Kei is a young, not-so-successful screenwriter. One day, she finds an unexpected visitor at the door of her apartment. A little girl named Niko, a secret child of a famous actress Mifuyu Shibano. Niko is sent to Kei because she is the only person who knows this secret, since she used to work for Mifuyu when she was not so famous. As she begins to live with Niko, she finds the girl is very self-contained. She tries an 'exchange diary' to communicate with her.
Hibari is a young professional who works long hours and inevitably rides the last train home. It's not all bad. She also runs into the train station worker, Yokose. Yokose is kind and polite and is always looking out for Hibari as she often sleeps defenselessly (and with a bit of drool) on her way home. Their brief encounters are a bright spot in her hectic days.
The high school columnist looking for the next big story gets more than she bargained for when she digs into the wife of a man she meets. The female anime characters that the class nerd draws become real and over protective of their creator. The monster behind the old child’s story haunts the people that break the rules of the contract. These are some of the episodes in this collection of short horror stories.
Korean manhwa based on a novel. The heroine reports a hit and run case which disrupts the family of Hui Won. He constantly abuses her while falling in love with her along the way. However, she has a boyfriend - Eun Gyu - who is the singer of an ongoing band. Note: the female lead is a strong girl who speaks her mind and knows self defense. *In full color, not black & white*
The Magane infection turns humans into "Magane," monsters of corrosive iron. The Magane prey on others by devouring or infecting them. They consume entire villages, leaving no survivors of their destruction... until Alma and his group of friends appear. They possess powers far above those of a normal human: the power to kill the Magane. Alma and company save the young Tenkou from infection, and he soon becomes their guide to the legendary "Agartha of Shintetsu." Source: Fallen Syndicate
The funeral bells are ringing the day that Mikaya moves into his new apartment. However, once he arrives, he learns a startling fact: the room he's moving into belonged to the dead man, K. Strangely enough, no one ever found K's body. Where is the body, and which of his eccentric neighbors was the one who killed K...?
Hanna goes to her grandpa’s house in the country, and the ring she got from her boyfriend falls into a tank with goldfish. As Hanna tries to get the ring back, a boy passing by calls out to her… Contains 6 stories.1. Shounen Shoujo2. Famires☆Night3. Border Line4. Kenritsu Mammoth Nishi Koutou Gakkou5. Treasure Room6. Aka-Coat no Selma
A collection of short stories:<br><br>1. Red Sleeves - Akai Sode (赤い袖)<br>2. Silence - Chinmoku (沈黙)<br>3. Midnight Dinner Table - Mayonaka no Shokutaku (真夜中の食卓)<br>4. There's No Funeral Portrait! - Iei ga nai! (遺影がない!)<br>5. Princess of the Lonely Isle - Kotou no Himegimi (孤島の姫君)<br>6. Elegant Animals - Utsukushiki Kemonotachi
Reguna, one of the last members of a dying-out clan of dream-seers known as 'Oracles', serves as a courtier of the childlike and (apparently) well-loved king of his country. One night, he has a prophetic dream of impending danger towards His Majesty - but is unable to discern the source of the threat. Determined to protect the young royal, Reguna then begins an investigation which takes him deep into the realm where dreams and political conspiracies intertwine...
The Zero-Sum Original Anthology Series features themed oneshots from various mangaka that publish in Ichijinsha's Zero-Sum and Ward magazines. Volume 16 theme: Fairy Tales and Nursery Rhymes 1. Kin'iro Ookami to Akazukin (The Golden Wolf and Little Red Riding Hood) ~ Takayama Shinobu 2. Tsuruon!! (*Abbreviation of Tsuru no Ongaeshi, or The Crane's Repayment of Kindness) ~ Saeki Yashirou 3. Koyubihime (Pinkylina) ~ D. Kissan 4. Shiro (White) ~ Mizutani Yuzu & Kaede Tooru 5. Hebi no Ou (The King of Snakes)~ Kayase Shiki 6. Little Merman ~ Kari Erika 7. Nihon Chotto Mukashi no Hanashi (A Little Old Japanese Tale) ~ Ogaki Chika 8. Akazukin-chan to Ookami-kun (Little Miss Red Riding Hood and Mr. Wolf) ~ Ninagawa Tomo 9. Totsugeki Ningyo Yarou (Attack! Mermaid Dude OR *Bousou Ningyo Yarou i.e. “Out-of-Control Mermaid Dude” on the pages in the actual comic) ~ Mikawa Verno 10. Ouji-sama wa Soushoku-kei (The Prince is a Herbivore) ~ Kanou Ayumi 11. Kounotori Musubi (The Stork's Ties) ~ Akanatsu 12. Piggies ~ Mitsu Nanae 13. Hebi to Kuro no Lion (The Snake and the Black Lion) ~ Serikawa Mame 14. Hyaku-nen Ibara to Shiranai Himegimi (The Hundred-Year Old Thorn Shrub and the Oblivious Princess or The Centennial Brier and the Oblivious Princess) ~ Akazaki Mutsumi 15. Oyayubi-hime ~Another Side~ (Thumbelina ~Another Side~) ~ Mikami Ritsuhiro 16. Shinigami no Nazuke-Oya (Der Gevatter Tod or The Godfather of Death) ~ Sakura Maro
The Zero-Sum Original Anthology Series features themed oneshots from various mangaka that publish in Ichijinsha's Zero-Sum and Ward magazines. Volume 12 theme: Demons. 1. Demon’s Kiss by Inui Miku 2. We’re the First Year Demons! by Kari Erika 3. The Demon Breaks the Flag by Saeki Yashiro 4. Kimi to Boku to Sekai no Owari by Kayase Shiki 5. Contract Day by Mikawa Verno 6. Wednesday Swing by Sekka 7. Tower Hill’s Lonely Rose by Yukihiro Utako 8. Demon’s Job by Ninagawa Tomo 9. Mushroom and Kappa - Demon Chapter by Magami Guriko 10. Genuine by Sakura Maro 11. Devil Children by Usaki Hitomi 12. The Demon and the Angel by Asada Yasuka 13. Setting Sun by 石川虫 & JAM 14. Escape from Hell by Yoshizawa Tomoya 15. The Demon and the Captain by Igarashi Ran