which he uses without hesitation whenever anything resembling danger rears its ugly head.
Who is this quiet, violent, determined man and what are these Genes he seeks? The small communities he finds tucked into the crevices of this towering, dystopic ruin hardly give him leads on his treasure, driving him to find larger enclaves of civilization where people can reveal more about the world he lives in and the quarry he seeks.
Blame! is finished and has 10 Volumes and 66 Chapters. It is also Known as: BLAME!, Blame!
7. Violence & Peace
Noted in Manga! Manga! by Frederik Schodt as one of the first manga published in an American publication with "its original artwork intact", "Violence Becomes Tranquility" is a short and colorful 10-page story about a yakuza on a search for the ultimate weapon.
Violence & Peace is finished and has 1 Volumes and 1 Chapters. It is also Known as: バイオレンス＆ピース, Violence Becomes Tranquility, Otoko wa Dokyou, Kokoro no Uchinaru Koe wo Kike!, Uchuu e Mukatte Tobidasenai, Zetsumeisha, Choukousoku no Kaori, Government wo Motta Shounen
6. Spinoza
In a nondescript lounge, a blonde-haired man plays a game of pool, unaware of the maddening trial he is about to face. When a voice behind him shouts, "Spinoza!" he is hit in the head with a glass bottle, knocking him out. When he awakens, he finds himself fishing in a rocky valley. A moment later, he catches a monstrous fish which swallows him whole. Coming to again, he awakens on the floor of a ring, now the contestant of a boxing match in a packed arena.
Again and again the man finds himself in entirely new locations, each time the center of a different conflict. He has little time to act, however, as he quickly finds himself awakening to a new scenario. With no end in sight, the man moves through time and space across different dimensions with only one recurring word to connect them: Spinoza.
Spinoza was serialized in Photo Japon. Each issue contained the whole chapter printed on one page. The format is that of a contact print, with the pages shrunk to fit on a single page.
Spinoza is finished and has 2 Volumes and 7 Chapters. It is also Known as: スピノザ, Spinoza
5. Nijigahara Holograph
Suzuki is a troubled boy. He's lived with uncaring foster parents for most of his life, alienated from the other kids at his school, owner of a cynical, unhappy mentality. Komatsuzaki is a violent, unpredictable bully whose head trauma causes him to act in mysterious, inexplicable ways.
Arakawa is a no-nonsense, normal girl who pines after Komatsuzaki but can never have him. A teacher with just one working eye. A mother who committed suicide. A daughter in an endless coma. Attempted rapes, murders, extortion, sexual deviance, and a freakish explosion in the butterfly population. All of these elements are whirled together in a story spanning 10 years, a tale of blackness, pain and apocalypse. And maybe just a bit of hope and redemption.
It's a spiritual cross between the misanthropic suburban malevolence of Kyoko Okazaki's Rivers Edge and the eerie mysticality of Donnie Darko.
Nijigahara Holograph is finished and has 1 Volumes and 15 Chapters. It is also Known as: 虹ヶ原ホログラフ, Rainbow Field Holograph
4. Ore to Akuma no Blues
Legend has it that if you take your guitar and stand at a crossroads at the witching hour, the devil will appear. He’ll grab your instrument, play a song, and hand it back to you. You’ll walk away an expert bluesman, but you’ll have to pay the price: your immortal soul.
The year is 1929. Deep in the Mississippi Delta, a young man named RJ dreams of becoming a bluesman. RJ is a simple farmer who can barely play guitar, but when he takes a midnight stroll, his life is forever changed. A phantasmagoric reimagining of the life of legendary blues great Robert Johnson, Me and the Devil Blues follows the journey of a man who really did sell his soul to the devil. Why not come along for the ride?
Note: Won the 2009 Glyph Comics Awards in the Best Reprint Publication category.
Me and the Devil Blues: The Unreal Life of Robert Johnson is currently publishing . It is also Known as: 俺と悪魔のブルーズ, Me & the Devil Blues
3. Homunculus
Trepanation is the procedure of drilling a hole in the skull. It is said to increase the blood circulation and improve pressure inside the skull. It is also said to bring out a person's sixth sense, the ability to use ESP, see ghosts, move objects with one's mind. This is speculative fiction based on the concept of trepanation.
Homunculus is finished and has 15 Volumes and 166 Chapters. It is also Known as: ホムンクルス, Homunculus
2. Soil
Something strange is going on in "Soil New Town." The sudden disappearance of a seemingly normal family leads the two detectives Yokoi and Onoda to the idyllic town in the middle of nowhere. What looks like a routine case at first quickly turns into a complex and deadly riddle where nothing is what it seems to be. Will the two disparate investigators manage to solve the mystery before it's too late?
Soil is finished and has 11 Volumes and 90 Chapters. It is also Known as: SOIL, Soil
1. Ryuuguuden
Two brothers wearing bunnysuits hop on a phallic train and travel to a mysterious underwater brothel.
The story is very surreal and deranged in an Alice-in-Wonderland kind of way. The art style is quite original and seems influenced by European comics, in particular the likes of Jean Giraud.
Castle of the Dragon is finished and has 3 Volumes and 29 Chapters. It is also Known as: 龍宮殿, Ryuguden
