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Six lost souls gather in a candle-lit room with a mysterious host. None of them know exactly how they came to be there, but there's only one way out. Each of us follows a path preordained by destiny. If the souls are judged to have lost their path by mistake they will be returned to it. But if destiny says their time is up: they have to move on.
The “self bully” Ban has a normal enough life, and where divorced parents aren’t that uncommon, her life becomes shadowed in mystery when her mother, Eun-Joo, suddenly brings their “distant relative” Jin-Whan home to live with them. Ban’s mother would always avoid the topic of her family, so who is this strange boy? Are they really relatives? What torturous secrets does her mother’s past hold? And what do the sudden strange happens that follow in Jin-Whan’s wake mean? Would a better question not be who is he, but what?
Taken from Baka-updates: An anthology of oneshots. Story 1: Promise by NISHI Keiko Story 2: They were Eleven by HAGIO Moto Story 3: The Changeling by SATO Shio Story 4: Since You've Been Gone by NISHI Keiko The two stories by NISHI Keiko were also published as a separate book in English called "Promise." Those stories were originally taken from "Mizu ga Kooru ni Naru Toki."
A university professor who specializes in figuring out the mentality of crime suspects is asked to help solve cases. He also has a relationship with his assistant.
On the first day of high school, Haruhi Suzumiya make an announcement that stunned everyone: "I don't have any interest in ordinary people. If anyone here is an alien, time traveler, slider, or esper, please, come see me! That is all." Kyon, a totally normal human who happens to have the misfortune of sitting at the desk in front of Haruhi's, wondered at first if she was joking. But Haruhi Suzumiya is always serious. Always. In any case, Kyon certainly never intended to get involved in her antics. But when a casual conversation accidentally gives Haruhi the idea to form a club dedicated to the discovery and investigation mysterious phenomena, Kyon finds himself already in over is head, especially when Haruhi makes him her first recruit. Other members of the club include Nagato Yuki, a quiet, bookish girl; Mikuru Asahina, an all-too adorable girl chosen by Haruhi to be the club's "mascot"; and Koizumi Itsuki, an always-smiling boy chosen by Haruhi to play the role of "mysterious transfer student". And so the SOS Brigade is born! Things only become weirder and more difficult for Kyon, however, when he finds out the Haruhi has unknowingly surrounded herself with the very people she has been wishing all this time to discover: Nagato Yuki's actually an alien, Asahina Mikuru's a time traveler, and Koizumi Itsuki's an esper! And why have all of these people appeared in the first place? Why, for Haruhi, of course! Three years ago, Haruhi caused some sort of disturbance that each one of them finds worth investigating. And Kyon, for whatever reason, seems to be the only "normal" one in the whole group. His biggest question: why him?
Ayumu is a guy who falls in love very easily, hence fondly dubbed as an erotomania by his older brother. Strangely, his next person of affection isn’t what his older brother expects.Part of Canna’s volume 13 short project, Cute Japanese Monster.
Mariel Imari is a private detective trying to become a first-rate detective to be able inherit her late father's estate. By some strange reason the mysterious thief Vecchio is taking an interest in her. If that's not enough her old friends at Interpol and her siblings makes life more troubling for her.
A rather morbid, sombre manga about two high school students, Kamiyama Itsuki and Morino Yoru, who have a peculiar interest in deaths and especially in murders that are committed near to them. Due to their strong fascination with murder and highly-developed analytical skills(along with some luck), they manage to solve the murders that have even eluded the authorities. However, acting on their own sense of justice and in self-interest, the murderers are often able to escape with the murders that they have committed. Often, it is Kamiyama that solves the cases even to the most subtle of details, but he is only interested in one thing, and that is the method to which Yoru Morino should be killed.
Shishigami Takashi has, for a long time, met with murder cases wherever he goes, that's how he got the nickname; the "Shinigami" detective. 、 Shishigami, his wife Michiru, and his kouhai Seki, take a trip to an onsen. However, as soon as they arrive, a corpse is discovered...?! Aside from the titular story, two more mysteries are collected into 1 volume!!
Sim So-cheon, the queen of the Danwangbu, who had lived under the weight of her status and the gaze of those around her, changed to a completely different person after an accident?! Not only the skillful technique of governing the subordinates, but also the behavior of obsessing over appearance and the ambience of handsome man!!! Everyone in Danwangbu is surprised by her sudden change to the extent they even think she was reborn... An unusual incident that take place when Ha Woo-Hee, the Sinseon of color, enters the body of Emperor Bongmu-guk's brother, Danwang's wife Sim So-Cheon. Socheon-ah, Socheon-ah. I will relieve your resentment.
An owner of a flower shop has a deficit management, then he encounter the forbidden plant cannabis.
There is a rumour going around about a CD called “Trigger” that can supposedly increase the intelligence of its listener. However, the CD has also been connected to several deaths and disappearances. Chitose’s best friend Hayato listens to the CD, and not long after, Hayato and his whole family suddenly disappear. Refusing to believe that Hayato is gone forever, Chitose becomes determined to find his best friend and the truth behind the CDs. From: The Zero Alliance
