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A collection of 4 short stories with horror/disturbing/suspense themes 1) Shoujo Pandora 2) Beauty 3) The Half-fish Man 4) The Puppeteer

"A hero" is a job that in the face of danger and adversity or from a position of weakness, display courage and the will for self sacrifice. Would you like to work as such a hero in our company? You may transform, manipulate a huge robot or fight as a squad. Shall we realize your dream in our "Hero Company"?!

*Suspense & Horror version:* "Twisted Knight" Story 1: Satsuki has an admirer who is going to fulfill any of her wishes, no matter what it takes… Even if it means playing with death! "House that Calls the Devil" Story 2: "Paralell Life" Story 3: Why is a boy who was supposed to be dead moving around and why do the teachers seems to be hiding something? *Horror M / Watari Chie Kessakusen version:* "Twisted Knight" Story 1: "Grove of the Yasha 1" Story 2: "Grove of the Yasha 2" Story 2: "Paralell Life" Story 3: "Whispering Nightmare" Story 4: "The Chimes" Story 5: "House that Calls the Devil" Story 6:

A collection of tales, each revolving around a "princess."

The same author of Blood Lad. In a zombie apocalypse, he looks for a perfect death in the arms of a beautiful zombie girl…

On the surface, Yukitou Youji is a young part-time rider who aims to cycle around Japan, but behind the scenes, he is a "Black Angel," an executioner of the dark who punishes the criminally insane with a single spoke of his bicycle. As Yukitou gets caught up in various cases, he finds allies in former detective and immortal monster Matsuda Kyouji and beautiful assassin Leila, who double-crossed the enemy, and challenges the giant evil organization Dragon Fang Society to a fight. A fierce action-romance that you won't be able to stop reading!

Hanna Yoo: on the verge of giving up her life due to her misfortunes, she is granted another chance through the an invitation to the mysterious Zero Game. Win? She'll be able to create a second life the exact way she wants it to be. And lose? And she'll die for good. With a shaky new partnership, skills to learn, and enemies chasing after her, she must find a way to finish all of the levels and meet the Operator to finally get the life that she wants. --- A fantasy/drama story that follows a young girl as she participates in a survival game with the prize being a chance to rebuild her life to be better than the one she had. And the price of failure being her death.

This is a continuation of the story of Higanjima : featuring an isolated island, inhabited by warring vampires and humans, and surrounded by aquatic demons that foil any attempts at entry or escape that are not explicitly authorised by their vampiric overlord , Miyabi. Ryousuke, his girlfriend Kazumi, and his friend Yamaoka are shipwrecked by the demons, and wash up on the shore of Higanjima. They soon experience the monstrous cruelty of the island's vampires first-hand but, luckily, Ryousuke is able to join up with the human resistance. His only desire is to leave Higanjima…however, mainland Japan may not be safe for long either. If the vampiric threat is not eradicated in 47 days, then Miyabi's machinations will transform it into yet another vampire island!

Publisher Hayakawa is celebrating its 70th anniversary with two manga anthology reprints. One collection is dedicated to mystery works while the other compiles SF stories printed over the publisher's long career. - **The Ripe Star** (Ureta Hoshi) by Osamu Tezuka, February 1972 in SF Magazine - **Dual Isolation Cell Satellite** (Eisei 2-ren Dokubou) by Leiji Matsumoto, February 1972 in SF Magazine - **7P (2)** – H.G. Wells by Shotaro Ishinomori, October 1969 in SF Magazine - **Captain Past** by Go Nagai, November 1970 in SF Magazine - **Ragini** by Moto Hagio, February 1980 in SF Magazine - **Dorothy** by Keiko Fukuyama, August 1984 in SF Magazine - **Aquatic People** (Mizubito) by Hideo Azuma - **THE GHOST OF SF KID** (SF Kozou no Yuurei) by Tori Miki - Heikou Wars by Eiji Yokoyama - Ojii-chan no Shosai/Uchuu by Tetsuya Imai - Megane wo Kai ni by Yu Tsunamino - Futokou by Tsubana - **Mister Donut** by Daisuke Nishijima(Original concept: Yusaku Kitano), June 2002 in SF Magazine - Mahou Shoujo Time-chan Sono 1 Onee-chan wa Kaidan wo Ochiru Yume wo Miru no ka by Akihito Yoshitomi - To, Aru Hi no Boku no Himo by Natsujikei Miyazaki - **Sister of My Dreams** (Ore no Yume no Imouto) by COCO

After a terrible earthquake, Satoru wakes up in a pitch black cave that him and his friends were exploring. Desperately moving through the crumbling cave with just his backpack, he expects a warm rescue once he gets out. But what awaits Satoru was an unbelievable fact: Japan has sunk underwater due to the earthquake and he is stranded on an island with no one to help him. Can Satoru learn how to survive by himself?

In the not-too-distant past, the Ice Witch blanketed the world in snow, starvation and madness, leading the inhabitants to seek their salvation in fire. With that, an unusual destiny unfolds for two young orphans, Agni and Luna, blessed with the ability to regenerate. But will this ability prove to be more of a curse than a blessing? Nominee for the 2017 Manga Taisho Award.

Do you know of the man called Johnny Ridden? The legendary Zeon ace pilot? He disappeared after the battle after Abaoa Qu after a deadly showdown with a formidable Federation MS, and became a legend. As Johnny Ridden is trying to adapt to his new life of exile on Earth, he is followed by his past. He is called back into the spotlight to fight one last evil, a ghost of the old Principality of Zeon.

The Calamity War that engulfed all of Earth, and the Gundams deployed then which were said to have brought it to an end. 300 years later, some have been hidden, some abandoned. Argie Mirage, a boy who carries the past of his family's death at the hands of a Gundam, meets Volco Warren, a boy who wishes to rebuild the Gundam his family left behind. To destroy a Gundam. To rebuild a Gundam. In the midst of the two boys' intersecting fates, the Astaroth will awaken from its 300 year slumber. Side story set in the Mobile Suit Gundam - Iron Blooded Orphans universe.

A young girl fights on the frontlines in war. She has blonde hair, blue eyes, and nearly transparent white skin as she flies through the air and mercilessly strikes down her enemies. Her name is Tanya Degurechaff and speaks with a young girl's lisp while she commands the army. Tanya used to be one of Japan's elite office workers, but because of a wrathful god was reborn as a little girl. Prioritizing optimization and career advancement above all, she will become the most dangerous entity among the Imperial Army's sorcerers.

Classic 1976 manga adaptation of the 1974-1984 Japanese action figure series, Microman (aka Micronauts in the west). A young boy meets tiny super-powered heroes and joins them to fight a giant alien menace–the Acroyear–piloting his own miniature giant (?) robot!

Now… Jubei Yagyu is the head of the Yagyu Clan following the events of Demonic Resurrection and has mostly retired from the world. A group of warriors decide to ask him if he wants to take over a post at their dojo, but Jubei is more interested in watching the Noh of his friend and subordinate Chikuami. Yagyu Jubei Dies is the third in Futaro Yamada's Jubei Trilogy that began with The Yagyu Ninja Scrolls and continued in Makai Tensho/Demonic Resurrection.

There exists a horrific newspaper called the Fear Newspaper that foretells of people’s extreme misfortunes.

An obscure actress named Kim Eun-hong, who alternates between minor roles and extras. On her way home drunk after being dumped by her boyfriend of nine years, Kim Eun-Hong became involved in an accident with Lee Kang-il, the CEO of LJ Pharmaceutical. But then Kang-il suddenly asks me to act like his fiancée. You’re giving me a billion won just for getting engaged? Why me? “I can’t live without Kim Eun-hong.” I’m pretending to be his fake fiancée to avoid being thrown into jail… Can Eun-hong be reborn as a veiled French girl with a gold spoon? And will she be able to keep her contract with Kang-il, who harbors a lot of secrets? A man who dies if he’s not confident?! And Eun-hong’s life-threatening (?) romance act for him!

"You’re its prey the moment you touch it." One day, a terrible virus variant attacks Seoul! Yeon-woo is on a school trip to Seoul, and is excited thinking that he can finally get along with his one classmate, So-yeon, whom he has a crush on. However, during this time, unidentified cells appeared in front of Yeon-woo’s class, who were sightseeing in Seoul. The mutant cells manifestation quickly turns Yeon-woo and his classmates’ school trip into hell as anyone who comes into contact with the cells will become a hideous monster that wants to consume anything with flesh...! Will Yeon-woo be able to leave Seoul safely?

Sequel to Shokuryou Jinrui: Starving Anonymous, this new story takes place in a normal school, in a normal classroom, with normal classmates. But something is off, and there is an unidentifiable anxiety in the air.

The story of a knight in service to the Duke of Somerset, one of the supporters of the House of Lancaster in the Wars of the Roses, a conflict in 15th-century England between the supporters of two rival houses with crests of red and white roses. What do knights think, as they face the encroaching enemy...?

I transmigrated before the original story started into the body of an extra who was about to be murdered, the daughter of a count. I didn't want to die like this, so I set out to find male lead, who was filled with the power of life. The problem was that because of a curse, the male lead couldn't remember who other people were. Hence, I could do nothing else but glower at the position next to him... "It's been a while, Loreina." Huh? How does this person remember me? Suddenly, I became the only person who had become the exception to the male lead's curse. Hmm. Since it's come to this, then I'll help you from beside you. If we successfully avoid the dead end and the original story begins, I'll just hand over the male lead to the female lead. The female lead is the only person who can break his curse, so the original story won't be damaged at all. …Right, that's what I had originally thought . _ *Chuu.* I felt a soft touch on my cheek accompanied with a somewhat strange sound. A small kiss fell on my cheek. "…Le-Leonard." "Stay still. It interferes with the treatment." "No, that's…" I understand that the injured area is being treated with the power of life, but... "Isn't there any other way? Like just putting your hand on the injured spot..." "There isn't." Leonard just cut me off… No, there's no such thing!

One day I was in a world that I did not know: [The entrance to the quest has been successfully completed!] [Quest (Main) - «Fix the world!». Content: This world was created by mixing four novels - Child Care, Contract Marriage, XXX, XXX. Genres are unknown. You must return the four distorted novels to the original.] But... I have no memory of their content. If I make a mistake... then I’m going to die?! Besides, the distorted web novel characters are interested in me! What should I do?!

A unique interpretation of Rockman X5's ending included in Rockman X 25th Anniversary Memorial Carddass Edition's accompanying booklet, based on the theme of "If Iwamoto Yoshihiro were to adapt Rockman X5."

The handsome Duke Voreoti is the most terrifying man in the empire, with the coldest of demeanors and a gaze that can kill. But one day, he suddenly says that he wants to… adopt a child?! And that child is me?! After finding me at a shady orphanage, he whisked me away to his snowy palace without a second thought. Now I’m learning all the ways of the feared Voreoti family from his knights. However, things get dicey when the Duke becomes suspicious of my origins. With these fangs and jet black hair, perhaps we are more than just kindred spirits… --- "I'm going to adopt a child." Duke Phileo Boleoti's impulsive decision shocked everyone in the mansion. Not only did he make her his daughter, but he also gave her the name of a 'beast' that only direct members of the bloodline could receive. "Even as you breathe right now, I'm earning money." "It's confidence, not arrogance." "My face really does have its advantages." The most arrogant father in the whole world, and- "I love muscles the most. Let's get muscular." "Show me your thigh muscles! Your butt would be even better!" "You're nothing but a flower if you have a calm personality…" his corrupted(?) daughter. And… "I will give his excellency the information he wants most." "Information I want most, you say…" "You won’t regret it." …A stepmother(?) with a strange secret as well.

Do good or go to hell. The conditions of his new curse seem simple enough for once-hopeful hoodlum Jeonji Kim. Or so it seems when his perky guardian angel shows up on his doorstep one day and heals his limp. But will simply going through the motions of helping people be enough to appease a petty god with a grudge?

Souya is a sullen salaryman whose days are spent chasing after work deadlines all while still keeping his dream of becoming a manga artist. To him, his one and only support in life is none other than his beloved wife, Yuuka. One day, on his way back home, he was suddenly caught in an accident and before he knew it, an alien had taken hold of his body! Not only that, the evil threat of another alien is closing in on Yuuka too! Here comes Souya as "Otto-man", his superpowered husband form, as he jumps in to save his dearest wife! Have a taste of his love for wife and this world!

When the emperor declared that his children must battle to become the last remaining heir, the only way Princess Lisbelle could survive was by becoming a mad woman. Feigning insanity kept her out of danger for years, but with only three children remaining, Lisbelle now finds herself a target. In a moment of danger, she discovers powers gifted to her by the goddess Hellare and suddenly finds herself in the company of a charming magician. But whether he’s friend or foe has yet to be determined… --- "On the Moonlight Garden-! White evening primroses are in full bloom -!" A strange succession ceremony has all princes and princesses fight each other as only the strongest member of the royal family may succeed the throne. After being poisoned to death, she returned five years into the past and decided to played the part of a crazy b*tch in order to survive. Yet somehow looking like the weakest was still not enough. The crazy princess, with no power or backing, was about to die yet again, but a suspicious wizard suddenly appeared before her. "What should I do to get your kiss?" "A deal. If you help me, I'll kiss you." "Good. I have no intention of letting you die in the hands of anyone besides me." I feel like I entered the tiger's den while trying to escape the wolves… Is it really okay if I make this deal? A fiery battle and romance between a woman walking towards life with all her might, and a man who lives for death. --- **Original Webtoon:** [Daum](https://webtoon.kakao.com/content/%EC%99%95%EB%85%80%EB%8A%94-%EB%AF%B8%EC%B9%9C-%EC%B2%99%EC%9D%84-%ED%95%9C%EB%8B%A4/2538), [KakaoPage](https://page.kakao.com/content/57369799) **Official Translations:** * [English](https://tapas.io/series/crazy-like-a-fox/info) * [Chinese (Simplified) / 汉语](https://podoteng.com) * [Chinese (Traditional) / 漢語](https://tw.kakaowebtoon.com/content/%E8%A3%9D%E7%98%8B%E8%B3%A3%E5%82%BB%E7%9A%84%E5%85%AC%E4%B8%BB/218) * [Indonesian / Bahasa Indonesia](https://id.kakaowebtoon.com/content/The-Princess-Pretends-to-be-Crazy/102) * [Japanese / 日本語](https://piccoma.com/web/product/77334) * [Thai / ภาษาไทย](https://th.kakaowebtoon.com/content/%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%84%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%8D%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B4%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%9F%E0%B8%B7%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%87/254)