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One volume of dark supernatural short stories. Living spirits, oni, death, and reincarnation are some themes in these creepy tales.
In a country very much like present-day Japan, governed by an emperor who rules with an iron fist, a dark disease known as "BT" is spreading out-of-control...all those infected will be overtaken by an insatiable desire to kill. The emperor charges a group of skilled men with the responsibility of eliminating all "BT carriers." Among them are two brothers with cursed blood running through their veins. Though they appear fearless, there is one thing even they seem to dread; the "yomizakura" - a mark of death which serves as a chain binding them to their traumatic childhoods...
Strange events during a festival night.
It's the Era of Dragons, 1264 The Pandragoran Empire rules the biggest part of the world when all living and moving creatures in the capital, far in the east, die, including the emperor. A few days later, dragons are extinct. The people only know to blame the bloodwitch, and quickly avenge their emperor... but the world changes 644 years later on the other side of the world, The fate of five young people intertwine at Aeris, a safe haven for people of all races. From here they slowly start to discover the secrets of the massacre in Pandragora and what other mysteries might hide in this vast world named Thaeria...
by Rosa Negra: A father who committed suicide on Yuh’s 16th birthday. The boy she met during her sorrow; Mu Hyul Ba-dump Ba-dump; a guy so breathtaking. A proposal at a sky resort. “I can do anything for you as long as it makes you smile. I’ll give you everything you want.” All those to interrupt our love are so dead!
High school girl Ai had a strange dream about a childhood past in which she was rescued by a little boy who promised to protect her. The dream seems like a fragment of her memory but she does not have any recollection of the past. Things start to get stranger when there is a guy in her class whom she does not recognize at all. It seems that everyone in the class knows about Akizuki Tohru except for her. Sensing something strange about Tohru, Ai went to conduct an investigation on him and found that the school has no records of him. After confronting him, Tohru eventually admits that he is an ESPer who has infiltrated into the school to investigate on the string of drug-overdose deaths that have been happening in school. This begins the story of Ai's involvement in the life of Tohru and the dangerous events behind the investigation...
From Mangascreener: The only common feature running through these stories is a grown-up protagonist somehow coming face-to-face with his childhood past, in a testament to the loss of youth, the disillusionment of growing old, and nostalgia for better times. In the Adachi pantheon, this is a rare diametric view of his eternal theme of "youth," in this case youth as seen through the lens of the past. It's a powerful statement from Adachi that might even be an acknowledgment of his steadily-creeping age. What is impressive about these stories is not the plots or characters themselves, but the absolutely perfect way he tells them, another facet of experience that comes with age. Most of the stories may require multiple readings to fully appreciate the airtightness of the plot and visual motifs."
Follow the story of Tatsurou Shinozaki, a priest and private investigator who works to solve strange mysteries involving mystical influence. One day a woman comes to his church looking for the mysterious red penguin. She uses a post-hypnotic suggestion on him so that when the phrase "red penguin" is mentioned, he begins to hallucinate. As the journey to uncover the red penguin begins, secrets are uncovered about Tatsurou's past, including a shadowy society that may be linked to his suddenly unreliable memory.
Continues the story of Dee, Ryo, and the rest of the gang in the 27th precinct of the New York police department. A new crime, new faces, new clues, and new loves can all be expected in this thrilling sequel!
At the old and abandoned school campus, some students committed suicide in the past, leaving behind a blood curse. A student, dubbed 'Shinigami/ The God of Death' by other students, went exploring the old campus with his friends. Halfway, someone dropped their flashlight and a dismembered woman's body is discovered.
11 soldiers who are on demilitarized zone search mission. Shut down General Outpost....They should have never gone there
Based off of Rerulili's song of the same name, along with the sequel "Noushou Sakuretsu Girl (Spinal Fluid Explosion Girl)", Welcome to the Human Zoo of Hell — where failures of society come to be ridiculed.
