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\"The extreme heat, and the stench of the factory, mixed with the unique smell of a fishing port, this town feels like hell on earth...\" A collection of tragic horror stories by horror manga master, Hino Hideshi, originally published by Hibari hit comics, and listed as number 1 in its \"black frame\" horror manga series 1 • Uroko no Nai Sakana: A boy keeps having terrible nightmares every night, but he can\'t remember a single thing from these nightmares, at the same time, he is getting tormented by hallucinations of a fish he caught. 2 • Semi no Mori: A boy and his beautiful sister\'s summer vacation are ruined by a swarm of cicadas... 3 • Mannequin no Heya: A boy believes the mannequins from \"the mannequin room\" are haunted. 4 • Jigoku e no Elevator: What will happen when this boy takes a strange elevator? 5 • Gama: A boy that kills toads for fun suffers a terrible fate. 6 • Tomodachi: The tragic tale of 2 childhood best friends... 7 • Okashina Yado: A family stays in a bizarre inn. 8 • Madara no Tamago: One day, a boy living in a factory filled area finds a strange spotted egg in a plot of land and brings it home, the boy goes to school and when he comes back, he sees a creature hatching from the egg, but his beloved pets...
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A collection of six stories from master of horror Hideshi Hino. In the first story, \"Unusual Fetus: My Baby\", a horror writer jokes with his pregnant wife about her giving birth to a baby lizard, much to her annoyance. But his joke ends up coming true and alizard baby is born. The writer is horrified and tries to get rid of it, but his wife insists on raising it. From there, an unfortunate and bizarre story begins. The second story, \"Flower of Flesh and Blood\", was turned into a direct-to-video film in the Guinea Pig series of movies with Hideshi Hino himself directing. American actor Charlie Sheen one day saw a copy of this film on VHS and contacted the FBI, believing it to be a genuine snuff film...
This manga is partly inspired by the real-life Japanese horse bandit, Hakuro Kohinata, and depicts the tumultuous life of Kensaku Ohinata, who moved to China at a young age, was kidnapped by a group of horse bandits, but rose to prominence among their ranks and eventually grew up to unite a number of them under the name of Xiao Dongyang. Kensaku\'s adventurous spirit and ambition, as well as his positive, brave personality, can sometimes lead to light-hearted mischief, but as he matures into a young man, he grows to experience bouts of delusion. Regarded as one of Mitsuteru Yokoyama\'s most realistic and human works, this manga draws inspiration from another real-life Japanese horse bandit: Date Junnosuke, thus vividly depicting the reality of Chinese horse bandits.
(from ebookjapan): Lily has had the same dream over and over since her mother died when she was six years old. Now 17 years old and she still has the same dream, but on a trip, the huge tower in the fog that she saw in her dream appears in reality.
This series is a precursor to Hiroshi Masumura’s Atagoal. It was serialized in Monthly Magazine Garo (月刊漫画ガロ) from May to December 1975. The story depicts the people of Yonezaad, rising up against the re-invasion of King Carmel, who once ruled the Yonezaad continent. Many characters in Atagoal would make their first appearances in this series (Ex. Hideyoshi, Tempura, Gilbars, and Pantsu) although their roles are significantly different in this series than those from future Atagoal publications.
His sure name is Suke and his given name is Banji, but he\'s known as Sukeban. Any town the Suke family has settled in just can\'t contain the violent nature of this family, forcing them to move time and time again. Because of his name, Banji ends up transferring to Amazon School as a female student! However, this situation coupled with Sukeban\'s rebellious nature undoubtedly will result in mayhem littered with maddening jokes and lewdity. The manga has been adapted into two live-action films and an OVA.
His family name is Suke and his given name is Banji, but he\'s known as Sukeban. Any town the Suke clan settles in just can\'t contain the violent nature of this family, forcing them to move time and time again. Because of his name, Banji ends up transferring to Amazon School as a female student! However, this situation coupled with Sukeban\'s rebellious nature undoubtedly will result in mayhem littered with maddening jokes and lewdity. The manga has been adapted into two live-action films and an OVA.
Two boys find out that there are demons in the world who will relatively soon try to kill all of humanity, and so they seek to combat them even if that means giving up their own humanity and/or sanity in the process. And even if that means destroying their friendship.
It is the Sengoku period. ZubaBan is a wild child who is unbeatable in physical strength, he can easily swing around his giant sword and cut down hordes of enemies! Then, suddenly, Jeanne d\'Arc, a knight clad in western armor appears, along with Kanchohi, who came from China (?), and the invincible warrior Golongo. This colorful punch joins forces in hopes of uniting Japan! Zubaban is unbeatable in hand-to-hand combat, but soon the gears of strange fate turn...!? A thrilling, super-period drama depicted on a grand scale!
Six horrifying tales from the mad man Hideshi Hino. Everything from a child who loves butterflies, a mad doctor seeking perfection and boy terrorized by his father\'s tattoo. This is the original collection that Dark Horse would later take one story from to tittle their anthology Lullabies from Hell.
It is the Sengoku period. ZubaBan, a wild child who is unbeatable in physical strength, easily swings around his giant sword and cuts down the hordes of enemies! Then, suddenly, Jeanne d\'Arc, a knight clad in western armor, appears, along with Kanchohi, who came from China (?), and the invincible warrior Golongo. This colorful punch joins forces to unite Japan! Zubaban is unbeatable in hand-to-hand combat, but soon the gears of strange fate turn...!? A thrilling, super-period drama depicted on a grand scale!
