Mystery - Page 154

A collection of four short stories.Chapter 1 is the 100-page title story. It's a supernatural fantasy tale about a man with one chance to escape from death, a mysterious woman he meets, and a tribe seeking to find its way back into Heaven.Chapter 2 deals with the mystery of a man gone missing, and presumed dead.Chapter 3 is a very short story about a couple in the mountains who pick up a strange guest.Chapter 4 is a longer story about the traditions binding a family, those that would break away from them, and the dark secret that holds the family in sway.

A collection of often-surreal short stories intended to present various messages or morals.

Motoba Hitachi has lived a boring high school life, until his kouhai invited him to a real-life simulation event of Incubate Castle, an online game they both played. But, what seemed like a harmless replication of the game turned out to be as real as it could get. Now, Hitachi must find allies to get out and survive this reality of a game.

Underground Kids: Everyday Kimi finds that her belongings are being searched and destroyed. She feels prying eyes watching her every move. Scared and frustrated, she decides to contact a secret organization within the school;The Underground Kids. This organization has only 3 people and they're obsessed with money. Can they help her solve her problem? ~LB Fake: Asumi Miki is annoyed because all the girls go "Kyaa!" when thy see the gorgeous Disciplinary Committee. She's an honor student and follows the rules: Braided hair, glasses, tucked in uniform and textbooks so she wont get involved in any way with the Disciplinary Committee. But since her records are clean, she has been invited to be one of the Disciplinary Committee! ~LB Summer Love Paradise: Ichiha's been dumped 4 times so to cheer her up, her friends bring her to the beach. She almost drowns and the lifeguard Kouta saves her.... ~LB

"Congratulations on graduating life." As Kisumi suspected everyone here is dead. Though it looks like a graduation ceremony things turn deadly quickly. To survive here you have to kill.

From Hyper Parfait: After World War III, the Führer established the Unified World Government. Anything considered as damaging to the creation of the “Perfect World” is eliminated, such as people with disabilities, believers of a different religion, those that are considered as “traitors”, and so on. The Black Rose is the personal protection guard unit of the Führer. Luka Ogami, the top graduate of the academy of unified army officers, joins the Black Rose…. to save the world.

Orochi is a girl not of this world, that much is clear. Among a few other unique qualities of her, she is immortal. We follow her through the monstrosities she witnesses in her ongoing life; the terrors and horrors of this world considered 'supernatural', the real, true meaning of 'vain' and a few mysteries that are, perhaps, inexplicable, to name a few. Though they do not happen to her in particular, she does try to help out of the goodness of her heart. For the better or for the worse, that much is unclear.

Madam Misa dies mysteriously at the Saturday Night Club. Soon after her death, her young handsome and broke host Hideo opens a similar looking "Host" Club of his own. Where did the money come from? Did Hideo have something to do with Madam Misa's death?

Tsukino frequents the rabbit hutch ever since Mimi went missing.

Murai Masahiko (16) has a fetish for the smell lingering around a scumbag in his class. One day, a beautiful girl named Mizusawa Haruka transfers into his class, but when they start dating he spills the truth: "Mizusawa Haruka died 5 years ago...." Who the hell is she!? What are her intentions!? The heart pounding suspense horror Scumbag Loser begins!

About a freelance detective who takes his fees in the form of a trade.

The story is set at Shishidou, a school attended by rich and elite people. Tomu Shirasagi, a gambler, is a mysterious new transfer student who has come from a public school (instead of a prestigious private one) and faces the elitist environment. There, he declares a challenge toward any student and claims he will bring to the ruin the whole school through a series of gambling matches. Nobody knows why he has come to that school or what the real motivations behind his actions are. During any match, Tomu shows off all of his unique coolness and ability. He employs a wide range of tricks, both psychological and physical, to ensure his victory. In any game, you will constantly ask how he's planning to win, why he's really doing certain things, and what's really going on. At the end of the matches, the tricks are revealed, and they all work in real life, even if they do require one to be highly skilled or lucky in order to perform them. The story centers around the various matches he undertakes and the interactions between the various characters, like Mika Shishidou, the beautiful granddaughter of the school headmaster, who is highly intelligent but contemptuous and superb, or Abidani, the vampiric looking dorm superintendent and main villain (for now) in the series, who has a sadistic personality and whose goal is to make Tomu leave his school (or to get him killed). As the story unfolds, more about Tomu's past is revealed, leading to unpredictable turns of events.