Azusa Wakaba, the daughter of Azusa Fumiko, famous film actress, jumps into the film industry with her beauty to find the truth behind her mother's mysterious suicide. Wakaba catches the eye of Murase Takayuki, a man on the verge of a promotion to director, and wins the lead role, but Murase loses his job to his mentor, Makiguchi, a master of the film industry. In a world where lust becomes murderous intent and hatred abounds, Wakaba's starring film is...
Young girls face many challenges in their daily lives. The gaze of others, fear about their appearance, maintaining friendships... so many causes for terror as the days go by. A collection of short stories written and illustrated by Miyako Cojima, pioneer of lolita-style horror! Strange, fantastical, bizarre stories featuring pretty retro-style girls who are far too pure for such horrors! (Source: Black Box Editions, translated)
Runaway excessive love and hatred! The mystery and fear of adolescent maidens that call for excessive delusions. Gothic horror drawn with a strange story and a heavy pen touch, musician and novelist Kenji Ohtsuki, a master of horror comics, Collection of short stories: "Kobito-ryuugeru" (こびと~リューゲル) "Tokei Yashiki no Shoujo" (時計屋敷の少女) "Noroi no Great Hunting" (呪いのグレート・ハンティング) "Henka no Shinpi" (変化の神秘) "Jinzouningen no Kai" (人造人間の怪) "Aozora no Akuma Enban" (青空の悪魔円盤) "Shuugoujikan wa Gozen 2ji" (集合時間は午前二時) "Tairu" (タイル)
What is the fate of a beautiful girl who falls in love with the strange creature that lives in her closet? A story that transcends fantasy, a cool style that masters the art of darkness, a new wave of Japanese gothic horror that overwhelms the reader, and leaves you wanting more! (Source: SoftMagic, translated) A collection of Michiru Noroi one-shots: 1. **Oshiire no Woolly** (押入れのウーリー) 2. **Zig Zag Box** (ジグ・ザグ・ボックス) 3. **Juukodo, Ladies Gentei** (獣謳道 レディース限定) 4. **Haitoku no Okite** (背徳の掟) 5. **Noroi no Tetsukamen** (呪いの鉄仮面) 6. **Ankoku Shinkai** (暗黒深海) 7. **Yozora ni kieru** (夜空に消える)
This is the second collection of short stories by Miyako KOJIMA, who pioneered Otome-style horror with the keyword "gropop horror"! This is a collection of bizarre and hilarious works woven together by girls who are too retro, lovely, and pure! Enjoy the unique and mysterious view of the world!
A○S has essentially no action, nor is it about relationships; nor is it a comedy, though there are moments of dark humor. Instead, it is a psychological portrait of a mentally ill young woman, seen through her own eyes. The book's protagonist and narrator (who is always drawn naked, but never titillatingly so) is searching for friends, and the book consists of brief episodes from her quest. But she is schizophrenic, and the stories follow the twisted logic of her own mind, without distinguishing between reality, her delusions, and allegory. Though she is desperately lonely, the bizarre behavior that her illness gives rise to dooms her quest to failure: in one episode, for example, she tries to make friends by telling a stranger in a convenience store that the shampoo may be poisoned. -from Completely Futile
