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*“Nee-san, you're staring too much.”* A first-person perspective shota anthology. You and a love interest. • Start (4 chapters) • Daily Life (4 chapters) • School (4 chapters) • Housework (4 chapters) • 5 Years Later (4 chapters) Cover illustration: Tsubata Nozaki
This installment in Chikuma Bunko's contemporary manga anthology series focuses on Horror, SF, and dark comedy from the 1960's to the present day and is curated by Tokushige Kawakatsu 1. **Nurarinuma** (ぬらり沼) \[Yuuhei Youki\] 2. **Tako** (蛸) \[Shouhei Kusunoki\] 3. **Akumakko** (悪魔っ子) \[Shigeyoshi Iwanami\] 4. **Yubiwa** (指輪) \[Souji Yamakawa\] 5. **Kantou Daishinsai** (関東大震災) \[Shigeru Komatsuzaki\] 6. **Muteikoutoshi** (無抵抗都市) \[Suehiro Maruo\] 7. **Onna wo Nerae** (女を狙え) \[Shouji Hashimoto\] 8. **Kappa** (河童) \[Taro Bonten\] 9. **Akai Trunk** (赤いトランク) \[Noroi Michiru\] 10. **Houmon** (訪問) \[Tarou Kanafuro\] 11. **Voice/Koe no Sonzai** (voice／声の存在) \[Naritada Shintani\]
Clarisse, a viscountess living in the royal capital, has always been compared to her beautiful elder sister, who is known as “the jewel of Farenheit.” She is forced to lived in the shadows, pressured by her family to keep a low profile. When Clarisse is nineteen, she marries Siegfried Gutenberg, the “man-eating frontierman,” as a reward for his success in war, in place of her sister. It turns out that the frontier count is a stoic, but caring and surprisingly charming man who treated Clarice kindly. Clarisse, however, feels guilty about being a “substitute bride,” and is afraid to entrust her heart to him. Then news of her sister's wedding arrives from the capital, and they decide to visit the capital for the occasion. But Clarisse's family hides a big secret, and the circumstances of her marriage are very different from what she expected! In this royal love fantasy, an unfortunate lady finds happiness with the love of her life on the remote frontier! (Source: Kadokawa, translated)
Short 4-panel manga stories centering around the cast of the Dead or Alive 4 videogame.
A selection of horror and suspense stories by manga artists not commonly associated with the genre curated by novelist Hideyuki Kikuchi. 1. **Kyoufu no Genshi Ningen Muuzu** (恐怖の幻視人間ムーズ) \[Hisashi Sekiya\] 2. **Shounen G-men** (少年Gメン) \[Tsunayoshi Takeuchi\] 3. **Asaki Yumemiji** (浅き夢見じ) \[Goseki Kojima\] 4. **Hitoinu** (人犬) \[Takao Saitou\] 5. **Shinin ga Yonderu** (死人が呼んでる) \[Noboru Kawasaki\] 6. **Kyuuketsuki** (吸血鬼) \[Mikiya Mochizuki\] 7. **Toge Ningen** (トゲ人間) \[Jirou Kuwata\] 8. **Adachigahara no Kijo** (安達ヶ原の鬼女) \[Ryouichi Ikegami\]
