In 1705, a rash of murders took place in Lotto Valentino, a provincial city on the Italian peninsula. The murderer, who wears a pure white mask and places one such mask on all of their victims, is known as the "Mask Maker," and anyone who witnesses their murders becomes their next victim. Huey Laforet, a boy who attends a "private school" for alchemy, hates the world. Monica Campanella, his schoolmate, confesses her crush to him. Elmer C. Albatross arrives in town as the school's newest student. Niki, a girl enslaved by a merchant, witnesses one of the "Mask Maker's" crimes. All four youths confront the Mask Maker and a conspiracy to control the entire city and this is the beginning of a 300-year-long immortals' ruckus.

From Seven Seas: When a stray black cat named Kuro crosses Mahiru Shirota’s path, the high school freshman’s life will never be the same again. Kuro is, in fact, no ordinary feline, but a servamp: a servant vampire. While Mahiru’s personal philosophy is one of non-intervention, he soon becomes embroiled in an ancient, altogether surreal conflict between vampires and humans..

As part of an arranged political marriage, Eila is forced to travel to the country of Lottefeltz, and marry the beautiful Prince Errold. As soon as she meets him, he steals her heart, but there is something unsettling about the castle. There is a rumor about girls who enter the castle grounds... it is said that once they enter its walls, none of them are ever seen again. Could these terrifying rumors be true...?

A collection of one-shots done during the 1970s (and one from 1980), all regarding some aspect of Tezuka's early life. Includes a reflection of his time at the famous Tokiwa-so.- **Record of the Life of Gachaboy**: A reflection on Tezuka's career up to that point. Tezuka encounters the God of Manga right after the war, who nicknames Tezuka "Gachaboy". He is determined to see Tezuka become a great mangaka, no matter what - and restore manga's presence in Japan.- **Paper Fortress**: Right at the end of the war, Tezuka is doing manga in private in high school. He meets a girl who fully understands his situation, and they get along well. In a society where manga, dancing, and even informal relationships are forbidden, how will Tezuka, crazy about manga, keep on?- **Hungry Blues**: Directly following *Paper Fortress*, Tezuka is now a hungry, desperate student with little luck on his path in manga. Things change when he comes across a young lady who works for a newspaper, and he manages to land a serial for it. However, in an era rife with turmoil and starvation, Tezuka's own stomach may prove to be a serious intrusion in not just his manga-making career, but his very life.- **Tokiwa-so Monogatari**: Part of a series recounting memories within the famous apartment complex, Tezuka showcases its history through commentary from the building itself!- **The Letter that Came**: Tezuka receives an ominous letter that may put him in hot water.- **Animal Tsurezuregusa**: Two reflections on animals Tezuka had encountered in his early years - the first a horse, the second two tanuki.An excerpt of *Dotsuitare* featuring Tezuka is also included at the end.---**Volume 274 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

The secret of the record left by my grandfather, the underground record shop dealing with forbidden pop music, and the old jukebox in the diner of the near future. A collection of short stories that traces the memories and feelings contained in the records.

(from ebookjapan):In the deep snowy forests of Sweden, Vincent Minnelli, a doctor, mistook a girl for an antelope and shot her while he was hunting. The girl he shot, Joana, was unharmed, but she told Vincent a shocking story, and the next morning she disappeared without a trace. Instead, he was visited by an emissary of General Ambrose du Closter, the head of the castle of Scorchloster, a mansion on the shores of a lake. General Closter was interested in Vincent's books and research and wanted to invite him to his mansion. Vincent went to the house as requested and was introduced to his daughter, Mona Lisa, by the general. To Vincent's surprise, Mona Lisa is a duplicate of Joanna. Vincent thought they were the same person, but Mona Lisa told him that she had never met Vincent. The others also testified that Mona Lisa had been at the pavilion yesterday, and no one knew Joana. The Mona Lisa disliked her governess, Miss Corban, and adored her ailing mother, Camilla, who did not recognize her as her own daughter and hated her. The inhabitants of the pavilion are entangled in a complex web of emotions. Soon, Mona Lisa is at the mercy of a spectacular, bloodcurdling, and horrific love-hate drama. What is the fate of Mona Lisa in "Mona Lisa's Room," Masako Watanabe's masterpiece of bizarre romance? And what is Joanna's true identity? Also contains a short mystery one-shot, "A Kiss For Uncle...": Liza is a girl of a wealthy background who was taken in by her aunt after her parents died. Liza's 17th birthday is on the horizon - and once she turns 17, she will gain access to a wealthy fortune. One day, alone at home, she stumbles upon a letter from her beloved uncle - who had ran off with another woman and died 5 years prior - claiming that he is alive. After this, a series of strange events begin to occur around Liza....

The Hero defeated the Demon King, and yet at the same, he became someone who would never return home. Four years have passed since the Demon King's defeat. To honor the deceased Hero, the now-at-peace Kingdom launches a project to compile his many achievements. The Hero's former companions, the Sword Saint Leon, the Saintess Maria, and the Great Sage Solon, are interviewed. All of them are unclear about the truth behind the Hero's death. “Why did the Hero die?” Was it the Demon King who killed him, or his companions? ___ The title is a reference to (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cock_Robin). ___ **Character Designer:** (https://mangadex.org/author/eef8ef8e-a7f5-48a0-83cb-608a09790a37/toi8) ___ (https://x.com/daregayu)

?In this world, there is good and evil... and one cannot exist without the other.Lance Hunter is a disgruntled exorcist tasked to protect the public from malevolent forces in London. When a series of gruesome supernatural murders catches his attention, he meets policeman William Gilbert at one of the crime scenes. Willian seems quite helpful at first... but seems to be hiding some twisted desire. Lance Hunter, 33, is a solitary exorcist tasked with protecting the unsuspecting public from demons, witches, and other malevolent forces. A hardened bachelor, he leads a miserable life in his shabby London office, dreaming of changing jobs. Unfortunately, a string of gruesome supernatural murders have the police themselves knocking on his door asking for help. At the scene of the crime, he meets William Gilbert, a young, green-eyed policeman whose helpful attitude pulls Lance in.But Lance soon discovers that William is hiding something... something that drives him to reach out to him with a dark desire.+

Kei has been a vegetarian and tended to have an unbalanced diet since childhood. He and his much older brother Sai, who has a brother complex but who’s become reliable, get along well together.For some reason, ever since he was a child, Kei has wanted to taste blood. Even though he knows it’s wrong, he can’t help thinking about it, so his university classmate, who cuts herself, agrees to share her blood with him. As soon as Kei discovers the taste of blood, he realizes he’s always wanted to eat Sai…Can Kei become aware of his affection for Sai without confronting his desire to eat him?Extra included for this story of twisted love!

Kazumi, who has a terrifying appearance, cannot be dealt with by anyone at school. However, in fact, he is a boy who is good at handicrafts. That triggered a secret exchange with Saeko, the “best angel in school”. One day, Saeko's appearance changes as if she was possessed by the devil. At the same time, Ichimi is becoming more and more "stumbled" on something ...? One of the idiosyncratic constitutions favored by the dead and Hayaeko's school x horror x fantasy opening that can force the dead to become a Buddhahood!

Nicola von Weber is no ordinary schoolgirl. Endowed with memories of a past life as a Shinto exorcist and natural psychic abilities, she uses her exorcism skills to protect others from malevolent apparitions. Her regular client is Sieghart von Edelstein, a childhood friend and a ravishingly beautiful marquess. Ever since Nicola saved him as a small boy, he's been smitten with her, but she is less enthusiastic about him. In this first installment, Nicola clashes with ghosts, doppelgangers, and more than one ill-fated romance. Most spooky apparitions seem to spawn around the school, where the students' propensity for gossip provides ample sustenance for their existence. Here, the more vividly one imagines something, the more likely it is to come true. However, as first-year student Nicola ventures beyond her schoolgirl life at The Royal Academy, she finds that the tenacity of spirits (and grudges) means that they can turn up in the strangest of places.+

The setting is London at the end of the 19th century. A young vagrant boy, Louie, meets Sherlock Holmes, a consulting detective who has just opened his own practice, after a murder case. Despite his hatred for Holmes, who does not pay attention to cases involving anything but the upper class, Louie decides to become Holmes' "dog" and work for him in order to gain the ability to protect the homeless children. The splendid tag team of Aosaki Yuugo and Matsubara Toshimitsu presents an underground mystery epic for boys!

An owner of a flower shop has a deficit management, then he encounter the forbidden plant cannabis.

The long-awaited comeback! A new story of Amu and her guardian characters begins...! The cool and spicy Amu Hinamori has graduated from Seiyo Academy's elementary school and is finally a junior high school student! She thought she would have carefree days with her precious friends in junior high... until she is asked to take on a mission related to guardian characters and has to transfer to a new school...!

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Chris, a detective specializing in serious crimes, has been pursuing the culprit of a murder case for five years. During his investigation, he is unexpectedly saved by Anton. "Who are you, really?" "If you're curious, spend the night with me." Everything about their relationship is suspicious, yet Chris finds himself irresistibly drawn to Anton.

(from ebookjapan):Dr. Augustus S. F. X. van Dozen is the world's greatest detective. His precise mind is called a "thinking machine", and he declares that there is nothing in this world that cannot be solved by logic, and he successfully escapes from an impossible prison! From the detective stories of Dr. van Dozen, the same famous detective as Holmes, "The Perfect Jailbreak" and "The Extra Finger" have been carefully selected. In addition to them, "The Maracot Deep" a masterpiece from Conan Doyle's later years, and "Face in the Hand", a horror short story by Jiro Kuwata, are also included in this volume.

Blood Night Street is a town where vampires seeking blood and humans seeking blood buyers gather.Su Tie, a human who has been branded as an "abolished blood", works for the Blood Control Bureau, an organisation that controls the illegal activities of vampires. One day, Su-Tetsu meets a mysterious vampire, Hyakutori, who claims to be a gastronomist in the city.A battle suspense of courtship and redemption, spun by a destiny etched in blood, begins.

A family on the run are tragically separated and subjected to the whims of foreign demonic creatures and humans

An ordinary office worker, Akira Ichijo, was attacked by a Minotaur on his way home from work. In the next moment, he woke up in his office desk, Akira was resurrected from death, inherited his level and status, and possessed a unique skill called "Return from the Underworld" that allowed him to restart his life at a certain time. Now Akira makes full use of his skill and everything he had to search and survive with his childhood friend Nao Nanase to face this cruel world!!

One was a "murderer", the other a "defective product". Two people who aren't accepted by society, who have their own goals in mind join hands to form the strongest partnership. The "Exanimates" that normal people can't see, the person who manipulates death and chaos, the truth that's gradually approaching "I'll find you! I'll kill you! I will never let you go, dead or alive!"Anemone /

At the Metropolitan Police Department, Daimajin stands head and shoulders above all! rushing to the scene with lightning speed. a hot-blooded man who wields his mighty arms! He is the ace of the Investigation Division, Jin Daiba! However, this man harbors a dark, dark secret?! Enter the young officer, Saimon Hirayasu, who approaches! With a thoroughly unpleasant personality, never trusting others, and deceiving people with his own cunning! These two complete opposites clash, confront, and take on great evils! A never-before-seen picaresque suspense unfolds with the duo from "Kurokochi"

Yakuza: Black PantherTatsuya Ukyo is an aimless youth on the streets of Kamurocho who is framed for an assault that left a young boy comatose. He drops out of high school during his second year and lives a hoodlum's life with Tenma (his only friend) and Saeko, his sister who raised him for nine years after their mother's death.Hearing about a large sum of money held by a loan shark, Tatsuya and several other hoodlums break-in at night. Tatsuya defeats Naoki, not knowing he killed him. After Toda's death, Tatsuya receives an ultimatum from a member of his gang: win ten consecutive fights or be arrested. Tatsuya agrees, and as he fights underground he bonds with trainer Kudoh Saki and physician Amamiya Taizan.Based on the PSP game.

Aurora NodeIn a not so far away future, all forms of entertainment in Japan have become fully digitised. The people have even totally accepted the world as it is now without even thinking much of it.Nonaka Fujio was also one of them. That is until he met a girl with a doll-like appearance who possesses an Aurora Blonde and that's when the cogs of his life began to turn. Just what will Fujio stand to gain now that he has started to think and make decisions for himself?