Comedy, Historical, Horror, Romance, Slice of Life
27
1
4
November 5, 2023
Ax is the premier Japanese magazine for alternative comics, heir to the legendary Garo. Published bi-monthly since 1998, the pages of Ax contain the most innovative, experimental, and personal works in contemporary manga - the flourishing underground of the world’s largest comics industry. Ax has always published manga outside of the more commercial market and not followed manga conventions, thus the titles appearing in this magazine do NOT fall under any of the basic demographics (shoujo/shounen/seinen/josei). This landmark English publication volume includes work by 33 artists: The Watcher by Osamu Kanno Love's Bride by Yoshihiro Tatsumi Conch of the Sky by Imiri SAKABASHIRA Rooftop Elegy by Takao Kawasaki Inside the Gourd by Ayuko Akiyama Me by Shigehiro Okada Push Pin Woman by Katsuo Kawai A Broken Soul by Nishioka Kyodai Into Darkness by Takato Yamamoto Enrique Kobayashi's El Dorado by Toranosuke Shimada The Neighbor by Yuka Goto 300 Years by Mimiyo Tomozawa Black Sushi Party Piece by Takashi Nemoto Puppy Love by Yusaku Hanakuma The Brilliant Ones by Namie Fujieda The Hare and the Tortoise by Mitsuhiko Yoshida The Twin Adults (Two Stories) by Kotobuki Shiriagari Haiku Manga (Two Stories) by Shinbo Minami Mushroom Garden by Shinya Komatsu Home Drama: The Sugawara Family by Einosuke A Well-Dressed Corpse by Yuichi Kiriyama Arizona Sizzler by Yunosuke Saito The Rainy Day Blouse & The First Umbrella by Akino Kondo Stand by Me by Tomohiro Koizumi My Old Man & Me by Shin'ichi Abe Up and Over by Seiko Erisawa The Song of Mr. H. by Shigeyuki Fukumitsu Kataoka Toyo Pathos Theater (2 Stories) by TOUYOU Kataoka Kosuke Okada and His 50 Sons by Hideyasu Moto Les Raskolnikov by Keizo Miyanishi Alraune Fatale by Hiroji Tani Sacred Light by Otoya Mitsuhashi Six Paths of Wealth by Kazuichi Hanawa
ひぐらしのなく頃に 業 Higurashi When They Cry - GOU ; Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gou ; HIGURASHI WHEN THEY CRY: GOU
Action, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Slice of Life, Thriller, Tragedy
45
1
9
November 5, 2023
Keiichi Maebara has moved to Hinamizawa Village, a cold village in the mountains. I was fulfilled in the lively and irreplaceable daily life with my friends. Knowing the horrific dismembered murders that occurred in the past and the existence of haunting that has been handed down to the village, suspicions are accelerating due to the unnatural attitude of their friends ... The tragedy is repeated. Is it possible to overcome the fate of fear and suspicion and obtain an "answer"? --The summer of 1983 begins. (Taken from MAL)
Collection of 13 one-shot stories by ero-guro mangaka Suehiro Maruo.Includes one story featuring Midori from (https://mangadex.org/title/082d9c57-8c00-45f2-8376-49f749cfd85b/mr-arashi-s-amazing-freak-show).
Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni Rei - Saikoroshi-Hen ; Higurashi When Cicadas Cry Gratitude: Dice Killing Arc ; Higurashi When They Cry: Dice Killing Arc ; ひぐらしのなく頃に礼 賽殺し編
Drama, Horror, Mystery
20
1
3
November 5, 2023
Over the course of a hundred years, Rika relived her brutal murder over and over again through countless fragments before finding the world where she could live in peace. But even without the threat of certain death hanging over her head, this world is fraught with dangers. When she's in a terrible accident, Rika wakes up to find herself in the nurse's office--however she's not in her peaceful new world, but rather in an alternate June 1983! Rika is desperate to find a way back to her ideal fragment, but it may require her to do something drastic…
The story of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni is divided into a total of eight chapters: four "Question" arcs and four "Answer" arcs. Each chapter keeps the same main characters, but ends in a different way. However, each chapter gives valuable answers, hints, and clues to the previous one, while at the same time bringing forth even more mysteries.
The question arcs are:
1. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - Onikakushi-hen
2. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - Watanagashi-hen
3. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - Tatarigoroshi-hen
4. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - Himatsubushi-hen
The answer arcs are:
5. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai - Meakashi-hen
6. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai - Tsumihoroboshi-hen
7. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai - Minagoroshi-hen
8. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai - Matsuribayashi-hen
The side story arcs are:
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - Onisarashi-hen
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - Yoigoshi-hen
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai - Utsutsukowashi-hen
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - Hirukowashi-hen
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - Kokoroiyashi-hen
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - Kataribanashi-hen
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei - Saikoroshi-hen
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Jan
"The masterpiece that shook the world of manga returns!"
Present day Japan. Something inhuman has begun worming its way through the shadows
Makimura Miki and Fudou Akira are normal high school students until they have a crash encounter with demons from another world.
As they realize that all is not as it seems, they must rely on demons and each other to survive as the world around them plunges into chaos
Devilman Grimoire combines elements of the original Devilman series, the anime, and its spin-off series to create a new tale of horror that will delight fans and new readers alike.
Nagisa Mizushima, a member of the underground male idol group "WIZ6," was on the verge of dissolution due to the group's poor popularity despite his best efforts. One day, an influencer introduced "WIZ6" to the public, which ignited the group's popularity and saved it from dissolution. But that was the beginning of an inescapable hell.
An Email From My Dead Lover / An Email From My Dead Lover, A Mail From My Dead Lover, An Email Comes From a Dead Lover, I Got An Email From My Dead Lover, 죽은 애인에게서 메일이 온다
Drama, Horror, Mystery, Webtoons, Yaoi
124
1
66
September 5, 2024
(02:19) Nowadays ghosts go on radio waves.? (02:22) So don't reply if you receive strange e-mails or notes.An email came from my lover who died a year ago.And the odd guy who got scared of the weird stuff that followed,I'm looking for help on the Internet."Do you believe me? ""Yes, I believe."The man I met in random chat, Lee Hyun,Can Hee-soo trust him and hold his hand?Can Lee Hyun save Hee-soo, who is in fear?+
Tenma normally lives with his sister, in a city known mainly for being small and far away from other cities. One night, he returned from a trip he was making, discovering that his entire city was annihilated, and his sister was infected by a monster called "Basis", these monsters are able to copy the appearance and personality of their victims, attacked victims have their souls sealed and enter a vegetative state. That said, the infected person will only be able to wake up from their "sleep" if the "Basis" that infected them is killed. To save his sister, Tenma joins the hunt for the "Basis" that infected his sister.
When people have problems of a spiritual nature, they know who to go to for help - high up in Mt. Koya, where the Koya Hijiri live, there is a young man named Kujaku, after the Peacock Wisdom King Mahamayuri. With his spiritual skills, chasing back malicious spirits is a piece of cake for fearless Kujaku - but are these daily threats all that life has in store for him?
I’m Haunted by a Ghost, but it Keeps Getting Cuter!
取り憑いてきた悪霊が懐いて可愛くなっていくお話
Ghosts, Horror
80
5
24
June 8, 2025
On the way home one night, a depressed overworked salaryman gets cursed to die in 7 days by a ghost. As she begins to haunt him, she gradually becomes more human-like due to unforeseen reasons.
営繕かるかや怪異譚; Strange Tales from the Handy Shop Karukaya; Странные сказки магазина Handy Shop Karukaya
Horror, Mystery, Shounen, Slice of Life, Supernatural
24
1
4
November 2, 2023
Obana is an uncanny and incredible house repairman. This is a story of him repairing houses while solving the paranormal events that occurred in those buildings.
Yuu Watase's Masterpiece Collection Volume 5 consists of four stories.
1) Mint de Kiss Me -
There is a legend that if you kiss the man you like with a mint candy in your mouth, you can become one with your love. Misono is a rather superstitious girl who decides to test this out on Tohno-sensei, a young teacher she has a crush on. Unfortunately for her, she makes a mistake in the attempt to surprise him and instead kisses her fellow classmate Shindou. Of course this would be the time for the legend to work quite literally as Misono’s spirit enters Shindou’s body.
2) Genseika -
Chiya goes to school with her friends and witnesses one of them die suddenly as a flower bursts out of him. The three friends had been together since elementary school, the death hitting Chiya and Yutaka hard. When other people begin dying from the flowers, they investigate possible reasons for such usual deaths. To her surprise, she finds answers close to home.
3) Furimuke Romance! -
The hero of girls targeted by guys peeking into the locker room, Taka has quite the violent tomboy reputation. But all she wants is for some handsome guy to ask her out. A cheerful street vender, Ryouta gives her a special ring with a heart locket pendent to hold pictures. When two photos are enclosed, romance is in the air.
4) Hang in there Nakago (Part I) -
Involves the scenario where Fushigi Yuugi was actually done by real actors. Unfortunately, Nakago (stage name) is a lot more unconfident than the character he plays. At least his one main fan, an unnamed woman with flowers, is there to support him through his worries.
Imagine living in a town where supernatural beings stalk the night for their next prey. Toukei Ibun takes place 29 years after Tokyo was established as the capital of Japan. Manzou is the owner of an inn in the town of Asakusa. His friend Hirakawa is a journalist who is investigating the bizarre crimes that keep occurring all over the city in the dead of night.
Her Majesty’s Swarm ; Isekai Zerg Queen ; Joou Heika no Isekai Senryaku ; 女王陛下の異世界戦略（ストラテジー）
Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Isekai, Seinen
745
1
129
October 31, 2023
Our protagonist is a college student who enjoys playing as the evil-aligned faction Arachnea in her favorite real-time strategy game. One day, she finds herself in a world similar to the one in the game; additionally, her body is now that of a fourteen-year-old girl. While things are a bit different from how they were in the game, one element has remained the same: she is the leader of the Arachnea. The insects under her control, collectively known as the Swarm, praise her and implore her to lead them to victory. In order to survive, she raises her Swarm and forms friendly relations with the elves of the neighboring forest. But after a slaver traveling through the forest murders one of her Swarm and the nearby kingdom's knights burn down the elven village and massacre its people, she prepares to launch her counterattacks in the name of revenge. However, revenge is merely a pretense for attacking the countries of this world. Her command is masterful and severe, as one who has played the game in real life… ---
In the deep, deep forest. Tamagotake, a mushroom fairy who has been left alone in the world after her parents were killed, is chasing after the culprit, Tsukiyotake, to take revenge on him. In the Sea of Trees, where life and death intersect, can the young Tamago take revenge on the hated Tsukiyo? An unprecedented mushroom suspense begins.
"I've been looking for survivors." A young man wanders the streets overrun by zombies looking for survivors. Armed with the knowledge of an unconventional method to evade zombie attacks, he embarks on the journey of a savior. But not everyone wants to be saved... Could you trust a stranger in your moment of desperation?
Collection of One-Shots by Kago.Includes:• The Big FuneralPerverse people met in a funeral.• Daishuushu (The Big Collection)• Daishiren (The Big Trial)• Daishuumatsu (The Big End)• Daisuikyou (Drunkard Condo Syndrome)Two men in a condo mistakes their apartment for the apartment on the floor below.• Konno Shigure no Koufuku naru Nichinichi (Drizzle on Blue Fields Makes Me Happy Every Day)• Toume Tsuka Sensei no Yuuga na Tanoshimi (The Elegant Enjoyment of Professor Tsuka Toume)• Nishikawa Chieri to Yukai na Nakama (Chieri Nishikawa and Her Pleasant Friend)• DisksTechnician get obssesed about slicing everything.
眠れぬ夜の物語 ; A Sleepless Night Story ; Stories for a Sleepless Night ; Tales for A Sleepless Night ; Tals for A Sleepless Night
Horror, Mystery, School Life, Shoujo, Supernatural, Tragedy
23
1
3
October 29, 2023
[From Shoujo Magic]:
This is a shoujo horror anthology, containing 9 stories.
1) I Know Basketgore
After loving Shouhei ever since her second year of middle school, Natsumi finally gets to go out with him.But then she starts getting prank calls telling her to break up with him.Then mysterious things start happening around her. Pots falling from windows, insects in her locker, glass shards in her towel. Are these just harmless pranks, or is someone truely out to get Natsumi?
2) Labyrinth Maze of Memories
"Forgive me!Don't kill me" Those are the words Honjou Kumi continues to hear in her nightmares.She lost all of her memories of the time before her accident, so she doesn't understand why the students stare at her and whisper.Pranks are pulled on her left and right.What is it that she doesn't remember?
3) Best Friend
Koyuki and Hiroyo are the best of friends.They've always chosen to be with each other.Hiroyo always listens to what Koyuki tells her to do, because she knows best.So when Kinoshita says that he's in love with Hiroyo, Koyuki doesn't believe him.She says the only way she will believe him is to go to the lecture room at 5:55pm to see the bleeding holy mother statue.Hiroyo tries to stop him, causing all three of them to see it.According to the rumor all the people who see the bleeding statue will all die.Things start happening, causing Hiroyo to be frightened.But only she is targeted.Could it be that Koyuki and Kinoshita are out to get her?
4) The Neighbor's Doll
Itsumi finds her neighbor, Yurika's, doll in the trash, so she decides to adopt it.She sets it out onto the balcony to dry and Yurika notices it there. She gets jealous because now it's all clean and cute.She gets her mother to get it back saying that it was thrown away by accident.After getting the dye on her shirt she says she only wanted it back so Itsumi couldn't have it.In the morning, the doll is sitting at Itsumi's door.However, Yurika claims she didn't put it there...
5) Black Cat
Sakura is a timid girl,unable to say no, so when she sees two classmates throwing rocks at a cat, she wants to stop them but can't.They tell her to join in or they'll tell everyone to ignore her.she throws a rock at the cat and runs away, hating herself for it.she goes back to check on the cat to find it dead from the rock she threw.An old lady tells her that the cat won't be able to rest in peace.Strange things start to happen around her, and the two other girls are dead, so will she end up dead too?
6) Former Residents of Darkness
Mihara Yuna and her family just moved into their new home.Not soon after she notices a figure standing in the doorway and she feels a cool gust of air,but the air conditioner isn't set up and it's the beginning of summer.Her father has started feeling unwell.She starts seeing the white shadow turning up in other places.And she hears voices saying to get out.Soon she hears from the real estate agent that the house is haunted that the whole family died in that house on the 29th of July.Any family that moved in died, and the day they moved in was July 28th.
7) Last Request
Mikoto and her childhood friend,Yamato are staying at her grandfather's temple which they use as a hostel.In Mikoto's room, she finds a doll.She is told that the doll is that of a dead child. She then prays for the child. She is woken up in the middle of the night by Ayano, the dead girl, asking for water.Then she continues to ask for more and more, gaining everything she wants.But then she wants Mikoto's life. Will she give it to Ayano?
8) If You Turn The Page
Emiri finds the notebook of her decease mother in her study, and decides to write horror in it.But then the events that she wrote about start happening around her.She knows she must stop writing in the notebook, but suddenly her arm is taken over and forcing her to write.People around her are starting to die, but how can she stop it?
9) Red String
Mayumi says that the red string tyed to her pinky is attached to her life long partner, Yuuya.And then, Yuuya is hit by a car at in intersection. But has the red string really been cut?
From Chinatown KM&Chocolate Fudge: At first glance - he's weak guy. Arutsu is one prone to sickness and has always been. He literally fights bacteria and viruses in other people, with his friends. Our weak hero appears! Wait...maybe he's not so "weak" when he fights?!
Oogami is a detective by day and exorcist by night, solving cases and hunting spirits together with his ghostly assistant Kazari. One day, a mysterious package with horrifying contents arrives in Oogami's mail, the only clue to its sender being the name of a remote village: Shirasunamura.
Living in the present day isn’t easy for Sesshomaru’s daughter Towa. She can’t remember where she came from, must conceal her mysterious powers, and is either worshipped or feared by girls she just wants to be friends with. But she has no way of returning to her own time until one day…a demon attacks and she is transported to feudal-era Japan. There Towa, her twin sister Setsuma, and her cousin Moroha—Inuyasha’s daughter—have a mission bestowed upon them by the mystical Tree of Ages. With only vague memories of their past to guide them, the three young women set out to find their parents, heal a rift in time, and fulfill their royal destiny...
From MangaHelpers:
In response to a decrease in population, human corpses have become a major resource for society's labor pool. Necromancers are needed to animate corpses for various jobs. These corpses work reliably unless they encounter human love, at which point they go berserk and attack. Zen is the necromancer of his city, and he spends his time animating corpses and dealing with the messy aftermath of those cases of 'necrophilia.'
Zen has a strange assistant, who keeps his face covered and never speaks in public. This assistant is Yomai, a ghoul that Zen took under his wing. Zen allows Yomai to feed from his own flesh, but he has strictly forbidden the ghoul from revealing himself to, speaking to, or eating other humans. Yomai doesn't want to anger his benefactor, but he is not completely satisfied living under all of Zen's restrictions. There's plenty of violence, death, and surprises ahead for the necromancer and his ghoul! [tethysdust]
Mysterious girl arrives at the door of a church covered in blood. She utters out the name "Nagi" before collapsing. She's taken in by the priest of the church. She starts out with no memories of her past, but slowly has strange dreams about her mother, and from that she discovers her name, Yui.
From Aerandria Scans:
Evilice and Sin are shadowy but attractive characters who have lived for their collections. Evilice collects items that are cursed, and Sin collects ones that were used for murder. Though they compete for the same items most of the time, they have the opposite feelings towards only one item: an old doll. It is a cursed woman who Evilice loved and ruined, and who Sin is jealous of. With stories of sinister items, their secrets spread!
ショコラの魔法 ; ショコラの魔法 ~ドラジェ 恋人たちの奇跡~ ; ショコラの魔法~bittersweet~ ; ショコラの魔法~creamy sugar~ ; ショコラの魔法~dark spice~ ; ショコラの魔法~evil essence~ ; ショコラの魔法~fruity flavor~ ; ショコラの魔法~guilty crunch~ ; ショコラの魔法~honey blood~ ; มนตราช็อกโกแลต ; Choco Mahou ; Chocolat no Mahou - Bittersweet ; Chocolat no Mahou - Creamy Sugar ; Chocolat no Mahou - Dark Spice ; Chocolat no Mahou - Doraje Koibitotachi no Kiseki ; Chocolat no Mahou - Evil Essence ; Chocolat no Mahou - Fruity Flavor ; Chocolat no Mahou - Guilty Crunch ; Chocola
Horror, Mystery, Romance, Shoujo
69
1
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May 12, 2025
The "bittersweet, mysterious story" revolves around Chocolat Aikawa, a chocolatière who runs a shop called Chocolat Noir. She can grant wishes to the troubled people who visit her shop — if they give her something precious in exchange.
In the Chocolat no Mahou (The Magic of Chocolate) series:
V.1 - Chocolat no Mahou
V.2 - Bittersweet
V.3 - Creamy Sugar
V.4 - Dark Spice
V.5 - Evil Essence
V.6 - Fruity Flavor
V.7 - Guilty Crunch
V.8 - Honey Blood
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• Doraje Koibitotachi no Kiseki
Drama, Horror, Romance, School Life, Shoujo, Supernatural
122
1
59
December 27, 2024
Kokomi enters into a new school but ends up tering her clothes. The kind and popular Hajime lends her some clothes and she falls in love with him at first sight, after not being able to speak to him for a long time, she discovers a terrible truth about him but is undeterred into trying to win his heart.
Zoas are monstrous beasts who disguise themselves and live amongst the humans. They were once feared for their physical talent and hideous form, but now, they are the hunted. Randa, a single-mother who concealed her identity as a Zoa, has now been caught in a mass murder case suspected to be the work of a sinister Zoa… Unofficial English Translation (by the author)
Masumi Takanagi is normal 16 year-old boy, that is until one night, he dreams of an mysterious man cutting off his hand with a scythe. Then he wakes up to the sound of his alarm clock, and finds his hand bleeding. Now strange things are happening and his seemingly woundless hand continues to bleed. What will become of Masumi and his mysterious hand?
水の館 ; Mansion of Water ; mansion de agua (spanish)
Horror, Mystery, Shoujo, Supernatural, Tragedy
19
1
0
October 26, 2023
This is the one shot of the movie that Sana and Naozumi starred in from Kodomo no Omocha.
A 14 year old boy, after the loss of his parents, starts researching his older brother, who has mysteriously disappeared several years before. He finds him in a strange palace, with his two friends who had also disappeared. At first, the boy is happy, but then he discovers that something horrible has happened in that palace, and he might just become a victim too.
