Second in the Hyakki Yagyou series, adapted from the eponymous novel by Kyougoku Natsuhiko.
The story follows a series of bizarre murders of schoolgirls who have been dismembered and stuffed into boxes. The private investigator hired by a missing daughter's mother joins forces with an antique book seller and others to unravel the mystery.
It all started with a "net cafe." The hero Toki Koichi is a soon-to-be father leading a complacent life. One day, he happens to stop by an internet cafe, and there he bumps into Kaho, his first love from his junior high school days. Having just fought with his wife, Koichi's heart is filled with his old feelings. All of a sudden, a strange wave flows through the computers and cell phones in the net cafe, and the entire place blacks out, just before rain begins to pour outside. Unable to leave safely, both Koichi and Kaho stay overnight at the net cafe. The next morning, when they step outside, they find the world is completely different. Koichi is determined to find out why the entire cafe has transported him to a different world, and to return to his family in the original world. As he fights against various fears and tries to solve the mystery, people start to disappear one after another. Can they all survive through such a crisis!? And what is the secret of his first love with Kaho!?
Aihara Kumi is a young staff worker for an office. One night, a boy who was part of her baseball team from her high school days was stabbed to death. It's the beginning of a long series of murders.
Ghost in the Shell Companion; 攻殻機動隊 ゴースト・イン・ザ・シェル コミックトリビュート; Mobile Armored Riot Police - Ghost in the Shell - Comic Tribute; Koukaku Kidoutai - Ghost in the Shell - Comic Tribute
Gosho Aoyama's Collection of Short Stories; 青山剛昌短編集
Action, Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance, School Life, Sci-fi, Shounen
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The original collection of Aoyama's short stories. Ranging from sci-fi to romance, and the right out wacky, these stories are a must read for any fan of his other works!
第１話／探偵ジョージのミニミニ大作戦・名探偵参上！
Chapter 1 - Detective George's Mini Huge Cases: Calling on the Great Detective!
第２話／探偵ジョージのミニミニ大作戦・氷の邦の怪物
Chapter 2 - Detective George's Mini Huge Cases: The Monster of the Ice Country
第３話／探偵ジョージのミニミニ大作戦・I AM A DENTIST
Chapter 3 - Detective George's Mini Huge Cases: I Am A Dentist
第４話／プレイ イット アゲイン
Chapter 4 - Play It Again
第５話／えくすかりばあ
Chapter 5 - Excalibur
第６話／夏のサンタクロース
Chapter 6 - Santa Claus of the Summer
第７話／ちょっとまってて
Chapter 7 - Wait for A Little While
第８話／サンデー19Show-さまよえる赤い蝶-
Chapter 8 - The Wandering Red Butterfly
Proof that Tell Me A Lie wasn't his only 6 page work, in this one a "detective" must follow clues left by his date to meet her in time.
If you could find out a little something about the future, what would you do? Get rich off of the stock market? Use the media to become famous as a prophet? Or…
Growing older is pretty rough and Kenji is finding out just how hard it can be as life starts wearing down on him. On top of trying to make ends meet running a convenience store he has to care for the niece that his missing sister left in his care. Memories of youth make it easier, until those memories come back to haunt him. Continuation of Urasawa Naoki's masterpiece, 20th Century Boys. -- Wikipedia
From MangaUpdates:
There is a mysterious group of people who inflict cruel and fatal games on people for their own amusement. Tatsuya and Misa are out on a date in an amusement park when they wander into one of these horrific competitions on the tallest roller coaster on earth. The seats fall out of their 12-person roller coaster car, and they are told that the game will end when all but one person has fallen to their death. Will the passengers be able to find a way to escape the competition? Will there be any retribution against the orchestrators of this sick crime?
12 Nin No Yasashii Koroshiya – Leo Murder Case ; 12 Hito no Yasashii Koroshiya; 12 Nin no Yasashii Koroshiya; 12 Tender Killers in a Mixed Up World: Leo Murder Case; 12 ласковых убийц: Дело об убийстве Льва; 12 명의 상냥한 암살자 -LEO MURDER CASE-; 12-Nin no Yasashii Koroshiya; 12人の優しい殺し屋-LEO MURDER CASE-; 12-Ri no Yasashī Koroshi-ya -LEO MURDER CASE-; 12个温柔杀手-LEO MURDER CASE-; 12個溫柔殺手-LEO MURDER CASE-; 12优雅杀手; 12幽雅杀手; 12位善良的杀手-LEO MURDER CASE-; 12位善良的殺手-LEO MURDER CASE-
Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Romance, School Life, Shoujo, Supernatural
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May 1, 2024
Seducing the guests to make them pay the most, that is the job of a host. Takashi, currently the No. 1 host, is an apparent professional when it comes to being a host. Being a host isn't Takashi's only job. The Persona XII, guided by the stars are to preserve the balance of fate. The eyes on an assassin serves the guidance of the stars.
From iskultrip Scans:
Raised in a home nearly all his life, Sanetora has been provided for anonymously for as long as he could remember. When his mysterious benefactor offers to foster him, he is more than thrilled—it's like a dream come true! The person waiting for him at his would-be new home however, is a startlingly young man with a sharp tongue!
Kanae, Sanetora's foster father, is a businessman who runs a company, and is not without an ulterior motive: Sanetora suddenly finds himself employed! As if that wasn't perplexing enough, it turns out the company is no ordinary company—it deals with strange objects that can turn their owners into freaks of nature!!
Just how is Sanetora going to live his new life?!
Through the land over the sea, search all over the world you can find out one, a dead ringer for you. But they, both living in the crowd of 6 billion people, never meet as long as attracted each other...
Kazao is happy with his life on Mirai ("Future") Island. Sure, his parents abandoned him after he was born, leaving him to be raised at the orphanage-like facility, but his life is comfortable and has his friends, especially the lovely Eiko, the girl he loves. One night, however, he has a horrible nightmare where he sees himself die in a motorcycle accident. After that, everything changes. The next day, his parents are miraculously "found" and he is torn from his idyllic life and Eiko's side to be thrust into a world he knows only from television shows and school assignments. Dropped unceremoniously in the middle of a city with only a sketchy map for guidance, Kazao is saved from wandering aimlessly in search of his new home by the cute and forward Yuu, who turns out to be in his class at his new school as well. Despite his best efforts to accept his parents' sudden return and Yuu's friendly overtures, Kazao can't shake the feeling that things aren't quite right. Nor can he forget Eiko. Why did his parents wait sixteen years to call him back? And why is the piano the only used piece of furniture in his parents' new house? The mysteries begin to pile one atop the other as the lies fall apart in this intriguing story of future possibilities and innocent romance.
20. Yüzyıl Çocukları; 20世紀少年; 20世纪少年; 20세기 소년; Abad ke-20 Anak Laki-laki; Chicos del Siglo 20; Chłopaki z dwudziestego wieku; Garçons du 20ème siècle; I ragazzi del XX secolo; Jungen des 20. Jahrhunderts; Những Chàng Trai Thế Kỉ 20; Nijuu Seiki Shounen; پسران قرن بیستم; فتيان القرن العشرين; 20 Seiki Shounen; Хлопці 20-го століття; Anak Laki-Laki Abad 20; เด็กชายศตวรรษที่ 20
From here: Growing older is pretty rough and Kenji is finding out just how hard it can be as life starts wearing down on him. On top of trying to make ends meet running a convenience store, he has to care for the niece that his missing sister left in his care. Memories of youth make it easier, until those memories come back to haunt you. Kenji and his old friends are slowly being drawn into a mysterious conspiracy that could threaten the world. Who is the mysterious "friend", and how does he tie into Kenji's youth? Why are there disappearances and deaths tied into Ochanomizu University? The friend's memories hold the keys to the puzzle, but years between cloud the clues. The strange occurances and the reach of the "friend" conspiracy grow by the day. It will all culminate on New Year's Eve 2000. Will Kenji and the rest of the group be able to put together the puzzle and save the world? Note: The last two volumes of the story were serialized under the name 21st Century Boys and are not included here.
Mysteries, Maidens, and Mysterious Disappearances; Kaii to Otome to Kamikakushi; 怪異と乙女と神隠し; Kaii to Otome to Kamigakushi; 괴이와 소녀와 행방불명; 怪异×少女×神隐; Девушка, взбудораженная тайной загадочных исчезновений; Mysterious Disappearances; Тайны, девы и мистические происшествия
Drama, Ecchi, Mystery, Seinen, Supernatural
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A mysterious incident that occurs in a row in a city. The challenge to this monster is...
With a writer's aspiration, Sumireko, who is a plain girl and has a lot of sexual appeal and body,
Although it looks like a boy, it is a bookstore clerk from Adashino who is full of mystery.
Mysterious, girl and sexuality pierce the modern mysterious Romanesque!
Action, Comedy, Drama, Ecchi, Harem, Mecha, Mystery, Romance, Seinen
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May 1, 2024
Okinawa. An ordinary high school guy meets an alien girl who has cat ears and tail who came to Earth so she could learn more about it. In the end he decides to bring her home, though living with such creature might not be as easy as it seems.
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
Blank Slate; Istota Zła; L'Empreinte du mal; Сага о демоне; 恶性; 悪性; 悪性 -アクサガ-; 惡性; 악성
Action, Mature, Mystery, Shoujo, Tragedy
15
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April 30, 2024
What does it take to find your true inner self? Zen's memory has been wiped, and he can't remember if he's a killer or a hero. And a lot of people will do anything they can to keep it that way. Zen's unearthly charm attracts a veritable rogues' gallery. A bounty hunter becomes obsessed enough to become his new partner, while the daughter of General treats him like some sort of guru. But when he meets a mysterious doctor who may know him from the past, Zen learns that the secret of his lost memory is definitely more sinister than saintly.
The main heroine of this history is Tsubaki Kamui, the granddaughter of a noted antiquarian. One day, in her shop comes a mysterious man, Sena Takuto. He is trying to find proof that he is indeed the grandson of the last surviving member of the Russian Empire, Anastasia. In his possession is something he wants Kamui's grandfather to see and appraise to prove his claim. However it seems like something of great importance to the late Anastasia was stolen recently. Does Takuto have anything to do with this? Will he succeed in his quest to prove his lineage? And what does Kamui have to do with this? Why?
It is an old story a little. A family lived in a castle. They were living comfortably there. However, an accident happened in the castle. The castle wanted the girl. And, the girl was left in the castle all alone. What fate does the girl trace?
The story centers around two twins, Arago and Ewan, whose parents were slaughtered by monsters. Years later, the vengeful Arago crosses paths with Ewan, who has since become a police officer, just as blood begins to flow again in the streets of London.
King in Limbo Rinbo za Kingu リンボ ザ キング リンボ・ザ・キング ＬＩＭＢＯ ＴＨＥ ＫＩＮＧ
Drama, Josei, Mystery, Sci-fi
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August 1, 2024
From Kodansha:
Eight years have passed since the sickness known as "the Sleep" ended millions of lives. Now, after a dangerous procedure that involves diving into patients' memories has ended the pandemic, Petty Officer Adam Garfield wakes up in a hospital to find an IED that has taken one of his legs.
But Adam's plan to retire from U.S. Navy service and cash in his pension to goof around with his younger siblings is shattered when he receives secret word that the sleeping sickness has returned, and it's his job to coax back the mysterious man who helped cure it the first time: a man known by the codename "King."
For years the rash tomboyish Tsubasa had communicated with her twin through letters. She had formed the idea that the gentle Arisa led a joyful school life. But upon Arisa's sudden suicide attempt, Tsubasa vows to find the reason behind her twin's actions by taking her place at school. But will this supposed joyful life be too much for Tsubasa to handle? What does it have to do with the people disappearing from Arisa's school...
Drama, Horror, Mystery, School Life, Seinen, Supernatural, Tragedy
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April 30, 2024
26 years ago, in a third-year classroom of a middle school, there was a student named Misaki. As an honors student who was also good at sports, the charming girl was popular with her classmates. When she suddenly died, her classmates decided to carry on as if she was still alive until graduation. Then, in the spring of 1998, a boy named Kouichi Sakakibara transfers to that classroom, and he grows suspicious of the fearful atmosphere in that classroom. In particular, there is a beautiful, aloof girl named Misaki Mei who wears an eyepatch and is always alone drawing pictures.
Angel's Hill; Angel no Oka; Холм Ангела; エンゼルの丘; 天使之丘
Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Magic, Mystery, Philosophical, Romance, School Life, Shoujo, Slice of Life, Supernatural, Thriller, Tragedy
16
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April 30, 2024
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.
Tastumi is a normal boy going to school and living with his strict older brother. Orphaned at a young age, his brother has been both a mother and a father to him. One day, he and his friends are about to rescue a beautiful girl from being harrassed when she beats them up herself. When she sees Tatsumi, she suddenly calls him "Rui". What does this mean? Who is the girl? Why are there strange men attacking him all of a sudden? And why is his brother suddenly so different??
The Seijou Girls Academy's Kendo Club is traveling to Shoushinji for summer training camp. Near there is an island, Urashima, where a demon extermination took place long ago.
It happens that this summer something related to that demon extermination is also going to take place as the captain of the team, Osanai Syouko finds a young girl washed up on the beach...
This is the official comic based on the PS2 game Aoishiro which is a sister game to Akaiito.
A series of fairytale-like stories, loosely connected by the ongoing adventures of the enigmatic Hwa Ryungang, a man with strange powers and a connection to the spirit world, and Moohwe, an irrepressible wanderer with a mysterious past.
Kazuki's had a 16 year grace-period of peace and relative normalcy; smuggled to Japan and raised by a kindly old woman he's grown up to be a bright and friendly boy. His childhood friendship to the girl next door is just beginning to blossom into romance and the death of his ward leaves him with enough character-building angst to set him up for just about any cliche shoujo adventure Yukari Ito has in mind. Unfortunately, Yukari Ito is TOTALLY insane and has decided to make him a vampiric kitten engaged from birth to a Nightmare. (from doki-doki)
Drama, Mature, Mystery, School Life, Shounen, Supernatural
52
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April 29, 2024
When a female student is abducted and on the verge of being raped, Boogiepop rushes onto the scene just in time to save the day. But Boogiepop's new male alter-ego, Akimizuki Takaya, finds himself in the middle of a crime wave with ties going back to the previous owner of the Boogiepop mantle.
When Shouta finally finds a clue to his missing brother’s disappearance, he mysteriously wakes up in a room he’s never seen before.
The events of this room are broadcast online, and the only link with the outside is voice chat with the viewers of the broadcast.
In the midst of this extreme environment, a battle royale style murder game begins!
Kisaragi Saya is a happy, small-town schoolgirl who spends peaceful days with her friends. She mostly hangs out with her friend Yuka, the twins Nono and Nene, and the class rep, who seems to have a crush on her. Saya is also intrigued with a mysterious loner named Tokizane, who always comes to school late. She lives at home with her widowed father, and often eats at the neighboring cafe 'Guimauve,' which is run by the excellent chef and family friend Fumito. Her life may seem very tranquil and happy from the outside, but Saya also secretly wields a mystical sword to defend the town from the 'Old Ones,' monsters who eat people. Lately, Saya is beginning to think that there's a lot more to the situation with the Old Ones than she knows...
Killy is a man of few words. He wanders, seemingly endlessly, through a lonely, gargantuan labyrinth of concrete and steel, fighting off cyborgs and other futuristic nightmares, searching only for something called Net Terminal Genes. And he has a very powerful gun, which he uses without hesitation whenever anything resembling danger rears its ugly head. Who is this quiet, violent, determined man and what are these Genes he seeks? The small communities he finds tucked into the crevices of this towering, dystopic ruin hardly give him leads on his treasure, driving him to find larger enclaves of civilization where people can reveal more about the world he lives in and the quarry he seeks. Chapters 1-19: Read from left to right Chapters 20-66: Read from right to left
Dana is an archaelogist, who has discovered an artifact, which according to her confirms the presence of witches in this world. It also proves that 'witch hunts' were not all lies.
In a summer vacation, a group of 15 children discovered a mysterious man living in a seashore cave, along with his high-tech gadgets. The man claimed to be a game developer creating a video game with a giant robot defending Earth from 15 alien invaders, and asked those childs to test the game for him. The kids agreed happily at first, but soon they began to find the game horrifying, not only because of its realism but also because the first fatality among them happened right after their first victory. Worse yet, they had no idea how to stop or leave the "game."
A boy whose father fell prey to a book which drives its readers to take their own lives, a girl who tries to protect the boy from meeting a similar fate, a forensic pathologist who cannot forgive herself for the death of a girlhood friend, a mysterious used-book store - The Book Club - that only deals with books about death and despair, and a suicide which was committed in the ancient Library of Alexandria are all inexplicably connected in this unusual Korean horror story.
The complete biography of Buddha, as seen by Osamu Tezuka.
Received the Bungei Shunju Manga Award in 1975 and ended in 1984.
The manga Buddha is fiction with many characters who represent various life morals. Example Chapra and his mother show the love of a mother to a son.
From Anime-Planet:
The time is several millennia ago; the place is India. Droughts and famine plague the country, and its people are forced into a strict caste system that rewards only the elite cream of the crop. Across the land animals and Brahmin alike rejoice, for the blessed child with a birthright to become a god is about to be born. His name is Siddhartha Gautama, later to be known as the Buddha. However, Siddhartha's life will not be an easy one. He will experience love and loss, learn about the value of life and influence the lives of many, including Tatta and Pariah, Bandaka the bandit and countless others.
The complete biography of Buddha, as seen by Osamu Tezuka.
Received the Bungei Shunju Manga Award in 1975 and ended in 1984.
Two twin brothers Ry and Key were trained in martial arts since childhood by their Martial Arts father, "Rokuu Riley" as they are now young adults a tournament begins in their city and they feel they are called to accomplish something much greater in life. And in their own ways they will not stop until they have succeeded no matter what challenges, threats or obstacles come into their lives.
