Mystery - Page 37

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...?

The story involves a mystery case of power users around the world suddenly committing suicide one after another, in all cases after a strange fog appears at the scene. At a request from Ango Sakaguchi, the Armed Detective Agency head out to investigate Tatsuhiko Shibusawa, a power user who calls himself "collector," and a man suspected of being tied to the incident.

The story is set after the "Arahabaki Incident," and one year after Chuuya Nakahara joined the Port Mafia. A detective from Europe named Adam appears in front of Chuuya, with the aim of protecting Chuuya from Paul Verlaine, also known as the king of assassins. Paul claims to be Chuuya's old brother, and he vows to murder everyone Chuuya cares about.

Over a decade before the events of the manga series, a chance encounter leads professional bodyguard Yukichi Fukuzawa to begrudgingly take an arrogant boy genius named Ranpo Edogawa under his wing. Their first job brings them to a local theater on high alert after receiving a bizarre death threat — a challenge that will require both Ranpo\'s brains and Fukuzawa\'s experience. The aftermath spurs Fukuzawa to establish the Armed Detective Agency, an organization that takes on dangerous jobs even the police won\'t handle!

Xue Zhao came looking for a missing woman in Chenjia Village. However, he learns that the village answers to a cult devoted to a forgotten Gu deity. Xue Zhao then tries to escape with his companions, but he soon realizes that there are even more terrifying, hidden secrets within the village. These unknown horrors go far beyond anything he could have imagined...

Toki Mishiba, Nobuto Nakajyo, and Kazuo Saitoh are hired to play the Biz Game, a game much like capture the flag, only with company secrets and insane amounts of money involved. At first they think it's a crazy but fun way to get some money, but as the game goes on, they hear stories about mysterious deaths on the news, and recognize the victims as members of the teams they've beaten in the game. When one of the losers of a game dies right in front of them, they realize what is really at stake - their very lives!

Toki Mishiba, Nobuto Nakajyo, and Kazuo Saitoh are hired to play the Biz Game, a game much like capture the flag, only with company secrets and insane amounts of money involved. At first they think it's a crazy but fun way to get some money, but as the game goes on, they hear stories about mysterious deaths on the news, and recognize the victims as members of the teams they've beaten in the game. When one of the losers of a game dies right in front of them, they realize what is really at stake - their very lives! Note: Bus Gamer was originally published in shoujo magazine Stencil, but was later re-drawn and re-published in shounen magazine Comic REX. Both times it was axed after the magazine went under. This is the Comic REX version.

Ishikawa Ginji hates anything related to ghosts, superstition and the occult with a passion. His "occult phobia" is so intense that he does not hesitate to reject any girl who appears to have even the slightest interest in the subject. One day, after a particularly intense reaction to a haunted house lands him with a 600,000 yen debt, he is suddenly kissed by an elementary school student named Ageha, who then explains that she will use him to "wipe out every ghost in the world". While the sex appeal of the kiss is not enough to turn Ginji to her side, the fact that she "bought" him by paying off his debt in one go seems to work just fine.

When a person dies, their soul leaves the body in the form of a butterfly and the body itself rots away quickly after. Ono lost his entire family in a plane crash fourteen years ago. But since this tragedy, the body of Senri, his twin sister, is still intact while the butterfly that contains his soul was stolen by a mysterious individual during the accident, leaving her unconscious and in a vegetative state. In order to get back his sister's butterfly, Ono joins the famous "Death Bureau", a state agency specialized in the capture, conservation and managment of the butterflies before they dissapear for good 49 days after their host death. Using the butterflies, the family of the deceased can come in contact with their loved ones in the form of a 3D hologram.

The spread of a virus of the national disaster proportion has shut down Seoul! Haebin, who lost all of his classmates in an incident a year before, left home in order to avoid being alone again. What is the unexpected truth awaiting him that keeps him from regaining his normal daily life?!

A white snake who is a divine messenger and a childhood friend with a mystery. Entangled obsessions in a Japanese-style fantasy. Tsubaki, a high school student with a predisposition for bad luck, has a one-sided love for his childhood friend Sakuya, who is both beautiful and talented. Then, one day while leaving school they are randomly attacked on the street. In the ancient capital Kyoto, a lovestory defying fate unfolds. (Source: Young Champion Web, translated)

One volume of dark supernatural short stories. Living spirits, oni, death, and reincarnation are some themes in these creepy tales.