10 Manga Like Doing Time — Data-Driven Picks (2026)

If you finished Doing Time and want your next read, these recommendations are not someone's opinion — they are computed from comic-lab's database of every manga published in Japan since 1968, combining three similarity axes (art style, setting, story) with real reader-behavior data.

1. Shūjin Riku (囚人リク)

by 瀬口忍 · since 2011 · 36 volumes in Japan · publication status unknown

Why it matches: close in story & tone and setting & themes.

2. Hotarubi no Mori e (蛍火の杜へ)

by 緑川ゆき · since 2003 · 2 volumes in Japan · publication status unknown

Why it matches: close in setting & themes and story & tone.

3. Shinda me o shita shōnen (死んだ目をした少年)

by 古泉智浩 · since 2005 · 2 volumes in Japan · publication status unknown

Why it matches: close in setting & themes and story & tone.

4. High School Jingi (はいすくーる仁義)

by 水穂しゅうし · since 1989 · 14 volumes in Japan · publication status unknown

Why it matches: close in setting & themes and story & tone.

5. Ningen Karimenchū (人間仮免中)

by 卯月妙子 · since 2012 · 1 volumes in Japan · publication status unknown

Why it matches: close in story & tone and art style.

6. Zettai anzen kamisori (絶対安全剃刀)

by 高野文子 · since 1982 · 1 volumes in Japan · no new volumes in recent years

Why it matches: close in story & tone and setting & themes.

7. Shin Konjaku Monogatari, Nue (鵺)

by 花輪和一 · since 1982 · 1 volumes in Japan · publication status unknown

Why it matches: close in story & tone and setting & themes.

8. Prison School (監獄学園)

by 平本アキラ · since 2011 · 26 volumes in Japan · publication status unknown

Why it matches: close in story & tone and setting & themes.

9. Gokuchū! (ごくちゅう!)

by 草下シンヤ, 雨宮 · since 2021 · 4 volumes in Japan · publication status unknown

Why it matches: close in story & tone and setting & themes.

10. Otokogumi (男組)

by 雁屋哲 · since 1974 · 32 volumes in Japan · publication status unknown

Why it matches: close in setting & themes and story & tone.

Method: similarity is computed over cover-art embeddings, thematic categories and plot descriptions of 133,000+ works, blended with co-reading behavior. Volume counts and dates reflect Japanese editions and update automatically.