"The Moon" is a giant robot created by the millionaire Baron, spending 2.5 trillion yen (at that time). Baron proclaimed that **"God is Dead"** and created The Moon as a replacement, to serve as a new power to bring justice in a world of wickedness. He entrusts the operation to kids with a pure heart, as he believes only children are the ones able to enact true justice. Note: Volume count based on the bunkoban.
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.
**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**
7 scary stories by Inuki Kanako (4.1 and 4.2 were adapted into a movie, check Gokiburi no Ie's page for more info) 1- Ushirogami: 2- Psycho Box: 3- Children, Don't Play with Ghosts!: The mangaka, Kanako Inuki, tells some of her own scary experiences with ghost stories in childhood. 4- Women of the Dark (Kurayami no Onna-tachi) 4.1- Room 1: Woman that Loves Cooking 4.2- Room 2: Women in the Trash Dumping Area 4.3- Room 3: 117th Woman 5- The House of Cockroaches: A rich woman has a deathly fear of cockroaches which leads to... 6- Nightmare Door: A girl experiences strange and horrifying nightmares. 7- 100 Ghost Stories
A record-breaking auction price of 200 million yen. On a small, isolated island flourishing through the breeding of Koi... lies a hidden truth.
Morita Tetsuo, who has run out of money at a horse race, is approached by Hirai Ginji and offered a job with a daily wage of 100,000 yen. The next day, Morita carries ten boxes of oranges and is told by Hirai that the boxes contain one billion yen obtained from a fraudulent loan... This is a gambling story that depicts the exploits of men in the underworld who use their intellect and psychological warfare to amass huge fortunes.
A mysterious mansion has towered proudly over the Tokyo district of Numanakarai since the Taisho period. Those who enter either never escape, or leave having experienced horrors untold, and with the desire to take revenge.
Housen is an Edo period erotic painter, who stumbles into a murder mystery involving women hooking up with one of his patrons. With the help of Tsubaki, a mysterious girl he runs into on the street who seems to know a lot about him and is an artist herself, they start unraveling mysteries involving sex, murder, and occasionally the occult…
Eiji is a teenager who's rough and rude and loves to fight. However, Eiji has a strange power; when he comes in contact of certain objects, he can see memories contained within the objects themselves. When he finds himself involved in a dark murder case, he assists a beautiful young profiler to find the murderer. Afterwards, she continues to ask for his assistance in more complex investigations. A detective manga with intriguing and complicated cases! --- NOTE: This manga contains rather a lot of violent imagery, scenes, cases and situations. Was adapted into a live action TV drama. See [Wikipedia](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B5%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B3%E3%83%A1%E3%83%88%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BCEIJI), a little past halfway down the page.
The Third Instalment in The Black Museum Series
The Queen of Horror Manga, Kanako Inuki, brings you School Zone, a series about ordinary children who encounter the strange and terrifying at their very own school, and discover that many ghost stories, urban legends, and superstitions are truly and horribly real.
A collection of short stories from the magazine Suspense & Horror based on Japanese urban legends and social issues The slit-mouth woman reappers after 15 years since the original surge in popularity of her legend… she starts targeting the kids of a specific school, all in search of one specific girl. Contains: ◆ Volume 1 - The Legend of the Slit-Mouth Woman - Snails with No Shell - Makeup ◆ Volume 2 - Mama is the Slit-Mouth woman - The Science Room Baby
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.
Following the life of the student newspaper reporter Emiko, these are scary stories of experiences from Miyako High School : - Ubawareta Shinzou (Stolen Heart) – The school's mystery club sees the dangerous consequences of an innocent promise concerning heart donation after death between two friends. - Kyuuketsu Men (Bloodsucking Mask) – A girl who wears a demon mask from a shrine for a bad-luck-banishing drama club party ends up unable to remove it. - Dokuga (Poison Moth) – The science club leader creates a serum to preserve dead bodies perfectly, but it may have other unpredicted side effects. - Henshitsu – A couple take shelter from a storm in a strange house with a secret that might prove to be deadly. – These stories and many more are found in the two volumes of Kyoufu. [tethysdust]
"There's nothing in this world that money can't buy!" Denko got the "face" of Sayuri, the most beautiful girl in school, for a lot of money. WIth her beautiful face, she even stole Sayuri's lover...!? Super SHOCKING!! Maruinu's very scary story.
Rookie police detective Ichiko “Wanko” Hanamori is newly assigned to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department’s Squad 6 Criminal Investigation First Division. She dresses in strange Lolita fashion and gets in the way of crime scenes, but her dog-like sense of smell sometimes contributes to the solution of difficult cases. Through the eyes of the young woman who struggles to become a detective, “Deka Wanko” takes drastic measures to reform this brutal society. Is it possible that this can this be a great touching story?!!!
A collection of short stories by the author of Ushio and Tora. 1. **The Puppet Princess** (Karakuri no Kimi), 1994 Princess Rangiku lost her entire family to Lord Karimata, who invaded her home seeking her father's life work, puppets with unique capabilities. As her duty, Rangiku sets out with three of her father's greatest puppet warriors to seek revenge. She can manipulate these to battle the strongest of warriors, however manipulating the puppets leaves her own self vulnerable to direct attacks, so she seeks a ninja warrior named Manajiri to aid and protect her in her quest. (Source: ANN) 2. **Song of the Open Palm** (Tenohira no Uta), 1994 A legendary practitioner of the Xing Yi Quan style is jailed for the murder of another martial artist. From his cell, he tells his jailer of the incidents leading up to the fight, and hears disturbing news about the successor to the other man's doujo. 3. **Strange Ferry Tale** (Renrakusen Kitan), 1988 A teenage runaway meets a pair of siblings on a ferry. The brother carries an old sword and claims to be haunted by a demon that has cursed their clan for hundreds of years. 4. **To the Merry-Go-Round!** (Merry-Go-Round e!), 1988 A teenage karateka meets a little girl who asks him to take her to a merry-go-round. Her older brother and the police are in hot pursuit, but for some reason she insists on seeing it today. 5-6. **Shall We Go Out Walking by Night?** (Yoru ni Sanpo shinai ka ne), 1993 A detective with a mysterious past is called in to investigate a series of strange murders. When he visits the scene of the crime by night, he meets a young woman out walking alone, hoping to cure her fear of the darkness by "confronting the night." --- **Links:** - [Author's Twitter](https://twitter.com/ufujitakazuhiro?lang=ja)
The Black Museum holds criminal memorabilia from the many cases that have been investigated by Scotland Yard. In this fictional re-imagining of the popular legend, a visitor comes to see a piece of particular interest, the leg of Spring-Heeled Jack. When the curator guides him to the piece, he begins to tell his story of the case of Spring-Heeled Jack, which began in the late 1830s. The earlier adventures of Spring-Heeled Jack involved an eccentric nobleman named Walter, who used his specially made suit to harass women. After an encounter with a very strong-willed woman named Margaret, Walter hung up his Spring-Heeled suit for good. Three years later, Spring-Heeled Jack returns, this time with a penchant for murder. Detective James Rockenfield first suspects Walter, but soon it begins to seem that someone else has taken up the mantle… [tethysdust] --- **Links:** - [Author's Twitter](https://twitter.com/ufujitakazuhiro?lang=ja)
A collection of early one-shots. 1. Hell Mother (ヘル・マザー) 2. House (ハウス) 3. Kagami yo Kagami (鏡よ鏡; Mirror Mirror) 4. Kowai Yume (こわい夢; Nightmare) 5. Fusuma (襖; Half-Open Door/Sliding Door)
Furinji Goku is an ordinary private eye for hire. While working on a case involving an illegal weapons dealer, he notices a lot of the detectives working on the case committing suicide for no apparent reason. After Goku gets a little too close to the truth, he is then put in a situation where he must stab out his left eye to avoid certain death. Goku then awakens in a mysterious lab where an unknown scientist replaces his eye with a cybernetic one that allows him to control any computer system in the world. **US edition is flipped and colored by Viz, reads from Left to Right**
Natsume Kiroemon, the protagonist, is the 45th leader of the Natsume family, and inherit the "Kiryuu no Mimi ", a tool which gives its bearer easy access to wealth and women. As a result of his father's death, he leaves the Italian monastery where he'd been training and rightfully takes the name "Natsume Kiroemon" as well as the power of the "Kiryuu no Mimi". Upon his return to Japan, he falls fatally in love with Kanako, one of the members of the rival Mina family. However, the evil hand of the Mina family attacks Natsume constantly and abductes Kanako. Now Natsume has unlocked the seal, making the Kiryuu's power surge, and he's striking back at the Mina family
Young Kurumi has never received presents on her birthday. Over the years, she has also never aged and credits her longevity to the fact that she has never opened a present. Now it is her role to travel the world, bestowing gifts on others. But these presents never turn out to be what the recipients desired; there's always a dark side and a high price to pay. Author Inuki is known as "The Queen of Horror" in Japan.
Many years ago, an ancient civilization once ruled Earth. They were known for advanced artifacts and machines, but were destroyed in the end due to the misuse of their creations. Creating indestructible message plates written in Hebrew, these people left messages for later generations, informing them that if they could not find a good use for their creations, they should be destroyed. Various entities such as paramilitaries, national armies and armed private forces began to secretly search for these "mysterious" artifacts in order to be used for their own good and against their enemies after the end of the Cold War. Only the ARCAM Corporation can stop these forces from destroying themselves with these "advanced" machines. With the help of its military arm, the ARCAM Private Army and their elite secret agents known as Spriggans (or Strikers), ARCAM plans to turn the tides of battle against those who would threaten the safety of humanity by using the dangerous artifacts. --- Official Release: - Indonesian release by Elex Media **Note**: Viz's release for this manga doesn't follow the original structure, the available Viz chapters here are all of Viz's volume 1-3.
Day laborer Kazuya Shibuya is feeling frustrated with his boring, day-to-day life when a mysterious game called “Blackout” is delivered to him out of the blue. Not knowing what is going on, he starts to play the game, only to find out that what is inside surpasses anything he could have ever imagined. No one has ever managed to beat this game shrouded in mystery. Is “death” awaiting him at the end…?