10 Manga Like Higurashi When They Cry: Demon Exposing Arc — Data-Driven Picks (2026)

If you finished Higurashi When They Cry: Demon Exposing Arc 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. Higurashi When They Cry: Meguri (ひぐらしのなく頃に 巡)

by 赤瀬とまと · since 2022 · 5 volumes in Japan · publication status unknown

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

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2. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Oni (ひぐらしのなく頃に 鬼)

by 旭 · since 2022 · 3 volumes in Japan · no new volumes in recent years

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

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3. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kizuna (ひぐらしのなく頃に絆)

by 日向ののか · since 2011 · 2 volumes in Japan · publication status unknown

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

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4. Culdcept (Culdcept)

by 大宮ソフト · since 2000 · 6 volumes in Japan · publication status unknown

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

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5. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei: Hoshiwatashi-hen (ひぐらしのなく頃に令 星渡し編)

by 刻夜セイゴ · since 2022 · 2 volumes in Japan · publication status unknown

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

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6. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai: Utsutsukowashi-hen (ひぐらしのなく頃に怪 現壊し編)

by 竜騎士07 · since 2007 · 1 volumes in Japan · no new volumes in recent years

Why it matches: readers who look up this series often move on to it; close in setting & themes and story & tone.

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7. Zekkyō Gakkyū (絶叫学級)

by いしかわえみ · since 2009 · 21 volumes in Japan · publication status unknown

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

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8. Higurashi When They Cry: Beyond Midnight Arc (ひぐらしのなく頃に 宵越し編)

by 竜騎士07 · since 2007 · 2 volumes in Japan · no new volumes in recent years

Why it matches: readers who look up this series often move on to it; close in setting & themes and story & tone.

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9. Hataraki Man (働きマン)

by 安野モヨコ · since 2004 · 8 volumes in Japan · publication status unknown

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

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10. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Kokoroiyashi-hen (ひぐらしのなく頃に 心癒し編)

by 影崎由那 · since 2009 · 1 volumes in Japan · publication status unknown

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

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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.

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