**Vanishing Starlight** is based on Sound Horizon's story CD "Vanishing Starlight" Noël, a member of a rock band, has hit writer's block and loses his position as lead vocalist. Around the time that his frustration with himself has hit a peak, he encounters a man wearing black clothes and sunglasses at night. While Noel confronts him hostilely, Revo remains calm. But what does he want from Noel?

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) \[Naritada Shintani\]

At the castle, a sumptuous banquet is held every night. The participants are vampires, unicorns, and other deformed nobles. A beautiful human brother and sister wander into the castle and are forced to participate in the "game" of the banquet... The fate that awaits the losers is death as a sacrifice, or the humiliation of becoming a slave. (Source: Kodansha, translated) *Note: the volume release includes the firsts 9 chapters of the manga. The rest of the serie never received an official release, and is now unavailable after the shutdown of the web-magazine e-youngmagazine on which it was published.*

Manga version of the unfinished novel *Mei An (Light and Darkness)* by Natsume Souseki.