3 Stories (part 1 and 3 of chapter 1 and chapter 3) here were adapted into a movie called Bourei no Sumu Ie ~Kanako Inuki Kyoufu WORLD~ (亡霊の棲む家~犬木加奈子恐怖world~) 1. Kurayami no Onnatachi (*暗闇の女たち* Women of the Darkness) 3 stories about women living normal lives in their apartments, but eventually everything starts going wrong. 2. Gokiburi no Ie (*ゴキブリの家* The House of Cockroaches) A rich woman that has a terrible fear of cockroaches faces a bizarre cockroach infestation... 3. Kao no nai Onna (*顔のない女* Faceless Woman) A woman\'s neighbor starts trying to take her identity and life... 4. Jukai Kitan (*樹海奇譚* Strange Tale of the Sea of Trees) A man enters the famous Aokigahara forest, known for its suicides, and he finds the corpse of a beautiful woman, and decides to take photos of it... 5. Rei to Asobu na Kodomotachi!! (*霊と遊ぶな 子供たち!!* Children, Don\'t Play with Ghosts!! Kanako Inuki tells her own scary stories from childhood. 6. Akumu no Tobira (*悪夢の扉* Door of Nightmares) A girl is stuck in twisted fairytale-esque nightmares...
Rennosuke, a scion of the influential Toudou Group, has a terrible relationship with his family. He spends his days getting told off by his father and older sister, who say things like \"Did you get into a fight again?\" \"Having a delinquent for a son of the Toudou family is an embarrassment\". One day, Rennosuke chances upon a hungry child. The sight of that child hungrily devouring a piece of bread reminds Rennosuke of the dog he once owned, and he asks half-jokingly \"If you don\'t have anywhere to go, why don\'t you come to my place?\". The child then comes to the Toudou house and starts working as a maid.
"I don't think anyone will want to be friends with me..." is the thought that has always run through Nayul's head.One day, she's unexpectedly reunited with Seoyoon, a boy from her past, when he transfers to her class. Nayul and Seoyoon used to be best friends when they were younger, but after several misunderstandings and unknown reasons, he began to avoid her, still treating her coldly upon their reunion.Will Nayul's foggy world ever brighten one day?
Within the winding streets of Kyoto's geisha district, there lives a 16 year old girl named Kiyo. After failing to become a Maiko, an apprentice traditional Japanese performer, Kiyo works as the caterer for her troupe. This is the story of her daily life.
This is the story of Ryo, who was reincarnated in the world of swords and magic. It is a story of the royal road to survive using the magic of the water attribute. What is magic? What is swordsmanship? How does it relate to the laws of physics that we know? And what is politics? What is a nation? Why are there many \"kingdoms\" in reincarnation stories? Will republics not work? Can it be written…? Since he is a water-based magician, he shall start with the \"hydrogen bond!\"
A young pharmacologist and researcher in Japan died from overworking, and was reincarnated in a Medieval Parallel Europe. He was reincarnated as a 10-year-old apprentice to a famous Royal Court pharmacist, had attained an inhuman skills of ability to see through disease, material creation, and material destruction. In a society in which dubious medical practice are rampant, price gouging thru the monopoly of the pharmacist guild, and good medicine aren\'t available to the commoners. He was recognized by the Emperor at that time and opened a Pharmacy at the corner of the town. He will wipe out the fraud that has swept the world, and deliver to the commoners a truly effective medicine that was developed using present day pharmacology. Thus the boy pharmacist will cheat by using his previous knowledge to create innovative medicines while helping the people of the parallel world, a story about living his new life to the fullest this time.
\"I don\'t know if I want to rap. I don\'t have anything I want to sing about...Or anything I want to say.\" Oji Yukito is a 17-year-old drug dealer living in the desperate environment of the streets of Osaka, suppressing his emotions each and every day. He lost his drug-addicted mother and his beloved sister when he was a child, leaving him an orphan. Despite his loneliness, he has a best friend who believes in him. In the midst of continuing to sell drugs, enduring beatings from his boss, and bleeding...Just what is it that lies in his heart?
Even in this day and age of the 21st century, many gods live amongst humanity. Mayu is a cat god who is the master at finding lost objects, but she is very lazy and all she does all day is eat, sleep, and play video games. Mayu lives with her caretaker, Yuzu, who operates a pottery store while at the same time doing everything for Mayu. The pair meets other gods in their daily lives and have exciting adventures.
\"One young salaryman who had been using camping in a plug-in hybrid car that used both electricity and gasoline as an escape plan suddenly finds himself transported to another world with his car! He\'ll start his life anew in this different world!\"
Tales of a high-school calligraphy club. A story about a high-school calligraphy club on the verge of breaking up that enters in a major competition while overcoming problems. Yuki, a promising female judoist, and Yukari, a quiet Canadian-raised boy who just returned to Japan, end up joining the club for the sake of maintaining the membership required to keep the club. Together with the old club members with unique characters, they gradually discover the fun of calligraphy and work together to win in the competition. -- NHK Tomehane! was nominated for best manga at the first two Manga Taisho.