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On a remote and mysterious island, one man builds a playground of hedonistic excess. His world is filled with splendor — waterfalls, palaces, and gardens — a grand back-drop for decadent bacchanalia and dark secrets. Set in 1920s Japan, The Strange Tale of Panorama Island follows the twisted path of failed novelist Hitomi, who bears an uncanny resemblance to the son and heir apparent of a rich industrialist family. Hitomi learns of the rich man's sudden passing and creates a desperate plan. He fakes his own death, digs up and hides the other man's body, and then washes himself up starving on a beach near the home of the dead man's family. After successfully impersonating the now-dead son, Hitomi takes over all aspects of the man's life, including his company, his fortune, and eventually his wife. The failed author soon redirects the family's wealth to his own perverse aims. A graphic novel based on the revered novella by Edogawa Rampo. Rampo was the godfather of Japanese pulp mysteries. Stunning artwork by master manga artist Suehiro Maruo deftly illustrates this Japanese pulp classic in fine detail. (Source: Last Gasp) *Note:* Panorama Toukitan received the 13th (2009) Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize for New Artist.
Minato lives a meek but passable high school life. This all changed when an application named "Sacrificial Ballot" appeared on her phone one night, forcing her to vote for a person from her class. Whoever "sacrificed" was said to be given "social death." Being upset with her classmate Kana who never bothers to reply to her messages, Minato voted for her without a second thought. When the result was announced the following day, it became clear that the one vote she casted caused Kana to become the most voted person in the class. Thinking the sacrificial ballot as no more than a prank, the class quickly dismissed any uneasiness raised. Little did class 2-C know, this was simply the start of a series of disturbingly immoral events... *Chapter count includes the epilogue.*
Sendo Chihiro, a high school girl, moves from Tokyo to the provincial island of Hanayama after her parents' divorce. There's something strange about the island she moves to. There is blatant discrimination against outsiders, mysterious rituals that suddenly occur and a huge "water tower" built in the middle of the island. One day, a fisherman is stabbed to death in his home. The whole island becomes suspicious of the murderer, and the unexpected culprit is revealed.
Pre-WWII Tokyo is a city of colour and beauty, mystery and ugliness. Akechi Kogorou, a man thoroughly steeped in this lifestyle, uses his brilliant mind and ruthless cunning to become the greatest detective of his era. Based on the famous 20th century mystery author Edogawa Ranpo's stories about the eponymous detective.
芋虫 \[The Caterpillar\], is an adaptation of the 1929 Edogawa Rampo short story of the same name. The Caterpillar is a haunting psychosexual tale of Lt. Sunaga, a disfigured and limbless veteran of WWI who returns home to his young and beautiful wife. Sunaga initially is given a hero's welcome, but is quickly forgotten and shunned because of his injuries. Unable to speak or care for himself, he is completely at the mercy of his wife as she grows to loathe and toy with him.
A woman enters a furniture store in search of a chair, but the proprietor is all too eager to reveal its past...
The story takes place in 1924 in Tokyo. A handosome young trader named Kinnosuke Minoura learns that his fiancé is murdered in a locked room. The elite doctor Michio Moroto, who's been in love with Minoura for a long time, asks to help solve the case. (Source: AnimeNewsNetwork)
Makoto Noda, a run-of-the-mill Japanese teacher, endures ridicule from his students while struggling to manage a classroom on the verge of collapse. On a fateful day, a misunderstanding leads to a slap from a PE teacher, causing him to hit his head on the corner of a desk and lose consciousness. When he awakens, he finds himself facing a mysterious window. As he completes them, his real-life stats improve and he also acquires special items...! With his newfound ability, can Noda save the failing school from ruin? (Source: Kodansha, translated)
After losing everything and running away, there is a free mahjong parlor in the crowds of Shinjuku. I have 0 yen to my name, Still I chose to live. This is a battlefield. And in a battlefield… it's kill or be killed. (Source: Takeshobou, translated)
Contact bans, patrolling police officers, the constant fear of getting infected: The coronavirus has changed the world. Social distancing is the new normal. The effects of the pandemic have also hit the economy hard, and even Makoto's father's company is struggling to survive financially. One day, Makoto is sitting in the classroom with three other classmates when the world suddenly changes dramatically again: The entire human race has disappeared in one fell swoop - except for Makoto and his three classmates!
A collection of stories in genres ranging from supernatural to horror, to more typical mysteries—all with a gothic, psychological air to them. Adaptations of renowned 20th-century Japanese author Edogawa Ranpo's works.
