Then Shall I Kill in Your Stead?

The Promised Neverland

Emma, Norman and Ray are the brightest children at Grace Field House, an orphanage where they live under the care of a woman they call Mom. Their days are filled with good food, clean clothes, rigorous testsponder, and playtime with the other kids, forming what seems like a happy family. The only rule is that they must never leave the orphanage, but since every child is adopted by the age of twelve, life feels safe and complete. One day, Emma and Norman venture past the gate and uncover the horrifying truth behind their existence: the orphanage is a farm, and the children are being raised as food for demons. Aware that their adoption means deathlain, the two must use their intelligence to d

20th Century Boys

Kenji Endo manages a convenience store and has long since left behind his childhood dreams of becoming a rock musician. His quiet routine is shattered when a friend from his youth dies under mysterious circumstances. The death appears to be connected to a strange cult led by a figure known only as Friend, whose influence is spreading across Japan. As Kenji digs deeper, he discovers that the cult's symbols and ideas come from a story he and his friends invented as children. The group reunites to understand how their childhood games became the blueprint for a dangerous organization. With the turn of the century approaching, they realize that the fate of the world may depend on uncovering the

Monster

Dr. Kenzo Tenma is a brilliant Japanese neurosurgeon working in Germany. When a young boy is brought to his hospital with a critical head wound, Tenma faces a choice: operate on the boy or on the mayor of Düsseldorf, who arrived at the same time. He chooses to save the boy, sacrificing his own career prospects. Soon after, the hospital director and other figures connected to Tenma's professional downfall are murdered. The killings clear his path, but they also point to a terrifying possibility: the boy he saved may be behind them. Years later, Tenma is a successful surgeon when a new string of murders surfaces across Germany. The trail leads back to the child he once rescued, now a young m

Fire Punch

The world is buried under ice and snow, and humanity survives in scattered settlements, fearing the Blessed, people born with supernatural powers. Among them are Agni and Luna, two orphaned siblings with the ability to regenerate, who live quietly in a small village of elders. Their bond keeps them going despite the freezing wasteland around them. That fragile peace ends when Doma, an army commander with unquenchable flames, burns the village to the ground. Luna dies in the fire, but Agni's regeneration keeps him alive, trapped in endless agony as the flames never go out. After years of enduring the pain, he sets out across the frozen world with one goal: to find Doma and take revenge for h

Death Note

Light Yagami is a brilliant high school student who is bored with his life. One day he finds a strange notebook dropped by Ryuk, a shinigami. The Death Note has a simple rule: any human whose name is written in it dies. Light tests the notebook by writing the name of a criminal, and the criminal dies immediately. Convinced that the world is rotten, he decides to use the Death Note to kill criminals and create a perfect society free of evil. Under the pseudonym Kira, he begins a series of murders that soon attract the attention of the police. The authorities turn to L, an eccentric and brilliant detective, to identify and stop the culprit. What follows is a battle of minds between Light, wh

Bastard

Seon Jin is a quiet, sickly high school student who is relentlessly bullied and largely ignored by everyone around him. At home, he lives alone with his father, a man admired by the community as a successful businessman and devoted parent. But Jin knows the truth: his father is a deranged serial killer, and Jin has been forced to help him carry out his crimes for years. When his father takes an interest in a pretty transfer student, Jin must decide whether to keep obeying him or finally defy the man who has made him an unwilling accomplice.