A totally normal countryside story involving a minor, an eldritch horror, and the unspeakable - A fr*nchman

The spine-chilling influence of Japanese horror cinema has taken hold in Western audiences with hit films like The Ring that are based on Japanese films adapted from classic manga stories. And the master of horror manga is Umezu Kazuo known as the “Stephen King of Japan,” with several of his stories being adapted to film and Dark Horse Manga is proud to bring his Scary Book horror anthology to Western readers for the first time. This first volume, Reflections, presents two feature length tales of terror. In “Mirror,” a narcissistic girl's reflection begins to take mean spirited command of her life; and in “Demon's Revenge,” a sadistic samurai master bent on seeking retribution for his son's injuries finds the tables of vengeance turned against him.

*Ubasute means ''Abandoning an Old Woman'' One day a vending machine was suddenly installed in front of a small store in a small town. When I asked the old lady that owns the store, she told me that the vending machine had already been installed here when she woke up in the morning and noticed it. The vending machine had a picture of a cute baby on it. I thought it might be a baby product or something from this picture, so I pressed the button on the vending machine and found ......! (From the collection "Ubasute")

Eunsae is an ordinary student who happens to meet her alternate self in her dream one day. Eun-i and Sae-i are both Eunsae, just from parallel universes! After a year of regularly meeting up in their dreams, Eun-i makes a tempting offer: to switch places and jump into each other's universes for a week. Sae-i, having been envious of Eun-i's perfect life, decides to accept the offer. However, Eun-i is nowhere to be seen when the promised week is over. Will Sae-i be able to keep pretending that she's Eun-i until she can return to her own world?

"If you want your body back won’t you participate in the mannequin game?" A high school student who was on the brink of death from a traffic accident, woke up to see a completely different person. He was told his mission through a speaker, the curtain rises with a life-risking game...!! If you let down your guard you will instantly die, it’s the ultimate survival suspense!!

It killed the heroes, killed the king, the devil beast then found the “baby of fate”… Having both superior intellect and destructive power, such is Clevatess, the king of the devil beasts. Angered by the 13 heroes tasked to take his life, he decided to bring ruin on mankind but get entrusted with an unexpected nuisance: a newborn human baby. Is it the tale of a near-ending world close to the apocalypse or the diary of new era childcare?

In order to eat me, my enigmatic stalker is protecting me from other strange women― A high school boy, Sakurai, has a secret he cannot tell anyone: he has been plagued by stalkers since he was a child. One day, his classmate, Ueda, suddenly transforms into a monster, revealed to be one of his stalkers. Miyako, who has always been closely following him, appears and saves him. She tells Sakurai that the monsters, commonly known as urban legends in Japan, are after him because they love him. What will be the fate of Sakurai who is loved by countless creatures disguised as beautiful girls? Links: Author's Pixiv: https://www.pixiv.net/en/users/25451722 Author's Twitter: https://twitter.com/tadaresan

When the clock strikes midnight, we're trapped in "After-School." In that world, there's no right answer, no end, no "game clear." There’s only our lifeless bodies, stacking up one by one. One day, Kei Nimori, a young elementary school student, suddenly notices his name scrawled on the classroom blackboard, alongside the mysterious words "After-School Duty." Thus begins a dark, midnight fairy tale of several young boys and girls risking their lives to record and contain monsters in a bizarre realm known as "After-School."

Ex-policeman Kanetsugu Nawa is a model prisoner, imprisoned for murder and attempted murder in an act of revenge for his late wife and daughter.After being released on parole and shunned by his only remaining family, he returns to the only thing he has left; his revenge.A strange young girl follows him upon his release, seemingly with an ulterior motive...

In a crumbling and dystopian Lousiana, Rilind, a zombie, aims to help those cast out from society using a peculiar power- Magic "strings" which can heal wounds. However, his world begins to change when he makes the unlikely choice to save a vampire in distress. Rilind soon learns he's way in over his head when he learns she has a bounty on hers!

I feel like I forgot about someone important... Plagued by nightmares of his old hometown, Yuuma Kurose, a lonely boy with the ability to see ghosts, feels inexplicably drawn back to the place from his dreams. There, he stumbles upon Kaito Kiriyama, a boy shrouded by terrifying spirits. With a serious look in his eyes, Kaito vows he'll protect Yuuma. But the moment their skin makes contact, the spirits surrounding Kaito started to possess Yuuma!

After having lost his son many years ago, an elderly carpenter seeks to reunite with him by reviving him as a wooden puppet. While they live happily together in a peaceful village, their newfound lives would all be disrupted when news of a serial killer erupts. What challenges will they face now?

A cryptic request received out of the blue: "Hey, Asuka... search for my body". This is the start of how Asuka and her friends end up searching for scattered body parts in the middle of the night. If they don't find the entire body, 9th November is repeated and the red person will continue to kill them. Who is the red person? Why is Haruka asking the 6 of them to search for the body parts?

A story about the terrifying Kuchisake-onna of urban legend… Except in reality, peoples' anxieties are even scarier!? Her victims(?) are touched by the Kuchisake-onna who gives advice with her skin fully split open, talking people through their anxieties… ---**Links:** - (https://www.pixiv.net/en/users/3617446) - (https://twitter.com/ayuneo)

Welcome to the classes of horror! I will be your guide to a world that lurks under everyday life. For these lessons, you don't need text books or notebooks. If you're prepared for the worst...

Manga inspired by Japanese style. The action takes place in present times. Even though most of the yokai were destroyed, they still live among humans, so the samurai want to stop it. On their way, ronin appear and destroy everything in their path. Many defenders pay with their lives. Yokai also have no mercy for anyone.

It was 1999, the year Nostradamus predicted the end of the human race. Riding the unprecedented occult boom, Inubosaki, an editor of a third-rate occult magazine, is covering strange incidents with his cameraman Asama, who is also psychic. As Asama's psychic powers draw them together, the two encounter a number of terrifying and bizarre phenomena. Meanwhile, in the present day, 2023, an elderly Asama is visited by someone claiming to be Inubosaki's nephew. This is the start of a bizarre tale about forbidden memories that must not be unveiled.

Something happens to Katagiri Jinpachi late one night when he unwittingly wanders into the youkai market. The only one who knows what it was seems to be one Harada Oriza, a famed painter of youkai portraits. But he is not talking, and Jinpachi only grows more frustrated and confused as he tries to return to the market and find out what he lost... or gained there.

"The King of Demons is the victim of a conspiracy, the King of humans wants peace. The two of us must get the evidence to end the war. Welcome to a journey full of corpses, Hero." The story of a journey of a necromancer and a hero

Muhyo to Roji no Mahouritsu Soudan Jimusho: Mazoku Magushi-hen manga, Muhyo & Roji's Bureau of Supernatural Investigation: Magical Genus Magic Tool Master Chapter10 years after the ending of the original, comes the sequel to the manga series Muhyo to Rouji no Mahouritsu Soudan Jimusho .Muhyo to Roji no Mahouritsu Soudan Jimusho: Mazoku Magushi-hen, follows Muhyo, Rouji and all their friends some time after the conclusion of the main series.

After being banned 20 years ago, Program 68 is back, this time under the direction of a sinister government artificial intelligence. The troubled and misbehaving kids of Daitoa Academy's Class F have been chosen, divided into squads, given weapons, and commanded to fight to the death. Now friendships and loyalties will be tested, and only the strongest will survive.

Edward encountered a really gruesome scene as he trying to help his friend. A tall guy standing infront of him, A serial killer? A psychopath? NO.. A sociopath? Who is that man? Just a few snippets of my oneshot comic that I'm working on. Will release more if it get a good feedbacks. Bye..+

Noriko has the feeling somebody’s watching her. She thinks it’s a Yasha (a demon) that she might have angered. But who is the person who is really watching her? And what has happened to her parents?

In a blend of horror games and reality, the protagonist, a down-and-out young man named Xiao Hei, gains a golden finger that allows him to predict events in the next ten minutes, along with the ability to train and nurture supernatural beings. He embarks on battles of wits and bravery, fighting against monsters and exploring human nature, gaining growth along the way.