An anthology of 4 early horror stories by Kanako Inuki. Originally published in Shoujo Friend/Fresh Friend magazines.

Saku, who knows she doesn’t stand out much, is looking for a boy named Sakura who helped her before. It might be fate that she meets Haruki Sakura again after entering high school...?!

Sachi goes to an all-girls high school, and is quite the clueless one. At her first goukon, she meets a boy called Yuki-chan, who finally ends 17 years of a boyfriend-less life, and…!?

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

Sawako Kuronuma is the perfect heroine… for a horror movie. With her jet-black hair, sinister smile and silent demeanor, she's often mistaken for the haunting movie character Sadako. But behind her scary facade is a very misunderstood teenager. Too shy to fit in, all she wants to do is make some friends. But when a popular boy in class befriends her, she's sure to make more than just that–she's about to make some enemies too! --- - **Won the 32nd Kodansha Manga Award for Shojo in 2008** --- Official Release: - Indonesian release by Elex Media as **Kimi ni Todoke: From Me To You** (2014)

Kaiki Ningyou-kan's first appearance was in Shoujo Friend Zoukan: Suspense & Horror 01/1992 This volume collect 6 horror stories by Kanako inuki, the first 4 all being about dolls. - **Playing with Dolls** - O Ningyou Asobi (お人形遊び) - **Mannequin** - (マネキン) - **Blue Eyed Marie** - Aoi me no Mari (青い目のマリー) - **Ventriloquist's Love** - Fukuwajutsushi to Koi (腹話術師と恋) - **Ritual** - Gikishi (儀式) Shoujo Friend Zoukan: Suspense & Horror 01/1991 - **I Can Fulfill Your Love Wishes** - Koi no Negai Kanaemasu (恋の願いかなえます) Shoujo Friend 06/1990

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.

One day after summer break, the perfect young lady, Sana Tsukuyomi, showed up at school as an undead. As a school health committee member, I, Hiyoshi, ended up helping her navigate her daily life, despite her movements being as stiff as a corpse’s… A school romantic comedy featuring a heroine who’s both scary and cute!

Ninako, a high school student, has never been in love. She asks her friend Daiki, who has feelings for her, about what being in love feels like. She thinks he is a good guy but…? One day, on the train home from school, she bumps into Ren, a popular guy at school. With just a short conversation and his smile, she experiences a new feeling. Just what is this feeling…!? Ninako’s first love is starting!

Matsuri is a girl like all the other high school girls. She likes boys, especially one called Wataru, but he hardly notices her even though she watches him like a crazy gal. "Tough girls aren't my type," he once said, and now even three street guys call her a tough chick?! Nothing too good to say to the wrestling Princess. Being this kind of princess is nothing to be proud of for Matsuri so it's a secret that she keeps from her school mates, because it's her father who wants to make her a wrestler…but what will happen when she's discovered fighting those three guys by Arata, the bad boy who can even "fight cows"? Discover it and keep track of Matsuri Special! [PL] Matsuri Special opowiada o licealistce, która szczególną uwagą darzy swojego kolegę z klasy, Wataru. Niestety, Matsuri nie należy do dziewcząt popularnych wśród chłopców i często nawet nieznajomi chuligani, spotkani na ulicy nazywają ją ‚twardą laską’. Cóż poradzić, skoro Matsuri ma tajemnicę, która skrzętnie ukrywa. Nie każdy bowiem jest uznawany za Księżniczkę wrestlingu – Hani. Matsuri jednak ani trochę nie lubi wrestlingu, jednak jej tata, który widzi w niej talent spotykany zaledwie raz na 10 lat, nie pozwala jej opuszczać żadnych treningów. Co się wydarzy, gdy ktoś odkryje jej tajemnicę?

In the case of women who find it hard to give rejection, would they listen even to indecent requests, if done in dogeza?! The chests and undies of those women you could enjoy seeing before, now in full color publication!! **Note:** The Twitter/X and volume chapter numberings are different.

From the author of Gokusen and Koudaike no Hitobito comes the story of Yui Hayakawa: an ordinary, uninspired high school girl who's only good at one thing - running! But because of her genius younger brother Takeru and his latest experiment, a time machine, she accidentally gets sent back to the Sengoku Era missing her beloved dinner steak! Will young Yui finally find that 'something' where her entire potential was hiding? And will she ever be able to eat that delicious steak her mother made for her?

Makina Agatsuma, the school idol, moves into the home of Eita Akutsu, an introverted mechanical otaku. Eita, who has secretly harbored feelings for her, thinks he's hit the jackpot! But it turns out, she's actually a robot made for sexual purposes. Caught off guard by her sudden physical advances, the virgin Eita is at a loss. Furthermore, he finds himself in a frenzy trying to help her maintain her secret identity.

Hikari's your typical freshmen in high school who's been recently daydreaming about Mari’s, her shy best friend, a love story. She decides to ship Mari with Ootani-kun, their classmate, after finding out about his crush on Mari when his friend, Asagiri-kun, tried getting the two to talk. The main character is Mari, the leading man is Ootani, and Hikari is the typical best friend in the story. Not bad… right? A youthful story between four kids going through unrequited love.

Reijirou Yuuki, known by friends as Rei-kun, a boy notorious for being late to school, is suddenly hit by a truck and killed on one of his many rushes to class. He then roams the earth as a ghost, only being visible to his classmate Kodama. Reijirou finds himself and Kodama in many adventures involving his ability to possess, and gets himself tangled up with the lives of his classmates and friends, including Takeshi Gama: the bully, Kaoru Tachibana: the perfect transfer student with a secret, and Bell: the demon working a part-time shift as a shinigami. Later in the series, Reijirou goes beyond his neighborhood to other parts of Japan with Bell to raise his reincarnation credit score, leaving Kodama behind. (Source: MU)

If you have a wish you want to come true, then catch a demon! When the clock strikes midnight on Friday the 13th with a full moon, place two mirrors facing each other. A demon will walk along the pathway between the two mirrors. At that moment, use the bottle you have prepared to seal it up. If the demon does not grant your wish, it will turn to dust. If you catch a demon, what will you wish for?

**The Geeks shall Inherit the Earth!** Recent high school transfer student Hasegawa Kodaka is pathetically inept at making friends. When he comes across the brash loner Mikazuki Yozora, who typically chats with her imaginary friend, the two outsiders become the unlikeliest of allies. Realizing that they have no hope of a normal social life, the two outcasts decide to form a group called “The Neighbors Club” in order to make friends and maybe even learn a thing or two about social skills.

Due to a past trauma, Amane, a high school student, has given up on the idea of seriously loving anyone.On the first day of his new life in Enoshima, he met Ryuuji, a boy his age. Ryuuji happened to be Amane's type and he'd also like to hang out with him more. But what started out with light feelings is now beginning to change into something unexpected...

Yoshioka Futaba has a few reasons why she wants to ‘reset’ her image and life as a new high-school student. Because she's cute, she was ostracized by her female friends in junior high, and because of a misunderstanding, she couldn't get her feeling across to the one boy she has always liked, Tanaka-kun. Now in high school, she is determined to be as unladylike as possible so that her friends won't be jealous of her. While living her life this way contentedly, she meets Tanaka-kun again, but he now goes under the name of Mabuchi Kou. He tells her that he felt the same way as she did when they were younger, but now things can never be the same again. Will Futaba be able to continue her love that never even started from three years ago?

Kirisaki Karin was raised to be an assassin by an assassination organization. One day on an mission, she attempts to kill a women's manga artist. She was just trying to get the job done in a professional manner as usual, but her world changes drastically when she reads *TokiMero*, the target's serialized manga! She develops a strong yearning for the heartwarming adolescent school life! Hanashi immediately quits her job as an assassin, and for the first time, enjoys a normal student life, but an assassin is sent after her by an organization. The start of the assassin's daily romantic comedy begins! ___ **Alt Official Raw:** [GANGAN ONLINE](https://www.ganganonline.com/title/1986)

Aotsuki Ushio's family maintains a Shinto temple in Japan, where 500 years ago, his samurai ancestor battled a demon to a standstill, and eventually trapped him against a rock using a blessed spear called the "Beast Spear". While cleaning out the temple storage, Ushio accidentally unseals the chamber the demon, later named Tora by Ushio, was trapped in. Initially, Ushio wisely refuses to remove the spear pinning the monster down, as Tora unwisely makes the strategic blunder of mentioning that the first thing he would do upon being freed would be to devour Ushio; but Tora's unsealed presence attracts various demons to the premises, and Ushio is forced to free Tora in exchange for his help. The two later realize that they make a perfect team, despite the latter's reservations to eating the former. - **Won the Shogakukan Manga Award for Shonen in 1992** - **Won the Seiun Award for Best Comic in 1997** --- **Officially Published:** - In Italian by [Star Comics](https://starcomics.com/testate-fumetti/ushio-e-tora-perfect-edition) --- **Links:** - [Author's Twitter](https://twitter.com/ufujitakazuhiro?lang=ja) - [1992 OVAs on ANN](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=237) - [Anime Season 1 on ANN](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=16754) - [Anime Season 2 on ANN](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=17232)

Yagami Sayuri is the student council vice president, and her demanding president hates the fact that boys are in their school at all. There is a school legend that if a maiden offers her panties to the goddess statue in the courtyard, the goddess will help solve her problems. The actual problem-solving power, though, is with the student council, which monitors the statue's panty offerings. The president often insists Sayuri help solve the girls' problems in her secret identity of Mystic Heart, a scantily clad protector of the school's peace. Most of the students just think of Mystic Heart as a masochistic pervert. Sayuri usually ends up naked and humiliated in front of boys, and the shame helps her transform into her sadistic personality. In this form, she can beat up the boys and pee on them. The student council helps girls through many troubles, from misunderstandings between friends to peeping toms!

Ohno Fumi is a poor 2nd year high school student. Because of her father's debts, she's kicked out of her own home and has to rely on her own connections to survive. Thus begins her life as a live-in housekeeper for a reclusive writer.

Yukihira Souma's dream is to become a full-time chef in his father's restaurant and surpass his father's culinary skill. But just as Yukihira graduates from middle schools his father, Yukihira Jouichirou, closes down the restaurant to cook in America. Although downtrodden, Souma's fighting spirit is rekindled by a challenge from Jouichirou which is to survive in an elite culinary school where only 10% of the students graduate. Can Souma survive? ___ **Collaborator:** [Morisaki Yuki]()