In the 2020’s the Japanese female culture was extremely corrupted in the eyes of the first women prime minister. To bring back the beauty of Japanese femininity, she created the Amazon Academy, a girls-only school, on an artificial island isolated in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Amesu Kumi just transferred into Amazon Academy to investigate the death of her older sister, Towa, who also attended the school until she died in a shroud of mystery. The only clue she has is the name Burai Sachiko left in Towa’s cell phone. How could Kumi have known that the school literally turns into a battlefield when classes are over; where petite girls beat each other senseless in order to survive?
The eccentric Dr. Tamaki is doing brain research. Hashi, 19 and a half, has a small fragment of a car that remained in his brain after an accident, and since then he can't help but say out loud everything he thinks and feels . Hana, 21, has unexpected orgasms anytime, anywhere, even in public. The brain of 6 year old Mari cannot perceive the people around her, she lives in an isolated world where there is no other human being apart from her. Hideo, 10, says he has "super powers," and can "get in touch with aliens and God."
Ronin, a university graduate turned manifestation-hunting vigilante, as he tries his best to navigate adulthood in a world where people can gain superpowers from their mental struggles.
This is a requiem for those who are lost, wandering, and anguished in their lives after reaching 50. Amidst Japan's start of a new era, the protagonist of this story is Shiosawa. Once an editor for a prominent manga publisher, he has since retired early and finds himself questioning the significance of manga in his life. Is it merely a profession to him, a means of self-expression, or a source of companionship?
(from ebookjapan):What's the matter with being kidnapped!? Girls are strong! In addition to the title story "Tomboy Banzai," "Ga-tunk Classroom" depicts a no-good art teacher who boldly challenges what she wants to do when she is told that she has only one month to live. Manga School" and "MY Friend," in which Mr. Ishimori teaches how to draw manga. In Ishimori-style, "Won't You Come to the Swan Lake Together?" "Azukin-chan" and "Shin Masterpiece Fairy Tale Akazukin-chan". It contains a total of 13 stories, including the horror manga "The Silver Eyes".*Note: CDJapan link only for MY Friend, which is bundled with other Ishinomori shojo oneshots from different one-shot compilations.*
Countless tombstones stand in rows throughout a small community, forming a bizarre tableau. What fate awaits a brother and sister after a traffic accident in this town of the dead? In another tale, a girl falls silent, her tongue transformed into a slug. Can a friend save her? Then, when a young man moves to a new town, he finds the house next door has only a single window. What does his grotesque neighbor want, calling out to him every evening from that lone window?
Maruo's newest work, a story of twins being forced to join a travelling freak show.
Katagiri Yuichi believes that friends are more important than money, but he also knows the hardships of not having enough funds. He works hard to save up in order to go on the high school trip, because he has promised his four best friends that they will all go together. However, after the class's money is all collected, it is stolen! Suspicion falls on two of Yuichi's friends, Sawaragi Shiho and Shibe Makoto. Soon afterward, the five of them are kidnapped, and wake up in a strange room with a character from a short-lived anime. Apparently, one of them has entered them into a "friendship game" in order to take care of their massive debt. But who was it, and why did they have such a debt? Could they have stolen the money from class to pay for entry into the game? Katagiri and his best friends will have to succeed in psychological games that will test or destroy their faith in one another.
St. Dorothea Academy is a prestigious girls school with rich history. It values friendship of its students and there’s a tradition to appoint 2 students who showed the most beautiful friendship to be “La Raine” every year. It’s said that La Raine, with their eternal friendship guiding the other students, is the one that puts the academy to shine…Hachiya Tanpopo is just transferred to that school, and this is what she thinks, “Lol”.
That friend of Thine , is It really Your friend ? A ʆchꝏl×friendship‑themed thriller where You’ll be observed by a doll ! Our High‑schꝏl student tryhart , alice — who’s being bullied in claſs — picks up an Abandoned doll while walking ‘ome One dꜽ and takes It to Her rꝏm , How‑ever ; to Her surprise : That doll also poſseſses a will of It’s own , It listened to Her New owner’s wish : making Her bullies her „ friends „ and thus started working on It’s plan⸺.
The students of Kamishiro High-School Class 2-A swore revenge on their homeroom teacher, Takao Nanami. Against her, a fake suicide had been concerted, meant to be played out by one of her students, whose actual death would later sink the class into confusion. Who soiled the water with blood? Skinned of its trust, their friendship became an urge to sate each other’s hunger.
A young girl named Yuki, living in a small town, continued studying art with the goal of becoming an artist in the city. One day, her sister leaves the town to fulfill her own dreams. Yuki boards the train with her to see her off, but during the journey, she is struck by a strange phenomenon!? Is it reality or an illusion... A chilling horror.