Don't let go of your lamp or get close to the darkness.
Since ancient times, there have been spirits of darkness in this town. They dwell in the darkness. The "lamps of darkness," whose flames are made of human souls, live in their hand.
We are afraid of the darkness because the spirits of darkness quietly rob humans of their souls from the shadows. Countless human souls have been made into their flames.
You too, be careful so that you won't have your soul robbed.
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.
我的王子殿下 ; Min majestetiske prins(Norwegian) ; Ang Aking Prinsipe (Filipino)
Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Shoujo, Supernatural
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October 28, 2023
From Aria:
Tsubomi's mother left the world of sprites for the human world long ago. Tsubomi has always wanted to know why she chose to stay there and not return. When an accident strands Tsubomi in the human world, will she be able to find out what happened to her mother and return home?
From Intercross & Shoujo Crusade:
Yuzu has always been a tomboy so she is worried that other girls will make fun of her underwear during the class trip. Without a second thought she asks her male friend, Ken, to help her chose better lingerie. However, right after this, Yuzu can't understand why she can't act like usual around him anymore.
Desirous Seventeen; Nakahara Babies; Ohisama no Hana; Stardust Flower; Sweet Home (TAKANASHI Mitsuba); The Flowers of the Sun; おひさまの花
Romance, Shoujo
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October 19, 2023
A collection of short stories by the mangaka of "The Devil Does Exist" ("Akuma de Sourou").
Story 01 The Flowers of the Sun (Ohisama no Hana): High school girl Nakayama Tomiko is in love with Kan's smile, which is "just like the sun." Tomiko is more than happy just to see him when he smiles like that. She used to think she'd even love the boy himself if she could be close to him or be his girlfriend, but...!?
Story 02 Desirous Seventeen
Story 03 Sweet Home
Story 04 Stardust Flower
Story 05 Nakahara Babies
海に堕ちるツバメ ; 海に墜ちるツバメ ; A Swallow Falling into the Sea
Mystery, Shoujo
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October 18, 2023
From WoC Scans:
Collection of mysterious stories by Chie Shinohara, a great artist of suspense manga.
Story 01 Part 01 & 02: 海に堕ちるツバメ (Umi ni Ochiru Tsubame - Swallow Falling into the Sea)
Masako Minase, a scriptwriter, was murdered by Shiki Morimura, her rival in the same profession. Shiki was sure that she had destroyed evidence completely. However, someone who knew the truth appeared, and tried to get Shiki in his power. Is it a mysterious spot or unhappy desire that lurks in her mind?
It was also published in Akatsuki ni Tatsu Lion (bunkoban version)
Story 02: 記憶の足音 (Kioku no Ashioto - The Footsteps of Memory)
This is the story about Shouko and the almost tragic moment that changed her life and emotions ...
It was also published in Akatsuki ni Tatsu Lion (bunkoban version).
Story 03: 死刑台の72時間 (Shikeidai no 72-jikan - 72 hours of death stand)
Five young people receives a letter saying that they murdered someone and they must go to the address in the letter if they don't want other people to found out. They all find themselves in a old European house, where a crazy lady tells them that one of them is a murder and if that murder don't confess in 72 hours, they will all die.
It was also published in Toubou Kyuukou (bunkoban version).
From Viz:
It is the middle of the 21st century and Tokyo is expanding more and more, filling Tokyo Bay with landfill to make room for the bursting population. But suddenly Tokyo suffers one of its greatest earthquakes, and the landfill liquefies, creating untold damage in the newly-made urban area. The members of Self-Defense Force Rescue Squad Four are sent to help. But what they dig up is a plot of murder and destruction--one that wipes out nearly the entire squad and leaves its two surviving members, the fierce Rei and her cool, handsome partner Uozumi, in a fight for their lives.
There is only one place where they can find the work that keeps them alive, and the support so they can start uncovering the mystery that killed their squad: that's in the south-Shinjuku bar called Chicago. As the earthquake levels Japan's largest city and capital and leaves countless dead, rescue workers, Rei and Uozumi, search for survivors amidst the rubble of Bay District D only to find a mysterious string of dead bodies--bodies with bullet holes. Without warning, the pair is under fire from the air as a hail of gunfire rains down. Are these the killers, and if so, what is their purpose? Barely escaping with their lives, Rei and Uozumi discover that their squad is listed only as "collateral damage" and their records wiped clean.
From Starry Heaven:
Meru Tachibana, 12 years old. She's just returned back to Tokyo after 7 years of training with her father, who thought she was a boy! Now Meru is stronger than most guys, and she's doing her best to make sure that people don't find out, or else her chances of making friends is ruined! However, a group of eighth graders seem insistant on making that impossible, as they break the rules and pick on the weak. Will Meru be able to stop them as the new student council president without appearing to be a "Monster Melt King" as her mother has warned?
High-school student Wakamori Asako has always been watching Sakura from the athletic department after she comes home from school. One day, however, Asako comes across a snail...who can talk! The snail is actually her schoolmate Kajiwara Atsushi, an omnipotent athlete with excellent grades whom the girls treat like a celebrity. However, stress causes Atsushi to turn into a snail. Asako becomes a "snail helper" to aid Atsushi while he is in this form, but she might cause Sakura to misunderstand...
