Takako and Miyako, daughters of an arachnologist father, have a new stepmother. At first they live happily as a newly-formed family, but in reality the stepmother plan to murder the whole family with spider poison for inheriting the family fortune. Takako is the first to be killed, but she then comes back to life as an old woman, and now seek to take revenge on her stepmother and to protect Miyako.

Because of some abnormal sunspots, the climate of Earth starts to change to become more arid, and a new species of ant-people appears within humanity. Isn't it the "evolution"? Isn't "natural selection" that ant-people are taking over humans?

Midori is fascinated by Yukiko's comb, a keepsake from her deceased big sister, because it makes a beautiful song each time she runs the comb through her hair with it. Without thinking about it, Midori ends up stealing the comb. But then, a lot of her hair fall each time she uses the comb!

Omitsu, an adopted daughter died of illness. On her deathbed, she asked to her parent to no adopt any child after her death. But a few years later, Hinako is adopted by the family, and strange events start to occur...

This ambitious work from 1964 was the first of its kind to incorporate the idea of "time paradox" into a shoujo manga. Borrowing the motif from the folklore of the "Yuki-Onna" (Snow Woman), it weaves an immortal love story that transcends time and space in this visionary sci-fi shoujo manga! (Source: Shogakukan, translated)

**Volume 1:** Horror no Mousou (ホラーの妄想) 1. **DEATH MAKE** 2. **Present** (プレゼント) 3. **Kama** (鎌) 4. **Ofuda** (おふだ) 5. **Kurayami** (くらやみ) 6. **Mangekyou** (万華鏡) 7. **Mousou no Hanazono** (妄想の花園) 8. **Onna wa Matsu** (女は待つ) 9. **Uta** (歌) 10. **Kiri no Naka e** (霧の中へ) 11. **Kuroi Hitomi** (黒い瞳) 12. **Watashi wa Dare** (わたしは誰?) 13. **Semourei** (背猛霊) 14. **800 kaime no Higan** (800回目のお彼岸) **Volume 2:** Hajime no Mousou (はじめの妄想) 1. **Yuurei ga Yattekuru** (ゆうれいがやってくる) 2. **Kitsune ga Kureta Ko no Happa** (狐がくれた木の葉っぱ) 3. **Nekomen** (猫面) 4. **Akuma no Nijuuyon Ji** (悪魔の24時) **Volume 3:** Warai no Mousou (笑いの妄想) 1. **Ojizou-sama no Noroi** (お地蔵さまの呪い) 2. **Makkiro Jiken** (まっきいろ事件) 3. **Kiite Kudasai Watashi no Nayami** (きいてください私の悩み) 4. **Okiku Rono** (お菊ろの) 5. **Hige Baasan** (ヒゲ婆さん) 6. **Otoko Kami** (男神) 7. **Monta to Chiiko** (モン太とチイ子)

In 1956, shortly after his debut, Umezu Kazuo published this mystery novel as a new book from Osaka publisher Mishima Shobo. It was the first in a series of rental books starring the boy detective Misaki Ichiro. Even during the heyday of hard-boiled manga, the story is already overflowing with the supernatural, and the seeds of the author's later works can be seen. Misaki Ichiro appears unexpectedly in a rainy town, where he meets a strange old man known as the town's lord. The old man has taken out a photograph Ichiro had been carrying, and there is something spider-like in the photograph... *The e-book version does not include the "Forest Brothers and Sisters" and "Bottomless Town" Readers.