“Give me an example of Psychic Shoolgirl” manga”

We often get asked about what manga and anime inspired Panty Explosion and Classroom Deathmatch. Way back when we first released the game I put together a list of material that matt and I had drawn on while working on the project. I posted it on RPG.net and a few other places, but never got around to putting it here. Well here it is! You’ll always be able to find this list at the top of this site (or on the sidebar to the right).

I read a few manga this week that I wanted to add to the list.

The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service by Eiji Otsuka and Housui Yamazaki

This is a neat little manga about students of a Buddhist college who make money using their supernatural powers and strange talents to speak to the dead and help them find peace in the afterlife by bringing their bodies to their final resting place. This is a really neat premise for a Panty explosion game, and a pretty fun read.

Unbalance x2 byDall-Young Lim and Soo-Hyon Lee

A Korean manga about a beautiful but strict teacher and a strong willed student beginning what looks like a romantic relationship. Lots of panty shot style comedy mixed in with romantic angst. TA great model for Panty Explosion games that focus on the relationships between teachers and students (romantic or otherwise).

Parasyte by Hioshi Iwaaki

I read Parasyte years ago. It was my first exposure to the fucked up world of Japanese horror. I just noticed that the book is back in print. Hooray! Parayste is about aliens that take over human bodies by replacing the head with a shapeshifting, cannibalistic blob that kills with lightning speed! I think of this manga more then anything else when I talk about Panty explosion being a horror game. i think this would work well for Classroom deathmatch too.

The Drifting Classroom by Kazuo Umezu

I’ve been hearing about Drifting Classroom for years, but only recently have a been able to find it in english. The story of a middleschool that is transported to an otherworldly wasteland where the students and teachers face starvation, murder, insanity and giant monsters! Outside of Battle Royale this was the biggest influence on Classroom Deathmatch. Drifting Classroom has everything that makes Panty explosion and Classroom Deathmatch awesome!