Psychological - Page 82

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Izumi Sumi, a 25-year-old part-timer struggles through anxiety and depression, pondering the meaning for her own life.

The meeting between a normal boy and a witch liberates the world from its curse... I'm a magic apprentice. "My master," who has been living under this same run-down roof with me, is a shut-in girl who proclaimed herself to be a great witch. Despite sounding all high-and-mighty, my defenseless master loves to watch her disciple cooking for her. Our daily lives, filled with happiness, go by quietly. However, little did I know that behind that quiet, happy daily life is a terrible secret that involves the fate of the world...

A highschool girl stands at the edge of a building, about to take her own life. She then witnesses below a man being stabbed by a hooded man. She is instilled with fear at the mysterious man's cold-bloodedness, cowering as he suddenly appears on the roof.

This story revolves around a young ballerina named Nanami. A talented director, Jin, becomes involved in Nanami's life when her father collapses in his arms, begging him to deliver a bouquet to his daughter after her first major performance. Her father dies, but Jin has seen enough of Nanami to be convinced of her talent. He offers to pay for ballet school if she agrees to act in his troop. Their potential relationship is complicated by Jin's split personality, for his cruel half overpowers his kind side, making their lives wonderfully angst filled and difficult.

Five people who used to attend the same high-school together are suddenly knocked unconscious and kidnapped. When they regain their senses, they find themselves trapped within a container box. A mysterious voice then commands them to "Repent your past sins if you wish to escape with your lives"...

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From Kirei Cake: Iride Akatsuki is a popular game footage uploader. He wakes up one day to find that he's been kidnapped and taken to a strange place, along with a number of other uploaders who specialize in different genres of games. A mysterious alpaca-headed host gathers them after the initial stage, to explain how the game will proceed. Will the group of gamers clear the game and make it back to their real lives?

From MU: A young man, Kaneda, is inflicted with trauma-induced amnesia after discovering the body of his classmate and friend, Hiwako Shima. After being picked up from the hospital by a mysterious benefactor, he resumes school, and tries to piece together his memories of the incident. To make matters more confusing, his buried memories have manifested in the form of a surreal being, whose head is shaped like a crescent moon. Together, they set off to solve the mystery of Hiwako's murder.

Master magical realist mangaka Asano Inio takes the readers through the daily lives of several characters. We see the darkness that plagues them and their struggle to overcome it. What everyone really wants is for this to be a wonderful world.

A cyber-punkish collection of stories revolving around the theme of the "DOLL." 1. Keep Those Condoms Away From Our Kids The tale of boys and girls who have lost their sexual desire. Mihara Mitsukazu's debut work. 2. The Iron Maiden The tale of the strain a girl experiences from having grown up in a home without love. 3. The Sunflower Quality Of An Integrated Circuit Vanilla is a robot made by the SG Company. She's loaded with all the latest functions and completely subserviant to humans. And you even have the separate option of upgrading her to a lover robot. One Vanilla is a maidroid in the home of an elderly master and his younger wife. The atmosphere in the house is cold and stiff because the wife is having an affair with a younger man. The lonely master comes to look upon Vanilla as his own dear child. He suggests that when the sunflowers bloom, they go outside together to watch them. "Is that a command, sir?" asks Vanilla. "It is not a command," he replies. "It is a promise." And so forms the piercing and painful integrated circuit--the alternating current of intercourse--between a lonely old man and the emotionless Vanilla. 4. The Other Side of the Rose Wire What was the thing a girl like an angel endlessly carried? 5. Fish Out of Water A girl who lost her memories when she was dragged into a llake with her suicidal mother... awakens from her dream. 6. Mister Mineral Inside the body of a cute girl who's just like a doll... are internal organs, and blood, and... 7. Alive The sad tale of a human and a clone who pass right by each other.

High school student Kang Chul-joing awoke in an unknown locked room. He finds himself in a chaotic situation, he searched around the room and found an old MP3. What he learned from the message left on the MP3 was that he was poisoned and that he had only three hours left to live. Kang Chul-joong, who was usually a mystery quiz enthusiast, tries to escape the unknown room by finding clues based on his reasoning skills that he has accumulated over the years. However, the reality is different from the ideal. What is the last clue that he noticed when he made a series of mistakes and ended up in an urgent situation where the poison spread and he start vomiting blood?! A new survival game presented by Baek Ji-woon the creator of "Struggle" and "Undead King"! Is there any way to escape this hellish secret room!