Comics Underground Japan presents the wild, subversive world of Japan’s most accomplished underground comics artists. Some of the dozen artists included in this anthology will be familiar to followers of manga; others make their American debut in these pages. The richly imaginative stories in this volume show a great range of graphic style, from painstakingly detailed craftsmanship to exuberant, maniacal renderings. At the heart of each work in this anthology is a unique personal vision and a fierce artistic compulsion–these manga artists are the misfits of the art form, and they are its visionaries.
A mystical horror series about two psychic sisters who encounter terrifying supernatural phenomena. In the first novel, they help an office worker and his family after they are haunted by a strange creature. *Based on the novel by Ichi Sawamura
Alicia Faitlin, daughter of an impoverished aristocratic family, was forced into an arranged marriage by her uncle, but the groom is killed suddenly in the middle of the ceremony. Although Alicia has been labeled
An official slice of life themed 4 panel webmanga of the Guardian Tales series.
A collection of horror stories: 1) Tonari no Yomi-san: There's an urban legend about a girl ("Yomi-san") who hated her appearance and killed herself, and whose father stuffed her corpse. Supposedly, her taxidermied corpse attacks beautiful girls to steal their body parts. When pretty girls are injured at school, some people blame a jealous pretty student, but could it really be Yomi-san? 2) Kurayami Chi-chan: When Tomohiro was little, he and his friend Naoya used to hang out with a strange girl they called Chi-chan. They never new her name, where she lived, or even saw her face (it was obscured with hair). Now, when he meets her again as a teenager, he realizes that she is more than strange... 3) Tomodachi: Lonely Shiori buys some weird little creatures as pets. As she cares for them, they grow into something very strange... 4) Hasami Onna: Three children decide to go into the "Scissors Woman's" house, which is supposedly haunted. They all go in for different reasons, but they are not prepared for what they'll find inside.
The story takes place in the '60s, in a mysterious city where madness and lust seem to be the citizens' constant companions. A detective named Sada (with a "certain" wound) pursues a woman accused of murder.
One day, high-schooler Anna receives a mail from her friend who suddenly got transferred a year ago. She hopped to the bus hoping to meet the only person who can understand her, but once Anna realizes she couldn't remember her name, the bus stop and now she is stranded in a strange city resided by nobody, except the horrific monsters that would not stop hunting for flesh...
Alba Rose is a bartender with many secrets. He masquerades as a human, but is part of the cat population which ordinary humans despise. Even worse, before he became a bartender, Alba was a serial killer. However, thanks to the support of his fellow cats and the love of an orphan girl, Alba has been able to put the past behind him and start fresh. But can the past stay buried? Are Alba's days as a serial killer truly behind him? What will Alba do when a killer famous for brutally murdering cats enters his life?
From Aerandria Scans: I suddenly lost my parents. Without a single relative, I must return to my father's birthplace, a village, where I can finish school. But I still cannot recover from the sadness. I am lost in doubts and insecurity. And then, on a mountain road, among the lush greenery, who do I chance to meet..?
People become ‘ghouls’ upon dying, and will enter the physical world through a door to cause chaos. Zhang Zha, a mere delivery boy, accidentally entered a haunted house, and resulted in a crisis— a ‘ghoul’ breakout. As such, people from all factions began to make an appearance in the story, while Zhang Zha continues to grow upon experiencing a series of adventures and fights with a mysterious scroll about modern Jianghu slowly unfolding alongside.
During a late-night, there was a bizarre murdering case in an alley of a small town. A few youngsters met a psycho murderer on their way home after a night-shift. After fighting, they found out that the psycho murderer was invulnerable. At that decisive moment, an ‘angel’ appeared and killed the evil. However, who was the ordinary-looking ‘angel’ that gambled with the devils? The kindness and evilness of humans will not only determine the success or failure of the gamble; it will also determine the fate of all humans.
