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A boy whose father fell prey to a book which drives its readers to take their own lives, a girl who tries to protect the boy from meeting a similar fate, a forensic pathologist who cannot forgive herself for the death of a girlhood friend, a mysterious used-book store - The Book Club - that only deals with books about death and despair, and a suicide which was committed in the ancient Library of Alexandria are all inexplicably connected in this unusual Korean horror story.
Yumiko Kawahara's disturbing short stories explore the strange and codependent world of dolls and the people who own them. These cautionary tales must come from some desire to teach people a lesson, for in each one there is a horrible outcome when the doll enters their homes. Volume 1 Milk at Mealtimes: A man spoils his Plant Doll, and it matures into a "woman". Potpourri Doll: A mentally unbalanced man buys his daughter a Plant Doll, and starts to obsess over the "nauseating scent" coming from it. Snow White, Part I: A jeweller tries to obtain Tears of Heaven from a Plant Doll named Snow White. Snow White, Part II: A poor man takes in a Plant Doll and dies from the exhaustion of taking care of it. In the end the doll cries. Rainy Moon: An artist with a supernatural reputation does a portrait of a Plant Doll named Rainy Moon. Lucky Doll: A man's Plant Doll, named Otohime, grants him good luck, yet his girlfriend is somewhat skeptical. The Distant Sound of Water: A man wanders the city trying to regain his memory. A Spell to Unbind Spring: A man returns to a secluded manor with a legend of a girl who drowned in a nearby lake. Volume 2 Blue Doll: A man working for a collection agency takes in a Plant Doll left behind by former clients. The Garden in the Sky: A maid gets entangled in a plot involving a fortune depending on the words spoken by a Plant Doll. The Missing Doll: A woman tries to find the Plant Doll once owned by her dead grandmother. Princess Jewel: When a boy's sister dies, his father buys a Plant Doll to help his mother deal with it. The Role of an Angel: After getting divorced, a young model buys a Plant Doll. Forbidden Fruit: Olympia is a special kind of Plant Doll, one who sings. But there is a sinister secret about this certain Plant Doll. A Voice in the Night: A woman wanders the city only to stumble upon her corpse. Volume 3 The Garden of Arcadia: A young man who is mysteriously transforming into a tree is taken to a research institute where he is comforted by many plant dolls. Circle: A group pools their money together to buy a plant doll, which they will all take care of. However, when most of the members begin to see the joy in breaking the rules of plant doll care, one member must take charge of her. Honeymoon: A young girl finds that her previously adoring father has bought a doll that is identical to her in her childhood. Dreams of Flying High in the Sky: A lonely novelist buys a plant doll to impress his editor. When she leaves to marry her sweetheart, he must raise the doll by himself. The problem is, the doll doesn't respond to him and he has never taken care of her! Emerald: A rich woman's young lover wishes to possess a plant doll. As he yearns after the doll his mistress begins to lose interest in him. The Storm: A young woman who is kept in a gilded cage attempts to escape to live life to its fullest. Volume 4 Quicksand: When a sick young boy dreams of a beautiful plant doll with aqua blue eyes, his parents are quick to purchase her when he sees it in the shop. As the boy spends more time with the doll his health begins to improve. A Gift: In the midst of refuse an angel waits to awaken. When she is woken before her time, will she ever bloom into a proper angel plant doll? Coral: A father brings home a mysterious ball of coral with a tiny plant doll inside. As the doll spends more time in the sun, the bigger she grows. The Tiara of Melancholy: A brother and sister team is hired to grow the fabled Tiara of Melancholy for a rich man. What they soon find out is that as the tiara grows it draws its energy from the doll itself.
when he opened his eyes, he had a dagger in hand and there was a female corpse lying next to him. he couldn’t remember anything, who he was, why he was there, and why he had superpowers. In a panic, he could only try to avoid police pursuit and investigate the matter in private. But when he came face to face with the truth, he didn’t know what he should do anymore…
Tabi is traveling to a town to meet her Childhood friend, "Kou-chan", on a train. When she arrives, she meets an Officer, Nishimura, and an energetic young man. Yukita; both are which surprised that she came on a train that has never come before. Shortly after arriving, she discovers this town isn't ordinary in the least, and has a puzzling problem. Certain roads in the town will try to "eat" people by randomly falling into a deep pit, the town resets after each day, making the same events as the previous day occur, and the townspeople don't notice anything out of the ordinary, forgetting each time; the exceptions being Tabi, Yukita, and Nishimura.
A generation of soldiers is hidden in the city. However, he got clues about his missing girlfriend by accident and eventually returned to the army. Participate in the military’s most mysterious “Inverse Scale Project”. Here, he and a group of female demon from hell met unexpectedly. Fight together in a bloody battle, cross the battlefield, and interpret a legend of war that turned upside down.
In the whole world there lay a mythical creatures which have their own ecosystem and can’t be considered part of the food chain. They also have supernatural powers and live together with humans. Ferry is one of the professional investigator, who researches the connection between the creatures and humans and is called a Genjuu Chousain (Mythical Beast Investigator). The story starts when a flying reptilian dragon (Wyvern) is attacking a village, and a Girl dispatch on the quest to research and investigate Wyvern and other mythical creatures.
Attempting to shake off a nightmare from her childhood, Itoko was supposed to be married in the village of Migomori. There, she saw a doll that looked just like herself. Itoko wonders why this doll was made and what is the "mother of blue" the villagers speak of. Itoko feels herself being dragged into an abominable village tradition and another nightmare.
A small performer named Anning, and a famous female star named Malin. They have identical looks but different identities. The appearance of a mysterious person forces Anning to use Malin’s identity; whilst slowly being dragged into a dark conspiracy.
Summary from Go! Comi: Miharu hasn't been having a good year. Her mother died, leaving her only a single ring to remember her by, and her father went bankrupt – leaving her with all his debts! Though she intended to sell the ring to pay off her debts, a run-in with a hot boy and a brush with alchemy leave her unable to part with it...literally!
A disaster called “Data Blasting” comes to the earth, the customs clearance is supreme and the losers are turned into fragments. After fighting several times, Wei Chen, the fighting god, failed because of an accident, but he got a magical “death system”. As long as you earn death
In a country where women rule supreme lives a poor but happy boy named Albert. An excursion to the city turns dangerous when he and his friend are abducted by slave traders, and later purchased by a noblewoman's servant. If this wasn't crazy enough, it turns out Albert looks exactly like the noblewoman who purchased him. But she's no ordinary aristocrat. She's a princess! And he's to act as her double from today on!?
Ichabod is a young boy trying to find his biological father. This pursuit isn't made any easier by his tendency to get into trouble with the law. To top things off, his parents are just downright weird: Ichabod was raised by a lesbian couple. Thank god he meets Kirico, who is anything but ordinary.
