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Anthology of shorts based on Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey.
High school journalist Kojiro Soma has always had a nose for the occult, but when a greater demon threatens his school, he must join forces with the supernatural to prevent his classmate from summoning hell on earth.
The story is set in Japan a millennium from now. Five children — the protagonist Saki, Satoru, Maria, Mamoru, and Shun — have been born and raised in a tranquil town that can be described as a utopia, overflowing with water and green foilage. The world is ruled by people who have the "cursed power" or the "gods' power" of telekinesis. After a certain incident, Saki and the others come to realize the true nature of their world. Before long, they learn everything, including the bloody history that brought humanity to this state. The five throw themselves into life-threatening adventure and fighting to protect friends and a world on the brink of collapse.
According to urban legend, the guilty are sentenced to fall to the Tokyo Underworld. There, they are given no mercy and are mercilessly judged for their crimes in the cruelest ways imaginable!
Welcome to the cursed island of Shina Dark. This island is called home by the dark lord Exoda C. Claw AKA Satan. He's as powerful a being as you could ever hope to meet. Feared and hated the world over for the infinite amount of atrocities he's committed. He's.....actually a really nice guy who just wants to chill out around the castle and relax... After a month long nap he awakens to find that the rest of the world has made up another ridiculous rumor and blown it way out of proportion and that has caused his little island to be crowded with a thousand beautiful princesses meant to be his mistresses/sacrifices. Worse yet is that since they have set foot on his island they are all believed to be cursed and are now shunned by their homelands. What’s a couch potato Satan to do with 1000 women who wont leave? Who can say? From Operation Boredom: During an eclipse, demon Lord Exoda. C. Crown was revived. He is supposed to bring chaos and destruction to the world. The world is panicking, and as a sacrifice to the demon lord, they decide to send 1,000 girls to the demonic island, Shina Dark. However, in Shina Dark, all the legends are lies. Exoda does not sleep with 10 girls a night, and keep the others prisoners. He does not lust for girls, he does not want to cause mass destruction - he simply wants to live in peace. So when 1,000 girls suddenly show up in his island and refuse to leave, what will happen to Exoda, who simply wants to be left alone? From Baka-Updates
Shinba, who's always isolated himself and never made friends, finds stones that contain the souls of dead famous people. With his special power, he uses the stones to be people he thinks he could never be like.
Sadao, a graduate of a low class college, finds himself surprised that he was moved to a different department in a high level office building, located on level B2 (basement level), of the building. Upon entering his new office, he encounters a miko, and is told by his superior to follow her. He follows her and finds a man about to rape a woman, but the miko, named Ichiko, enters the scene and purges the man. A spirit exits the man, and things are back to normal. According to Ichiko, the number of sexual harassment and rape cases have multiplied by 20 times over the past 3 years! In order to do so, Ichiko is to reduce the number of such cases and prevent chaos from occurring by purging these souls that affect the minds of humans. Sadao was believed to have potential to fight against these souls, which is why he was moved to that department. So what's the secret to her powers? Read and find out!
Souma Kenichi is in a bit of a pickle. A group of thugs has cornered him on the side of the road and seem very intent on his life. Desperately fighting them off with the longsword he can summon at will, he is saved when a famous teacher of the Miyazaki School and his student intervene on Souma's behalf.Confused but grateful, Souma learns that the sword he wields is called a "shinbuki", or true weapon. Stronger than any steel blade, a shinbuki is created by channeling inner energy into your surroundings and materializing it into a weapon. Normally, learning to wield these supernatural weapons takes years of training under a master. However, a coveted few like Souma are born with the ability to wield shinbuki at birth, and master its use at a startling rate. These rare prodigies are called "Tensaiji".Hunted by a mysterious organization intent on eliminating him before he can become a threat, Souma has little choice but to accept his benefactor's offer of free admission into the Miyazaki School.Note : This manga read from Left to Right
Takai Sena, a victim of relentless bullying at her high school, wishes she could die and reincarnate into another world. One morning, after pushing a neighborhood cat out of the way of an oncoming truck, she gets her wish, and wakes up as a ghost.Accompanied by Familia, her so-called spirit guide, Sena is tasked with scaring the living and collecting the fear-essence they release when frightened. In doing so, she quickly discovers an extraordinary aptitude as a ghost, and finds a newfound sense of power and purpose in the afterlife.Vowing to only scare those who she considers "evil," from abusive bosses to her own past abusers, Sena soon finds that confronting her own trauma may be the scariest thing of all.
The heroine, Akira, a 2nd year middle school student, lives on an island that being peaceful is its only feature. Everyone in her class are her childhood friends. they were thinking that this year too like the other years would be a peaceful year with the usual classmates. But at a time like this a transfer student called “Matsushirou Nishigami” appears, saying: “Anyone who gets close to me dies”. What is the true meaning of his words…?!
The world as we knew it ended. Radiation covered the world aboveground and turned it into hell. And humanity headed deep into the underground. Using the world’s most developed underground network as its backbone, they built an underground city. The last hope of humanity, the underground city of SHINDORIM. And we, who could not enter the underground city, were left behind in hell. So we had to get strong. And we did.
From JanimeS: Lee Ha-Kyeong's ex passed away 3 months ago, but she finds out that her ex is still hanging around her as a ghost. Why can't he attain peace?
