Sakurai Mikito is a wimp who is constantly bullied and never fights back, as he doesn't want to hurt others.This all changes when a mysterious sphere enters him - Zakuro. He soon begins to feel different feeling desires to eat... humans. Is he still human, or will he succumb to his desires and fully become a monster?
"Find the doll maker, and take the puppet!" That was the cryptic message that was sent to Nimiya when her grandfather passed away. Yet the mission is not as straightforward as it seems. Just who is behind the Shikigami insurgence, and what are they after? And will Nimiya and the electrician be able to stop them before it's too late?
I Want to Live On...; もっと、生きたい…; もっと、生きたい… マーガレット編; Motto, Ikitai...
Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Shoujo, Tragedy
23
0
1
May 18, 2024
The world is a cruel and confusing place for Mayumi. At the age of thirteen she lost her parents in a car accident. Unable to deal with the overwhelming sadness, hatred, and anger, she only wished she could stop feeling altogether.
Then, five years later, her sister becomes the first target of an incredibly bizarre incident. The victims in this incident lose a body part, without blood loss, after receiving a text message simply indicating the specific body part. The texts appear to come from Mayumi's sister's ex-boyfriend Kanno, but he claims to not be the culprit.
Mayumi works with him to solve the case, but is he truly innocent? Or is the crime related in some convoluted way to the suicide of Kanno's fiance years ago? Or is it related to an unfinished AI program he was writing which may have broken free? And even if this incident is resolved, will Mayumi ever be able to truly heal emotionally amidst the pointless cruelty of the world?
Manhole ~Nou wo Kurau Kiseichuu~; マンホール; マンホール 〜脳を喰らう寄生虫〜
Horror, Mystery, Seinen
42
0
1
May 18, 2024
From Illuminati-Manga:
What do two Japanese detectives, a naked man on a city street, and a roundworm from Botswana all have in common? In the first volume of Manhole, Ken Mizoguchi and Nao Inoue investigate a string of bloody and mysterious murders, but their work uncovers a deadly biological agent which poses a threat of epidemic proportions. An unlikely lead starts them in the pursuit of a mysterious self-titled photographer, but meanwhile the infections keep spreading. The series may be best described as the thrilling combination of a detective story with biological horror.
A Record of Ryoko's Psychic Events; Ryoko's Records of Appearances of Spirits; Ryouko's Case-Book of Spirits; Spiritual Incident File of Ryoko; 陵子の心霊事件簿
Ryouko Midorikawa is a girl in her first year of high school. One day the cat she had raised and loved for 15 years suddenly dies. Although Pow hated water, he died drowning. Ryouko is lost in questions about the cause of his death. But from that night on, terrible things start happening everywhere around her!
A poignant and intelligent collection of short stories linked to the progression of the seasons. 6 stories:
1. Soft Shell
2. Falling In Love With The Sky
3. One Piece (The Dress)
4. The Name Of Water
5. Tough
6. Wind Grass Child
He's from an impresive clan. His bloodline is impressive but he's not. Having been thrown out of his home, Ryosonuke lives as a sort of tradesman. After recieving a vampire doll from his sempai his spilt blood wakes it up and with the death of his sempai he also aquires a meat eating girl. The two girls help Ryosonuke to control the monster that lurks in his blood as different individuals come after him for various reasons.
Tales of Moonlight and Rain; Ugetsu Monogatari; Tales of the Pale and Silvery Moon After the Rain; 雨月物語
Historical, Horror, Josei, Mystery, Supernatural
26
0
1
May 15, 2024
From Aerandria Scans:
“Tales of Moonlight and Rain†is a collection of classical Japanese horror/suspense stories. The stories are simple, but abundant with traditional fictional Japanese characters, such as the half-man half-bird Tengu, white serpents, fantastic carps, goblins and restless ghosts, driven by love or hatred.
そのときティナは過去を見た ; ブランシェ ; 残酷な童話たち ; 舞台裏の魔術師 ; Backstage Mage ; Blanche ; Conte de Fée Cruel (French) ; Cruel Fairy Tales ; Cruel Fairytales ; Sonotoki Tina wa Kako wo Mita
Drama, Horror, Mystery, Shoujo, Tragedy
23
0
1
May 14, 2024
Martin disguises himself as a servant of a rich household going around finding his long lost sister. Apparently when they were young, he and sister had tried to run away from home, but they ran into the forest only to find an unexpected gruesome scene - women were hanged on the trees. Both siblings were traumatise and the younger sister ran away. Thus, when Martin got older he appealed to find his sister. Many young girls came but only to turn out to be impostors, only wanting his wealth, thus in the end being killed in a similar way. But one of them turns out to be Martin's real sister.
Also contains three other one-shots.
• Blanche -
Blanche's life was perfect. Her father, the mayor, was rich and she got everything she wanted. But one day her house blows up and she's left as the only survivor with no money at all. She vows revenge on the person who blew the house up and plans it with a strange boy she meets...
• Backstage Mage -
Lying on the floor after being beaten by his father, Aleister's mother died after saying "I will be reborn. Wait for me until then" and leaving him her precious ring. 17 years later Aleister bumps into a girl and the ring reacts...
• Sonotoki Tina wa Kako wo Mita
*The third oneshot is not yet scanlated
Doctor Mephisto is a man who is as skillful and handsome as he is mysterious and terrifying. He can cure any illness, heal fatal injuries, transform lead to gold, summon vicious monsters to do his bidding and perhaps even...revive the dead!?
From MangaHelpers:
A collection of five spooky stories:
1) Tenchi Shinmei: Asuna Shio is a teenage girl with a very strong perception of the spirit world and has a shrineless god as a companion. One day, Shio's classmate is seen vanishing into a mirror. She reappears afterward, but seems changed for the worse in terms of personality. What has happened to her?
2) Gekkouchou ~Hyaku-nen no Koi~: A two-tailed tiger-striped cat is taken in by a girl called Mitsu and given the name Torakichi. Torakichi is no ordinary cat, and the love and tragedy between them may be strong enough to transcend a simple lifetime.
3) Friend Doll: Mizuno Sachi spends almost all of her time studying, thanks to her demanding parents, and she doesn't really have friends. There's a boy she likes at school, but it seems impossible to get close to him. Suddenly, her stuffed bunny, Mimi, starts showing up in her dreams to advise her through her teenage life. But what is Mimi's motivation for all this help?
4) Tonari no Yomi-san: There's an urban legend about a girl who killed herself as a teenager, "Yomi-san," due to her insecurity over her appearance. Supposedly, her father stuffed her body, and, in her quest to become beautiful, the body seeks to take parts from pretty girls. At one school, several pretty girls have been mysteriously injured. Could the culprit be the dead girl, Yomi-san?
5) Oni no Sumu Shima: Saki moves out to a rural area, where she has no friends. In her loneliness, she goes out to an uninhabited island, where she meets a new possible friend. He's a demon, but as Saki gets to know him, she finds him less and less frightening... [tethysdust]
Shinohara Chie - The Best Selection; Shinohara Chie the Best Selection; Shinohara Chie: The Best Selection; The Best Selection of Chie Shinohara; 篠原千絵 The Best Selection
Volume 1
1. Kootta Natsu no Hi
It was also published in Kootta Natsu no Hi and Shinohara Chie Kessakushuu 4.
2. Yasashii Satsujinsha (Kind Killer).
It was also published in Soshite Gokai no Suzu ga naru and Shinohara Chie Kessakushuu 1.
3. Houmonsha wa Mayonaka ni... (Someone in the Dark...)
A Midnight Visitor: Masami finished summer camp and returned home. However, her mother and brother are nowhere to be seen. Only a mysterious shadow follows Masami...?!
It was also published in Soshite Gokai no Suzu ga naru and Shinohara Chie Kessakushuu 1.
4. Mokugekisha ni Sayounara
It was also published in Soshite Gokai no Suzu ga naru and Shinohara Chie Kessakushuu 2.
5. Weekend no Joutaijou
It was also published in Kootta Natsu no Hi and Shinohara Chie Kessakushuu 3.
6. Nemuru Machi
It was also published in Soshite Gokai no Suzu ga naru and Shinohara Chie Kessakushuu 2.
Volume 2
1. Jisatsushitsu Room Number 404
It was also published in Kootta Natsu no Hi and Shinohara Chie Kessakushuu 3.
2. Soshite 5-kai no Suzu ga Naru (The Bell Rings 5 Times - When the Bell Rings)
It was also published in Soshite Gokai no Suzu ga Naru and Shinohara Chie Kessakushuu 3.
3. Crystal Doll
It was also published in Soshite Gokai no Suzu ga Naru and Shinohara Chie Kessakushuu 2.
4. Fuyu no Hana wa Chinkon Hana
It was also published in Soshite Gokai no Suzu ga Naru and Shinohara Chie Kessakushuu 2.
5. Akai Densetsu
It was also published in Soshite Gokai no Suzu ga Naru and Shinohara Chie Kessakushuu 2.
Stories included in this volume:
1. Mishiranu Machi (見知らぬ街) (Date:1989)
A group of teenagers went on a summer holiday and had a car accident. The woke up and found the whole city was empty. How can they escape the eerie place? But more importantly, can they really all go back?
Note:
It has been suggested that MATSUMOTO Yoko traced some of her panels of this stroy from Birthday Present (MIYAWAKI Akiko).
2. Youkoso Mystery Tour e (ようこそミステリーツアーへ)
In the summer holiday, a 15 year old girl Kana went on a vacation on an island, when a certain hotel giving out invitation to join a treasure hunt event with only a ridiculously impossible map to read. With a group of four along with her cousin Riku who can't handle transportation, her little brother Takashi who likes mystery and her brother's girlfriend Natsuki, the group join the event, meeting suspicious people and witnessing unexplainable occurences. Can they find the treasure? Is there any hidden agenda from the hotel owner by making such an event?
3. A wa Akuma no A (アは悪魔のア)
An almost dead man entrusted a Devil statue to Riku, a 15 year old boy. Before they realized, Kana, Riku, Takashi and Natsuki were already involved in an adventure involving antiques, cops, a devil in disguise, an angel in custody, and a cold blooded killer.
Dororo is a thriller manga, which revolves around a ronin during the Sengoku period. He was born malformed, limbless and without facial features or internal organs. This was the result of his birth father daimyo Daigo Kagemitsu forging a pact with 48 sealed demons so that he might rule the world. In return, he promised the demons could each obtain a piece of his unborn child's body. This enabled them to roam free and commit atrocities along the countryside.
After his mother was forced to set him adrift on the river, lest he be killed by his father, the infant was subsequently found and raised by Dr. Honma, a medicine man who used healing magic and alchemical methods to give the child prostheses crafted from the remains of children who had died in the war. The boy became nearly invincible against any mortal blow as a result of the prostheses and healing magic. Grafted into his left arm was a very special blade that a travelling storyteller presented to Dr. Honma, believing it was fated to be within his possession given that ever since the boy had been discovered, the doctor had been visited by goblins. As revealed in a short tale about the blade's origin, the blade had been forged out of vengeance to kill goblins as well as other supernatural entities.
After the doctor was forced to send him on his way because he was attracting demons, the young man learned from a ghostly voice of the curse that had be set upon him at birth and that by killing the demons responsible he could reclaim the stolen pieces of his body and thus regain his humanity. Across his travels, he earned the name "Hyakkimaru" (????) among other names for his inhuman nature. On one such hunt of a demon, Hyakkimaru came across a young orphan thief named Dororo who thereafter travels by his side through the war-torn countryside.
Wandering the packed tunnels of Shinjuku Station, famous author Yosuke Mikura makes a strange discovery: a seemingly homeless drunk woman who can quote French poetry. Her name is Barbara. He takes her home for a bath and a drink, and before long Barbara has made herself into Mikura's shadow, saving him from egotistical delusions and jealous enemies. But just as Mikura is no saint, Barbara is no benevolent guardian angel, and Mikura grows obsessed with discovering her secrets, tangling with thugs, sadists, magical curses and mythical beings - all the while wondering whether he himself is still sane.
Still in her early twenties, beautiful Toshiko Tomura has won the Akutagawa Prize for her story "The Book of Human Insects." The great honor is not her first: she has previously won the New York Design Academy Award, before which she was the lead actress of an established theatrical troupe. Yet, while the media go abuzz, the woman in the limelight slips away from the metropolis; what the sole paparazzo who manages to trail her to an abandoned country house witnesses is an immobile figure of an old woman and the star herself, naked, in a reverie as bizarre as it is erotic...
Jiro Tenge (???? Tenge Jir??), one of the eldest sons of the moderately wealthy Tenge family, has become an agent working for the United States, and his secret murders are discovered by Ayako Tenge (???? Tenge Ayako?), his youngest sister. This problem is aggravated by her discovery of terrible incestuous affairs in her own family; the wife of her older brother is actually her mother, who has to frequently have sex with Ayako's father, the family patriarch Sakuemon. To hide these secrets, the family—under pressure from Sakuemon and his eldest son Ichiro—decides to keep Ayako locked up in the basement for the rest of her life.
Despite the efforts of her mother and younger brother Shiro, she lives for nearly two dozen years under the family's house, while great political and social changes occur above her. Ayako eventually leaves the basement after growing into a beautiful and attractive woman, and seeks affection from others while remaining terrified of the outside world. This sets off a chain reaction of events which spells tragedy for the Tenge family.
This is a collection of bizarre images, shorts, and short stories. One of the most notable stories involves a young girl whose sick-seeming friend insists that she be taken to the ocean. Without asking any questions, she enlists the help of a random passing driver to fulfill her friend's strange wish. The reason for it will end up being stranger than she could have guessed! Another story involves a young girl whose older sister has an illness that has left her asleep for 8 years. One day, her older sister wakes up, and the two share their first real day together.
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."
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.
This manga follows the unfortunate life of an extraordinary swordsman - Inoko Gennosuke.
Gennosuke was born into a social group called 'buraku' that was considered to be the filth of society, and because of that he was forced to live a life of misery.
Manga adaptation of Dante Alighieri's classic work "The Divine Comedy".
Note: This scanlation comes from the paperback version that came out after the original. The original has 3 volumes.
The Apocalypse of Devilman - STRANGE DAYS; Devil Man Mokushiroku; Devilman Mokushiroku - STRANGE DAYS; Strange Days - The Apocalypse of Devilman; デビルマン黙示録STRANGE DAYS
Action, Horror, Seinen, Supernatural, Tragedy
48
0
1
April 26, 2024
Some more stuff to add to the Devilman mythos. This is Kinutani Yuu's second story about Nagai Gou's work.
From Kawaii Corner:
The strangers clad in black clothes in the organization "Death Edge". Their goal is to murder "Angels". These so called "Angels" have killed enough people to fill the park, for the sake of thrill and adrenaline; These dark fallen Angels have landed on Earth.
In a different world than the one we live in, a world where Japan is the lone superpower of the world, there is a wildly popular game show called the National Quiz. Every night, people dreaming of riches, fame, vengeance, and happiness compete on the show, for the chance to be granted a wish, any wish they have: the National Quiz has the power to make your wildest dreams come true. It also has the ability, if you lose, to make your life a living hell.
This is the story of K-i K-ichi (aka prisoner KK47331), a former actor-turned losing National Quiz contestant-turned wildly popular host of the show, and the people and events surrounding him.
Tsutsui Yukitaka was a freshman who had just entered a high school, and he was hoped to be a good baseball player. When he moved to a new apartment, there was a man in the room. He said he was an alien and lost his memory.
Actually, he was the first prince of Planet Dogra, and he was the man who had the best brain and the worst nature.
From Chinatown KM: 17 year old Qianchun, gets lost in a place deep in the mountains when his classmates pull a prank. Later, he finds out that there is a ghost story about a hotel in the mountains, about a mother and her son...
Read this manhua from left to right!
From MangaHelpers:
A terrible creature has been plaguing the community: a man with a fishbowl for a head. When he attacks someone, the goldfish leaps out of his bowl and drinks their blood. The victim is irreversibly transformed into a goldfish! This terrible crime has happened to high-schooler Kousuke's little sister. With no other option, he takes care of his goldfish-sister as best he can.
One day, he comes across a strange girl named Ringo, who wears a school swimsuit, carries an umbrella, and keeps a gun hanging around her neck. Ringo is an apprentice blood diver, and the gun is her way of shooting herself into the wounds of the fishbowl man's victims. If she can get to them in time, she can prevent them from turning into goldfish. Ringo's mentor, Ichigo, says that she's heard of a way to turn people back from goldfish into humans. Kousuke is determined to help Ringo find a way to help his sister and the loved ones of his friends at school who have met the same fishy fate! [tethysdust]
A story about "Deathco", a young girl who's good at killing, and not much else. She works for a secretive, international league of assassins known only as "The Guild", who infamously dress in costumes when they hunt their targets. Amazon: The curtains open for this Comic Noir brought to you by a demon child from the manga world. The ultra pop dark heroine descends upon this boring bullshit world causing havoc wherever she roams and her name is... This manga demon child blasts through the conventions of genres and world boundaries as Kaneko Atsushi lets loose a comic that captures the "now" and starts a new Comic Noir series.
A port town where the Mafia actively operates behind the scenes.
Gohongi is a young man who has come back to this to place where he was born after many years and finds a job working at a video rental store, which also becomes his new home.
It is here that he begins to live with a young girl named Mei and a homosexual by the name of Katsura.
But both of them are members of the Mafia group, Lovely Town.
And fifteen-year-old-Mei is a ruthless hitman.
There have been rumors that the struggles between Mafia factions are becoming more intense.
Still not able to completely grasp the situation, Gohongi winds up getting dragged into a world of trouble...
After being kidnapped by the cult Gorgom, Kotaro Minami were submitted to a mutant surgery with the purpose of becoming the candidates for the next Gorgom Devil King. Kotaro escaped and turned against Gorgom as Kamen Rider Black.
Itou Seita was supposed to be an ordinary college student, but suddenly he found himself in an anime-like situation when 5 girls alien, little sister, childhood friend, tsundere, and fiance showed up in his apartment and decided to start living with him. Is this your typical harem or is there something else going on behind the scenes?
A formerly popular but now disgraced and unemployed seiyuu/idol Hira**** Aya gets a generous proposal to voice the lead part, magical girl Killemall, in a mysterious animation company production. But is that company harboring certain secrets?
Finally, how do these two stories connect together to lead to a perfect harem ending?
Also, contains 5 extra short stories.
ブギーポップは笑わない ; Boogiepop Never Laughs ; Boogiepop wa Warawanai
Drama, Horror, Mystery, School Life, Supernatural
23
1
1
December 5, 2023
This prequel to the very popular Boogiepop Phantom series deals with the sudden disappearance of several female students at Shinyo Academy. Are they runaways, abductees or murder victims? Couple this mystery with the sudden appearance of a mysterious apparition known only as Boogiepop, and even more questions arise in the mind of Keiji, a student who can see and converse with the strange spectre. Who or what is Boogiepop? Is he responsible for the abductions or is he trying to stop them? Why does he have the appearance of Keji's girlfriend, Touka?
