"You’ll be taking the test in my bed, if you catch my drift?"Detective Higa is on a leave of absence investigating Sei Shido, an officer in the Ichikura-gumi gang and a person of interest in a particular case. He goes undercover to ask him for a job, and discovers that despite his intimidating presence, Shido is a beautiful man who oozes wanton sex appeal. After an initial rejection, Higa throws himself in front of an assassin's bullet and earns himself the position of Shido's bodyguard, on one condition: he has to have sex with him...?!Loneliness and obsession collide in this suspenseful love story from hard-boiled BL pioneer Saki Aida and talented up-and-coming artist Rou Nishimoto!

In times of chaos and calamity, a solitary swordsmith known as "Single-Blade Man" would emerge, offering a suitable sword to those destined to receive it. He asks for no payment, leaving only a few prophetic words behind. When the prophecies come true, he returns to collect the "blade fee." Born in humble circumstances, Shu Yu obtained a renowned sword named "Mu Zheng" from the swordsmith Tang Dao. He learned his destiny from the prophecies and gained extraordinary powers. With this, his fate underwent a tremendous transformation.

Let’s play with our lives on the line.The death game with beautiful girls on its forefront can now begin!!Player name, Yuuki. Seventeen. Place of residence, murder games.Dressed up in a maid outfit attempting to find her way out of a death mansion, murdering other players clad in a bunny suit, and such to win money is how she makes a living.For some reason, she chose to stay “here” no matter what.Overcoming the border between life and death, she aims to attain an unprecedented 「99 Consecutive Wins」.Beautiful Girls × Cosplay × Death Game, that’s the unshakeable survival strategy!

Kei has been a vegetarian and tended to have an unbalanced diet since childhood. He and his much older brother Sai, who has a brother complex but who’s become reliable, get along well together.For some reason, ever since he was a child, Kei has wanted to taste blood. Even though he knows it’s wrong, he can’t help thinking about it, so his university classmate, who cuts herself, agrees to share her blood with him. As soon as Kei discovers the taste of blood, he realizes he’s always wanted to eat Sai…Can Kei become aware of his affection for Sai without confronting his desire to eat him?Extra included for this story of twisted love!

An anthology dedicated to Mushishi.- Chapter 1. *Hizumu Shirabe* (歪む調べ) by Kumakura Takatoshi- Chapter 2. *Tagiru Yu* (滾る湯) by Yoshida Motoi- Chapter 3. **Shimmering of the Sea** (Umi no Chirachira, 海のちらちら) by Ashinano Hitoshi- Chapter 4. *Kumiki no Hora* (組木の洞) by Imai Tetsuya- Chapter 5. *Kage Fumi* (影踏み) by Toyoda Tetsuya

My life has been sold to two different people. Now I have to live as a different person in the day and night.2 2 People

The world is full of stories... novels, manga, movies, and anime. These stories that are thought to be fiction are a record of a world that actually exists as "another world". This is the story of a summoner who connects the world of stories and reality.

In the future, computers control all aspects of human life, even birth. No one questions Superior Domination, the new social order, except the Mu, a mutant race with telepathic powers who are forced into exile by the System. On a distant colony mistakenly believed to be Terra by its inhabitants, Jomy’s world is turned upside-down when the Mu ask him to become their leader. Can Jomy, with his emerging telepathic powers, lead the Mu back home, back to Terra? In 1978, this series won the very first Seiun Award for manga, and subsequently, in 1980, also won the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen/shōjo manga

Having given up on both study and dreams, Meguri Sakamoto ended his lacklustre high school life. But, on the day of the graduation ceremony, the dissappearance of his ex-girlfriend and now famous musician Chika Nito, has been reported in the news?!Starting with a time leap, this is a love story about redoing one's youth.

Ah Shui, who’s having a vacation overseas, got scammed of all his money. In order to get the money to buy a plane ticket home, the moneyless Ah Shui can only take on a part time food delivery guy at a Chinese restaurant. Just when he can finally go home after delivering for the last time, he got dragged into endless conspiracies because of this food delivery… what’s even terrifying, he seems to have become a monster that chooses to swallow people…

A mysterious command arrives from a "King". The life-threatening "Game" has now begun for the 32 students of the first year's B Class. One day, all of the students in Nobuaki's class received their first message from someone calling themselves the "King", in which was written a baffling command. That first command was very easy. However, the commands began to escalate until a life-threatening game had begun. Failing to obey the orders leads to death!! Their friendships are being undermined by a bottomless terror!! (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=19973) Official English translation on Comico's (https://www.comico.io/pocket-comics) (colored webcomic version)

Seven people received a "puzzle" and ticket from an unknown sender, and followed the ticket to a strange square house. A mysterious woman who came "out of curiosity" joined them, and what awaited those people in the house was a girl as beautiful as a doll and maze beyond imagination. They cannot leave unless they solve the puzzle. When it's solved, part of your body will disappear! Can they escape? And, just who invited them there?From (https://anilist.co/manga/113065/Box-Hako-no-Naka-ni-Nanika-Iru/)

(from ebookjapan):In the deep snowy forests of Sweden, Vincent Minnelli, a doctor, mistook a girl for an antelope and shot her while he was hunting. The girl he shot, Joana, was unharmed, but she told Vincent a shocking story, and the next morning she disappeared without a trace. Instead, he was visited by an emissary of General Ambrose du Closter, the head of the castle of Scorchloster, a mansion on the shores of a lake. General Closter was interested in Vincent's books and research and wanted to invite him to his mansion. Vincent went to the house as requested and was introduced to his daughter, Mona Lisa, by the general. To Vincent's surprise, Mona Lisa is a duplicate of Joanna. Vincent thought they were the same person, but Mona Lisa told him that she had never met Vincent. The others also testified that Mona Lisa had been at the pavilion yesterday, and no one knew Joana. The Mona Lisa disliked her governess, Miss Corban, and adored her ailing mother, Camilla, who did not recognize her as her own daughter and hated her. The inhabitants of the pavilion are entangled in a complex web of emotions. Soon, Mona Lisa is at the mercy of a spectacular, bloodcurdling, and horrific love-hate drama. What is the fate of Mona Lisa in "Mona Lisa's Room," Masako Watanabe's masterpiece of bizarre romance? And what is Joanna's true identity? Also contains a short mystery one-shot, "A Kiss For Uncle...": Liza is a girl of a wealthy background who was taken in by her aunt after her parents died. Liza's 17th birthday is on the horizon - and once she turns 17, she will gain access to a wealthy fortune. One day, alone at home, she stumbles upon a letter from her beloved uncle - who had ran off with another woman and died 5 years prior - claiming that he is alive. After this, a series of strange events begin to occur around Liza....

The Red Ribbon Army was once destroyed by Son Goku. Individuals who carry on its spirit have created the ultimate androids -- Gamma 1 and Gamma 2. Who will save the world and defeat the Red Ribbon Army?!

Not long after Ougai Mori takes the reins of the Port Mafia, his accomplice Osamu Dazai has a dreadful run in with Chuuya Nakahara, a boy known as the Sheep King who is capable of manipulating gravity. But when strange rumors about the mysterious being Arahabaki start spreading throughout Yokohoma, the duo must put aside their differences and get to the bottom of things. Before they achieved infamy as the fearsome pairing Twin Dark, Dazai and Chuuya were just boys. Was their first encounter a harbinger of hope, or an ill omen of things to come...?

Johann, who had been tormented by loan sharks, was lynched by them and lost consciousness. When he opened his eyes, the world was frozen in stillness, and a gigantic moon rose between the buildings. As Johann looked around, a mysterious man dressed in white approached him. "Do you know what my name is?" Johann, not even remembering his own name, began to walk through this tranquil world with the enigmatic man…

A collection of SF one-shots by Tezuka from different magazines.- **SF Fancy Free** - 9 short SF emonogatari with a touch of whimsy that observe and comment on human nature.- **Dauberman**- **Shammy 1000**- **The Seven-Day Terror**- **The Stranger**---**Volume 80 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

Fena, a girl who has lived her whole life as an assassin. Her next target is Eve, the manager of a café. One night, she ambushes Eve and attacks him in an alley, but fails, and is recruited as the café's waitress. Although she cannot grasp the true intentions of Eve, who hires her knowing that she is an assassin, she infiltrates the cafe as a waitress in order to kill him when she sees an opportunity. A assassin and a café manager, their fates intersect in this intense noir suspense.

Luro Aerin used to be a wholehearted explorer, but Luro's life hasn't been the same after his best friend's disappearance. With exploration now being a crime, Luro will search for the explorers to get what he needs, answers. Everything will take a radical turn when he meets the explorers Hiro and Iracha, who will bring him back to that former life. Beginning a surreal, musical and dangerous journey that will uncover many truths, truths that will go beyond human understanding...

In the beginning, there was a box. At the end of the forbidden millennium, the world was engulfed in hope and despair, and everyone said, "Never open that box."“I wish I could meet other humans.”That is the secret wish of Ria Frontier, who grew up as the sole human amid a veritable melting pot of other fantastical races on a small island. As she prepares to celebrate the turn of the thousand-year cycle, that wish is granted—in the form of a war party of humans that arrives on a flying ship to ransack her home and hurt her friends and adoptive family in search of “Pandora’s Box.” Pushed too far by the cruelty of her race, Ria somehow manages to unseal the terrible power of what the humans have been looking for, unleashing a tragedy that will change her life forever... Can the girl, Ria, thwart her twisted fate? The apocalypse fantasy of hope and despair, begins!

An adaptation of the novel *Fate/Prototype: Sougin no Fragments*.

Matsuoka Renna, who has just transferred to Fuyou Girl's Academy, is reunited with Mayuzumi Kyouko, a friend from her elementary school days. Known as "Black Rose-sama" and the object of admiration among the students, Kyouko says that she had been worried about Renna ever since she moved out of town due to a certain incident. However...there is something bothering Renna...?In the midst of all that, it is announced that Black Rose is dead.As Renna is stunned by this news, she receives an invitation to a suicide matching website known as "Black Black Lotus"...

Lin Yan, a cold and arrogant female forensic expert, meets Song Yuhan, a righteous and sharp female detective. From being incompatible to becoming friends, they witness the lives of many ordinary people along the way: a young girl who struggles to survive but dies innocently, an old mother who waits for her criminal son to return in the mountains, a timid policeman who faces a gun-wielding robber bravely... They fight for the rights of the living, speak for the dead, and vow to uncover the truth that has been silent for years.

I, a writer specializing in the occult, received a floor plan of a certain house.At first glance, it appeared to be an ordinary single-family home, but when I asked an acquaintance, architect Kurihara, for his opinion, he told me, *"There is something strange about this house."*He began there is something hidden in this floor plan the much-talked-about real estate mystery.