MYSTERY

Hiromi, a timid and quiet protagonist, was raised strictly by her grandmother. Due to her grandmother's abuse, Hiromi created an imaginary version of herself in the mirror, named "Yumi," and would play by talking to her as a child. By the time Hiromi becomes a high school student, she only remembers playing with the mirror, but one day, she hears a voice from the mirror asking, "Is what Grandma says really right?" Triggered by this voice, Hiromi's alternate personality, "Yumi," who can freely control Hiromi's body, begins to venture out into the night without Hiromi's knowledge... This is a suspenseful story about Hiromi confronting her true desires and her complicated relationship with her grandmother.

Life's hard when you're shy, harder still when you move from your quiet hometown to the bustle of a big city and a new high school. Poor Alice also has to cope with being regularly harassed by the bratty neighbor boy, Rin. Her life turns upside-down when she's stuck babysitting Rin and the annoying chore ends in unexpected tragedy. What Alice doesn't realize is there could be a greater force at work than unhappy chance!

The original version of Lost World done in Tezuka's middle school days. Very close to the final version, but has a number of differences - among other things, Kenichi is an adult instead of a kid. --- **Volumes 360 and 361 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

High school student Ooishi Kyou is afraid of women. Suddenly, five girls confessed to him. Among them, four are creatures called Koibami - beings that devour human romantic feelings. If he has his romantic feelings eaten by these girls, he will never be able to love again. However, he cannot abandon the feelings of the one who confessed to him for real - Kyou decides to find the one he truly loves among the five!

Ha-jeong, a high school girl living an unfortunate life, has only a glimpse of the daily life of the influencer "Daldalrun." Ha-jeong has an obsession level of affection for her and even hacked into the wall pad of her house and peeks at even her very private life. One day, while peeking into Daldalrun's room as usual. Ha-jeong witnesses Daldalrun's death, and the next day, she finds herself possessed by her dead body....

Hey, you want to be a "florist", right? Don't forget it when you become older...

Think you know how it ends? Think again. Jump into this psychological thriller anthology packed with unexpected twists.

Koto, Aya, and Erika were secretly in love with each other. Koto's thoughts reach Aya for a short while, but Aya disappears as if she had been spirited away. Seven years later, however, Aya appears to Koto and Erika as she was then...

Ageha Yoshina is a self-confident high school student who helps others for a fee. On his way back from a job, he finds a strange calling card with the word "Psyren" imprinted left behind in a phone booth and decides to keep it, unaware of its purpose. The very next day, Ageha discovers that his classmate Sakurako Amamiya has the exact same calling card in her possession. When he questions her, Sakurako asks him to save her, signaling the day his troubles begin. Confused by the circumstances of this encounter, Ageha realizes something is wrong when Sakurako goes missing. In an attempt to figure out what is happening, he decides to call the number provided on the calling card and is asked a series of questions by a mysterious voice, ending with a final, cryptic question: "Would you like to go to Psyren?" Thus begins two teenagers' participation in a game of life or death within a strange world inhabited by monsters called "Taboo." Granted the ability to use psychic powers known as "PSI," the duo fight to return to the place they call home.

Ina is a timid girl who found herself in a parallel universe similar to her own. There she met someone with a completely different personality than herself, and guess what, it's herself. How will she live this new life in a new world.

Accused of slaughtering an entire village, a sardonic criminal resigned to his lot in life is mysteriously bought by the daughter of a wealthy family. She too has been shunned by the world, and saw in him a suitable companion for her journey to the barren north. While they both carry a certain darkness in their hearts, that may be what allows them to find solace in each other…

Aki is a girl who is lonely, with a lot of pain in her heart. People are always bothering her or teasing her in school. She tries being nice to them anyway, but they just won't stop.But one day, they will see a side of her they never have seen before.

Dante Carter was an ordinary boy in an ordinary family with his parents and younger sister. Until the whole family was murdered in cold blood. When he woke up in the Afterlife, the demons of He** were waiting for him. They demanded that he reveal his true identity, because the court of Heaven could not properly judge his fate.(Source: Comic Fuz, translated)

Would you believe me if I told you that I can "see" people's thoughts?

"I like you!" Beyond the world we live in lies a place called the Garden, inhabited by otherworldly divine beings known as Plantus. An ordinary human named Lee Rumi happens to encounter Aleph, an incomplete Plantus who has arrived in this world. Having read "The Little Prince," Aleph claims she came in search of "a one-of-a-kind friend." Reluctantly, Rumi agrees to be her friend. But soon after, a figure who looks exactly like Aleph appears, calling Rumi a "gardener" and acting as though they've known each other for a long time. Meanwhile, a suspicious professor seems to know far too much about Aleph and the Plantus. As Rumi digs deeper, she begins to notice eerie similarities between the Plantus and the stories on SPR Institute, a paranormal website supposedly dedicated to protecting humanity.

Gajun and Sunwoo are second-years at Shinhae High School, an exclusive school for students with special abilities. While on a school trip, they miss the bus during a brief stop at a rest area. After a series of twists and turns, they manage to board another bus and head to the training center with an uneasy feeling. When they finally arrive, they are confronted by their friends dying at the hands of suspicious people. Just before he dies, Gajun finds himself waking up on the same bus heading to the training center. The school trip keeps repeating. After experiencing several deaths, Gajun realizes that the cause of the time loop is Sunwoo's death, and he becomes increasingly overprotective of him. Meanwhile, Sunwoo, who is weaker than Gajun, is puzzled by Gajun’s overprotectiveness and tries to protect him in return... “Trust me, I'll protect you no matter what."

From Viz: Are you a victim of unwanted spirit possession? Is there a ghost you need sent up and away...or down to burn for all eternity? If the answer is yes, then you need Muhyo and Roji, experts in magic law. Serving justice to evil spirits is their specialty.

Yoo Sera, who once secretly indulged in the R-rated, grimdark captivity reverse-harem game "Who Trapped Our Lady?", suddenly finds herself thrown into the world of that very game. Not only is she forced into the body of the villainess Sera Ebott, but she’s also trapped under the same roof as the male leads who despise her. The condition for escape? Uncover the identity of the one who imprisoned her. To survive and gain the information she needs, Sera must seduce those very men with her own body…!! Will Sera find a way out and return safely?

After corporate slave Wen Li witnesses his lover, Chi Haoye, committing murder, he finds himself further entangled with him in an unexpected way. However, the true anomaly may not be his lover, but the world itself?

Everyone, what's wrong? You're a little, bit strange today. Father, Mother, xx-Chan... Please say something. Why are you all different from usual?!

A new house proves to be not entirely unoccupied.

The apocalypse is live. Tune in before the world ends! Ordinary high-schooler Huiwoo livestreams a chain of bizarre events that occur throughout Damyeong City. But what started out as innocent social media activity leads Huiwoo to discover a far more sinister story behind these incidents…

A boy who has discarded all his dreams loses his way in 'Wonderland', where he discovers that he possesses the name of 'Alice', one that is vital to the 'Kill the White Rabbit Game'. In this mad tale, common sense is out the window, and all are bound by both the rules of the 'game' and the commands of the Queen of Hearts. Amidst the insanity, Alice decides to pick up a cold, glittering gun and shoot his way to his own identity.

From James M. Cain to Stephen King, from Sophocles to the Marquis de Sade to Iceberg Slim, here are stunning and sometimes macabre visualizations of some of the greatest crime and mystery stories of all time. Rick Geary brings his crisp style to Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment; C. Frakes resurrects the forgotten novella "Talma Gordon," the first mystery written by an African American. Crime finds new life in these graphic renditions of The Arabian Nights, the Bible, James Joyce's Dubliners, Patricia Highsmith, and leading mystery writers of today like Jo Nesbø. Crime and mystery have never been so brilliantly reimagined.

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"The human heart that fears demons gives them their existence." With the knowledge of the mysterious relationship between humans and demons, Kosuzu starts in pursuit of Gensokyo's "truth"...but what does she find waiting for her?!

The perfect combination of a mysterious young lady thief and an intelligent butler! "Phantom thief Lady Black" is a thief who wears black clothes like mourning dress and only targets jewelry. Her true identity is Aria, the daughter of a jeweler with a sad past. One night, after she obtains the jewel she's been looking for, a mysterious man appears in front of her...?!

My brother died. I come to visit my brother's grave with my brother's lover——...... This is a story of my brother's lover and me and the "thing that was my big brother". [Mangaupdate]

Joo Yegyeong, the heiress of a corporate empire and the youngest executive in a leading domestic conglomerate, carries an enigmatic secret despite her seemingly perfect life. Nestled within her flawless façade lies an astonishing truth - her age changes with the falling rain. Bound by the confines of a genetic condition passed down through generations, Yegyeong has navigated a life burdened with limitations. The weight of her inherited syndrome has made her existence a delicate dance. As a prolonged monsoon season blankets the city, Yegyeong's life takes an unexpected turn. One fateful day, a mysterious man steps into her world, becoming the catalyst for a series of events that will unravel the layers of secrecy she has meticulously maintained. In the face of this unforeseen connection, Yegyeong must confront her hidden truths, and both she and the stranger must navigate the complexities of love, identity, and the uncharted waters of a life touched by a rain-kissed secret.

A story of love between souls transcending space and time! Struggling to adapt to life with a new mother and sister after her father's remarriage, Mizuki meets a blue-eyed man playing guitar on the street in Shibuya and is powerfully drawn to him. How far will she go to see him again?

After moving into the only remaining estate of her late husband—Neugbom Garden—Sohee begins to have strange nightmares. In the mansion, she discovers a suspicious photograph of a female student. Soon after, people she encounters start dying one by one—and she becomes the prime suspect in the murders. What dark truth must So-hui uncover within Nolbom Garden?

Kaito Sena's life hasn't exactly been easy. Unfortunately for him, death isn't about to get any better. Summoned by none other than Elisabeth Le Fanu, the “Torture Princess,” Kaito has to choose what he wants for his second life—be her butler, or die a long, painful death by torture. What is he to do but become her servant…and help her eliminate the fourteen ranked demons wreaking havoc in the world!

This doctor is much closer to death than anyone else! Overwhelming murderous tension. A medical suspense action, which you've never experienced, rises the curtain!

Mitsuko is Japan’s first woman detective in the turbulent 1930s! When a handsome college student shows up with a new case, he ends up assigned as her new assistant! Join Mitsuko and Saku as they solve cases, explore the changing cultural landscape of early Showa-era Japan, and maybe grow a little closer along the way in this fashionable mystery series. (Source: Azuki)

Ryouma needs one billion yen for his terminally ill sister--but instead of a loan, he loses his life! Now he's stuck in Limbo with a sadistic angel named Kroel and four other victims of fate. If he can gamble his way to the top, he might just escape with both his life and the money he needs to save his sister. But if he fails, it's ashes to ashes, dust to dust--for all eternity!

A young man named Kaina ekes out an existence high atop the canopy that spreads from the titanic orbital spire trees. He and the handful of aging fellow villagers who remain believe they are the last humans in the world—after all, no one could survive amid the great snow sea that blankets the surface below. But they're about to learn how wrong they are… Here begins the epic tale that could change the fate of a dying world forever!

Two high school students are using bugs in our reality to exploit them for their advantage. But then a ridiculous exploit leads to severe consequences for one of them...

A story about the relationship between Tainaka Seri, a mid-career manga artist who has only had one successful work, and her new editor Futami Sumire. When her editor, who has been with her for 10 years since her debut, decides to transfer, Seri is introduced to her new editor Sumire. Sumire says she is a fan of Seri's, and while Seri is surprised by her unique way of closing the distance, she is somehow fascinated by her...

Lily, a black witch who was brought to the castle during a witch hunt when she was young and is still used by the king for her power even as an adult. She lives each day enduring both fear and scorn. Then one day, she meets a new court jester. Unlike other jesters, she is disliked for his flattery, but the jester shows favor to the witch. Why does the jester show favor to the witch? Can the witch ever get her free life back?

In a twist and turn of events during a school trip to a rural, northernmost province of South Korea, Se-yeon and her classmates find themselves stranded on a remote island off the coast of North Korea. Extreme circumstances drive the youngsters to take extreme measures to survive. Who will live on, and who will fall victim to the harsh reality surrounding them?

In that village, those who die rise again, transforming into what the locals call "Wandering Dead" that are neither fully alive nor completely dead. These wandering dead then feast on the living...In the remote settlement of Sarugami Village, completely isolated from the outside world by three imposing walls and absent from all maps, an eerie phenomenon unfolds. The villagers know nothing of the outside world, they can only resist the suffocating scent of death that permeates their lives... It's a bizarre horror where conspiracy and madness intertwine.

Tateyuki Chono is devastated when his apartment and extensive collection of insect specimens burns to the ground one evening. But his luck turns around when a chance leads him to meet famed entomologist Izumo Kusanagi. Chono is floored by the kind hospitality of Kusanagi and his beautiful daughter Toko. However, the warm atmosphere of the estate belies a sinister secret. What is the true nature of Dr. Kusanagi’s research? And is Chono already trapped in a deadly web of terror?

One night, the protagonist—a lonely university student—is awakened by a sound in his room and encounters a horrifying sight: a spider’s legs. Soon, an enigmatic creature appears in his life—beautiful like a doll, yet non-verbal, and gradually invades his daily life, silent but omnipresent in his room. At the same time, a series of grotesque serial murders are inciting fear across the city. Are these crimes connected to the mysterious "monster" that has taken strange occupancy in the protagonist’s home...?

Mysterious horrors lurk behind every corner, terrifying, but unknown to most of society,Witness as such horrors prey on humans, and in doing so reveal the worst of their humanity,A series of suspenseful comics centered around the supernatural and the truth of human nature

One night, a mysterious man carrying a golden trunk books a room at the hotel. Many pursue the trunk, and the contents inside it. What is inside is it?An early gekiga work of Tezuka, serialized in a newspaper.---**Volume 58 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

Continuing in the same vein as previous installments, a new collection of "everyday horror" vignettes.

Lee YooonSU, a 29-year-old man whose mental state has collapsed due to continuous interview failures, falls in love with Yuria, a female streamer he happens to come across. He ends up joining Yuria's affiliated management company, Blue Cloud, and becomes Yuria's dedicated manager through his senior's referral. He finds happiness in witnessing Yuria's everyday life, but the moment he sees her true self, he is in for a big shock.

A tribute anthology for Mushishi.