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A collection of four short stories about people living in Galesburg, Illinois.
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*Manga adaptation of the fourth novel of Kyogoku Natsuhiko's Hyakki Yakou series.* The story follows antique store worker Imagawa, aging doctor Kuonji, and writer Sekiguchi, who are all fascinated by mysterious events happening in Hakone, including a series of murders of Buddhist monks and a little girl in a kimono who wanders through the mountains.
More than twenty years ago, an evil summoner committed "Great Summon." One third of human beings were killed, and devils and monsters invaded the earth. One day, a painter Tamura Fukutaro moves in an apartment house called "Ashiaraiyashiki" and gets involved in the troubles of his non-human neighbors. It's the beginning of a severe battle among gods, devils and the ruler "The Central."
Having been deemed "magical-less" in her childhood and treated as an outcast ever since, young lady Lucia despairs at the thought that only her adopted daughter, Lisette, the daughter of a saint, receives all the love from her family, and runs away. Taken in by a magical tower inhabited by special wizards, along with her fluffy wolf beast, she is doted on by the supposedly cruel and misanthropic genius wizard, Serhi, and begins to blossom with her hidden talents. Meanwhile, her former family and those around her, who never loved her, react unexpectedly to her departure... A doting romantic comedy where the hero speaks his mind and never allows for misunderstandings begins here! (Source: Futabasha, translated)
Yuki starts her first year of high school. As an ex-delinquent, she feels a certain culpability about her past, and it's not without a reason: she lost the mobility of her right arm. To worsen the situation, one of her classmate, Chio, is making advances to her, while she isn't even interested in love. All she wants is to prove the "value of her life," but why? And for whom? (Source: Akata Manga)
Natural selection has created a deadly new species known as "Eclipse," who are driven to eliminate humanity. A scientist called Kurusu Kenji headed an organization whose purpose was to fight these deadly creatures of bone. To this end, he created the "Osteon," Eclipse-like creatures that obey the commands of the human from whose DNA they are created. Now Kenji is gone, and his assistant Kidogawa Rokuko is attempting to recruit his estranged teenage son. Kurusu Akira wanted nothing to do with the father that he believed abandoned him, but attacks from Eclipse force him to accept his own Osteon from Rokuko. He slowly finds himself drawn into the organization, whose members expect him to take his father's place. Akira and his Osteon may have little interest in protecting humanity, but they are determined not to be beaten! (Source: MangaHelpers)
Nagi works as a contract employee at a game company. One day, he reunites with his younger sister Ione, from whom he was separated due to their parents’ divorce. Although Nagi is initially confused by how much Ione’s demeanor has changed since they were young, he warmly welcomes her when she explains that she is taking a gap year to prepare for entrance exams to an art university and came to visit as a break. However, little by little, Nagi begins to notice that something is not quite right with Ione…!? A human drama that realistically portrays a young girl aspiring to become a painter while living with schizophrenia, and the family surrounding her.
