Aka. Alien Nine (or Alien 9, the official Japanese way)
Not quite head crabs, but the comparison does come to mind. I just finished reading volume 1 of Alien Nine. I was expecting tons of really dark things to happen, especially considering how it was compared to Madoka sometimes. Turns out the dark things are there, but it is subtly crawling it's way up from subtext, as it nears the end of the volume.
To quickly summarize a bit, Yuri is an school girl who pretty much got voted into this group called the "Alien Party". This group hunts aliens that show up in their school. Seemingly odd, she's more worried about the gross alien versus the actual hunting at first. The group of three all have to "wear" these aliens called "Borg" on their heads. These Borg have some drill-like tendrils that can be used in a variety of situations such as for protecting them or grabbing aliens. By using non-lethal methods they try to capture them. Seems alright for the two originally in the group: Kumi, the independent girl who you can lean towards to guidance and Kasumi the genius girl who does this for kicks. Yuri, however, just constantly whines and cries because she really does hate doing this. I would too if I knew that there were more people involved than what they know.
I look forward to reading or perhaps watching the rest of Alien Nine. Quite weird, but with very interesting ideas.
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