**From [TezukaOsamu](http://tezukaosamu.net/en/manga/167.html) site:** "The Crater" is a series of short complete stories ranging in genre from suspense to mystery and horror. In the second episode entitled "The Octagonal Mansion," a boy who is undecided over what to do with his life happens to go to an octagonal mansion, where he can start his life all over again. The 8th episode, "The Bell Rings" features three people who are haunted by tinkling bells that won't let them forget their past sins. Some stories end happily, while others don't. But all of them have the unforgettable imagery typical of Tezuka Osamu's short stories. Contains the following: Volume 1: - **The Bell Rings** (鈴が鳴った, Suzu ga Natta, ALT. ENG - The Bell Tolls) - **The Man Who Melted** (溶けた男, Toketa Otoko, ALT. ENG. - The Man, Evaporated) - **The Snowman** (雪野郎, Yuki Yaro) - **The Purple Bems** (紫のベムたち, Murasaki no Bem-tachi, ALT. - The Purple B.E.M.'s) - **Sacrifice** (生けにえ, Ikenie) - **The Two-Headed Snake** (双頭の蛇, Soto no Hebi, ALT. ENG.- The Twin-headed Snake) Volume 2: - **Okuchin's Strange Experience** (オクチンの奇怪な体験, Okuchin no Kikaina Taiken, ALT. ENG. - Okuchin's Unwelcome Guest) - **Good Fortune** (大あたりの季節, Dai Atari no Kisetsu, ALT. ENG. - Winning Season) - **Bag Containing the Future** (オクチンの大いなる怪盗, Okuchin no Oinaru Kaito, ALT. ENG. - Okuchin's Big Heist) - **Two Dramas** (二つのドラマ, Futatsu no Drama) - **The Mask of Tomoe** (巴の面, Tomoe no Men) - **The Three Invaders** (三人の侵略者, San'nin no Shinryaku-sha, ALT. ENG. - The 3 Intruders) Volume 3: - **The Octagonal House** (八角形の館, Hachikakukei no Yakata, ALT. ENG. - Octagon Manor) - **Car Racer** (風穴, Kazana, ALT. ENG. - Wind Cave) - **The Riddle of Brunnel** (ブルンネンの謎, Brunnen no Nazo, ALT. ENG. - Brunnen's Enigma) - **Sergeant Okuno** (墜落機, Tsuiraku-ki, ALT. ENG. - Kamikaze) - **The Jumbo** (ジャムボ) - **The Man on The Crater** (クレーターの男, Crater no Otoko, ALT. ENG. - The Crater) The official English translation contains three essays. A foreword from Tezuka's Interpreter, Frederik L. Schodt. Tezuka's Afterword from the Tezuka 400 version, and an afterword from Ada Palmer, a college professor and owner of the *Tezuka in English* website. [Official English](https://emanga.com/collections/osamu-tezuka/products/crater?variant=522458693653) --- **Volumes 218-220 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**
Microids are a being between humans and insects- while looking human, they can sprout wings from their backs, are equipped with extraordinary powers, and are barely the size of your finger. However, they are enslaved under Gidoron, who plans to take over the human world and destroy the polluting humans above. Yanma, a Microid, manages to escape, along with Ageha and Mamezo, who make their way to the city to tell humans about Gidoron's plan. The only ones who take heed of his warning is Dr. Midoro and his son, Manabu. Meanwhile, Jigā, Yanma's brother, leads the attack on humans. --- **Volumes 183-185 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**
Nanashi Tadano [translates as "Typical No-Name"], an overworked office lady who died from overwork, is reincarnated as the unremarkable Nanashi in a world that looks exactly like her favorite anime, Queen's Blade Legend. It's an alternate world where sexy female warriors known as ‘Beautiful Fighters’ battle it out with inhuman skills known as ‘divine seals’. Nanashi accidentally frees a legendary demon and becomes a beautiful fighter with the most overpowered skill, the 'Shapeshifting Right Arm'. She'd normally use her power to fight in this world, but... "I'm not interested in duels. I'm satisfied as long as I can watch my favourite characters fight up close." In this other world, where dueling is based on the harsh rule that ‘winners take all’, Nanashi's otherworldly life begins as she hides her mighty power in order to see her favorite beautiful fighters in action up close and personal! (Source: Firecross)
A special tonic found among Rome's ancient catacombs is consumed by three stray puppies, giving them incredible powers of super strength, amazing intelligence and lightning speed. These three dogs - Ben, Uru and Puchi - swear to defend a boy who has a map of a hidden treasure in the Silk Road, all while fighting against evil organizations and even competing with one another to help their master. --- **Volumes 180-182 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**
After living in Transylvania for several years, "Earl Dracula" (as Osamu Tezuka's official website calls him in English) has moved to Japan. In the Nerima Ward of Tokyo, he and his daughter, Chocola, and faithful servant Igor continue to live in the castle. --- **Volumes 248-250 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**
Leon was reincarnated in the world of an otome game that he was forced by his sister to conquer just before his death. He tried to live a peaceful life as a mob character, but he encountered a scene where a female student ignored the flow of the story and tried to become the main character. Leon ended up seizing Marie, a girl who had a similar atmosphere to his sister from his previous life, and succeeded in thwarting the scheme. It should have have been the right choice... but why was he feeling uneasy about it?
The 6 books contains 5 horror stories related to a primary school kid named Sou. Sou has an ability to foresee supernatural events in his dream and even make changes that would eventually happen in the reality. The 5 stories are the Eroded Scissors, the Disappeared Rubber/Erased an Eraser, the Tongue of the Spider Queen, the Black Picture-book and Shadow Dead. All of the scary stories are linked by his unique experience. Note: Volume count based on the bunkoban.
Five thousand years ago, teenager who had countlessly longed for cultivation, but because of his special physique, was unable to break through the physical training period and enter the next realm of cultivation. He has been practicing from the ancient mythology era to modern day.
A naked hunk appeared, out of nowhere, in my house… and he can control ice?! Thus, the money-minded female master now uses him as a moneymaking machine. They slowly fall in love with each other after meeting, however, the 'Snow Man' has a condition that makes him unable to love. How will they overcome this problem and will they find true love?
Elizaveta dreams of becoming a hero. To chase that dream, she enrolls in the Hero Training Academy and spends every day honing her swordsmanship. But her male rivals shun her for being a woman, urging her to abandon her ambition. Refusing to give up, Elizaveta presses forward—until a devastating tragedy strikes... Now stripped of everything, her journey of justice begins. (Source: Manga UP! Global)
The story revolves around a mysterious place called "Angel's Island" that resides somewhere on the ocean seas. Living on Angel's Island are a species of merpeople that can live in both the sea and on land. They have the form of a human, but can breath in water as well as on land. Luna is a princess of this species of mermaid living on Angel's Island, but is exiled for breaking some of their rules. As punishment, she is placed inside a sea shell, and set adrift across the sea. Meanwhile Eiji Kusahara, the son of a wealthy Japanese family, meets Soleiu (Luna's older sister) and they try to discover the mysteries behind Angel's Island. Now available in a fancy new omnibus, both volumes in one: <https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B014VZ3I5S/> --- **Volumes 75 and 76 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**
In the not-too-distant past, the Ice Witch blanketed the world in snow, starvation and madness, leading the inhabitants to seek their salvation in fire. With that, an unusual destiny unfolds for two young orphans, Agni and Luna, blessed with the ability to regenerate. But will this ability prove to be more of a curse than a blessing? Nominee for the 2017 Manga Taisho Award.
In her desire to find the perfect evil man to be her slave, the devil Eclair travelled all the way from the netherworld to a local country town's police station. And she set her sights on the evil looking cop, Kuwahara Daichi. Eclair wants to do everything to tame Daichi, and Daichi wants to drive her back to hell. What a romantic battle... or that's what it looks like. Actually Eclair is completely useless and Daichi can't let her be alone.
The series' protagonist Annelotte is seeking the head of reigning Queen Claudette for revenge and justice. Following her swift defeat and imprisonment Annelotte is now building a rebellion army to take on Claudette once more!
Rosé, a witch who is treated very badly, used magic to teleport herself to another world to escape from the one she currently lives in. Where does she end up? On Sado Island in modern-day Japan.
After being soundly thrashed by the hero Emilia, the Devil King and his general beat a hasty retreat to a parallel universe... only to land plop in the middle of bustling, modern-day Tokyo! Lacking the magic necessary to return home, the two are forced to assume human identities and live average human lives until they can find a better solution. And to make ends meet, Satan finds gainful employment at a nearby fast food joint! With his devilish mind set on working his way up the management food chain, what will become of his thirst for conquest?
It’s not that studio 13 is haunted. It’s that there is a small cat-like creature living there who wants to be left alone, and will only respond to the requests of a small girl, which means that the producer who uses the studio needs to keep them both happy… Also includes the short work "Kibando" in volume 2. --- **Volumes 307 and 308 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**
Teenage delinquent Yaketpachi's has a spectral woman as the closest thing to a female influence in his life: Maria! The manifestation of the women Yaketpachi lacks in his life, Maria needs a body to become corporeal, but the only thing around is a sex doll, which is easily ravaged by a hard life and the target of rough pranks. Yaketpachi and Maria are joined at the soul, but ripped apart by an uncaring society. How much strain can Maria's plastic body take before it cracks beyond repair? Yaketpachi may want to move heaven and Earth to provide a life for Maria, but do teenagers truly know love?Osamu Tezuka brings the battle of the sexes to a paranormal comedy, where Yaketpachi and Maria explore their teenage years in High School, with all the trials and tribulations that come with it. There's the queen bee of the school to tussle with, a dating club that heavily skews towards one gender (and against Yaketpachi), and even rival spirits out to earn their own revenge against their accidental deaths! Yaketpachi's Maria continues to prove to be a love letter to young love, with all the faults and flaws that are inherent. Tezuka brings a healthy dose of real-world sexual education to the drama of a love that can never be between a man and his sex doll. --- **Volumes 268 and 269 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**
An alternate world (isekai) school gag manga. The manga follows Yamada, a company employee who is around 30, and a young demon king.
Out of nowhere, a Japanese elementary school is transported out of the world they know, and into a nightmarish wasteland. Have they gone to another planet, or is this toxic world actually a vision of Earth's future? Soon, the students and teachers must struggle to survive in impossible conditions, besieged by terrifying creatures and beset by madness. Part Lord of the Flies, part post-apocalyptic science fiction, The Drifting Classroom (1972-1974) is a classic can't-put-down manga series. It was adapted into a Japanese live-action movie (1987). --- - **Won the 20th Shogakukan Manga Award in 1975**
One day, a girl is reborn in a fantasy world as the blind daughter of a duke. In her previous life, she was sickly and spent all her time in the hospital, so she decides to enjoy her new life as she pleases, even though she is blind! She was enjoying her reincarnated life to the fullest, playing with Kyle, the fifth prince, whom she befriended by chance, and training in magic. However, as Alicia grows up, inexplicable events begin to occur. This world is apparently not just a fantasy world—..? --- I was born weak and passed away at the age of 18 due to illness. Before I died, I made a wish to be born again. It came true, but I was born blind. Little by little, I came to know the gaps between the previous world and present one thanks to my fiancé. This is the story of the Duke’s only daughter.
Crow Titus, notorious layabout, wasn't prepared for the destruction of his village by the aetherborn. On Earth, far in the future, ordinary creatures have been twisted into the monstrous aetherborn—beasts of legend and nightmare who wreak havoc on humanity. The only defenses against the creatures are mythical weapons known as aetherial arms, which, luckily, appeared right around when the monsters did. Less luckily, some humans choose to use those weapons for evil—for example, the attack on Crow's village was instigated by a dark magus wielding one. The lone survivor of the massacre, Crow somehow stumbles upon an aethereal arm, Muramasa. Sword in hand, Crow decides to fight back—or, well, Crow can't decide much at all. Muramasa has taken control and manipulates Crow like a puppet, using the man's body to feed his insatiable appetite for souls! Can Crow play the part of a hero while surviving Muramasa's madness? What about surviving the advances of Iris, his newfound magus knight mentor? (J-Novel Club)
One day, a UFO suddenly crashes in the middle of an ordinary city, making the world change in unexpected ways. Suddenly, all sorts of wishes come true and everything seems possible… The series follows the stories of the people affected by these changes.