Shindo, a self-proclaimed playboy salesman, is approached by a beautiful woman who is drinking alone at a club. Shindo is thrown into a tizzy by the beauty, who guesses his age, personality, occupation, etc. The beauty tells him not to approach her until he solves the riddle, "Who sits on the sphinx with the chair?" Shindo is swept along by the pace of the beautiful woman, and is told by her not to speak to her until he solves the riddle of "Who sits on the sphinx?" Shindo tries to solve the riddle with the help of a strange card given to him by the beautiful woman...?

The world's dumbest gang, that's right, "The Black Company". Consisting of the leader of the gang, Kato Koneko, a.k.a. Capone, is the "biggest" gangster in the world. Taro, with his fat belly button and heart. Jiro has a scar across his face. They are three goofball gangsters who have never once succeeded in a mission, but for some reason, they are relentlessly pursued by the Oni detective Higetora. "Dang it, you'll see, I'm going to succeed in my mission today!"

One day, Ryohei, who hates school, gets into a fight with a bully and is thrown into a swamp. He survives, but that night he has a dream in which he kills those who harassed him. The next day, they were dead in reality. Are his nightmare just dreams, or are they reality? Eight stories of suspense, originally published between 1969 and 1980.

This is a story about 4 high school students that occupy their school to protest.

Evil, crime, violence, and eroticism. Hideo Yamada has curated a collection that presents works and authors who challenged the shaodwy sides of society. 1. **Shikei Shikko** (死刑執行) \[Sanpei Shirato\] 2. **Satsujin Gyousha** (殺人業者) \[Yoshihiro Tatsumi\] 3. **Noren** (のれん) \[Takao Saitou\] 4. **16-nen** (16年) \[Masaaki Sato\] 5. **Fukushuu Club** (復讐クラブ) \[Daijiro Morohoshi\] 6. **Ghoul** (グール（屍鬼）) \[Ryouko Yamagishi\] 7. **Hate to See You Go (from Coffee Jikan)** (『珈琲時間』より「Hate to See You Go」) \[Tetsuya Toyoda\] 8. **Shoutengai (from Utsukushii Machi)** (『美しい町』より「商店街」) \[Akino Kondoh\] 9. **In The Kuso Soup (Shito Choufu)** (『死都調布』より「イン・ザ・クソスープ」) \[Saitou Junichirou\] 10. **Sutetarou** (すてたろう) \[Kiyoshi Awazu\] 11. **S no Koi** (Ｓの恋) \[Kaiji Kawaguchi\] 12. **Teitai Zensen** (停滞前線) \[Takashi Ishii\] 13. **Ayakasi no Dairen** (アヤカシの大連) \[Yumekichi Minatoya\] 14. **Hakkin Sakura Gozen** (発禁・櫻御前) \[Jun Urata\] 15. **Shokei wa 3-ji ni Owatta** (処刑は３時におわった) \[Osamu Tezuka\] 16. **Fushigi na Tegami (Revised version)** (不思議な手紙) \[Yoshiharu Tsuge\] 17. **Koufuku Naru Ikka** (幸福なる一家) \[Tadao Tsuge\] 18. **Hae (From Ningen Gekijou)** (『人間劇場』より「はえ」) \[Shinji Nagashima\] 19. **Yume no Tsuzuki** (夢のつづき) \[Jiro Taniguchi\]

The Onin War brought on a storm of turmoil that engulfed Japan. It was the Warring States period, a time in which no shogun was able to predict what the next day would bring. One young soldier of Kai stands tall. His eyes are set on the world.