On Kabuchi-jima, an island ruled by Princess Kaguya, ten children were raised as sacrificial victims. Several of the children thought they had escaped their fate when they escaped the island. But nearly a decade later, the kids are still dying in the order and at the time they would have as sacrifices… Their only hope now is to reunite and return to the island to seek out and destroy the source–the legend, the blood-lusting Moon Princess–before time runs out. In 2002 Kaguya Hime received the 47th annual Shogakukan Manga Award for shoujo.
Ryoichi, a student, is researching urban legends and becomes interested in how they spread. As various people around him strangely lose their memories of him, he hears about a mysterious monster, the Kiokuya, which supposedly feeds on people's memories. But does this Kiokuya really exist? And if so, what is its true goal?
Collection of Toume Kei's oneshot work from 2011-2016. 1. ELEMENT 7 2. コビト事情 (Fairy Affairs) 3. Apartment of the Dead 4. 夕闇古書市 (The Twilight Antique Book Market) 5. 天国のドア (Heaven's Door) 6. 青密花 (Blue Secret Flower)
The year is Universal Century 0096, and Banagher Links is a student at the Anaheim Electronics Industrial College training facility at an incomplete space colony. There, he rescues a girl named Audrey Burne and helps her to evade capture by Zeon remnants known as the Sleeves. The Sleeves are after "Laplace's Box" an item the Vist Foundation has had in its possession since the beginning of the Universal Century which can be used to topple the Earth Federation government, and Cardeas Vist, the head of the family plans to hand them the key to it. Audrey, fearful of what will happen, wants to convince Vist not to give them the key. The Earth Federation's Londo Bell unit attacks the Sleeves and Banagher is drawn into the chaos. **Notes**: Adapted from the light novel series that were later adapted into a feature film series. * Day of the Unicorn: Chapters 1-12 * Red Comet: Chapters 13-21 * Palau Capture Battle: Chapters 22-26 * Ghost of Laplace: Chapters 27-29 * In the Depths of a Gravity Well: Chapters 30-38 * The Black Unicorn: Chapters 39-51 * The Sky and the Stars: Chapters 52-60 * Over the Rainbow: Chapters 61-62 --- **Links:** - [Original Novels (on Amazon.co.jp)](https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/B07YZTJ135)
Julia, a lowly servant from the marquess' estate, has no idea how she lost the ability to speak. With no memories before the age of twelve, she's simply been told a certain incident traumatized her. While everyone treats her harshly at the estate, Julia has been able to barely survive with the help of Camille, the second son of the marquess. Camille even helps her speak again using his special power, "Arcana." However, that's when the jealous servants plot against Julia and throw her out of the estate. The duke's eldest son, Glen, stumbles upon injured Julia and takes care of her. Now, between Camille's obsessive passion and Glen's genuine affection, which one would Julia choose?
A few decades back, humanity went to war against strange beings such as werewolves and witches, and was on the verge of defeat. The solution to breaking this deadlock was the human weapon created by Dr. Frankenstein. Time passes, and Vic, a mysterious girl, is traveling with Stein, a large man covered in scars. All in order to destroy the distorted principles of this world.
Urban legends that everyone has heard of are adapted into a superb collection of horror by Noroi Michiru that depicts the truth behind the strange rumors that are passed down from person to person! What is the secret of the Slit-Mouthed woman? What is the secret ingredient for the brand new soft drink that is so popular? A collection of bizarre and unnerving urban legends that won't let you take your eyes off the horror! --- ◆ ***The Legend of the X-Ray Glasses*** "Sukesuke Megane Densetsu" (スケスケメガネ伝説) ◆ ***The Slit-Mouthed Woman Appeared!*** "Kuchisake Onna Arawaru!" (口裂け女あらわる!) ◆ ***The Black Soft Drink*** "Kuroi Seiryouinryousui" (黒い清涼飲料水) ◆ ***The Tale of the Daruma Woman*** "Daruma Onna no Hanashi" (だるま女の話) ◆ ***Tires*** "Taiya" (タイヤ) ◆ ***The Nougat Girl*** "Nougat no Shoujo" (ヌガーの少女) ◆ ***The Maggot Woman*** "Uji Onna" (うじ女) ◆ ***The Three-legged Doll*** "Sanbonashi no Ningyou" (三本足の人形) ◆ ***The Vengeful Human-Faced Tumor*** "Fukushuu no Jinmensho" (復讐の人面疽) ◆ ***A Mirror for Peering into Hell*** "Jigoku wo Nozoku Kagami" (地獄をのぞく鏡) ◆ ***Devil Food*** "Mashoku" (魔食)
Are you familiar with the mystery of the "Fiend with Twenty Faces"? A thief and a master of disguise, he used to steal only from the very rich. But it's been five years since he disappeared after developing a dissociative identity disorder. Now, his daughter Mayumi sets out to find him. In the process, she must find her way out of situations that keep getting more perverse and absurd as the story progresses... In this first volume of the series, Shintaro Kago offers us his take on the universe of the famous detective novelist Edogawa Rampo, one of the founding fathers of ero-guro. Kago's weirdness and Rampo's detective mysteries combine to form a world full of abnormalities and illusions!
The story is set 300 years before *Donten ni Warau*, during the Tensho Period. At Lake Biwa, the largest lake in Japan, the battle with Orochi ensued.
“My sister… Is she really my sister?” Can you truly say, without a shred of doubt, that the person you love by your side is family? Haruka lost her parents when she was just a child. For a time she was separated from her older sister, Yurina, but now the two live together again, seemingly close as ever. To Haruka, beautiful Yurina is the very picture of the perfect sister. But even so, two unsettling doubts have taken root in her heart. The first one is that every time Yurina starts dating someone new, she always calls him her “first love.”. And the second one is whether Yurina is truly her sister at all. Desperate to shake off these suspicions, Haruka opens her sister’s old graduation album. What she discovers inside leaves her reeling. And one night, her worst fears take shape before her eyes. Haruka catches Yurina “carving up” her so-called first love with a kitchen knife…?!
An inexplicable catastrophe plunges Japan to the bottom of the ocean. A boy survives the misfortune, but he has been abandoned in a land surrounded by sea on all sides. His effort to stay alive compels him to sharpen his wit, as he finds that nothing he learned in school is useful for staying alive. Note: Volume count based on the wideban.
A sorcerer of black magic rises from the depths of hell to take revenge on the hero who betrayed him and his comrades in arms. However, the sorcerer could not defeat the hero and turned into a poisonous mist that poisoned the World Tree shrine. But a holy girl manages to resurrect him, will the sorcerer be able to avenge him?!!!
The Continent of Song is in chaos. The sinister secret society known as Demon Card is using the power of Dark Bring to destroy everything in their path. The only things capable of stopping Dark Bring are the Rave stones. Unfortunately, the Rave Stones were scattered around the globe in an explosion 50 years ago, so now they must be collected by the Rave Master in order to stop Dark Bring once and for all. This new task has been given to Haru Glory; a sixteen-year-old boy from Garage Island. The World's fate now rests on the new, young Rave Master. ___ **Official English Volumes:** [Kodansha USA](https://kodansha.us/series/rave-master/)
The legend has it that once upon a time, a pact was sealed between the Shinto priest of the town of Amide and a mermaid. Ever since, abundant fishing has guaranteed the town’s prosperity. This pact has always been honored by the priests of the Yashiro family. However, the legend has attracted both media and property developers, and the acting priest has acceded to their demands. Yosuke, youngest of the Yashiro family, has doubts about the existence of the mermaid, but will soon change his opinion as strange occurrences begin to unfold…
In a not so far away future, all forms of entertainment in Japan have become fully digitised. The people have even totally accepted the world as it is now without even thinking much of it. Nonaka Fujio was also one of them. That is until he met a girl with a doll-like appearance who possesses an Aurora Blonde and that's when the cogs of his life began to turn. Just what will Fujio stand to gain now that he has started to think and make decisions for himself?
A strange phenomenon where one is transferred back to the moment right before something life-threatening occurs. This continues to happen until the cause of the threat is erased. It is as if somebody is forcing Satoru to stop it from happening. Then one day, everything is changed. What truths are revealed when Satoru comes face to face with his own past? How will they affect his future? ___ **Note:** Was nominated for the 18th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Reader Award in 2014 and for the 7th, 8th and 9th Manga Taisho Award between 2014 and 2016. Also nominated for the 40th Kodansha Manga Awards in 2016.
Hana is a college student with nothing to do and no dreams. One day, she meets Yoiko, a self-proclaimed "grudge spirit," and is told that she is cursed by Yoiko. In order to break the curse, Hana helps Yoiko to become a Buddha! In order to clear her unfulfilled spirit, Hana uses only a sooty, blackened painting as a clue to get closer to the true identity of this beautiful ghost. Hana is gradually captivated by Yoiko's natural charm!
Taisho, year 12 (1923). A tragedy in Hinamizawa village changes the fate of a girl and her friends. The turbulent early life of Oryou, head of the Sonozaki family, one of the Three Great Families, who would later be feared and known as Empress Sonozaki. The missing link to the original *Higurashi no Naku Koro ni* is now revealed.
Four people intent on killing themselves meet through the suicide website Black Paradox: Maruso, a nurse who despairs about the future; Taburo, a man who is tortured by his doppelganger; Pii-tan, an engineer with his own robot clone; and Baracchi, a woman who agonizes about the birthmark on her face. They wander together in search of the perfect death, fatefully opening a door that leads them to a rather bizarre destiny… [Official English](https://www.viz.com/read/manga/junji-ito/product/7231)
In the year 20XX. Despite the fact that the citizens are monitored by IC chips, making the identification and arrest of criminals easier, gruesome murder cases targeting children by an unidentified serial killer are occurring all over the country. Clad in a black cloak and a clown mask, a deranged serial killer known as the 'Murderous Clown' who poses 'questions' to his victims — the battle between him and the police officer, Yuuto Asakura, begins!
In the world where only the aristocrats have the power to fight the monster – mana. A youth named Kufa is dispatched as a tutor to find Mareida's talent, a nuisance girl born in a duke's family. If she is not talented, assassinate her. That, is the dark side of his task.
Gambling. Mahjong. Death. These are the themes of this fast-paced spy manga where outrageous life-or-death gambles are made daily occurrences and insurmountable odds are overcome. The most hardcore, action-packed mahjong manga you will ever see.
A collection of horror stories depicting casual fears that lurk around you. In the midst of your everyday life, the entrance to fear and madness awaits you...! These horrifying short stories will hit you before you can catch your breath! If you like horror, you can't go wrong reading this. Written by Noguchi Senri, who appeared in Junji Ito's Marronier!
In the distant future, a new life form called Houseki (gems) are born. The 28 Houseki must fight against the moon dwellers who want to attack them and turn them into decorations, thus each gem is assigned a role such as a fighter or a medic. Though they hope to fight the moon dwellers, Phos is a gem who is given no assignment until the gems' master Adamantine asks them to write an encyclopedia.