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Can I survive in this palace ruled by greed and fear, surrounded by dangerous concubines? Sequel to Peony Elegy: No return.

Takahashi-kun feels that he was not kind to his girlfriend and wants her to smile again

Touko's life seemed so ordinary, until she got that call… At the scene of the accident, by the puddle of blood, a young maid appeared… could no one else see her? And then, around the corner, a cry for help from a silver-haired boy… The veils are being lifted and the truth is being revealed! [Wikipedia](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A9%E7%8D%84_-HEAVEN%27S_PRISON-)

This volume includes ten of Junji Ito’s short stories, as selected exclusively from the Shōgakukan publisher catalog and presented and accompanied with a gallery of six color illustrations. Stories: 1: Army of One / Billions Alone (Okuman Bocchi, 億万ぼっち) 2: The Human Chair (Ningen Isu, 人間椅子) A woman enters a furniture store in search of a chair, but the proprietor is all too eager to reveal its past... 3: Venus in the Blind Spot (Mouten no Venus, 盲点のビーナス) 4: The Licking Woman (Name Onna, 舐め女) 5: Umezz Kazuo and Me (Umezu-sensei to Watashi, 楳図先生と私) A oneshot that appeared in Monthly Spirits 2014-11 to celebrate Ito and Kazuo being in an interview together. 6: An Unearthly Love (Kono Yo no Hoka no Koi, この世のほかの恋) 7: How Love Came to Professor Kirida (Miirareta Kirida Kyouju, 魅入られた切田教授) 8: The Enigma of the Amigara Fault (Amigara Dansou no Kai, 阿彌陀羅断層の怪) 9: The Sad Tale of the Principal Post (Daikokubashira Hiwa, 大黒柱悲話) 10: Keepsake (Wasuregatami, 忘れ形見) Pin-up: 1: ''Kirie'' 2: ''Ningen Shikkaku no Onna-tachi'' Gallery: 1: ''Frankenstein in Innsmouth'' 2: ''Ningen Shikkaku'' 3: ''Uzumaki'' 4: ''Ningen Shikkaku''

Based on the game of the same name, a variety of authors and artists write a large offering of short stories starring the various characters featured in the game. The stories range from being lovingly heartfelt, packed full of comedy and gags or being downright evil or messed up sometimes! Note: These are NOT doujin. These are official comic anthologies licensed by Spike Chunsoft, the developers of the Danganronpa series.

27 year-old Ayukawa Yuuji is a mild-mannered biology researcher with a fiancée. After agreeing to being a test subject for a new drug, a young man breaks into his room and declares, "You're going to have my kid!" Yuuji suddenly finds himself the sole target of a lost race that turns into dinosaurs, an extremely scary woman with a Goddess-Complex, the yakuza, a mad scientist and one 17 year-old boy who really, really, really wants to sleep with him. Series: 1. Aragami no Ichizoku (4 volumes) 2. Daichi no Okite (2 volumes) 3. Genshi Sairai (10 volumes)

A 10-cent novel that was being serialized in a free newspaper was actually someone's afterword after murder!

Many children mysteriously disappear in 2005. This is called it the "Reasal Phenomenon." A few children came back with tails on their behinds. One of them was Hana Yamaguchi. Hana calls upon children with tails and creates the "Macro Cosmic Invincible Legion of Kids." These children can go freely back and forth from one world to another and with such special powers, they save missing children. But then, the Ali Troops invade this world. This is a fascinating science fiction drama about the wonders of the universe. –Kodanclub.com

A collection of short horror stories from the pages of Ciao Magazine. Story 01 - The Scream of Glass Story 02 - I Want The Lead Role Story 03 - Exciting Mysterious Club Story 04 - I Want To Be With You Forever Story 05 - Haunted Afternoon Story 06 - My Place In The World

Hyakkimaru is boy befallen and surrounded by tragedy. Before he was born, his father Daigo aspires to rule Japan and does so by making a pact with 48 majin. His side of the bargain? 48 of the body parts of his soon-to-be born son. Hyakkimaru, now a disfigured and horrid looking infant that can no longer be called human, is cast away by his family. Years later, Hyakkimaru, now a young man, makes it his life goal to hunt down the 48 majin and restore his body parts, having already gained some by the time we see him. Along this journey, he comes across a brat in danger who goes by Dororo. After being rescued, Dororo becomes a pest that Hyakkimaru can't seem to shake. With Dororo's cunning, and Hyakkimaru's wit, the two head off into a long and perilous journey. --- **Volumes 147-150 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

A different perspective on the zombie apocalypse.

Ritsu inherited his sixth sense from his grandfather, along with a demon guardian named Blue Storm. Strange things just seem to happen around these two, and it's left to them to get to the bottom of all these mysterious events. Each story is independent but features recurring characters you'll come to know and appreciate as they, each in their own way, try to deal with things 'not of this world'. Winner of Award for Excellence in 10th Annual Japan Media Arts Festival.

The manga will adapt Harumi Fujino's "Nanashi Series" online occult horror stories. The stories center on the protagonist Haru (a pseudonym for the author), and his friend Kyousuke "Nanashi" Nanashima, who possesses strange powers.

The master martial artist, Jinwoon, has already gone through two life cycles to defeat the menacing Lord of the Nine Heavenly Mercy Palace. In his first life, he couldn’t even come close to his goal. In his second life, he died just before he could put the long martial arts war to an end. Now in his third life, he wakes up ten years in the past as Seomun Bi, the second son of the Seomun Clan and the younger brother of the sword master, Seomun Hui. With his newfound resources, he begins his training to become the exalted God of War once more. Will he finally be able to destroy his great enemy in this life? --- - [Original Webtoon <Webtoon kakao>](https://webtoon.kakao.com/content/%ED%92%8D%EC%9A%B4%EC%A0%84%EC%8B%A0/2365) --- - [Official Simplified Chinese Translation](https://manga.bilibili.com/detail/mc28569) - [Official Japanese Translation](https://piccoma.com/web/product/48872)

Just like every spring and summer, Naoki and his sister Noriko are visiting their aunt Mikiko and cousin Takashi in the countryside in the spring of Naoki's 17th birthday. With its courtyard full of various flowers alongside its kind residents, the family home is, in the siblings' minds, an idyllic utopia. Naoki and Noriko's fantasies soon begin to crumble as tragedy brews around them. The gentle and kind Takashi, as if having turned into an entirely different person, becomes increasingly cruel and indifferent to his surroundings. As her son continues to spiral downward, Mikiko's anxieties take a turn for the worse. Amid this dire situation, Naoki tries to delve deeper into his family's dark and tragic past, hoping to find the reason behind Takashi's sudden change and prevent a catastrophe from taking place.

The word "Lore" means rumors, urban legends. That is, stories spread by word of mouth. The only ones who can reach "The Forest of Lore," a site that collects these stories, are the invited and all who have anything to do with this mysterious site are visited by misfortune. Eiko, after getting lost in the Forest of Lore, is now looking to see if there are any rumors about her school… Are they real, or are they fake?

Comicalization of eight short stories from the great American science fiction master, Ray Bradbury: The Lake: A man revisits his childhood home and recalls a friend who drowned in a lake during childhood. Jack in the Box: A boy lives with his mother in a vast secluded mansion. She raises him to be God after telling him his father, the original God, was killed by beasts outside. Homecoming: The main story concerning the Elliot family of vampires. It concerns their return to the ancestral home for a gathering and is seen through the eyes of Timothy, a mortal child left on their doorstep who longs to be like them. R is for Rocket: Also known as ''King of the Gray Spaces''. The Rocket Man: An astronaut's job keeps him away from home for long stretches of time, so he has little time with his wife and son, only visiting them for a period of three days at a time. The story is told from the perspective of the son, who holds an interest in becoming an astronaut too. The Fog Horn: A man and his boss are putting in a night's work at a remote lighthouse when the lighthouse's resonating fog horn attracts a sea monster who destroys the place. The Screaming Woman: A mystery/suspense story, describing a young girl who tries to procure help in digging up a woman buried in an empty lot. Come into My Cellar: Better known as ''Boys! Raise Giant Mushrooms in Your Cellar!'' There are many wondrous things that small boys can order from mail order catalogs.

As if it wasn't bad enough being haunted by the prospect of more overtime and looming deadlines, Tooru Seyama is working late alone (again) when an otherworldly presence makes itself known…

This Oneshot's about a delusional teacher that attacks students with a mutated creature, which is a combination of dissected frogs, called Dorn... In other words, it's a weird story but not necessarily in a good way.

A newly ordained priest named Theo Camming visits a rural town somewhere in Germany. However, his congregation gets attacked by Demoniacs and some of them had been humans. After being wounded, a female Blassreiter fighter arrives to save him and the rest of the village. However, she finds out that the priest was about to die.

Two girls go hunting for mermaids to win their true love. Featuring very nontraditional mermaids.

A collection of short comedy horror stories made by Kousuke Oono. 1. Hai Byouin (Abandoned Hospital) 2. Awase Kyou (Opposite Mirrors) 3. K.R.S 4. Taxi

The Communication Player (COMP) is a portable gaming system that can send and receive emails and surf the web. Kazuya Minegishi and his friends are each given a COMP by Kazuya's ominous hacker cousin, Naoya, who tells them they will need the devices to survive. Confused, the three think nothing of Naoya's warning and proceed to open up a strange "Laplace Email" in their inboxes. The email claims that someone will be brutally murdered, followed by a large explosion and a blackout that will take the entirety of Tokyo offline. They believe it to be a joke until the terrifying events unfold in front of their eyes. Shaken, the three soon learn that Naoya has loaded a demon summoning program onto their COMPs, which causes powerful demons to crawl out of their devices and attack them. When defeated, the same demons forge contracts with them and become their partners. Armed with the ability to summon demons and predict the future via email, the three friends fight to survive in their new, demon-infested reality. Along the way, they must uncover the truth behind the summoning program and what happens when they change their fates.

Collection of one-shots about zombies by various artists.

When the doomsday arrives, and the world gets dragged into chaos, zombies and monsters start appearing. The Earth gets turned into a game, humans become the lowest in the food pyramid, the prey for all superior beings. After struggling in the doomsday for three years, Kong Zhe returned back to the day doomsday arrived. He discovers that he has his memories of the past, but as time passes by he realizes that he has more cards to play than expected ....How will he survive in doomsday?

Midori's mother has finally acquired her dream home, but it isn't long before supernatural phenomena disrupt the peace of the family. And if unexplained electricity failures, strange phone calls, and the eerie presence of spirits weren't enough, finding unexplainable blood in the bathroom becomes the last straw. Mai and Shibuya Psychic Research are brought in to investigate, but what horrors will they find in the 'dream' home that turns out to be nothing but a nightmare?

The older brother, imprisoned by his sister, dies just as he escapes and is reincarnated in another world! He thought he had been freed from his demonic sister, but now she too has been reincarnated in the same world…? --- **Links:** - [WN Raw](https://ncode.syosetu.com/n7437dj) - [Alternative Raw Source](https://seiga.nicovideo.jp/comic/50051)

A collection of short shounen-ai stories by Mizushiro Setona, all connected by the theme of plantlife. [STORY 01] (English Title) Breakfast (Japanese Title) ブレックファスト (Romaji Title) Burekkufasuto The tale of a boy who displays the symptoms of man-eating syndrome. [STORY 02] (English Title) The Tale of the Ring (Japanese Title) 指輪物語 (Romaji Title) Yubiwa Monogatari The tale of two boys who are dating each other and mutually hiding the fact that both are dating their teacher, who frets because a ring has been lost. [STORY 03] (Japanese Title) Honey β The tale of a flower that blooms by inhaling memories. But even if our memories are taken from us, some precious things are never forgotten. "I don't fear losing my memory if I can feel this way again tomorrow…" [STORY 04] (English Title) Undying Illness (Japanese Title) フジノヤマイ (Romaji Title) Fuji no Yamai See "Mister Mermaid," [chapter 2](https://mangadex.org/chapter/dbb15179-44e0-4e5c-9d99-f6f877ef514c/1). [STORY 05] (English Title) Aconite (Japanese Title) トリカブト (Romaji Title) Torikabuto

Hiro and Tsukasa discover a man-made fissure in their shrine's nodule in the countryside. A spark of curiosity takes their normal lives away from them. Their existences are erased from the world while doppelgangers take their place. The story of 5 childhood friends as they attempt to take back what was theirs.