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(from ebookjapan): A collection of George Akiyama's masterpieces, including eight heart-wrenching masterpieces and shocking problem stories. Jun, an innocent boy who loves his dog Jiro, is asked by his mother to find a pair of sandals that Jiro seems to have hidden. Jun orders Jiro to look for the sandal, but Jiro somehow brings Dostoevsky's "The Brothers Karamazov" with him. ......?

This is an anthology of short comics. It documents all of the amazing thoughts I’ve had based in this city. Even though it’s just a drop, or just a rumour, I’ve done my best to make them interesting. I hope you’ll like it.

Yu Yang had never thought the world could harbor something as bizarre as evil babies. But meeting Zhang Cheng changed everything. The man who nurtured him and tended to his every need was, in truth, his greatest enemy. Now, Yu Yang faces an impossible choice: should he kill him?

Sasaki, a member of an occult club, is told by his junior colleague Kurihara about the existence of a certain blog. The blog has many “pictures” drawn by the blogger's wife, “Yuki”. A chilling story that unravels the mystery hidden in nine pictures! When the mystery is solved, all the incidents will be connected. ___ **Additional Links:** - [Official X](https://x.com/uketsu_hennae)

With the rising tide of steam power and machinery, who can come close to being a Beyonder? Shrouded in the fog of history and darkness, who or what is the lurking evil that murmurs into our ears? Waking up to be faced with a string of mysteries, Zhou Mingrui finds himself reincarnated as Klein Moretti in an alternate Victorian era world where he sees a world filled with machinery, cannons, dreadnoughts, airships, difference machines, as well as Potions, Divination, Hexes, Tarot Cards, Sealed Artifacts… The Light continues to shine but mystery has never gone far. Follow Klein as he finds himself entangled with the Churches of the world—both orthodox and unorthodox—while he slowly develops newfound powers thanks to the Beyonder potions. Like the corresponding tarot card, The Fool, which is numbered 0—a number of unlimited potential—this is the legend of "**The Fool**." --- **Updated Monthly**: 1st & 15th

"I like you!" Beyond the world we live in lies a place called the Garden, inhabited by otherworldly divine beings known as Plantus. An ordinary human named Lee Lumi happens to encounter Aleph, an incomplete Plantus who has arrived in this world. Having read "The Little Prince," Aleph claims she came in search of "a one-of-a-kind friend." Reluctantly, Lumi agrees to be her friend. But soon after, a figure who looks exactly like Aleph appears, calling Lumi a "gardener" and acting as though they've known each other for a long time. Meanwhile, a suspicious professor seems to know far too much about Aleph and the Plantus. As Lumi digs deeper, she begins to notice eerie similarities between the Plantus and the stories on SPR Institute, a paranormal website supposedly dedicated to protecting humanity.

Harumi Sawa is an ordinary high school student finds himself at odds with Ayako Kawahori, a girl who has recently transferred into his school. Not only does he become drawn to her bizarre stench, he also begins to pay close attention to her seemingly odd behavior. After being reminded of harpies - the half-woman, half-bird beasts of Greek mythology - during a lesson in class, Sawa begins to think Kawahori might actually be one of those mythological beasts herself. [*Further reading on the title one-shot*](https://yamagishi-ryoko.hatenablog.com/entry/2020/01/25/001908) Ryoko Yamagishi presents a one-shot compilation with many of her recurring themes, such as mythology and human nature, with horror, comedy, mystery, and the everyday. Self-absorbed leads are also a unifying element in this compilation. Also contains: - **A Visitor From the Rain** (雨の訪問者, Ame no Houmonsha): Itoi is an office lady who's getting up there in years, yet is perfectly content with being single. One day, as the rainy season suddenly arrives, she comes home to a little girl she has never seen before in her apartment... - **Undine** (ウンディーネ): Okada comes to Hokkaido to do some wildlife photography at a pond for his publisher. Okada is known for his standoffish, antisocial disposition, but that begins to change upon saving a beautiful girl, one who evokes the image of the titular aquatic spirit. - **Strawberry Night Night** (ストロベリー・ナイト・ナイト): The ravings and commentary of one woman at a mental institution on those around her who are also lost in their madness.

When Gaku lands on the Galapagos Islands, a paradise is the last thing he'll be experiencing. With creatures undergoing horrific evolutions, only one rule still stands--the survival of the fittest!

A weakly ill boy, after knowing that he had cancer, faced a zombie outbreak. His normal life became hell, his family and crush were attacked by the zombies, but shockingly, after the boy was infected, a miraculous change occurred…

Something strange is going on in "Soil New Town." The sudden disappearance of a seemingly normal family leads the two detectives Yokoi and Onoda to the idyllic town in the middle of nowhere. What looks like a routine case at first quickly turns into a complex and deadly riddle where nothing is what it seems to be. Will the two desperate investigators manage to solve the mystery before it's too late?

Paranoia Street‘s story follows the fantastically absurd exploits of a wannabe detective and his female assistant who roam the Japanese countryside looking for work. Each chapter has them arriving at a new town plagued by some bizarre problem that would make [Soil](https://mangadex.org/title/170) look like an oasis of sanity.

Scary stories tend to hide what's truly within an author's heart. What exactly could this truth be, as it comes to light between author and listener...? Frightening yet gentle, eerie yet warm. A new and exciting therapeutic horror story takes the stage! (Source: MangaPlus)

Based on the novel by Kaminaga Manabu. Shinrei Tantei Yakumo (Psychic Detective Yakumo) tells a story about a college student, Saitou Yakumo, who was born with different eye colors. His red left eye gave him the special ability to see ghosts and spirits. He believes ghosts and spirits are bound to earth because of a certain 'cause' and simply by eliminating that 'cause', those spirits will rest in peace. Being asked for help by Ozawa Haruka, together they began the investigation. Adapted from the novel series of the same name. The problem is that nobody knows if the book's power is enough to save two people, and neither is willing to share with the other. --- Official Release: - Indonesian release by m&c! Comics (2012) ---

Aotsuki Ushio's family maintains a Shinto temple in Japan, where 500 years ago, his samurai ancestor battled a demon to a standstill, and eventually trapped him against a rock using a blessed spear called the "Beast Spear". While cleaning out the temple storage, Ushio accidentally unseals the chamber the demon, later named Tora by Ushio, was trapped in. Initially, Ushio wisely refuses to remove the spear pinning the monster down, as Tora unwisely makes the strategic blunder of mentioning that the first thing he would do upon being freed would be to devour Ushio; but Tora's unsealed presence attracts various demons to the premises, and Ushio is forced to free Tora in exchange for his help. The two later realize that they make a perfect team, despite the latter's reservations to eating the former. - **Won the Shogakukan Manga Award for Shonen in 1992** - **Won the Seiun Award for Best Comic in 1997** --- **Officially Published:** - In Italian by [Star Comics](https://starcomics.com/testate-fumetti/ushio-e-tora-perfect-edition) --- **Links:** - [Author's Twitter](https://twitter.com/ufujitakazuhiro?lang=ja) - [1992 OVAs on ANN](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=237) - [Anime Season 1 on ANN](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=16754) - [Anime Season 2 on ANN](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=17232)

I was going to confess to the male god, but a strange man slammed in through the window. Why is this arrogant man, who calls himself a demon prince, forcing me to live with him and ordering me to be his personal maid?! There is no way I’d take him in, I’m so angry!

When our protagonist came to an abandoned house to commit suicide, the house owner may have something to say about that.

“Enter the Island of Death or die?” As I was skipping school on the rooftop, I was coerced by a creepy clown who appeared out of nowhere. But of course, I choose what anyone else would, The Island of Death. But what I didn’t except, was it to be dangerous. With treacherous foreign pavilions, silent villages, a gloomy looking church… Ugh, just out with it already!

In the era of hunting with spears made of wood and stone, in some tribes, talented young people were killed by fighting and killing their prey with "monkeys". Respecting the sun god, they waited for the son of the sun god to appear with a crossed star on his forehead, who would one day take him to the "land of the rising sun." One day, as in the prophecy, a boy appears...

A fairly close manga adaptation of George Orwell's Animal Farm, serialized in Weekly Shonen Magazine. A tale of the rise and fall of a society farm animals form after they overthrow their owner. Animals toil and suffer on Manor Farm, owned by the cruel and careless Mr. Jones. One night, Old Major, an elder pig on the farm, has a fantastic dream one night, of which he informs all the other animals; one where animals overthrow the human race, and the fruits of their labor are made theirs to keep. Though he dies not long after, the animals are emboldened with his vivid visions of a potential future - and one day, through a fierce uprising, they take ownership of the farm from Mr. Jones. Manor Farm - now renamed Animal Farm - maintains itself under an ideology known as Animalism, built upon Old Major's dream and stances regarding humans. However, tension is high, and different parties have their own intentions about the fate of Animal Farm...

Tanaka Takeshi is isekai'ed… and leaves his common sense behind.

Malice, Ignorance, and Urban Legends --. The crossroads of music and the story of darkness corrupting people!! Nagisa, a girl living in a fierce environment, both at home and school. Through music, she got addicted to the people on the internet. One day, she walked past a mysterious girl at the train station she usually goes to, and the world around her changed. What she wandered into, is exactly the infamous 'Kisaragi Station', an urban tale popular among internet forums. As she fights against the monsters after her, what is the truth unraveling in front of her that makes her want to look away...?!

Miyu amid the war with awakening Japanese Shinma. (First part: Miyu and the war against Western Shinma)

In a world torn apart by an apocalypse, two lonely little girls chance upon a strange video. To their surprise and joy, a girl with long black hair named Sadako climbs out of the TV... But little do they know that Sadako is a vengeful ghost who will kill them in a week! In order to help their new friend, these two sweet, innocent girls begin a journey to the end of the world to look for more victims friends. Can their bond with Sadako help her find peace and finally break the curse? Or will this tale have a tragic ending...? --- Inspired by the character from the novel Ring (リング) by Suzuki Koji.

For some strange reason, Itadori Yuuji, despite his insane athleticism, would rather just hang out with the Occult Club. However, he soon finds out that the occult is as real as it gets when his fellow club members are attacked! Meanwhile, the mysterious Fushiguro Megumi is tracking down a special-grade cursed object, and his search leads him to Itadori… ___ **Alt Official English:** [VIZ](https://www.viz.com/shonenjump/chapters/jujutsu-kaisen)

Seventeen year old Aya is the perfect high school student. Good grades, popular and sports prodigy. She is looking forward to summer break as her pen pal has invited her to his family ranch, but one day on the way home from school she hears a voice calling her name from....

The young boy, Haku, a loner in this vast world, harbors a small love for his enigmatic childhood friend, Miriam—the only person who ever truly saw him. However, the girl he loves bears a mysterious fate, being relentlessly targeted by the rulers of the land. To protect her from the looming threats, the boy forms a pact with an ancient artifact. Despite the toll it takes on his body, he annihilates those who dare harm her, one after another. Unbeknownst to him, their fragile, wounded love is slowly being consumed by the overwhelming darkness of the world. Guided by a bizarre and mysterious “mask” passed down through the ages, this is a transformative dark fantasy tale.

A strange woman’s video message made me miss my girlfriend’s date. Has my father who died in the fire reappeared? Retired firefighters are infected with the “otherworldly virus”. Could it be an evolution or mutation catalyst? The mysterious Solomon girl, the stunning assassin demon hunter, as well as ghouls, Taoist priests, and immortals. The major sects and factions are ready to move, and the mysterious Creator is planning to rule the world again… Who is plotting all of this?